thank you, theo leggett reporting from the high court.y of the footballer emiliano sala has thanked the public for their support in what they say is "the most painful time" of their lives. a body pulled from the seabed in the english channel earlier this week has now been formally identified as the cardiff city player. the argentine and his pilot, david ibbotson, crashed into the sea near guernsey last month. attempts to bring the aircraft back to the surface have been hampered by bad weather. duncan kennedy is at bournemouth coroner's court. the news that this was the body of emiliano sala came from the coroner here in bournemouth. this is where the coroner is based at the town hall behind me. that was followed this morning by this very sad tribute by members of his family, who say they are in great pain as a result of learning it was his body, and also that they mourn, in their words, their son. they also added that their thoughts are with the family of david ibbotson, whose body has not yet been found. although emiliano sala died along

thank you, theo leggett.cerns about why way, because they have failed to address security concerns raised last year. —— huawei. look out for that next week. now, let‘s turn to the uk where brexit continues to pose multiple challenges for the country‘s firms. a new poll suggests it is seen as the most likely factor to limit business growth this year. but the study of small and medium sized businesses also found that younger owners were more optimistic about their growth prospects than their older counterparts. the poll by online giant ebay says those who were optimistic outnumbered pessimists by two to one. rob hattrell, vice president of ebay in the uk, joins us now. tell us a little bit more about what you found. at ebay we work with nearly 200,000 small businesses, entrepreneurial businesses in the uk. we surveyed a large portion to try and understand how they are feeling about this year and everything going on around them and how they feel about their business. and the optimists outnumbered pessimists by t

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our business correspondent theo leggett has details. it used to be thomson holidays.is is a business based in germany and with a significant operation in the uk. the problem is, the long hot summer, a hangover because of late bookings because of that. people moving away from the west mediterranean to the eastern mediterranean which has meant a lot of overcapacity in traditional markets like the canary islands. the pound sterling has fallen because of fears about brexit which has affected revenues in the uk. the basic problem for a company like tui is there is a lot of competition. people but colleges online and do not necessarily go to package operators. traditional package operators. traditional package operators are having to model by their business and focus on holiday experiences. it is not all bad news. if you look into the results the cruise business is doing very well indeed. it is the airline is not doing so well. tui has six airlines. parts of the business are doing well. people like to get on a boat and go to the sunshine. they seem to. tui warned us that th

theo leggett has been looking at the numbers for us in the business unit. well, profits up about 16% at £142 million but that is an adjusted figure. take into account the rights and the company had to take during the year against the declining value of its regional businesses which could be struggling for advertising, thenit could be struggling for advertising, then it was actually a loss of £120 million but that said, the business is looking reasonably resilient. revenues have remained relatively strong despite what it called the structural decline of the newspaper industry. the print titles. so, shares in the company this morning is to be known as trinity mirror, now called reach plc, up quite strongly this morning, investors clearly liking what they see but what you have to look into in these figures as the transition taking place within this and other media businesses. it's based on traditional print titles, but those titles are declining, revenues from them are declining and the company is saying it's pinning its hopes for the future on digital and dig

let's cross to theo leggett. talk us through the results, a billion sounds great but these are difficultthan £1 billion worth of profit, up 13% on the previous year but the problem is kind that persimmon is almost doing too well. why do i say that? for the past few years like other house—builders it's been benefiting from the government 's been benefiting from the government '5 help to buy scheme, a system that subsidises first—time buyers and makes it easier for them to get on the housing market but reports suggested encourages house—builders to put up prices and basically puts money in their pocket and the pockets of their shareholders. when you get problems such as the chief executive having a bumper pay packet of £75 million it doesn't go down too well and that's exactly what happened to jeff fairburn, too well and that's exactly what happened tojeff fairburn, the previous persimmon chief executive la st previous persimmon chief executive last year. his pay packet became a key talking point, he ended up having to leave the company, he has fiow having to leave the company, he has now

and business leggett asked eli to the board of appeals. >> clerk: you have 30 seconds. >>. [through the interpreter] i met lo in 2017, and she was nice to begin with, and then, she turned her attitude. because we were not friends even though we both speak chinese. >> clerk: okay. thank you. >>. [through the interpreter] should we ask if we block a little bit of her driveway? >> clerk: okay. i'm sorry, ma'am. your time is up. you'll have more time in rebuttal. when did she realize there was the 311 notification? i believe she said that she didn't receive it. when did she notice -- when did she receive that notification in arkansas? >> commissioner honda: okay. >> clerk: can you speak into the microphone, interpreter. >> i went back to arkansas august 13, 2018. >> commissioner honda: okay. thank you. >> clerk: okay. we will now hear from the attorney for the permit holder. >> commissioner honda: thank you, gary. >> thank you, miss rosenberg and commissioners. my name is mike raifsnyder. cynthia is my wife, so it's the two of us that are the permit holders. now i think what ju

our business correspondent theo leggett reports.ttle between one of the country's best—known businessmen and the daily telegraph. the newspaper wanted to publish allegations of bullying, sexual harassment and racism against sir philip green. he emphatically denies the claims and took out an injunction which prevented the paper from naming him. and in phone calls which have now been published, he said the case might end up bankru pting the newspaper. the telegraph, called the affair the #metoo scandal which could not be revealed but revelations did follow. sir philip hain used parliamentary privilege to name sir philip in the house of lords. i feel it is my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. sir philip denies allegations categorically but in court documents which have been released by his lawyers conceded he is a passionate businessman... they added... they also said. sir philip and his lawyers wanted to drop the injunction because they said it had become pointless as he had already

our business correspondent theo leggett is at the high court.age in what is in on running titanic legal battle between one of the countries best known business people philip green and the daily telegraph. not only that it has raised important legal questions about privacy and what constitutes the public interest and how so—called gagging orders and nondisclosure agreements should and should not be used. it is a complicated study going back months, it isa complicated study going back months, it is a reminder of what has happened so far. it isa it is a better legal battle between one of the countries best known businessmen at the daily telegraph oi’ businessmen at the daily telegraph or stop they wanted to publish allegations of bullying, sexual harassment and racism and he emphatically denies the claims and took an injunction preventing the paperfrom took an injunction preventing the paper from naming took an injunction preventing the paperfrom naming him. and phone calls which have no been published in said the case might end up bankrupting in s

our business correspondent, theo leggett, joins me now.mps out this in the jumps out at me as the figure 18000000 pounds, it was originally reported as £60 million. —— figure 80000000 pounds. originally reported as £60 million. -- figure 80000000 pounds. the former nissan boss made an offer and subsequently it was a fine, but i wa nt to subsequently it was a fine, but i want to go back to this letter. some of what is in it is really quite instructive. remember back in september 2016, nissan was threatening that the future of sunderland could be harmed if the effect of brexit what brand compensated for. i remember interviewing the chief executive, carlos ghosn, at the time. and afterwards nissan came out with a commitment to build the two new cars in sunderland. what it said was that after a demonstration of the uk government's commitment, we are already working with the uk team on already working with the uk team on a package of support on areas such as skills, r&d and innovation. i understand this could amount to additional support of up

earnif will be much more above what he will earn if you lived until his 1000. 0ur correspondent theo leggettons of racism, sexual harassment and bullying that we re sexual harassment and bullying that were being made against a major business figure. at the time we did not know who that figure was because an injunction was in place. later, parliamentary pilferage was used in the house of lords to name sir philip green in those stories. sir philip green in those stories. sir philip and arcadia deny all the allegations and have been calling for the injunction to be dropped as they now see it as a pointless that he has been named in public. that application was opposed by the daily telegraph as they wanted the judge to see the injunction could only be dropped if sir philip green agreed not to take action against five former employees of arcadia. all of this quite complicated and now the injunction has been dropped, which means we are likely to see further allegations, particularly from the daily telegraph made against a philip green. this whole case is likely to be presented any manner which cha