but house of fraser is farfrom alone. years ago, there have been many casualties in the retail sector. toys "r" us has also closed. maplins in administration, mothercare is shutting stores and pound world is reportedly about to appoint administrators as well. but house of fraser's owners are hoping that by taking action now, they can prevent another once great name from disappearing from the high street forever. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is outside house of fraser's wolverhampton branch — what's the reaction of customers there? a great deal of sadness. people are nostalgic about bt ‘s as it has been known in wolverhampton since the 80s when it opened, and owned by house of fraser but the last decade —— beattie's. this is a city with a lot of economic bad news, like that with tyranny and, which lost a lot of jobs —— like that with carillion. is there anything the city council can do? councils nationwide have limited powers in these circumstances. the council have worked hard with people like carillion and bhs when they

but house of fraser is farfrom alone. collapse of bhs two years ago, there have been many casualties in the retail sector. toys "r" us has also closed. maplins in administration, mothercare is shutting stores and pound world is reportedly about to appoint administrators as well. but house of fraser's owners are hoping that by taking action now, they can prevent another once great name from disappearing from the high street forever. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is outside house of fraser's wolverhampton branch. 169 years the store has been around. what's the reaction of customers there? real sadness. people have been genuinely moved and upset learning that bt is as it's known in wolverhampton which has been here since the 1880s is set to close next year. i spoke to one lady who was 90 who had come more or less when it was opened. we have had sweet from some of the city's mps, eleanor smith described it as a blow, pat mcfadden said it was tragic news. andy streeting said it was time for innovative and creative thinking abou

but house of fraser is farfrom alone. llapse of bhs two years ago, there have been many casualties in the retail sector. toys "r" us has also closed. maplins in administration, mothercare is shutting stores and pound world is reportedly about to appoint administrators as well. but house of fraser's owners are hoping that by taking action now, they can prevent another once great name from disappearing from the high street forever. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is in wolverhampton, which is losing its house of fraser store. what's been the reaction there in wolverhampton? one of great sadness and disappointment. you can see what and disappointment. you can see what a massive site it is, it is all the way down there occupying a whole block in wolverhampton city centre and nobody believes that when it closes there will be another single store that comes in to occupy this site so it will probably be split, redeveloped and it may not even have a retail use because of the way we are shopping now. so a lot of people are shopping n

the department store chain house of fraser plans to close over half its shops — affecting 6,000 jobs a rescue deal. the house of fraser boss has told the bbc the decision to close is brutal and as tough as it gets. and the discount chain poundworld is in trouble too, with nearly 5,500 jobs at risk. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has more. it is the cornerstone of many high street. this is birmingham's biggest and oldest department store, but it is going. so is wolverhampton. we we re is going. so is wolverhampton. we were just devastated. it is a lovely, wonderful shop. edinburgh is also hit list. i can see why it's going to close. it isjust old now. so is cirencester. it is like a high street isjust dying. it is very, very sad. it is also grim news for cardiff, the chain is pulling out of wales altogether and the boss did not mince his words. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets. and we have not taken this decision lightly. it is necessary today because without it, we are not a business with a viable future. house of fraser is trying to restructure its business. it

the department store house of fraser i’u ns the department store house of fraser ru ns 59 the departmentding as normal, rent unchanged. category two stores, of which there are ten, will have their rent reduced and will remain trading. the remaining 31 will have reproduced to 30% of current levels for around seven months, then they will close. that includes the flagship store in 0xford that includes the flagship store in oxford circus, and the head offices will move. many jobs oxford circus, and the head offices will move. manyjobs could be affected. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is in wolverhampton, which is losing its house of fraser store. known to local people as beatties for many decades. we were chatting earlier about, as we consider changing high streets, for beatties to go, it's such a huge building in wolverhampton, that would be a huge blow to the town? i think it will be. just looking at the reaction, we've been speaking to people coming out of the shop, they are really upset about the news. on social media, people say this is a real blow to wolverhampton. the store occupies a

most of what you get in a house of fraser uk way in all sorts of other places. ownership of house of fraser over many years as ab and floating within a bit uncertain, and i think all of but together makes for a rather weak retailer. the boss of house of fraser has said today that drastic action has been necessary. is this going to be enough to save them, do you think? well, i am still concerned. i think this certainly will lower the cost base. it will give them a better cost base, but in my opinion, i think the winners in this retail turmoil that we are seeing just the beginning of will be companies that are really good at retailing, not just good companies that are really good at retailing, notjust good at managing their costs. this addresses the cost issue. i have yet to see precisely what they are going to do to make themselves a better retailers. 0k, going to have to leave it there. richard, thank you very much indeed. after a day of some drama at westminster, the prime minister has seen off the possible resignation of her brexit secretary david davis. he had

the department store chain house of fraser plans to close over half its shops, affecting 6,000 jobs asart of a rescue deal. the house of fraser boss has told the bbc the decision is brutal and as tough as it gets. and the discount chain, poundworld, is struggling too, with nearly 5,500 jobs at risk. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. it's the cornerstone of many a high street. this is birmingham's biggest and oldest department store, but it's going. wolverhampton‘s closing, too. we're just devastated. it's a lovely, wonderful shop. edinburgh is also on the hit list. i can see partly why it's going to close, it's just old now. so is cirencester. it's like the high street isjust dying. it's very, very sad. it's also grim news for cardiff. the chain is pulling out of wales altogether and the boss didn't mince his words. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets. we have not taken this decision lightly. it's necessary today, because without it we aren't a business with a viable future. house of fraser is trying to restructure its business. it has 59 stores across the uk. i

there's been another high profile casualty on the high street house of fraser, the department store chainscue deal. if the plan is approved, 2,000 house of fraserjobs will go, along with 4,000 brand and concession roles. so will this drastic action help turn the retailer's fortunes around? the boss — says there was no other option and this was a plan for survival — he's been speaking to my colleague emma simpson. so, yes i would agree it's a very robust dever house of fraser in terms of the scale of the had to make. there is a scenario challenges which have come towards retail over the last five, six years, they have been well documented and hit house of fraser very, very hard. the momentum has built over the last 2a months or so so we find ourselves 110w months or so so we find ourselves now at a point where we are proposing a cva, that cve ultimately if it is approved by our creditors will land if it is approved by our creditors will [and us in a position where we have a viable opportunity to go forward. it is necessary today because without it we are not a business with the viable futu

the closures will affect up to 2,000 house of fraser staff and 4,000 staff in concessions. luding the flagship on london's oxford street, will stay open until early next year. a service of thanksgiving has taken place at westminster abbey to mark 70 years since hundreds of caribbean migrants disembarked from the ship, the empire windrush, to help rebuild post—war britain. the government continues to face criticism, after it emerged that some of the windrush generation and their descendants had wrongly faced deportation. adina campbell reports. gospel music. music from the kingdom gospel choir — a fitting tribute to mark 70 years since windrush migrants came over from the caribbean. more than 2000 guests were part of today's service at westminster abbey and two of them met for the very first time. you guys are the same age and from the same ship. alfred gardner and john richards, who are both 92 and from jamaica, were on empire windrush back in 19118. something like this, i mean — you know, make me feel we're still alive. and we're still doing them. and we're still doing well

the story to date with house of fraser and also pound world. lots of bad news. these people just tried to make a living, feed the families. 31 uk stores for house of fraser basin we are going to go down. what i find very interesting about this... one advantage with the internet and everything being so successful, they got that human contact and that opportunity of customer relations. i don't think they are harnessing at the moment. we go on these shops, you not doing customer service. we go on these shops, you not doing customer service. “— we go on these shops, you not doing customer service. —— when you go in the shops but you're not getting customer service. you're not giving people a big enough incentive. and if they don't radically change and focus a lot more delivering that effective customer service, people just are going to continue go to the internet because his more convenient and they can put their feet up and have a coffee and order online. and i will be debated increasingly. all the aspects of it... let's look at the aspects of it... let's look at t

department store chain house of fraser is to close 31 shops affecting 6,000 jobs as part of a rescue approved, 2,000 house of fraser jobs will be affected, and 4,000 brand and concession roles. the stores scheduled for closure include its flagship london oxford street store and will stay open until early 2019, house of fraser said. two giants of the business world have called for an end to quarterly earnings guidance by companies. investment guru warren buffett and bankerjamie dimon say quarterly reports encourage a short—term outlook which hurts the economy. they made their appeal in an opinion column in the wall streetjournal. they say it also europe's big five football leagues generated a record 14.7 billion euros in revenue in the 2016—17 season, up 9% on the previous year, according to new figures from deloitte. deloitte said the financial results reflected a new era of improved profitability and financial stability for european football clu bs. let's go to sydney now where the airline industry is holding its annual gathering. guess who is there? i can't guess. the wonderfrom do

bringing it back to house of fraser, this deal will close more than half of its stores.of the remaining parts of the business? to quote donald rumsfeld, it is the known and unknown. the national minimum wage is going up, the highest level ever, the shift to online shopping is inexorable, it is happening and happening rapidly, and land values are going up. so the high street on which they went these properties is also at its peak. that is why we have seen so much trouble for the retail sector in the first expansive this year. we have seen carpet right have a cba and mothercare also. all in the hope of preventing even worse. we could see more as the year progresses. our correspondentjoe more as the year progresses. our correspondent joe lynam. joining me now is kate hardcastle, a consumer and retail expert. thank you forjoining us. i will ask you the same question, does... it is a big day for house of fraser, does today's deal secured to some extent what will remain of the business? that is the theory behind it but i think we need to take a very realistic look at the retai

what went wrong with house of fraser? t relevance. we have said this a lot, but it failed to keep releva nt a lot, but it failed to keep relevant and to keep up with the competition, to give shoppers a reason to go to its stores. what they have agreed is pretty drastic, half the stores? it is really drastic but they say they had no alternative stop it was either this restructuring or collapse, and landlords have to take a big hit in all of this and they were very vocal and angry about the use of these cvas which we have seen increasingly, struggling retailers using them and landlords suspect that some of these cvas have been abused but in the case of house of fraser this is a business in serious trouble but landlords say the way the voting system stacks up means the voting system stacks up means the dice is loaded against them and so even if a majority of landlords had voted against the plans it was not enough to make the plans stop, so this crunch vote has gone through and this controversial rescue deal goes ahead which w

confirmation of dozens of house of fraser store closures. today in sports day all the world cup action. and joining me late tonight to review tomorrow's papers, the head of politics at the daily mirror. good evening. the aerospace giant airbus has threatened to pull its operations out of the uk of note you trade deal struck after brexit. the company employs 6000 people its plant and 400 in its base in newport, around half of the firm's total uk task force. as these school pupils take control of a light aircraft today as part of an air bus scheme to introduce into aviation, the control over the compa ny‘s feature in wales is unclear. many families have multiple members employed at their plant. airbus has expressed concern about brexit before but this is its starkest warning yet. if it left uk, the impact on this village would be devastating. it would be devastating and disastrous for the trinity. there are a lot of people who live here who go to work there and have done for years. it would be an absolute disaster, it would be for them as well.

notjust stores closing —— house of fraser. not just house of stores closing —— house of fraser. sting how nostalgic people can be about their stores. i know house of fraser was a big part of middlesbrough, and that will be a big loss. it'll be interesting to hear your thoughts, whether you think it is something you mess. we don't shop in them any more, but they are a part of us. when i went to australia, there were woolworths everywhere, and i remember woolworths here. talking of shocking, the mirror is quoting this russian politician, not just shocking, the mirror is quoting this russian politician, notjust any politician but the deputy chairman of the russian parliament, saying we know that our fans are fighters, they are not hooligans. let's legalise it. let's regulate it, let's turn it into a sport. he says there should be organised brawls between groups of fans, 20 side, and no guns. that has to be a joke. between groups of fans, 20 side, and no guns. that has to be ajoke. no, because after the 2016 championship he said! because after the 2016 championship he said i see noth

online shopping has really had an impact on the high street but the house of fraser story isa street t the house of fraser story is a sad tale of lack of investment, perhaps the wrong fashion buying techniques and high rents. they pay higher rents and did these deals when high—street was strong and now they are coming back to bite them. it is part of their strategy. big place in the premium part of and every town and that is the rent they pgy- every town and that is the rent they pay. any brands in the uk that do that. —— many. any company is at technology company now, period. trying to embrace the changes that technology is bringing. relying purely on high street is an issue. i guess when i go to schools and see empty high schools is you are seeing these large stores closing and we are seeing 6000 jobs lost straightaway which is really sad. big department stores likejohn lewis, who invested online and in their stores, they have come out pretty unscathed from the slowdown. with foreign buys and investors that they are doing better. exactly. there are many who are embracing that. anoth

creditors have backed plans by the department store chain house of fraser to close more than half itswith the plan, because they will have to shoulder the burden of financial losses — but they were outvoted. the retailer will now go ahead and shut 31 of its 59 shops nationwide and impose significant rent cuts on 10 others that it intends to keep. up to 6,000 jobs will go as a result of the closures. joining me is dan simms, a director in the retail team at colliers international, which is a property consultancy. thank you forjoining us this evening. the arrangement by which this was done, a company voluntary arrangements, has left landlords very unhappy. how do these arrangements work? yes, you're absolutely right, good evening. they have been very unhappy with this process. the main problem with it is that the voting is available in all classes of creditor, even though it's a very narrowly property focused agreement, so all sorts of creditors can vote, even though they're not going to be directly affected by it. who are they? connected to the property industry. so who are the other c

retailer house of fraser has announced plans to shut 31 of its 59 stores as part of a rescue deal, affectinge stores and concession roles. the stores scheduled for closure, which include its flagship london oxford street store, will stay open until early 2019. the british businessman and nightclub owner peter stringfellow has died at the age of 77. the yorkshireman, who is best known for establishing the world famous gentlemen's club in london, was suffering from cancer. a 39—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 100—year—old woman died following a robbery. zofija kaczan sustained injuries, including a broken neck, when her handbag was stolen in a street in derby last week. the man had initially been arrested on suspicion of robbery before. mrs kaczan died yesterday morning. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thanks very much. here's some sport now with tim. and as we heard a little earlier in the hour, in a really open and honest interview with the press, england defender danny rose has revealed his battle with depression, triggered by a long—term injury and th

, properly a bit like house of fraser, properly a bit like house of fraser, properly a bit higherold nothing there. it is basically click and select. you order online yourself, go there the next day and keep what you want and the key thing is they tailor it for you. basically, it is about posh tailoring and making sure it is perfectly in helping you with styling and nails and hair anachronistic, but that is a potential future for a large department store that can no longer afford these horrendous rates and rates that have not caught up with modern situations. we could talk about this for hours. thank you very much. the interesting ideas. thank you. parents and teachers should set aside time for children to daydream, look around or simply stare out the window. that's according to children's laureate and author lauren child, who believes it's a vital way of boosting creativity. backed by the reading charity book trust, she's launching a new project called staring into space, as breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. ican see i can see a pirate ship, lots of kids playing on. i can see leav

gentleman for that question and i can tell him yesterday i spoke both to the chief executives of house of fraserderstand the challenges those businesses face and what the government can do to support them. but he was optimistic about the future of high street shops. retail employment has been stable at about three million and yes those jobs are changing but retail sales total some £362 billion last year and jobs are being created in the retail sector. the business minister. now, rockstar, monster energy, relentless, rock bands headlining at glastonbury? nope, they're actually energy drinks. for the last four months the sale of energy drinks to youngsters under 16 has been banned, on a voluntary basis, by several of the nation's supermarkets. the drinks contain high quantities of sugar and caffeine. so, is it time to take stronger action and make it unlawful for anyone under 16 to buy an energy drink? the science committee has been hearing from experts. what level of caffeine do you think would be acceptable in these energy drinks? and i think you alluded to it, is there a level of caffeine suppl

and the main story on the front of the i paper is the collapse of the house of fraser and the loss ofing that the whitehouse has sealed a $1.4 billion deal with zte in a key trade concession to beijing. the japan times reports that nearly 60,000 drivers aged 75 and over were judged to possibly have dementia when renewing their licenses in the first year of stricter screening for elderly drivers. and finally the guardian is reporting that french school students are to banned from using their mobile phones on school grounds from september is how twitter question so keep those coming. with me is priya lakhani, founder of century tech. let's talk to you about the brexit story. let's talk to you about the brexit 5tory. two sides to every story. yes, they. theresa may having huge issues with david davis and the backstop approach to the negotiations and it fills in some papers like a victory and in others that brexit

it is pretty complicated because house of fraser employ 5000 staff and they said 2000 of those will gouse of fraser point of view they said it is the only way they will be able to survive. although the well—documented things we have talked about, the downturn in the high street, cutting consumer spending, changing how we shop and whether we stuck with the department stores, that is the big problem at the moment, debenhams facing the same sort of problems but in a financially better position. house of fraser's problems, well—documented. they want to close 31 stores, leaving just 28 on the high street, and affecting about 6000 jobs. very worrying times, whether you are involved, an employer, in supply, oran whether you are involved, an employer, in supply, or an employee. this is the last thing we need right now. the high street is changing so much, the world of retail. go and it is about trying to do things differently. a website, but are we using it in the same way, probably not. they have failed to keep up, a lot of critics would say. thank you. theresa may will meet with senior minis

house of fraser announces its to close more than half of its stores with a loss of 6,000 jobs.he government says its proposed temporary customs arrangement for the irish border after brexit should not continue beyond december 2021. ahead of his historic summit with north korea, president trump says he will consider inviting kim jong—un to america — if the meeting goes well. now it's time for meet the author. the persistence of the civil war in american culture is remarkable, but maybe not surprising. kevin powers is the latest writer to take a story of slavery from days of conflict in the 18605 and pick up its threads in virginia 90 years later, when an old man tries to chase his origins. a shout in the ruins is his second book. his first, the yellow birds, set against the background of the iraq war, having been a much admired novel from the pen of a former soldier. in this one, his theme is america's long struggle with race. welcome. you were born late in the 20th century, but any reader coming to this book will be made aware again of how close the civil war is, even to americ

the house of fraser revealed plans a few weeks ago to close 31 of its 59 stories.to save this business because it has been losing money and sales, but this restructuring deal can't go ahead without the support of its unsecured creditors, so the trade suppliers and the landlords. they need 75% of those votes to get it through. many landlords have been very angry and vocalin landlords have been very angry and vocal in their opposition, because they argue they are the ones taking they argue they are the ones taking the big financial hit, and they don't like the way the whole voting process has been structured, that the dice is loaded against them. so evenif the dice is loaded against them. so even if a majority vote against this proposal, it won't make much difference because the other creditors may well support it and it passes through, and i'm expecting that this proposal will go through today, but with gritted teeth, i have to say. if it does, this then paves the way for a new majority shareholder. a new chinese owner of hamleys is waiting to step into the 251% maj

house of fraser announces plans to close more than half of its stores with the loss of 6000 jobs. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets, and we have not taken this decision lightly. it is very dramatic for people that we care about a great deal. the government has said that any temporary customs arrangement with the eu is expected to end by december 2021 — following resistance from the brexit secretary, david davis. scotland yard says it's investigating the london fire bridages use of the "stay put" policy during the grenfell tower fire. the executive chairman of the premier league, richard scudamore is to stand down at the end of the year. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. 0n beyond 100 days at seven o'clock: ahead of his summit with north korea, president trump will be holding a press conference with the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. as house of fraser become the latest casualty on the high street — we'll take a closer look at the pressure facing retailers. and at 10.40 this evening — we'll

the future of dozens of house of fraser stores is set to be decided today. e loss of 6,000 jobs. let‘s get more now on that choice ofjacket by the us first lady, melania trump. she boarded a plane for texas — to visit a child migrant camp — wearing a jacket with the words on the back: "i really don‘t care, do you?" well — what did it all mean? 0ur colleague from cbs news hena doba is in new york. thank you forjoining us. how often has a jacket being poured over so much to try and decipher what it means? donald trump says it‘s to do with these so—called fake news media, milani‘s attitude towards it. what is your thought? good morning. the trip was certainly overshadowed by the jacket, it said, i really don‘t care, do you? her spokeswoman said there was no hidden message, but just two said there was no hidden message, butjust two hours later her husband, president trump tweeted, the jacquard refers to the fake news media. melania has learned how dishonest they are and she no longer ca res. dishonest they are and she no longer cares. this comes two days after pr

the financial times leads with the trouble on the high street — with job losses threatened at house of frasert shopping. the mirror also looks at high street closures, warning of the creation of ‘ghost towns'. the metro reports that firefighters could be prosecuted for advising the residents of grenfell tower to stay in theirflats. the telegraph goes with a secret recording in which foreign secretary borisjohnson attacks the government's handling of brexit. the times also reports on the secret recording, saying mrjohnson thinks the treasury is the "heart of remain". the express claims "brexit is back on track" after a days wrangling over the wording of the uk's backstop proposal. and the guardian reports the home office refused potentially life—saving cancer treatment to a rejected asylum seeker. so a varied set of front pages. let and where i —— let's start where i ended up. the backstop. what backstop? what is the backstop? this is basically the government's proposal with the european union. basically it would see the uk as a whole type two aspects of the customs union and then that origina

house of fraser plans to shut over half its stores. the closures could affect 6,000 jobs.ompany's ceo says it is a brutal but necessary decision. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. us to sanctions on chinese telecommunications giant zte, but not everyone is happy about it. g7 leaders gather in quebec for their first meeting since us president trump announced tariffs. hello, welcome to asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl. welcome to asia business report. i'm shara njit leyl. washington welcome to asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl. washington and beijing have reached a deal which could save the troubled telecommunications firm zte. the company pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to evade us embargoes on iran. under the deal, conspiring to evade us embargoes on iran. underthe deal, zte conspiring to evade us embargoes on iran. under the deal, zte would be struck off the sanctions list but would still have to pay a $1 billion penalty. but will the deal convince sceptical us lawmakers? 0ur report outlined the deal is —— detail of i

among bishops slated for closure is the house of fraser flagship store in london. expanding by just .4%, and rs fell in april for the fourth month in a row. one economist describes it as a horrible start to the second quarter. agenay have to faory in germany this summerin because of delays with new emissions tests. theyarmaker told staff ofre planning closure days until september to clear a backlog of cars. an emissions standard comes into place across the eu from september. now to that story on microsoft, finding a way to produc heat generated by data centers. it has done so by submerging it on the sea of scotland. the northern isles data center has 864 servers inside, enough to store 5 million phones. it is connected to the islands ab heat is a big issue for these data centers and how to keep it down. the downside of summer to get in the sea is if it breaks down, repairs will be tricky. genie: welell, my cell ys hot. an you for that. me forress the peview. let'ss get a look at the main stories today. canadag-7 summit in kicks off tomorrow, but china and russia ar

the future of dozens of house of fraser stores is set to be decided later today. he high street chain will vote on plans to shut 31 of its 59 shops in an attempt to save the company from collapse. the closures would see the loss of 6,000 jobs. events will take place across the uk today to mark 70 years since the empire windrush sailed in to britain carrying hundreds of caribbean migrants in search of a new life. but the anniversary comes as many are still waiting to find out if they can remain in the uk. earlier this year the home office was forced to admit that many immigrants from the windrush generation were wrongly deported, or denied benefits. since april more than 2,000 people have been given documentation by the windrush taskforce, but for some who were refused re—entry to the uk, it's come too late. when would you like to come back? how can you come back? you don't give somebody the permission, you know, with the stamp, and pay their fare back and get the... something like that. i mean, [io—odd years ago, i even knew people, maybe they're all dead now, and

it's been a grim few days for the uk's high streets, with house of fraser announcing the closure of 31on. but the latest figures from retail sector specialists springboard provides a glimmer of hope that trends might be improving. 0verall, footfall in may was down 0.a% from a year earlier, although this was a marked improvement from march's 6% decline and april's fall of 3.3%. the uk's trade deficit widened in april, according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics. the deficit in goods and services — that's the difference between how much we import and how much we export — grew to nearly £5.3 billion. that's up from £3.2 billion in march. shareholders in online grocer 0cado have had much to smile about recently. a series of deals to supply its technology to retailers overseas — most notably with us retail giant kroger — have pushed its share price up by more than 150% this year. and the shares have received a further boost today. a double upgrade to "outperform" from analysts at bernstein has pushed the share price up another 6.3%. let's ta ke let's take a look

it is another sign of the high street blues that we have seen from a whole host of retailers, house of fraserewis is obviously quite significant because it is one of the strongest players in the market and the fact that it is now saying that it is having to downgrade shows just how tough things are for retailers. i guess many of you are enjoying the warmer weather and longer evenings. but the summer doesn't just make us feel good — it actually makes us feel like spending more. apparently. and of course that's been boosted still further by the world cup. joining us now is fraser mckekevitt is from retail specialists ka ntar world panel — who's has been looking into this. thank you forjoining us. why are we spending more in the summer? yell not --, we move away from things that we might have been doing in the winter like roast dinners and going to things like salad. and then there's things on top of that, like barbecues. they are eating more and buying more, perhaps soft drinks, beer, barbecues, and that all adds up beer, barbecues, and that all adds up to incremental spending for the supermark

confirmation of dozens of house of fraser store closures. olitics at the daily mirror.

house of fraser plans to shut over half its stores.

creditors have agreed house of fraser can go ahead with more than 30 store closures as part of a rescuen store staff. the earmarked stores, including the flagship on london's oxford street, are expected to stay open until early next year. former tv presenterjohn leslie has been cleared of sexually assaulting a women who was celebrating her hen night in edinburgh. the 53—year—old had been accused of putting his hand down the women's trousers while the pair were dancing in a nightclub lastjune. he denied the allegation and after a 2—day trial, a sheriff found the case against mr leslie not proven. the church of england should carry out a fresh review of alleged child sexual abuse cases in seven dioceses. that's according to sir roger singleton, the author of a highly critical report into the way the church handled a review of abuse cases, in 2010. sir roger's report has just been published, several weeks earlier than planned, following an investigation by the bbc. he found that the church had botched its inquiry. it discovered just 13 cases of abuse, despite reviewing more than 40,000 fil

the house of fraser rescue plan faces a vote this morning — creditors will be voting on a company voluntaryhers that it intends to keep. the european union has introduced retaliatory tariffs on us goods as a top official launched a fresh attack on president donald trump‘s trade policy. the duties on £2.1i billion worth of us goods came into force today. tariffs have been imposed on products such as bourbon whiskey, motorcycles and orange juice. the uk maritime industry is concerned that they will be facing a growing shortage of skilled workers in the vital maritime sector despite forecasts that the global ocean economy is set to double in the next 12 years. they want the government to raise public awareness of the industry and encourage students to think aboutjobs in the merchant navy, royal navy, fishing fleets, ferries, cruise ships, workboats, ports, harbours, logistics, shipbuilding and financial services. sue terpilowski, chair of maritime uk‘s women‘s taskforce. shejoins me tell me why is this industry or this sector globally expanding so quickly in your estimation? it's about global

this year house of fraser, mothercare, carpetright and marks & spencer have announced they'll close stores far cry from when founder chris edwards was at the helm. tonight he's confirmed to the bbc that he is hoping to buy back some of the stores. so poundworld might not disappear from our towns and cities altogether. but it is on the brink. danny savage, bbc news, leeds. spain has said it will accept a ship carrying more than 600 african migrants, including pregnant women and children, that was drifting in the mediterranean. the migrants were picked up in six different rescue operations, off the coast of libya. but neither italy, or malta, had allowed the ship to dock. nearly half a million migrants have arrived in italy since 2015, with 120,000 arriving by sea last year alone. that's nearly double the number in greece and spain combined in 2017. most of the migrants come from west africa, including nigeria, guinea and ivory coast. but italy's new populist government has promised a tougher stance on migration, as our correspondent james reynolds reports. the aquarius left sicily on friday

creditors have backed department store chain house of fraser's plans to close more than half its storeseet landlords were unhappy with the plan as they will have to shoulder the burden of financial losses, but they were outvoted. the retailer will now go ahead and shut 31 of its 59 shops nationwide and impose significant rent cuts on 10 others that it intends to keep. up to 6,000 jobs will go as a result of the closures. donald trump has further raised global trade tensions, by threatening to impose a 20% import tariff on all european cars coming into the united states. the warning was posted on twitter, shortly after retaliatory levies imposed by the eu on a number of american goods, came into effect. 0ur north america reporter anthony zurcher is in washington. when we first got hint of any levies at all we started talking about tit—for—tat and trade wars and here we are again. tit-for-tat and another tit—for—tat, it seems like the united states is willing to do some sabre rattling now with the latest round of trade wars, notjust with the eu and canada, however, there is also an ongoin

the headlines at 8pm: another casualty on the high street as house of fraser announces its to close more after persuading the prime minister to include an end date in her brexit backstop plan. ahead of his historic summit with north korea, president trump says he will consider inviting kim jong un to america if the meeting goes well. geordie greig has been appointed the new editor of the daily mail after paul dacre stood down yesterday. the bank of america is to move 400 jobs from london to paris next year, double the number initially thought.

house of fraser plans to close half its stores — 6000 jobs could go.undworld, we'll be assessing the future of the high street. also tonight... a showdown between the brexit secretary and the prime minister over britain's customs arrangements with the eu. the threatened resignation of the brexit secretary never comes, but it's been a day of chaos in westminster, with the prime minister's authority sorely tested. firefighters defend their advice to residents of grenfell tower

house of fraser has denied reports it is on the brink of collapse, insisting its rescue plans are on, the firm said it would launch a company voluntary arrangement which would allow it to cut rents. 0utput in the construction industry held up in may, with firms playing catch up after the bad weather earlier this year that hindered building projects. commercial building work improved, but there was slower growth in both residential and civil engineering projects. house—building was the strongest sector in the industry. butjob creation slowed to a four—month low, with companies saying there was a shortage of skilled workers. joining us now is chris williamson, chief business economist at ihs markit. nice to see you, chris. construction holding pretty steady, but what is interesting is a lot of builders are having to play catch up with all those delayed projects. exactly, yes. we hope and that construction we re yes. we hope and that construction were left out of the gloom we had earlier in the year which was largely related to bad weather. we have seen a couple of months now, april and

house of fraser announced they are closing a number of stores, some of them will be in some locationsh point will be this christmas, if they don't perform at christmas what could happen? it's going to be ongoing challenges for department store retailers in particular. what's really interesting is there a success in that market, you have retailers likejohn lewis doing very well because they recognise there is very little difference between whether a sale is made in—store or online so stores are taking on a different role in retail and becoming more engaged in places. i think that is where we will see the department store sector heading in future. thank you for your time. the ftse is down, all the global markets are down, in america, europe, a lot of traders nervous about escalating tension between the usa and china. i put up the brent crude price, oil prices are quite volatile because we have a meeting of the organisation of petroleum exporting countries on friday. 18 months ago they agreed on a production cap for oil to try to stabilise the price. 18 months down the line we are seeing

staying on the theme of company voluntary arrangements, house of fraser today, i suppose seeing what ied in ash and lava, and the main airport in guatemala city has been closed. el fuego is one of latin america‘s most active volcanoes, but sunday‘s eruption was the deadliest in more than a century. ash billowed thousands of metres into the sky. the explosion forced rivers of lava and mud down to the communities below. those that could fled for their lives. emergency workers urged everyone in these villages to evacuate. these people are used to living in the shadow of el fuego, but this was a close call. many in this village were injured and had to be taken to hospital. but for some it was already too late, their homes smothered in a thick layer of mud that had raced down the volcano at terrifying speed. it could be weeks before everyone buried here is found, their stories told by those who survived. translation: not everyone escaped, i think they were buried. we saw the lava pouring through the cornfields and we ran towards a hill. the search for survivors went on into the night and r

in towns like darlington, for instance, big spaces being left by big stores like house of fraser and at the pub pumps and to pack fresh meat and salads. and we are facing a shortage in the uk — british beer and pub association says some brewers have had to halt production. earlier i spoke tojohn raquet, ceo and founder of trade publication gasworld about the situation. this is a simple supply and demand situation. we have eight production plants that normally operate in the uk. two thirds of that capacity is off—line, at the moment, due to normal maintenance or other issues or technical issues. so, we don't have sufficient to actually supply the increased demand at this time of year. for liquid carbon dioxide for both the beverage industry and the food processing industry. well, this week has been particularly a crunch week. i was informed by one major beverage brand at the weekend that they are looking for additional product for this time. but i would be expecting this crunch period this week to be resolved in the next two to three weeks. hopefully, it was just a storm in a pint glas

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sofa talking about job losses yesterday i was on the sofa talking aboutjob losses at the likes of house and fraser and employment confederation. thank you. it is a tough time. we are constantly getting headlines of shop closures. if you work for a store at risk, it is a worry in time. a difficult time for short. we track all sectors. —— worrying. retell is the only sector we have seen a decrease in demand. —— retail. if you have a passion for customer service, you are looking for other sectors you can transfer your ability. call centre staff as well. there are manyjobs where that experience can be transferred. it is great to have a recruitment sector which can help. what would your advice be for people in this situation? if you want to stay in retail, look at differentjobs in retail, look at differentjobs in retail, like internet business, less customer focused. jobs are changing. you might talk about driverless cars in the future and logistics. many people are looking at career transitions. that is one of the changes we are seeing. working in different sectors. it might be a time to look at other

fraser is in london. it is a white house tradition to invite the super bowl champions to the rose garden, to shake the hand ofn president. but not this year. the invitation to the philadelphia eagles has been withdrawn. "unfortunately, only a small number of players decided to come", tweeted the president, "we cancelled the event." "staying in the locker room for the playing of our national anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling." "sorry!" the president's critique of the nfl plays well with his base. but not with the players themselves. only 10 members of the eagles team were expected to turn up — the rest didn't want to share a stage with donald trump. "disinviting the players only proves our president is not a true patriot" says the mayor of philadelphia "but a fragile egomaniac obsessed with crowd size." that's the city's mayor — how does the rest of philadelphia feel? our correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, has been to to find out. a few months ago, the streets of philadelphia were packed with fans celebrating the local team, the eagles, winning the super bowl. but today, with news that the

the headlines at 11pm: another casualty on the high street as house of fraser announces it's to close half of its stores, with the loss of 6,000 jobs. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets. we have not taken this decision lightly. it is very dramatic for people that we care about a great deal. the prime minister says she expect an end state customs arrangement in place by december 2021, and does not want to use her brexit backstop plan. bats as she arrives for the g7 summit. bashed bats as. —— that's as. ahead of his historic summit with north korea, president trump says he will consider inviting kim jong—un to america if the meeting goes well. 0n newsnight, we hearfrom the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he may only be the leader ofa netanyahu. he may only be the leader of a small country but he's a pivotal international figure, of a small country but he's a pivotal internationalfigure, on him rest important decisions about war with iran and peace in the middle east. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we're going to take you to some live pictures in quebec where

it doesn't offer enough value any more. any more. like maplin, toys "r" us, house of fraser last weekill still have a further impact later this year. further impact later this year. profitability of many, many retailers. what is the solution. like poundland, poundworld —— for stores like... stores like... they have both already rebranded. already rebranded. poundland has done it, but they have done it well. done it, but they have done it well. £1, they have products for £2, £4, £5... .. doubt as to what they are picking up. up. wanted, their stores were renee mass. mass. shelf inking it is £1, but when you get to the till it is £3. get to the till it is £3. stores are not that attractive to go into sometimes. into sometimes. people who do go out shopping do it for the experience. shopping do it for the experience. you do with perhaps some of the more imaginative, upmarket stores. imaginative, upmarket stores. i think customers know what they are getting themselves into. getting themselves into. you have to have, you know, the best customer service that you can offer. customer service