Research suggests a simple eye test could lead to much earlier detection of glaucoma, a condition which causes irreversible sight loss. Also. Do you prefer to feel the pages of a book between your finger . 2016 was a record year for the Publishing Industry, as printed book sales went up by 8 compared to the previous year. Good morning. Its thursday 27th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Borisjohnson has used his first intervention in the election borisjohnson has said it would be difficult for the uk to refuse the us if it asks for help on a strike on syria. Borisjohnson has used his first intervention in the Election Campaign to mount the conservatives most personal attack yet onJeremy Corbyn. In an article published in the sun newspaper, the foreign secretary accused the Labour Leader of being a Security Threat to the uk. He accused mr corbyn of being reluctant to use lethal force, opposing Nuclear Weapons and campaigning against nato. He went on to describe the
Life changing. Plus, marine a is a free man. Royal marine Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. Overnight. He received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. His wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. I spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. I think he had worked very hard to prepare himself for not such good news, so once it had finally dawned on us that we were going to be together soon, we were very happy. Well bring you all the details in the next half hour. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. So much to talk about today, please get in touch, please get in touch. Porna bell was married to rob, a Science Journalist for three years before she discovered he was a secret heroin user. We have been speaking to her in her First Television int
Bps shares rising nearly 3 on that news of a return to profit. Also in the programme. Well be getting the inside track on. How you turn one massage and spa centre into an International Business of beauty. As the head of The World Bank forecasts a dramatic rise of robots in the workplace, we want to know what could it mean for yourjob. Would you work with robots . Maybe you do already. Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. One of the worlds Biggest Energy companies, bp, has Just Announced its latest results for the First Quarter of 2017. And as expected its delivered much better news thanks to the rising price of oil and some effective restructuring. Using the oil giants preferred measure of underlying replacement cost profit, the First Quarter of the year came in at 1. 1; billion, a healthy improvement on the 485 million loss it made the same quarter last year. This year bp plans to sell off around 4. 5 billion worth of assets as part of a Gl
Wants his legacy to be overturning those bereaved payment changes. Well talk to campaigners before 10am. And found alive after 32 hours in the sea. The extremely lucky surfer who was rescued off the coast of belfast. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning the latest Breaking News and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later well hear from Paula Radcliffe who says European Athletics proposals which could lead to World Records being rewritten are cowardly. The Governing Body wants to eliminate any doping doubts. It means radcliffes Marathon World Record from 2003 would be wiped out under the plans. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Labour is promising to put 10,000 more police on the streets of england and wales if it wins the election. The party said it would fun
The ftse is down. The size of the divorce bill has investors worried and well explain why. And how do you fancy dinner with a stranger . No, were not talking about a first date, but a new app that promises to serve up a local, authentic home cooked dinner at the press of a button. And so today we want to know if sally or i nipped round to your place, what would you make us . Whats on the menu at your house . Let us know. Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Sendin send in your invitations. Wed love to come round for dinner sometime apple is the worlds most valuable company and it made another huge profit in the first three months of the year. But it was a bit of a mixed bag. The california based giant sold just under 53 billion worth of products as it continues to dominate the smartphone market. But surprisingly iphone sales actually fell by 1 mainly because customers are holding off purchases while waiting for the tenth Anniversary Model expected this autumn