it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an on for gary smith, the plumber who brought the case. what are you going to do now customer celebrates. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was u nfa i rly self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday play. he said there was no uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is sad day for self—employed people. things today. it is sad day for self-employed people. the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy we have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. cars pimlico plumbers last in the supreme court, the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. the decision is hugely

it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an tle is vindication for gary smith, the plumber who brought the case. celebrate. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday play. he said there was now uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is sad day for self—employed people. the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy were you have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. pimlico plumbers lost in the supreme court, so the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. the decision is hugely important, it will affect all workers in the uk and this case set the standard, the bar that everyone else lowers inc

the boss of pimlico plumbers turned up at the supreme court in his bentley.s plumbers get rich, too. some making over £100,000 a year. but the plumbers, the court decided, were losing out. they drove company vans, had uniforms and were controlled by the firm, so they were workers who should have had rights like sick pay and minimum wage. gary smith, who won the case, claimed he was due holiday pay and was unfairly dismissed after a heart attack. it isjust a big weight off my shoulders. i have been carrying it around like a giant rucksack for the past seven years. the significance of this ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy, where you have to be very flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. because pimlico plumbers has lost in the supreme court, the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. but mr mullins believes thousands of businesses will now be left wondering whether they, too, will get claims. charlie, do you disagree with the decision? totally. it is

it meant that pimlico plumbers was not there customer or client in a normal traders sense, it was an ary smith, the plumber who brought the case. what are you going to do now? celebrate. a stiff drink. despite being classed as self—employed he said that he was unfairly dismissed after suffering a heart attack and was due holiday pay. he said there was now uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally, it is disgraceful, disgusting. i think it is cowardly. they had the opportunity to rectify things today. it is a bad and sad day for self—employed people. the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy where you have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. because pimlico plumbers lost in the supreme court, the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. the decision is hugely important, it will affect all workers in the uk and this case sets the standard, the bar that ev

thank you charlie mullins of pimlico plumbers.n the situation in yemen. saudi—backed forces have begun an assault on the key port of hudaydah, which is held by rebels. hudaydah is the main point of entry for aid in yemen's three—year civil war and agencies have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if it is attacked. iolanda jaquemet is the icrc middle east spokesperson and shejoins me now from geneva. thank you forjoining us. how concerned are you about the humanitarian situation? extremely concerned and the concerns are twofold. first we speak of a city of 600,000 people so we are concerned about their fate, but as you mentioned, hudaydah is the lifeline for the yemen, the main port through which most imports and humanitarian aid arrives and this will affect millions of people. we speak of a country of 29 million people and literally three quarters of them depend on humanitarian aid following three years of armed conflict. how vital is it that this situation is dealt with. how much time is there to sort this out and make sure tha

gary smith worked solely for pimlico plumbers for six yea rs. solely for pimlico plumbers for six years despite being vat registered plane self—employment tax he was entitled to holiday and sick pay. and we start with an agm, that may not sound very exciting but this is the agm of wpp, a company that started out making shopping baskets and became a global advertising giant. a global advertising giant that is rapidly losing value as its industry changes. the hit headlines in april when the chief executive in many credit with building the empire, sir martin sorrell, resigned amid allegations of serious personal misconduct, which he denies. today's shareholders are having their say at agm and business editor is there. have we had any more details about that departure? very few. there is a mixture of confusion, frustration, some anger and bafflement as to how a man who as you see built a company from scratch into a global advertising giant became one of the longest serving highest profile highest—paid chief executive is not just in the uk but around the world suddenly resigned in april amid

the boss of pimlico plumbers turned up at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to showagents. but the plumbers, the court decided, were losing out. they didn't have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company vans, had uniforms and were controlled by the firm, so they were workers who should have had rights like sick pay and minimum wage. it meant pimlico plumbers was not a customer, it was an employer. gary smith, who won the case, claimed he was due holiday pay and was unfairly dismissed after a heart attack. what are you going to do now? celebrate, with a stiff drink. despite being class as self—employed, he claimed he was u nfa i rly self—employed, he claimed he was unfairly dismissed. mr mullin said there was no uncertainty about where people stood, a difficult situation for firms people stood, a difficult situation forfirms which people stood, a difficult situation for firms which needed to be cleared up. do you disagree with the decision? totally. it's disgraceful and cowardly. they have the opportunity to rectify things today, and it is a

the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to show have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried vans and wore uniforms. they were workers who should have had rights like sick pay and minimum wage. gary smith was due holiday pay and unfairly dismissed after a heart attack. the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy where you have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. because pimlico plumbers lost in the supreme court, the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. mr mullins now believes thousands of businesses will be wondering when the day to get claims. you disagree with the decision? totally, it's disgraceful and disgusting. it's very cowardly. it's a very bad and sad day for self—employed people. goober is another company fighting a claim from self—employed drivers. this case sets the standard, the bar that everyone below us, all those cases will follow. there has bee

the uk supreme court decided that gary smith was in effect an employee of pimlico plumbers, rather thanmpa ny‘s founder, charlie mullins, says he's considering appealing to the european court ofjustice. an italian ship carrying more than 900 migrants has been allowed to dock on the island of sicily, just days after italy refused to take another rescue ship carrying hundreds of other migrants. the diciotti, which picked up the migrants off the coast of libya, was allowed to dock because it's an italian ship. on sunday, italy closed all its ports to the franco—german boat aquarius, provoking an international outcry, as our correspondent james reynolds reports. the aquarius, rejected by italy, is now on its way to spain. france has called italy's actions irresponsible. italy's response is simple. "don't criticise us when we have taken in far more migrants than you". translation: we have nothing to learn from anyone in terms of solidarity. our history does not deserve to be reproached in these terms by members of the french government, who i hope apologise. as if to make italy's point, this

it was called pimlico plumbers, and one of the workers was given the right to vacation pay.ne of the first times we have ever seen anything like that. uber will have to go to court knowing that some other company with a set of workers very similar to theirs has been told that he can have vacation pay. caroline: does this undermine the business model going forward? or are they here to stay? and really this is a takeaway of , good news. >> i think for uber, having to pay for things like insurance, even vacation pay, it is a lot less expensive than it would be to pull out of london. london is the biggest market in europe. one of the biggest worldwide. for uber, it is a no-brainer. it has to do what it needs to do to stay here. if it have to pay vacation pay i , have no doubt they will have to do that. they do not have a direct rival. the u.s., there are the twins of them and lift. some people say it is over and the black cabs, but they serve quite a different audience. or type of passenger, rather. uber probably needs to sort out the legal battles first, but it also needs some

gary smith said he was unfairly dismissed by pimlico plumbers, after he tried to reduce his hours followingn though he was self—employed. the boss of the firm disagreed. this guyjoined the company as a self—employed plumber, he worked happily for six years, earned half £1 million in three years. he claimed every benefit as being self—employed. he was vat registered, supplied his own materials and uniform. he took every advantage possible, filling and tax forms indicating he was self—employed. this is about the wider picture, about the future of nearly 5 million subcontractors. employment laws aren't worth the paper they're written on. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. saudi led pro—government forces in yemen launch an all—out assault on a key port. aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as supplies to millions of people face being cut. attempts to keep the uk in the european economic area after brexit have been defeated in the house of commons, attempts to keep the uk in the european economic area ssource ben wright is in westminster. for viewers who are starting v

his old boss, charlie mullins, who founded pimlico plumbers, was less than impressed. a worker. it‘s absolutely disgraceful if i‘m being honest. sarah evans is a partner atjmw and she specialises in employment law. just explain why this case went in favour of gary smith. what the supreme court had to do was consider the third or fourth challenge by pimlico and mr mullins to find that he was a worker and not an independent contractor. what the court had to do was way we up the various factors required when you work out whether someone is an employee, worker or self—employed. —— way up the various factors. what level of autonomy did gary smith have? did he have control over the administrative side of the work? could he decide when he worked? crucially in this case it was about whether he could substitute the work he was doing to somebody else. when you‘re doing the test it is weighing up you‘re doing the test it is weighing up the huge amount of factors, including the fact he was happy to work in terms of taking advantage of the vat rules and the tax benefits of being an

gary smith, who was with pimlico plumbers, claimed unfair dismissal after a heart attack and holiday include holiday pay, as well as the minimum wage. the retailer dixons carphone says it's investigating a data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million customer records. names and addresses were among the details accessed. the company, which owns currys pc world, says there was also an attempt to compromise 105—thousand payment cards without chip and pin protection, but there was no evidence they'd subsequently been used in any fraud. the group is contacting all those affected. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you for your messages as you're watching around the country today. is one says... i grew up on the 13th floor with my father being one of the first families into the tower block. this is grenfell tower, obviously. my father remembers it being built. my heart is broken for all those who lost their lives and a yearon, all those who lost their lives and a year on, although i have driven past, i cannot bring myself to go to the foot of the tower. this