With george ford at fly half. It isa it is a pretty chilly start to your friday. Mist and fog around, too. But lots of sunshine to come. I will have the details on breakfast. Its friday the 20th of september. Our top story the future of thomas cook is hanging in the balance this morning, as it scrambles to raise £200 Million Pounds to secure an Emergency Rescue deal. Britains oldest package holiday firm must secure the funds before a crucial meeting next friday. Ninas here to explain what this could mean for its customers and staff. Lots of people concerned about their jobs. And millions of holidays. It has been around since the 1840s. Hundreds of high street branches. May, they revealed £1. 5 billion of losses over the past six months and warned that they were tough times ahead. Lots of debt. They blamed lots of reasons. One of them brexit uncertainty. People making fewer bookings. Also the heatwave meant we we re bookings. Also the heatwave meant we were spending less on holidays a
Everywhere is sore. Its painful everyday. Just pain. Just one night he was in so much pain, he sent me a text wishing that the butterflies would come and take him, because hed had enough. Hed had enough of the pain. That was. That was heartbreaking. Now his friends have got together to show him how much they care. Well bring you that film at around 10. 30. Dave cheering and this was the moment last night when dave was announced as the winner of the mercury music prize. I know i tell this story all the time, but i want to thank my brother christopher, who inspired this album. This is your story that we told and even though you cant be here with us today, i know you are watching this, bro, and i am so grateful. Thank you, guys, so much. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Are you or your kids taking part in todays Global Climate strike . Get in touch and what you think about that. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria
Children, 100,000 children. And, as sadly so often is the case, children who are on free school meals, the poorest children, and children with special Educational Needs fare the worst in the situation. And excitment builds as the Rugby World Cup gets underway in japan. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Large numbers of british schoolchildren are joining millions of people in a worldwide protest against Climate Change. Around 5,000 demonstrations are planned across 150 countries. Many will involve young people staying away from school, university or work. Those involved are calling for more urgent action from governments to halt global warming. The demonstrations come ahead of a un summit on Climate Change in new york on monday. This was the scene outside westminster where thousands are expected to gather for one of the strikes getting under way shortly. The first protest began in the Pacific Island of vanuatu where rising sea levels threaten communities. In dehli, children an
I want to firstly thank god. I want to invite my mum up onto the stage. British rapper dave wins the 2019 Mercury Prize for his debut album, psychodrama. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers henry bonsu and olivia utley stay with us for that. Good evening. Buckingham palace has expressed displeasure after the former Prime Minister David Cameron revealed that he sought the queens help during the Scottish Independence referendum campaign. In a bbc documentary, mr cameron said that in 2014 he had asked if the queen could intervene because he was concerned scotland was going to vote for independence. The queen later urged people to think very carefully about the future. Conversations between the queen and the Prime Minister are meant to be kept private. But today mr cameron denied that hed acted improperly. Heres our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. It is the relationship at the heart of the British State between Prime Minister and monarch.
The uk has recorded its second hottest day ever, with temperatures reaching over 38 degrees in cambridge. Forecasters are warning the heat could lead to heavy rain in some areas. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Prime push heads and was on. It shares fall as earnings disappoint. And amazon and getting paid to play video games. We start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. Revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63. 1; billion dollars. Up about 20 from a year ago, just over 2. 6 billion dollars was actually profit but the crux is it was less than expected. The company has been spending heavily, some 800 million alone in the past three months, to make one day delivery the norm but it is facing pressure of its size and power and facing an anti trust investigation as well as being probed in europe. Michelle flurry has more. The wave of record profits has more. The wave of record profits has a crested. By m