Authority says it too has concerns about passenger safety and it will decide later this month whether to renew ubers licence. In the meantime, carl miller has met up with an uber driver who has concerns, too although this is about how uber controls his livelihood. Its monday morning and im catching a ride with hadi. Another one. Like so many parts of the digital world, the gig economy was supposed to be a liberation. You 0k . Apps like uber were supposed to transform how you worked, work when you want, where you want. But now, many fear that whether it was either in the platforms and how they work, or the data and how its collected, they dontjust represent a liberation, but also Something Else a potent new form of control as well. What i was told is that the closest driver gets thatjob but i dont believe that to be right, cos what happens is ive seen customers sitting in my car, trying to book a ride and its not bouncing to me its actually going to drivers who are far away, five, ten m
High pressure washers into tuesday, this weather front edging closer into western parts of britain but for the majority Tuesday Morning will be clear skies, dry and very cold with widespread frost, probably the coldest start of the season so far. One or two mist and fog patches should clear through the day but a weather front edging into the west, becker cloud and maybe some rain later in the day. Slowly lifting across the south west as we pick up the stronger southerly wind. This is the stronger southerly wind. This is the pattern into the latter part of the pattern into the latter part of the week, becoming blocked with High Pressure over the continent, low pressure over the continent, low pressure towards the west, so it means the further west you are on wednesday and indeed thursday you see more of a breeze and thick cloud and perhaps outbreaks of rain. Further north and east tending to stay dry with some sunshine although afairamount of stay dry with some sunshine although a fair
Inafew in a few minutes, it is time for news watch. At first, here is click. But first. Its kind of hard to remember a time when we didnt have taxi hailing apps. And when i say taxi hailing apps, even though there are many more players out there, it is uber that comes to mind first. At its conception a decade ago, uber was really disruptive. I mean, the idea that you could have a taxi to you within minutes, it would know exactly where you were, you could see where it was and you didnt even have to have any money on you. I mean, it was revolutionary. The company grew at a rapid pace, becoming the highest valued start up in the world. This without ever turning a profit. In fact, in the last three months alone, uber lost an eye watering 5. 2 billion. Undeterred, uber continues to expand and has its name stamped onto many apps that provide different types of services, all part of the so called gig economy. Now, it has faced a lot of backlash in many of the countries that it operates in fro
It it must be love, love, love. A star studded line up helps children in need raise nearly 48 Million Pounds for good causes. Rafael nadal may be world number one. But alex zverevs win last night sends him out of the world tour still some rain around for some of you this weekend but a window of dry weather coming into the start of next week. I will have all the details right here on breakfast. Its saturday the 16th of november. Our top story in an unprecedented interview, Prince Andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by staying at the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. He spoke to Emily Maitlis at Buckingham Palace, addressing accusations that hed had sex with a 17 year old american girl. He said he couldnt remember meeting Virginia Roberts the prince denies allegations of inappropriate conduct. Our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell reports. He is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday, he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephew
Its time for click. This week the perils of the gig economy. Checking for allergens. And. Fake birds. Its kind of hard to remember a time when we didnt have taxi hailing apps. And when i say taxi hailing apps, even though there are many more players out there, it is uber that comes to mind first. At its conception a decade ago, uber was really disruptive. I mean, the idea that you could have a taxi to you within minutes, it would know exactly where you were, you could see where it was and you didnt even have to have any money on you. I mean, it was revolutionary. The company grew at a rapid pace, becoming the highest valued start up in the world. This without ever turning a profit. In fact, in the last three months alone, uber lost an eye watering 5. 2 billion. Undeterred, uber continues to expand and has its name stamped onto many apps that provide different types of services, all part of the so called gig economy. Now, it has faced a lot of backlash in many of the countries that it o