Of any potential suitors coming up shortly. And in the weather, ben has the details. The calendar rises further in the autumn but the temperature is climbing over the next two days. How long can that u pwa rd the next two days. How long can that upward trend last . All the details coming up. Thanks. Also coming up, the british diver who thought things couldnt get any worse separated from his boat four miles from the shore then he realised he was being stalked by a huge shark. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. The Prime Minister is to update mps this afternoon on progress in brexit negotiations, after her meeting with eu leaders at dinner in brussels last week. But a separate meeting with the president of the European Commission is now the subject of a leaked account in a german newspaper, which claims that theresa may begged Jean Claude Juncker for help, and appeared anxious and tormented. It follows a call from the uks biggest business lobby groups for an urgent b
For breaching betting rules. He must also pay £20,000 in costs. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Hospitals in england could carry out 280,000 extra non urgent operations every year, by making better use of operating theatres. The analysis comes from a Health Service watchdog, nhs improvement. Its conclusions are due out later this week but have been seen by the bbc. They suggest that an average of two hours a day are lost in operating theatres because of late starts and other delays. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym has this report. Patients waiting months for planned surgery may be surprised to hear the nhs could be doing a lot more operations. Thats the view of a health regulator, who says time is wasted and more patients could be fitted in. The analysis seen by the bbc suggests hospitals could be more efficient. Nhs improvement looked at non urgent surgery at 100 trusts in england last year. It said 1. 61; million operations were carried out, but an extra 280,000 more c
The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. With just a year until a brexit deal has to be done, the eu side is deeply uncertain about how this process will end, with an organised deal or a chaotic split. Huge challenges ahead, said donald tusk. Ahead of us is still the toughest stress test. If we fail it, the negotiations will end in our defeat. Donald tusk is no fan of brexit. He even hopes it may not happen. But he says success or failure in the talks depends on how the uk handles them. It is in fact up to london how this will end, with a good deal, no deal or no brexit. Last weeks summit in brussels br
Snooker championship 2015 to today being banned for six months for betting breaches. It is estimated he spent £35,000 in the past seven yea rs spent £35,000 in the past seven years betting on matches. More on that later. And the weather with chris. Cloudy and mild here, but i will be casting my mind to the alps with the Early Arrival of winter. More from me in the next half hour. Also coming up, a string and a prayer the moment 2115 people simultaneously bungee jumped off a 30 foot high bridge in brazil. Well tell you why. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The European Council president , donald tusk, has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together or face defeat. Brexit, he said, was the eus toughest stress test, and it must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas repo
This Cardboard Box maker in leamington is in one segment of the economy that is now growing more quickly than it did ten years ago. Manufacturing. The orders have been coming in fast enough that it is hitting obstacles to further growth, like finding enough staff and materials to meet those orders. That is where the economists think inflation can become a risk. But growth, compared to last year, has slowed down. Last year we had double digit growth. We had a fantastic year last year. This year we still have growth but organic growth from existing accounts. And we have been lucky enough to win some new business. But not of the scale of last year. Our sales team have been distracted in negotiations, price increases and things like that. So this year is not quite as good, but still very positive. Construction was easily the worst performing sector of the economy. Its shrunk now for six months, that is technically a recession. And in the last quarter it was down by 0. 7 , that is its worst