To the exit door as arsenal lose in the Europa League, to extend their longest winless run in more than 25 years. Good morning, and its a cold, frosty start for many of us but at least there is sunshine and at last, a drier spell of weather for the next few days. More details throughout this morning. Its friday the 29th of november. Our top story. A major row has broken out between channel four and the conservative party, following last nights Leaders Debate on Climate Change. The tories have accused the broadcaster of bias and have complained to the regulator ofcom after a block of melting ice was used in place of the Prime Minister, who had declined to take part. Our Political Correspondent, jessica parker, has more. Good evening. It is the Biggest Issue on the planet. A big debate on Climate Change with some notable absences and replacements. We kept the invitation is open to the leaders of the conservative party and the brexit party. They have not taken up their places yet. Instead
We start with black friday. The annual shopping binge after the thanksgiving holiday is now a global phenomenon, with retailers around the world offering discounts on everything from Kitchen Appliances to tvs to clothing. But its also becoming the focus of concerns about the environmental cost of consumerism. Spending in the us, the home of black friday, is forecast to hit more than 29 billion over the next four days. Theres an added incentive this year us retailers want to do as much business as possible ahead of a new 15 import tax due to hit chinese made goods later this month. It would affect 160 billion worth of goods, including popular gifts like smartphones, toys and clothes. Dont expect the frantic scenes in the shops of black fridays past though its increasingly being done online. Thats where more than three quarters of us are looking for bargains here in the uk, according to pwc, and the trend is the same around europe and the us. But are more of us growing uncomfortable with
Up to 4,500 jobs are at risk at energy firm npower, as a Restructuring Plan is announced. The met police is to pay the former mp, harvey proctor, £900,000 in compensation and legal costs. He was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. Mr bartley is ready and waiting to answer your questions and a study on smartphones finds a quarter of young people good morning. Welcome to the bbc news at nine. The conservatives have complained to the broadcasting regulator about channel 4, accusing it of bias and of a political stunt. The broadcaster replaced borisjohnson with an Ice Sculpture, when he declined to take part in a debate about Climate Change last night. The brexit partys nigel farage also stayed away, and was replaced by a sculpture, but five other Party Leaders took part. Lets get more with our political correspondent, helen catt. Good morning. So the conservatives trying to push the focus onto channel 4 with this letter to 0fcom about what they call a stunt. B
So you want to vote for that . Yeah, because they all tell lies, but hes the biggest lie. And nearly three Million People are living with cancer in the uk, with someone diagnosed every 90 seconds. Charities say the number is increasing dramatically. One of these women was diagnosed last year, the other has had the disease since 2011. Well be asking them what living with cancer is really like. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. If you re emailing and are happy for us to contact you 7 and maybe want to take part in the Programme Please include your phone number in your message. If you text, you ll be charged at the Standard Network rate. Now a nowa summary now a summary of the news. Good morning. Energy firm npower is to cut up to a500 jobs in the uk as pa rt cut up to a500 jobs in the uk as part of a Restructuring Plan to make it more profitable. The german owners of the c
To sell their home again, and you have no idea what it costs. The metropolitan police is to pay the former mp Harvey Proctor £900,000 in compensation and legal costs he was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. A manuscript written by elizabeth i is discovered a translation of a book praising the monarchy, complete with her distinctive messy handwriting. Unai emery is sacked as arsenal manager after 18 months in charge. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The energy firm npower is set to cut up to 4,500 jobs in the uk as it plans to restructure to make itself more profitable. Unions have called the move a cruel blow for workers. The company, which is german owned, described the uk market as particularly challenging. Npower has a uk workforce of around 5,700 staff. They announced plans injanuary to cut 900 jobs. Npowers owners, e. 0n said that profit for the first nine months of its Financial Year fell 27 to two billion pounds. Lets get more from our B