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south africa s president, jacob zuma? the rand is poised to surge. we talk you through what s at stake. plus formula milk is big business in hong kong. we assess the obstacles there to breast feeding. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme: china s appetite for stout beer is soaring. rico is back with the reasons why. but first: president zuma of south africa faces another vote of no confidence in parliament. this time it will be a secret ballot. mr zuma has been under constant pressure over everything from corruption allegations to a controversial cabinet reshuffle that saw his widely respected finance minister, pravin gordhan, fired earlier this year. that prompted two credit rating agencies, standard & poor‘s and fitch, to downgrade south africa s credit worthiness to junk, hugely increasing borrowing costs. and injune, the economy, once the continent s largest, fell into a second recession in a decade. figures out yesterday show ....
doctors say a british woman who was shot while on holiday to brazil is lucky to be alive. eloise dixon is reported to have been attacked when her family drove into a slum area. good morning. tesco has announced it s scrapping 5p carrier bags altogether in favour of the more expensive bags for life. i ll be asking if other retailers will do the same. also this morning, the challenge of finding the right pair of shoes for the children. we ll be getting the latest advice on a problem troubling many parents at this time of year. and carol has the weather. good morning. good morning from the roof of the broadcasting house in london. grey skies. dry at the moment. rain and showers. heavy downpours in east anglia and the south east. for the rest of the uk, it is sunshine and showers. i will have more details in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. we will start with our top story. more than 40% of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2 ....
the bus stopped and passengers went to help the woman, who suffered minor injuries. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. where has some are gone? that is the yorkshire coast. rain is not the whole story this week that a big part of the story. you can see from the radar picture, what a soggy day so far in yorkshire, lincolnshire and in the midlands. we have started the season heavy showers across parts of east anglia and the south east. also towards the south west. these were the shower clouds beginning to build in north devon a little earlier on this morning. as we go through the rest of the day, across england and wales generally quite cloudy, some outbreaks of rain and heavy downpours in places. the driest of the weather and the brightest of the weather today will be across scotla nd weather today will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few showers but plenty of sunshine, 18-19d. showers but plenty of sunshine, 18 19d. north east england on the mid ....
to the internet hundreds of thousands of rural homes are to get faster broadband. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. wales will end the year above england in the fifa world rankings their impressive displays at euro 2016 means they remain 12th. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the owner of a haulage firm and one of his mechanics have been found guilty of manslaughter, after one of their trucks crashed last year, killing four people, including a four year old girl. the court had heard that the brakes had failed on the 32 tonne truck, and it careered along a village road near bath, causing what the prosecution described as absolute devastation . matthew gordon and peter wood will be sentenced next month. the truck driver, phillip potter, was cleared of all charges. jon kay is at bristol crown court. the boss of grittenham haulage and the mechanic now inside this court building, waiting to be taken to prison. they have been remanded in custody o ....
hello, good morning. iam annita mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. the us director of national intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies leaked claims russia had compromising material on him. in a statement, james clapper said he had called the president elect to say the information had not come from the us security services. meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. our washington correspondent laura bicker has the story. donald trump s not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to us intelligence agencies. he believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his election team colluded with russia. it is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didn t happen. there are al ....