emma simpson, bbc news. the team on twitter — i'm @benmbland. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... caroline wozniacki reveals she has rheumatoid arthritis after being knocked out of the wta tour finals. chelsea extend their unbeaten run to 12 with a big win in the europa league. and the 2019 tour de france is set to be the highest one yet as organisers reveal the route. thanks forjoining us. the defending champion has been knocked out of the wta finals. caroline wozniacki was beaten by ukraine's elina svitolina, who's now through to the last four in singapore. and after her defeat, wozniacki revealed that she's been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. adam wild reports. to stand any chance of staying in the finals only a

emma simpson, bbc news. guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of a 15—year—old girl, who suffered an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal. megan lee died after eating food containing peanuts from the royal spice takeaway in lancashire in december 2016. angus crawford reports. to herfamily megan lee was the kindest, most loving daughter and sister. but in december 2016, she and herfriend ordered a takeaway online from this restaurant, telling staff she was allergic to nuts and prawns. they ignored the warning and she died of brain damage after an acute allergic reaction. today, mohammed kuddus and harun rashid were found guilty of manslaughter. their kitchen, the court heard, filthy and chaotic. a disaster waiting to happen. megan's family hope the case will lead to real change. we live in hope that today's result is a warning to other food businesses operating in such a deplorable and ignorant manner. to learn this, to learn from this and to improve their standards with immediate effect. he wants aw

emma simpson has the latest.een, one of the country's most colourful tycoons, owner of a retail empire, never far from the headlines, and now he's embroiled in yet more controversy with allegations of sexual and racial harassment. his name was made public by former cabinet minister peter hain, using rules that stop those talking in parliament from being sued. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. after days of speculation, sir philip has become front—page news. up until then, there'd been an injunction in place by three seniorjudges, stopping the daily telegraph from naming him. it's now fired up a debate about whether parliamentary privilege is being misused. tonight, the former head of the judiciary of england and wales has weighed in. he used parliamentary privilege in a way which is entirely inappropriate. parliamentary privilege is not meant to allow individual members of either house to interfere with the process of the courts. whatever we thin

emma simpson has the latest. sir philip green, one of the country's most colourful tycoons, owner of a retail empire, never far from the headlines, and now he's embroiled in yet more controversy with allegations of sexual and racial harassment. his name was made public by former cabinet minister peter hain, using rules that stop those talking in parliament from being sued. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. after days of speculation, sir philip has become front—page news. up until then, there'd been an injunction in place by three seniorjudges, stopping the daily telegraph from naming him. it's now fired up a debate about whether parliamentary privilege is being misused. tonight, the former head of the judiciary of england and wales has weighed in. he used parliamentary privilege in a way which is entirely inappropriate. parliamentary privilege is not meant to allow individual members of either house to interfere with the process of the courts. wh

emma simpson, bbc news.atisserie valerie has said that without an immediate injection of cash it could be forced to stop trading, putting 2,500 jobs at risk. yesterday the company revealed it had uncovered significant accounting irregularities, some of which could have been fraudulent. our business editor simonjack is outside one of their branches in central london. explain what is happening here, simon? this chain of restaurants was worth billions, now it is questionable whether it is worth anything at all after a series ofjaw—dropping announcements. they announced the shares would be suspended and it emerged a hmrc were seeking a winding up order over £1 million failed tax bill. and then this bombshell, without an immediate injection of cash, the owners are of the view there is no scope for the business to continue trading. lots of questions, how did this happen, what did the finance director know, who is currently suspended. but there is no allegations of wrongdoing at this stage against him. what about t

emma simpson, bbc news.ident trump at the white house to discuss mental health and prison reform. he said the best way to keep black americans off welfare and out of prison was to create more jobs. this is our president. he has to be the freshest, the fly rest, the flies planes, the best factories and we have to make our core be empowered, we have to bring jobs into america because our best exporter is entertainment and ideas, but we make everything in china and not america, then we're cheating on our country and we're putting people in positions to have to do illegal things to end up in the cheapest daktari ever, things to end up in the cheapest da ktari ever, the things to end up in the cheapest daktari ever, the prison system. i'll tell you what, that was pretty impressive, folks! kanye ka nye west kanye west with president trump. lindsey buckingham is suing his former bandmates from fleetwood mac because he was fired from the tour. he was informed injanuary they would go on the tour without him. he claim

emma simpson, bbc news.r bus was swept away in flash floods in jordan. the bus had been carrying 37 students and seven members of staff, when it washed away on the shores of the dead sea. a rescue operation involving helicopters and army troops is under way. us technology giant google says it has fired 48 people in the past two years for sexual harrassment. in a letter to employees, the company revealed that this included 13 senior managers and is the result of an increasingly hard line on inappropriate conduct. you may have seen photos online or in the papers of an american tv presenter posing with wild animals, a goat and a sheep, that she shot dead on a hunting holiday in scotland. larysa switlyk, who describes herself as a "professional huntress," posted several pictures of herself smiling behind the animals. she shot them on the island of islay, on what's thought to be a private shooting expedition. the scottish government has now said that it's considering whether the law needs to be changed. britain's

emma simpson, bbc news.r has admitted that the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi was premeditated. that contradicts previous claims that he died in a fist fight in the saudi consulate in istanbul. initially, saudi officials denied any knowledge of mr khashoggi's disappearance. the parent company of british airways has admitted that a further 185,000 customers may have had their data compromised in a cyber attack. it comes after the airline said this summer that hundreds of thousands of card payments had potentially been leaked in a data hack lasting over two weeks. among the details feared to have been compromised are card numbers and billing addresses. the home secretary has apologised to people who have been wrongly forced to take dna tests to prove they were entitled to settle in the uk. sajid javid said some relatives of gurkhas and afghan nationals employed by the uk government were among around 400 people affected in recent years. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. andrew t

emma simpson, bbc news.ng routine in australia — as they continue their tour down under. harry and meghan went barefoot on bondi beach, and then there was a climb over sydney harbour bridge, before tomorrow's invictus games. our royal correspondentjonny dymond was watching. the police in sydney don't normally dress like this, but on the city's legendary bondi beach today, things were far from normal. welcome to fluro friday, where surfing and yoga meets mindfulness. and harry and meghan. harry opened up to the group about his experiences. it's part of his big push to promote mental health. this is called an anti—bad vibes circle. at the end, a group hug. the house of windsor brought the house down. yoga is part of the cure, and the duchess is a big fan. she told the yogis just how keen she is. she did say she does it every day, and she even got up at 4:30 this morning, completely jet—lagged, and she is pregnant, so i understand how exhausting that can be, and she did yoga this morning at 11:30. the duke went

emma simpson, bbc news.emergency in its history — and drugs are to blame. now the government is trying to get a grip on it by introducing new laws. a drugs overdose is now the main cause of death for americans under the age of 50. more than 70,000 people died after an overdose last year alone. in 2016, we reported on the growing problem of opioid addiction in america. darren conway has been back to talk to three people he met — steve, anna and brittney — to see what has become of their struggle. you may find their stories upsetting. i'm addicted to heroin. i want to stop, but i can't. i'm not going to die from this. i'm not going to die from this. opioids are now the biggest drug epidemic in american history. the number of deaths from opioid abuse have skyrocketed in the past 15 years. it's not a poor people thing any more. it's not an inner—city ghetto drug any more. it's everywhere, and it's killing people every single day. killing tens of thousands of americans every year. that is more deaths from car acc

emma simpson has the latest.s most colourful tycoons, owner of a retail empire, never far from the headlines, and now he's embroiled in yet more controversy with allegations of sexual and racial harassment. his name was made public by former cabinet minister peter hain, using rules that stop those talking in parliament from being sued. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. after days of speculation, sir philip has become front—page news. up until then, there had been an injunction in place by three seniorjudges, stopping the daily telegraph from naming him. it's now fired up a debate about whether parliamentary privilege is being misused. tonight, the former head of the judiciary of england and wales has weighed in. he used parliamentary privilege in a way which is entirely inappropriate. parliamentary privilege is not meant to allow individual members of either house to interfere with the process of the courts. whatever we think of sir philip — and

here's our business correspondent emma simpson., if only all its shops could look like this, here in watford, a vision of the future. from blow—dries to gin bars, but there is sobering news today. it wants to close 50 of its stores in a radical restructuring of its business. customers are shopping less in—house stores and more online. what we are doing is addressing the structural shift in the industry. our plan is very simple, we want to have fewer but better stores, improve our shopping experience, grow our online business, and we're doing that in a way that makes debenhams a more profitable business. the going is tough. today debenhams posted a staggering £492 million loss in annual pre—tax profits. this was due to a series of accounting adjustments. 0nce those charges are taken into account, the company actually made a profit of £33 million. but that is 65% down on last year. the problem is these big stores are expensive to run, and its costs are growing faster than its sales. debenhams says most of its stores are still making

emma simpson, bbc news.eadlines on bbc news... 20 men are found guilty of being part of a grooming gang — that abused girls as young as 11 in and around huddersfield. radical islamist preacher anjem choudary is released from prison on licence and is now at a bail hostel. more than two weeks afterjournalist jamal khashoggi went missing, the former head of mi6 says he has little doubt that the saudi regime ordered his killing. now on bbc news — it's time for the film review with ben brown and mark kermode. hello there and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. talking us through this week's cinema releases as ever is mark kermode. what have you got for us this week? very interesting week. we have fahrenheit 11/9, a new documentary by michael moore. we have dogman, a cannes prizewinner from matteo garrone. and they shall not grow old, and extraordinary great war documentary by peter jackson. so, fahrenheit 11/9, michael moore of course a great polemicist. is this just trump in his line of fire in this fil

emma simpson, bbc news.ess of sussex's morning routine in australia, as they continue their tour down under. harry and meghan went barefoot on bondi beach, and then there was a climb over sydney harbour bridge, ahead of tomorrow's invictus games. our royal correspondent, jonny dymond, was watching. the police in sydney don't normally dress like this, but on the city's legendary bondi beach, things were farfrom legendary bondi beach, things were far from normal. welcome legendary bondi beach, things were farfrom normal. welcome to friday, where surfing and yoga meets mindfulness. and harry and meghan. harry opened up to the group about his experiences. it's part of his big push to promote mental health. this is called an anti—bad vibe circle. at the end, a group hug. the house of windsor brought the house down. yoga is part of the cure and the duchess is a big fan. she told the duchess is a big fan. she told the yoga people just how keen she is. she says she does it every day and she even got up at a:30am, co

emma simpson, bbc news.d man, named as cesar cayoc, is arrested in florida — after a mail bombing campaign against critics of president trump. the politician who revealed harassment allegations against sir philip green is accused of endangering the rule of law. the 15—year—old girl who died after an allergic reaction to a meal — two takeaway owners are convicted of manslaughter. two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of a 15—year—old girl, who suffered an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal. megan lee died after eating food containing peanuts from the royal spice takeaway in lancashire in december 2016. angus crawford reports. to herfamily megan lee was the kindest, most loving daughter and sister. but in december 2016, she and herfriend ordered a takeaway online from this restaurant, telling staff she was allergic to nuts and prawns. they ignored the warning and she died of brain damage after an acute allergic reaction. today, mohammed kuddus and harun rashid were found guil

emma simpson, bbc news.er culture secretaryjohn whittingdale. good evening. i know you chaired a parliamentary committee into privacy and a look at injohnson's which is why we invited you to come on this evening. just give us context as to what you are looking at and why at that point. this was at a time when there was an injunction in place obtained by ryan giggs the footballer. he obtained a super injunction which meant the papers did not even refer to the existence ofan did not even refer to the existence of an injunction. but the same time that the printed newspapers were all prevented from talking about it, it was becoming more and more common on the internet so everybody was able to discover what the injunction said. simply with a few clicks of the mouse. the challenges we looked at that time was how enforceable are injunctions in the age of the internet when information can be made available anywhere around the world. and what did you conclude? welcome up palmistry privilege was used to reveal the nam

emma simpson, bbc news.stigating a suspicious package — sent to a business owned by the actor robert de niro. it follows the discovery of pipe bombs sent earlier this week to prominent democrat politicians including barack 0bama and hillary clinton, and the news network cnn. in the last hour, president trump has accused the mainstream media of stirring up anger in american society. from washington, chris buckler reports. the package carrying these pipe bombs were addressed to some of america's best—known public figures. sent to the homes of, among others, former presidential candidate hillary clinton and former president ba rack 0bama, both democrats and both critics of the current president. donald j trump! donald trump was in wisconsin for a campaign rally. at these events he often attacks opponents with unmistakably aggressive language. the tone was markedly different. those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective. he didn't take responsibility for

emma simpson, bbc news.ay's announcement is the retail analyst richard hyman. are you surprised by this announcement? i don't think so, not really. this has been like watching a 15—year—old car crash gradually unfold. it is painfulto a 15—year—old car crash gradually unfold. it is painful to watch. why, what has gone wrong at debenhams? unfold. it is painful to watch. why, what has gone wrong at debenham57m much, we do i start? there are still so we much, we do i start? there are still so we can't have been for many yea rs. so we can't have been for many years. they swapped a big chunk of debt for having loads of very long and not commercially viable leases. it is hard to know who exactly they are natural customer is. i think irrelevance comes to mind. it is tough for them. is it not tough for eve ryo ne tough for them. is it not tough for everyone on the high street at the moment? we have seen so many big retailers go under. absolutely, it is really tough for everyone but this is not democratic. it is more

emma simpson, bbc news.ournalist jamal khashoggi was premeditated. that contradicts previous claims that he died in a fistfight in the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month. meanwhile, mr khashoggi's eldest son salah also flew out of saudi arabia. he had previously been unable to leave the country because of a travel ban. and the cia director gina haspel is due to brief president trump on her visit to turkey this week over the killing. the meeting comes after reports that ms haspel had heard audio recordings of the murder. at least 18 children have died after their bus was swept away in flash floods in jordan. the bus had been carrying 37 students and seven members of staff when it washed away on the shores of the dead sea. a rescue operation involving helicopters and army troops is under way. the parent company of british airways has admitted that a further 185,000 customers may have had their data compromised in a cyber attack. it comes after the airline said this summer that hundreds of thousands

emma simpson has the latest.ir philip green, one of the country's most colourful tycoons, owner of a retail empire, never far from the headlines, and now he's embroiled in yet more controversy with allegations of sexual and racial harassment. his name was made public by former cabinet minister peter hain, using rules that stop those talking in parliament from being sued. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. after days of speculation, sir philip has become front—page news. up until then, there had been an injunction in place by three seniorjudges, stopping the daily telegraph from naming him. it's now fired up a debate about whether parliamentary privilege is being misused. tonight, the former head of the judiciary of england and wales has weighed in. he used parliamentary privilege in a way which is entirely inappropriate. parliamentary privilege is not meant to allow individual members of either house to interfere with the process of the courts. wh

our business correspondent emma simpson is here. an employee decides to post personal data. as it stands this ruling has huge implication for any business or organisation that holds sensitive data on their employee, because if there is a criminal data breach by a rogue employee, then they could be held criminal, legally liable, now this is the first data leak class action of its kind. basically what happened we after andrew skeleton‘s c011 happened we after andrew skeleton‘s con viccion a group of round 5,500 employees started legal action against the company for compensation, they claimed that morrisons was reliable for the release of the information because despite his criminality, he was accusing in the course of his employment. that was the key, now all the way along morrisons said we shouldn't be held responsible for the actions of a rogue employee and no—one suffered a direct financial loss as a result. but they lost the ruling today. of course morrison's might suffer direct financial loss asa might suffer direct financial los

our business correspondent, emma simpson has the story. there is a lot of buttons.his company's new brick factory near doncaster but things soon got awkward when he was asked about his £75 million bonus. think... yeah, i'd rather not talk about that. it has been well covered. you don't want to discuss that today? are there any lessons to be learned from that? it's the biggest bonus in the country. no? 0k, right, fine. i think that's really unfortunate, actually, that you've done that. this man is a dissatisfied persimmon homeowner in harrow where he was sold his property leasehold while neighbours later bought their homes with a more valuable freehold. well, i'm not surprised. but i'm angry. i'm absolutely angry about this 75 million. basically this whole development is his bonus. if he can get a 75 million bonus, i don't understand why they can't give us a freehold for free. persimmon built the foundations for this pay controversy five years ago with a new long—term incentive scheme. for these bosses, the higher the share price the higher the bonus and, boy, did th

our business correspondent emma simpson has been speaking to debenhams chief executive, sergio buchere company's plans. our business presenter victoria fritz is here. how significant are these losses for the retailer? it is not a surprise to our customers that customers are shopping list and our stores are more online. we are shift in the industry. our plan is very simple, we wa nt industry. our plan is very simple, we want to have fewer but better stores, improve our shopping experience, grow our own business and we do that in a way that makes debenhams in more profitable business for our shareholders. you have been saying it will be penned by the last year and a bit, suddenly it has been expanded significantly to 15. what has changed or is it just the fact that you are finally grasped the nettle that you just have too much space? we have announced a five—year plan where we could close up to 250 stores, it will depend on the market develops, our own negotiation with the landlords. basically we want to get everything number of stores, the 50 due mention only represent 15% of our turno

here's emma simpson. it is a diverse workplace. black, asian and minority staff. there is an average pay gap of nearly 13%. having those results published is very important. it makes our company transparent and then everybody, if everybody can see all the results then we can see where we stand. it was something that we all read and were very happy that was being published, when we know how severe the issue is, we can putting solutions in place. it starts that conversation because some of the people "well, the pay gap, i'm not really comfortable talking "about such a thing." they sure are now. here at pwc, the gap is driven by the lack of ethnic minority staff at the top. we know we need to do a lot more work to level the playing field and, by publishing the pay gap, we know we can shine a spotlight on some of the challenges. we can have conversation, we can have dialogue and that will make it far quicker and make us better equipped to close the gap. thousands of businesses have already been forced to publish their gender pay gap, e

opportunities, that were revealed in a race disparity audit last year, as our business correspondent emma simpsones that have already reported the difference in pay between its white employees and its black asian and minority staff. there is an average pay gap year of nearly 13%. ijust average pay gap year of nearly 13%. i just wanted to average pay gap year of nearly 13%. ijust wanted to know average pay gap year of nearly 13%. i just wanted to know what you thought about the ethnicity pay gap? down in the camp team the answers from these workers was clear. having those results published is very important, and it makes our company transparent and think if everybody can see the result we can see where we stand. it was something that will be read and we'll be happy that they're publishing it because once we know how severe the issue is we can start putting solutions in place. it starts the conversation, because some people would say i'm not really comfortable talking about such a thing. they sure are now. here at pwc the gap is driven by the lack of ethnicity staff at the top. we know we need to d