He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets hear from the last governor of hong kong, the man in charge at the time of the handover in 1997. Thats him there with Prince Charles there. Hes been speaking to my colleague Babita Sharma who asked, if after 20 years the people of hong kong feel let down by britain . We have obligations to people in hong kong. Their obligations included in the treaty between britain and china which the chinese pretend doesnt involve us. We should be standing up for peoples writes in hong kong and for the system wh
He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets hear from the last governor of hong kong, the man in charge at the time of the handover in 1997. Thats him there with Prince Charles there. Hes been speaking to my colleague Babita Sharma who asked, if after 20 years the people of hong kong feel let down by britain . We have obligations to people in hong kong. Their obligations included in the treaty between britain and china which the chinese pretend doesnt involve us. We should be standing up for peoples writes in hong kong and for the system wh
Doctors say a british woman who was shot while on holiday to brazil is lucky to be alive. Eloise dixon is reported to have been attacked when her family drove into a slum area. Good morning. Tesco has announced its scrapping 5p Carrier Bags altogether in favour of the more expensive bags for life. Ill be asking if other retailers will do the same. Also this morning, the challenge of finding the right pair of shoes for the children. Well be getting the latest advice on a problem troubling many parents at this time of year. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning from the roof of the Broadcasting House in london. Grey skies. Dry at the moment. Rain and showers. Heavy downpours in east anglia and the south east. For the rest of the uk, it is sunshine and showers. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. We will start with our top story. More than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, data obtained by
Of detoxing withjuice. The founder of nosh detox will be in the studio with us. And ten years on from the beginning of the Credit Crunch, we want to hear your memories of the crisis and how it affected you. Let us know. Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Get in touch with your memories. I know for us, it was the start of ten long years of covering the stories and the repercussions of it. This week the main Stock Markets in the us have had another record run and londons ftse 100 flirted with breaking into record territory. Its a far cry from ten years ago when the global Credit Crunch began. Ten years ago today 9th, august 2007 banks suddenly found that they had billions of dollars in toxic debts that customers couldnt afford to repay. So overnight, they stopped offering loans. The financial crisis that followed cost the british economy over £7 trillion in lost output thats close to 10 trillion. For the us economy, the cost hit a staggering 22 trillion. So