In 20 men responded to the drug Pembroke Lizza map and saw they chew Ms actually shrink or disappear altogether a further 19 percent saw some evidence of improvement last week a separate trial found the same drug kept head and neck cancer bay in some patients for an average of 2 years 5 times longer than under chemotherapy environmental campaigners are calling for supermarkets to increase the price of bags for life to 70 pence because so many of them are being sold they claim one and a half 1000000000 bags were handed over the last year the equivalent of $54.00 bags for every household in the u.k. And in more reports environmental groups say we should really call them banks for a week because we use so many of them Greenpeace and another campaign group the environmental investigation agency monitor plastic usage by the supermarkets on an annual basis their latest report says that although fewer traditional flimsy carrier bags are being sold the use of banks for life has risen by 30 percent since last year one reason why the use of plastics overall by the supermarkets is still rising most retailers charge between 10 and 30 pence for the bags the supermarkets say they are aware of the problem and are trying to address it. The b.b.c. And the stands at more than a 1000 small businesses across the u.k. Could each be left with thousands of pounds of debt after signing up to digital advertising packages the firm running them Rhino Media Group appears to be on the brink of collapse Peter Cooper reports businesses were told they would have a screen in their shop showing hours from local retailers and they would get their own art show nearby they had to pay out $300.00 pounds a month to financing firm for 3 years but the original sales company view Bill told the businesses it would pay them back with money generated from the ads if you both cease trading in gin and the company that took over the scheme Rhino Media Group has said it can no longer pave a small retailers leaving them on up to tamp 1000 pines to finance companies Rhino Media Group said information provided to customers at point of sale was clear but they would work to remove the burden of lease payments from customers if they could secure new investment The View cinema chain says it plans to resume showing the gang themed film Blue story with extra security this weekend the company pulled the film earlier in the week after a series of violent incidents including a mass brawl in Birmingham. Thank you that is the end of the news it is 6 minutes past 6 Let us turn to Sarah Keith Lucas who is in the Weather Center for us this morning Sara morning good morning to you just in well you probably be pleased to hear that we have got eventually some dry air moving its way in from the north some colder air to say we're off to the relentless rain that some of us have seen recently things will turn cold and dryer as we get towards the end of the week but today we've still got quite a lot of cloud around producing some outbreaks of rain to the far south east of England so anyway south of London 3 southwest England and South Wales here quite a bit of dry and fairly sunny weather through this morning still a few showers particularly for Comal down towards the channels too but still mild with temperatures up to about 12 degrees there will be cloud and patchy rain arriving there later this afternoon and into the sea evening for the rest of southeast England anywhere north of London that is all in eastern England the Midlands North Wales northern England abs Northern Ireland it is a cloudy damp starts the day patchy outbreaks of rain which will gradually ease away towards the south as we head through into this afternoon in this evening it will turn dry eventually and still reasonably mild with temperatures between $8.00 to $10.00 degrees last day for Scotland today well it's going to be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers plenty of heavy showers across parts of Highland Scotland some of them wintry over the highest ground too quite a breeze blowing today with gusts about 40 to 45 miles per hour so a blustery day here across Scotland and temperatures generally Annie about 6 or 7 degrees things 10 colder through tonight to set us up for a cold dry a day tomorrow thank you very much indeed Sara it is 8 minutes past 6 time for a quick look at the newspapers and websites this morning the Toyman's leads with a poll that had done by You Gov which says the Boris Johnson is on course for a comfortable majority they put the stories on $359.00 seats giving them a cushion of 60. However there's a caveat it says the projected margins of victory are below 5 percent at least 30 of those predicted conservative seats and cautions of full from the present Tory national poll lead of 11 points could to deny Mr Johnson a majority and certainly like his late complacence from Dominic Cummings according to The Daily Telegraph the the campaign manager there he's saying that a Kung parliament remains a very real possibility he's saying voices voicing fears about complacency and he says that Jeremy Coleman could still become prime minister if the brakes it Party picked up votes in marginal seats and that is the story also on the front cover of the which is Johnson on course to break the deadlock with that $68.00 seat Commons majority that the Guardian though prefers secret papers prove Tories want to sell the n.h.s. Corbin So they're going with the news that was around yesterday about Jeremy Colgan and his claims about this set of meetings that officials had with American officials is something we're going to be talking about later on the program with the health secretary Matt Hancock among others but The Guardian says the 451 pages of uncensored documents show that between July 27th in July this year senior u.k. And u.s. Trade officials discussed the n.h.s. Drug patients the pharmaceutical industry health insurance and medical devices as part of a post Rex in trade deal one of their headline from the papers is senior police figures have condemned Scotland Yard The Times says on its front page Everett's decision to press for the prosecution of a highly decorated black female officer the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair has criticised the police and the prosecutors for bringing not let Robyn Williams Before the Old Bailey on a charge of possessing indecent images. Dj's of children the case the Times says raise concerns over the adequacy of present legislation on indecent images of children. Now with the time at 10 past 6 I should tell you once again where I am there's probably a slight echo that you can hear we are on one of our university visits I'm delighted to say were in some ans college at Oxford University this morning the best university in the world it certainly was given that accolade a year or 2 ago was in it by one of those oh actually the principal deciding. Group who look at these things and order the world's universities not spill is pretty much still top of the range Sundance college is interesting I suppose for 2 reasons number one in this hall there are no portraits and your sort of classic view of an Oxford college where people are looking around as is the 1st time they've ever noticed that well is that when I 1st got here it is quite striking actually that it is a very modern building and it's a. College and it's a college that one likes to do things differently including Has having as its boss . Someone who is not from the world of academia but actually is a former senior police officer and we're going to be talking to Helen King the principal of dance college and later on in the program process of course talking to students and others about a range of things including the future of the Oxford Union but also with reference to the election we are in a marginal constituency here and we're going to be talking about marginal constituencies more significantly about the possibilities of tactical voting. And the limits I suppose of tactical voting as well anyway all of that to come from Oxford University in the 3 hours or so we've got to be well 12 minutes past 6 Donald Trump has written into law measures support. Being pro democracy protests in Hong Kong 1st floor is to monitor Hong Kong autonomy every year from the mainland to ensure it justifies its special trading status it's not captured by the sanctions that are imposed on the rest of China and the 2nd banning the export of crowd control equipment tear gas rubber bullets and stun guns and the like Nick Baek is our correspondent in Hong Kong and Nic what is the reaction there 1st of all from the from the pro-democracy protesters. Who Simon they're absolutely rejoicing this morning they say this is a huge endorsement of their struggle against Beijing and of course it comes just days after their candidates storm to victory in local elections and I think they feel now they have the support of a large part of the Hong Kong public as well as large parts of the Internet immunity and I mean in stark contrast this morning the reaction from China has been furious the quote from the foreign ministry is that this new nor is it stream me abominable and harbors absolutely sinister intentions with Beijing promising firm countermeasures So 2 very contrasting reactions already and yet Donald Trump to pass at least the 1st of these as they had the unanimous support in Congress there are effectively on the veto a ball and he's also said in some of his comments on morning news proven in the u.s. That he also stands by President Xi and of course the trade negotiations with China are a very very delicate stage do we think they're going to have a very bad impact on the progress of those will do you think their back channel saying listen I had to pass this when I had no choice but we're still very keen on that trade deal. Where once again President Trump has come out with pretty contradictory statements he said he's acting out of respect for President Xi of China as well as for respect to the Hong Kong people and he he really wants to bring peace and prosperity in trying to play a role in reserve. Elving the crisis here through passing this legislation but I think you know in terms of this easing or potentially bringing in a new development in terms of resolving that the trade between China and the u.s. I think how that helps is anyone's guess and of course you know this this is still a city in crisis I'm talking to you from the the Polytechnic University campus Simon and police have now finally moved in and they're trying to root out any remaining protesters and what I can see you and what I can see in front of me is pretty remarkable there they're trying to to to take away this outdoor hardware superstore that was set up providing all the tools of the protesters trade and so I can see just in front of us we've got trolley loads of unused petrol bombs being wheeled away large buckets of a band abandoned bow and arrows and the protesters who have left behind in all my team mess and I guess it is a symbol of the crisis Hong Kong is still in all right Nick break in Hong Kong will also be speaking to a former u.s. Consul general for Hong Kong Macao about that law that Donald Trump passed last night to not go to past 6 experts in the public finances have had a detailed look now at the Conservative and the labor manifestos what they might mean for all of us Dominick has had a sneak preview of that look and he's here with that and the rest of it yes thanks Justin the Institute for Fiscal Studies will present its full findings later this morning that we have a chance in a minute about the highlights of that also this morning the Exodus or perhaps otherwise of city firms because of bricks that and shared parental leave is simply has plans that might make dads take more time off 1st of all those manifestos Col innocent is a deputy director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and he joins us a good morning Mr Emerson just the conservatives 1st we know that they're going to spend less than labor but they do have some big spending plans on the n.h.s. And police might spinning on other departments have to suffer if that to pay for them the conservative offer essentially is to keep the tax burden roughly around the level it is at the. Moment as you say the piece increases in spending on the n.h.s. On schools on investment and then Elsewhere it looks like there really isn't any much of a money in their plans which I think means that even some of their commitments won't be able to be met or else they'll have to find some more cuts elsewhere to pay for those extra police numbers to pay for some of the investments that committed to in that manifesto but don't seem to found money for which of course is relevant because they had they had promised into austerity and this doesn't come into austerity perhaps the most likely thing that would happen would be actually all end up spending a bit more than what their manifesto implies I mean after the 2015 election they ended up spending more than what they said in that manifesto after 2017 election they ended up spending more than what they said in that manifesto so I think it wouldn't be very surprising to me at least if after the election we end up seeing under a Conservative government those spending plans topped up again and that would mean more borrowing or more tax than what their plans imply any of also found a couple of things that. Are In The consider manifesto that will cost a little in dates of this for example some money for further education they're committed to an extra $2000000000.00 pounds but their manifesto seems to only allow for an extra 100000000 of that there's some of the extra hospitals there's some other investments which seems sound very much like firm commitments but they seem to be no money are allocated to them as yet which implies as I say cuts elsewhere or perhaps more likely more spending than that manifesto implies and therefore a decision for the chancellor or the tax more or whether to borrow more and what about the labor that they do have in the Amenophis big spending plans but also the big tax plans they talk about new taxes on Silicon Valley firms a financial transaction stakes or things that would bring in a lot of money but but how realistic are they. Well in the near term Labour's measures might might I say be able to raise as much money as they hope I think over the longer term it's far less clear and will probably happen is that they would need to do other tax raising measures over the medium to longer to bring in the money they want to me to give you some sense of scale we currently collect about $60000000000.00 pounds a year from corporation tax Labor's costings implying creasing that by almost $40000000000.00 pounds a year and you can get a large sum from an increase in corporation tax over the next few years but over the longer I think you'd be much more likely to have to increase one of the other main taxes that affect directly affect more people in order to get that kind of money and just very very briefly Mr isn't the which group would be paying more under way because of course I've made a lot of this it's only be the top 5 percent of income tax payers it is would the burden be more generally spread than that. There are certain certainly when you push up corporation tax unfortunately into the day that means real people pay it it's not so easy to work out who it would be if it was shareholders well more than 5 percent of the population and shares a defined contribution pensions for example but it could be that workers end up paying some other through lower wages or indeed customers through higher prices so it's hard to say you pays it but it's certainly more than 5 percent population thank you very much Col Emerson from the iafis name I remember that after the bricks at referendum of a dire warnings that thousands of jobs would leave the city of London as financial services firms to come to the European Union rival financial centers perhaps like Fank for Paris and Dublin one of those leading the drive to recruit those potential exiles was who better survey for who's a managing director of Frankfurt mind finance and he joins us as one of the one who was the face at was a recruitment gone how many firms of have moved across Good morning we've got about 60 applications of build up all increase presence in Frankfurt surgery of which decided to build their new European headquarters in Frankfurt but that is mainly concerning banks so we've seen banks moving into Frankfurt whereas for example asset managers rather tend to wards Luxembourg or Dublin and how many people can you put a number on the jobs it significant Lee less people than we expected expected why because it's pretty unclear situation still so we've seen about 500 jobs that moved already and we know of roughly 2000 people that do have in their contract a clause that as soon as practice it is happening they ought to work in Frankfurt so whether they will relocate or whether they were moving in out into cities to b.c. Because one of the armies of this of course is that we were there all these predictions just after the referendum but even now 3 in a bit years on we don't actually know what the trading relationship between the City of London and the rest of Europe is it's kind of ironic because if you if you look at the treaty there's not a single sense some. That says anything about what the future is going to look like but one thing I would say is pretty certain that passport rights that allow financial services firms to serve the European continent out of the city will definitely no longer be ignored systems and just very briefly it's all a shell says the German finance minister recently made when he talked about increasing steps towards a banking union in the European Union with a shared deposit protection scheme this is clearly Germany getting ready for the days when the city of London isn't the Europe's financial center absolutely would be what he has realized is that the financial services sector in Europe is not quite not up to the task we don't really have a banking union we don't really have a capital markets unit so lots of the steps needs to be taken and the European deposit insurance scheme is the issue he addressed this is is a key issue and I think it's important to know there Germany will take the lead of the European Council in the 2nd half of 22020 and that's exactly the time we're a mile or less in pieces fall into place thank you very much of it is faith from Frankfurt mine finance and our markets as one is Richard Dunbar He's a senior investment strategist at Aberdeen standard investment I'm Richard it struck me of the last couple days we are kind of unclear in an amazing period for world markets only the markets are being pushed to new highs and yesterday's because it looks like the u.s. Economy has rolled back to life went on as you know we saw of u.s. G.d.p. Just over 2 percent a stunning not supercharged growth but it's certainly a lot better than the expectations of a few months ago growth expectations of some really risen in Europe it would have been teetering on the brink of recession that seems to have been averted and the mood music around the trade talks a lot better than it was a few months ago and central banks continue to be helpful with their lower interest rates and their various versions of quantitative easing and finally company results particularly us u.s. Results season has been a little better than expected. It's all proving quite a partial cocktail for markets most large equity markets and its more equity markets are up between 10 and 15 percent over the past 3 months so does it mean that the talk of a crash which everyone has it has has a brother particularly been talking about because we are at the end of this 10 or even 11 year run in the stock markets as it being put