In sport its giggs for wales. The Manchester United legend will be named the new National Coach later replacing chris coleman. And carol has the weather. Good morning from outside the bbc here in london. I will tell you why youre a here as a go through the morning but in the weather, while we have a band of heavy rain and strong winds, behind it, we have lost three showers, some of which will be wintry in the hills in the north. Blustery. Crucial talks are due to take place between creditors and government officials later in an attempt to save one of britains biggest construction Construction Firms. Karelian is involved in hs2 construction Construction Firms. Karelian is involved in h52 and crossrail and it has £900 million of debts. Carillion. From schools, hospitals, prisons, roads, railways and the national grid. Carillion is at the greed of the vast portfolio of Public Sector Construction Projects and maintenance services. But it is in deep financial trouble. Problems are broad an
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 a century, while also cutting pollution and keeping a lid on soaring debt levels. Its a difficult balancing act. So what are we expecting . According to surveys by reuters and afp, chinas economy probably grew 6. 8 last year. That would be slightly better than 2016, which saw the weakest growth in 25 years, and better than the governments target of 6. 5 you can see the slowdown since 2010. 0n reason is china has been trying to rely less on exports, being the low cost factory of the world, and more on its domestic Economy Consumer spending by its own people. This is the years of double digit growth. In other words, its moving from a developing to a developed economy. But with that has come a surge in debt. A decade ago, Chinese Companies and households owed some 6 trillion. That was the level of debt. Today, despite government attempts to limit credit, that has ballooned to 27 trillion. Thats prompted dire warnings of a looming crisis. We hope to go to shanghai shortly to speak to ou
Minutes. The flagship Free Childcare scheme in england now one charity says parents are subsidising it from their own pockets. Are of champagne. It is really bound to in small doses. Id offer you a glass of champagne. He was the actor behind television sleuth jason king Peter Wyngarde has died in hospital at the age of ninety. Taxpayers owe private Companies Like carillion almost 200 billion pounds to complete big building projects and the public spending watchdog says its not the best value for money. In sport curtains for konta. The british number one is out of the Australian Open after a shock defeat to the world number 123. Good morning. First, our main story. Britain is to increase its contribution towards border controls in france by nearly 45 Million Pounds, and commit to taking in more migrants calais. The deal will be announced at a summit between theresa may and the french president Emmanuel Macron this afternoon. Their meeting at the armys Officer Training Academy in sandhur
Donald trump talking about the prospect earlier. If the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently than it has been over the last long period of time, many years. But if for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. We are rebuilding the military, bringing it toa rebuilding the military, bringing it to a level that has never been at. And the worst thing is for our military, we dont want that to happen. Anthony joins us live washington. What are the main obstacles between where we are in the funding being released . Were looking at a short term deal to extend funding into the middle of february. That has to pass the house of representatives and the senate, and the House Republicans can do it pretty much by themselves because they have a simple majority. In the senate, it will take democratic help, or at least a handful of democrats not outright blocking it from passage. The bill we are looking at now is c