rights organization the message also asked that the note be passed on to british journalist peter humphrey humphrey and his wife were formally jailed in china and spent time in the same prison where the note claims to be from. when i was there. manufacturing labor work was voluntary no prisoners could could do that as a way to earn the pen is that they need to buy daily necessities like soap and toothpaste and biscuits. but what has happened in the last year or so is that work has become compulsory tesco says it has a system in place to check for manufacturing irregularities and that it bans the use of prison labor. for now the cards are no longer on sale but if the chinese company that supplied them is found to have breached the ban tesco says it will permanently remove its products from its shelves. professional footballers association has called on the british government for an inquiry into racism in the english game this after germany international an allegedly faced monkey chants during chelsea's 2 nil win over taught him hotspur on sunday chelsea defender would go was targeted by some spurs f

rights organization the message also asked that the note be passed on to british journalist peter humphrey humphrey and his wife were formally jailed in china and spent time in the same prison where the note claims to be from. when i was there. manufacturing labor work was voluntary you know prisoners could could do that as a way to earn the pen is that they need to buy daily in this isis is like soap and toothpaste and biscuits. but is what has happened in the last year or so is that work has become compulsory tesco says it has a system in place to check for manufacturing irregularities and that it bans the use of prison labor. for now the cards are no longer on sale if the chinese company that supplied them is found to have breached the ban tesco says it will permanently remove its products from a show. coming up next did a view news asia out with be raised by energy you can head to our website good of you dot com for all.

use the link to contact peter humphrey. peter humphreyeems like the chinese supplier used by tesco to pack and assemble it christmas card boxes was using forced prison labour. tesco said as recently as last month, this company was subject to an independent audit. of course, can we get into chinese prisons?” don't think so. without sounding too boring, tesco said they never knowingly use prison labour. however, you're right, it is a fantastic story. people sometimes question what is the point of newspapers, everyone gets their news from twitter, a lot of good that is, in my view, or internet sources. this is where papers come into that room, they have the resources and time to perhaps work several weeks oi'i time to perhaps work several weeks ona time to perhaps work several weeks on a story in a way that it makes a massive impact. brilliant timing, three days before christmas, household mime, retailer, the picture of a gorgeous young girl, it has everything. it has a huge impact. the cost we all use christmas cards, now they are using chi

peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. you saw a you saw a reference you saw a reference to peter humphrey there. took this story to the sunday times. here he is on why his name was mentioned in the card and who may have written it. well, i spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015. my final nine months of that captivity was in this very prison in this very cell block where this message has come from. so this was written by some of my cell—mates from that period who are still there serving sentences. do you think it was written as a collective or one of them wrote it to you? would it have been decided as a collective thing to do? i'm pretty sure this was written as a collective message. 0bviously, one single hand produced this capital letters handwriting and i think i know who it was. but i will never disclose that name. no. and, tell us about life in the prison. what were the conditions like? what were the other inmates like? the foreigners' cell block in qing pu prison had about 150 foreign prisoners in it when i was there. today it has about 250. these prisoners are living

chinese spokesman said the whole thing is a farce made up by a journalist in china named peter humphrey here's how humphrey reacted. >>over the last year and a half. >>this president has been gradually introducing a much harsher regime to for foreign prisoners to work in the same way the chinese prisons across the country and every chinese president hu. >>participating in manufacturing labor. we benefits the prison system but green profits to it's an economic enterprise run by the prisons. >>the little girl's father told the bbc that at first they thought the message was a prank but then they realized it was potentially serious. the company tesco which supplied the card says it's shocked by the discovery would never allow prison labor in its supply chain. next on kron 4 news at 6 foggy conditions and icy roads lead to a huge 69 vehicle pileup in virginia we talk with one of the drivers in the pilot who says he's lucky to be alive and if you are streaming us on kron on the news continues during the commercial break go to if you see wires down, treat them all as if they are hot and energized. stay away from

the families did that and they contacted the human rights journalist peter humphrey, that was pa rt journalist peter humphreyage. it said to the recipient please contact peter and peter since most of the sanitised for the story. tesco have issued a statement —— since went to the sunday times newspaper. sunday times they statement —— since went to the sunday times they say they are shocked and would never allow prison labour in their supply chain. they said they were shocked by allegations and immediately halted production at the factory where these cards are produced and have launched an investigation. tesco say they have contributed £300,000 to charities from the sale of their christmas cards and that goes to various charities in the uk. an investigation is ongoing. greg, thank you very much. 88 flood warnings remain in place across the south, the midlands, and the east of england, and one other in wales — following another night of heavy rain. yesterday, a tornado swept through parts of surrey, damaging cars and houses and ripping up trees. this report from james 0'hara. this is what days of relentless rai

peter humphrey on those conditions on “— peter humphrey on those conditions on —— in those prisons in sweep across large parts of australia the prime minister, scott morrison, has acknowledged that global warming contributes to changes in the weather — but said it could not be linked directly to the fires. he rejected criticism of australia's policy on climate change, saying the country was beating its targets on reducing carbon emissions. more than 100 wildfires are still burning in new south wales. james morris from the new south wales rural fire service has been speaking to us and told us about the huge challenge they face. these fires are massive, the biggest we have ever seen in new south wales, burning out sincejuly more than 3.1 million hectares of bush and grassland. we currently have 100 fires burning across new south wales, and one of those which has been elevated in the last five minutes or so to emergency warning, threatening homes around the blue mountains so even though in sydney at the moment, it is just after midnight, where we would typically see very cool, calm and c

peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. the family did just that and got in touch with the human rights journalist peter humphrey, who the message suggested they contact. he himself had spent time in the qing pu prison for his part in an alleged corruption scandal. i spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015, and my final nine months of that captivity was in this very prison in this very cell block where this message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. there are 12 prisoners per cell. they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds with a mattress which is not more than about icm thick. a tesco spokeswoman said the company was shocked and that it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain. it has now launched an investigation and production at the factory has been suspended. katie prescott, bbc news. let's bring you up to date with other business news making headlines, because in the past hour china has announced it will cut ta riffs china has announced it will cut tariffs on some imports from the first of january. the country's finance ministry said levies on over 850 pro

peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. the family did just that and got in touch with the human rights journalist peter humphrey, who the messagethey contact. he himself had spent time in the qing pu prison for his part in an alleged corruption scandal. i spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015, and my final nine months of that captivity was in this very prison in this very cell block where this message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. there are 12 prisoners per cell. they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds with a mattress which is not more than about 1cm thick. a tesco spokeswoman said the company was shocked and that it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain. it has now launched an investigation and production at the factory has been suspended. katie prescott, bbc news. let's now turn to asia, where a major summit is about to take place involving the leaders of china, japan, and south korea. high on the agenda will be how to end some long lasting trade disputes. let's go to our asia business hub where mariko 0i is following the story. what can we expect

peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. the family did just that, and got in touch with the human rights journalist peter humphrey, who the messageed they contact. he himself had spent time in the qingpu prison for his part in an alleged corruption scandal. i spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015, and my final nine months of that captivity was in this very prison, in this very cell block where this message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. there are 12 prisoners per cell. they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds with a mattress which is not more than about one centimetre thick. a tesco spokeswoman said the company was shocked and that it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain. it has now launched an investigation and production at the factory has been suspended. katie prescott, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. boeing's starliner astronaut space craft has returned to earth after a failed mission to the international space station. the uncrewed demonstration flight launched successfully, but then suffered technical pro

peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. the family did just that and got in touch with the human rights journalist peter humphrey, who the messageuggested they contact. he himself had spent time in qingpu prison for his part in an alleged corruption scandal. i spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015, and my final nine months of captivity was in this very prison, in this very cell block where the message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. there are 12 prisoners per cell and they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds with a mattress not more than one centimetre thick. a tesco spokesperson said the company was shocked and it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain. production at this factory has been suspended and an investigation has been launched. jon donnison, bbc news, west london. the home secretary has met the father of harry dunn the 19—year—old who died in a car crash outside an raf base in northamptonshire in august. priti patel said she wanted to reassure the family. the goverment is considering whether to ask for the extradition from the united states of

peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. the family did just that and got in touch with the human rights journalist peter humphrey who the message they contact. he himself had spent time in the qing pu prison for his part in an alleged corruption scandal. i spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015, and my final nine months of that captivity was in this very prison in this very cell block where this message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. there are 12 prisoners per cell. they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds with a mattress which is not more than about one centimetre thick. a tesco spokeswoman said the company was shocked and that it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain. it has now launched an investigation and production at the factory has been suspended. katie prescott, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. a former labour mp has been referred to the police over suspected irregularities in his parliamentary expenses involving a female employee. a sunday newspaper has claimed that geoffrey robinson — who was mp for coventry north w

peter humphreys, is the author asked me to do. the family did that and got in touch with the human rightsjournalist, peter humphrey, who the messaged 2015, and my final nine months of captivity was in this very present, in this very cell block where the message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. there are 12 prisoners per cell and they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds they —— with a mattress not more than one centimetre thick. a tesco

peter humphrey, as the author asked me to do. the family did just that and got in touch with the human rights journalist peter humphrey who the messagegested they contact. he himself had spent time in the qing pu prison for his part in an alleged corruption scandal. i spent two years in captivity in shanghai between 2013 and 2015, and my final nine months of that captivity was in this very prison in this very cell block where this message has come from, and these prisoners are living a very bleak daily life. there are 12 prisoners per cell. they sleep in very rusty iron bunk beds with a mattress which is not more than about icm thick. a tesco spokeswoman said the company was shocked and that it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain.