routes on the flybe service.. obviously, i think they will also have a look at some of the unprofitable ones, a fair number of them will not be continued, i would think. but they obviously think there is profit there and especially within a large organisation. these are issues out of their control, quarter of a billion, not that long ago, your same? they're leasing their planes in dollars, oil is priced in dollars, they were perhaps a little unlucky, the oil price has collapsed over the past few months, so you're thinking, they would have benefited from that. and police can plan ahead, they've chosen to do it this way and it hasn't worked for them, the virgin team will do it perhaps slightly differently. i hope it does work for them because it is helpful for the uk economy to have these sorts of regional airlines working. and for richard dunbar! most importantly! have a safe journey tomorrow! that's it from business live today. there will be more business news throughout the day on the bbc live webpage and on wor

the airline flybe is being bought for just over two million pounds — by a group including virgin atlanticrt. the award—winning bbc television and radio presenter — dianne oxberry — has died at the age of fifty—one, following a short illness. octavian — a french—born rapperfrom southeast london — is named the bbc music sound of 2019 winner; the first rapper to win the title since 50 cent. and we'll be getting an update on the case of ella kissi—debrah, a nine—year—old girl who died in 2013 from an asthma attack, believed to be linked to air pollution. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. at a dramatic and tearful press conference, andy murray has announced his intention to retire from tennis. the 31—year—old says he plans to quit after this year's wimbledon, but fears next week's australian open could be the final tournament of his career. the former world number one, who's won three grand slam titles, is struggling to recover from hip surgery, as patrick geary reports. andy murray will have wanted this press conference to be about his return and recovery. his body was telling him o

flybe is up boosting its market share. flybe is upfor boosting its market share.or sale. that is going through at the moment. this is the second profit warning we have had from ryanair in recent months. in october it said the effects of strikes and high fuel prices was costing money. it brought down its profit forecast then and has done it again. that is why we are seeing movement on the share market. there are showers have taken a bit of a battering in recent months and are down again today. there's yet more detail about the alleged financial misconduct of former nissan chairman carlos ghosn. the japanese carmaker has, together with its alliance partner mitsubishi, said he received "improper payments" of almost $9 million. he remains in a tokyo jail but has previously denied any wrongdoing. mariko 0i is in our asia business hub in singapore. phil is in on what the latest on this story is. it is important to emphasise that this latest allegation did not come from the prosecutors who arrested him but it came from the companies that he led until about two months ago

flybe, 1p a share for the shareholder but they do not have much choice. not really. and there are higherfuel costs european airline industry and there are higher fuel costs to do with the wea ker are higher fuel costs to do with the weaker pound. that means the company needs investment at the consortium is there to provide it. ford and the job losses. the motor industry is not doing particularly well at the moment. what do you think the future for ford? moment. what do you think the future for ford ? they moment. what do you think the future for ford? they say it is a major shake—up. for ford? they say it is a major shake-up. job losses is never good news but that is really a sign of this wider malaise that we are seeing in the car industry. jaguar land rover as well taking similar action. again we have weak consumer demand, falling car sales. we are still seeing the after—effects of the emissions testing scandal, and new guidance on diesel as well. we have electric cars and drivers cars hurtling down the road towards us. the industry is going through a period of tra

virgin's chief executive, vowed "to bring virgin atlantic service excellence to flybe's customers".vember to a meagre 0.3%, less than the 0.4% in the three months to october according to the office for national statistics. manufacturing sector did particulalrly badly — as bad as it was just after the financial crisis. construction did better. 0utput actually rose. more on that shortly. prosecutors injapan have indicted former nissan chairman carlos ghosn with two fresh charges involving financial crimes. mr ghosn, who has been detained since november, was charged with aggravated breach of trust and understating his income. the uk construction sector grew by 2.1% during september to november 2018 compared with the previous three months. the sector is doing well despite the obvious economic uncertainty and the risks of a slowing economy in the event of no deal scenario. and the federation of master builders has urged the government to not take the rise for granted, saying say its plans for its plans for migration controls could have a serious impact on its workforce. let's talk to sar

that's right, we've got an update on the future of flybe.hristmas but still on track. liddell saw an increase in sales about 8% before christmas. partly because they increased the number of stores by 7% last year as well. loads ofjoke about when we get into retail a bit more with our focus group a little bit later. what is it the shoppers wa nt bit later. what is it the shoppers want in 2019? i will give you my shopping list later. more than 800 million people across the world still don't have access to clean drinking water, but a recent breakthrough at manchester university could pave the way to solving that problem. researchers are pioneering a way of using graphene, a material a million times thinner than a human hair, to filter sea water. joining us now is scientist rahda boya. thank you for talking to us. i know you have brought this model in so lehman's explanation on how graphene can filter water? yes, graphene is a honeycomb structure and it is carbon. they are carbon atoms in the form of honeycomb ladders. that is 1,000,000th of a h

also the news about flybe, which is to be saved by a consortium including verge and stobart air.er pound and the cost of fuel. the consortium will operate it under the virgin atlantic brand and initially it will inject £20 million to keep it will inject £20 million to keep it doing and then there will be a further investment of £80 million. lets co m e further investment of £80 million. lets come out of that and go down to the most watched section. at number four, lots of you are watching that tea rful four, lots of you are watching that tearful news conference from andy murray. and further down, at number eight, it's the duchess of sussex, whether it is what she is saying, doing all wearing, proves to be a huge straw. and this is about one of her new patron urges, four of them we re her new patron urges, four of them were announced yesterday and this is smart works, which helps long—term unemployed women get back into work by providing them with high—quality outfits and interview preparation. meghan markle, the duchess of sussex joking with staff and telling them a story about h

the airline flybe is being bought for just over two million pounds — by a group including virgin atlantic