Test in southampton. The remarkable story of british pilot Stephen Cameron who spent two months on life support in vietnam with coronavirus and is now on his way home. Good morning. It is going to be a warmer day for us today. Most places will be dry with sunny spells. Rain into the north west of the uk later on. Join me laterfor all the details. Good morning. Its sunday 12th july. Our top story the government is to spend more than £700 million on increased security and border checks in preparation for the end of the brexit transition period at the end of the year. Therell be 500 new staff, and new inland border posts where existing ports have no room to cope with the extra checks that will be required. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Dover is the busiest channel port. It will be on the front line of new regulations from the end of the year. When the bread the transition period comes to a close, new checks will be necessary. There are new facilities built inland. Uk wil
Were cancelled. Wales sees the further easing of lockdown restrictions today with the reopening of some tourist accommodation. Frustration for englands cricketers. Theyre under pressure in the first test as west indies take a healthy lead into the second innings. And as the equestrian sport of venti gets under way this weekend for the First Time Since lockdown, we are behind the scenes at the barbary horse trials. And if you are planning to get out and about this weekend i have good news for you, because it looks generally dry for us this weekend. There will be some spells of sunshine and it should be getting a bit warmer as well. Its saturday, the 11th ofjuly. Our top story tougher rules on wearing Face Coverings could be on the way in england, after the Prime Minister said a stricter approach may help stop the spread of coronavirus. Its already mandatory to wear a Face Covering in shops in scotland, and ministers are considering whether to follow suit in england. The government has p
Nightly Business Report for thursday may 29th. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Stocks rose again today with the s p 500 ending at yet another fresh alltime closing high. And the dow, within 17 points of its own record high, this happening despite the numbers showing this year. The Gross Domestic Product showed a must worse is decline with the wicked weather getting much of the blame. But wall street was unfazed. Stocks got a big boost in jobless claims last week which are now back at prerecession levels and there was also a modest pending home sales in april. That was the second monthly increase in a row. Dow up 65. Nasdaq higher excuse me, the s p 500 added ten to close at the new alltime high of 19. 20. And bench mark with the 11month lows with the trading at 2. 4 . So what gives . Why are stocks at near record three times since last year, how is the economy counting on growth in the year ahead. Steve liesman has more. Decline actually caused economists to be more optimistic in
Department seeks 10 billion from bnp paribas over allegations it evaded u. S. Sanctions against iran and other countries. Southwest airlines is fined 200,000 for advertising cheap seats that did not exist. Forbes reports microsoft is working on a smartwatch that is also a heart monitor. And the la times reports former microsoft coceo steve balmer has offered to buy the la clippers for 1. 8 billion dollars. Trader bob iaccino of tethys partners steps in now for an early look at the market. Bob we are at the end of may. How is today likely to play out . Well well probably play out with a little bit of selling but that something you have to take with a grain of salt. Everybody knows the sell in may and go away phrase. It doesnt work in a bull market. If you track it historically and if everybody agrees were in a bull market which i dont see how you can at this point disagree with that it doesnt work. So sell in may and go way that will affect some people toward the end of the month, but y
We have all that and more on nightly Business Report for thursday may 29th. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Stocks rose again today with the s p 500 ending at yet another fresh alltime closing high. And the dow, within 17 points of its own record high, this happening despite the numbers showing this year. The Gross Domestic Product showed a must worse is decline with the wicked weather getting much of the blame. But wall street was unfazed. Stocks got a big boost in jobless claims last week which are now back at prerecession levels and there was also a modest pending home sales in april. That was the second monthly increase in a row. Dow up 65. Nasdaq higher excuse me, the s p 500 added ten to close at the new alltime high of 19. 20. And bench mark with the 11month lows with the trading at 2. 4 . So what gives . Why are stocks at near record three times since last year, how is the economy counting on growth in the year ahead. Steve liesman has more. Decline actually caused economi