london vibrant metropolis. reagents canal watches its way north of central london but it's surprising a tranquil canal runs almost parallel to the river thames. london author bill nash is interested in the more secluded parts of his hometown. in the past ten years. and in particular since the london olympics a lot of the canals around london are being revitalized cleaned up. life is being reintroduced and that's a lot of people living on house boats nash describes the lesser known aspects of the city in his book secret london. now daytrippers cruise along the region's canal from little venice to camden. but there are plans to use the canal for transporting freight house in the past. along the banks people can shop for books on a houseboat all visit the house of at you strange and. one of the dreams is devoted to the patterns of the sea to culture in the london underground. so the gallery is based in king's cross london which has undergone this amazing transformation over the past few years and it's now a really

still it's better there than from london. well here with me in the studio now is and they ask outside the c.e.o. of the association of german banks glad you could join us now your safety action is called the decease of may's deal quote a serious warning shot to everyone involved what exactly do you mean by that it's a last warning shot because time is running out to be prepared for a new one do you know neil brooks that situation because this is the worst situation that we could imagine because there's a lot of transfer of data a lot of sign of services for customers of german banks done in london that means that over the last months to be. very hard execution on how this services could be provided in the situation of the no deal breaks it is very serious it could be very dangerous if you are not prepared so what you're saying essentially is that german banks have already been preparing for the eventuality of absolutely no deal i mean how strenuous has that been no deal means that there is no longer the legal basis for all th

still looks better there than from london. well association of german banks has called the defeat of may's deal a serious warning shot for everyone involved and the c.e.o. of that association and today a scout shy joined me and i asked him to explain exactly what his group meant by that. time is running out to be prepared for a non you know deal breaks it situation because this is the worst situation that we could imagine because there's a lot of transfer of data of sign of services for customers of german banks done in london that means that over the last month to be. very hard execution on how this services could be provided in the situation of a no deal breck's it is very serious could be very dangerous if you are not prepared so what you're saying essentially is that german banks have already been preparing for the eventuality of absolutely no deal i mean how strenuous has that been no deal means that there is no longer a legal basis for all this service is done actually on this passport in the agreement which means that y

brent: let's take the story now to london.ur barbara wesel is standing by, as she has been doing for the past couple of evenings. good evening to you, barbara. this was a close result, this no-confidence vote. how does it look from where you are standing tonight? barbara: it shows that of course it happened, what we expected, that theresa may's own party would sort of rally and pull everybody together and say, "ok, we want her still in government." because what it means, had they not done that, they would have lost power probably, because it is not certain they would win the next election if there were to be one. so, this was just a simple self-preservation that prevailed this evening. and it is not really about theresa may, it is about staying in government. it is about the tories sort of keeping their hold on power, and they are absolutely willing under all circumstances to do that. and that is the only reason that they keep on sort of protecting and carrying and guarding theresa may in office, because there is nobody else w

make some knives, london! —— nor make some noise, london!a very happy new year to all of our viewers and to use sitting at home watching what was an extraordinary firework display. a promised us the biggest one in europe and they delivered. if you did not know that london could deliver the we certainly do now. so expertly choreographed this evening, those fireworks. 11 minutes of fireworks, four tons set alight over the river thames this evening. it was a spectacular show. while that was a spectacular show. while that was going on, of course there was another fantastic display in edinburgh where 60,000 people crammed in. let's show you pictures of that firework display over and above edinburgh castle. fantastic. the fireworks above the castle. you will have seen andrew alike. my word, didn't they deliver? they did indeed, the first of all to all those watching at home at happy new year and the organisers said it was going to be the biggest fireworks display in europe and didn't they deliver? eight tons of fireworks went various different pon

, and london.england without london. i thought, right, that is the area i want to write about. not just write about, but set in some kind of opposition to london itself. you feel a loyalty to that england beyond london? because it's where you're from. yes, i do. not where you now live. you have said, i don't want to get particularly into your views on brexit and the politics of now, but you have said that you voted remain, you are a remainer, and i am just wondering whether you feel out of love with that england that you knew as a boy, as a young man, that you left behind, ina way? well, it has taken me a long time to describe myself as a londoner. i have lived in london for 32 years. and actually, it is really only since the referendum that i have started to identify as a londoner, and to think, yes, this is where i feel most comfortable now. but, you know, the midlands, the provincial midlands, they're what formed me. that's where i grew up. and the attitudes that i observed and imbibed when i wa

london breed: all right, folks. how you doing today? i'm london breed. i'm the mayor for san francisco. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and i am really excited to be here because we got something actually accomplished in the city and county of san francisco by working together. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i want to take this opportunity to recognize members of the san francisco board of supervisors who are joining us today, including the president of the board of supervisors, norman yee, supervisors vallie brown, ahsha safai, and gordon mar, and matt haney. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: now i know that it took us a little while to get here, and one of the things that i am so excited about is the fact that we are here. we are here because the building and construction trades, some members of the board of supervisors, some of our department heads, like phil ginsburg and mohamed nuru, they all came to the table, and many of our l.b.e.s, wanting to make sure that we came up with an agreement th

how many are we talking about jobs being lost in london jobs being moved from london to to europe or jobs being created locally in europe. like you said there will be various ways in which jobs will be impacted the latest study which came out by iraq he said about seven thousand jobs i expected to be in two thousand and ninety eight i think that's a that's a fair assessment but first of all already before a few thousand jobs have been moved and depending on the outcome of the final results another couple of thousand jobs may or may not be moved depending on that. how would that impact people having to move from london into into continental europe these are very hard estimate to make because the majority of financial institutions will try to recruit on the continent you do not find a stampede of people that that line up because for moving its london is a very attractive city it's a very attractive financial center and it will remain to be able so most people will very likely try to stay there and it will be only a minority that would make consciously the decision to move and but what

london is still the top choke? london is still the top choke? london is a terrific market.ts. we have the fear that people would go elsewhere to different markets, but that hasn't happened. when we look at london, what is it specifically that makes the london stock exchange that makes these firms want to list? it is the ability to get peers and get analysed and looked that compared to businesses. it is good to talk to, thank you for explaining that. london retaining its top spot as a place for firms to list despite the uncertainty of brexit. lawrence was talking about good news, dunelm saw its shares soaring over 10%. it said like—for—like sales at its stores rose 6% in the second quarter at the end of last year. your're watching business live, our top story: talks have begun again between china and the united states. the first face—to—face talks since bigi summit in argentina when president xi jingping and president trump talked about a 90 day truce. talks are getting under way in beijing later. now, if you've been at the gym this weekend, you wont have been alone. it's th

london breed: hello, everyone. welcome to the front yard of city hall, and happy holidays to each and every one of you. make sure that you come back on december 9, sunday. we're going to be having so much fun. a lot of face painting activities and fun things for the whole family. hi, everybody! are you guys ready to light this christmas tree? >> let's do it, boys and girls. >> the hon. london breed: have you guys been naughty or nice? okay. presents for everybody. hi, mr. grinch. >> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: hi, santa. >> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: i've been good this year. >> don't worry. we have a very special gift for you, too. >> the hon. london breed: all right. come on over, everybody. can you help me count? okay. we're going to start with ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone. happy holidays. >> merry christmas, boys and girls. thank you for coming out today. >> in 201,755.7 million passeng

the mayor of london sadiq khan twitter to say, iam of london sadiq khan twitter to say, i am greatly stabbing of a 14—year—old boy and my thoughts are with his family and my thoughts are with his family and friends. the local mp stella creasy tweeted she was devastated to hear the news. last year the number of killings in london reached their highest level for a decade with the majority due to knife crime. a month after it was abruptly halted, mps resume their debate on theresa may's brexit deal today. last night, the government narrowly lost a commons vote on a cross—party amendment to the finance bill, designed to make it more difficult for the uk to leave the eu without a deal. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster for us this morning. good morning, iain. how badly bruised is theresa may and the government after last night?” bruised is theresa may and the government after last night? i think a bit bruised, but she might be getting even more beaten about over the next few days, because today we start five days of debate on the government's brexit deal. she still

live from london, that's our top story on tuesday 8th january. but can the auto industry titan, carlos ghosn, who turned around the asian carmaker, manage to salvage his own reputation? also in the programme: the world's biggest smartphone maker samsung warns operating profits may plunge by a third. that'd be its first quarterly profit drop in two years, as competition from china bites. markets still unperturbed. a set of green arrows two days in a row. we will talk you through the positive sentiment. and we'll get the inside track on leaving an olympic legacy. they cost millions of dollars to build, but with many sporting facilities abandoned at the end of the games, we'll look at how one firm is keeping the olympic flame alive in east london. and today, as britain's health service says millions of patients will be able to use skype for hospital appointments, to save billions of pounds a year, we want to know, would you swap the doctor's surgery for an online appointment with your gp? let us know — just use #bbcbizlive hello and welcome to busin

to some how to proceed with bribes and we will have the very latest from london on the closure this is also coming up is the world getting better or worse when dealing with autocrats and human rights abusers human rights watch releases its twenty nine thousand report with a conclusion that might surprise you and a milestone in civil rights it is one hundred years since women in germany were allowed to take part in the elections for the first time. warner. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program british prime minister to resign may is heading to back to the drawing board after her government's narrow win in a no confidence vote in parliament now she is appealing for cross party political consensus to buffo wood with bribes that may prevail in their confidence vote only with the help of her allies in northern ireland's democratic unionist party for victory coming a day after lawmakers dealt a crushing defeat by rejecting her brags that deal she may have survived those challenges but if the u.k. is to have an orderly departure from the e.u. on the march twenty ninth deadline compromise will

how many are we talking about jobs being lost in london jobs being moved from london to to europe or jobs being created locally in europe. like you said there will be various ways in which jobs will be impacted the latest study which came out by iraq he said about seven thousand jobs i expected to be in two thousand and ninety eight i think that's a that's a fair assessment but first of all already before a few thousand jobs have been moved and depending on the outcome of the final results another couple of thousand jobs may or may not be moved depending on that. how would that impact people having to move from london into into continental europe these are very hot estimate to make because the majority of financial institutions will try to recruit on the continent you do not find a stampede of people that that line up because for moving it's london is a very attractive city it's a very attractive financial center and it will remain to be able so most people will very likely try to stay there and it will be only a minority that would make consciously the decision to move and but what

it is the first time in london?rnia. i think london is absolutely beautiful. there is so much architecture opportunities, so me new things to see that we don't have back home. it is absolutely beautiful here. have a great day to day. take a look at this. is the marching band, and there must be... how many are there? about 170. shall we start the band? yes, nearly go. —— here we go. we start the band? yes, nearly go. -- here we go. tell me about the band. this is the marching band. it is the flagship of the high school in oklahoma. there are about 230 people here on this trip and they will be marching in the parade of south and learn. you have come a long way from oklahoma to london. are you looking forward to today? yeah, we don't know what is at sta ke. yeah, we don't know what is at stake. this is a real american pilgrim, isn't it? it has a lot to do with our football phenomenon in the united states, and then comes the united states, and then comes the marching band. they are a huge success the marching band. they

and the theme this year, according to the mayor of london, sadiq khan, was that london is open, and europeansm 348 separate positions. the whole sky was glowing, and it was... i don‘t know, it was — we see it always on the tv, and it was one of the best fireworks displays that has happened. princes street in edinburgh was the focus of the scottish hogmanay celebrations. four, three, two, one! around 60,000 people gathered to watch the fireworks and the concert, headlined by the group franz ferdinand. this party is one of the biggest parties in the world. new year is celebrated all across the globe and people celebrate in all sorts of ways, but i don‘t think anywhere does it quite like hogmanay in edinburgh, you know? just look around you, it‘s completely amazing. auckland, closest to the international dateline, is the first of the world‘s great cities to usher in the new year. in sydney, more than a million turned out to watch, despite huge thunderstorms just hours earlier. across asia, from north korea, to hong kong, to russia, music and fireworks. in dubai, the world‘s tallest building, the

still it's better there than from london. well the association of german banks has called the defeat of may's deal a serious warning shot for everyone involved and the c.e.o. of that association and today a scout shy joined me and i asked him to explain exactly what his group meant by that. time is running out to be prepared for unknown do you know deal breaks in situation because this is the worst situation that we could imagine because there's a lot of transfer of data a lot of sign of services for customers of german banks done in london that means that over the last months should be. very hard execution on how this services could be provided in the situation of a no deal brecht's it is very serious and it could be very dangerous if you are not prepared so what you're saying essentially is that german banks have already been preparing for the eventuality of absolutely no deal i mean how strenuous is that then no deal means that there is no longer a legal basis for all this service is done actually on this pos porting agree

still it's better there than from london.well the financial sector is readying for braggs it by searching new headquarters in frankfurt dublin of paris one small thing takes start up headquarters and orders in berlin went the other direction consciously decided to expand in britain and that's not a decision it's found as with threads. the founders of raise and want to offer depositors high interest rates so the internet platform lists offers from foreign banks like southern european banks based in malta in portugal which offer one point seven percent on fixed term deposits the start up as one more than one hundred sixty thousand customers since its launch and twenty twelve. it's active in seven countries including germany france and the netherlands. week despite the bridge that vote razan expanded to the u.k. in twenty seventeen. yes but i mean that's why great britain is the second largest savings market in europe and one of the most important countries when it comes to economic performance even when it comes to the european

it happened on the 12:58pm service from guildford to london waterloo.cally as a result a man believed to be 51 years old was pronounced dead on board the train. early indications suggest received multiple stab wounds. what we know at the moment is the victim boarded the train at around 1pm at london road station in guildford along with his 14—year—old son. dramatically, his 14—year—old son. dramatically, his son would have been nearby when his son would have been nearby when his father was fatally wounded. this would have been a horrific and hugely traumatic event to witness and we are providing him with as much support as possible. we know the suspect boarded the service at london road station but at this time we do not believe they are known to each other. we also may be suspect left the train service at clandon station. there have been a number of sightings in the area from members of the public and our inquiries are focusing on these areas. we have a number of officers in the area working hard to trace the man responsible for this violent and deadly

or we're standing right here in the middle of london you're from. scotland why i came to town one can unlock all i moved here because. this is kentish town and say ok. when i mean here it was pretty much the only place in north london i could afford to move. really around the corner and i moved here in ninety six just over there and i lived here and in north london since about noise six well you know moving from scotland to london i mean i'm just guessing but it must've felt like you were a small fish in a big pond yeah i didn't know anybody in the industry when i moved to london i was very much from a kind of known commercial photography no not no not since i was in background say it was a very strange experience and that's why it was great to meet jefferson at college because we were both in the same boat and we didn't confuse yet and days confused and we we both ended up kind of you know china kind of make a mark here without any support from anybody really and why here why not hollywood for example i mean you work with so many of these celebriti

since about noise six well you know moving from scotland to london. i mean i'm just guessing but it must have felt like you were a small fish in a big pond yeah i didn't know anybody in the industry when i moved to london i was very much from a kind of known commercial photographer you know now i've known them since i was in background say it was a very strange experience and that's why it was great to meet jefferson at college because we were both in the same boat and we think a few days confused and we we both ended up kind of you know china kind of make a mark here without any support from anybody really and why here why not hollywood for example i mean you work with so many of these levers famous faces i think then we had no clue that we'd ever be working with all the would we were very much focused on you know we were by for college when we met and we started the magazine days if he's at college and he was really just a way of us kind of document ing in creating culture that was around hollywood wasn't even on a radar or i want to pull a little b

or we're standing right here in the middle of london you're from.gotland why i came to town one can unlock oh i moved here because. this is kentish town and say ok. when i mean here it was pretty much the only place in north london i could afford to move. we got a really beautiful studio around the corner and i moved here in ninety six just over there and i lived here and in north london since about ninety six well you know moving from scotland to london i mean i'm just guessing but it must have felt like you were a small fish in a big pond on opposite sides in background say it was a very strange experience and that's why it was great to meet jefferson at college because we were by from the same boat and we confuse days confused and we we both ended up kind of you know china kind of make a mark here without any support from anybody really and why here why not hollywood for example i mean you work with so many of these celebrities famous faces i think then we had no clue that we'd ever be working with all the would we were very much focused on you k

this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: 7:17 in london. -- 42 minutes away from the start of the trading day. don't pay too much attention to japan today. a lot of catch-up. down by 2.3% this morning. s&p and euro stocks future telling more positive story around trade expectation for next week and the progress made in the house around the shutdown. not the end of that story. don't miss our lineup of guests reacting to the u.s. jobs report later today. 2:00 p.m. london time, we will speak to larry kudlow. allianz' chief economic advisor. and the blackrock global cio of fixed-income. let's get the business flash with debra mao in hong kong. mercedes-benz has each a luxuryeked out vehicle crown. for the second straight year, toyotas division finished third with a 2.2 percent decline over the year, seeing it dropped behind the german front runners. in the u.s. market, gm saw a 2.7% decline in the fourth quarter of sales. for posted a bigger than expected drop in december. after a stint tests -- as white communications director, anthony scaramu

well as we said it was a close result of a zone our correspondent she is in london and we asked her how does it look from where she is staying. shows that of course it happened what we expect that. maze own party would sort of reality and pull everybody together and say ok we want her still in government because what it means had they not done that they would have lost power probably because it's not certain that they would win the next election if there were to be won so this was just a simple self-preservation that prevailed this evening and it's not really about trees of may it's about staying in government it's about the tories sort of keeping their hold on power and they are absolutely building under all circumstances to do that and that is the only reason that they keep on sit if we're texting and carrying and guarding theresa may and office because there is nobody else who wants to dirty their hands at the moment was that problematic situation and so she is safe from all s. and even if she can't really move much even if she's incredibly weak and saffold and they can't really go f

and the theme this year, according to the mayor of london, sadiq khan, was that london is open, and europeans0 tickets sold, this is the largest annual fireworks display in europe. it involves eight tons of fireworks, fired from 348 separate positions. the whole sky was glowing. it was... i don't know, it was — we see it always on the tv, and it was one of the best fireworks displays that has happened. auckland, closest to the international dateline, is the first of the world's great cities to usher in the new year. in sydney, more than a million turned out to watch, despite huge thunderstorms just hours earlier. across asia, from north korea, to hong kong, to russia, music and fireworks. in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, became a tower of light. across europe, in paris, athens and berlin, the festivities continued. but in new york, the good mood was not matched by the weather, as 2019 arrived with a downpour. you are watching bbc breakfast. since november, more than 230 migrants have attempted to cross the english channel in small boats. now, in a move to deter others

in london, this woman was detained on suspicion of money laundering.d over the past two days. it's been many months of intensive work. it has. this has been a painstaking operation, which started over 12 months ago and it was our response to the number of drugs deaths we saw in south cumbria, particularly in the barrow area. indeed, there were 12 drug—related deaths in barrow between december of 2017 and april last year. an unprecedented number for a town of 67,000 people. gangs from london coming here to add to the ready availability anyway of illegal drugs. at this infant school, they are too familiar with the effects of drug abuse. you've had children who were actually born addicted to heroin. yes, we have had a couple of children come through school. 0n the morning police were interviewing suspects, nicky brewerton was in a meeting helping a family who misused drugs stay together. almost a third of children here have some involvement with social services. how much of your professional time is spent dealing with the consequences of substance misuse?

there is another centre opening in london in a couple of yea rs' opening in london in a couple of years as its known — is now taught in primary schools. we'll find out about a new teaching aid which helps visually impaired children learn coding skills. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield. "it feels like a civil war running on our streets", those were the words of a grieving uncle during bbc london's debate on knife crime. an audience of young people and youth workers discussed the causes of violence and how to put a stop to the stabbings which have claimed 3 lives so far this year. chris preddie — who mentors teenagers — says it's down to communities to step up. they keep saying to us they need to ta ke they keep saying to us they need to take ownership and they keep pointing the figures, stop your kids before they leave the house. that's not point the finger is at the police and the government brokers guess what, they are only dealing with the problem when it actually happens. we know what's going on in the c

nato get can make laws in britain that we cannot train and every colony since the war has been to london we've had these great colonial leaders was to their rule was to look cruel all of them have been to london to ask for the right for self-government and independence and i want no more right for the british people than we gave the indians then we gave the americans took for the last two hundred years ago joining me now is holford begin to professor of geography of the university of oxford who together with sally tomlinson has just written rule britannia and the end of empire thanks so much dan for coming back on so what's the book about giving as a kind of remain vision arguably and we have that vote tomorrow which without gina miller who's been on this show maybe we wouldn't have had she probably like this book wouldn't she it's all pretty program aine. you could see it as problematic. you know. academics it is more the citadels of might but what we try and in the book is step back and back and back from this. and we do try to try to cover the other side mainly the pro tory argument f

the nba returned to london on thursday.ork knicks by 101 to 100 in a thrilling finish at the 02 arena. one player who chose not to travel was the knicks‘ enes kanter. turkish prosecuters have issued an international warrent for his arrest. he's spoken out against turkey's government and says he gets hundreds of death threats a day for doing that... when my team was flying to london the turkish government put a red notice under my name with interpol when my team was on the flight. still in the air. so if i had gone to london and they put an arrest warrant, and they did, as soon as they left the plane they would send me back to turkey. do you feel you have been proven right? yes. everyone was saying i had a visa issued. i do not. i show everyone my travel document. and that is why i was worried. well, kanter would have been interested spectator from his home in new york — even though his side lost to the wizards. there was drama in the final seconds. the bbc‘s tulsen tollett was at the game at london's 02 arena. the absence t

it is just exciting and being in london isjust it is just exciting and being in london is just excitingoutside of netball in general life and i wanted to be part of that. that's all the sport for now. next the weather hello. quiet but cold probably summarises the first week of january but this weekend we keep the quiet weather but it will be a little bit milder. a weak weather front trying to push into the far north—west but it is not going to make that much of an impression through this weekend. for the rest of saturday, it looks likely the best of the breaks in the cloud may be across parts of eastern scotland and the east of the pennines and north—east england, but generally it is going to be cloudy and grey for many. cooler along the east, five or six degrees, for the rest highest values of between seven and nine. if you are heading to the fa cup matches this afternoon let's hope the football is more exciting than the weather, because it will be a cloudy and grey affair but it will be largely dry. into saturday night and sunday, we will see this weather front pushing in from the far

to london you can see the rubbish piling up being in the mayfair when i arrived in london in the early seventy's there were you know there were some massive it was called the winter of discontent there was a lot of discontent in the union movement so there were a lot of strikes i remember power cuts walking around with candles and so on and to come from beverly hills of los angeles from this world of plenty and light into london plunged into darkness and strife and so on was the most extraordinary kind of movie although it was l.a. was pretty divided well yes but then your mum's a tory of course yes. yes yes you mention in the book that you might you were told by her that you might have to leave the country if there's a labor government yes presumably this is more to do with taxation rather than the way the famously called the brain drain in the light in the late seventy's and my mother's friend started i mean i remember she referenced michael caine just left. left to the states and she she didn't really explain it to me in any depth but she just said that the new government to come in