emma simpson, bbc news.it is, of course, a key one. the uk's farming unions have warned that leaving the eu without a deal would cause severe disruption to the industry. the minister responsible, george eustice, said the government would support the sector through what he called "short—term turbulence". gareth barlow reports. brexit has brought uncertainty to agriculture, but nowhere more so than here on the irish border. come on, come on! 0wen martin's family have farmed dairy cattle in south armagh, on the very edge of northern ireland, for nearly 100 years. you wouldn't think there was a border. many‘s the time you cross the border and you don't realise it. no deal is chaos, it's going to be. nobody seems to know what we can do. staff, you can hold on, but the milk has to... 0ur tanks are full every other day. second day, with a hard border, we'd have to throw it out. that's our livelihood. so what do you need to see? what's the best possible outcome? a deal and a transition period. hundreds of thousands

our business correspondent emma simpson reports. months, the future of british steel has been hanging in the balance. here in scunthorpe, its main plant dominates the landscape and provides most of the work. today, news of a tentative deal to rescue the business. it's a move forward from may when we were in a period of extreme uncertainty and obviously concern, to now where we have a preferred bidder and an announcement from the official receiver that they are entering into more detailed discussions with the hope of a purchase by the end of october, is extremely positive. the scunthorpe steelworks and its other assets in the north—east, are an important strategic asset for the uk. british steel employs around 11,500 workers, the vast majority here at scunthorpe. another 800 on teesside. 20,000 jobs in the supply chain also depend on it. steel production in an industry that's been feeling the heat. this loss—making business was bought by greybull capital for a pound three years ago, but it collapsed. the government's official receive

emma simpson, bbc news.announced. the route will be part—electrified, stations rebuilt and tracks upgraded to create a 100 mile per hour railway, as spencer stokes reports. it's one of the busiest railways in the country and it shows. many services on this line are late and overcrowded so network rail is effectively starting from scratch, relaying the transpennine route from dewsbury to huddersfield with double the number of tracks. it's a big project that will cost £1 billion and involve rebuilding for stations including the rather dilapidated ravensthorpe. providing additional capacity allows fast trains to arbitrate explode trains in this section of rail which will be electrified with modern digital signalling and are fastly improved customer experience at some of the stations. this is part of a large enhancement for the railway in the north of england and hopefully will be the first phase of many more enhancement schemes to come. although trains will go at 100 miles per hour instead of 70, network rail s

emma simpson, bbc news. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening.er andrew harper last week. and coming up: down on the farm in norway — a glimpse of what the future might hold for british farmers after brexit. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: twitter say they've suspended several accounts after paul pogba was subjected to racist abuse online. it's the third time in a week a player has been subjected to attacks online. it's a disease that normally affects women over the age of 50 — but cases of ovarian cancer in younger women and teenagers are increasing. the teenage cancer trust is now calling for young people with symptoms to see their gp as early as possible. so what should you look out for? 0ur correspondent, adina campbell, has been to meet one girl who was diagnosed at the age of 14. in the lead up to her diagnosis, aspiring singer kelliyah had a number of symptoms, but didn't think they were serious. my belly got really big, but i thought i was putting on weight. then i started doing exercises, i started going up hills, doing push—ups, but

our business correspondent emma simpson reports.of british steel has been hanging in the balance. here in scunthorpe, its main plant dominates the landscape and provides most of the work. today, news of a tentative deal to rescue the business. it's a move forward from may when we were in a period of extreme uncertainty and obviously concern, to now where we have a preferred bidder and an announcement from the official receiver that they are entering into more detailed discussions with the hope of a purchase by the end of october, is extremely positive. the scu nthorpe steelworks and its other assets in the north—east, are an important strategic asset for the uk. british steel employs around 11,500 workers, the vast majority here at scunthorpe. another 800 on teesside. 20,000 jobs in the supply chain also depend on it. steel production in an industry that's been feeling the heat. this loss—making business was bought by greybull capital for a pound three years ago, but it collapsed. the government's official receiver took control and

emma simpson, bbc news.this with the economist and financial journalist, laurie laird. good morning. it is afternoon here. what do you make of this news. good morning. it is afternoon here. what do you make of this newslj think it needs a lot more scrutiny. it isa think it needs a lot more scrutiny. it is a bit ofa think it needs a lot more scrutiny. it is a bit of a shock that this is a turkish state company. there are a lot more questions than answers. why... this is a business that grable capital bought for a pound. the steel industry is worse than it was when it was bought. the interesting thing other car company manufactories. back industry is not doing too well. the prospects for british steel are worse than they we re british steel are worse than they were when grable bought this for a pound. so what are the turks buying? what are they hoping to do? they wa nt to what are they hoping to do? they want to double production but does the world need any more steel? we have to ask the question about how muc

our business correspondent emma simpson is here. tell us more about what is known happened.n that friday at 4:52pm with the lightning strike north of london hitting a transmission cable. there were a series of lightning strikes that day and that triggered a series of events. lightning affected the hornsea offshore wind farm of yorkshire which lost power unexpectedly disconnected from the grid. they should not happen with a lightning strike. it is pretty routine. almost simultaneously a gas plant in bedfordshire also tripped. the grid has enough fast reserved back—up power to cope with the loss of the single biggest generator part two happened that once so it was not enough and that triggered an automatic protection system which took out 5% of the supply to rebalance the system and are a total shutdown, and that affected i.i million customers. great says this isa million customers. great says this is a rare and unexpected event. i did not last long but it had a big impact. what about compensation? it is early days but the regulator is investigating. they are trying to learn l

our business correspondent, emma simpson, is here.igh street so how surprising is this? not surprising. according to springboard, who tracks vacancy rates in our main towns and cities, injulyjust over one in ten shops we re injulyjust over one in ten shops were sitting empty. 10.3%, up ever so slightly from the previous quarter, but it is the highest va ca ncy quarter, but it is the highest vacancy rates in four years, and of course this is all to do with the fallout from the wave of the structuring is an have seen over the last 18 months so after years of expansion retailers have ended up with too many shops, costs are rising and the traditional business model has been under tremendous pressure, even broken. the shake—out is still far from over. just the other day, the shoe chain 0ffice, is still far from over. just the other day, the shoe chain office, we learned they could be closing stores. white might on this fitful being down is that it is the internet? —— being down is that it is the internet? -- and the guess on why this footf

our business correspondent emma simpson reports. lights out, chaos and confusion. detail on what caused the power cut. at a:52pm, there was a lightning strike north of london hitting a transmission line. immediately, hornsea offshore wind farm lost power. it shouldn‘t happen with lightning. at the same time, at little barford in bedfordshire, a gas power station also tripped with two large generators failing. there wasn‘t enough reserve power to instantly bridge the gap. so the emergency system kicked in to prevent a wider shutdown, and 5% of the country‘s electricity demand was taken out. it meant 1.1 million customers lost power. shortly after 5pm, the system stabilised. it could have been a lot worse, the system worked to prevent a cascade failure and we still have a system operating now. i would say it worked as intended. but did it? why was there so much disruption, especially on the railways? there were some minor signalling problems, but the key issue was 60 new govia thameslink trains. an internal safety mechanism was triggered and they ground to a halt. ar

emma simpson, bbc news. most surveys of parental happiness have focused on those whose children still live at home. but the study by heidelberg university in germany focused on people aged 50 and older — and found out that parents had greater life satisfaction and fewer symptoms of depression, but only if their kids had left home. with me now is blogger vicki psarias, also known as ‘honest mum‘ — she has two young children. and joining us from oxford is one half of the ‘two empty—nesters‘ blog — nigel ridpath. thank you both forjoining us. vicky, you have two children aged nine and six and you are called honest mum. it is a grind, it is ha rd honest mum. it is a grind, it is hard work, you do not sleep enough and do not have enough time to yourself and you have a lot of routine to work through. absolutely, it isa routine to work through. absolutely, it is a struggle as a parent, maternal rights are not great when it comes to the workforce and then again later on we find women are economically fragile because

emma simpson reports. lights out, chaos and confusion. it was the biggest blackout in a decade.farm line. immediately, offshore wind fa rm lost line. immediately, offshore wind farm lost power. it should not happen with lightning. at the same time, gas powered station in that picture also tripped with two large generators failing, there was not enough reserve power to instantly bridge the gap. so the emergency system kicked in. to prevent a wider shut down, 5% of the country passed by the electricity demand was taken out, meaning 1.1 million customers lost power. shortly after five, the system stabilised. why was it so much disruption and expression railways ? much disruption and expression railways? the key issue was 60 new times link trains, they were not disconnected and the shutdown, but an internal safety mechanism was triggered and ground to a halt, a name “— triggered and ground to a halt, a name —— half of the media engineers to get restarted causing widespread chaos. so should the national grid be more resilient? this company and its batteries helped restore the power s