of the world s fastest growing social media apps, tik tok. a controversial ferry contract awarded to a company which had no ships has been scrapped. seaborne freight would have earned 13.8 million pounds under a deal with the department for transport intended to provide extra capacity in the event of a no deal brexit. the transport secretary, chris grayling, had defended the deal saying he would make no apologies for supporting a new british business . his department says it s cancelled the contract, because the company s irish backer pulled out. our business correspondent, rob young, reports. preparations have been under way for weeks. dredging started at ramsgate port at the beginning of january. the work was meant to ensure the port would be ready at the end of march, should britain leave the european union without a deal. the plan was for seaborne freight to run regular services to ostend in belgium once it managed to get it hands on some ships, but now the comp
awarded to a company which had no ships, has been scrapped. seaborne freight would have earned £118 million under a deal with the department for transport, intended to provide extra capacity in the event of a no deal brexit . the transport secretary, chris grayling, had defended the deal, saying he would make no apologies for supporting a new british business . his department says it s cancelled the contract, because the company s irish backer pulled out. our business correspondent, rob young, reports. preparations have been under way for weeks. dredging started at ramsgate port at the beginning ofjanuary. the work was meant to ensure the port would be ready at the end of march, should britain leave the european union without a deal. the plan was for seaborne freight to run regular services to ostend in belgium once it managed to get it hands on some ships, but now the company has now been stripped of its contract. the government says seaborne freight‘s main backer has p
as victory over fulham moves them into the top four. also coming up in the programme. emotional scenes at southampton as cardiff pay tribute to emiliano sala. and another collapse? england s top order fails once again on the first day of the third test in st lucia. good evening and welcome to the programme. a week on from their six nations defeat to england in dublin last week, defending champions ireland travelled to edinburgh to put their campaign back on track. they had to deal with a stubborn scotland though, who hadn t been beaten at murrayfield in a championship game since 2016. our sports correspondent katie gornall was there. the six nations is a serious plate at gale force where momentum could blow one night way and that the next. after the opening we can scotla nd next. after the opening we can scotland have it, i really don t. a bruising defeat to england last week meant eileen arrived at murray fail with hopes of retaining their six nations title on the lie. scotl
morning where in the last few days they have already spread or than 1000 tons of salt to keep the roads open. it is thursday 31 january. our top story: 20,000 more staff, including physiotherapists and paramedics, will be recruited over the next five years to work alongside gps in england. the nhs says this will allow doctors to spend more time with the patients who need them most, and increase the range of services at local surgeries. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns explains. so we are going to do your blood pressure 110w. . . so we are going to do your blood pressure now. gps in england c1 million people a day, but they have been warning for years that they need extra support, that they are dealing with more patients with ever more complicated health problems, and not enough doctors. it is estimated there are about 6000 short. they are about 6000 short. but now, nhs england is announcing what it is calling an army of staff to help gp practices. it will be paid f
to the bbc news at 9. a study carried out for the bbc has warned that the government isn t ready for the prospect of the uk leaving the eu with no deal in two months‘ time. ministers are working to replace eu legislation which would no longer apply but the non partisan think tank, the institute for government, has concluded there s a very significant risk that new laws won t get passed in time let s go now to westminster where i m joined by our assistant political editor norman smith. good morning, norman. it s difficult to prepare, isn t it, whatever its sector you are in, with two months to go, when you don t know the track the uk is going to be on, either a deal or no deal? i think that s right and for this report suggests is that perhaps this was always going to be mission impossible. we are trying to pick a0 years of trade policy, legislative and regulatory cooperation, customs policy in the space of what, just a little over two years. draw the comparison with other hu