Of rabbits from the hat during party conference, he was under a lot of criticism because of the hs2 farce, so he has picked on one of the biggest groups in society, which are smokers. We have to remember that to put this in perspective, Smoking Rates have been falling for 50 years and they continue to fall, and the current Smoking Rates in all age groups are the lowest ever recorded level. So there is absolutely no need for this type of draconian policy. This is only going to fuel the black market because it will not stop young people smoking, they will simply get their tobacco from the black market, and of course once they are older they will get it from abroad. But there is more important issue, thats the whole in fertilisation of british society. Once you are 18 you are an adult and its up to you to choose whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to Smoke Tobacco and of course, fewer and fewer people ar
Of the match rachin ravindra, who hit the winning runs on his world cup debut to condemn england to a thumping nine wicket defeat. England have plenty more games to redeem themselves in this 10 team tournament. Disappointed. We were completely outplayed, but the first thing that springs to mind is whether you do lose by a run or a defeat like that, it is one loss at the start of a very long tournament, so i think thatis very long tournament, so i think that is what i will be encouraging everybody to remember. It was certainly a tough loss to take, we were outplayed, but we have a lot of experienced guys in the room who have been through lots of things and have been through lots of things and have face to face like that before. Suggest if we had won the game we dont get too high, and we wont get too low as well. The england football manager, gareth southgate, has recalled aston villa striker Ollie Watkins for their Upcoming Games against australia and italy at wembley. Watkins hasnt fea
Metropolitan police in london is a Risk Assessment for certain music concerts, but the events it targeted all appeared to attract similar audiences. If you submit details in the event gets shut down, you know it is the police. We know they are trying to shut us down. There should bea trying to shut us down. There should be a review of the whole 696 process. So would you say that from 696 is racist . It is all like a big tidal wave of positive things, that is why i am not complaining. It is all great things and blessings, so. All great things and blessings, so. Storms eat hit number one with his debut album and broke records, including racking up the most first week streams for another one album in chart history. Attention is so strong on grime right now, when he talked about the brits featuring no artists from it in 2016, the voting panel called him in and change their criteria. There has been a huge explosion in the people coming across crime and searching for grime artists. If you lo
This is bbc news. The headlines 30 inches of rain has caused floods around the city of houston. Security forces are being sent to the area to help. A lorry driver has been remanded in custody in connection with saturdays minibus crash on the m1. He was charged 20 counts of drink driving and dangerous driving. More than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. The third round of brexit talks take place in brussels this afternoon, with british negotiators urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. A self styled holy man in northern india has been sentenced to ten years in prison, for raping two of his women followers. Now on bbc news were going behind the scenes of britains city of culture with our latest special programme on hulls year long festival of arts and culture. Welcome to summer in the uk city of culture. And summer means festivals. We have got them all literature, theatre a
Business news live from singapore. New zealands Largest Company has unveiled its yearly numbers. Is it milking it for all its worth . And the business of song and dance. Can live bollywood musical transform indias theatre scene . It is monday, good morning, asia. Hello and thank you forjoining us for this edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. New zealands dairy giant fo nterra hizon. New zealands dairy giant fonterra has reported a slump in profitability. New zealands Largest Company reported a net profit of 546 million for the year ending 31 july, 516 million for the year ending 31 july, down from 612 million the previous year. Earlier i spoke to fonterras chief executive live from auckland and i started by asking him why profits were down. We have a difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can see difficult and to the season, so less volume, you can see that in the figures and during the year at 57 increase in mil