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prices, and what you should do if you still want to book something. and in sport, leicester are given a caning. the outgoing champions are hit for six by tottenham, as harry kane scores four, and is now favourite to finish the season as the premier league s top scorer, and matt goes back to the jurassic period in birmingham for the weather. yes. good morning. my guest may be prehistoric but it is all about the weekend forecast. it contains a little bit more rain and sunshine as well. details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. brexit dominated the televised leaders‘ debate, which was held last night despite the absence of theresa may and jeremy corbyn. the itv event saw little disagreement between the lib dems, green party, plaid cymru and snp as they repeatedly clashed with ukip s paul nuttall. our political correspondent tom symonds reports. five party leaders took part. four support britain remaining in the eu. and in the absence of theresa may and ....
and the new man at vogue, edward enninful takes over at the premierfashion magazine. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at five. british gas has defended its decision to raise electricity prices by 12.5% for more than three million customers next month. centrica, which owns british gas, said it was facing increased costs from government policies, such as installing smart meters, and for transmission and distribution. it said that as a result, it s selling electricity at a loss. but the government has expressed concern, insisting that its policies don t explain the increase. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. british gas likes to say it s putting its customers in control. we re bringing the nation smarter connected homes. but even if they turn the heating down, those on a standard variable tariff will see their bills going up. after the increases announced today, the cost of an average dualfuel energy bill, that s electricity and gas provided by briti ....
before on wall street and a strong session in asia. if you re going on holiday, what do you do with these things, your pets? would you let someone stay in home for free if they agree to look after your pets for you? we will speak to the man who is trying to make a business from that very idea! we wa nt business from that very idea! we want to know how far would you relocate for work? let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. yes, do send in your thoughts and your questions about the stories we re covering. including staying in people s homes looking after their pets. in a decade apple has sold more than 1.2 billion iphones and it seems like the world s most valuable company. it doesn t see any end to our enthusaism for one of the 21st century s most revolutionary products. it appeared to dismiss fears of a delay to the expected september release of its latest model as it told us it made $16.1 billion of sales in the three months ....
in the transfer market, the real action starts as arsenal take on leicester at the emirates. and, strange flotsam giant segments of pipe wash up on a norfolk beach the longest measuring nearly 500 metres. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. eleven members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a company called lincolnshire driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. but their ‘workforce‘ were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets some of which were alcoholics, homeless or suffering learning difficulties. our correspondent linsey smith reports. patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, lincolnshire driveways. it looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and ....
but yes, i think she will. we will have to see whether or not she gets forced into a general election. you we re forced into a general election. you were mentioning the sales as a metaphor, but let s talk about the real boxing day sales. £4 billion bonanza as foreigners boost the boxing day sales. foreigners, we like them now! this is the daily express, that s ok then! why are foreigners coming? because of the pound! it is astonishing. we were talking before we came on air about the old days when there would be a very posh person from the bbc who would interview a young couple sitting outside a department store somewhere and they were going to go to safer for £20. there s a woman quoted here who bought two pairs of shoes that were reduced from £630 to £90 a pair, if you can afford to spend that on shoes then you probably don t need to go in that crash in the sales! i find probably don t need to go in that crash in the sales! ifind it astonishing. but it is good for ....