Adverts with a new tool to report scammers. The man in charge of fixing britains railways said it should be independent of government and should have more input from city authorities. Ill be finding out what it means for passengers. The celebrations continue for englands cricketers, with a trip to downing street following their world cup win. A dry and pleasantly warm day across much of the uk today. One or two showers, but will they be coming your way . Ill tell you with the full forecast on breakfast. Good morning and thanks forjoining us. Its tuesday, the 16th ofjuly. Our top story figures out this morning are expected to show a significant rise in the number of deaths from drug abuse in scotland. Its thought more than 1,000 people died last year. Scotland already has the highest number of drug deaths in any european country. 0ur correspondent james shaw reports. When i think of all the drugs ive taken over the years, theres no crying left. I run out of tears. An open mic event for
All eyes will be on who mrjohnson chooses for key roles, including chancellor, and home secretary. But what does the johnson government mean for brexit, trade and the economy . Well get an expert view from london, and from brussels. Hello and welcome to business live. I have to say is getting warm here right now in downing street. As you can see, its really busy here right now as well. A lot of media have gathered because later on today the country is newly elected leader of the conservative party borisjohnson will enter the door, number ten, behind me as the uks next Prime Minister. Brexit is the Biggest Issue that he faces, the biggest challenge as a new leader. Throughout the contest of course, for the job, throughout the contest of course, for thejob, he made a series of key pledges about leaving the european union. So what can we expect . Mrjohnson has vowed to leave the eu by the 31st october deadline come what may. He claims that the chance of a no deal brexit is a million to on
We start with struggling travel giant thomas cook. The 178 year old british firm, which pioneered package holidays, has been facing an uncertain future. Shares have slumped and debt has soared amid growing fears for its survival. Now it could be headed for a new departure under chinese ownership. Ramzan karmali reports. The worlds oldest travel company. Last year, thomas cook served 19 million customers, but for some time 110w million customers, but for some time now it has been struggling. Million customers, but for some time now it has been strugglingm million customers, but for some time now it has been struggling. It has faced fierce competition from the budget airlines, and perhaps more significantly from internet travel firms. In the first half of this year it made losses of 3. 8 billion and has been under pressure from creditors. Shares have also slumped, down 85 this year alone. Thomas cook said it was convinced that brexit had caused some customers to delay travel plans. Now,
Attack on American Large Companies like google, like those amazon and so like google, like those amazon and so forth, you do worry that this is going to start some kind of trade war because it does seem quite apparent that President Trump isnt averse to putting up tariffs if he feels in any way a tax like that. think that made the point of, do that and it will be tariff. There will be a price to pay. The other point being made by these European Countries is that they would like to see a global approach, but it is proving desperately difficult, understandably, to get anywhere near one. Global cooperation, anything like this especially if america is involved will be probable will be problematic. Uk and france have gone it alone and they have said, companies that have got over a certain amount of revenue, globally, they are the ones they are targeting, they similarly are going to get two or 3 of the revenue associated with, in this case of france it is 3 , 2 and in that, as a lot of money
Ill be finding out how to make the most of your Holiday Spending money. One game from glory englands cricketers absolutely and as the cricket ends, thrash australia to qualify the netball begins for their first World Cup Final im in liverpool as 16 nations in more than 25 years. Prepare to go head to head in the netball world cup. Good morning from wimbledon. The sun and there is a fantastic u of london is trying to break out here and there is the chance of a shower behind me. An outside chance of a today for all of us. A cloudy start shower at wimbledon. Many of us seeing a sunshine after a cloudy with sunny spells developing and possibly a few showers. More in 15 minutes. Its friday 12th july. Our top story. Start and other showers are the American Military says its forecast. More in 15 minutes. Trying to put together a coalition to protect commercial shipping in the gulf its friday 12th july. Our top story. The American Military says its after the royal navy had trying to put togeth