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
Years in the house. New figures reveal uptake of all 13 routine vaccinations for the under fives has fallen in the last 12 months. Strong words from the duke of sussex on a tour of botswana prince harry takes aim at Climate Change deniers. It is a race against time and one in which we are losing. Everyone knows it, there is no excuse for not knowing that, and i think the most troubling part of it is i dont believe there is anybody in this world that can deny science, undeniable science and facts. And coming up, the uks new Polar Research ship, originally due to be called Boaty Mcboatface, is launched, now named after Sir David Attenborough. Good morning and welcome to westminster where borisjohnson is facing calls to moderate his language after the commons witnessed some of the most furious exchanges its seen in recent years last night. A number of conservative mps, including a cabinet minister, have urged him to pick his words carefully, after he accused his opponents of surrendering
Hello, yes indeed. Also. You will be talking about how people are reacting here in stoke on trent to the tumultuous events of the last few days concerning brexit and the vitriol that has been expressed by both sides. I shall talk to you shortly. Also this afternoon President Trumps top intelligence official faces congress over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly hamilton. 242 with 2a2 with england at the world cup and a conference victory over the United States put them top of the group. All reaction to 30 pm. At 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. Stav danaos has all the weather. Into the weekend, we could be looking at a potent area of low pressure, heavy rain on saturday night into sunday with also some strong winds as well, all the details a bit later on. Thanks, stav. Also coming up the duke and duchess of cambridge are to name the uks new Polar Research ship. No, not Boaty Mcboatface, but the sir david attenborou
And you can get all the latest on our website. That is bbc. Co. Uk news. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Communist china at 70. As the peoples republic marks this significant milestone, we look at the challenges faced by the countrys carmakers. Wework pulls it share sale. One of the worlds most hotly anticipated ipos is dropped. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. We start with china, because the country marks a major milestone today. It is 70 years since the communist party found that the peoples republic. There has been significant turmoil, and also vast progress, in the decades since then. The economy began to boom in the 19805 the economy began to boom in the 1980s after opening up. By one measure both the world bank and the imf rate china is the worlds biggest economy. The vast country has been the biggest contributor to Global Growth in recent years, dominating key markets including autos. But as robin brant reports from shanghai, the tide has
Hello and welcome. In breaking news this hour, there are reports that the us president s special representative for ukraine, kurt volker, has resigned. Its after he was named in the whistleblower complaint at the centre of impeachment proceedings into donald trump. Meanwhile those impeachment proceedings appear to be gathering pace in the us as democrats say theyre hoping to hold hearings into President Trump, as early as next week. The subpoenas are already flying secretary of state mike pompeo has been ordered to hand over documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian Government by next friday. President trump has lashed out at the inquiry saying its a witch hunt. Our north america editor jon sopel looks at the days events in washington. We will bring you those details. We will be speaking to our correspondence shortly about that. Now we get the background and everything that has been happening. We have also been hearing about mike pompeo, he has been subpoenaed by those impeachmen