we are going to focus on the top business stories. we start with a developing story we brought you this time yesterday because the european car industry is calling for a delay to tougher post brexit trade rules due to come in from january saying the supply chain is not ready. europe s car makers source many of the batteries for electric cars from asia which would see them fall foul of rules of origin regulations that specify how much of a car must be eu produced. it comes amid growing concern about the future of car manufacturing here in the uk where there is currently only one factory making batteries. stellantis owner of vauxhall as well as brands including fiat, citroen and peugeot has warned it may have to close uk factories if the government does not renegotiate the brexit deal. our economics editor faisal islam has more. earlier this week, a strong message from one of the world s biggest car makers to renegotiate details of the brexit deal, as their elec
tonight at ten all the major car manufacturers in the uk are understood to have raised concerns about the brexit trade deal. vauxhall has already gone public, saying the future of its british factories is in doubt unless the trade deal is changed. the focus is on batteries for electric vehicles the uk needs to produce more to satisfy eu trading rules and experts say we re way behind. uk hasa uk has a very simple decision to make, either it supports the future of vehicle manufacturing in the uk or it decides it s not in vehicle manufacturing long term and it loses those 800,000 jobs associated with the industry. we ll have the latest on the fears for the future of the car industry and the government s response. also tonight a car chase in new york. harry and meghan say that lives were put at risk as they were chased by paparazzi. a cab driver was with them for part of the journey. they looked nervous, ithink they looked nervous, i think they were they looked nervous, i t
hello and welcome to bbc news. i have the top stories. with british supermarket prices spiralling fast, rishi sunak is promising more seasonal visas for farming. promising more seasonal visas forfarming. that promising more seasonal visas for farming. that story coming up for farming. that story coming up later on. but first, one of the world s biggest car makers, stella ntis, which produces vauxhall cars here in the uk, has urged the government to renegotiate part of its eu trade deal or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, whose brands also include peugeot, citroen, chrysler and fiat, says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the surge in the cost of raw materials has made some of the conditions of the post brexit deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable. our economics editor faisal islam has the story. electric vehicle manufacturing is supposed to be the future of the car industry, replacing these conventional cars, b
notes were marked without his consent. and in the skies above lincolnshire a lancaster bomber marks the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids. on bbc london. the large sinkhole that s appeared in a field near amersham above a tunnel being built for the h52 high speed rail line. some campaigners want work to stop. good evening. we start tonight with the news that the manufacturers of vauxhall vehicles in the uk have urged the government to renegotiate part of the brexit trade agreement or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, one of the world s biggest car manufacturers, whose business includes vauxhall, peugeot, citroen, and fiat, says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the conditions of the brexit free trade deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable, given the surge in the cost of raw materials, and the prospect of tariffs between the uk and the eu would make exports uncompetitive. our economics editor fais