our business correspondent, emma simpson has the details.rom kirkcaldy in fife and wolverhampton to walton upon thames in surrey, debenhams is pulling out. not much left for bargain hunters, though. 50 stores are to go, the first wave this month, the rest in 2021, a restructuring to save the rest of the business. this is altrincham, one of six to close today. will you miss it? no. i'll be honest. i don't ever go in, really, no. everything's online. once our generation has gone, in another 30 years there'll be no shops. this town was named england's best high street after its successful regeneration, but it has now got

emma simpson, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show.carter, i'm a journalist and i've come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sites, its smells. like a lego cityscape, its smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't feel real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. id say a lot more... for wa nt of expecting. id say a lot more... for want of a better word, gold! i've come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i've also come here as a disabled person to experience all those things through the highs of someone who might have some difficulties getting over some of those problems, getting around. i think ithink i'm i think i'm done for the day already andi i think i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet! tokyois tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. and it will play host to the olympics and paralympics. japan expects a record a0 million visitors in 2020, including many disabled travellers, so i want to find out how prepared its capital is welcome and influx of foreign

emma simpson, bbc news.re investigating an assault on five prison officers by two inmates at whitemoor top security jail. it's understood one prison officer was stabbed and slashed with a blade during the attack. here's our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. we hear of troubles in prisons, how different is this one? how significant is it? the two inmates involved were wearing fake suicide vest and had armed themselves with improvised weapons. 0ne vest and had armed themselves with improvised weapons. one of the inmates is convicted of terrorism, the other is a muslim convert who is inside for a crime of violence. in all, five prison officers were involved in the assault, but one of them, who appears to have been the target of the attack, he has serious injuries not said to be life threatening but nevertheless he was slashed and stabbed with the bladed weapon. whitemoor a prison housing some of the country's most dangerous offenders including a number of people convicted of terrorism. scotla nd people co

emma simpson, bbc news. the time is... 18 minutes past one.s kill a top iranian general in an air strike, escalating tension between the united states and iran. coming up: england wobble as south africa take root in the second test. coming up on bbc news: cameron norrie has got the british team off to a winning start against bulgaria with victory over dimitar kuzmanov in the first atp cup. the met office says the last decade was the second hottest in the uk in the past 100 years, with eight high temperature records being broken. last year alone, four new records were set, including the highest winter and summer temperatures ever recorded in the uk. the met office says it is a consequence of our warming climate. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. a's what to stay on record came in cambridge lastjuly. the heat there felt punishment. 38.7 celsius. transport struggled to cope with fires by train lines. it was one of eight temperature records set in the last decade, a record number of record temperatures. meanwhile, it looks like a tow

emma simpson, bbc news.ate was being segregated yesterday after threatening staff when he attacked them with a home—made weapon, knocking one unconscious. the ministry ofjustice said the incident had been referred to the police. tracey miller reports. staff at bristol prison have praised the bravery of their colleagues after an attack by a prisoner that left five officers needing hospital treatment. one was left unconscious, another with a damaged eye. it happened yesterday, when they tried to move a prisoner who was allegedly making threats towards them. i've been told by the prison officers association that, as staff opened the cell door, the prisoner attacked them with a home—made weapon. prison officers here have put on social media that a request to use protective equipment before approaching the prisoner had not been granted. the prison 0fficers association went to say... but the ministry ofjustice have said that they are investing billions of pounds to improve prisons and increase security. this attac

emma simpson, bbc news.f the european union at the end of this month has comfortably passed through the house of commons. mps voted 330 to 231 in favour of the government's brexit deal. the bill covers the rights of eu citizens, the planned 11—month transition period, and customs arrangements for northern ireland. it now goes to the house of lords for scrutiny. authorities in australia are warning residents in areas threatened by bushfires to leave home or risk being trapped, as they prepare for hotter weather tomorrow. hundreds of firefighters are being deployed in the worst—affected areas of victoria and new south wales. the seaside town of eden was evacuated just days ago and is once again under threat, and clive myrie is there now. hello, sophie put the smoke billowing in the distance is the result of a fire front that was moving at around six kilometres an hour, an incredible speed, before it eventually slammed into a woodchip mill, 110th —— eventually slammed into a woodchip mill, 110th -- 100 eventual

emma simpson, bbc news.ofjustice" after it refused an extradition request for the woman accused of killing teenage motorcyclist harry dunn. the 19—year—old died in august after a collision with a car driven by anne sacoolas, the wife of a us intelligence officer. after the accident, she left britain for the united states, claiming diplomatic immunity. duncan kennedy's report contains some flash photography. it was last august harry dunn died here, and today the scene was still framed by the caring tributes of those who loved him. anne sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day, is the american woman who's been charged with causing harry's death by dangerous driving. there was no sign of her today at this house in washington dc, where she was living. she flew to america after the accident, claiming diplomatic immunity. this afternoon, harry's family gathered to give their reaction to the news that the american government has now refused to extradite mrs sacoolas to britain. a decision harry's mum says is difficult

our business correspondent, emma simpson has more. debenhams. heart of many a town or city centre. but today, six will close. 50 stores are to go, the first wave this month, the rest in 2021. there's not much left for last—minute bargain hunters in these final few hours of trading. this is altrincham. once our generation is gone, in another 30 years, there will be no shops. there will be no money and there will be no shops! so we will all be online, digital. i used to buy quite a bit of stuff from there, yeah. yeah, very sad. and i feel for the staff as well. debenhams has been struggling for years. weighed down with debt and falling sales. it did a restructuring deal to cut costs and close its worst performing shops. this year, it is make or break. for mothercare, the challenges were too great. it has been closing all its remaining 79 stores this week including this one here in norwich. tomorrow it will disappear from the high street and retail parks altogether, after nearly 60 years of trading. emma simpson, bbc news. with all the sport now, h

thank you, emma simpson.yber attack that's forced the firm to turn off all computer systems. it was revealed that on new year's eve hackers infiltrated parts of their network, forcing the company to take down its websites. the hackers are now demanding payment in exchange for either restoring the computer systems or preserving customer data. a train operator is offering to compensate its season tickets holders hit by recent delays and cancellations. transpennine express will refund 3% of the annual cost of season tickets to customers who email them to claim the rebate. a new timetable caused widespread disruption — which the company has acknowledged was unacceptable. england's cricketers still need five more wickets to win the second test against south africa in capetown. at 30 to pull, south africa were holding on a 225—5. —— at the tea interval. joe wilson reports. one last chance to glimpse the mountain. why not? final day in cape town, an extreme test of south africa's endurance. 0h, bat broken! you can r

emma simpson, bbc news, bournemouth.ed rail link between london and the north of england, could cost up to £106 billion — that's more than three times its original estimate, according to a review commissioned by the government. the report, which has been seen by the financial times, also recommends that work on the second phase of the railway — which links birmingham to manchester and leeds — should be paused for six months to consider a mix of conventional and high—speed lines on that section instead. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. packed in from birmingham to leeds. a high—speed line would cut thejourney time in half. but the fate of hs2 is in the balance. where i live, we will probably stand to gain in term of property values, so i should be a supporter of it, but i still think it's too much money. who wants to travel at a slower pace when you can get to where you need to go quickly, more efficiently? itjust makes complete sense to me. there is not even a spare seat on this midday service between tw

emma simpson, bbc news. tehran by mistake. rana rahimpourfrom the bbc‘s persian service is here. what do you make of the way in which iran‘s story has changed over the course of 2a hours? iran‘s story has changed over the course of 24 hours? since the news of the passenger plane that was crashed came out, on wednesday, the reigning authorities have been in denial and for the last four days they said it must have been a technical problem —— the iranian authorities. overnight in iran they announced it was an unintentional mistake and they take responsibility. that is very unusual for the iranian authorities, very unusualfor for the iranian authorities, very unusual for them to take any responsibility at all. the fact that they are now taking responsibility in the view of many iranians is because there were dual nationals we re because there were dual nationals were on board. canada and uk got involved in the investigation and there was a lot of evidence and it reached the point where they could no longer deny

emma simpson, bbc news.rtificial intelligence system has proved as good if not better than human experts in spotting breast cancer in scans. as part of a research project, a computer system was trained to read x—rays. it was more accurate than a single radiologist and on a par with two experts working together. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. this is painstaking work. it takes more than a decade of training to become a radiologist and have the skill to read a mammogram. in the nhs, two doctors analyse every woman's x—rays. now, artificial intelligence, a machine learning computer designed by google health, can do itjust as well as humans. this went far beyond my expectations. it will have a significant impact in improving the quality of the reporting, but also freeing up radiologists to do even more important things. women aged between 50 and 70 are invited for breast screening every three years. the study in the journal nature showed al was actually better than one doctor working alone at rea

emma simpson, bbc news.each the fourth round of the australian open. the 15—year—old american won in straight sets on a day of upsets in melbourne, as serena williams was also beaten. andy swiss reports. homework — instead, she was making history. just another remarkable day in coco gauff‘s remarkable rise. the 15 year old was up against the defending champion, naomi osaka. a gulf in experience, but it was soon osaka who was struggling. roared on by herfamily, gauff seized the first set. would the pressure get to her? well, not a bit of it. whatever osaka threw at her, gauff got it back. the champion had no answer to gauff‘s guile and grit. and in barely an hour, it was all over. after reaching the last 16 at wimbledon, she'd done it again, the biggest win of her life. "this is crazy," she said later, but on this showing, it just might get even crazier. gauff wasn't even born when serena williams won her first australian title. she's now searching for a record—equalling 24th grand slam crown, but she won't f

emma simpson, bbc news.f the machines caught fire. their manufacturer — whirlpool — is offering to replace or repair the models in question. here‘s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. dealing with the backlog built up because your mum can‘t use her washing machine. it was ok at first. it wasjust, like, a couple of loads. but now, it‘s just constant. alex, from west sussex, has had to take in all her 75—year—old mother‘s dirty clothes. to blame — a whirlpool washer, one of the ones at risk of catching fire because of a faulty electronic door lock. all of her washing is here — everything in my house. it‘s not even about the washing. this has cost us so much money in electric, it‘s cost her so much money in petrol. the first customers heard was on the 17th of december. they were told then to unplug affected machines or use them only on the cold cycle. only today, more than three weeks later, is whirlpool offering a solution. owners will get an email to choose a repair or a replacement. there are

emma simpson, bbc news, bournemouth.armed, to protest against proposed tightening of the gun laws there. they claim their legal right to bear arms would be violated by the new gun laws. aleem maqbool reports from virginia. usa, usa, usa! they came from all over the country, bearing arms. after this state, virginia, decided it's going to try to push through what are very limited gun—control measures. we're just on a regular street in downtown richmond, virginia, and yet almost everyone around us is carrying a handgun or a rifle, and that is all perfectly legal. but they're out here to say they won't allow that right to ever be taken away from them. no—one's even talking about that happening, though — politicians here just want to introduce rules that would, for example, only allow people to buy one weapon a month and allow guns to be banned at some public events. it's too much for everyone here. if this saves one life, is it worth it? i mean, not if it's going to impede on my right to defend me and my family. that person

emma simpson, bbc news.njoying better than expected sales over christmas. it is the first of the big uk retailers to report its christmas figures. sales were boosted by an increase in online sales, which rose by 15% over the three—month period. england 5 cricketers began the new year with another frustrating day in south africa. having been defeated in the first test, and losing several players to illness and injury, they lost nine wickets on the first day of the second test match. play ended in cape town a short time ago with england 262 for 9 in theirfirst innings. here sjoe wilson. cape town's newlands ground is appreciated fully from a distance. might be the best view in world cricket. zach crawley, 21 years young, was just trying to watch the ball and stay cool. he opened england's batting — not easy. edged and gone. crawley played because rory burns had hurt himself playing football. south africa don't need extra help. and england's training session football games are now banned. their batting here was

emma simpson, bbc news.released back into the wild. the male tortoise, diego, is believed to have fathered around 800 baby tortoise after he was recruited onto a captive breeding programme in the galapagos islands. the park service believes he was taken from the galapagos 80 years ago by a scientific expedition. diego is currently in quarantine before his return to espanola in march. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. probably the kindest link she has ever given me. bless you for a bit of self—esteem for once. one of those days across northern britain. it was both wet and windy, where is it now? it is a slight out of scotla nd it now? it is a slight out of scotland and northern ireland but somebody has to got it get it but now it is the turn of north of england and wales and the south—west. this feature will continue ever further south and east through the rest of the evening and overnight. clear skies behind but as temperatures that away, quite a raft of wintry showers into scotland wi

our business correspondent emma simpson reports. remember this? the biggest blackout in a decade.s bbc five live... the major power cuts which affected hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses and transports today... michael wilson was one of thousands of passengers caught on the railways. he told me how he was caught on a train for extra eight hours with his daughter travelling from newcastle to london. when you have been trained for that long and that were babies crying, people getting upset. there was one point when there was a staff member who was clearly in tea rs staff member who was clearly in tears over... because people were getting quite agitated. so who is to blame? there was a lightning strike on a transmission line just before 5pm. they're fairly routine and power stations are required to cope, but hornsey offshore wind farm lost power. little ba rford gas station also tripped. ofgem says there was an equipment failure, two events which triggered the wider shutdown. both the owners have agreed to pay £45 million forfailing both the owners have agreed to pay £45 mill

emma simpson, bbc news.d with murdering his estranged wife and her boyfriend in derbyshire in the early hours of new year's day. the bodies of helen hancock, who was 39, and 48—year—old martin griffiths, were found at a house in the village of duffield. derbyshire police has referred itself to the police watchdog over previous contact with mrs hancock. an early and accurate diagnosis of breast cancer is quite often the key to successful treatment. now, researchers at google health and imperial college in london have developed an artificial intelligence computer programme that is more accurate at assessing a mammogram than one radiologist working alone and as good as two experts working together. as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports, this use of what's called ai could well improve all cancer care. this is painstaking work. it takes more than a decade of training to become a radiologist and have the skill to read a mammogram. in the nhs, two doctors analyse every woman's x—rays. now, artificial in

emma simpson, bbc news.to use the most robotics in the nhs, and now it is teaming up with the bristol robotics laboratory at the university of the west of england. matthew hale went to see how they work. those tablets should be taken on an empty stomach. meat pepper, the latest in a line of robots designed at the university of the west of england. pepper is programmed to make sure patients are taking the right medication. with an ageing population, the gap between the care required and the carers available, it's going to get wider and wider. so that's why academics here are looking to intelligent robots like pepper, working alongside smart sensors in people's homes, even social robots to try to fill that ca re social robots to try to fill that care gap. hi, it's tim from south meet hospital, how are you today? surgeons here are now working with people on a mobile two way video screen to allow doctors to communicate with patients who have just been discharged. technology like this may allow us to monitor pati

emma simpson, bbc news.ental health. it features some of the game's biggest names and will be shown just before kick—off at every third round match. it's the start of a campaign by prince william to use football to get men talking about mental health. katy austin reports. in life, as in football, we all go through highs and lows. morecambe footballer kevin ellison knows exactly what that's like. i couldn't control it. i describe my little bit as, it was a dark cloud. i'd be happy and bubbly, then all of a sudden, literally, bang, it's like a dark cloud come over me and i'd be a totally different person. i could feel that coming on me, but i had no control over it whatsoever. we can all sometimes feel anxious. he's given his backing to a new film that also features england stars and is narrated by the duke of cambridge. its focus, keeping your mind healthy. but we can all start to change things. over the next few days, 32 fa cup third round matches will be played at grounds across the country. all of them wil

emma simpson has the details.ames are causing a massive shock. even in a country that is used to fire. usually, the blazes strike scrubland. these are instead tearing into the forests which means the fires are hotter and taller and harder to tackle. the impact has been devastating. with lives lost among firefighters and residents, more than 1,000 homes destroyed and an estimated death toll among animals of 500 million. so what's behind these fires? scientists researching the fires say conditions have created a perfect storm, with climate change heating the planet and adding to the dangers. clearly, the warmer, drier weather that we expect to see with climate change, and what we have probably already seen in australia, leads to more vegetation being available to burn and more vegetation being available to burn earlier in the year. so the fire seasons have lengthened, beginning earlier and also finishing later as a result of climate change. the past year saw fires around the world. in the amazon rainforest, they wer

our business correspondent, emma simpson has more. from kirkcaldy in fife, and wolverhampton, to walton upon thames in surrey, debenhams is pulling out. not much left for bargain hunters, though. 50 stores are to go, the first wave this month, the rest in 2021, a restructuring to save the rest of the business. this is altrincham, one of six to close today. once our generation is gone, in another30 years, there'll be no shops. we used to buy quite a lot of stuff from there. yeah, very sad, and i feel for the staff as well. debenhams has been struggling for yea rs, debenhams has been struggling for years, weighed down with debt and falling sales. it did a restructuring deal to cut costs and close its worst performing shops. this year is make or break. for mothercare the challenges were too great. it has been closing all of its 79 stores this week, including this one here in norwich. tomorrow it will disappearfrom this one here in norwich. tomorrow it will disappear from the high—street and retail parks altogether, after nearly 60 years

emma simpson, bbc news.ue the spoils were shared in the early london derby. it finished 1—1 between crystal palace and arsenal, and once again var proved the main talking point, as patrick gearey reports. nestling in south london's streets, selhurst park's a reminder of football as it was — intimate or claustrophobic, depending on your view. the kind of place arsenal might find uncomfortable, but under new manager mikel arteta, there are signs of a new energy that flowed through pierre—emerick aubameyang's early goal. after such a breathless start, arsenal slowly exhaled. palace gradually forced them back untiljordan ayew tried his luck, an equaliser in slow motion that owed much to a deflection. arsenal now became too keen. initially, aubameyang's tackle was seen as a yellow card, but it proved to be a video nasty. var was checking. aubameyang had gone from scorer to suspect, awaiting the inevitable sentence. now a man up, palace might soon have gone a goal up too. james tomkins was denied by sokratis at th

our business correspondent emma simpson reports. beales.on this same spot for nearly 140 years. a cornerstone of bournemouth‘s high street. and also in other provincial towns, from bedford to beccles in suffolk and southport in merseyside. but beales failed to move with the times. it's very sad, it's part of our childhood. you know, we both grew up locally and it's always been here and we work locally and it was somewhere we came frequently. but we haven't been for a long time. i think it's another nail in the coffin for bournemouth high street because once a store like this goes, who's going to take it? this business was losing money and looking for a buyer. then christmas brought all its long—running problems to a head. beales is the first big casualty of weak festive trading, but it was also grappling with high rents and huge business rates bills. it's another sign ofjust how much pressure our retailers are under, especially these big department stores. just a few doors down, there is a house of fraser. the question is, do we still need

our business correspondent emma simpson reports.town or city centre. but today six will close. from kirkcaldy in fife to walton—upon—thames in surrey. 50 stores are to go — the first wave this month, the rest in 2021. there's not much left for last—minute bargain hunters in these final few hours of trading. this is altrincham. once our generation is gone, and another 30 years, there will be no shops. there will be no money and there'll be no shops. so we'll be all online, digital. i get a lot of beauty things from there, skin creams and perfumes and things like that. as well as other things, clothes as well, so yeah, i'll miss it being there. i used to buy quite a bit of stuff from there. yeah, very sad. i feel for the staff as well. debenhams has been struggling for years, weighed down with debt and falling sales. it did a restructuring deal to cut costs and close its worst performing shops. this year is make or break. for mothercare, the challenges were too great. it has been closing all its remaining 79 stores this week, includin

our business correspondent emma simpson reports.rs are not? yes, firstly, clearly a terrible loss, 3500 jobs. the british retail consortium has said that over the next decade, a further 900,000 jobs are likely to go. what we are seeing, really, are trends that have been going on for quite a while. that inability of some of those, i suppose, while. that inability of some of those, isuppose, more while. that inability of some of those, i suppose, more established firms not reacting to the sort of needs of shoppers and consumers today. so, you know, specifically, people are trying to shop more frugally. they are probably buying less and better, and obviously doing more shopping online. that is competing as well. the other thing that we really see coming through and the work that we do as shoppers are seeking experience. and if you look at some of the results coming out from black friday, there is an increase in people buying packages around experience as well. so, if you translate that into what people wa nt you translate that into wha

emma simpson, bbc news.g a relationship with a woman. the mp, who announced the news on social media, said coming out in the context of being a politician had been "slightly more difficult" than telling her friends and family and criticised parliament as a "weird, backwards place" for lg btq people. claudia carvell is the women's programme coordinator for charity the lg bt foundation. shejoins me now. thank you very much for being with us. layla moran spoke in her twitter post about her she felt extremely happy and was talking about sharing this news. some people will have been confused. tell us a bit more about what it means to be pan—sexual? about what it means to be pan-sexual? so, people often understand pan—sexual as being attracted to all genders, beyond man 01’ attracted to all genders, beyond man or woman, things like non—binary and anyone that falls out of binary genders. a pan—sexual person is attracted to someone regardless of gender. people get back on his bisexual is a someone who is attracted t

emma simpson, bbc news.emma says heinz is talking to other supermarkets as well. tell us what you think. we do change your shopping habits if you knew a supermarket was actively trying to minimise how much plastic it is contributing to pollution? it's worth a thought. it's 8:26am. let's see what else is coming up. # we arejust # we are just two grown men saying goodbye. # you can see james blunt singing, this is his new single, sitting next to him as he delivers that song is his dad. he'll be on the sofa a little later talking about what is a very moving story about what his dad needs and the song is very much about how he feels about his father. she would say his father is still alive. he is ill but they are hopeful. we are going to get loads more from james later. find out what's happening for you are. see you again in a couple of minutes. hello once again. as has been the case for much of this week, friday will be another fairly quiet day of weather because we still have an area of high pressure dominatin

emma simpson reports. back to work today and not much to smile about.a january ritual. my travel in particular is affected every day because i have late trains every day and they are literally crawl into london waterloo, so it makes it very difficult for me to plan so it makes it harder for me to understand the justification of an increase in price when i do not see any improvement. we have had a year of bad service but i have just come to expect now. ijust get on with it. the service has not been particularly good over the past two or three years so i think you'll find that a lot of people are annoyed about it. today's increases are all about regulated fares which cover around 40% of journeys, including season tickets, for instance the annual commute from reading to london is going up by £132. for gloucester to birmingham, it is going up by £118. and edinburgh to glasgow, it is not that far behind. all these season tickets are now well over £4000 per year. nobody wants to pay more for theirfares, we understand that, but by keeping the increase just bel

our business correspondent emma simpson reports.to work today and not much to smile about. as usual, train fares are going up and it has become a january ritual. my travel in particular is affected every day because i have late trains every day and they are literally crawl into london waterloo, so it makes it very difficult for me to plan so it makes it harderfor me to understand the justification of an increase in price, when i do not see any improvement. we have had a year of bad service, but i have just come to expect now. ijust get on with it. the service has not been particularly good over the past two or three years, so i think you'll find that a lot of people are annoyed about it. today's increases are all about regulated fares which cover around 40% of journeys, including season tickets, for instance the annual commute from reading to london is going up by £132. from gloucester to birmingham, it is going up by £118. and edinburgh to glasgow, it is not that far behind. all these season tickets are now well over £4000 per year

our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. fight this feeling any more. ..# they were down 2% compared with the previous year. profits are also going to sink and staff may not get a bonus for the first time since the ‘50s. meanwhile, britain's biggest retailer, tesco, scraped a bit of growth in its most crucial few weeks, just 0.1%. that's deemed a success in the current market. it's been challenging at marks & spencer too. food's done well but clothing and home is down again and online weak. it feels a bit flat, christmas not delivering what many retailers had been hoping for. did you spend a bit more or a bit less this christmas? probably a bit less. why was that? financially, can't do it any more. slightly more because there were a lot of offers on before christmas and i thought i'd seize the moment. christmas was weak for retail. new figures out today from the industry trade body show that if you add november and december together, sales actually fell. that's rare, and for 2019 as a whole, it was the worst year on record.

emma simpson reports. back to work today and not much to smile about.train fares are going up, and it has become a january ritual. my travel in particular is affected every day because i have late trains every day and they literally crawl into london waterloo, so it makes it very difficult for me to plan, so it makes it harderfor me to understand the justification of an increase in price, when i do not see any improvements. we have had a year of bad service, but i have just come to expect now. ijust get on with it. the service has not been particularly good over the past two or three years, so i think you'll find that a lot of people are annoyed about it. today's increases are all about regulated fares which cover around 40% of journeys, including season tickets, for instance, the annual commute from reading to london is going up by £132. from gloucester to birmingham, it is going up by £118. and edinburgh to glasgow, it's not that far behind. all these season tickets are now well over £4000 per year. nobody wants to pay more for their fares, we underst

emma simpson reports. multipacks. we love them. buy more, save more.y are a big seller. we buy more than 200 million multipacks here at our main supermarkets alone. tesco is now getting rid of this wrapping from every single tin, saving 350 tons of plastic waste a year. it is what we think is the right thing to do. also it is what our customers want us to do on their behalf. they challenge us to say ask if plastic is necessary. sometimes it is and where necessary we need to reduce it to a minimum, recover it and recycle it. but where it is not necessary or cannot be recycled we need to remove it from business entirely. and that means getting big suppliers on board. this is the largest food factory in europe, heinz in wigan where they make a billion tins a year. and 40% are multipacks. the plastic film is nonrecyclable. they are ditching it for tesco but they would like to go further. we are making the first move but it's the largest move. it represents a third of total shrink wrap in the industry and what we expect is that consumers will learn how to s

our business correspondent emma simpson reports.any a town or city centre. but today six will close. from kalgoorlie and five to walton upon terms and surrey. 50 stores are to 90, terms and surrey. 50 stores are to go, the first wave this month, the rest in 2021. there is not much left for last—minute bargain hunters in these final few hours of trading. once our generation is gone, and another 30 years, there will be no shops. there will be no money and there will be no shops. so we will be all online, digital. there will be no shops. so we will be all online, digitallj there will be no shops. so we will be all online, digital. i get a lot of beauty things from there, skin creams and perdiems of beauty things from there, skin creams and per diems and things like that. as well as other things, close of the well, so yeah, it is sad. that. as well as other things, close of the well, so yeah, it is sadlj used by quite a bit of stuff from there. yeah, very sad. ifeelfor there. yeah, very sad. ifeelfor the staff as well. debenhams has bee

emma simpson reports. multipacks. we love them. a buy more, save more.tting rid of this wrapping from every single tin, saving 350 tons of plastic waste a year. it is what we think is the right thing to do. also it is what our customers want us to do on their behalf. they challenge us to say if plastic is necessary. sometimes it is and where necessary we need to reduce it to a minimum, recover it and recycle it. but where it is not necessary or cannot be recycled we need to remove it from business entirely. and that means getting big suppliers on board. this is the largest food factory in europe, heinz in wigan where they make a billion tins a year. and 40% are multipacks. the plastic film is nonrecyclable. they are ditching it for tesco‘s but they would like to go further. we are making the first move, but it is also the largest move. this is a third of the total shrinkwrap and what we expect is that consumers will learn how to shop in a slightly different way and hopefully we can eliminate shrink wraps. getting rid of all this plastic wrapping seems su

our business correspondent emma simpson reports. remember this? where there was a member of staff who quite clearly was in tears over the tannoy because people were getting quite agitated. who is to blame? there was a lightning strike on a transmission line before 5pm. they are fairly routine and power stations are required to cope but hornsey offshore wind farm lost power. another station also trips. off power. another station also trips. 0ff gem say there was an equipment failure which triggered the wider shutdown. hornsey is co—owned by the danish company. it today agreed to pay £4.5 million for failing to remain connected to the grid. so too is rwe which operates little barford. uk power networks is paying £1.5 million for connecting people to airlie, a technical —— to airlie, a breach of the rules. we want to look at part of the national grid which maintains security and make sure it is fit for purpose as our energy system changes. lessons to be learned. the government said today it will implement an action plan to help prevent future power d