. billionaire daniel kretinsky.he deal will see universal service obligations continue , service obligations continue, including one price goes anywhere and first class post six days a week. the company's branding will also remain, as will its uk headquarters. the sale has attracted heavy scrutiny from senior politicians and unions. business secretary kemi badenoch has underlined the need to protect postal services in remote areas , while labour in remote areas, while labour says royal mail's place in pubuc says royal mail's place in public life must be protected . public life must be protected. the prime minister is promising to create 100,000 more apprenticeships every year by shutting down what he calls rip off degrees. rishi sunak was aboard an overnight sleeper train from london paddington last night en route to cornwall. he's outlining plans to clamp down on the worst performing university degrees and replace them with high skilled apprenticeships. labour says apprenticeships. labour says apprenticeship achiev

it“s board has agreed to a takeover offer from czech billionaire daniel kretinsky.cer was seriously injured after she was hit in the face by a bottle thrown from the crowd. the demonstration, organised by the palestine solidarity campaign and other groups, began in whitehall and police say the vast majority left without incident. a breakaway march of about 500 people then continued to westminster tube station. british transport police have released figures showing a 25% increase in women and girls reporting sexual offences on the rail network. the rise is believed to reflect an improved awareness that you can report any type of sexual behaviour that makes you feel uncomfortable. however, the police believe many incidents are still going unreported, especially by younger women. a study“s found giving smooth nut butter to babies and throughout early childhood could give lifelong protection against peanut allergy. a team at king's college london advise parents to offer nuts in a soft form during weaning. their findings suggest teenagers who ate it up to age five were 7

first boss of the royal mail henry viii 500 years ago, potential future boss this man, daniel kretinskynd owned 27% of the royal mail which was privatised over a decade ago, today the board of the owners recommended that other shareholders sell him the rest, as you say, this is clearly sensitive, so it comes with assurance, retaining the name and brand, no compulsory redundancies until 2025, but with the possibility of extending that, and maintaining the one price goes anywhere universal service obligation, the government can block this deal, jeremy hunt said scrutiny would be brought to bear but they don't object in principle. the shadow business secretary says the assurances are welcome, but even the unions don't seem that violently opposed. what will users notice? well in the short—term hopefully nothing because it's a regulated service but expect focus on parcels delivered outside of the home, that will be a big growth area, but if the deal goes through, that is all if the deal goes through, at the moment the price he is offering is 3.70 and the shares are trading at 3.30 so people

poised to accept an improved takeover bid worth about £3.5 billion pounds from czech billionaire daniel kretinsky on key public interest issues — including sticking to plans we will see later today, goodbye. hello. i'm samantha simmonds. there are reports of more civilian deaths and injuries in the sudanese city of el fasher, which is currently held by the army, but is under attack by the paramilitary rapid support forces. residents say the rsf have been hitting populated areas on the western side of the city, and the sudanese armed forces have responded with air strikes. these are the latest images from el fasher. medical workers say that since friday dozens have been killed and hundreds injured. earlier i spoke to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher — in nairobi and asked her the latest in el fasher. well, the city el fasher is packed with civilians. you have hundreds of thousands of people there in a city, trapped in a city, that is under siege by the rapid support forces and they are getting caught up in the fighting as the battle begins to move in, which it has been over the last we

is poised to accept an improved takeover bid worth about £3.5 billion from czech billionaire daniel kretinskyids — says mr kretinsky has agreed to "contractual undertakings" on key public interest issues, including sticking to plans to offer first—class letter deliveries six days a week, protecting workers' rights and keeping its headquarters in the uk. netflix says its advert—based subscription service now has 40 million monthly active users — up from just 5 million a year ago — a sign that the move to offer a cheaper plan is paying off. the streaming giant says the ad—based service now accounts for 40% of new customers in the countries where it's available. coming up, cracking the code to accessibility: how qr readers could make shopping less of a struggle for hundreds of millions of visually—impaired consumers. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. you are with business today. no reason to panic — that's the message from the chief executive of the london stock exchange over the growing number of companies worth hundreds of billions of pounds, which are leaving it. they've g

daniel kretinsky, a reclusive czech billionaire with stakes in sainsbury�*s, west ham football club ande is offering some assurances to allay concerns from unions and politicians. and they are to keep the brand, the uk headquarters and keep paying tax in the uk. maintain the one price goes anywhere "universal service". and promise no compulsory redundancies till 2025 — in line with the current deal between royal mail and the unions — which may be extended with negotiation. but royal mail is not in the rudest of health. it made a loss last year of £3118 million. and has consistently missed delivery targets with 74% of first class letters delivered next day — against a target of 93%. it's been hit with fines and strikes over the last few years. mr kretinsky says he can improve that performance and negotiations are already ongoing about reducing second class deliveries to every other week day which could save the company hundreds of millions of pounds. the government can block it. so far, the chancellor has said it would be scrutinised but the current government has no objection in princip

speaking to the reuters news agency, daniel kretinsky said europe's postal market is evolving towardse london newspaper the evening standard has announced its set to scrap its daily editions in favour of a weekly publication. the newspaper is currently circulated free of charge at the capital's underground stations from monday to friday. but the paper is blaming home working and the availability of wi—fi on the tube for falling circulation. coming up, preparing for take—off — what's it like to start an airline from scratch and challenge the biggest names in the business? we speak to the boss of riyadh air. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. welcome back to the programme. boeing bosses will meet us safety watchdogs later to set out exactly how they intend to fix quality control issues on their production line, and address serious concerns about the firm's safety culture. the aerospace giant has been under renewed scrutiny since an an unused door fell off a brand new boeing 737 max during a flight injanuary. here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. concerns ab

czech billionaire daniel kretinsky will firm up an offer of £5bn which includes assumed debts for thepeople. let's go live to fiona chincotta, who is a senior market analyst at city index. thank you forjoining us. what do we know about this czech billionaire he already has a minority stake in royal mail? he is a tech billionaire, a lawyer and around 33rd on the times rich list. he made his money in eastern europe and central europe via energy companies in a labyrinth of company structures. he also has stakes in, for example, sainsbury�*s and foot locker as well as a 27% stake in west ham. ~ ., g , well as a 27% stake in west ham. g , , well as a 27% stake in west ham. ~ , , ., well as a 27% stake in west ham. ~' , , ., 4' ham. markets seem to think there is a — ham. markets seem to think there is a chance _ ham. markets seem to think there is a chance the - ham. markets seem to think there is a chance the deal i there is a chance the deal could be blocked. how likely do you think that is and what i the fact is that politicians will look at?— the fact is that politicians will look at?

international distribution services said daniel kretinsky�*s investment group, which already owns morek first class letter deliveries. a former high school headteacher has been found guilty of sexual offences against four girls. 66—year—old neil foden, who worked at a school in north wales, has been found guilty of 19 charges of sexually abusing the girls over a period of four years. here's our wales correspondent, tomos morgan. for over 25 years, neil foden was a head teacher at ysgol friars in bangor. he was previously an executive member for the national education union, but the 66—year—old was arrested after a child showed an adult a photo of them together and screenshots of sexually explicit messages. over a three—week trial, mold crown court heard how foden had groomed and abused four youngsters over a four—year period, in locations including his car and hotel rooms. he was found guilty today in 19 of the 20 counts against him, which included sexual activity with a child and sexual assault of a child. after the verdicts were read out here, thejudge, rhys rowlands, addressed neil

daniel kretinsky — british public service. daniel kretinsky made _ british public service.ted before the election. simonjack, bbc news. let's turn to ukraine because since russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine, almost 2,000 children have been injured or killed. and the suffering is not only physical. child psychologists report a "catastrophic" surge in young people across the country struggling with symptoms, including panic attacks and depression. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. angelina lives in the ruins of a war that's transformed her childhood. her kindergarten was destroyed in russian shelling and the eight—year—old's head is full of memories from when russian forces first tried to take kharkiv. translation: it was very scary when i was in the basement. i i thought, "when will it all end?" there were rockets flying. it was frightening. and there was a plane that flew over us. angelina's family fled then through all this, desperate for safety. but they came back last year because this is home, despite everything. her mum shows m

meantime royal mail has agreed to a 3 pnlts 6 billion pound takeover offer from tech daniel kretinski which would give 3.6 pence per share. we saw yields rising across the board yesterday. currently the bund yield sitting at 2.6%. it had been closer to the 2.5% for it to take out the 2.6% level, i think that's a pretty big deal actually. the 10-year gilt yield at 4.31%. we're going to be talking about uk elections later on. first let's get back to the eurozone let's talk about the inflation outlook and ecb and anything beyond that. thanks for joining us. i'm taking a check of wage data coming from germany. german workers seeing a record rise in real wages in the first quarter, and with the impending ecb cut by 25 basis points, which is factored in for next week, can the ecb really declare victory on inflation if we see wage data trending to the upside >> no one can declare victory on inflation. if there is anything we have learned in the past few months, in fact, in the past two years is that inflation is unpredictable. for anyone to declare victory on inflation, you need to have year

the board of royal mail has agreed to a 5.6 billion takeover bid from czech billionaire daniel kretinskycision is expected to be made before the election. here's our business editor simonjack. founded in the time of henry viii, royal mail still carries the monarch's insignia. it was split off from the post office and privatised over a decade ago, allowing anyone to buy shares. czech billionaire daniel kretinsky has already snapped up 27% of them, and royal mail's owners are recommending other shareholders accept his offer to buy the rest. but unions, the current government, and opposition politicians want assurances which include retaining the name and brand, its uk headquarters, paying taxes in the uk, and no compulsory redundancies. this offer is expected to accept those, but unions are still uneasy. look, we feel it's a failure of privatisation. it's almost 12 years since royal mail were privatised and, you know, it's been mismanaged for years. and now it looks like we're going to be owned by a foreign equity company, which we're really concerned with because quality is down, morale i

hopefully, say daniel kretinsky a's people, hopefully we will see it getting better, because targetsaunched, the london newspaper the evening standard is axing its daily print edition. it will be published once a week instead. circulation figures have fallen in the past five years from 800 to 250,000. the paper has been handed out for free since 2009. the fall in readership is being blamed on more people working from home and the fact that wifi is now available on the underground. nursery rhymes like twinkle twinkle little star have been around for hundreds of years, sung to generations of children. so it time to update them? new research has shown that many parents think it's time to widen the musical diet for the nation's toddlers. david sillito reports on those wanting to bring a new sound to our classrooms and playgroups. # the wheels on the bus go round and round # round and round, round and round... # the wheels on the bus, a toddler classic. but now a new version. record scratch. techno remix: # the wheels on the bus go round and round # round and round. # welcome to techno fo

czech billionaire daniel kretinsky will firm up an offer of £5 billion, including assumed debts, for headquarters and tax residency. a survey suggests that very few people are in fact regularly using "much hyped" artificial intelligence products like chatgpt. and only 2% of british respondents saying they use such tools on a daily basis. asimilar a similar pattern in five other countries around the world. the labour party says there will be no budget until september if they win the election next month. the shadow chancellor rachel reeves, who was in derby today at the rolls royce factory, said the party will not announce any additional tax measures beyond what it has already promised. they have ruled out increases to income tax, national insurance, corporation tax or any form of wealth tax, and rachel reeves said there would be no new measures proposed or "black holes" to fill. i want to lead the most pro—growth, the most pro—business treasury that our country has ever seen. with a laser focus on delivering for working people. the other big news on labour today is that deputy leader

the owners of royal mail have agreed to a £35 billion takeover bid by czech billionaire daniel kretinskydeal will see kretinsky. the deal will see universal service obligations continue , including one price continue, including one price goes anywhere and first class post six days a week. the company's branding will also remain, as will its uk headquarters. remain, as will its uk headquarters . the sale remain, as will its uk headquarters. the sale has attracted heavy scrutiny from senior politicians and unions. business secretary kemi badenoch has underlined the need to protect postal services in remote areas , while labour says remote areas, while labour says royal mail's place in public life must be protected . rishi life must be protected. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head to head in the first televised leaders debate of the general election campaign next week. on the 4th of june, the prime minister was aboard an overnight sleeper train to cornwall last night, unveiling a plan to create 100,000 new apprenticeships. mr sunak says britain will benefit from more skilled work

are looking to agree a takeover by shareholder daniel kretinsky after the czech billionaire put forwardroposed bid, initially put one in for a 320 pence. £3.20 is coming at £3.70 now. it's a bit unfortunate that the guy's name is cretin, given what we know about the post office and recent history, but i have a lot of nostalgia for the post office. i have a lot of nostalgia for snail mail. i barely use it anymore because of the way the competitors work. >> there's a post office and royal mail. are they the same thing now? >> this is such a good point. >> this is such a good point. >> this is such a good point. >> this is such yeah , this is >> this is such yeah, this is such a good point. >> in my head, they're the same thing. yeah, i agree, but i think international distribution services owns royal mail, which don't necessarily own all the post offices. >> no, i think they're quite separate. it is interesting though, that we got the czechs of buying the royal mail, just as the slovaks are in the midst of a violent coup. >> here we go again. >> here we go again. >> yeah , i don't know. h

so today's winner of the union jack is daniel kretinsky, who apparently wants to get rid of post boxesu very much. it's been quite a different, friday night. patrick christys . tonight night. patrick christys. tonight show, i must say, but i have enjoyed it nonetheless. thank you , thank you, thank you. and you, thank you, thank you. and yes, i will be back on monday from 9 pm. make sure you keep it gb news. but until the next time i see you, i hope you have an absolutely wonderful weekend. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good evening to you . here's your latest gb news you. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there will be a bit of rain around at times this weekend, and also some cloud, but for many a decent amount of fine dry and sunny weather because of an area of high pressure that's building in from the west. any rain that we saw today across the southeast that's now clearing away. so a dry picture here. however, we are going to see some cloud pushing its way in from the east across east

the owners of royal mail have agreed to a £35 billion takeover bid by czech millionaire daniel kretinskye goes anywhere first class post six days a week. the company's branding will also remain, as will its uk headquarters, but the sale has attracted heavy criticism from senior politicians and unions amid concerns over the future of the royal mail service in the uk , royal mail service in the uk, and gb news can reveal that environmental activists plan to target the uk's busiest airports this summer . target the uk's busiest airports this summer. in fact, over the last two weeks of july, just stop oil plans to target airports including heathrow and gatwick at the height of the british summer getaway . they british summer getaway. they say, in order to cause maximum disruption . the group's also disruption. the group's also running a series of online courses aimed at encouraging and informing volunteers on how best to carry out a protest that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com slash alerts . alerts. >> well

a £3.57 billion takeover offer from czech billionaire daniel kretinsky epp group, his business alreadyeral meeting, and that's going to be in september , that's going to be in september, the mayor of london has criticised the government's failure to introduce a total ban on zombie knives, calling it a betrayal of the safety of young people. sadiq khan is calling on the home secretary to bring forward the legislation, which would include a ban on the sale of weapons. we'll be speaking to our reporter, charlie peters, a little bit later on in the programme, who will be revealing how easy it was for him to purchase these knives . purchase these knives. >> britain's drivers are paying the most for diesel fuel in europe. that's according to the rac. new analysis shows retailers are not passing on falling prices and forecourts are selling diesel at an average of 155 a litre. that's 5 pm. more than anywhere else . this is more than anywhere else. this is what motoring expert fraser brown had to say . brown had to say. >> £0.18 per litre is what we're seeing for retailers at the moment in term