will run out of food ijuly 2019 we will run out of food ijuly 2019 we will run out of blood, medicinesland, we will run out of trees. according to what, sorry? i saw something, when you mentioned brexit, these people walked in a studio, i didn't know who they were but they talked about, she said no trees or no cheese. that's what brexit meant. people are worried about the scare stories, in short. in planning, the government has decided to release some ideas for even if we do crash out of the eu with no deal, we would still potentially accept some eu regulations, we will have a flexible approach to things like medicines and chemicals, people are worried about the m20 motorway stacking up and the government is trying to reassure the public that if this happens, it will not be the end of the world. however, they are also trying to say we don't want it because what we want is the chequers deal because that is the government line. it is a difficult line to walk between we are prepared for everything and also it would be a bad deal. let's put it out on the table, we don't know what is going

china plans to cut import tariffs for cars and parts from ijuly, and as a result many consumers delayedish prime minister theresa may is on holiday in europe, but on friday she will be the guest of french president emmanuel macron, as she races to secure support for a deal on her country's exit from the european union. the two leaders will hold a working meeting and private dinner at the presidential retreat at bregancon, where macron and his wife brigitte will be spending their summer holidays. that's it for the business briefing this hour, but before we go, here are the markets. there is a lot going on. we have lots of earnings stories. we mentioned apple, we saw recovery in stocks on the dow and the nasdaq but in asia it is fairly mixed. you can see the hang seng down slightly, japan higher. investors digests inc the rumours of possible escalation in the trade war —— digesting. up next: newsbriefing. there are 11,000 more grammar school pupils in england now than there were in 2010. that is despite a 20—year ban on creating new grammar schools, and the figures from a bbc analysis of