time tojoin sally time to join sally for world business report. can bp profit in a world awash with cheap oil? the fossil fuel giant releases it s latest results in the coming hours. we will have analysis. and downgraded: toshiba is removed from tokyo s main stock board because of its financial problems. is the japanese giant s future now in doubt? hello and a very warm come. this is world business report. i am sally bundock. the university of california is using wi fi enabled drones to create a system of sd imaging which could potentially allow them to see through walls. we will have more on that in a moment. in the next few hours, bp, one of the worlds biggest oil producers will release its latest set of results. the numbers will be a strong indicator of how the industry is doing in a world where a $50 oil price has become the new normal. analysts are estimating the company will report a profit in excess of $600 million for the second quarter of the year. that would be a
trade, britain s only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi million pound renovation. good morning. it s tuesday 1st august. i m julian worricker. welcome to bbc newsroom live. british gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. its owner centrica says electricity prices will increase by 12.5% from 15th september. 3.1 million customers will be affected. but the company s gas prices will be held at their current level. the average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7.3%. ian conn is the chief executive of british gas‘s parent company, centrica. he explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. first of all, the last time we moved our electricity prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. from that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that i
The family that started a campaign to investigate avoidable baby deaths in shropshire say lessons must be learned from a major review into failures in maternity care. tomorrow, senior midwife donna ockenden is due to publish her review of more than 1,800 cases at the shrewsbury and telford hospitals nhs trust. michele paduano reports. this couple had already been fighting for three years into the death of kate when we first spoke to them. , ., ., them. there is no transparency. it has been unbelievably them. there is no transparency. it has been unbelievably awful, - has been unbelievably awful, rejection, blocking, redacted information. rejection, blocking, redacted information. , information. the trust said there was no need information. the trust said there was no need for information. the trust said there was no need for further - was no need for further investigation and the local nhs had