troubled fashion chain bonmarche has warned that trading in the first quarter has been ‘poor‘.has said it's now considering a £57 million takeover offerfrom uk billionaire philip day, an offer it had rejected. its shares fell 26% as it blamed bad weather for its performance. san francisco has become the first city in the usa to ban the sale of e—cigarettes. it's because of concerns about a "dramatic surge" in young people using them. stores are now banned from selling the vaporisers. it's also illegal for online retailers to deliver to addresses in the city. e—cigarette producers say the move will "create a thriving black market". robots are coming. up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world could be replaced by robots by 2030. that's the prediction from oxford economics, an analysis firm. it's calling for action to prevent a damaging increase in income inequality.

what are the problems facing bonmarche right now?ailers will have been challenged. when we look at the weather this time last year and consumer sentiment was more positive last year than it is a year later. the problems they have got are threefold. one is the lack of people on the high street. this business relies on footfall, passing trade and over 50 shoppers are finding somewhere else to go. they are also finding their offer is just not chiming with over 50s women. they are finding other places to buy their clothing form. and we are buying less clothes and making do with what we have got and not inspired. there are lots of reasons for that. we are also thinking about whether it is right to be consistently buying clothes when we have a full wardrobe? this is a market of people who have spare money but they are certainly not spending a great deal at the moment with bonmarche. and if this offer which has been recommended now goes through, if bonmarche is what, what would it mean for the company? because philip day has spoken about a

why is bonmarche struggling?is available at them here in the uk and that is why brands that range is wide, including some supermarkets owned brand ranges have taken this market share from the specialist retailers who should absolutely be lapping up this opportunity to serve the customer over 50 caminos be priced sensitive. —— customers. the customer over 50 caminos be priced sensitive. -- customers. are they not responding to trends with enough or do they do almost the opposite and have a long—term view of shaping the supermarket i want to buy the products? is a come the worst year for store closures. it is very much down to the fact that they have too much to do into little amount of time with too little cash so even though bonmarche had been investing online in the technology sites, looking at operations, difficult to have a brand that is desirable to start with. products have to be engaging in there so much information and so much inspiration that they want to be enjoying the retail experience that she is seei

we will ask if a change in approach of this bonmarche will be... heat wave hit southern europe who has turned around the world studying the effects of extreme temperatures on the human body. half past ten and half 11, we will have our daily look at the front pages of tomorrow's papers. join me tonight the former pinches visit baroness altman and the broadcaster and writer. that's coming up later this evening. do you see with us on bbc news. now it is time tojoin sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. the headlines. can england stay cool as the heat‘s turned up ahead of their world cup quarter final? konta's concern — another defeat on grass with wimbledon just five days away. and pakistan threaten piling on more pressure on england at the world cup. good evening. we will be life in france shortly getting the build up before that huge game for england at the women's world cup with that quarterfinal to come tomorrow night but we start with tennis. wimbledon seedings were raised today. perhaps there are signs that there is still w

the ftse is down very slightly, one big stock, share price down around 23% bonmarche, had an offerfromome out with a profit warning, share price down 23% on the smaller market in the uk. back to you, sally. laura foll is fund manager of uk income funds atjanus henderson. good morning. from your perspective, what is the biggest story moving markets right now? is itjerome powell? central banks, as normal, the chairman of the us federal reserve, gave a speech yesterday where he said essentially the risk to global growth is increasing, all of the issues you have spoken about, the us trade tensions with china, geopolitical concerns with iran, some fairly weak us payroll data that came out a few weeks ago, all adding to the view the federal reserve is likely to cut interest rates at least 25 basis points, at the next meeting injuly. rates at least 25 basis points, at the next meeting in july. you touched upon geopolitical tensions and iran and the us and of course we on this programme keeping a very close eye on oil prices and they have been rising. they have, a variety of reasons. the reaso

troubled fashion chain bonmarche has warned that trading in the first quarter has been ‘poor‘.26% as it blamed bad weather for its performance. robots are coming... up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world could be replaced by robots by 2030. that's the prediction from oxford economics — an analysis firm. it's calling for action to prevent a damaging increase in income inequality. more on this in a moment. vaping has really taken off — as an alternative to smoking... but it seems like it's facing a setback from the ban in san francisco — why are they doing that? well — as you say, san francisco has become the first us city to ban sales of e—cigarettes until the health effects are clearer. stores have been banned from selling the vaporisers and it's illegal for online retailers to deliver to addresses in the city. and yet the city is home to one of the main vaping producers? it is — its home tojuul labs, the most popular e—cigarette maker in the us. and it is warning that the move would drive smokers back to cigarettes and "create a thriving black market". joining us