its flagship on oxford street is among the 31 stores earmarked to shut as part of a rescue plan. there's a tsunami of challenges that have come towards retail over the last five or six years. they've been well documented and they've hit house of fraser very hard. that momentum has built over the last 2a months or so. if the plan is approved, the 169—year—old company will shut many of its stores early next year. also this lunchtime... the brexit secretary, david davis, says he is not resigning amid divisions over customs arrangements for the irish border after brexit. the grenfell tower inquiry is told that firefighters were left in an impossible situation with no safe alternative for residents to the stay put policy. tributes pour in for the nightclub owner peter stringfellow, who has died of cancer at the age of 77. and the microplastics reaching even the most remote parts of the antarctic, as greenpeace calls for urgent action to curb pollutants. and coming up on bbc news, danny rose reveals he'd been suffering from depression and receives much public support as he and england

mentioned london's 0xford mentioned london's oxford street, its flagship store? of amazon, and footfall has fallen dramatically. every month since april 2000 16. you can see, people are going to bricks and mortar stores so much and also they have a very expensive portfolio, they say without restructuring its next essential threat to the business, but probably shoppers will feel it be most in smaller towns and cities where perhaps is the only department store left and they will really, really feel that the heart of their town has been ripped out. at cardiff, one of the stores which is set to close. it has been in existence since 1869 and the landlords have spoken to the bbc. the ceo of renaissance capital real estate said she would do everything she could to try and fill the space. i'm not giving up on this. i've been speaking to a number of city officials at the city council, as well as the state level, and the government's been amazing here in cardiff and in wales. we are going to move forward in this and figure out a way to fill the gaping hole of these loss of

the retailer's flagship oxford street store in london is one of 31 earmarked for closure, as part of a rescue plan. it's a big blow for towns and cities gci’oss it's a big blow for towns and cities across the country. beatties in wolverhampton, owned by house of fraser, it has been here since 1877 and nobody here can quite believe it is to close. we'll look at what the future holds for the high street after a difficult few months. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... the brexit secretary david davis says he's not resigning, after persuading the prime minister to include an end date in her brexit backstop plan. scotland yard says it's investigating the london fire brigade‘s use of the ‘stay put‘ policy during the grenfell tower fire. amazon wins the right to broadcast 20 premier league games a season on its uk video streaming service. and how not to get out of a trafficjam. this is the moment cameras in ohio caught a vehicle reversing down the highway for a mile. hello. it's 5pm, our top story... the house of fraser is planning to close more than half of its stores across the

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the mayor has described the decision not to pedestrianise oxford street asa not to pedestrianise oxfordawn its support following two public consultations. sadiq khan said the decision poses a real threat to the future of shopping in the area, and was ill timed, coming as house of fraser announced it would be closing at oxford street store. more than 3000 children across london and luton will take part in research to reduce air pollution. the study will involve monitoring how the children's lungs involve monitoring how the child ren's lungs respond involve monitoring how the children's lungs respond to air pollution of the next four years. it coincides with city hall plans to expand the new ultra— low emission zone from next april. the uk's only theatre dedicated to staging lgbt productions has had to move to a bigger home following its success move to a bigger home following its su ccess over move to a bigger home following its success over the last decade. the theatre has moved to a venue three times the size, in vauxhall. it is hoped it can enable larger and more ambitious plays to be

the remaining 31, including the flagship store on london's oxford street just down the flagship storeey will have read reduced to 30% of current levels for seven months and after that they will close, so that will more than half their size, pictured for company —— they will have their rent reduced to 30%. the retail environment is changing. house of fraser has been very clear about that, and have set out a recovery plan based on that assumption. more people are buying things at home to internet sites like amazon, and that means if you have large stores on rents negotiated years ago when the high street was very different it is ha rd to high street was very different it is hard to afford them. what they want to do is pay back, concentrate on the stores that are profitable and get rid of the ones that are not become much more of an upmarket niche retailer than it is now. ok, theo leggett, thanks very much indeed with the house of fraser story and there is plenty more on that on our website including on our business live web page, reconfigured what stores are closing and what the propose

the stores scheduled for closure, which include its flagship london oxford street store, will stay openour business correspondent ben thompson. ben, why has it come to this, and with these closures will it mean the remaining business will be actually viable? yeah, we should be really clear, this is not yet a done deal. in17 clear, this is not yet a done deal. in 17 days' ten creditors of the company will have to vote on whether or not they accept this proposal —— 17 days' time. this will leave the company with just 28 stores on the high street. they say they need to do that because frankly they can't afford to pay the rent they are currently paying for these huge stories on these high street up and down the country. those stores are big and no longer attracting the sort of custom that pays those bills. what they are asking for is to close some stores and maybe get a reduction on rent on others. it is interesting you talk about that 0xford about that oxford street store, its flagship, and many telling me this morning if it can't make that store work it is very difficult to see how they w

huge amount of football from customers on 0xford amount of football from customers on oxford street buterent places and i think what they've done is lost sight of the shopper. they've not had fabulous online offer and people have gone to other places. those shoppers have just disappeared over the years and they are now in a place where they've not got enough sales to cover the cost of rent, the standing cost and people are not buying enough from them. i think it's as much a failure of house of fraser in terms of keeping the offer up as it is around the whole change in the retail market we are seen at the moment. i will come back that in a second but basically 75% of the creditors if they agree to these closures, you are saying house of fraser fundamentally needs to have a rethink about how it presents itself, what it stocks etc? absolutely, it needs to think about what it looks like in a digital age and how it is going to move forward ina and how it is going to move forward in a reduced business, reduced footprint which is probably the right thing and creditors do need to agree to that

eve and's oxford street 6,000 jobs at risk. street is to go because of falling sales and rising costs. house of fraser and department store shops we re fraser and department store shops were a magnet for shoppers but now it is much harder to make the sums add up. they want to reduce what is of very considerable debt. for more than 25 years, this retail expert has been following the ups and downs of house of fraser. for many, many years, it has not had a sufficiently differentiated project that product, it has not stood out, it has not been clear about who it is targeting, there has not been enough investment in the business, there have been too many stores and the market has become far less forgiving. they know that here in darlington, where bhs is still standing empty. and that is the problem facing high streets up and down the country. how to fill the gaps when we are shopping more online, although it looks as if this site is finally being redeveloped. but who will step into this huge space up the street? it is smaller towns

think of this as the oxford street of singapore.ts of this area for the summit, and they will have the power to conduct searches and spot checks on anyone, if they want to. the government is covering the bill for security and it is very high—level security. we are talking about planes in the sky, people on the street, in the water, everywhere. it's 24/7. for the south korean community in singapore, that‘s money well spent. they are excited about the prospect of hope for their homeland. exciting! really, really! so, so happy news for us, actually. but nobody knows, we don‘t know. we have got to hope, we hope the best of the best. there is a sense of anxiety about this summit, concerned that maybe everything will not go to plan. which is why for many here, the high cost of hosting this event may well be worth a shot at peace. iraq has sent a twenty—year—old asylum seeker back to germany, where he is suspected of having raped and killed a teenage girl. the case has further fuelled the debate around the country‘s immigration policy. car

think of this as the oxford street of singapore.he summit, and they will have the power to conduct searches and spot checks on anyone if they want to. government is covering the bill for security and it is very high level security. we are talking about planes up in the sky, we are talking about people on the street, in the water and everywhere, so it's 2a/7. for the south korean community in singapore, that's money well spent. they're excited about the prospect of hope for their home land. exciting. really, really. so, so happy news for us actually. but nobody knows, we don't know, but we have to have hope, we hope best of the best our next summit. there's a sense of anxiety about this summit, concern that maybe everything won't go to plan. which is why for many here, the high costs of hosting this event may well be worth a shot at peace. karishma vaswani, bbc news. the first bond girl, eunice gayson, has died at the age of 90. she played sylvia trench in the firstjames bond film 1962's doctor no. and was the first person sean conne

the earmarked stores, including the flagship on london's oxford street, will stay open until early nextsgiving has taken place at westminster abbey to mark 70 years since hundreds of caribbean migrants disembarked from the ship, the empire windrush, to help rebuild post—war britain. the government continues to face criticism, after it emerged that some of the windrush generation and their descendants had wrongly faced deportation. adina campbell reports. gospel music. music from the kingdom gospel choir — a fitting tribute to mark 70 years since windrush migrants came over from the caribbean. more than 2000 guests were part of today's service at westminster abbey and two of them met for the very first time. you guys are the same age and from the same ship. alfred gardner and john richards, who are both 92 and from jamaica, were on empire windrush back in 19118. something like this, i mean — you know, make me feel we're still alive. and we're still doing them. and we're still doing well. everything looking right. for many, today's service has been bittersweet, following the outcry about

know, selfridge is a very well—known department store on 0xford well—known department store on oxford streetales started happening, that was a fundamental moment for me. is a budgie smuggler a complete no—no? moment for me. is a budgie smuggler a complete no-no? they're fine, briefs. is that what they are, ? a quick word on who wears your stuff. like all brands, it's about who is seen like all brands, it's about who is seenin like all brands, it's about who is seen in it and not seen it. i would ask you to name names, but i suppose there are people you prefer not to see in them? we've had fabulous celebrities wearing them, and we thrilled about that. you also have people who are maybe less thrilled when that moment happens. but it results in people getting to know about the product. the fundamental thing is when you see people on the beach, and you see people wearing it. and i have seen your posts around the world! that's the thing, when you go to the beach and see 18 pairs. adam, good to have you on the programme. really interesting. enjoy the summer. the un estimate that globally we throw

the earmarked stores, including the flagship on london's oxford street, are expected to stay open until cleared of sexually assaulting a women who was celebrating her hen night in edinburgh. the 53—year—old had been accused of putting his hand down the women's trousers while the pair were dancing in a nightclub lastjune. he denied the allegation and after a 2—day trial, a sheriff found the case against mr leslie not proven. the church of england should carry out a fresh review of alleged child sexual abuse cases in seven dioceses. that's according to sir roger singleton, the author of a highly critical report into the way the church handled a review of abuse cases, in 2010. sir roger's report has just been published, several weeks earlier than planned, following an investigation by the bbc. he found that the church had botched its inquiry. it discovered just 13 cases of abuse, despite reviewing more than 40,000 files. donna birrell reports. the church of england's handling of sexual abuse claims is under intense scrutiny. survivors claim failures by the church to accurately record the n

our business correspondent emma simpson is outside the oxford street store in central london. emma. what are we expecting? this really is a crunch vote, jane. the house of fraser revealed plans a few weeks ago to close 31 of its 59 stories. including this one. a drastic attempt to save this business because it has been losing money and sales, but this restructuring deal can't go ahead without the support of its unsecured creditors, so the trade suppliers and the landlords. they need 75% of those votes to get it through. many landlords have been very angry and vocalin landlords have been very angry and vocal in their opposition, because they argue they are the ones taking they argue they are the ones taking the big financial hit, and they don't like the way the whole voting process has been structured, that the dice is loaded against them. so evenif the dice is loaded against them. so even if a majority vote against this proposal, it won't make much difference because the other creditors may well support it and it passes through, and i'm expecting that this proposal will go thr

the earmarked stores, including the flagship on london's oxford street, are expected to stay open untilmpion boris becker says his diplomatic passport, issued by the central african republic, is genuine, despite officials from the country saying it's a fake. he's facing bankruptcy proceedings at the high court in london but claims the passport gives him diplomatic immunity. becker says the current row is a "storm in a teacup". i have received this passport from the ambassador, i've spoken to the president on many occasions, it was an official inauguration. i believe the documents they are giving me must be right. a service of thanksgiving has taken place at westminster abbey, 70 years after hundreds of caribbean migrants landed in essex on the ship, the empire windrush. they came here to help rebuild post—war britain. but the government continues to face criticism, after some of the windrush generation and their descendants wrongly faced deportation. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. gospel music. music from the kingdom gospel choir — a fitting tribute to mark

even london's oxford street is to go, because of falling sales and rising costs.the ‘60s house of fraser and department stores were a magnet for shoppers, but nowadays it's much harder to make the sums add up. they want to reduce what is a very considerable debt. retail expert richard hyman was talking about its problems 25 years ago. he's still doing it today. for many, many years it hasn't had a sufficiently differentiated product. it hasn't stood out. it hasn't been clear about exactly who it's been targeting. there hasn't been enough investment in the business. there have been too many stores and the market has become far less forgiving. they know that here in darlington, where bhs is still standing empty. and that's the problem facing high streets up and down the country — how to fill the gaps when we're shopping more online. although it looks as if this site is finally being redeveloped. but who will step into this vast space up the street? the house of fraser store known here as binns. it's the smallest towns like this one which will be the hardest hit. the

the earmarked stores. on london's oxford street, will stay open until early next year.s correspondent joe lynam and started by asking him what a cva — company voluntary agreement actually is. a retailer, in this case house of fraser, sits down with its creditors, normally landlords and suppliers, the people who they rent property from on high street. they sit down as a bright, in order for us sit down as a bright, in order for us to avoid going completely broke orfiling for us to avoid going completely broke or filing for administration we would like rent reductions or forgiveness for whatever period of time is agreed. on the supply side they look for discounts except some sort of leniency, and then it is voted upon. that then decide whether this cba, company voluntary arrangement is going to go ahead not. it got the nod today but in the teeth of some objections from many of the landlords, who say listen, they haven't had a fair crack at the whip because they have a fixed asset, where supplies, unsecured creditors. what does this mean for landlords? you raise a very val

they will put £70 million into but they aren't losing things like the oxford street store. —— they areblem is still there, how do you get shoppers into the stores that will be left? emma simpson, thanks for joining stores that will be left? emma simpson, thanks forjoining us. agreement over oil production with opec? they have increased oil production which in normal times, that would mean the price will come down but they have also been losing oil production in the last few months because of sanctions on iran and venezuela. in a way it re bala nces and venezuela. in a way it rebalances it and the americans have said to opec we want you to produce more in order to be able to keep the price fairly stable but opec has said you are the ones imposing sanctions, why should we try to put that right at our expense by putting up that right at our expense by putting up production and possibly losing income as a result? there's a lot of political shenanigans. they also have to talk about the non—opec friends and allies, like russia, and it is unlikely we will have more production, but i think thi

it sold out straight away, so lots people queuing for hours on oxford street in the hope of getting oneto buy a jersey? yeah. now, i got a lot of phone calls from nigeria yesterday talking about how expensive it is. do you know how expensive it is here? it's about £64. £64, that's about 40,000 naira. 40,000 naira, yeah. is that too expensive? in nigeria, yeah. but not in london? not in london, nah. so you've got yourjerseys now. gosh, is it what you imagined it would be? yeah. it's gold to you guys right now, isn't it? can i touch it? give it to me! well worth the four hour wait judging by the smiles on their faces. leeds rhinos thrashed leigh centurions in the quarter—finals of rugby league's challenge cup. leigh actually took the lead in the game but when the championship side had a man sent off, leeds ran riot scoring nine tries in total. 18year—old jack walker with the pick of them, 52—22 the final score. rugby union heads across the atlantic once again tonight, with wales facing south africa in washington, but the head of the premiership rugby is not happy about it. as a result, wa

it sold out online so quickly, fans were queuing for four hours before nike's shop opened on oxford street 1994 so it is a bit ofa that is what the kit was in 1994 so it is a bit of a mars to that one. you have got to love the new one —— a hot marsh. the five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has criticised british swimming after she returned to elite action in sheffield last night. simmonds put in a european championship qualification standard performance at the british para—swimming international meet. she'd taken time away after the rio games, saying she "hated" the sport, and says that the governing body hasn't been there to support her. i think it's because i had something to prove to british swimming, because they've not been there for me at all this past couple of years. i'm doing it solo, well, not solo, but with a great team around me but ijust wanted to prove them wrong and that i'm still there. british swimming chose not to respond to those comments were approached by the bbc. it's the sport in which the passenger gets a rough ride. sidecar—cross will change all you though

data this is the oxford street of singapore.s they will be securing some parts of this area for the summit, and they will have the power to conduct searches and spot checks on anyone if they want to. copping the bill for security and it is very high level security. people in the sky, people on the streets, in the water and everywhere. it is 2a seven. people on the streets, in the water and everywhere. it is 24 seven. for the south korean community, that is money well spent. they are excited about the prospect of hope for their homeland. how exciting? so so happy news for us. but nobody knows, but we hope the best of the best week. there is a sense of exciting about the summit, concerns that maybe everything will not go to plan. which is why for many here, the high cost of hosting this event may well be worth a shot at peace. guatemala has asked for more aid from the international community after the volcanic eruption, which has claimed more than 100 lives. a state of emergency is in place, with rescue efforts hampered by bad wea

as it sold out online so quickly, fans were queuing for four hours before nike's shop opened on oxford streethow many sales? 3 million. amazing stuff. leeds rhinos thrashed leigh centurions in the quarter—finals of rugby league's challenge cup. leigh actually took the lead in the game but when the championship side had a man sent off, leeds ran riot, scoring nine tries in total. 18—year—old jack walker with the pick of them, 52—22 the final score. rugby union heads across the atlantic once again tonight, with wales facing south africa in washington. but they do so without their english—based players who haven't been released for the test match. premiership rugby boss mark mccafferty says the game places an "unnecessary burden" on the clubs and players involved and shouldn't be allowed to go ahead. the five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has criticised british swimming after she returned to elite action in sheffield last night. simmonds put in a european championship qualification standard performance at the british para—swimming international meet. she'd taken time away after the rio

it sold out straight away, so lots people queuing for hours on oxford street in the hope of getting onet 10am. queueing up forfour hours to buy a jersey? yeah. i got a lot of phone calls from nigeria yesterday saying how extensive it is, how expensive is it? £64. about 40,000 naira. is that too expensive? in nigeria, yeah, but not in london. you have your jersey nigeria, yeah, but not in london. you have yourjersey now, is it what you imagine it would be? it is gold to you guys right now, isn‘t it? can i touch it? give it to me! amazing! a great shirt. 3 million orders since they put it online, such has been the demand, that‘s why so many were queueing yesterday in the hope of getting one in—store. the —— more than the whole world of manchester united in one season. imagine paying with a visa, chaos! congratulations to everyone yesterday you got that shirt. leeds rhinos thrashed leigh centurions in the quarter—finals of rugby league‘s challenge cup. leigh actually took the lead in the game but when the championship side had a man sent off, leeds ran riot scoring nine tries in total. 18—

a viewer saying, i have witnessed mopeds rubbing on two second occasions in oxford circus in central london, a shopping street do much about it. people get robbed everyday but it seems the police ca re any because everyday but it seems the police care any because michael is famous stomach everyone else is left to figure things out for themselves. christine in kent says mopeds crime in the capital is out of control. if i make in the capital is out of control. if imake an in the capital is out of control. if i make an incorrect right turn, a fine with a picture of my face comes through at the drop they had. i thought we had more cctv than anywhere in the world. it seems they are using it to target the normal man and not the criminals. mark says, michael mcintyre, to lawless london. thank you. reporting on michael mcintyre who was robbed sitting outside his children prospects go yesterday. still to come... we hearfrom a woman who at the age of 14 learned a shocking secret — her mother had tried to abort her. now melissa 0hden and her birth mother have been reunited. and we will be talking about the football supp

oxford folks at 5% that's a 5%, not a misprint. bank of america, 4%. the bottom is 3.7% even the most pessimistic shop on the street is at 3.7%. the story here, melissa, has been as the data has come in, b much it's served to confirm the buoyant forecast of the third quarter, of the second quarter the question is whether or not it remains in the third quarter with a question as to whether or not we just are having a temporary bump up from all the additional deficit spending or indeed are these tax cuts changing the dna of the economy and lifting that underlying potential growth rate? that's the real trade in my opinion. >> steve, thank you. steve liesman with the rapid update of course, it's all about expectations so is the market expecting a great gdp number is the market expecting a change in the dna of e econom because of the tax cuts? are we underestimating that and will it therefore have an upside jim lebenthal joins us on central time today, but go ahead, jim >> anything going on okay no, but listen, a great question i was listening to steve and thinking to myself, that's great for the second quarter, but like all stock