We start with amazon, because the Online Retail giant has revealed another set of mind boggling sales figures. Ceo jeff bezos says efforts to make one day delivery the norm for prime customers are paying off with accelerating sales growth. Shares have fallen though as investors were disappointed with how little profit amazon is making on all that business. Lets show you the details. Amazon made revenues of 63. 4 billion in the three months to the end ofjune. That was up 20 on the same period last year. But only around 2. 6 billion of that was profit less than investors were hoping. And its forecasting profit could be lower in the current quarter. Amazon has been spending heavily 800 million in the past three months alone to try and offer one day delivery on more products. Ceo jeff bezos says its now available on 10 million items and that is boosting sales. But amazon is facing growing pressure over its sheer size and power. Its facing antitrust investigations in the us along with the o
Triple and sales soar 20 at amazon. But with regulators circling, ill look at why its getting tougher to be a tech giant. Another day, another batting collapse from england, as ireland move within sight of what would be an historic first test victory at lords. How science is helping gardeners find the best way to water a hanging basket. Its friday the 26th ofjuly. Our top story more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. Leigh milner has the details. It was the second halted day on record, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge. You might have been faster travelling on one of these than the trains. Chaos on rail lines. Passengers are rescued from broken down trains as power ca bles fell from broken down trains as power cables fell and sparked line side fires. Disruptio
And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t
After the record breaking heat come the storms, halting trains and planes, and causing chaos for passengers. The lack of communication was the Biggest Issue for us, not wanting to speak to us. They also have our bags, so were off to the wedding with nothing to wear arsenal players chase off armed carjackers and escape unharmed, tweeting this morning, were fine. And could ireland inflict a shock defeat on england in their test match at lords . And coming up on bbc news, promoter eddie hearn has asked fans to wait for the facts before judging heavyweight boxer dillian whyte. Its after whyte tested positive for a banned substance. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, says his plans to recruit 20,000 more Police Officers in england and wales over three years will begin within weeks. The college of policing, which trains officers, welcomed the move but said there were logistical challenges, partly due to a lack of instructors. Forces in englan
On bbc news at 5pm borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new Police Officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. A possible all time high for the uk the met office has received a provisional temperature of 38. 7 degrees yesterday in cambridge. After the record breaking heat come the storms halting trains and planes, and causing more disruption for passengers. Tens of thousands of gamers are gathered in new york for the World Championship of fortnite, with more prize money on offer than wimbledon. Cheers, mum. And a new horrible histories hits the big screen. Find out what Jason Solomons made of that and the other big releases this week, in the film reivew at 5. 45pm. Welcome to the bbc news at 5pm, im jane hill. Our top story a 51 year old man who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people has been jailed for 18 years. The judge told carl beech that he had deliberately, repeatedly and maliciously told lies to the police, and had no re