hays travel, the countries largest independent travel agent, has done a deal to acquire all 555 thomase who own this business say they will be taking on as many former employees as they can. elated to get the deal over the line. to employ so many people, hopefully it will be 2500, people will have jobs very soon. to get them back in employment has been, well, we've already employed over 400 so far really, really quickly. so, a lot of them have cried when we've offered them jobs, so it's really emotional. thomas cook stores will be rebranded as hays travel, a business that will no more than triple in size. but with all these shops remain open in the long run? we hope so. certainly that is the intention. that is the plan and we feel that hays travel will be able to trade those shops hopefully at least as well if not better than thomas cook. we are an independent agent and we of all tour operators, we will always put the customer first. taking on these hundreds of stores is a big, bold move, especially given the rise in online bookings. it shows that despite thomas cook's demise, the pack

all 555 are being bought by hays travel, so it doesn't affect the thomas cook airlines or the many hotelsmer company owned, but it does mean that a lifeline has been thrown to around 2500 former thomas cook travel agent staff who lost their jobs when 2500 former thomas cook travel agent staff who lost theirjobs when the company went into liquidation last year. hays is taking over run hopes to immediately reopen many of the 555 travel shops that closed, and it says it hopes to re—employ a significant number of those staff, not all of them. as you point out, they have already hired around 400 of them, but it will be a welcome bit of news for many of those people who lost theirjobs. it is not clear how hays intends to continue running these shops, whether they will continue under the thomas cook brand. ina continue under the thomas cook brand. in a statement, the company said that thomas cook is a much love brand, employ talented people, and they look forward to working with many of them. a lifeline thrown to apprentices who studies were thrown into disarray by the liquidation. they have bee

anyway, let's stick with a travel theme. what makes haysrt of his business. hays clearly have confidence in the future of on street real travel agents. and as we said, they were not the only people interested. there were other bidders interested. there were other bidders interested in the shops. hays reportedly the only people interested in buying all the shops, and today, its leaders said it does not intend to close any of them at this stage. and of course, in an area with so many of us not needing to go into a travel agency to actually book a holiday, we either go online or book a package orjust assemble our own package by booking flights and a hotel, we do not need this, there is a sense that we do not need them any more in the age of the internet. but hays‘ managing directorjohn hays says that from his perspective, the internet as a friend and not a foe. i don't think in a retail store, thomas cook staff would say that the web was their friend, or hays travel staff would say the web as their friend, and we embrace social media, facebook

hays travel, the country's largest independent travel agent, has done a deal to acquire all 555 thomasover the line. but also to employ so many people, hopefully it will be 2500, people will have jobs very soon. to get them back in employment has been, well, we've already employed over 400 so far really, really quickly. so a lot of them have cried when we've offered them jobs, so it's really emotional. thomas cook stores will be rebranded as hays travel, a business that will now more than triple in size. but with all these shops remain open in the long run? we hope so. certainly that is the intention. that is the plan, and we feel that hays travel will be able to trade those shops hopefully at least as well if not better than thomas cook. we are an independent agent, and we, of all tour operators, we will always put the customer first. taking on these hundreds of stores is a big, bold move, especially given the rise in online bookings. it shows that despite thomas cook's demise, the package holiday is far from dead. it's very easy to book holidays online, but the fact that hays travel

hays travel announced they are buying thomas cook's stores, but it seems too good to be true. emma gets through to the team at hays. true. branch manager gemma gets through to the team at haysm true. branch manager gemma gets through to the team at hays. it was on profit, yes. i am actually sat with all of my team now and they would all be happy to come back to the brand. brilliant, so is that it, then, a definite that the stories opening? —— the store's opening. thank you for your help. bye—bye. they are opening hucknall and we have just got to all contact them! 0h, have just got to all contact them! oh, god, that is amazing. hays are based in sunderland and the family firm has expanded across the uk over the last a0 years. they have already got 190 stores but, today, they made the biggest financial gamble of their lives. we are not a big corporate, we their lives. we are not a big corporate , we are their lives. we are not a big corporate, we are a family business. we value and empower our staff like nobody else and that is probably one of the main differentiators. overnight,

all thomas cook's stores are bought by hays travel in a move that could save 2500 jobs. we are locating keys for as many shops as we can, we probably can't starve them today, but certainly tomorrow we would like a lot of the

concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and in the north eeast, where there's now going to be two hays travels but hays aren't lumbered with running an airline and hotels all over the world, and there is still a big appetite for package holidays — those who want a real person to deal with, young families, and those who want a fixed price whatever happens to the pound. and they're opening hucknall, and we can all have ourjobs back. hays are hoping to mop up that market, and the staff have plenty of loyal customers who they think will be back through the doors now theirjobs and their lives are back on track. i can't believe it, i'm crying, yeah! colletta smith, hucknall, nottinghamshire. lancashire police have confirmed two people died, following a fire at a working men's club in morecambe. the blaze broke out at gordon working men's club at a 2:45 this afternoon. ten fire engines initially attended the fire. mark edwardson reports. 0ver over the last few hours here in morecambe we have seen plenty of people with tears down their faces. we got confirmation of the grim news they were expecting, p

concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and in the north eeast, where there's now going to be two hays travelsut hays aren't lumbered with running an airline and hotels all over the world, and there is still a big appetite for package holidays — those who want a real person to deal with, young families, and those who want a fixed price whatever happens to the pound. and they're opening hucknall, and we can all have ourjobs back. and the staff have plenty of loyal customers who they think will be back through the doors now theirjobs and their lives are back on track. i can't believe it, i'm crying, yeah! colletta smith, bbc news, hucknall, in nottinghamshire. in the last hour, president trump has said us government officials will speak to anne sacoolas, an american national with diplomatic immunity who is suspected of being involved in a fatal crash in northamptonshire in which a teenager died. mr trump acknowledged the "tremendous anger" over the incident in which harry dunn was killed near raf croughton. ms sacoolas later flew home to the united states. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy report

hays travel announced they are buying thomas cook's stores, but it seems too good to be true. ays. it was on profit, yes. i am actually sat with all of my team now and they would all be happy to come back to the brand. brilliant, so is that it, then, a definite that the store's opening? thank you for your help. bye— bye. they are opening hucknall and we have just got to all contact them! oh, god, that is amazing. hays are based in sunderland and the family firm has expanded across the uk over the last a0 years. they have already got 190 stores but, today, they made the biggest financial gamble of their lives. we are not a big corporate, we are a family business. we value and empower our staff like nobody else and that is probably one of the main differentiators. overnight, hays have managed to buy access into really big chunks of the market in the uk. they have got presence now in the east midlands, in scotland and in wales, as well as the north—west of england. but it is a lot more concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and the north—east, where there is now going to be tw

all thomas cook stores had been bought by hays travel, in move which could save 2500 jobs. parliament is difficult a special saturday sitting on october 19, after these that week, seen as a last chance to avoid a new deal brexit. —— no deal. in beyond 100 days of bringing the latest on the turkish offensive in northern syria. we'll be speaking to a former us ambassador to syria. coming up at eight, coleen rooney accuses rebecca vardy of using her private instagram to obtain stories about her watching to tabloid newspapers. at 1040 and 1130 people have a look at some of tomorrow morning's front pages in the papers. stay with us for all that. that is ahead on bbc news. now, let us return to our top story that of turkish... turkish warplanes bombing parts of north—eastern syria, the certain events of which could lead toa certain events of which could lead to a conflict with kurdish led allies of the united states. in the past— hour, the white house has released a statement. that is the very latest of the president, in response to the news that turkey has such a military offens

half hour it's been announced that all 555 thomas cook stores will be bought by independent agent hays travelwhich could save 2,500 jobs. hays has already recruited hundreds of former thomas cook staff, following its collapse last month, and has offered employment to more of the airline's personnel. the white house has said it will not co—operate with impeachment proceedings against president trump. the inquiry is looking into claims that mr trump put pressure on ukraine to investigate his potential rival for the presidency, joe biden. in a letter to senior democrats, a white house lawyer called the proceedings "unconstitutional". the foreign secretary is expected to meet the family of harry dunn, the 19—year—old who was killed in a motorbike crash in august. dominic raab has urged the united states to "do the right thing" by the teenager's family. anne sacoolas, the wife of a diplomat, is believed to have been the driver of the vehicle that hit harry outside a us air base in northamptonshire, but fled to the us with diplomatic immunity. some of the uk's largest fast—food chains have been sel

all 555 thomas cook stores to be bought by hays travel. forces there could either defect or ankara would have to stop them disrupting turkey's struggle against islamic state militants. dozens of turkish military vehicles have been sent to the border after donald trump ordered a us troop withdrawal. martin patience is monitoring events in beirut for us and says the kurds feel abandoned. the kurds have led the fight against the islamic state group in syria and iraq. they feel that they are owed by america. and they feel that america, with islamic state all but defeated, certainly territorially, they feel that america have washed their hands of them. and thrown them to the wolves. i mean, the big concern now is if turkey does invade, then the kurds will pull away from the fight against the so—called islamic state and the extremists could well well stage a comeback. let's not forget that it's the kurds who have detained thousands of is prisoners. and what they have been saying is if there is a turkish invasion, they simply would have the resou

hays travel and as they are by thomas cook's stores. but it seems to good to be true. then question my cassette death and thatis then question my cassette death and that is that it, then question my cassette death and that the stories opening pressure mark —— is that a definite? they are opening and we have just got to come. hays are based in sunderland and the family firm has expanded across uk of the last 40 years. they already have 190 stores, but today they made the biggest financial gamble of their lives. now theirjobs and mines are by contract. i cannot believe it, i'm crying. the white house strategy in the impeachment inquiry has donald trump front and centre — and while the there is no doubt he is throwing everything he has into this fight — the other key central figure is the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. the former new york city mayor was once seen as a national hero for his response to the 9/11 terror attacks. now he's being urged to testify to congress because democrats allege his played a key role in trying to illegally undermine mr trump's

drought a rival travel company has acquired or thomas cook stores in the united kingdom the move by hays travel could save up 220-2000 i'm sorry 2500 jobs thomas cook shut down suddenly in september hundreds of thousands of passengers were stranded across the globe and an american scientist who identified one of the key materials in rechargeable batteries has become the oldest nobel laureate in history 97 year old john be good enough will share this year's nobel prize for chemistry with britain's m stanley wished him and japan's a cure you're seeing are the 3 scientists were each responsible for critical developments in a theme ion batteries well those are the headlines and next up its inside story stay with us. the confusion over u.s. plans for syria donald trump is facing criticism for his decision to withdraw from the northeast paving the way for a take issue pensive what are the risks of a military operation and what to do with eisel fight is in kurdish prisons this is inside story. the and welcome to the program fully back to pull the white house is sending mixed messages about the future

a rival travel company has acquired all of thomas cook stores in the united kingdom the move by hays travel could save up to 2500 jobs thomas cook shut down suddenly in september hundreds of thousands of passengers were stranded across the globe an american scientist who identified one of the kiba to ariel's and rechargeable batteries has become the oldest nobel laureate in history 97 year old john be good enough will share his prize with chemistries britain's emma stanley witness and japan's shaheen a 3 scientists who are responsible for critical developments in the creation of the lift in that little ion battery more news in half an hour to stay with us. on the 10th of may 28th the wife of a libyan politician of non-tonal lawyers held up an historic document a letter of apology from the british prime minister the u.k. lost its way when i got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and to get off it just didn't but today i think it stood on the right side of history by recognizing its mistakes and by apologizing. abdulhakim bell high and his wife fatima bouchard had been fi

and the reality, as the honourable member knows, is that hays travel have indeed come in and rescued poorly—run companies can't survive. you're watching thursday in parliament. and don't forget, you can find all our programmes by going to the bbc iplayer and searching for parliament. now, in what could end up feeling like a parting shot to the united kingdom, the european commission plans to scrap daylight saving time across the continent. member states will have to decide whether to remain in permanent summer time or wintertime. if the government passes the withdrawal agreement, then there's a chance the uk could still be in its brexit transition period when that happens — and, as such, would be expected to obey all eu law. a business minister set out the government's position on that before a house of lords committee looking at the policy. we are working with, and ourfocus is around opposing this directive because it's something that we don't intend to implement or change our clocks. therefore... and with any kind of directive of this kind, you would expect us to be working with ou

last week hays travel announced it would take over all of thomas cook stores, in a deal that could potentiallyt the tour company had a £1.7 billion debt pile. simon gompertz reports. a day of reckoning in front of mps for thomas cook's bosses, led by the former chief executive peter funkhouser. we understand that the colla pse funkhouser. we understand that the collapse of thomas cook caused a huge amount of stress, disruption and difficulty. me and my colleagues are still devastated about the outcome. since the collapse, questions have been brimming over from politicians and from thomas cook's staff, including airline crew who thought they were making a profit. we were doing very, very well, and we are wondering why we we re allowed well, and we are wondering why we were allowed to field, actually made to fail when the rest of the company went. mps homed in on the ceo's pay, nearly £9 million, including a half million pound cash bonus for 2017. do you think that bonus should be paid back? i fully understand, i fully understand where you are coming from and i fully understand the sentiment, if

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hays travel has taken over returned to work. hays travel has ta ken over its returned to work.a nt to ta ke for another company. i don't just want to take anything knee jerk at the moment, so i am exploring other options, actually. i do have some ideas for the future. have you been able to get any compensation for losing yourjob as quickly as it happened? well, i have received the statutory redundancy pay, which meant to me that every year i spent working for thomas cook was worth £279. but at the moment, because we did not receive our last salary, as i'm sure you're aware, that has actually been a little bit of money that has arrived just in time, really. how are you feeling? obviously, you're talking very kindly about what your next options are, but it's a company you worked for a pretty long time and itjust went overnight, how has it left you feeling? yeah. still reeling. we're still absolutely devastated. in the first ten days, i was thinking it did not seem real and itjust seemed as though everything in our company was on pulse. and we would begin again and it is very, ver

arrival travel company has acquired all of thomas cook stores in the united kingdom the move by hays travel could save up to 2 and a half 1000 jobs thomas cook shut down suddenly in september hundreds of thousands of passengers were stranded across the globe and american scientist who was identified or identified one of the key materials in rechargeable batteries has become the oldest nobel laureate in history 97 year old a john b. good nurse will share his prize with chemistries britain's emma stanley whitney and japan's a carrot you she know the 3 scientists who are responsible for critical developments in the creation of the lithium ion batteries are back with the news hour in half an hour do stay with us. in may 28th a libyan politician and his wife received a full apology from the british government for having been rendered handed over by m i 6 to the gadhafi regime where they were present and tortured. they were just 2 of hundreds of gadhafi as opponents who were picked up abroad and handed over in a collusion between western intelligence and the libyan beginning at a time when gadhaf

staff back at work in the travel shops at least after that bit of the business was brought over by hays travel call those up, unemployment increased by 22,000, to1.31 those up, unemployment increased by 22,000, to 1.31 million in the three months to august, those are the latest official figures coming out. that is in the three months to august. interesting talking to the former chelsea player, paul canonville, that the whole world will see what happened, and authorities really have to look after the players more, he said. and you could see the example set by gareth southgate and how he created a mood where the players felt they could express themselves, but it was an ugly night in sofia. england's euro 2020 qualifier in bulgaria was halted twice in the first half after england's footballers were subjected to racist abuse. camera's picked up fans making racist gestures and racist chants. a stadium announcement condemned the abuse before stating the match would be abandoned if it continued. a group of fans left the stadium after the game was halted for a second time. england went on to win 6—0 a

hays travel stepped in, a family fun run byjohn hayes and his wife from sunderland, they bought all ofom the public and to be back with my team, working for hays travel, it has been amazing to. the la st travel, it has been amazing to. the last few days have been a bit of a well we nt last few days have been a bit of a well went but we are getting back on track now it has been amazing to the first time some of us have smiled all afternoon! it is a turnaround not just for all afternoon! it is a turnaround notjust forjulie but all afternoon! it is a turnaround not just forjulie but all of those at thomas cook. it is because when they announced they were going into liquidation, and the shops were too close, it looked like another example of the declining high street, particular shocking because thomas cook with such a well—known and much loved brand with a proud history. and ostensibly very successful. the news inevitably hit the workers hard. it was almost like a grieving process, you know, real highs and lows. nothing i had experienced before. i had never not worked and you go through t

there has now been a happy ending with hays travel buying up much of thomas cook.s to try and establish what went wrong and who might be responsible for what went wrong. at the moment they are looking at the directors themselves, as well as the companies auditors, and to some extent the government, for failing to bail the business out. but from a legal perspective, i think a lot of the accountability does sit with the directors, who had responsibility is to watch the company stakeholders, which included employees, customers, suppliers, and, of course, the banks as well as their creditors. we will have to leave it there. many thanks. the markets? it is interesting to flag up what is happening with the pound today because we saw it dip earlier in the morning against the dollar, and then this afternoon we have seen it strengthening. keeping a close eye on that. ok, see you later. to the united states, the white house has dismissed a senior diplomat‘s testimony to a presidential impeachment inquiry as a smear campaign. presidential impeachment inquiry as a smear campai

meanwhile, as of today, 138 thomas cook shops have been re—opened by hays travel and over 1,900 formerday began here in london with much pomp and ceremony, but how have markets and the currency reacted to today‘s queen‘s speech and subsequent parliamentary debate? james bevan is chief investment officer at ccla investment management. we‘ve seen the pound slide against the euro and dollar today, after rallying to three—month highs at the end of last week — how much is that in reaction to today‘s queen speech? it is much more to do with the ebbing and flowing of sentiment towards what happens on brexit. last week, there was a hope and expectation there would be a deal, that helped the pound rally significantly on friday. an early deal now looks less likely and the pound has weakened. the pound is our barometer to brexit negotiations. that is what it seems to have proved to be. indeed, it has. every time the pound weakness, exporters do well and that is inevitably reflected in the stock market. talking of the stock market, how have that ftse 100 and the 250 of smaller companies reacted in

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