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Of control could take weeks to put out. The billionaire businessman elon musk is cleared of defaming a british cave explorer after calling him pedo guy on social media. Also in the programme. Small business saturday. We find out about the campaign to support small uk businesses. And coming up in sport. Its fight night. Can anthonyjoshua win back his world titles from andy ruinunior in saudi arabia later . He borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have gone head to head in a tv debate for the final time before the general election next week. They put forward competing visions on brexit, the nhs, and the economy, and attacked each others plans but neither scored a knockout blow. More than four Million Viewers watched the debate. Our political correspondent, nick eardley, was there. With just a few days until the country goes to the polls, one of the last big chances to persuade voters. How would we be better off from the brexit deal or a future labout deal, compared to what we already have as a
Contain flash photography. Elections are about to defence as well as attack. This morning, Boris Johnson was in stockport, saying the tories would provide more Grassroots Football funding in england. Today there are also questions about what role russia might be playing in this election. These are censored, blacked out reports. This leaked government document detailing initial trade documents between the uk and the us was highlighted by the labour party. The message board reddit said it was posted online by an account linked to the campaign linked in russia. I think we need to get to the bottom of that. As far as im aware we have not established the truth of that. But i certainly think that that document, whatever it was intended to prove did not prove what the Jeremy Corbyn and the labour party hoped that it would. Jeremy corbyn is campaigning in wales this morning. The labour party has said publishing the trade document was in the interest of the public and argued that the government
With george ford at fly half. It isa it is a pretty chilly start to your friday. Mist and fog around, too. But lots of sunshine to come. I will have the details on breakfast. Its friday the 20th of september. Our top story the future of thomas cook is hanging in the balance this morning, as it scrambles to raise £200 Million Pounds to secure an Emergency Rescue deal. Britains oldest package holiday firm must secure the funds before a crucial meeting next friday. Ninas here to explain what this could mean for its customers and staff. Lots of people concerned about their jobs. And millions of holidays. It has been around since the 1840s. Hundreds of high street branches. May, they revealed £1. 5 billion of losses over the past six months and warned that they were tough times ahead. Lots of debt. They blamed lots of reasons. One of them brexit uncertainty. People making fewer bookings. Also the heatwave meant we we re bookings. Also the heatwave meant we were spending less on holidays a
Family and his death should not have happened. We hope now that something good can come out of it and we are calling on the government to change the law on allergen labelling in restau ra nts. The singer lily allen says her record label took no action after she told them of a Sexual Assault against her. And archers on target as england take two quick wickets in the final test at the oval. And coming up on bbc news the usa strike the first blow on the opening day of the solheim cup, but europe are hot on their tails, at gleneagles. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Domestic violence deaths in the uk are at their highest level for five years. Figures obtained by bbc news show there were 173 domestic killings across the uk last year, an increase of 32 on 2017. While both men and women are victims of violence in the home, the majority are female. Several of the victims were stabbed, leading one criminologist to describe them as the invisible victims of knife crime. The gov