earlier this year, the competition and markets authority blocked a merger between asda and sainsburysmerger — what next for asda? as the said consumer confidence levels are at a six—year low, they blame brexit and the weather and sporting events against the same period last year. is that a fair assessment of the reasons why they have seen this slight fall in profits? yes, they have seen this fall, but when we look at the likes of tesco and sainsbury is they are also experiencing these declines, it is competing against a very difficult year last year, not enough good weather this year, so far asda it presents a real challenge. he also discussed falling consumer confidence and that has a lot to do with brexit on the horizon, still not really any closer to working out what will happen and supermarkets have to deal with that uncertainty. soafair have to deal with that uncertainty. so a fair assessment from the boss of asda. we heard earlier in the year that they will not be a merger between asda and sainsbury‘s, so what next for asda and its owner, walmart? as it were pretty quick after t

been calling the local supermarkets, waitrose and morrisons have been brilliant, and the co—op and sainsbury'stions, which i'm just about to take up to them for lunch. i will let you go and do that. mp richard george, thank you. just briefly, we mentioned we do have the met office weather warning. —— ruth george. we have met office yellow warning is in the next 2a to 48 hours, warning is in the next 24 to 48 hours, which adds a sense of urgency for the work carried out to shore up the dam and pump the water out. thanks very much for the update. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she wants criminals to "feel terror" at the thought of committing an offence. in herfirst interview since being appointed last month, she said her mission was to restore public confidence in policing. ms patel also distanced herself from her past comments supporting the death penalty. 0ur political correspondent mark lobel says the prime minister and the new home secretary are keen to shore up the conservatives' traditional image of being the party of law and order. borisjohnson has pledged to bring back 20,000