hello, i m with your top business stories. should one of britain s most influential newspapers be owned by the abu dhabi royal family? that s a question the uk government has been grappling with since the 169 year old daily telegraph agreed to a major investment from a uae backed firm late last year. redbird imi is backed by shekih mansour bin zayed al nahyan who also owns manchester city football club. the deal has been put on hold until later this month while uk media regulators examine it. but the man leading the bid, the former boss of cnn jeff zucker, has dismissed concerns about editorial interference by the gulf government at the telegraph and its sister magazine the spectator. speaking exclusively to our business editor simonjack, he said the deal will provide much needed investment in uk journalism. we think it is a two terrific brands that have been under invested in for a long time and is a great opportunity to export these brands, to invest in these brands, br
look at what it is like to take over a long running family business. time now to get down to business. we begin with energy. it will be clean and safe and power 1.8 million homes in the north of england and the midlands. that is the plan presented by the uk government and the netherlands who have announced the world s largest multiuse electricity powerline built under the north sea. the will connect the uk in the netherlands with offshore wind farms providing energy to britain aiming to reduce household bills. this announcement comes at the start of the second north sea summit which kicks off today in belgium, the founding countries are belgium, denmark and the netherlands will be joined by france, uk ireland norway and luxembourg and the largest ever coalition around energy in the northeast off let s talk to jess ralston head of energy at the energy and climate intelligence unit. first of all, uk government is saying it s the s largest of its kind, powerline is delivering c
Good afternoon. The former post office boss Paula Vennells has been accused of living in la la land and being in a Cloud Of Denial about her role in the horizon it scandal. Shes giving evidence for a third and final day at the Public Inquiry on the day that a Bill Quashing the convictions of more than 800 Sub Postmasters is due to come in to force. Theo leggett has the latest from the inquiry. Paula vennells, did you put profits before people . Paula vennells, did you put profits before maple . Paula vennells, did you put profits before people . Before people . Arriving at the inuui before people . Arriving at the inquiry for before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third day before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third day of before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third day of her| inquiry for the third day of her testament, Paula Vennells looked grim faced. B
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likely to see is probably slightly reduced choice of the things we d normally see in things like clothing retailers, in electrical retailers, and also maybe longer delivery times, particularly of new products, because they will take longer to take come from the factories in the far east to our stores here in britain. the united states, britain and ten other countries have warned rebel forces in yemen that they will face consequences if attacks on commercial ships continue, warning they posed a direct threat to freedom of navigation. i m not going to spell that out but it is quite clear to me that this is unacceptable, illegal. it is not to do with gaza or israel, this is about the freedom of navigation and the ability of ships to carry their cargo and the world economy, every economy, will suffer if ships keep coming under attack in this illegal and unacceptable way. global shipping has been rocked by other crises in the past few years the huge container ship ever given got stuck in