Lets talk in more detail about one of the world s largest and oldest travel companies, thomas cook colla pses. After last minute talks aimed at saving the firm failed. Its triggered the uks biggest ever peacetime repatriation effort. Thomas cook started up back in 1841, offering day trips. Last year it had a turnover of more than 11 billion. In total, the Tour Operator has 600,000 customers on holiday at the moment between 150,000 and 160,000 are british. The firms chief executive, peter fankhauser, has apologised, saying the collapse is a matter of profound regret and a deeply sad day he says, for the company which pioneered Package Holidays and made travel possible for millions of people around the world. Thomas cook has 22,000 staff around the world 9,000 of whom are based here in the uk. Martin alcock is a director at travel trade consultancy. Good morning. Good morning, sally. We have heard from the Civil Aviation authority, talked about by the government did not step in. Where di
we start with the soaring cost of living because prices here in the uk are now rising at the fastest rate in a0 years. the annual rate of inflation hit 9% in april up from 7% in march, driven bya bigjump in energy bills. britain s finance minister, chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak is warning of tougher times ahead as pressure grows on him to take action. our economics editor faisal islam has more. when prices rise this fast it hits everyone, the fracture seen on every street, office and household in the country, including in lancashire. she recently ran her business, after the pandemic she finds money running out as bills get more expensive and even essential things become too expensive. essential things become too “pensive- expensive. gas and electric because i expensive. gas and electric because i got expensive. gas and electric because i got in expensive. gas and electric because i got in arrears - because i got in arrears because i got in arrears beca
Changed the way well watch films forever . Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Its five years since the week that marked the height of europes migrant crisis, and now a fresh upsurge of arrivals is stoking political divisions. In italy, local officials have warned that, once again, they cannot cope with the number of people now crossing the mediterranean from north africa and the middle east. So far in 2020, 19,400 people have made the perilousjourney. That compares with just 5,200 in the whole of 2019. 0ur italy correspondent mark lowen has been to sicily and the tiny island of lampedusa, for this special report. The joy of getting a chance at life. Her name, francesco miracle, after her birth on and it dalian rescue boat in 2015, as her mother fled it dalian rescue boat in 2015, as her motherfled libya. Suffering seizures and in intensive care, they almost did not make it. The bbc met them back and, now settled in sicily we have come back. Was everything yo