Stage. They need to keep those contracts going. Its a very difficult spot. We have seen Chris Grayling today under a lot of pressure. Some of the contracts date back to Gordon Browns time. Yeah, carillion, like all the big out sources, they take these long Term Contracts from the government and operate on tiny profit margins. Theyre Big Companies and make big money but for instance take one or two or 3 profit margin and the only way to keep going and growing is to get more contracts. What carillions been doing is even as it was heavily in debt, even as it was pushing ahead it needed to keep getting more business so the chief executive was rewarded for getting more contracts, not for sorting out the existing business and making sure it could do the work it promised to do. You end up the work it promised to do. You end up with this crazy situation where a company that was worth two billion and the key thing it was liquidated, not into administration, there was nothing seen worth salvagin
Heres to you norfolk. A white wine from the broads, beats global competition, to be crowned one of the worlds best. And the legend of king arthur gets the guy richie big screen treatment. Our own knight at the round table mark kermode will be giving it his verdict in the film review at 5 45pm. Its five oclock. Our main story Julian Assange the founder of wikileaks and urged on the belt that prosecutors in sweden have dropped their investigation into Rape Allegations against him. He said in a tweet i do not forgive or forget. He has always denied the charges. The development emerged this morning as the swedish prosecutor announced they would discontinue the investigation into an alleged sex offence committed in 2010. Julian assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy since august 2012. The met police say they would still be obliged arrest him on a lesser charge if he tried to leave. He has now gone back inside the embassy and has not said what he will do next. Victory is howJuli
Interest and historically, twenty years after her death this is information we should know about. Everyone who had close involvement as indeed you did mr burrell and others with Great Respect we should keep quiet now, let her rest in peace. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the programme, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always we are really keen to hear from you on all the stories were talking about this morning. A little later in the programme well hear calls for the importance of Breast Feeding to be taught in Secondary Schools. The uk has one of the lowest rates of Breast Feeding in europe so would this make a difference . Get in touch use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. From september, the standard tariff will rise by 12. 5 . The mo
Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is d
Online shopping accounts and an Internet Bank account . Well find out how criminals could be trying to steal your identity. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. We also want to hear from you if youve been verbally or sexually harassed on public transport. Theres a suggestion this morning that one solution might be women only carriages on trains. Oppponents say thats just giving into the problem. Let us know what you think. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Princes william and harry have described their bewilderment when they encountered grieving crowds, on the day of their mothers funeral. Speaking to a bbc documentary marking 20 years since the death of Princess Diana they say walking behind her coffin had been a Family Decision. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. It was the week when a nation mourned, and the mona