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there s evidence that the prospect of brexit is affecting an industry that relies heavily on overseas workers health. there s been a 96% fall in the number of eu nationals registering to work as a nurse in the uk. the institute of directors polled its members over the weekend, and last week s election has had a clear negative impact on business morale. there s been a sudden drop in business confidence, as a direct result of what happened in the election. our members are feeling much less confident about the prospects for the uk economy and they re concerned about the potential impact on their own businesses, as well. it may be that the business voice gets wider audience in government, but with so much political uncertainty, even that prospect is not doing much to lift the gloom. simon jack, bbc news. let s get more on fallout from the general election. at a meeting with her backbenchers this evening, theresa may has apologised for the tories‘ performance in the gene ....
good morning. in sport, stuart hogg is out of the lions tour with injury. but sam warburton is back to captain them in their latest warm up match, they kick off against highlanders later this morning. #ain t #ain‘t nobody loves me better#. from singing superstars to a capella amateurs we take a look behind the scenes of new bbc show, pitch battle. and carol has the weather in just a few minutes when we can find her. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may will meet the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, today, to thrash out the details of a deal that would secure their support for a minority conservative government. opposition parties have criticised the talks, with sinn fein suggesting a deal with the dup would undermine the good friday agreement. meanwhile, with brexit talks due to begin in less than a week, the eu s chief negotiator michel barnier has called on britain not to waste time. our political correspondent, ben wright, has m ....
seeing me! hello, you heard ben but you are security at your fingertips we ll meet the man who says the key to online safety could be in your own hands. and as digital video sales could overtake dvd and blu ray this year. we want to know, do you still buy your movies on disc? just use #bbcbizlive. sally hodkin the limelight, i don t know! welcome to the programme. it s less than a week since the uk woke up to an election result that plunged it into even deeper political and economic uncertainty. prime minister theresa may still hasn t finalised an agreement with the northern irish democratic unionist party which would allow her to govern with a narrow majority. but away from those talks, the pressure is mounting on the government to lay out a strategy for brexit negotiations. tonight the chancellor, orfinance minister, philip hammond, could give us some idea of what is planned. he s expected to say that $61bn of funds from the european union s investment bank will not ....
game ina ahead with their annual baseball game in a rare show of political unity. and the latest on day one of the second golfing major of the year, plus news of a mouthwatering final in cricket s champions trophy. it s almost 48 hour since the fire began at grenfell tower in west london. still, there is no real sense of exactly how many people may have lost their lives in the fire. police say they may never be able to identify all of those who died. our latest report comes from our special correspondent, lucy manning. mohammed hakim fears he s lost everyone his mother, father, two brothers and sister. all his extended family supporting him now rushed to the fire when the calls of panic came. i spoke to her and the last few words she said to me was, please forgive me if i ve said anything to upset you or hurt you. i don t think we re going to make it out of the building. they were supposed to be celebrating next month. his sister, husna, was getting married, but the e ....
sit down protest blocking traffic in central london. police confirm 30 people are now known to have died in the fire. the bbc understands more than 70 are dead or missing. the prime minister already criticised for her response to the tragedy visits some of the injured in hospital. she has announced a £5 million fund to help the victims. what we need to do is to ensure that immediately people have the support that they need in order to deal with what is an horrific and terrible circumstance that people are in. and the queen and prince william visit a relief centre where some of the hundreds left homeless are staying in temporary accommodation. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there have been angry scenes in west london, as people affected by the grenfell tower fire tried to storm the offices of the local council. some protestors managed to get inside kensington and chelsea town hall where they were confronted by security guards. tonight there are two protests i ....