here's david waddell.in lichfield. in 2007, tesco planned to close other distribution centres and offered staff increased retained pay to relocate. in 2021, the company put forward an offer to take a lump sum in lieu of the enhanced pay or it would terminate the contracts only to rehire the same employees on a standard contract. they described that as a contractual mechanism open to employers. the shop workers union, known as usdaw, won an injunction to stop tesco carrying out its plans that the company prevailed on appeal. however, the supreme court reversed the decision, saying tesco's right to stop employees's contracts would not be used to take away their enhanced pay. in an unanimous judgement, the supreme court panel that it was inconceivable that both tesco and union members intended for the supermarket to have the right to fire workers and rehire them on lower pay whenever it suited tesco's business purposes to do so. tesco is by some margin the uk's biggest supermarket chain the market share of ab

flagship model called vanquish and executive chairman, lawrence stroll spoke to our reporter, david waddellans for the business. the vanquish is our flagship, the last of a trio of our front engined sports car, the dna, the heart of this business. a little over one year ago our db 12 aston martin and a few months ago we launched our vantage, our sports car and now we launch the vanquish v12 flagship. we've always built handmade v12 engines. this is a brand—new engine for this car. we are very proud of all the new performance and all the new technology. and all the new technology. earlier this year you directed the business to invest heavily in the plug—in hybrid ev but it is still a mark of the petrol heads. who are your customers in 2030? the same as our customers today. they are car aficionados, automotive lovers. we have a very long history of customer lists. 111 years now of being in business with a great following of loyal enthusiasts. we have also seen, we brought a new customer into our fold with our db xrs with over 3000 of those a year. since we have returned to formula 1 it has be

flagship model called vanquish and executive chairman, lawrence stroll spoke to our reporter, david waddellh means for the business. the vanquish is our flagship, the last of a trio of our front engined sports car, the dna, the heart of this business. a little over one year ago our db 12 aston martin and a few months ago we launched our vantage, oursports months ago we launched our vantage, our sports car and now we launch the vanquish the 12 flagship. we've always built handmade b12 engine. this is a brand—new engine for this car. we are very proud of all the new performance and all the new technology. new performance and all the new technology-— technology. earlier this year ou technology. earlier this year you directed _ technology. earlier this year you directed the _ technology. earlier this year you directed the business i technology. earlier this year you directed the business to invest heavily in the plug—in hybrid av but it is still a mark of the petrol heads. who are your company —— customers in 2030? are your company -- customers in 2030?— in 2030? the same as our customers _ in

new flagship model called vanquish and executive chairman lawrence stroll spoke to our reporter, david waddellusiness. the vanquish is our flagship, the last of a trio of our front engine sports cars. the dna, the core, the heart of this business. we came in a little over a year ago with our db12, our super gt tour. a few months ago in the fall, we launched our vantage, our sports car, and now we're launching our vanquish v12 flagship. we've always built handmade v12 engines. this is a brand new engine just built for this car. takes it up to over 800 horsepower. and we're very proud of all the new performance and all the new technology. earlier this year, you directed the business in your words to invest very heavily in plug in hybrid evs, but it's still a mark for petrolheads, isn't it? who are your customers in 2030? our customers in 2030 are the same as who our customers are today. they're car aficionados. they're automotive lovers. we have a very long history of customer lists. you know, in our 110 years now, 111 this year of being in business in a very, very great following of very loyal

we'll discuss what could happen next live in a moment our business reporter david waddell.eremy's car giants. they have warned they could be hit by a slowdown in china where they have invested heavily. they have invested heavily. they have also faced growing competition from chinese rivals. the transition to electric cars is a huge challenge, it has brought an influx of cheap chinese electric vehicles into the market. the european commission supported by france has recently imposed a steep import tariffs to protect european manufacturer's, but germany as a major exporter is concerned about retaliation from china, a key market for its car—makers. the disagreement has forced brussels to shelve a european vote on the tariffs which had been planned for this week. labour costs in germany are among the highest in europe, and this week vw�*s chief executive want if manufacturing is to continue in germany costs must fall. is to continue in germany costs must fall-— must fall. manufacturing in germany — must fall. manufacturing in germany is _ must fall. manufacturing in germany is

two of the guardians spoke to our business reporter david waddell about the crisis they see.pping points. the scientists don't want us to go there. they are not sure what nature will do. at the moment, nature is ourfriend. the oceans do. at the moment, nature is our friend. the oceans and forests absorb the carbon. but if we put nature out of sync, which we are doing on these boundaries, then we might see very real tipping point. coral reefs might disappear. permafrost, much of it around the arctic, could melt, throwing not only carbon that methane up, which is more lethal. ., ., , ., lethal. how do we reverse of the most _ lethal. how do we reverse of the most worrying _ lethal. how do we reverse of the most worrying trends? i lethal. how do we reverse of - the most worrying trends? order of play for the day: we need to change the way in which we approach electricity and land—use. we need to protect what is already there. everything indigenous communities protected, 80% of the world's biodiversity is protected by them even though they are — protected by them even though they

says mr blinken will open a so—called us—uk strategic dialogue — with me is our news reporter david waddellat can we expect? washington sa s it is what can we expect? washington says it is about _ what can we expect? washington says it is about reaffirming - says it is about reaffirming the special relationship, a phrase we have heard many times before. especially important to uk government, first used by winston churchill in the aftermath of the second world war. the us understands this is an important phrase for the british government, so it has chosen to use it. the kind of issues we expect them to discuss, its been brief, but the indo—pacific issues in particular, the conflict issues with china in the south china sea, the orchestra security partnership between australia, the uk and the us, that will come up. the aukus security partnership. i should say on friday, yesterday, the white house announced sir keir starmer would travel to the us for a bilateral meeting with president biden, the second in their respective terms of office, this coming friday. arguably building those relationship

joining me in the studio to go through some of the details and the demands of the demonstrators is david waddellctly why the french have taken to the streets today.— french have taken to the streets today. those that are protesting — streets today. those that are protesting in _ streets today. those that are protesting in the _ streets today. those that are protesting in the main - protesting in the main left—wing protesters under the banner of the new popular front, the left—wing coalition that stood in the recent general election that took place between june general election that took place betweenjune and general election that took place between june and july and place betweenjune and july and it topped place between june and july and it topped the poll and won place betweenjune and july and it topped the poll and won more seats than any other party and coming in second place was macron�*s party and coming in third place was the national rally, the far—right party, and emmanuel macron are as been trying to appoint a prime minister but there has been no clear majority on the left—wing coalitio

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david waddell reports.llion deal, rebranding it x, he signalled there would be far fewer restrictions on what people could post. mr musk calls himself a free—speech absolutist as he told the bbc�*s james clayton last year. free speech is meaningless unless you allow people you don't like to say things you don't like, otherwise it is irrelevant. the point at which we lose free speech, it doesn't come back. since then, the platform and its owner have faced constant controversy. individuals banned from twitter, including controversial influencer andrew tate, and the uk far—right activist tommy robinson were reinstated by x. during violent far—right protests this summer in the uk, mr musk found himself in a row with prime minister sir keir starmer after posting that "civil war is inevitable" and accusing the government of two—tier policing. mr musk�*s latest row threatens the position of x in one of its biggest markets. over the weekend, brazilian supreme courtjustice alexandre de moraes ordered the platform to

david waddell has been speaking to aston martin's executive chairman, billionaire businessman lawrencef a trio of our front engine sports cars, the dna, the core, the heart of this business. we came in a little over a year ago with our db12, our super—g t tour. a few months ago, we launched our vantage, oursports months ago, we launched our vantage, our sports car. months ago, we launched our vantage, oursports car. now we're launching the vanquish v12 flagship, we have built hand made v12 engines. it takes it over 800 horsepower. we're very proud of all the new performance and all the new technology. earlier this year, you directed the business in your words to invest very heavily in plugin hybrid evs. who is your customers in 2030? it's the same as our customers today. they're car aficionados, automotive lovers. we have a long history of our customer lists, being in business and a very great following, very loyal enthusiasts. we've seen — we brought in new customers to our fold, we brought in new customers to ourfold, with we brought in new customers to our fold, with our we brought

here's our business reporter david waddell. these are tough times for germany's car giants.down in china — where they've invested heavily. they're also facing growing competition from chinese rivals. the transition to electric cars is a huge challenge. it's brought an influx of cheap chinese evs into the european market. the european commission supported by france has recently proposed steep import tariffs to protect european manufacturers. but germany, as a major exporter, is concerned about retaliation from china — a key market for its carmakers. the disagreement has forced brussels to shelve a european vote on the tariffs — which had been planned for this week. labour costs in germany are among the highest in europe and this week — vw�*s chief executive warned that if manufacturing is to continue in germany — costs must fall. "manufacturing in germany is very important to us and we will fight for every singlejob in germany, that's for sure. but to do this we have to reduce costs significantly in all areas — to allow us to be more flexible on price — so we can stand up to

campaigner sheyeh bastida and former irish president mary robinson, spoke to our business reporter david waddellthat we're reaching possible tipping points. and actually, the scientists don't want us to go there because they're not sure what nature will do. nature is our friend at the moment. it's absorbing — the oceans are absorbing the carbon, the forests are absorbing the carbon. they're helping us. but if we put nature out of sync, which we're doing on these boundaries, then we might, you know, see very real tipping points. the coral reefs might disappear. permafrost, and there's a lot of it around the arctic etc, could melt and throw up not just carbon, but methane, which is more lethal in the short term. what's the answer to this? how do we reverse the most worrying trends that you've identified? we need to change the way in which we approach our electricity, our land use, protect what is already there with everything that indigenous communities are protecting. for example, indigenous communities protect 80% of the world's biodiversity, despite being 5% of the global population. madam pres

david waddell reports.hen elon musk took control of quitter two years ago and a $41; billion deal, rebranding it x, he signalled there would be fewer restrictions on what people could post. he calls himself a free—speech absolutist. as he told the bbc james clayton last year. free—speech is meaningless unless you allow people you don't like say things you don't like, otherwise it is a relevant. the point that we lose free—speech it doesn't come back. lose free-speech it doesn't come back.— come back. since then the platform _ come back. since then the platform and _ come back. since then the platform and its _ come back. since then the platform and its owner- come back. since then the i platform and its owner have faced constant controversy. individuals banned from twitter including controversial influencer andrew tait, and the uk far right activist tommy robinson reinstated by x. during violent far right protest the summer in the uk mr musk found himself in a row with the prime minister. after posting that