hello, welcome to bbc news. let s start with that story causing major shock waves today, the boss of one of the largest business groups, the cbi, has been fired after an investigation into complaints about his conduct at work. to ny danker will leave the group with immediate effect. tony danker will leave the group with immediate effect. he apologised in the wake of the allegations over his behaviour towards a female employee. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. this story has absolutely rocked the cbi. tony stepped aside last month as an investigation got under way, but the report into what happened hasn t actually been published. it was done by an independent legal firm. so we don t know the full details. at the cbi said today that it related to specific complaints about workplace misconduct. it determined that tony s conduct fell short of that expected of the director general. so, he s been sacked with immediate effect. but he s clearly not happy about it bec
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here in the uk, anne in the uk, keast butler has been appointed as the director of gchq the uk s intelligence, security and cyber agency. she will be the first woman to hold the top position at gchq. she will succeed sirjeremy fleming, who injanuary announced his decision to step down after six years in the role. the british government will announce new measures to reduce the number of smokers in the population to below five percent. one million smokers will be given a free vaping starter kit to encourage them to give up tobacco products. while pregnant women will also be offered up to £400 to stop smoking. the free vape policy which is being called swap to stop would be the first of its kind in the world. vincent mcaviney reports. despite a raft of measures in recent years, like the indoor smoking ban, increased duties and plain packaging with graphic health warnings, some smokers are still struggling to quit. but the government has