Continues, is paying off . What are the impacts on companies . And we ask the impacts on companies . And we ask the government why they continue to give contracts to carillion after three profit warnings. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. Ministers have held an emergency meeting tonight about the collapse of carillion, the construction and services company, involved in some of the biggest public building projects in the uk. Carillion employs 20,000 people and sub contracts work to thousands of small firms. It has a50 government contracts, from work on hsz, to cleaning and maintenance contracts for schools, prisons, and hospitals. Its gone into liquidation with debts of £900 million and a pension deficit of over half a billion. Our business editor, simonjack, reports. This bypass near aberdeen is scotlands biggest construction project, with a price tag of £750 million. Heres another one, around lincoln, the cost, £100 million. Just two of a50 contracts carillion has been awarded
Fighters speaking in ankara russia taipei taiwan calls to fifty thousand strong force a terror army and vows to quote drown it before it was. Irish singer songwriter Dolores Oriordan who fronts at the band to cranberries has died suddenly of unknown causes on monday the forty six year olds body was found in london where she was recording oriordan helps leading the band to global success with hits such as zombie and lang. The Stock Exchange in the in the Nations Capital jakarta was evacuated on monday after a walkway over the lobby area collapsed injuring dozens of people its unclear what caused the mizzen and floor to crash down but police have root out a terrorist attack. The a three eighty might stop opening the sky. Uncertain double decker jumbos could soon be over. One of the Biggest Construction Companies in the u. K. Collapses the government kept awarding of contracts despite a profit warning. And at the detroit mortar show the future looks bright gold. Cars are only in the backg
A port city that has become a magnet for thousands of Asylum Seekers and he will clamp down on illegal migration. To thank you for joining us a prominent leader of ethnic serbs in kosovo has been gunned down in front of his political partys office in the city of new reports say all over avan a bitch was pronounced dead in a local hospital after being found lying in the street with gunshot wounds to his trust his killing is likely to inflame tensions between serbia and kosovo a former province that declared independence ten years ago a serbian delegation walked out of mediated talks on kosovo at the news of evanovich is death. To get these prank calls one is following the story for us he has extensive experience reporting on the balkans hi frank this looks like an assassination what are police saying well the police is on the ground at the moment to find more evidence says no Public Statement so far from from the best to gauge as weve learned from the doctor in the hospital that he was
Machines are still in peoples homes. An exclusive report as breakfast hears claims of chaos in the special Educational Needs system in england. In sport, Johanna Konta looks back to her best. The british number one cruises through to the second round of the Australian Open, after a confident straight sets win. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. It is a cold start to the late for many of us. Cold start to the late for many of us. It will be a cold day generally. We have brisk wind in the forecast adding to the cold feel and as well as that we have snow showers for some even at low levels. And then the weather livens up. I will have more details in 15 minutes. That sounds exciting. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story, the future of some Major Construction projects and hundreds of Public Service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of carillion. Britains second Largest Construction Firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contrac
A look at what is killing could mean. To have you with us we open with a disturbing story out of california or police say they have freed thirteen siblings who were allegedly imprisoned by their own parents the victims range in age from two years to twenty nine police say they were alerted by a teenage daughter who managed to escape and call nine one one. Authorities were shocked at what they found hidden in this quiet suburb describing him a seated captives in foul smelling surroundings with padlocks and shackles. Neighbors described the family as reclusive the children nearly invisible. They were the type that you didnt really get to know anything about them they were very. Themselves in a sense childish so old they only kept themselves so old and the only time you would see them he would never see them and visit him he would never see anyone come outside all you are really see is. They go out maybe make a grocery run and that was about it. Parents david and Louise Turpin were arrest