they re like a bomb. has the cost of borrowing peaked? we ll have a better idea today, when the bank of england reveals its latest decision on interest rates. but whatever the outcome, first time buyers are still feeling the pressure. manchester united are in a bad place , according to their manager they re out of the league cup, after being soundly beaten by newcastle. it s their worst start to a season for over 60 years. good morning. it s thursday, the 2nd of november. a major incident has been declared across parts of the south coast of england and the channel islands, as storm ciaran brings heavy rain and strong winds, with flood and red danger to life warnings issued for several areas. many schools and airports have been forced to close, with widespread travel disruption also expected across road and rail networks. aruna iyengar has the very latest. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is hea
he has managed to track down the smuggler across europe to luxembourg. here s his story. excuse me, sir. andrew harding from bbc news. we ve come to luxembourg to confront a man we ve been chasing across europe. we know who you are, you re a smuggler. no. he s responsible for putting hundreds of people in small boats heading from france to england. and responsible for one boat in particular. this one. we came across it back in april on a beach in northern france. police, battling with a group of smugglers. chaos as people clambered onto the boat. we saw a girl here in a pink coat. she was one of five to die at the scene. her name was sara, seven years old, born in belgium, raised in sweden. a few days later, we found her father, ahmed, an iraqi man consumed by grief and also by guilt. but what of the smugglers? multiple sources tell us the man paid to arrange sara s journey is still active and working from a distant city. so we ve come now to antwerp, a city in northern bel
Some children in jersey out now and they say that there are some Children Injersey who may still be at risk . Thats right, extraordinary story and it is very difficult to read. This is 57 years of abuse and hundreds of cases. Although, as you rightly said, the chief minister ofjersey today, on receiving the report, apologised, it actually seems that one of the findings is that the lessons havent been learnt even now and that there are children in jersey, been learnt even now and that there are Children Injersey, in the Care Ofjersey who are not being looked after properly and who are still very ru na round after properly and who are still very iu na round or. After properly and who are still very runaround or. Such a horrific story still very vulnerable. They are going with the story that the home should be raised to the ground but it seems it will take more than that to ensure that this is never repeated. Some things are absolutely horrendous and it isnt a story to be taken horrendous
Apple takes yet another giant bite out of its competition, making a profit of over 11 billion in the Third Quarter of the year. Up up and away, us shares hit a record high for a fifth day in a row. We tell you whats driving the astonishing growth. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme well be live in china for the latest on a possible trade war with the us. Lets start with the worlds most valuable company. Apple has published its latest set of results and they show revenue growing to 16. 1 billion for the three months tojuly. That combined with a prediction that it will bring in as much as 52 billion in the next quarter saw shares rise by up to 6 in after hours trade to hit a record high. Apple made a pre tax profit of 11. 3 billion in the three months from april to the end ofjune, a solid rise on the previous year. This year the iphone is ten years old, but its not been performing so well in china, where sales this quarter were flat and total chines
We have a special investigation. It has been for months been since those Business Rate changes affected millions of companies. Didcot has seen some of the biggest rises. In sport, as usain bolt get set to race for the final time, a time 0lympic race for the final time, a time Olympic Champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. And plans to rip up speed bumps in a an effort to tackle speed bumps. For many of us its a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. But we have rain coming to the south west. That will be moving north east. Some will be heavy and possibly thundery as well. It will be accompanied by casting wins. More details on 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The duke of edinburgh will carry out his final Public Engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. Prince philip, who is 96 years old, will attend a parade by the Royal Marines. In may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades suppo