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Of a 12,000 pound bonus to work through the compa nys cancellation crisis. Theres been a big jump in the number of apprentices taken on by Top Employers last year. Ill be finding out why later. The fa sacks the england womens manager mark sampson. It follows evidence of inappropriate and Unacceptable Behaviour with female players in a previous role. And as the number of people quitting smoking hits a ten year high, well look at whether vaping is the answer. And carol is with us with the weather. What we have installed today is wet and windy conditions in the west, slowly moving east through the course of the day. Not getting into the south east of england and tell after dark. 0nce the south east of england and tell after dark. Once that finishers, a return to sunshine until finishes. Good morning. First, our main story. Rescue efforts are continuing across mexico in the aftermath of tuesdays devastating earthquake. So far at least 230 people are known to have died, many of them in coll
Restored. Unimaginable damage, really. The latest satellite picture shows the eye of maria, about a0 miles across, it will be affecting the north of Dominican Republic and this storm is heading close to the turk and Caicos Islands, probably to the north east. There will be Hurricane Force winds, torrential rain and flooding risk. From there, maria spins out quite harmlessly into the atlantic. The next place it might make an effect is perhaps even the uk. The remains of maria could be coming our way in the first week of october. Thats a long way off, there is uncertainty. Today, we have this slow moving weather front across the uk. Its quite a narrow piece of cloud and rain thats working eastwards. Because theres not much in the way of wind blowing across the limbs, thats why the front is particularly slow moving. East anglia, south east england, holding onto some dry and bright weather. Temperatures up to 20 degrees or so. Further west behind the front, we see some sunshine and warm tw
Announcer this is nightly Business Report with Tyler Mathisen and sue herera. Retail wreck. Will this earnings season be the sectors worst in nearly a decade . Staying focused. The markets brushed off the firing of the fbi director, and stocks are oddly calm. Why . And what moves if any should investors like you make . Modern medicine. How Artificial Intelligence could one day predict what diseases we might get. Those stories and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, may 10th. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. The talk in washington and on wall street was about yesterdays firing of fbi director james comey. More on that in a moment, but we begin tonight with retail. Some say the industry now faces its biggest challenge since the great recession. And as the sector gets set to report earnings, investors are preparing for the worst. Weve already seen a growing number of retailers file for bankruptcy. And if the pace keeps up, this year could see highest number of such