sales were down by about 6% for debenhams which is pretty bad news.ho did come in actually wanted cheaper prices. you will remember that debenhams is in a bit of trouble, having to close about 50 stores to revive it business sin not great news for them. marks and spencers are another company that failed to give the profit from the profit from festive joy. sales have give the profit from the profit from festivejoy. sales have been give the profit from the profit from festive joy. sales have been down about 2%. the boss has been blaming things like fierce competition from competitors and lower consumer confidence. also, according to him, the mild winter. he says that is what helped suppress sales for the company. the mild winter is a problem? apparently. i should say that there has been some good news, from tesco, the sales were up. they say at their best christmas for ten yea rs. say at their best christmas for ten years. john lewis also said that there are sales were up, but not sufficient that they can guarantee a bonus for their staff. theresa wickh

we get crucial updates from m&s, tesco, debenhams, and john lewis.ester city were relentless in their 9—0 thrashing of burton albion last night. they have managed to score 16 goals in their last two matches alone. good morning. it's a cold and frosty start across southern england. we will see some sunshine before cloud rolls in later. today for most of us will be cloudy with patchy light rain or drizzle, possibly sunshine in the afternoon across northern england, northern ireland, and southern scotland. i will have more inis southern scotland. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday 10th january. our top story: jaguar land rover is planning to cut up to 5,000 jobs from its 40,000 strong uk workforce, because of falling sales in china and concerns over brexit. the car manufacturer has also been hit by a slump in demand for its diesel vehicles. it's expected mostjob losses will come from management, marketing and administration roles, but the bbc understands that some factory staff may be affected. our business editor, simonjack has

marks & spencer and debenhams both reported falls in sales over the festive period.r business correspondent emma simpson reports. christmas — feels like a long time ago now. so what did we spend our money on? clothes. skincare products. aftershave. food and mince pies. but that wasn't enough for some retailers. it was dismal for debenhams, with sales down 6%, prompting fresh fears about its future. today, its chairman resigned after being voted off the board. marks & spencer had poor festive trading too, with a 2% drop in sales. at b&m, the discount goods retailer, sales also fell. but there were some winners. at tesco, sales were up more than 1%. and it was a similar story atjohn lewis. they too enjoyed a bit of growth. but trading is challenging, and profits are under pressure. it warned today it might have to suspend its staff bonus, for the first time in more than 60 years. because of the steps we've taken, we've got a strong financial position. we can afford to pay a bonus. the question is, is it prudent to do so? and of course, that's a judgment about what's co

sales at tesco and john lewis were up but there were falls at marks and spencer and debenhams.7% fall in like—for—like sales in the 18 weeks to the 5th of january. marks & spencer saw its sales drop over the christmas holiday period. like—for—like sales, which strip out the impact of new stores, were down 2.2% in the 13 weeks to 29th december. but tesco appeared to buck the gloomy trend. it said trading over the christmas period had been strong. the company, which is the uk's biggest supermarket chain, said its like—for—like sales over christmas in the core uk area were up 2.2% in the six weeks to 5th january. let's get dominic's thoughts on this news as well. a crucial trading period and a really tough trading period. i'll be seeing the differences in the relative fortunes of the companies that we have mentioned? —— are we seeing? are people choosing to spend more on food and less on other items? broadly with the big players, they have not been drastic shocks in the christmas trading. there were predictions of a bloodbath and retailers going bust but that hasn't happened. the

sales at tesco and john lewis were up but there were falls at marks and spencer and debenhams.store chain debenhams reported a 5.7% fall in like—for—like sales in the 18 weeks to the 5th of january. marks & spencer saw its sales drop over the christmas holiday period. like—for—like sales, which strip out the impact of new stores, were down 2.2% in the 13 weeks to the 29th of december. but tesco appeared to buck the gloomy trend. it said trading over the christmas period had been "strong". the company, which is the uk's biggest supermarket chain, said its like—for—like sales over christmas in the core uk area were up 2.2% in the six weeks to the 5th of january. sir charlie mayfield, chairman of thejohn lewis partnership, has been describing the challenges facing shopkeepers. well, look, in retail, you've got two main things going on. there's too much supply, in this case of retail space, physical retail space, for the demand that there is from customers. and that's really a long—running story about the growth of online and the fact that we just don't need as much space on the hi

and those sales were more widespread than ever, but the discounts didn't help debenhams. slumped by 6% over the festive season. marks & spencer had a poor christmas too, with a 2.2% drop in sales. clothing, home and food all down. at the discount goods retailer b&m, sales dropped over the quarter. tesco did better. their sales were up on last year. john lewis also enjoyed some growth. it's already said profits would substantially lower this year but today it warned it might have to suspend its cherished staff bonus for the first time in more than 60 years. what we said very clearly is, because of the steps we've taken, we've got a strong financial position. we can afford to pay a bonus. the question is, is it prudent to do so? and of course that's a judgment about what is coming and the uncertainty in the market, and this year of course there's quite a lot of that. there are always winners and losers when it comes to the battle for our christmas cash, but this year it feels like there are fewer winners than normal, and the industry trade body reckons this has been the wor

it was dismal for debenhams, with sales down 6%, prompting fresh fears about its future.esigned after being voted off the board. marks & spencer had poor festive trading too, with a 2% drop in sales. at b&m, the discount goods retailer, sales also fell. but there were some winners. at tesco, sales were up more than 1%. and it was a similar story atjohn lewis. they too enjoyed a bit of growth. but trading is challenging, and profits are under pressure. it warned today it might have to suspend its staff bonus for the first time in more than 60 years. because of the steps we've taken, we've got a strong financial position. we can afford to pay a bonus. the question is, is it prudent to do so? and of course, that's a judgment about what's coming, and the uncertainty in the market. so why has christmas been so tough? well, all that discounting, for a start. i've actually got some good bargains this year, because everything was in the sale before christmas. that is not good for profit margins, and online is another challenge. it's so easy, especially if the weather's bad outsid

it was dismal for debenhams, with sales down 6%, prompting fresh fears about its future.he board. marks & spencer had poor festive trading too, with a 2% drop in sales. at b&m, the discount goods retailer, sales also fell over the quarter. but there were some winners. at tesco, sales were up more than 1%. and it was a similar story atjohn lewis. they too enjoyed a bit of growth. but trading's challenging and profits are under pressure. it warned today that it might have to suspend its staff bonus for the first time in more than 60 years. because of the steps we've taken, we've got a strong financial position. we can afford to pay a bonus. the question is, is it prudent to do so? and of course, that's a judgment about what's coming and the uncertainty in the market. so why has christmas been so tough? well, all that discounting, for a start. i've actually got some good bargains this year because everything was in the sale before christmas. that's not good for profit margins, and online is another challenge. it's so easy, especially if the weather's bad outside. people just

figures out today show marks & spencer and debenhams both had falls in sales over the festive period.ed its best christmas since 2009. atjohn lewis, sales were up, but not by enough to guarantee staff's annual bonus. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. christmas — it now feels like a long time ago. so what did we spend our money on? clothes. skincare products and shoes. aftershaves, skin lotions. food and mince pies! but that wasn't enough for some retailers. debenhams had a dismal christmas, uk sales down 6% over the season, prompting fresh fears about its future. today its chairman resigned after being voted off the board. marks & spencer at poor festive trading too, with a 2% drop in sales. clothing, home and food all down. at b&m, the discount retailer, sales also fell over the quarter. written‘s biggest retailer did better, sales are bobo more than 196 did better, sales are bobo more than 1% at tesco, and a similar story at john lewis, they too enjoyed a bit of growth. but profits are under pressure — it won't today it might have to suspend its staff bonus for the fi

angry shareholders of the retail store debenhams have forced the chief executive and chairman off ther — in a move led by billionaire sports direct owner mike ashley. despite the coup — the company says ceo sergio bucher will remain in his role and that it has full confidence in his plans to turn around the business. it comes as the department store chain revealed another plunge in sales. and now — what's trending in the business news this morning. 0n wired — lawsuit claims google covered up sexual misconduct. a shareholder lawsuit filed thursday claims that alphabet‘s board of directors, including larry page, sergey brin, and eric schmidt, covered up sexual harassment by numerous google executives. from business insider — ford's shuttle—van company chariot is shutting down this march. the car giant paid $65 million for the startup in 2014 — which allows you to book seats on a shuttle bus via an app. it launched in 9 us cities and london but didn't take off from cnbc — goldman raises gold forecast for 2019 on recession fears, sees 10% gain. and don't forget — let is know what you are

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and those sales were more widespread than ever, but the discounts didn't help debenhams.or christmas too, with a 2.2% drop in sales. clothing, home and food all down. at the discount goods retailer b&m, sales dropped over the quarter. tesco did better — their sales were up on last year. john lewis also enjoyed some growth. it's already said profits would be substantially lower this year, but today it warned it might have to suspend its cherished staff bonus for the first time in more than 60 years. what we've said very clearly is, because of the steps we've taken, we've got a strong financial position. we can afford to pay a bonus. the question is, is it prudent to do so? and of course that's a judgment about what is coming and the uncertainty in the market, and this year of course there's quite a lot of that. there are always winners and losers when it comes to the battle for our christmas cash, but this year it feels like there are fewer winners than normal, and the industry trade body reckons this has been the worst christmas since 2008. we're in the midst of a perfect

sector has suffered its worst christmas in ten years, with falls in sales for marks & spencer and debenhamstrump visits a town on the us border with mexico, as he tries to win support for his plans to build a wall. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times, and the daily mirror's political editor pippa crerar. most of tomorrow's front pages are in. the independent reports that theresa may called the leaders of britain's biggest unions in a bid to salvage her brexit deal. the times says theresa may had ever first ever talk with the unite leader, len mccluskey, as she attempted to build support across party lines for the plan. the financial times says that the japanese prime minister is giving his backing to the deal. but it leads on the news that jaguar land rover and ford are to cut thousands ofjobs across europe, as they struggle with falling sales and tougher emissions rules on diesel vehicles. the daily telegraph carries details of its investigation which found that hospitals allow

we will hear from sainsbury‘s, tesco, m&s and debenhams later this week. full details on our page. live — our top story — former nissan boss carlos ghosn says he's been wrongly accused. at his first court appearance since his shock arrest on charges of financial misconduct. a quick look at how the markets are faring. a bit of positivity today ahead of what in the uk is going to be a busy week as far as results of that crystal, crucial christmas period are concerned. staging the olympic games can raise the profile of the host city through the roof, but what happens when the event comes to a close? the 2016 olympic games were held in rio dejaneiro, and many of the facilities have been left to rot since, with looters taking advantage of unused buildings. but rio isn't alone, athens suffered a similar fate after spending millions on hosting the 2004 olympics. but many of the sites used for the london 2012 olympics already have a new lease of life. one of which is hereeast, a firm set up in the former media centre for the games. it's been turned into a hub for tech, science and design.

week, the big supermarkets, sainsburys, tesco and morissons, alongside retailers including m&s and debenhamsdictions for the retail bloodbath play out in reality? lawrence gosling, editorial director at what investment? magazine is with me. hgppy happy new year. to you too. the markets are getting in the mood, last week it was all serious declines, what a change in sentiment, starting on wall street? new year, new optimism. we still have the backdrop of the trade wars between china and the us, which is a bit negative. in the uk we are preoccupied with brexit and we will be until the mps vote. we have had pockets of good news from individual companies. next had reasonable results last week. even something like tesla moving to china. there are pockets of good news for companies. the backdrop economically, might not be so good. we think about some of the gloom that was hanging over us. apple,, brexit you have mentioned, the fact the markets ended in such a bad way at the end of 2018. is this a knee jerk blip, people buying things that look cheap or is there real optimism? there is a lot of prof

angry shareholders of debenhams department stores have forced the chief executive and chairman off thef the struggling company. despite the coup, the company says sergio bucher will stay on as ceo and that it has full confidence in his plans to turn around the business. injapan, former nissan boss carlos ghosn looks likely to remain injail after being indicted with two new charges. he's now been detained in a tokyo jail for almost eight weeks on charges of financial misconduct, which he strenuously denies. mariko 0i is in singapore. just spell out these latest charges? well, david, the latest charge is called aggravated breach of trust, which is a lot more serious than what he has already been indicted for, which was under reporting his income by some $18 million. with this latest charge, he is accused of transferring his personal investment losses onto nissan and also accused of making a fairly hefty payment to a businessman in saudi arabia for allegedly helping him to cover up the losses. of course, when we saw mrghosn in court the losses. of course, when we saw mr ghosn in court for

, the sales will tell us like debenhams, the sales will tell us quite a big story.ere struggling anyway will have had a tough christmas, but we will still see one 01’ tough christmas, but we will still see one or two tough christmas, but we will still see one 01’ two winners. tough christmas, but we will still see one or two winners. what about the ongoing strategy into 2019 of some of these retailers, given perhaps the increasing focus of online? most retailers are looking again at what their high street footprint needs to be for the future. next have made a few relationships with restaurants and third parties to make their shops more interesting and lots of other retailers are following suit and working out how many stores they need on the high street. whilst online sales are good, their retail proposition and the high street is important. you are likely to go into shops and look at products and then maybe order them online. it is about the future of, what do shops look like on the high street? thank you. a british man and an iranian national have been arrested in

struggling department store debenhams saw a 5.7% fall in like—for—like sales over the festive period,y‘s also suffering. other retailers such as tesco and john lewis said their christmas had been stronger. women taking certain types of hormone replacement therapy tablets could be more at risk from serious blood clots, according to new research. the study in the british medicaljournal said that despite the overall risk being low, hrt patches and gels were the safest form of treatment. gps' leaders said women should not panic or stop taking hrt, which is used to relieve symptoms of the menopause, but should raise any concerns with their gp. the actress ashleyjudd's sexual harassment lawsuit against hollywood mogul harvey weinstein has been dismissed but the court in los angeles did say the star could proceed with another part of her civil claim, namely that mr weinstein defamed her and damaged her career. mr weinstein has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. that is a summary of the main news this morning. back to you, victoria. 10:06am. hello, there is a already. robert says:

they can from what retailers like and ice and debenhams have been saying, that the run—up to christmassumer spending has been losing momentum. terrible news for retailers. they are struggling with bills such as business rates and higher wages. one with bills such as business rates and higherwages. one shopping centre has been put up for sale with a price tag that could be as low as £1. it also tells us that consumer spending is the biggest part of gdp. economists are worried this could weigh down growth. thank you. in the space of four years, two separate fires have devastated the world renowned glasgow school of art. the iconic mackintosh building was gutted injune last year, while it was undergoing a multimillion pound restoration following a previous fire. as the investigation into the cause continues, our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has been finding out how virtual reality technology has made it possible to walk round the famous studios once again. it was a building that was distinctive and defining to glasgow, butjust over six months ago, the mackintosh building at the g

retail sector suffers its worst christmas in ten years with falls in sales for marks and spencer and debenhamst workers' rights after brexit to help win support for theresa may's dealfrom labour mps in next week's crucial brexit vote.

direct and has bought the retailer house of fraser, as well as having stakes in french connection and debenhamsappear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14—year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police are still looking for four other suspects who fled the scene. more questions emerged for the royal family today about how the duke of edinburgh's car crash on thursday has been handled — and about the fact that he's been seen since driving on a public road without a seat belt. the woman who suffered a broken wrist in the collision near the sandringham estate in norfolk says no—one from the royal household has spoken to her. simonjones reports. the queen attends the sunday service at sandringham, but there's no sign of prince philip. he was last spotted yesterday driving on a public road in his replacement land rover, failing to wear a seat belt. that's against the law. norfolk police say they've seen these pictures and have spoken with the duke. that's not impressed one of the women injured in th

we have marks and spencers and debenhams are still to report and the supermarkets.oming from retailers who had to go into heavy discounting in advance of christmas. the headlines on bbc news. china says it's successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the moon — the first ever such attempt and landing. apple, one of the world's most valuable companies, issues a £4 billion profits warning. the tech giant blames chinese "economic deceleration" for its problems. police have arrested two people in manchester on suspicion of helping migrants cross the channel into the uk illegally. the amount of electricity we're using is at its lowest level since the 1980s — thanks to things like low energy light bulbs and appliances. it means that power generation in the uk has fallen according to analysis of government statistics by the 0nlinejournal, carbon brief. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. install a low—energy led bulb, and you're having a negligible effect on cutting the carbon emissions that are overheating the planet. butjoin with millions of

they fell almost 6% for debenhams in the four months to january and more than 2% for marks and spencers. jaguar land rover is cutting up to 4,5000 jobs in the uk. that's from a workforce of 40,000. management, marketing and admin are expected to take the brunt. it's part of a £2.5 billion plan to cut costs. a similar story at ford which has announced a major shake—up in the uk and mainland europe. thousands ofjobs are going to be affected, although it's thought the impact here will be limited. many of us are counting the cost after christmas and the latest figures show consumer spending went up 1.8% in december compared to last year. but when you adjust for inflation, that's actually a fall in real terms. and of course that means a tough time for many retailers. let's talk to esme harwood, director at barclaycard. thank you forjoining us. why are we so thank you forjoining us. why are we so bad at spending? well, if you look, it is the lowest level of spent growth in december than we have seen since 2016 and there is really a story of two halves here. so, if you look at high—street sal

you wa nt to debenhams and french connection.g they spoke to prince philip after he was pictured driving without a seat belt, 48 hours after that crash near sandringham. one of the women injured in the collision has spoken of her disappointment at the way the incident has been handled by the royal family. robertjobson is the royal editor of the evening standard and joins us from central london now. good morning to you. thanks premat joining us. i suppose there is no royal protocol for dealing with this incident. what's happened? a difficult situation for the royal family. it's great that everybody escaped, relatively unscathed. it's been investigated by the police. if the duke of edinburgh had sent an apology to this baby, of course, it's accepting guilt. i think they've sent their messages of well—wishers and that's as far as you can go. we don't know what the speed the other car is travelling at, the full investigation, it does look like the duke was blinded by the light and drove out of that road. we don't have the speed of th

said they missed forecast there's quarterly drops in total sales down 3.9 and 5.7% respectively debenhams is looking to restructure. >>> u.k. retailers faced the worst christmas period since the outbreak of the global financial crisis a decade ago. that's according to detail produced by the british retail consortium like for like sales were 0.7% compared to a 0.6% rise last year the brc blamed the retail slump with the continued slump and coupled with a no deal brexit. now joining me right now around the desk is richard lim, ceo of retail economics to help us put all the different pieces together we've now heard from a number of the u.k. retailers through the christmas period what do you make of the results that we saw today from m&s and tesco and how this fits into the broader picture of how u.k. retail is doing? >> overall i think what we're actually seeing is a few distinctive friends that are emerging over the christmas period i think the first thing to mention is christmas is becoming an increasingly online event the portion of christmas spending that's migrated towards online has in

figures out today show marks and spencer and debenhams both had falls in sales over the festive period enough to guarantee staff's annual bonus our business correspondent emma simpson reports. christmas, it now feels like a long time ago. so what did we spend our money and? clothes and home gifts. skincare products and shoes. afters have, skincare products and shoes. aftershave, bath bombs, and skin lotions. food and minced pies. but that wasn't enough for some retailers. devon adams had a dismal christmas with uk sales down 6% over the season, prompting a fresh fears about its future. today, its chairman resigned after being voted off the board. marks & spencer had poor festive trading as well with a 296 poor festive trading as well with a 2% drop in sales. clothing, home and food all down. at the beginning, the discount goods retailer sales also fell over the quarter. britain biggest retailer did better, sales we re biggest retailer did better, sales were up more than 1% at tesco. and it was a similar story atjohn lewis, day to enjoy it a bit of growth. but trading is challenging, an

debenhams shares fell after reports of plans to close more stores amid difficulties for the retailer., then. zoe ball hosted her first breakfast show on radio 2 this morning. she's taken over from chris evans on the most popular slot on the uk airwaves. she's the first woman to host the show, and to mark the occasion she kicked off with aretha franklin's respect. i spoke to zoe ball after her first show and asked how she felt. do you know what? i loved it. i really enjoyed it. it does not stop. those three hours flew by, but i have managed to sleep last night which i think helped a bit and this morning ijust kept thinking breeze, breed. i had so many messages from people just saying breeze, breed. i had so many messages from peoplejust saying breeze, time check, breathe. you are falling in the footsteps of chris evans, terry wogan, what will you offerfor this very important show? the key with the breakfast show is you want to feel part of a family. terry and chris made you feel like they were talking to you, directly to you, so you feel part of a family, included in the gang, but you

also marks and spencer and debenhams, ones to watch to give us an indication of how the high street faredat the moment. this is the scene in warwickshire. now, we have some cloud affecting eastern scotland, some showers down the eastern coast, but a strong gusty winds down eastern areas this afternoon, making it feel quite cold. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine to be expected this afternoon, maximum temperature is getting up to around 7—9 degrees, perhaps ten in the south—west. through tonight, some cloud across eastern areas, maybe the odd shower, ploughed into northern ireland. where the cloud is, temperatures will stay above freezing, but we have a swayed into northern england and scotland, where temperatures could fall low freezing. for wednesday, it is looking dry and bright for many of us, just the cloud across eastern and western areas. best of the sunshine in the centre of the uk. it will feel a bit colder tomorrow again, temperatures about 5—7 degrees. you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories: police say they'll deal robustly with anyone who commits a crimi

a number of retailers — such as halfords, marks and spencer, debenhams and mothercare — have reportedlyst, savvy marketing. what do you make of the difference we seeing between online and the rest? what the ons statistics show is how shopping has changed with online sales up about 14% which means one in every £5 is spent online and we have seen that in some of the retailers‘ results. businesses such as boo—hoo, whose results have been stellar. we spennymoor online then at traditional retailers we have grown up traditional retailers we have grown up such as marks & spencer. and also whether you discounted over black friday seems to have made a difference? it made a difference with profits. we see profits from some of the retailers, some private ones have not shown figures, but we have seen a mixed picture of activity but a lot of retailers have done well. those who held the nerve during christmas in discounting terms of don well. next is dom. toy businesses like the entertainer have done well. the biggest —— next has done well. the biggest —— next has done well. the biggest —— next has

we get next tomorrow and debenhams next week, keeping an eye on how they fa re over week, keeping anter. —— thank you very much. a single uk ticket—holder has scooped a jackpot of nearly 115 million pounds in the new year's day euromillions draw. the national lottery said the win is the fourth biggest in uk history. another ten british players won a million pounds each in the draw. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. we have had a rather chilly started the day but across many northern and western areas we have a fairly decent start wed lots of sunshine. this was the scene in shropshire. temperatures really quite low bursting this morning there. at the moment it is quite low up there. at the moment it is quite low up into north—west england and into scotland, minus six or minus two celsius. we have some sunshine and the moment, more cloud the further east you are but high pressure is dominating the weather at the moment and that is keeping things settled so plenty of dry weather, although there could be a few showers continuing across eastern parts o

marks and spencer christmas figures were down 2.2%, it was worse for debenhams their sales were downar that you don't necessarily wear for sport? it is lifestyle apparel and footwear. we have exclusive rangers and it seems to be the place of choice and i think the athletic leisure trend has continued to increase with healthy living, people wanting to feel good, particularly young consumers. urban living, a culture towards there. so we are able to accommodate that desired. looking at the wider market when you look at marks & spencer ‘s figures, do you worry that high street will have an impact was to mark there is inevitability that footfall on high street is waning in. by swimming against the tide in that respect and i think you need to be flexible in retail cost structure. i am not bothered by them as an individual retailer because they do not compete with us but i am bothered about the overall impact on the footfall.” use seeing the impact yet? you are doing well despite that. —— are you seeing the impact yet? you have got to say that generally there isa have got to say that genera

course a lot more retailers yet to tell us how they fared, particularly attention on the life of m&s, debenhamsment store is dead, you can see other people growing that multibrand offer and trying to i think cut back on the volume of their own stock and make it much more exciting to go into a store, so you can find and discover things that you were not thinking about. so interesting, thank you so much, so much to talk about, but we have all of the other retailers. more for you, and i've got an update on apple for you after 8am, once the worlds most valuable company no longer and i will explain that for you. thank you, see you. stacey dooley may have onlyjust popped the strictly glitterball trophy on her mantlepiece, but there's already a new dance talent show waiting in the wings. it's called the greatest dancer, and among the judges is cheryl who's been telling us about her ballet past, and some nasty dance injuries. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been on set. strictly only finished a couple of weeks ago but it is already time for a new saturday night bbc one dance show, on

it's a big week for retailers, with m&s, debenhams and tesco all reporting christmas trading figures.second one is all right, it doffs its cap several times to the ritual as well. all the songs are different but there is a dreamy sequence and the bank is in there. cartoon penguins? not quite... well, sort of, yes. dick van dyke makes an appearance, what more do you agree want?! you don't even need to see it now! although of course the bar is very high from the first one! something else to update you on from over the weekend, so many people asking about someone we showed you last week, an 82—year—old man who lives in sheffield who was an eight—year—old playing in the park in the middle of sheffield back on the 22nd of february on dog a us bomber came and crashed in that park, avoided attorney and a number of other children who were playing in the park and the pilot and nine others on board all died but they managed to minimise the loss of life, managing to save the life of tony and many others. and tony ever since has looked after this memorial in the park. since 1969, when the stones

most of the week there is a mike ashley story out there, whether it is debenhams house of fraser, ands in the company. yes, the chairman is standing down, he has been there since 2015. puts a lot of pressure on the company because gs kay have been underperforming. they announced a deal the end of last year, they will spot a part of the business to become a comp consumer brand. in a lot of ways, this is so philip saying, this is my legacy. i've made this major change, now it's the time to step down and let someone else do the organisation of getting those deals through. watch your verdict on the way to splitting up? is this the way to go for a company the size? it's a company a lot of people have in their portfolio. certainly the idea of doing something radical like that, maybe that is exactly what is needed at this point for them to be able to compete effectively in what has been a competitive sector. thanks, simon. let's have a look at the markets — here's how they have closed. the ftse 100 the ftse100 hardly move, it was waiting to see what would happen without announcement in parli