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sir richard branson says virgin trains could stop running by november, after their partner in the business has been banned from bidding for rail franchises. and at 11.30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers stephen bush, the political editor of the new statesman magazine, and katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator magazine — stay with us for that. good evening — an emergency summit is taking place in brussels tonight, just two days before the uk is due to leave the european union. the leaders of the other 27 countries are locked in debate after theresa may made her case for a delay to the brexit process. let's get the latest from brussels, and christian fraser is there. and thank you. a better performance andi and thank you. a better performance and i apparently from the british prime minister, she spoke for around an hourto prime minister, she spoke for around an hour to the 27 l and alban on own tea m an hour to the 27 l and alban on own team from four hours. at the whim of one income if one of them was the veto. we do not think that will happen

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richard branson said you can do even better because the investment bank is holding you back. exactly. he is gunning for a board seat at the may 2 investor meeting. david: there has already been a shakeup in the management. lananh: exactly. they now report directly up to the ceo. alix: if they figure they have to raise capital, sell businesses, or cut dividends, i can't imagine a bonus cut will make them go, i'm good now. david: it is also a way of saying i am paying attention. lananh: that's true. david: european bank earnings start tomorrow with credit suisse. we will take a look at some of these things. it is going to be very interesting for a lot of banks, including deutsche bank, for example. it was pretty ugly in the u.s. in terms of the first quarter. that did not shake out well. all of the biggest u.s. banks, the investment bank and trading side of things, did very badly for the first time in the last six years. all revenues fell across u.s. investment banks. it is not a very good picture heading into earnings, and we've that 1qubs ceo warning would be the worst in a l

i keep wanting to say richard branson. that is not your name.guest: but the two of us together are worth billions of dollars. alix: there you go. you have european banks looking at their best month in four years. value trap? guest: absolutely. no question about it. these are deeply balance sheet impaired companies. you have a really valuable trade. fundamentally, we know the balance sheet problems that touch these. alix: let's pretend we have extended tltro's from the ecb. we have some tiering when it comes to the deposit rate. would that change your opinion? guest: it wouldn't become more investable to me because it will be just as good for jp morgan. to me it is just a safer way to be exposed to global financials. david: many thanks to david bahnsen of the benson group -- nsen.e bah -- go to to riyadh, where yousef gamal el-din is standing by. ousef: i am with the chief executive officer for saudi capital markets. he joins us here in riyadh. thank you again for your time. you look at the flows into saudi equities, and the inflows have been rel

in helmets and we'll say they were like junior astronauts or something, that richard branson invited them to orbit the earth or something and get them into whatever school they wanted to. >> apparently it works, photo shop and-a million dollars to go where you want to go. >> i don't have half a million dollars but i get the green screen. that's halfway there. no, can you believe that these parents would actually photo shop their kids playing a sport? it's just bizarre. >> it is. i mean, i guess i'm not surprised that people with money and power sought an advantage. i'm surprised they were willing to cross so many lines and spend so much money to do it. i think your lesson is let your kid go to the best school he or she can get into. it's going to be great. it doesn't matter if it's the one you think is the right one. let your kid go to the school where they can excel and have a good time. >> i ask the entire table. obviously these people committed crimes and be found guilty. but it's a very common thing now among rich people who play within the rules to give millions of dollars to th

at the start of the year, including virgin atla ntic‘s the year, including virgin atlantic's richard branson elderly people. in other words, and well—being of frail and elderly people. in otherwords, people and well—being of frail and elderly people. in other words, people you can get up and about very easily and if they are, to try some sort of fitness regime. they need to do it sitting down. the oldest in this group is 92. the university of birmingham... some residents are taking part in six weeks of supervised exercise using specially adapted machinery. the machines are powered by air. it is less powerful than standard gym equipment. the machines themselves are intelligent enough to vary the resistance according to how easy or difficult that volunteers are finding them to use. the leader of the study is professor anna whitaker. we've got 80 to 90% of over 80—year—olds never do any strength training but strength training is crucial for balance and for keeping your independence and mobility. equipment is on loan but it is hoped to raise enough funds to make it a permanent feature in the hom

sir richard branson says his virgin train business could be "gone from the uk" in months.as barred from three franchises. tom burridge reports. virgin trains have been running services from here up to glasgow and manchester since 1997. it's all set to come to an end because the two companies behind the venture, virgin and stagecoach — including sir richard branson, who's written a pretty stinging blog tonight — are in an open dispute with the government. it's all about pensions. the government says if there's a shortfall over pensions, then train companies should pick it up over the course of a franchise. stagecoach and virgin say that's equivalent to asking them to write a blank cheque. and a leaked letter i've seen tonight shows the pension system across the railway is in dire straits. it all matters because the railways as a whole are under financial pressure, the government's trying to modernise the tracks, the train companies are trying to bring on new trains and, they say, at the same time keep the price of your ticket as low as possible. and it feeds into a broader

sir richard branson says virgin trains could stop running by november, after their partner in the business has been banned from bidding for rail franchises. good evening from brussels, where theresa may has met her fellow eu leaders at today's emergency summit. she spent an hour with the leaders this evening. she has left the room to allow them to have their dinner and discuss what they heard. a number of lines coming out of the talks this evening. the prime minister, we are told, signalled to the european leaders she is welcome toa the european leaders she is welcome to a longer extension if she can cut it short if there is an agreement reached in the house of commons. there were more specifics than usual, but it was a better performance than the one she gave in march, so lessons learned on the british side. i'm here from collea g u es british side. i'm here from colleagues down on the floor that at the moment, the german and french camps are at loggerheads as to how long this extension should be. the germans are keen for a longer process , germans are keen for a longer process, until the

here's your business headlines on afternoon live: virgin boss sir richard branson says his train businessin the three months to february. shares in gas, which runs uk prisons have jumped as much 30% after a canadian rival admitted it was considering a takeover. it comes after just last week the company was stripped of the contract to run hmp birmingham. its reputation took a knock in 2012, when it had to admitjust days before the london olympics began, that it had not recruited enough staff for the event. markets next but first we have had some news from tata. yes, not sure about the proposed merger. this has come as a bit of a surprise. two companies proposed measures including tata's site. they are saying they are worried it's not a merger of two equals. we will be following that closely and there are more updates on our website. you we re more updates on our website. you were looking at retail, a lot happening there? we had some results from asos today, their profits down considerably. our guest can tell us more. michael, profits at asos down 87%, however share prices doing quite well,