light devices responsible for destroying your child s sleep? we ll hear how hospital attendances in england for children under 1a with sleep disorders have tripled in ten years. i end iend up i end up asking her if she wants it because then i can get stuff done. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11. ina in a second we will bring you more on the deal about selling temper macro to the french. and we ll discuss how police in durham are planning to give free heroin to addicts in a bid to cut drug related crime. will it work? do get in touch. there are fears for thousands ofjobs at vauxhall plants in the uk this morning. it s after the french company that owns peugeot and citroen struck a £1.9 billion deal to buy general motors european unit, which includes vauxhall. 11,500 workers are employed by the company in luton and ellesmere port. the unite union says its priority is to safeguard theirjobs. our business correspondent joe lynam is here. what other worries a
soon after setting sail for dover. and bt sport are to pay £1.2 billion to carry on showing the champions league and europa league until 2021. the new deal ends the highlights shows on terrestrial tv. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the uk factories at ellesmere port and luton employee. the new owners met government and unions last week and provided insurance that existing production commitments would be honoured at ellesmere port until 2020 and luton for some years beyond that but the combined company will have 2a factories in europe and some say that is too many. it s one of the biggest deals in the car making sector. british and german brands vauxhall and opel are to merge with the french brands peugeot and citroen. together they will make a company which is the second largest automotive player in europe. today, the bosses of general motors and psa welcomed the £1.9 billion deal and stressed their commitments to vauxhall and opel at least until 2020. after th
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under £2 billion. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many more jobs rely on the plants. the business secretary, greg clark, says he s cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it s a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know they are dedicated. i know they are committed. and i trust that they will be in a very good position
brig disaster, relatives, survivors and rescuers return to pay their respects zeebrugge. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and opel in germany forjust under £2 billion. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many more jobs rely on the plants. the business secretary, greg clark, says he s cautiously optimistic about their future. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it s a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know they are
welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company which owns peugeot and citroen has agreed to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under 2 billion pounds. vauxhall has two factories in luton and ellesmere port and many morejobs rely on those plants. the business secretary greg clark, says he s cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. speak in the commons earlier, more clarification was asked for. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it s a deal to create a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know th