Many winery properties have been destroyed with more than 2 Million People across the region having been thrown into darkness because of electricty blackouts. The independent business pages report customers in the uk are being left cashless and cut off by unacceptable it failures in the Financial Services sector according to a treasury committee. Mps say prolonged it failures should not be tolerated and the current level and frequency of disruption and consumer harm is not acceptable. And finally on the Deutsche Welle website, a masterpiece by the italian painter cimabue has sold for e24 million at an art auction in paris. The painting known as christ mocked was discovered after hanging for decades over the cooker at the home of an unsuspecting elderly woman in northern france. With me is dr stephanie hare, an independent analyst. I was reading this article that dominates the front page of the arab news, understandable. It talks a lot about what happened in terms of chasing down the le
Access to their money. Mps say the rising number of Online Banking crashes and disruption are unacceptable. Bring on south africa. England fans rush for tickets for their first World Cup Final in 12 years. But theres heartbreak for wales as they narrowly lose their semi final. Tick tock, tick tock. More dance off drama for mike hes saved by head judge shirley after his halloween tango. A cold and frosty start to tomorrow and also some patchy fog to watch out for but for most of us, it will be dry and sunny. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Its monday the 28th of october. Our top story mps will vote today on whether to hold a general election on the 12th of december. Its borisjohnsons third attempt to secure an early election while in brussels, the eu is also meeting to discuss giving the uk a brexit delay. Lets get a bit more detail. For the vote on a december general election to be passed today, the Prime Minister needs the support of two thirds of the house of commons, thats 4
Hong kong slips into recession as more than five months of protests take their toll on the asian economic powerhouse. And the entrepreneur in ghana whose science kits for kids, are inspiring the next generation of inventors. Also, whats the bright idea . Well talk to the boss of a lighting giant who claims hes making products that are smarter and greener. So companies are attempting to go green what are you doing to make your home and office more Energy Efficient . Let us know just use the bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to our new business show, and we start today in europe where its cruch time for brexit. The eu will meet soon to consider a brexit extension until the end ofjanuary with an option for the uk to leave earlier if a deal is approved. Why . Well, although a deal has been agreed between the European Union and uk Prime Minister borisjohnson, british mps havent yet given it their endorsement. Eu members are looking at a range of brexit extension dat
For Rugby World Cup final tickets but its heartbreak for wales who miss out after losing after losing to south africa. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Eu ambassadors are meeting in brussels, to discuss the date for a brexit deadline extension. Theyre expected to back an extension until the 31st of january with the option to leave earllier if a withdrawal deal is signed off. Here, mps will vote later on Boris Johnsons call to have an election on the 12th of december. If approved, he says his brexit bill would resume its progress through parliament until its dissolved on the 6th of november. Two thirds of mps 434 would have to back the motion for it to pass. Butjeremy corbyn has said labour is not prepared to support an election until the risk of a no deal brexit is ruled out. The snp has said it will block the governments election attempt. Along with the liberal democrats, the party is pushing for an election on the 9th of december provided the eu does grant that brexit e
Instagram promises to take down all posts about methods of suicide and self harm after a campaign by the dad of 14 year old Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing distressing posts. She was such a. Such a force for good. She always wanted to help people. So im pretty certain that she would be pushing for change. So that young people were safe when they were online. And that if they need help, they can more easily find it. Mollys dad, ian, is here in the studio with 13 year olds Aoife Odriscoll and Trinity Bradford to talk about what they see on social media and how it affects them. And if youre a woman who wants to freeze your eggs for anything other than medical reasons the law says theyll be destroyed after ten yea rs. A Campaign Launches today calling for that to change. Well talk to these two women who both faced losing their eggs when they neared the ten year limit. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. If youre off school for half term, do