Sunshine and also heavy showers across Northern Ireland, scotland. Northern and Eastern England bright and drier with sunshine towards the west. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. One person has been killed and many others injured as a far right rally in charlottesville, virginia saw violent clashes between White Nationalists and counter protesters. The chancellor, philip hammond, and International Trade secretary liam fox have said that any brexit transition deal would be time limited, and would not be a back door to the uk remaining in the eu. Raila odinga, the defeated candidate in the kenyan president ial elections, has urged his supporters not to go to work on monday over the disputed election result. Now on bbc news its time for click. This week unexpected item in the bagging area. Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on 5th august, 1992, in price chopper.
News, time for click. This week unexpected item in the bagging area. Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on 5 august, 1992, in price chopper. So what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch. And i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, click it was a mechanical one. And, you know, isaid wow, what a great environment. This is so messy. Good luck with any machine doing it, and i said, this would be a great, Great Problem to solve. And then i started building a machine in my garage. I actually spent every cent i had on parts, and i got the first machines built. See, i love self service checkouts, but then im a control freak. But i do believe they save you time. Until they go wrong, at which point they become a right pain in the b
The details of which are closely guarded but statements by the Prime Minister in Downing Street are usually reserved for significant announcements. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in Downing Street for us. Norman, the speculation is around an early election. What are you hearing . We have one unconfirmed source telling the bbc that theresa may looks set to announce the Snap General Election on june the may looks set to announce the Snap General Election onjune the 8th. That is roughly about six weeks away. Ignoring previous promises by number 10 that she would not go for an early summer election, she would stay the whole course through to 2020, repeatedly dismissing the idea. But we are now in a situation where some Opinion Polls giving the conservatives the lead of more than 20 over the labour party. There is a view that mrs may could have decided it is never going to be a better moment than now to go for a General Election. It would give her a huge mandate but were t