And what about care home staff . Some are refusing the vaccine. What does that mean for you wanting to visit your relativies . Im on twitter vicderbyshire. Online retailer asos buys topshop, topman and miss selfridge. The deal doesnt include the shops, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. The cost of covid for children a report suggests they stand to lose an average of £40,000 each in Lifetime Earnings becaue most are not in school. And coming up this hour, well speak to Nicholas Hewlett, a head teacher in south london who is coming out as gay during an Online Assembly this morning. Theres been International Condemnation of the armed forces in myanmar after they seized power and detained civilian politicians, including Aung San Suu Kyi the woman known Around The World for decades as the face of the struggle for democracy in the country and who has, since elections in 2015, been widely recognised as its unofficial leader. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until democratic
And the viral moment a grandmother was hoisted into air by a shops shutters is captured in a new mural at the scene. Good morning. It is much colder this morning good morning. It is much colder this morning with a frost in the north, and one morning with a frost in the north, and one or morning with a frost in the north, and one or two i saw fog patches as welt and one or two i saw fog patches as welt for and one or two i saw fog patches as welt forall and one or two i saw fog patches as well. Forallthe and one or two i saw fog patches as well. For all the prospects, join me in about well. For all the prospects, join me in about a well. For all the prospects, join me in about a quarter of an hour for more in about a quarter of an hour for more detail. One or two ice or fog patches. Its saturday march 16. Good morning. Our main story a Ship Carrying 200 tonnes of food to gaza has started unloading its cargo after leaving cyprus earlier this week. Its the first vessel to try to get suppl
talking business. hello, everybody! a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. shipping gets stuck in the slow lane. how much damage will be caused by the red sea attacks forcing global trade to take the long way around? the global economy relies on all our stuff being moved across the oceans. but, are 150 years of progress being undone by an unprecedented threat to shipping? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two, there they are. the big boss of the world second biggest shipping company, denmark s maersk, who tells me that consumers are already feeling the effect with higher prices. and the boss of the un s international maritime organisation, who will fill us in on what needs to be done to keep the oceans free for global trade. plus, big bucks for the big stage the man who runs the world s biggest brewer, the giant behind budweiser, corona and stella tells us why he is spending h
time, talking about her career, women s rights in iran and much more. stay with us to watch the whole interview. sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with tennis where it s women s semi final day at the french open. the top two seeds are in action. iga switek faces brazil s beatrix haddid maia later but first up it s australian open champions aryna sabalenka against unseeded czech karolina muchova. a tight first set has just gone the way of the cheque and she is 2 1 up in the tie break in the second set. she has never been past the third round prior to this year. alexis macallister has sais his gratitude will be eternal as he bid farewell to brighton. he s joined liverpool in deal worth up to 55 million pounds. the 24 year old midfielder has signed a five year deal and will wear the number ten shirt at anfield. the world cup winner, who helped brighton qualify for europe for the first time, added that
we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the government s pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euro a month, which is over 550 euro higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more due to rising inflation. let s go live to paris now and talk to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. we spoke about these injanuary but they are still continuing into march. but they are still continuing into march. , , . , , into march. the public support is there for into march. the public