Over the bradford based supermarket a new higher bid is expected in the next few hours. So who wants it and why? i ll look at the details. The drama continues with harry kane after he s left out of tottenham s squad again. The england captain hasn t travelled to portugalfor spurs european match tonight, as speculation continues about his future. Today, there will be cloud around but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. But we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. We. Thick enough for rain or drizzle. We also have another band of rain moving eastwards across england and wales. All the details in about half an hour. It s thursday, 19th august. Our top story. There have been more chaotic scenes outsid
Instagram or e mail me. And coming up this hour. The first super group of whales seen in australia. How many whales make a supergroup? we re going to talk to one of the people watching and studying them. Good morning and welcome to the programme. Health officials in north west england are stepping up coronavirus vaccinations and testing to tackle the surge in cases of the delta variant first identified in india. Yesterday, the government announced extra support for greater manchester and parts of lancashire. Next monday, the government is due to announce if restrictions across england will be lifted a week later. The new package of support includes military assistance, and supervised in school testing. New guidance recommends people minimise travel in and out of the affected areas. Residents are also being encouraged to get tested twice a week. Our correspondent richard galpin has the story. In the warm summer sun, people here in manchester looking forward to the possibility of covid r
Maybe we are powerless that and grab the popcorn and settle in, new york is hosting the tribeca film festival, with a blockbuster roll out of the much anticipated film in the heights . Hello and welcome. President biden is in the uk tonight starting his first overseas trip with a strong message in support of democracy and international alliances. He will attend a summit of world leaders in the coastal area of cornwall before heading to brussels for talks with nato and european leaders. At the end of the tour, he ll have a face to face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. Our north america editorjon sopel has this report on the start of the us president s visit. For the first time since becoming president injanuary, joe biden stepped out from air force one on to foreign soil. The soil of suffolk and raf mildenhall on a perfect summer s evening. The president wants this first foreign trip that will take him to cornwall, brussels and geneva to be seen as a decisive break fr
google s parent company, alphabet, and microsoft have both unveiled quarterly report cards that beat expectations. alphabet shares jumped a little more than 1.5% in after hours trade, as the company announced that its quarterly revenue rose to more than $69 billion. that s 3% higher than the previous year. microsoft stock also got a boost in extended trading, up a smidge over 8.5%, with a quarterly revenue beat that was mainly driven by growth in its cloud computing businesses. of briefings at insider intelligence. some signs of resilience here? yes. although clyde either one or two caveats that. expectations have drops considerably in the last year so this is the type of growth that both of these companies would have been mortified by just a year ago and now expectations have dropped to the point that this is meeting the point that this is meeting the mega expectations of the market is a win. the mega expectations of the market is a win. there is a lot of chat right marke