the answer for me was simple, because i truly believe that we can help now, and that we can contribute and we can play our vital role, which can however be very important in the history, in the history of royal mail, because this is a moment which is very decisive. the problem with royal mail currently has is that while it is almost dominant, or a monopoly provider of the mail distribution services, and hence the decline of the letter business. parcel business is a competitive business. allow me to remind you that in 2012, royal mail s market share owned the parcel business with 75%. it is 33% today. this is the problem of royal mail. the unions actually problem of royal mail. the unions actually fear - - problem of royal mail. the unions actually fear you don t care about letters, you only care about parcels may split the businesses? 140 only care about parcels may split the businesses? no way. no wa . split the businesses? no way. no way- and split the businesses? no
by the man she called dad . as new rules on covid tracing alerts come in, giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing instead of self isolating, ministers meet to discuss how it s going. and coming up could canterbury cathedral be home to some of the oldest stained glass in the world? new research suggests it dates back nearly 900 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there s been a gold rush for team gb at the olympics in tokyo. adam peaty won the men s 100 metres breaststroke, becoming the first british swimmer ever to retain an olympic title. tom daley and matty lee were victorious in the men s synchronised ten metre diving, and tom pidcock won britain s third gold in the men s cross country mountain biking. there were silver medals too for alex yees in the men s triathlon, and lauren williams in taekwondo. for a full round up of the action at the olympics today, let s cross to gavin ramjaun at the bbc sports centre. as you say, what a day
look at that, look at the way. where are the scores? just! yes, es! and jubilation for diver tom daley with his new partner matty lee four olympic games and he s finally won gold. all day today, it s like everything is falling into place. we found that sense of flow. we didn t really say anything to each other. we just knew what we had to do to get the job done. and more british success a gold for tom pidcock in the men s mountain bike cross country and silver for alex yee in the men s triathlon a bit bizarre, really. that it s me that s doing this. i m just a normal guy from south east london. so it s just crazy. dreams really do come true. we ll bring you all the latest from tokyo as team gb shoots up to fourth place in the medals table. also on the programme. will more key workers in england be given the right to test daily for covid instead of self isolating? ministers are meeting to decide. flash floods and wildfires in a year of extreme weather globally, scientist
weather is approaching some western parts of the uk, particularly the south west here through the night, this is showery rain, showery means on and off, one minute it is quiet, then heavy then quiet again, but the vast majority of the country early on tuesday morning, pretty clear, with some morning sunshine. now here is the problem with tomorrow. so, low pressure often brings strong winds but this is large and there is very little wind in it, and that is not necessarily a good thing, because with the strength of the sun all of the moisture, will see big showers forming inland. some will be thunderstorms, some will be downpours as well and there is very little wind to push this round, so where the storm forms it dumps that rainfall and that leads to flash flooding, but flash flooding the localised. sud, most of us don t get it. it will be in spots round the country. on wednesday there will be more of a breeze in the southern half of the uk and the centre of that low transfers