After he dies at the age of 59. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Ryan giggs is set to be named the new wales manager later. Hell replace Chris Coleman, who stepped down after failing to qualify for this years world cup. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The construction giant carillion has gone into liquidation, putting 20,000 jobs at risk in the uk. The company has huge debts and has failed to secure a Financial Rescue from either the banks or the government. Carillion is involved in Major Projects such as the h52 high speed rail line. Its responsible for many Public Services including hospitals, prisons and schools. Now the government is facing questions about why it handed Public Sector contracts to the firm after it had issued profit warnings. Heres our business correspondent, simon gompertz. The bigger they are, be harderfor eve ryo ne the bigger they are, be harderfor everyone when they fall. Carillion was the new name for a huge business taking in age old
Vaccinating rohingya children. Also Cyrille Regis, a pioneer for black footballers, dies at the age of 59. What a great shot. Tributes are paid to the former west brom striker, who made his name in the late 1970s. And a narrow escape for a driver and passenger how they escaped with only minor injuries from this car crash in the us. Good morning. Its monday 15th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Construction Firm, carillion, has gone into liquidation. Government officials had been involved in talks to try to prevent the collapse of the company, which owes banks about £900 million. This morning the government said Public Services provided by carillion will continue. The company employs 20,000 people in the uk. Carillion holds approximately a50 contracts with government. Some of the projects include the new hs2 rail line and managing nearly 900 School Buildings across the country. They are the second largest supplier of Maintenance Services to network rail and
Of disease among Rohingya Muslims in the worlds biggest refugee camp. Im in the kutupalong refugee camp, where people are living in the most and many tributes for cyrille regis, the man who led the way for black footballers in britain hes died at the age of 59. Its five oclock. Our main story is the collapse of carillion, the Major Construction and outsourcing group which is involved with some of the biggest public building projects in the uk. The business, which employs 20,000 people in the uk, went into liquidation with debts of £900 million. Its involved in projects such as crossrail and the h52 rail link, as well as cleaning and maintenance contracts for schools, prisons and hospitals. The Cabinet Office minister David Liddington has told mps that protecting those services would be the governments priority. Labour is asking why the government awarded major contracts to carillion even after it was clear the company was in difficulties. 0ur correspondent Simon Gompertz has the lates
Some challenging weather across the British Isles at the moment, here is the scene in Northern Ireland and the scene in Northern Ireland and the met office have issued a number warning for Northern Ireland and scotla nd warning for Northern Ireland and scotland for snow and ice through the remainer of today and into tomorrow morning. Take a look at the satellite picture and you can see where the showers have been piling in thick and fast. The amber triangles remind you of the areas that will possibly be most treacherous but not exclusively as we go through the remainer of today. Snow showers affecting many parts of northern scotland, eastern areas enjoying sunshine, more snow showers for Northern Ireland and some pushing into Northern England too. Further south, showers also wintry but tending to be a mixture of more rain, sleet, snow and hail as we get into southern england. Iforgot into southern england. I forgot to mention as well that some of those snow showers coming into western
Our main story is the fallout from the collapse of the construction and Service Company carillion which went into liquidation yesterday putting thousands ofjobs at risk. Workers employed by carillion on private sector contracts will no longer be paid by the government after tomorrow. Ministers have ordered an urgent investigation into the directors of the company. They also want the conduct of previous directors to be examined. Ministers are due to meet trade Union Representatives within the hourm as a growing number of firms say they are facing big losses. The chancellor has said that essential Public Services contracts will continue. 0ur correspondent Simon Gompertz has the latest. This is the sort of work, painting offices and newly built flats, that the carillion collapse is putting in question. A london decorating company which had 30 people turn up for a job to find suddenly there was nothing to do and £2 million of orders had disappeared. Carillion took on the contracts, then f