Is through to the second round of the australian open, with a straight sets win over american Madison Brengle. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, Roger Federer reaches round two in melbourne but isnt expecting another fairy tale year after two grand slams aged 35 in 2017. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A growing number of businesses are saying they are facing big losses and have already had to lay off staff because of the collapse of carillion. Firms working on private sector deals for the construction giant have been told theyll receive only two days of government support. One Industry Group estimates that up to 30,000 firms are owed money by carillion. The government has ordered a fast track investigation into the companys directors. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. This is the sort of work, painting offices in newly built flats that the carillion collapses putting in question. A london decorating company which had 30 people turn up for a job to find sud
The 30 year plan to revolutionise transport in the north of england but it gets a rather mixed response. Iceland becomes the first supermarket to say that plastic will be eliminated from its own Brand Products within five years. A new National Health service starts, providing hospital and specialist services. And the changing role of nurses in the nhs we talk about the challenges they face. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Could leicester overcome jamie vardys former club, fleetwood town, in tonights fa cup third round replay . Good evening. Thousands of workers and small firms facing an uncertain future, are demanding answers from ministers following the collapse of carillion, the construction giant which went into liquidation yesterday. Ministers have ordered a fast track investigation into the firms directors, but labour wants an independent assessment of the potential costs facing the taxpayer. Carillion, the uks second biggest construction firm, employs 20,000 people in the
Leaving thousands ofjobs at risk. Ministers have ordered a fast track investigation into its directors. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Us banking giants taking major financial hits from President Trumps new tax reform programme. And australias pokie problem tops the list of the largest gambling losses in the world. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its a wednesday. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start off with the us burning season. Some of americas biggest banks are putting this week. Likely announce large one time charges in the fourth quarter. That will surely erode their profitability. That is a result of President Trumps tax overhaul at the end of last year. I am joined by marika oi. Last weekjp morgan showed better than normal earnings, but are taking a hit. It is a similar story with city, also reporting overnight. If you are wondering, wasnt the tax reform of President Trump supposedly good for big corpo
Last year, facebook said that it plans to boost its team of moderators by more than 3,000. And google says itll increase the number of people monitoring content to a total of ten thousand. Meanwhile twitter has already removed around a million accounts related to terrorism. Its a pressing issue for governments around the world for example germany can now Fine Companies over 60 Million Dollars if they fail to take down extremist material. Elsewhere in the uk, senior ministers have suggested the tech giants could face punitive taxes if they fail to do more in the fight against terrorism. With me is mike weston, founder of radiate b2b good morning. It is a very tricky one, isnt it, there is no clear right or wrong here on how to monitor and remove material is it enough when facebook, twitter, youtube say they are boosting the numbers of those monitoring . youtube say they are boosting the numbers of those monitoring . I think it is very difficult to determine what constitutes an offer. Ho
Celsius heat to beat her opponent and reached round two although she seemed more exercise that she left two blueberry punnets on the Conveyor Belt at the local supermarket. I will explain all later on. Snow and ice and heavy gales coming. Plenty to talk about as the weather is set to do some of its worst in the next 48 hours. Thanks, susan. Also coming up catching police on the hop the wallaby who crossed Sydney Harbour bridge springing a surprise on Early Morning commuters. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. After the shock of yesterdays announcement now the reality is kicking in, as companies who relied on carillion for their contracts face the prospect of laying off workers and big financial losses. Firms working on private sector deals for the construction giant have been told theyll receive only two days of government support, that runs out tomorrow. 0ne Industry Group estimates that up to 30,000 firms are owed money by carillion. The government has ordered a