Uses leftovers to make luxury goods. Would you buy upcycled goods . Do you reinvent things that you dont use any more . Let us know use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. The euro fell against major currencies on monday as Coalition Talks in germany collapsed, throwing Angela Merkels future into doubt and creating uncertainty in europes largest economy. Eight weeks of negotiations following septembers general election fell apart, with the centrist free democrats, led by christian lindner, pulling out. It leaves Angela Merkel with few options given her stated objections to ruling as a minority government. Later mrs merkel will meet the german president Frank Walter Steinmeier who could call a new election. Jenny hill is in berlin for us. What went wrong with the negotiations . It was always going to be tricky bringing together these three very different political groupings, mrs merkels conservatives, the green party, with their environmental stance, and the free
Look at the start of the trading day and we will take a look at wall street. Also in the programme, many of us believe we have an idea for a hit novel inside us. Well well meet the man who could help you realise your dream with an algorithm that he says will help spot the next publishing sensation. And as facebook launches a messenger app for children under the age of 13, we want to know how young is too young for social media 7 let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Talks between the eu and the uk were derailed in the last 2a hours, just as it looked like a deal might finally be on the table. The negotiations came to a halt after the dup, the Political Party in Northern Ireland who are propping up the conservative government, rejected a proposal to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic. The dup objected to a clause in a Draft Agreement with the eu that would guarantee regulatory alignment between Northern Ireland and t
Britains city of culture as we review 12 months of cracking events. Thats right, its been an absolutely phenomenal year. We have so much to look back on. Across four seasons, hull took art out of galleries and theatres and into the streets. 365 days of events changed the way the city has been seen by the rest of the world. The year has gone by so quick, i cannot believe its almost over, and i hope these guys get to stay. This is the latest installation for 2017 called where do we go from here. These robot arms brought out of retirement to do some dancing for us here in the city of culture. And it sort of mirrors back to the start of the year back injanuary when the whole of the city centre was filled with lights and sounds. That was amazing. That was how we started the season, made in hull. Crowd eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. 2017 really did start with a bang. With 3. 5 tonnes of fireworks. And made in hull, a spectacular light show telling the story of the city and i
I have no idea what i am singing. Louise is worried. Six breakfast presenters and a i,000 strong audience what could possibly go wrong . find out how we got on in our big singing challenge. And phil avery has the weather. Steph, very good morning to you. Merry christmas. I feel as though i am in the way here. Here is your headline, if you havent got any power here in stevenage this morning, i think i have found a reason. I will have all the detail on the christmas whether in 15 minutes. Weather. Good morning. First, our main story the queen will pay tribute to the cities of manchester and london in her Christmas Day broadcast, for the way in which they dealt with this years terrorist attacks. She is at her estate at sandringham with other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his fiancee, Meghan Markle. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. The queen recorded this years broadcast a few days ago at buckingham palace. Its main theme is the importance of hom