. —— lidl. the rest of the big supermarkets will continue to be worried about algae and lidl.p, it could set them on a worrying node as they go into the new decade? yes, i think most retailers expected this christmas, with political uncertainty, being resolved just before, they expected this christmas to be difficult but i think this was a particularly bad set of results for morrisons. 0k, thomas, thank you very much for that update. the figures coming up for morrisons, not what they hoped for, just showing you quickly what's happening on the bbc website business page. infrastructure revolution in a march budget, the chancellor is sajid javid, saying on the 11th of march even reveal the new budget, the first since the general election, saying billions of pounds will be invested across the country. we know they want to appeal to the voters who voted for the conservative party for the first time in their lives, many in the north and midlands. the treasury he says will prioritise the environment, something we will talk about ina environment, something we will talk about in a mome

it is worth looking over the past decade, the market share of aldi and lidl has trebled.d prices lower than they otherwise might have been, and it has really reshaped the sector, and the data seen today suggests it continues to do that. thank you. summer is coming to us from the burial ceremony of general qasem soleimani. we have heard a number of people have died in what has been described as a stampede during the ceremony, this is from one source at the moment, iran press tv, reporting a number of people have died in a stampede. during that ceremony in the hometown of general qasem soleimani. any more details and that we will come of course, bring that to you. in a moment the weather forecast but first, let's find out what victory has got on her this morning. good morning. coming home, the british teenager convicted of lying about being gang rates in cyprus has been given a suspended jail sentence. it means she can't leave the country, finally after six months. could what happened to her happen to you or your daughter we will talk to her lawyer and we will also hear fro

the layer of management in an effort to save money, especially because discount supermarkets like lidlnies know they need to act in order to save that money. morrisons today have said that they are not just taking morrisons today have said that they are notjust taking out that level of management, they are investing a good chunk of that money, back into the shop floor by employing more front of house staff workers and they say 4000 new full and part—time staff will be in place by the time we get to the spring. they have reassured me that none of the contracts will be zero—hours contracts, and they will have to be very careful as they navigate this difficult course of changing the shape of the workforce. asda got into serious difficulties last year with their staff and had strikes at a number of stores across the country because of changes to staff contracts that many of the staff felt were a way of losing control of their own hours and effectively of their own hours and effectively of their wages at the end of it. thanks for joining their wages at the end of it. thanks forjoining us. t

and political commentator mo and saw me just tell you something if if if studios maybe one exists lidl where we let only one of the reverse racism studios if studios. if studios made money having nothing but diverse women or whatever was they would do it believe me they're not going to do something just because of some ulterior motive let's be quite clear the world in which my kids and hopefully their kids are going to have a few tough challenges and some bumps in the road on the way he's going to want to be increasing diversity increasing pluralism and secularism and these arguments about i don't want to one of society yeah stop the well let me off it's not going to happen ok we're going to have increasing diversity you have more basic needs more muslims more immigrants more much everything sex you want to feel shiny and better phones and better no no to me i don't know where that you launch. but just the idea of taking governmental regulations quote his. head of heterogeneity diversity and applying it to movies and films i mean do you have people right now are going to want to watchi

booze fuelling sales over at the discounter lidl. sales up 11% compared to last year. a new year, but is there a new direction for the usjobs market? its currently on a record breaking run of monthly expansion. latest figures are out later today ? michelle fleury has more from new york. america enjoyed solid jobs growth last year but it may be running out of steam. in a few hours from now, we'll get the last employment report of 2019. the latest data from the us labor department is likely to show that hiring rose by around 160,000 jobs in december, a good number, but a step down from november, that's when the world's largest economy added around 266,000 newjobs. the unemployment rate, well, it is expected to be unchanged at 3.5%. but it is the full—year figure that may raise eyebrows. it is likely to reveal that the pace ofjobs growth in america is cooling. not entirely unexpected in the 11th year of the record long us expansion. nonetheless, it is unlikely to please the president as it weighs on his re—election chances. natalie sourisseau is here to talk through the n

the story of christmas 2019 in some senses is the story of the last decade, so lidl and aldi did veryit for a few years. the easiest way for a supermarket to grow is to open a new store in your town and then you might choose to consider shopping there. that's what lidl and aldi have been doing but you can see the results, record christmas shares for those german supermarkets. also over the last decade they have moved away from just talking about price to talking about other things, as well, particularly around quality so their premium lines of sold very well and in the case of lidl, they've been selling a lot of branded goods too, household favourites. you can now get them in the discounters, something they were not famous for. let's talk about what people are putting in their baskets. the kinds of foods and drinks people were buying on the run—up to christmas. it's different to previous years?m all comes back to consumers holding back on spending this year. i think we can understand the reasons why. there's been uncertainty around brexit, the election, the economy hasn't been great,

aldi and lidl have 13.7% of the market, pretty small.ng christmas trading period, unusually challenging, they described it. feeling a little bit different this christmas, i think thatis different this christmas, i think that is because there was all the uncertainty before christmas with the election, people probably holding off on purchases. if you look at what people were buying, beer and wine, christmas puddings and by 16%. may be people are making their own. provides seasonal biscuits, i'm assuming that is the ones that go with crackers... i think they will be chocolate biscuits. turkey sales down by 196, sparkling wines and by 8%, so an interesting mix of what we were buying and what we were not. a big week that the retailers, saints become a tesco and asda. what would you say seasonal biscuit is? crackers? i am thinking big selection boxes of chocolate biscuits. i have a few of them to work through! coming up, stormzy will be here any few minutes. work through! coming up, stormzy will be here any few minutesm might bea will be here

we are looking at lidl this morning.y said it was one thing that has gone well. lidl has done all right but not so well for superdry, talking athleisure this morning, in that market, superdry have put out a profit warning, saying that they have found a long, long list of struggles, actually. unprecedented levels of promotional activity. in the market, loads of people around on black friday and afternoon and big sales and they we re afternoon and big sales and they were not able to compete and subdued demand after christmas. they probably had a load of stuff they wanted to sell and we were not interested in spending. even in the sales ? interested in spending. even in the sales? even in the sales. and where they got it right, better selling products, they had shortages, so an indication of the turnaround that has been attempted superdry now, not working for them yet but they are hoping it works further down the line. interesting talking superdry husserl trainers and hoodies, line. interesting talking superdry husserltrain

lidl are not, their share range and the customers like them.ge growth becoming a bit disappointing, slower wage growth and that implies growth is not as good as people think and perhaps a long look for world recovery is not happening as quickly as people think. and the news about a takeaway dot—com winning the race to argue they become the worlds largest home delivery provider. quite a coup isn‘t it? delivery provider. quite a coup isn't it? these internet businesses are network operators, they need scale to compete. they are hoping by consolidating, the can get into profit a bit like amazon when they dominate the market. that is the reason for the deal and hopefully it will happen, not just to reason for the deal and hopefully it will happen, notjust to make more profit, but deliver even quicker to their customers. thank you very much. let‘s go to stormont where sinn fein arejust about to make a statement on the draft agreement to restore powersharing in northern ireland. joining me now from stormont is reporter keith doyle. any signs it is go

but today, lidl reported an 11% rise in sales in the four weeks to dec 29, confirming it as the uk‘s sales across its fashion businesses, with particular growth overseas. let‘s have a chat about all of this with chana baram, senior retail analyst. the winners and losers of the festive period, what do you thinkjd are doing well to increase the challenge? so, jd sports is doing a few things, it is benefiting from the popularity of sports fashion items, so people are wearing sports fashion for lots of different reasons, not just for fashion for lots of different reasons, notjust for going fashion for lots of different reasons, not just for going to fashion for lots of different reasons, notjust for going to the gym or doing different sports, but also, for work or even more formal events, so this has become more and more popular as the years have gone on. however, it is notjust benefiting from this, jd sports is also doing quite a a few things to make sure that it is ahead of any competitors, and that it‘s gaining new customers and customer loyalty. the big sports brands, adidas and nike

the supermarket are trying to cut cost to better compete with our and lidl and aims to promote rolestes next week. facebook will create a thousand newjobs in london this year, including hiring more people to tackle harmful online content. it will take facebook‘s uk workforce to more than 4,000. pressure has been growing on social media firms to remove posts promoting self harm and political extremism. drivers with mitzvah she made diesel ca rs drivers with mitzvah she made diesel cars and germany have been asked to contact authorities after they were accused of hitting cheap devices to make them appear less potent than they really are. prosecutors say they really are. prosecutors say they have ready ten businesses in germany. lots of people coming to the uk asked horace? yes, record year it seems at last year, spending more and staying for longer. taking advantage of the very low pound? yes, i think you‘re absolutely right. i‘m sure a few offers have been put in for stonehenge. record numbers in august last year, 4.1 million visits, up 7% on the year before. this meant a record £3.1

the most customers, their market share is falling —— and being chased by the discounters aldi and lidlr money and not wanting to be extravagant or indeed indulgent and we know why because it has been a difficult autumn and winter, uncertainty about brexit, the election and poor weather has hit some people very hard as well. both the election we did not see an uptake. people were shopping late christmas and once you start late you simply cannot catch up. no time to visit shops more. maybe people held off and then just to visit shops more. maybe people held off and thenjust rain out of time. it was so close to christmas. things like the weather, people stay at home. if you are feeling the pinch a little bit, you might not buy the extra bottle of wine, the extra packet of mince pies and that has an effect on the bottom line. thank you. if you are a fan in death in paradise, we have one of the stars who his back. ralph oettl is in as the new detective. they tend to switch around. one of the news doesn't be here later on the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you

there has been a lot of competition from things like lidl and aldi coming into the market, so it has million. how do you get a figure like that so wrong? well, in the statement they made today, it is not clear how they got it wrong and what the details are. what is alarming is that they realised for a while that they had a problem with their accounts and they initially thought it might be a problem of 25 million. $0 initially thought it might be a problem of 25 million. soto initially thought it might be a problem of 25 million. $0 to then revise that after a review to 58 is an enormous change. indeed. we will be counting our shirts to make sure our own wardrobes aren't overestimated! thank you forjoining us. did thatjoke not land with you? not really. it is improv, you know all about that. i have to! you go and check your wardrobe. before we go, let's bring you more on the death of terryjones and the reaction of his fellow titans. sir michael palin has called him one of the funniest writer performers of his generation and eric idle has tweeted saying, i loved him the moment i saw hi

moss —— morrisons was in that market but then rolled out but also audi and lidl have been gobbling upnt to a picture. what is that? it is a peacock! it is an airport. they will not stop peacocks flying, will they? in the cabin, yes. it has not been done yet. some people would call this excess baggage for your excess baggage. this is a reminder of a 2018 story about united airlines turning a passenger they could not bring their emotional support peacock on board. this is something many people flying in the us might have seen a surprising amount of times. they get certified by a doctor to say they need this animal to fly with them as emotional support, and they have been all kinds of reports of people trying to bring on peacocks, turkeys, squirrels, frogs and goats on board. as emotional support animals. the reason we are talking about it today is the us department of transportation is trying to clamp down on this, suggesting some people are falsely claiming their pets to be service animals, and the government saying only dogs should be allowed on board the people who have a real need f

. —— aldi and lidl and 0cado.e need to buy more clothes or things, the food that we are buying? greggs results yesterday were spectacular and they are giving a £300 bonus to every member of staff in their business. they have changed their operating model, so we are going through a massive period of change in the retail sector, driven by the way that us shoppers want to live our lives are. a fascinating time to be studying the retail industry. that is for the moment but i will be back with the markets in one hour. exciting, thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, this is a picture from keswick taken earlier in the afternoon of a rainbow and some shower cloud, and we have seen some sunshine coming through today, but as we say goodbye to one band of rain and hill snow, the other has already arrived across the south—west of the british isles. so, through the rush—hour across the southern half of the uk, it looks fairly miserable. i think the best of the drier weather as we go through the evening wil