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party in the uk, and a damning headline there as even the left—leaning paper describes labour as in chaos. the financial times reports deutsche bank's hiring hundreds of staff in a bid to step up their efforts to attract ultra—rich clientele. in germany, where the hamburger morgenpost leads with a manifesto pledge from the country's green party — do away with free parking bays and charge for every space. and finally, we'll have a look at the new york times website as it pulls out the highlights of the emmys. lots of chitter chatter in social media about the winners. with me is jeremy thomson—cook who's founder of complete currency consulting. let's look at the independent, and what it says about the disaster.
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every day last week we were reporting on this, we were waiting with baited breath, hoping they would do a deal. get the deal. either get a bailout from the government or current investors were able to put together a rescue package. there was a bid from a chinese company, a big chinese travel agent who were going to take over 75%, but obviously that has failed to materialise. the independent, what they are talking about is that this is notjust thomas cook was my problem, this is the travel industry's problem as a whole. i remember as a child it was a package holiday, i absolutely guarantee. don't book it, thomas cook it. it became part of the national conversation, that is how you had your holiday, went down to the high street, you got your brochures and sat down and took a0 minutes or so, paid your deposit and in six months you were ready to go on holiday. it made travel for many
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people affordable. it opened up his whole new market, the package holiday to spain or whatever. or to the caribbean, turkey, other places around the meadow, and it made everyone, gave everyone the ability to have a bit of summer sunshine. this article says thomas cook's demise is notjust a disasterfor the consumers, for those who work for thomas cook of her there are many thousands, but also the industry as a whole, and the conversation i had with martin earlier, to what extent —— extend oui’ earlier, to what extent —— extend our company looking at this and thinking of we have to change our business model. to a great degree, some of them have already, which is why they are still... some of them have. you look at the size of these online portals, booking.com, for example, all these... and i will go to the cathedral on the friday and
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have dinner here on saturday, all of this was part of the thomas cook proposition. we will take care of everything for you. people may be one more independence. they want the ability to pick exactly what they wa nt to ability to pick exactly what they want to do, how long they want to do it and also they used to be week—long orfortnight it and also they used to be week—long or fortnight long bookies. they would i do that anymore. when you look at the numbers, i was looking at this article which digs deeper than others, what they make per person is hardly anything. £100 million or something like that. £188 per generated cash flow employee with £180. you can't run a business like that. that is a guaranteed way to get yourself into trouble, and they haven't been able to pull themselves out. the guardian, and many of the papers and online are looking at the labour party conference under way at the moment, and today there is expected to be a speech about brexit. where does the labor party stand 7 speech about brexit. where does the labor party stand? because many very
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high profile members, emily thornbury, tom watson is saying... we should be backing remain. jeremy corbyn the leader is saying we should be neutral. this is the danger of trying to ride two horses at the same time. sitting on the fence. exactly. the labor party is saying they would have a special one—day conference after a general election to be able to work out exactly where they stand on brexit. 0bviously exactly where they stand on brexit. obviously as part of any manifesto before an election you would expect your brexit position to be well—known and probably leading given the national conversation around brexit at the moment, lib dems have come out last week and said they will revoke article 50, exit brexit, the brexit party, they know exactly what therefore, and the conservative party, the party of government at the moment and looking for a deal or no deal, and labour still has not been able to say exactly where they stand. the labour
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party conference that will be challenges of this on the floor, people saying there is going to be a remain positions on the conference floor today will have to wait and see how the national executive actually picks about this issue because this should be a time of strength for labour, everything else is in chaos. when you think about the fact that we hear from the supreme court in london maybe today, tomorrow, i mean, as you say, there is plenty there to make the labor party look very strong, if they were to be able to show they are unified in their thinking of brexit, the issues they keep mentioning, lots of policy ideas, lots of money they will throw out people over 65 to need help and care and healthcare, et cetera, headlines out there, but this one... this is dominating. it is the only, it is part of the national conversation at the moment. financial times has narendra modi and president trump on the front page, the romance between those two. it's about deutsche bank, targeting
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ultra rich clientele, hundreds of staff, doesn't sound like a lot think of the thousands they have laid off they have had a tough year, 18,000 jobs over the course of the past year, they have tried to strip out, around £6 billion worth, sorry, 6 billion euros of cost from the business, mainly from the trading army, investment banking and trying to reposition themselves as a bank for the ultra rich. this would create hundreds of staff. it is quite a hard sell, isn't it? would you want deutsche bank managing your money if you are ultra rich? the ultra rich don't use them very much at the moment. how many banks out there are happy to manage your money? you look at the big swiss banks, ubs and credit and they are the market leaders, countless multiples more under management than the deutsche bank. deutsche bank would be intense position if it was
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its own ultra rich, sorry, for ultra rich clientele. this german paper, crazy plan a great idea is the headline. the greens propose to make every parking space in a town subject to a fee. it doesn't matter where you park. i hate paying for parking. it is so easy. if you have the app, you hit the button, you have paid. i know, buti the app, you hit the button, you have paid. i know, but i was saying to someone earlier if i could break any law continuously, i wouldn't rob any law continuously, i wouldn't rob a bank oranything... any law continuously, i wouldn't rob a bank or anything... you would not pay for a parking fine. 0ther a bank or anything... you would not pay for a parking fine. other thing is, the idea is about changing our behaviour. if we are forced to pay for parking, maybe we just won't own a car. the part of london i live in the has been consultation about taking away parking on the high street, and every small business has come out against this because they wa nt come out against this because they want people to be able to drive to the shops to be able to shop on the high street and be able to, and put things in the car and go home as
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opposed to shopping online, going to a big out—of—town shopping centre and the local high street failing as and the local high street failing as a result. it is about car sharing, you don't own a car, but actually you don't own a car, but actually you are carsharing, you don't own a car, but actually you are car sharing, hail a car that you are car sharing, hail a car that you might be sharing with another shopper as you leave the supermarket, and it is the future. it is the future. that car will still have to be parked somewhere. in your driveway, jeremy, if you have one. how many people in london have one. how many people in london have a driveway? you can rent them. exactly. the new york times, many others on social media and online, it has been going on overnight, the emmy awards, and fantastic night for the star and writer of flea bag. many have come her way for the first and second series. have you watched it yet? i have. i loved it. i don't know anyone who has a bad word to
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say about it. hence why it is doing so say about it. hence why it is doing so well. it started out as edinburgh show in 201a and now she is winning and emmy. the key thing is what she does next. a real talent. killing eve as well. they are incredibly good actresses. have you watched killing eve? i have. looking forward to the next series. thank you, jeremy. great to have you with us. thank you for your company and thank you for your comments and your tweets with regard to thomas cook. keep them coming in and we are also keeping you up—to—date with the operation of repatriation, what it means if you are stuck in an airport, if you have booked and —— booked a holiday. keep it here with bbc news. have a good day. i will see you soon. goodbye. hello. it was a weekend of two halves. we had plenty of sunshine
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for most places on saturday followed by more showers on sunday. but on both days, it was warm, with temperatures above 27 celsius. this was the scene as the sun went down sunday night in cornwall, some clear skies, but some shower clouds still around too, and really, through the week ahead, we're looking at a pretty unsettled autumnal feel to the weather, wet and windy at times and it'll feel quite a bit cooler than it has done. monday is, of course, the autumn equinox and right on cue, we are welcoming this area of low pressure from the atlantic. now, some of this rain is much—needed rainfall, particularly across parts of the south—east of england, where we've had less than 20% of the expected rainfall so farfor september. now, during monday morning, most places starting dry. bit cloudy and damp for the north of scotland. this area of rain will work in to the south—west of england, wales and northern ireland, winds picking up through the day, central and eastern parts of england, up to southern scotland, you should stay dry all day. and in the sunshine, temperatures reaching 21 degrees, certainly fresher than it has been. typically, the high teens when you are under the cloud
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and the rain in the west. now, moving through into monday night and overnight into tuesday, we see that rain becoming quite heavy for a time, especially across parts of south wales, southern england as well, the winds also picking up with that heavy rainfall. it will be a mild night, certainly frost—free, as it will be really for much of the week ahead. we're not expecting to see any frost this week, but what we are going to see is some strong winds and heavy rain on tuesday morning courtesy of a bit of a wave developing on this weather front here moving in from the atlantic. so, with all that rain and also the strong winds to contend with too, we may well have a bit of disruption to travel tuesday morning, especially for parts of southern england, into south wales as well. there'll be a lot of standing water, i think, on the roads. this area of heavy rain works its way gradually eastwards across england and wales. that will be followed by more heavy showers and thunderstorms packing in from the south—west. i think northern ireland and the north—west of scotland should stay predominantly dry through the day. temperatures only around about 15—19 degrees. much cooler than it has been
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and plenty of really quite heavy showers around. not only the showers, but let's look at the wind gusts. 30mph gusts inland, a0 or even a5mph gusts along the south coast and through the english channel too. all that wet and windy weather moves eastwards, but we'll still see some rain in the south—east i think for wednesday morning. it will be a less windy day by the time we get to wednesday with a mix of sunny spells, a few scattered showers but not a particularly wet day on wednesday. temperatures around 16—20 degrees and it stays unsettled through the rest of the week. bye— bye.
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good morning — welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: thomas cook collapses after last—minute negotiations to try to save the world's oldest tour operator fail. all flights and holidays are cancelled. the civil aviation authority will now start the biggest ever peace time repatriation — bringing home 150,000 british holidaymakers stranded abroad. we'll be live at airports here in the uk and abroad throughout the morning. more than 20,000 jobs are now at risk, including 9,000 in the uk. i'll be finding out what went wrong with the business and explaining
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