we made it clear to the company that luton doesn't stand alone, it's luton and ellesmere port.position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020 — time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency, and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. that's it from me. mike embley is here in 15 minutes. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @babitabbc. time now for all the sports news in sport today. this is sport today live on the bbc sports centre. coming up on the programme, liverpool shocked manchester city in the opening leg of the champions league quarter—final tie. shanghai sipg secured their place in the last 16 of the asian champions league. and celebrating a hole in one at augusta. a bit of ankle trouble. welcome to the programme. we'll also have lied to the gold coast with chris mitchell. we start with the champions league quarter—final played on wednesday. the two remaining first leg matches were played with barcelona 4—1 winners at home over roma. b

but the unite union says there is still "a cloud hanging over" vauxhall‘s ellesmere port plant., simonjack reports from luton. the future of vauxhall‘s two uk pla nts the future of vauxhall‘s two uk plants here at luton and ellesmere port has been a concern ever since foxhill became part of the peugeot and citroen family, when psa bought the european business. the boss of psa has previously said that brexit uncertainty would delay major investment decisions. what has changed? we have a strong performance plan for the plant, that we will implement to give the plant the possibility to catch up in terms of cost and quality competitiveness with all the other european plants. he is also feeling more confident about an eventual brexit deal. he is also feeling more confident about an eventual brexit deallj he is also feeling more confident about an eventual brexit deal. i do think there is a common interest, that this deal will be supporting the interest of both parties and therefore there is a good probability that something looking like a frictionless trade deal will be made. the gov

we made it clear to the company that luton doesn't stand alone, it's luton and ellesmere port.ce and i'm confident that we'll reach a position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020 — time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. president trump has insisted the united states is not engaged in a trade war with china. shares fell sharply during the day amid growing concern on the financial markets about the tensions between america and china. beijing is to impose new tariffs of 25% on a significant slice of us imports, a direct response to the levies announced by washington yesterday. our north america editor, jon sopel, is in washington. for many people, jon, this does look like some kind of trade war. what's the white house perspective? well, the only phrase goes if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck it's a duck. let us call d a squirmish. the direction of travel seems to be towards heading towards a trade war with china and ameri

we made it clear to the company that luton doesn't stand alone, it's luton and ellesmere port.at we'll reach a position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020 — time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. in the past hour, facebook‘s ceo mark zuckerberg has insisted he is the right person to lead the social media giant through its current troubles. earlier this evening, facebook admitted up to 87 million people around the world may have had their data accessed improperly by the london based firm, cambridge analytica. the bbc has been told that about one million of those affected are based in the uk. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones told me the number of people affected is much higher than originally thought. we knew from the whistleblower who had worked for cambridge analytica, his claim that there were as many as 50 million people who facebook profiles had been acquired via cambridge analytica. they did it to a quiz which 270,

the future of vauxhall‘s two uk plants, here in luton and at ellesmere port, has been a concern ever vauxhall became part of the peugeot—citroen family, when psa bought general motors‘ european business. the boss of psa has previously said brexit uncertainty would delay major investment decisions. so what has changed? we have a strong performance plan for the plant, that we are now going to implement to give the plant the possibility to catch up, in terms of cost and quality competitiveness, with all the other european continental plants.

but the unite union says there is still "a cloud hanging over" vauxhall‘s ellesmere port plant.llesmere port has been a concern ever since foxhill became part of the peugeot and citroen family, when psa bought the european business. the boss of psa has previously said that brexit uncertainty would delay major investment decisions. what has changed? we have a strong performance plan for the plant, that we will implement to give the plant the possibility to catch up in terms of cost and quality competitiveness with all the other european plants. he is also feeling more confident about an eventual brexit deal. i do think there is a common interest, that this deal will be supporting the interest of both parties and therefore there is a good probability that something looking like a frictionless trade deal will be made. the government will contribute £9 million to a total investment of over £100 million. currently, luton can produce up to 70,000 vans per year and the extra investment will mean that goes up to 100,000. industry insiders say that this was the main attraction, luton is

what conversations have you had about the future of ellesmere port?e discussed the future of ellesmere port with psa, the new owners of vauxhall. the decision that they need to take on a new model is in the early 20 20s, but i think you can see from today's success think you can see from today's success that we are absolutely determined to work closely with the workforce and with the technology innovators to make sure that the current success of innovators to make sure that the current success of these plants will continue into the future. i current success of these plants will continue into the future. lam optimistic. but investment in car production facilities has dropped to 1.6 billion in the last two and a half years. is that brexit related? i think what you are seeing now is some of these big investment decisions that are being taken, not just here in luton but in oxford with bmw, just a few weeks ago we we re with bmw, just a few weeks ago we were talking about the second new investment that toyota have made in derbyshire, nissan in sunderland,

it isa future of the ellesmere port plant?ovators to make sure that the current success of these plants will continue into the future. i am optimistic. plants will continue into the future. iam optimistic. but investment in car production facilities has gone from 2.6 billion toi.6 facilities has gone from 2.6 billion to 1.6 billion in the last six yea rs. to 1.6 billion in the last six years. it has fallen by nearly 35%. ls years. it has fallen by nearly 35%. is that brexit related? what you are seeing now is some of these big decisions that are being taken not just here in luton but in oxford with bmw, just a few weeks ago, we we re with bmw, just a few weeks ago, we were talking about the second new investment that toyota have made in derbyshire, nissan in sunderland. these investments are being made for the long term in this country and l will always do my bit to make sure that we present the best case for them. secretary of state, thank you very much indeed. a good day for luton. 1a00 jobs secured, possibly growing over th

the same rationale does not apply to 200 miles north—west of fear, at ellesmere port, where the vauxhall there is a lot of concern that they need to get that new model, and unions and the government will be working very hard on that. for today, government will be working very hard on that. fortoday, great government will be working very hard on that. for today, great relief here in luton. by midnight tonight, all companies with more than 250 staff must reveal their average pay figures to show the difference between male and female employees. the prime minister has vowed to tackle what she's called the burning injustice of the gender pay gap. of the more than 9,000 firms that have reported so far, the figures show: 78% of companies pay men more on average than they pay women. 13% pay women more than men. aad only 8% say they have reported no pay gap at all. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. the pay gap, revealed for all to see. 72% at ryanair. individual employers being shown up. a 37% gap at british gas. some of the worst in finance and construction. women getting 44% le

future of one factory now secure, attention‘s now likely to move to vauxhall‘s other uk plant at ellesmere port as well as its vans continue to be made in britain. theo leggett, bbc news. a pensioner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a suspected burglar was stabbed to death in his home in south—east london. police believe the 78—year—old was involved in a struggle with an intruder at his property in hither green. a 38—year—old man suffered a fatal stab wound to his upper body. 0ur correspondent keith doyle is outside the house in hither green in south—east london. what is the latest. all afternoon and into the evening police have been carrying out a search of the gardens of the houses behind me. i‘m going through all the rubbish bins and searching every part of the street looking for anyone that might help them with the investigation. what we do know is 78 man disturbed two intruders in the early hours of the money in his house. 0ne forced him into his kitchen armed with a screwdriver while the other one went upstairs. then there was some altercation and 38—year—old man was found i