The course of the weekend. And why 500 trees in one the most famous gardens in britain could be under threat by major road widening plans. Good morning. Its friday 25th august. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. A police force has been severely criticised for its failure over a four year period to investigate allegations about ian watkins, the former lead singer of the band lost prophets, who was convicted in 2013 of 13 child sex offences. An investigation by the independent Police Complaints commission has found that South Wales Police failed to act on eight reports and three intelligence logs from six different people about watkins. The ipcc said the force had dismissed allegations made by watkins ex girlfriend and had failed to look at incriminating texts from watkins on her phone, because officers believed she lacked credibility. The Commission Says the investigation raised the most disturbing concerns about the way the case was handled. Our reporter Mark Hutchings ha
Amid Engineering Works on some of the countrys busiest routes. The acting chairman of samsung, the Worlds Largest smartphone maker, is sentenced to five years in prison for bribery and embezzlement. Driverless lorries will be trialled on our roads by the end of the year. Wi fi controlled convoys are part of a plan to cut emissions and congestion, but there is concern about the risk to drivers. Residents along the texas coast prepare for what could be the deadliest storm to hit the us since Hurricane Katrina. And coming up in the sport on bbc news double success for great britian. Mo farah takes gold in his final track race over 5,000 metres, and cj ujah runs a personal best in the 100 metres. Good afternoon. Welcome to the bbc news at one. A rock starjailed for child abuse could have been stopped nearly four years earlier if numerous allegations against him had been investigated properly and if a witness had been believed. The independent Police Complaints Commission Says South Wales P
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Its the largest grand prize won by a single Lottery Ticket in u. S. History. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im nabila ahmed. Bloomberg technology is next. Im emily chang. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, judgment day for the heir apparent of the samsung empire. We take a look at the major risks ahead for the company as a south korea Court Decides the jy lee. Boxxtgeneration tv settop take on amazon and google. A new era officially begins monday at whole foods, when the brochure grover formerly grocer formally ties the knot with amazon. Inst, a panel of judges seoul will deliver their final verdict friday on allegations that jay y. Lee bribed a confident of that thenpresident confidant of the thenpresident to secure his hold on the samsung group. He has been held in detention since february. Joining us now in washington, troy stangarone. And with us in new york, david kirkpatrick, to economy ceo techono
Corruption verdict. That verdict is going to be closely watched in south korea. Markets are waiting with bated breath, on the fed speakers at jackson hole. Be payingen will attention to tomorrow here in the u. S. There were some jitters in the markets. Ceilingk about the debt rattling investors. The dow off 30 points. Off 1 . Aq also s p down 2 10 of 1 . The declines are there but not as much as you might expect. Most investors are on the sidelines awaiting janet yellen and her comment. Yes. We are pushing pause. Talku can say anything to down that rising euro. In asia, prettier than brawl wall street. We have rallied for eight of the past 10 sessions. It has been a decent two weeks but we are flat for stocks. The kiwi, two days of losses. Spikes may continue to exit if we break below 72. We are just at a whisper from that now. And markets not going anywhere. We have been stuck in this tight range for three months. Mostly we will see any kind of breakthrough. 79 for the aussie. A key w