Up to 4,500 jobs are at risk at energy firm npower, as a Restructuring Plan is announced. The met police is to pay the former mp, harvey proctor, £900,000 in compensation and legal costs. He was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. Mr bartley is ready and waiting to answer your questions and a study on smartphones finds a quarter of young people good morning. Welcome to the bbc news at nine. The conservatives have complained to the broadcasting regulator about channel 4, accusing it of bias and of a political stunt. The broadcaster replaced borisjohnson with an Ice Sculpture, when he declined to take part in a debate about Climate Change last night. The brexit partys nigel farage also stayed away, and was replaced by a sculpture, but five other Party Leaders took part. Lets get more with our political correspondent, helen catt. Good morning. So the conservatives trying to push the focus onto channel 4 with this letter to 0fcom about what they call a stunt. B
And behind schedule years ago. Would you feed insects to your cat or dog . Uk vets say its one answer to wean pets off meat and fish products. Four hours from possible closure its deadline day for cash strapped bolton and bury Football Clubs as they face expulsion from the Football League. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. No dramas this time for serena williams. After last years meltdown in the final, she beats Maria Sharapova in the first round in under an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. With just over two months to go before the uk is scheduled to leave the european union, Jeremy Corbyn has met other Opposition Party leaders to discuss ways of stopping a no deal brexit. The labour leader has insisted hell do everything necessary to prevent the country leaving without an agreement. Some of those mps who attended this mornings meeting say theyve agreed to look to stop no deal through legislation. The government says mr corbyn is simply
Clubs has just closed with the firm aiming to buy bury pulling out in the last hour. Police investigating alleged abuse at a hospital in County Antrim say cctv footage has revealed 1500 crimes committed on one ward. Documents discovered by the bbc suggest the government, and h52, knew the High Speed Railway was over budget and behind schedule years ago. Would you feed your pets insects to help fight Climate Change . Vets thinks it could be the way forward. And we speak to the author of the pulitzer winning novel the underground railroad, Colson Whitehead, about his latest work thats in half an hour. Good evening. Opposition mps have agreed to try to block a no deal brexit by introducing legislation in parliament. A meeting of those opposed to no deal was called by labour leaderJeremy Corbyn. Ajoint Statement Issued afterwards did not detail how or when legislative attempts would be made. And it said using a vote of no confidence to bring down the government remained an option. Mr corby
Slowdown. Well show you what the majority of cfos are predicting. Screenwriter and counterculture hero passes away 50 years after the film that made him a legend. Well look back at his career. But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Authorities in new york released the official autopsy report on billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein. They rule his death a suicide. Protocols were clearly violated and they plan to conduct their own investigation. Passengers left waiting for hours when a system used by u. S. Customs went down at airports across the nation. I want to go back to europe. Tlaib will not go to israel after they refused to allow tlaib to see her grandmother. She does have to see her now. Sad news in tor omenfonda h. Rice cookers were found all across manhattan, sparking rush hour panic, because many people thought they were bombs. President trump wants to buy greenland from the danish government. You cant. Sorry. Thats crazy v
With the reported wage, a Million Pounds a week. There will be some rain around but not a complete wash out for all of us. Not a complete wash out for all of us. Jointly later for all the details. Its saturday 27th july. Our top story. Donald trump says the uk and United States are working on what he called a very substantial post brexit trade deal. The president spoke with borisjohnson on the phone yesterday and claimed trade could be worth up to five times higher than current levels. Boris and i just spoke. I congratulated him and hes all set to go. Hes gonna be i think hell be do a greatjob. Were working already on a trade agreement. And i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. You know, we can do with the uk we can do three to four times we were actually impeded by their relationship with the European Union. We were very much impeded on trade. Lets get more on this now from our Political Correspondent tom barton whos in our london newsroom this morning. What is the re