the inside track today on alcantara. it s the product you ve probably never heard of that luxury brands love to use. and as the american owner of shredded wheat completed their acquisition of weetabix, we want to know, what do you love to eat for breakfast? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. welcome to the programme. it s the 4th ofjuly and while americans will be taking the day off to mark independence day, the republicans and democrats will have differing views on whether the state of the country s economy gives cause for celebration. the self styled ceo president wants america to grow by 3% a year a level not seen for over a decade. with growth currently atjust 1.6%, how exactly does he plan on doing it? central to his plan is the renegotiation of us trade deals. the trump administration now says that it plans to start talks over the north america free trade agreement as soon as practicable . similarly, the president has pulled out of a
news teams where you are. you are watching bbc news. i am here with the ball bbc sport. it s the second day at wimbledon with the ball bbc sport. at least one more british player will make it through to the second round. katherine downes came safely through the opening day. we ve had a couple of hours play already, but centre court isjust getting going. what a day it is for the centre court crowd. we will get to novak djokovic and roger federer double later. their opener is angelique kerber, the world number one, who has the honour of raising the curtain on centre court today. she is the defeated finalist from last year and is the defeated finalist from last yearand in the is the defeated finalist from last year and in the absence of serena williams, angelique kerber is first out against the american qualifier. she looks like she s doing 0k. she will be aware as well that not only is she the beaten finalist, the world number one, but there are four other women in the women
through what is moving and why and weigh up the latest prediction that the pound sterling is due for a bounce back. powering the future. we ll be getting the inside track on a business which hopes to provide young companies with cheap renewable energy. and today we want to know, how green is your energy, and does it matter? or when it comes to choosing a supplier, is it all about price? let us know, just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. it isa it is a packed agenda as per usual, so it is a packed agenda as per usual, so let s get started. we begin in south africa, where presidentjacob zuma is under pressure because a no confidence vote in his leadership is being considered by the parliament s speaker. it s because of the contorversial cabinet reshuffle last week which saw the respected finance minister pravin gordhan and many other cabinet members sacked. that s had a big impact. let s talk you through the reaction. within hours of mr gordhan‘s removal, the south african curren
to haunt the living. and the banksy of bad punctuation why one man is roaming the streets of bristol in secret making his mark on incorrect shop signs. good morning. it s monday 3rd april. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. five people have been charged over an attack in croydon, which left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life. the victim, a 17 year old kurdish iranian boy, is in a serious but stable condition after he was allegedly chased and beaten by a gang of 20 people in croydon, south london. police investigating last friday s taxi three others remain in custody. our correspondent ben bland is in croydon for us. bring us up to date. bring us up-to-date. within the last half an hour, the police have been updating us on there in investigation into this attack, which began at that bus stop just over my shoulder shortly before midnight on friday. police said they suspect it was a racially motivated attack. there was no reason for it. they said it
afternoon. fairly fresh on some of those coasts, but inland around 15 to 17 degrees. a couple weather fronts to 17 degrees. a couple weather fro nts m ove to 17 degrees. a couple weather fronts move across the country tonight. winds pushing through the cloud and the rain. all of us today will eventually get a few spots of drizzle. the north west of the country will be quite fresh. colder aircoming in behind country will be quite fresh. colder air coming in behind these weather fronts. across england and wales, milder. tomorrow, a different picture across the bulk of england. certainly in the morning a lot of cloud. it would be so stubborn, moving sluggishly across the south east and southern parts of the uk. if you live in wales, the north, the north west of the country, a much better picture in the afternoon. the rest of the week, not much happens. high pressure angering itself across the uk. the weather systems going around it a bit like a catherine wheel. we are in the cen