ramzan karmali, bbc news.respondent andy swiss reports. ? morning, everybody. you have your qr code on your ticket. what's a little bit of queueing when you've waited two years? after being postponed by the pandemic, finally, the fans flock to sandwich. the crowd limited to 32,000 but, under blue skies, the excitement was boundless. yeah, i've missed being back at golf, so really enjoying being back on the course. a lovely day for it. really looking forward to the day. it's great. it's very special. the weather's out and the sun's shining for us, so it's wonderful. the fact you're out in the fresh air, in the open, and don't feel particularly at risk with the current situation, it's good to be here. and, atjust after 6:30am, england's richard bland got the ball rolling, the start of what is one of sport's most unpredictable events. among the first to impress, america's brian harman, who soon found his range and raced to the top of the leaderboard. it's nearly 30 years since an englishman won the open, but andy

let's find out more from our business correspondence, ramzan karmali. cheering.and that number is set to be even higher on sunday. euro 2020 has given a much—needed boost to the pub trade but restrictions are still in place and sales could have been even higher. the british beer and pub association say a further 1.7 million pints could have been pulled — a possible hit to takings of £6.5 million. supermarkets have also seen sales rise in the back of euro 2020, with many people celebrating at home rather than the pub. the co—op supermarket expects a million drinks to be sold on sunday alone, but it isn'tjust alcohol sales that are on the rise. anything to do with people getting together with friends and family, so things like sharing bags of snacks, up 30% at the moment, pizzas, massively up, burgers, hugely up. disposable barbecues, i'm sure over the weekend will be huge. it's all about, as i say, that get—together occasion. before a ball was even kicked economists had predicted the economy would benefit, even with restrictions in place. with estimates of around

ramzan karmali, bbc news.stituency of batley and spen, where people are electing a new mp. the vote was called when the former labour member of parliament, tracy brabin, became west yorkshire's first directly—elected mayor. and we will bring you the full coverage of the result in the early hours of tomorrow morning when it happens. we are expecting the results sometime after 4am. meanwhile, the prime minister boris johnson said he sees double vaccination as the �*key to freedom' when asked about foreign travel and the easing of covid—19 restrictions. i'm very confident that the double jabs will be a liberator and they will enable people to travel. we will enable people to travel. we will be setting out a lot more about the detail of that in the course of july and the next few days about how you see it working, but there's no doubt at all once you have two jabs, you are in a much better position. as everybody can see, we will be going forward in the autumn with an extra vaccination programme, a booster programm

ramzan karmali, bbc news.esting a billion pounds to expand electric vehicle production at its car plant in sunderland. it will create 1,650 jobs directly and 4,000 more in the supply chain companies. borisjohnson says it�*s a vote of confidence in the region�*s workforce. the government has put money into the scheme, but won�*t say how much. sarah corker is there for us this lunchtime. sarah. yes, this is a really significant day for the uk car sector. these are massive expansion plans and sunderland is set to be at the centre of this electric car revolution. these are highly skilled, well—paid jobs, and this investment means many more are now on the way. britain�*s largest car factory is about to get even bigger. nissan bosses flew in from japan to reveal their expansion plans. £1 billion investment in the sunderland plant. a gigafactory will be built here, making batteries for electric cars at a vast scale. this announcement - cars at a vast scale. this announcement today - cars at a vast scale. this announc

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here's our business correspondent, ramzan karmali. optimistic the changes being introduced from today won't have a negative impact on his industry. i'm not really concerned about the changing of the furlough scheme because i can see that now there is loads of people that really want to go out, the industry is going to settle down, so i'm being positive if we are to face the challenges we will be ready for them. currently 1.5 million britons are having 80% of their wages paid by the treasury. from today, employers will have to pay 10% of their furloughed workers' normal salary, while the government will continue to pay the other 70%. from the first of august, the employers' contribution rise rises to 20% and the government to 60%. the government has spent £66 billion on furlough, which has supported 11.6 million jobs since march last year, but for this events company, it still hasn't been enough. when the government made an announcement where they were not going to be extending furlough any further, that was the time we had to make the

ramzan karmali reports.na, diana ross to daft punk, and he�*s responsible for the sale of millions of records worldwide. without the song, there is no music business. he was just one high profile star to appear before mps to explain why he thought the current music streaming system isn�*t fair. i put out a record with an artist and he had five million streams. five million streams was meaningless. it�*s incredible that a number like five million, or ten million, can be meaningless as far as what you take out economically. i mean, itjust doesn�*t make any sense. in a report out today, a group of mps has concluded the balance needs to be redressed. but several of the performers who gave evidence to the committee said many of their peers weren�*t speaking out against the status quo for fear of losing favour with major record labels and streaming services. streaming has clearly brought significant profits to the music industry. but as nile�*s business partner explains, the distribution of those profits is what�*

ramzan karmali, bbc news. we are going tojohn, at wembley, is there a scramble for tickets, john? wembley, is there a scramble for tickets, john?— wembley, is there a scramble for tickets, john? yes, there is, after encland tickets, john? yes, there is, after england made _ tickets, john? yes, there is, after england made it _ tickets, john? yes, there is, after england made it through - tickets, john? yes, there is, after england made it through to - tickets, john? yes, there is, after england made it through to first l england made it through to first major men's final. in 55 years. it's going to be a sell—out. some are made available through uefa's ticketing website but many more are being made available on resale websites despite uefa's best efforts that they not be sold above face value. there was a pair of tickets on sale this morning for as much as £14,000. the english fans will outnumber italian fans due to restrictions on those coming over from italy something that has from italy but something that has frustrated their manager roberto mancini, he is frustrated there will

ramzan karmali, bbc news.ependent on their disabilities. but it's their ability that's really impressive. tash davies competes in an assisted category. she has someone to help her push off and someone to catch her nearer the shore. previously a wheelchair basketball player, she enjoys not just surfing but competing and was bitten by the bug from day one. what does it feel like when you're in the water? it's a completely different experience to other different activities and sports i've done on land. it's really difficult as a wheelchair user to be able to just go to the beach and get in the water, which other people do really easily. so actually having a setup where people are around to help you get in the water and just enjoy getting on the board and catching waves was a really unique experience for me, and something that was totally different to other sports that i'd tried. martin pollock was blown up while serving with the army in afghanistan. a triple amputee, he's developed a special prosthesis to help hi

our business correspondent ramzan karmali has more.unday. euro 2020 has given a much—needed boost to the pub trade but restrictions are still in place and sales could have been even higher. the british beer and pub association save a further 1.7 million pints could have been pulled, possible hit two takings of £6.5 million. supermarkets have also seen sales rise in the back of euro 2020, with many people celebrating at home rather than the pub. the co—op supermarket expects a million drinks to be sold on sunday alone, but it isn'tjust alcohol sales that are on the rise. anything to do with people getting together with friends and family, so things like sharing bags of snacks, up 30% at the moment, pizzas, massively up, burgers, hugely up. disposable barbecues, i'm sure over the weekend will be huge. it's all about, as i say, that get—together occasion. before a ball was even kicked economists had predicted the economy would benefit, even with restrictions in place. with estimates of around £150 million more being spent by consumers. it

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ramzan karmali is here with more. yesterday the estimated 9.7 million pints being pulled in pubs.ring the pandemic. record number of savings at the moment, £200 billion in savings. some economists expect those savings will be unleashed because of the feel—good factor of football, our team is doing well, we should spend money to make ourselves feel better than we already do. it is notjust pubs, supermarkets as well are doing particularly well. they have done well during the pandemic because we could not go out because we had to shop there, but also because of the football, good sales and alcohol and snacks. we talked to the head at ccoopp supermarkets. the england victory last night must be great for you. victory last night must be great for ou. s , ,., y victory last night must be great for ou. s , ,., , , victory last night must be great for you. absolutely. it is safe to say we are expecting _ you. absolutely. it is safe to say we are expecting a _ you. absolutely. it is safe to say we are expecting a bumper- you. absolutely. it is safe to say i we are expecting a bumper weekend

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