laura ashley had decided not to pay a full dividend following a 70% drop in annual profits. homer and fashion group says a weaker pound is partially to blame. sales are down more than 3% on a like for like basis affected by the closure of 22 locations. meanwhile, down under, commonwealth bank of australia is possibly facing the largest class action lawsuit in the country. right, a law firm has launched a class action on behalf of the bank's shareholders. almost one million investors have been hit by a sharp drop in cda shares is the financial watchdog accuse them of breaching and t money laundering and antiterrorism laws. shares have fallen more than 5% since august and the market capitalization of the bank in reduced by billions. shareholders had a right to .xpect better from the board o that they were treated with such blatant and cavalier disregard by australia's largest listed entity is simply got smacking. this proposed action will be a way in which shareholders can recover their losses and hold the company to account for its use of corporate governance. >> finally, in

the share price has fallen of laura ashley.ares have fallen by more than 11%. it was a market mover. the numbers show that demand fell for tv, online and print advertising. so let's try and unpick all of this with our guest today. simon derrick, we canjoin him shortly to talk about those stories. let's talk about the pound. it seems as though it's fallen dramatically today to this eight—year low. no real economic indicators from the uk today. it's more to do with what's happening in the eurozone. i think that's correct. there is an expectation over the course of the next few months, the european central bank, eurozone central bank, is going to start reducing some of the quantitative easing programmes that it's been following and that as a result of that interest rates will start to edge up slightly and make the euro a little more attractive. of course here we have the opposite story going on, the bank of england made it clear at its last meeting it wasn't going to get ready to hike interest rates soon. that's the thing more tha

this is regarding the laura ashley floral clip dot dresses. the flower pet dals can detach d pose a choking hazard. they should take the dresses out of the closet and contact the company for a full refund. no injuries have been reported at this point. >>> the housing market in sonoma county is making big gains and continues to bounce back from the recession. the county's taxable property is at an all-time high valued at $85 billion. that's 5% more than last year. we investigated overnight and at the height of the recession, nearly half of all properties lost more than 6200 in value. >>> and some developers have been eyeing this property for years. this is where a restaurant caught fire earlier this year. that was at the pleasant hill/walnut creek border on main. in and out considered expanding next door. but the developers submitted a proposal to demolish the building that burned and build 60 townhomes. planners would have to rezone the area for that to happen. according to "the times" they have been reluctant to do that. >>> get ready for pum

ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. now we want to go to our top stories. >> will other cases be the same quick result? laura is live from oakland with b.a.r.t.'s response. laura? >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says in the short term, today's result will not change when or whether they release these surveillance images, at least not until b.a.r.t.'s board comes up with a comprehensive new policy. it's a case that some

ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. now we want to go to our top stories. >> will other cases be the same quick result? laura anthony is live from oakland with b.a.r.t.'s response. laura? >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says in the short term, today's result will not change when or whether they release these surveillance images, at least not until b.a.r.t.'s board comes up with a comprehensive new policy. it's a case that some say makes the case for pab.a.r.t. to relee more images of its new met cork of working video cameras. hours after police released these photos, they had their suspects in custody. a man they believe violently attacked two b.a.r.t. passengers in three days. >> once we saw it was the same possible suspect, we believed it was a public saf issue and we wanted to get that information out as soon as possible. >> reporter: 42-year-old mario christopher washington was spotted by an oakland fire department investigator in downtown oakland just after 8:30 this morning. police say he's the man who approached a b.a.r.t. passener thursday night. and then struck him in the head with bolt cutters. saturday, the

ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. now we want to go to our top stories. >> will other cases be the same quick result? laura anthony is live from oakland with b.a.r.t.'s response. laura? >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says in the short term, today's result will not change when or whether they release these surveillance images, at least not until b.a.r.t.'s board comes up with a comprehensive new policy. it's a case that some say makes the case for pab.a.r.t. to relee more images of its new met cork of working video cameras. ho after police released these photos, they had their suspects in custody. a man they believe violently attacked two b.a.r.t. passengers in three days. >> once we saw it was the same possible suspect, we believed it was a public safety issue and we wanted to get that information out as soon as possible. >> reporter: 42-year-old mario christopher washington was spotted by an oakland fire department investigator in downtown oakland just after 8:30 this morning. police say he's the man who approached a b.a.r.t. passener thursday night. and then struck him in the head with bolt cutters. saturday, the

ashley. >> this fire burned 200 acres at camp parks north of alameda county santa rita jail. we got word the fire is out and evacuation vs been lifted. >> it was intense for a time. laura anthony is live with the latest. >> reporter: hi, dan. we're here at the office of emergency services where we just got a briefing. officially they are saying this fire is 90% contained. we can tell you it does appear to be completely out let's show you what it looked like earlier this afternoon. just after 2:00 this fire was whipped by some strong winds out here. fortunately, not all that hot out here. we do know this grass area is certainly very dry. this was a wind whipped fire. it was moving very quickly. we're told it started on camp parks property and stayed within that property but was moving toward the subdivision, wallace ranch that is hundreds of home. mu newly built, many under construction. >> the wind driven fire was traveling towards wallace ranch. the fire did create a lot of smoke. the sheriff's office and dublin police services diz perform evacuations. >> reporter: there were a few evacuations we're told of some of the occupied homes that were near the head of the fir

ashley. >> this fire burned 200 acres at camp parks north of alameda county santa rita jail. we got word the fire is out and evacuation vs been lifted. >> it was intense for a time. laura anthony is live with the latest. >> reporter: hi, dan. we're here at the office of emergency services where we just got a briefing. officially they are saying this fire is 90% contained. we can tell you it does appear to be completely out let's show you what it looked like earlier this afternoon. just after 2:00 this fire was whipped by some strong winds out here. fortunately, not all that hot out here. we do know this grass area is certainly very dry. this was a wind whipped fire. it was moving very quickly. we're told it started on camp