here‘s our business correspondent, jonty bloom.ent to the wall in 2016 with a huge hole in its pension fund yet had been a highly profitable com pa ny yea rs before and its directors continued to be highly paid, as the company fell to pieces around them. no laws were broken, but shareholders and suppliers lost millions, while workers lost theirjobs and their pensions were cut. now, the government has announced measures to try to restore faith in the management of companies, including plans to disqualify and fine directors, if they deliberately dissolve companies to avoid paying bills. it also wants company boards to show that if they pay dividends, that they can also afford to pay

thank you, jonty bloom.ill resign if his campaign to tackle violence and drugs behind bars doesn't succeed within 12 months. ten of england's most challenging prisons are to be given a total of £10 million to bolster security, improve living conditions and raise standards of leadership. labour has called on the government to go "much further". as the government looks to turn around struggling prisons, our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has been given exclusive access to 0akwood prison near wolverhampton, to see how it's been transformed into an institution inspectors now describe as "impressive". i do it because i feel it is my way of giving back to society. ben has got a job in prison. he is nearing the end of a 19—year sentence for plotting to supply cocaine. he's been at 0akwood for five years. and has become a mentor, a middleman between prison officers and prisoners. basically dealing with problems and solutions in society. a lot of guys come in with a vengeance against authority. a lot of it has

jonty bloom, bbc news.n mnangagwa has been sworn in as zimbabwe's president — following the ousting of robert mugabe last year. the ceremony was held at the national sports stadium in the capital, harare. the inauguration‘s been boycotted by the opposition party, the movement for democratic change — which has claimed the outcome of the election was rigged. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. for many of us, not a pretty picture today. a lot of rain out there. a really overcast, grey day to come with outbreaks of rain, heavy at times. and also some strong winds, particularly across western and southern areas and even quite breezy inland, too. this is what it looks like at lunchtime, quite a wide weather front, that means a lot of us getting rainfall through this afternoon. cool as well, temperatures mostly in the teens, mid—to low teens in the north. notice that in the west of the country, later in the afternoon, the weather will improve. some of us in the west will have some sun

here's our business correspondent, jonty bloom.in 2016 with a huge hole in its pension fund yet had been a highly profitable company only years before and its directors continued to be highly paid, as the company fell to pieces around them. no laws were broken, but shareholders and suppliers lost millions, while workers lost theirjobs and their pensions were cut. now, the government has announced measures to try to restore faith in the management of companies, including plans to disqualify and fine directors, if they deliberately dissolve companies to avoid paying bills. it also wants company boards to show that if they pay dividends, that they can also afford to pay workers' salaries and make pension contributions, as well. these reforms are there to enable us to further hold directors to account and scrutinise their activity. you know, this is the first time we have brought in measures where company directors will be liable for their actions and we can investigate and hold them to account. for the tuc, however, the collapse of se

jonty bloom, bbc news.d 140 migrants stranded on a coast guard vessel in a sicilian port. the passengers, mostly eritreans, have been allowed off. they were caught up in an increasingly bitter exchanges between italy and the eu about where the refugees should go. emmerson mnangagwa is due to be sworn in as zimbabwe's president this morning, following the ousting of robert mugabe last year. the ceremony will be held at the national sports stadium in the capital, harare. it's expected to be boycotted by the opposition party, the movement for democratic change — which has claimed the outcome of the election was rigged. hundreds of venezuelans have been allowed into peru, just hours after the country said that anyone crossing the border would need a passport. peru had been trying to stem the flow of people coming into the country as they flee the economic crisis in venezuela, but the foreign minister has now said that no one will be denied entry. you may be familiar with the jurassic park films, which looks at

jonty bloom, bbc news.ss over sex abuse allegations linked to the catholic church in ireland. senatorjohn mccain, the vietnam war hero turned senator and us presidential candidate, has died at the age of 81. the government plans to make it harder for businesses to walk away from commitments to workers and suppliers, if they go into insolvency. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s hugh woozencroft. good morning. a shock in rugby league. catalans dragons head coach steve mcnamara has told the bbc that victory for his side in the challenge cup final could give rugby league a boost not just in southern france, but across europe. catalans became the first non—english side to win the trophy after beating warrington in yesterday‘s final. adam wild was at wembley. allez, allez, allez! from the south of france, the catalan dragons, officially in sang—et—or, blood and gold, perhaps no more fitting colours for a rugby league final. not in great numbers, but in great hope, becoming but in gr

thank you, jonty bloom. four teenagers were stabbed in south london. it happened yesterday evening on a housing estate in camberwell. police say the victims are 15 and 16 years old. six teenage boys are being questioned in connection with the attack. we can cross now to south london and speak to our correspondent, simonjones. what more are the police saying? how much do we know? well, the stabbing happened in broad daylight around this time yesterday. police say, if you want an example of the senselessness of life crime, this is it. witnesses say they saw around 30 boys running around the estate. 0ne witness said she saw one of the boys armed with what looked like a large carving knife. and then, we've heard from witnesses, they heard one boy screaming, help, help, and then another person saw one of the injured boy is coming round the corner, collapsing his stomach collapsing to the ground. four boys, aged 15 and 16, were taken to hospital, and one remains in a critical condition. another is in a serious but

our business correspondent jonty bloom reports. immigration matters to british industry.uilding workers in london are from the eu. british agriculture needs 60,000 seasonal foreign farmworkers every year, and the nhs has seen a drop of 87% on the number of eu citizens registering as nurses and midwives. that is why the cbi says that immigration has delivered significant economic benefits to the uk. it also knows the free movement of people between the uk and the eu will almost certainly end after brexit. so it is proposing allowing firms to recruit from the eu after brexit but limiting those who are not studying or without independent means or a job on staying more than three months. eu citizens will also have to register with the authorities, the limited to what in work benefits they can claim, and companies will have to prioritise the recruitment of reduced staff in sectors with high levels of unemployment. the cbi also wants to legally guarantee the rights of eu citizens already in the uk. the government says it will announce his plans for post— brexit immigration in d

jonty bloom, bbc news.my corbyn "has to change" in order to address concerns that the party has a problem with anti—semitism. speaking at the edinburgh international book festival, mr brown said the issue was a ‘running sore' which had to be dealt with . he's called on labour to fully adopt the definition of anti—semitism as written by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. eight people have been injured after a horse jumped over a fence into a crowd during a farming show in pembrokeshire. an airambulance was called after the horse — which was taking part in a competition — threw off its rider and — in the words of an eye witness — "went on a rampage". five people were taken to hospital including a twelve—year—old boy and an eighty—three—year—old — man. a year ago, the scottish government introduced the baby box scheme. they're given to parents of every newborn and contain items including clothing, books and a play mat, as well as doubling up as a sleeping space. more than 50,000 boxes have been

our business correspondent jonty bloom is here. just talk us through the figures.ood and bad for retail sales so we saw a surge in food and drink buying as people stayed in to watch the football and so on but it was also an uncomfortable time to go down the high street. it was too hot, people stop doing that so we didn't see a pick—up in non—food retailing. it was mainly food. people stayed at home and shop online, that did very well. 0nline sales rising as well. this has always been seen as the big threat to the high street. they rose by something like 15% over the last year but it's not all bad news because if you look at the online sales by department stores, they rose by nearly 30% so what's happening is people are going to department stores, looking at the choice and price and then going home and shopping online. the department stores are winning a pretty good share of the market so people are going to debenhams, john lewis, shopping at home but using their websites to get whatever they are getting. thank you. armed police were deployed in birmingham last nigh

companies quoted on the london stock exchange were paid on average 145 times more than their employees. jonty bloomyer, a £4 million pay packet would feel like a lottery win. for the boss of one of the largest house—builders, it is small change. the chief executive of persimmon took home a massive £47 million in pay and bonuses last year. the latest figures show he is in good company with an 11% pay rise the average for top executives last year, taking home almost £4 million each on average, compared with a pay rise of just 2.7% each on average, compared with a pay rise ofjust 2.7% on the average british worker. in the late 1990s, the ftse100 ceo would be paid something like 60, 70 times the average uk worker and it is now more like 160 times. it is difficult to find evidence to support that. had last month shareholders at royal mail voted against a huge pay rise for their boss but the vote was not binding and the company ignored it but some companies try to buck the trend. we capped remuneration at 20 times the pay of the lowest paid. why do we do it? equals business is not just for the shareholde

jonty bloom has the details.ast year, taking home almost £4 million each on average, compared with a pay rise ofjust 2.7% on the average british worker. in the late 19905, the ftse 100 ceo would be paid something like 60, 70 times the average uk worker and it is now more like 160 times. it is difficult to find evidence to support that. had last month shareholders at royal mail voted against a huge pay rise for their boss but the vote was not binding and the company ignored it but some companies try to buck the trend. we capped remuneration at 20 times the pay of the lowest paid. why do we do it? business is not just for the shareholders and directors but for society at large. it has meant that people are queueing up tojoin us. some believe top earners are worth every penny. because they are paying so much, they are able to pick and choose different people, which means companies are better managed. one cause of low productivity is poor management and companies that are better managed tend to make better productive

people coming to the uk make a positive contribution to the economy, as our business correspondent jonty bloomlaims that half of all building workers in london are from the eu, british agriculture needs 60,000 seasonalforeign farm workers every year, and the nhs has seen a drop of 87% on the number of eu citizens registering as nurses and midwives. that is why the cbi says that immigration has delivered significant economic benefits to the uk. it also knows the free movement of people between the uk and the eu will almost certainly end after brexit. so it is proposing allowing firms to recruit from the eu after brexit, but limiting those who are not studying or without independent means or a job from staying more than three months. eu citizens will also have to register with the authorities, be limited in what in—work benefits they can claim, and companies will have to prioritise the recruitment of british staff in sectors with high levels of unemployment. the cbi also wants to legally guarantee the rights of eu citizens already in the uk. the government says it will announce his plans for pos

our business correspondent jonty bloom explains what's been happening. millions of pounds. and one of those suppliers, the logistics company which deals with the online side of the business, is refusing to handle house of fraser stores, which means that customers like miss paterson in dalkeith are uncertain about where they stand. after placing an order with house of fraser online last friday, i am now expecting my delivery this week. i got an e—mail this morning that came into myjunk got an e—mail this morning that came into my junk e—mails. got an e—mail this morning that came into myjunk e—mails. this is a generic e—mail that i believe they are sending to everybody who placed an order online are sending to everybody who placed an orderonline in are sending to everybody who placed an order online in the last week or so, just advising that they are going to cancel and refund everybody's orders because they can't fulfil delivery. the problem i haveis can't fulfil delivery. the problem i have is that i used a gift card and when the order went through, i a

jonty bloom has the details.t now it's like 160 times. it's difficult to find any evidence to support that. last month shareholders at royal mail voted against huge pay rises for its boss but the company ignored it. some companies however tried to buck the trend. you cap numeration in as 20 times the pay of the lowest paid. business is notjust for shareholders or the directors it's for society at last. —— large. shareholders or the directors it's for society at last. -- large. but some believe top earners are worth every penny. because they are paid so every penny. because they are paid so much they can pick and choose different people and that's a good thing because it means companies better managed. 0ne thing because it means companies better managed. one of the causes of low productivity is poor management and companies that are better managed make greater productivity gain. but zero all pay packets are bubbling over. even in topjobs women in half of what men do. a year ago, the scottish government introduced

people coming to the uk make a positive contribution to the economy, as our business correspondent jonty bloombi claims that half of all building workers in london are from the eu, british agriculture needs 60,000 seasonalforeign farm workers every year, and the nhs has seen a drop of 87% on the number of eu citizens registering as nurses and midwives. that is why the cbi says that immigration has delivered significant economic benefits to the uk. it also knows the free movement of people between the uk and the eu will almost certainly end after brexit. so it is proposing allowing firms to recruit from the eu after brexit, but limiting those who are not studying or without independent means or a job from staying more than three months. eu citizens will also have to register with the authorities, be limited in what in—work benefits they can claim, and companies will have to prioritise the recruitment of british staff in sectors with high levels of unemployment. the cbi also wants to legally guarantee the rights of eu citizens already in the uk. the government says it will announce his plans for

people coming to the uk make "a positive contribution to the economy," as our business correspondent jonty bloomses and midwives. that is why the cbi says that immigration has delivered significant economic benefits to the uk. it also knows the free movement of people between the uk and the eu will almost certainly end after brexit. so it is proposing allowing firms to recruit from the eu after brexit, but limiting those who are not studying or without independent means or a job from staying more than three months. eu citizens will also have to register with the authorities, be limited in what in—work benefits they can claim, and companies will have to prioritise the recruitment of british staff in sectors with high levels of unemployment. the cbi also wants to legally guarantee the rights of eu citizens already in the uk. the government says it will announce his plans for post—brexit immigration in due course, and it will be a system that works for all parts of the uk. fancy seeing some fluffy, cuddly flamingo chicks? here you go! this is a rather special and unlikely family. the hot summer enc