in the uk, we have around 7000 people employed at sunderland plant, so obviously there is uncertaintyy relies on nissan as one of its largest employers. they will be looking at that with some concern. unions today were quite optimistic about it, they don't think the arcs is going to fold too ha rd think the arcs is going to fold too hard in the uk and that's really because the sunderland plant is very efficient. a lot of its production lines are profitable and crucially, talking about electric cars they are, it does produce the nissan leave, which is an electric car. they won't really want to scale back on that. but as we had in the package, there, brexit is causing uncertainty for businesses and a lot of car companies talk about the risks of a no—deal brexit and what this could mean in terms of disruption to supply chains for them. for nissan, we've already seen earlier this year they talked about two of their models being cut from the sunderland plant, so that is something that really scaled back on. in february they said one of their plant's on. in february they said one of their p

workers in sunderland will learn this morning if they're affected.s in decades, borisjohnson will chair his first cabinet meeting this morning. the new prime minister moved quickly to install brexiteers in key posts to help carry out his pledge to take the uk out of the eu by the end of october, with or without a deal. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker, reports on a day of resignations, sackings and promotions. a civilised start, meeting with the queen. then to downing street, taking his place in thejob he has wanted for so long. i have just been to see her majesty the queen, who has invited me to form a government, and i have accepted. but to boos outside, borisjohnson was ruthless. some were sacked and some quit, but more than half of the old cabinet gone, including his leadership rival, jeremy hunt, who will now have to sweat it out from the backbenches. promoted: this is the uk's new chancellor. brought in: a new home secretary, leader of the house of commons, and foreign secretary. the most important thing is to get out of the eu by th

the company's plant in sunderland.drop of weakening sales. let's talk to steve fowler, the editor of auto express. steve, why is nissan in such dire straits? they are not the only ones, it must be said, but nissan are doing particularly badly, it seems. all sorts of circumstances globally are effecting the car market, but nissan has a few curia problems. it has a very tense relationship and an alliance with the french car giant renault, which owns a large proportion of nissan. there is the issue of carlos ghosn, who is injail, accused of misusing company funds. and then you look at the products. you think nissan might be the leaders of electrification, with the world's bestselling eva in the nissan leaf, but across the rest of their range, there is very little electrification going on, which is what customers want. so some of the models are getting old, more of them need electrification, and with a confused business situation with renault and leadership problems, it is no surprise this has happened today. we should say

steve bruce, someone who has managed sunderland, their closest rivals.ans may want a different manager of players, but in the situation, we need to work it out because as a player, we put the face on there, we have to show that we are ready for the premier league. ashley has now presided over ten managers since he bought the club this of the nine they came before, the nine that left via the exit door. the most recent to depart set the club did not share his vision. newcastle will be bruce poss plus tenth team is head coach, having only just resigned tenth team is head coach, having onlyjust resigned from sheffield wednesday earlier this week, but what kind of man are they getting? one of experience. 392 premier league games under his belt. but he has been relegated from the pre—real league twice before, once of birmingham and the other was hollow. sands are not customer champions league winning manager to a middling manager, customer champions league winning managerto a middling manager, we have the master tactician, suddenly at some the estimate who is

bruce, once in charge of newcastle's rivals sunderland, was appointed at hillsborough just six monthsn portugal. also in portugal at the moment are wednesday's city rivals sheffield united — another of the clubs bruce used to manage. this week to create a new deal to keep them at the club, a reporter has been out to meet the new boys of the top flight. you enjoyed the promotion more than wilder, through and through, they supported play for and through, they supported play for and now managed the club. and his methods are simple. a stay forward, connect with the players, positive, i want to go into the game of football and after that, a little bit more pressure in the premier league. by the club continues to recruit for their season in 13 yea rs, recruit for their season in 13 years, while committing his future, it could prove to be the most important move before the transfer window closes. his contract is widely deserved and everybody from the youngest down our happy that he has been given improved contracts and rewarded because that whole journey, as everyone knows is been amazing an

we have already seen earlier this year they talked about two of their models being cut from the sunderlandthey have scaled back on and in february as well they said one of their plans, new models was not going to be built here in the uk any more but they specifically cited brexit uncertainty as a reason for that. the chief executive spoke today and he cannot give many details at this point because they are still working details out so it is essentially a waiting game but that does mean there is uncertainty for it nissan staff. thank you very much. two teenagers have beenjailed for offences relating to the fatal stabbing of grammar school pupil yousef makki. yousef was stabbed in the heart with a flick knife in the village of hale barns in greater manchester in march. both boys are 17 and can not be named for legal reasons. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz sent us this update from outside manchester crown court. it is as you say the boys being sentenced where being sentenced for related for the offence is related to these and backstabbing of yousef makki, he was fatally stabbed on the 2nd of

according to sources and this will certainly increase fears ofjob losses at the nuclear operations in sunderlandound 7000, already face uncertainty due to brexit and the carmaker ‘s decision not to build the new model in the north—east of england. and nissan spokesperson did not comment on the report but sources say they could announce the job cuts when the quarterly earnings are announced tomorrow. before the report, there had already been red flags showing wea k had already been red flags showing weak numbers this year and falling sales in the us and european markets. the impact of the arrest of the former ceo and financial misconduct charges and tensions with its french partner that owns almost half of the manufacturer. in may, nissan reported profits to march 2019 of $2.9 billion, a decline of 5796 2019 of $2.9 billion, a decline of 57% compared to the previous fiscal year and its lowest number since 2009, when the company was struggling in the wake of the global financial crisis. expect a major announcement from nissan on these job cuts on thursday. thank you very much. we will keep an eye

nissan today, has the prime minister spoken to the company about what impact this might have in sunderlandorth—east his jobs and livelihoods depend on this and's continued success? mr speaker, the automotive sector globally are suffering a contraction asa globally are suffering a contraction as a result partly of the diesel crisis and the move to evs, and what is happening with demand in china. that is a fact. as far as i know, there is no impact, and we have already discussed this, there is no impact on sunderland yet. but i draw her attention again to the massive investment that are nonetheless happening in our country, in oxford, in birmingham, a world beating companies investing in british technology. it is worth billions of pounds i we should salute it. may i congratulate my right honourable friend, welcome him to hisjob and honourable friend, welcome him to his job and wish honourable friend, welcome him to hisjob and wish him the very best of luck in achieving an amicable agreement with the eu. on the subject of viole nt agreement with the eu. on the subject of violent crime, which

of a truce, this is the man to whom mike ashley turns, steve bruce, someone who has also managed sunderlandrivals. the fans maybe want a different manager, or different players, but in this situation we need to work hard because as a player we go on the grass, we need to show we are ready for the premier league. ashley has now presided over ten managers since he bought the club. these are the nine that came before, the nine that left via the exit door. rafa benitez, the most recent to depart, said the club did not share his vision. newcastle, meanwhile, will be bruce's tenth tea m meanwhile, will be bruce's tenth team as head coach, having onlyjust resigned from sheffield wednesday earlier this week. so what kind of man are they getting? 0ne earlier this week. so what kind of man are they getting? one of experience. 392 premier league games under his belt. but he has been relegated from the premier league twice before, once with birmingham, and also with hull. fans certainly are not rubbing their hands together at the appointment. allegedly 11th choice, the club goes from a champions league

lucy bronze played for a team in sunderland, she had to stop at 12 because she was the best player in't allowed to any more. so they have encountered discolouration and are now on the brink of being world beaters. there has been some fantastic goals by the way. lucy bronze scored a blinder against norway! tennis. wimbledon, what a shock that was! venus williams being eclipsed, get it? not my gag, the guardian. six out of ten. blame it on someone guardian. six out of ten. blame it on someone else. venus who is 39, beaten by 15—year—old cori gauff who a p pa re ntly beaten by 15—year—old cori gauff who apparently is to hundred places below her. quite a surprise. coached by her dad. we were watching the end of it. what an incredible start! such a remarkable young woman. venus had won four grand slam titles before gough was born. such a great start. such a remarkable win but what i love from her as the quote that i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. because she had inspired her? usual model she beats today but a lovely passing of the torch in some ways. we talked about role models in

good morning tea you will recognise stephen elliott, former sunderland and republic of ireland playerle to join and unique opportunity for the girls to be able tojoin an and unique opportunity for the girls to be able to join an elite football academy based at the skilful stop hopefully, the international profile of women‘s football, as it is now, give them a real footpath and projector. five years, working towards professional football for some of the girl. it is an exciting

if i may say so, nissan in sunderland is the most efficient plant in the world, and what a fantasticthat is. just in the past few weeks, as the hon. lady will have noticed, bmw has announced a huge investment to build electric minis at cowley and jaguar land rover has put £1 billion into electric vehicles in birmingham. that, by the way, is how we will tackle the climate change issue, not with the hair shirt-ism of the greens but with wonderful new technology made in this country. >> may i warmly congratulate my right hon. friend on lifting the mood of the nation? will he look at the record amount of funds going into education, to address not only the funding going to further education but the distribution among the highest-funded and lowest-funded education authorities? >> that is of course what we are doing. that is the nature of the pledge and the undertaking that we are making with the £4.6 billion that we have announced. the objective, as i think members will know by now, is to lift per capita per pupil funding to a minimum everywhere of £4,000 for primary school pupils and £5,0

the firm has not said where the cuts will fall, but it's not expected to affect the sunderland car plantple were subjected to a homophobic attack on a london bus. they were treated for facial injuries. the boys are due to a —— appear in court next month. the nominations for this year's mercury music prize for best album by a british or irish act have been announced. the 12 shortlisted out of 200 entries include rappers dave, little simz and rock bands fontaines dc and idles. the judges include former nominees stormzy and jorja smith. england attempted to stage a fight back on the second day of the test match against ireland at lords. after yesterday's batting collapse, a short time ago they were 303 for 9 in their second innings. our sports correspondentjoe wilson has been watching today's action. 35 degrees, a pair of glasses, and a helmet. it's a tough combination. jack leach had to try to bat english cricket back to respectability. he grasped the occasion. leach was only sent in to stick around to protect the proper batsmen. the humble nightwatchman isn't supposed to score 50 runs, bu

workers at nissan's sunderland plant are facing uncertainty due to brexit. trying to recover from a scandal surrounding ousted chairman carlos ghosn. theo leggettjoins me now. pa rt part of our team here at the bbc business unit. you have been looking at the numbers, you just ran from watching the press conference, this is worse than we thought, isn't it? yes, nissan's profits had taken an absolute battering, and the net income is down 94.5%. at the same time, nissan has been embroiled in scandal, internal politics, it is trying to become more profitable again but it has a really big challenge on its hands. just talk us through some of the challenges, victoria mentioned carlos ghosn, this iconic leader in the global car industry and when he was arrested, it was a massive shock for all of us but since then, it would seem, for nissan, renault and the mitsubishi story, it has gone from bad to worse. you have to look at this in two ways, one is the corporate scandal involving carlos ghosn and the other is the performance of the company and as you rightly say, it

these reports of course are increasing fears ofjob losses at nissan's uk operations in sunderland. 7000brexit and the japanese car—maker mac apostasy is not to build the new model in england. we know nissan has had a series of challenges this year. falling sales in the usa and europe, dealing with the arrest of former boss, financial misconduct charges, and tensions with renault which owns a stake in it. the car—maker is due to reported quarterly earnings on thursday, so we shall all know a bit more about potential cuts. thank you for staying right across that story from us. staying right across that story from us. more details on that later. let me say what the markets are doing at this point of the morning. european and us stocks saw a decent session yesterday, and asia following that lead overnight. that was partly driven by a downgrade of global growth expectations by the imf, but why does that boost markets? well, it suggests there may be further measures from central banks to prop up growth. and that's good news for equities. earnings season is also well under way and a good set o

the firm has not said where the cuts will form but it is not expected to affect the sunderland car planty's gangs and called on the members to leave them or perish with them. el salvador‘s gangs have operations stretching from the usa to central america and they are involved in drug running, extortion and killing. there are thought to be as many as 60,000 active members and once in a gang there are few ways out apart from death. but now a church in the capital of san salvador is trying to give former members a fresh start. from there, our international correspondent orla guerin reports. freed from custody into the arms of the church. carlos montana is marked for life, branded a member of barrio 18, one of two notorious gangs in el salvador. his pastor sees beyond all that. he believes even the darkest of souls can be saved. i'm a christian now, carlos tells us. but people here don't think we can change. they don't see the spiritual side. the security forces see the brutal side, patrolling streets menaced by the gangs through extortion, rape and killing. they have to confront central amer

we are going to speak to helen, a former player of the under 23 squad who is also in sunderland for usoff, your thoughts on that match. pretty good. it was a roller coaster of emotions and i do think england gave everything, put everything into a buyjust think that we fell short, the usa on this date were superior and the passing was better and they were stronger and we needed a game where england we re and we needed a game where england were going to be at their best and that did not happen today. what did you make of that goal that nearly was but then wasn't? was a good finish, but it was offside, but that is the rules and it is not open to interpretation, so again, it kind of went dry the celebrations and i realise, it's just one of those things and they ruled it out. realise, it's just one of those things and they ruled it outlj realise, it's just one of those things and they ruled it out. i was listening to some of the chapter on social media and some people saying that the keyjust social media and some people saying that the key just wasn't able to get in the game, why is that? w

this is right along sunderland. hughesville in parts of southern prince george's county. areas. i think you're going to get hit pretty good here. in honey town, heads up, guys, coming your way. we've seen the storms come through. very heavy rain along 50 towards annapolis. in and around the d.c. metro area. some video of trees that came ro down in and ad the chevy chase area, coming down on power lines, too.o we have some power out in and around chevy chase and bethesda as well. guys, take a look at ts. i'm just taking a look at some of the storm reports here. here is two.f them look at both of them now. both of them, o trees downn houses. taca park in silver spring. that's this one in tacoma park. that was with the first wave. we've got a flo warning in effect until 9:15 for creeks and rereams in this area. once again we'tarting to see this all pull out toward the east and it will continue to do ern but if you're in sou maryland, watch out, that's where the heavyain isoming through. we'll see this coming ten an over the next one to two hours. about an hour in d.c. two ho

also helen alderson — former player in the england under—23 squad, who's in sunderland. tonight? excited and a bit anxious. the game started and a bit anxious. the game started and hopefully we can pull one over the americans tonight. how do you feel about their chances? we have a get a chance as they do. very good squad and the team has very strong and athletic qualities and if we can match them with that, hopefully will get the right result. helen, what are your thoughts on the match?” get the right result. helen, what are your thoughts on the match? i am looking forward to it. a lot of people on how to they make it out as a david and goliath situation, but they approved that that is not the case. england has a really strong line, sol case. england has a really strong line, so i think it's going to be a very good match. what do you make of those last—minute line—up changes with mac i understand there has been an injury, but megan. it is a massive test of character for her, so massive test of character for her, so she will be really please to get the opportunity and see

good morning, you recognise stephen elliott, former sunderland and republic of ireland player.emy based at the school and hopefully the national profile and the international profile and the international profile of women's football as it is now, gives them a footpath, five yea rs now, gives them a footpath, five years working towards hopefully professional football for some of the girls. it is an exciting opportunity. incredible ambition. is there a lot of pressure on schools, especially on time and resources on things like that, will it be difficult to balance it, how will you make sure you keep all the plates spinning? in terms of the school, we aim to give the children the best possible educational outcomes as well. that is why the programme is built around excellence for academic potential for children but also excellence for their sporting potential as well. we see it as sporting potential as well. we see itasa sporting potential as well. we see it as a blend of both things and yes it as a blend of both things and yes it does pose some logistical challenges for us, but we

looking at the uk, the big plant is obviously sunderland.h guy, so it looks like it is in a strong position, so we don't know whether there will be any cuts in the uk —— kashqai. when will we know? the chief executive said today he couldn't give any details because some of them are still being worked out. we are expecting another statement from nissan in europe later today but whether it will give us later today but whether it will give us the detail we are looking for, it is hard to say. thank you very much. time never look at the weather forecast and simon king has the details. that's right i know. today is the day we could well reach the highest recorded temperature in the uk. the magic number as it stands is 38.5 celsius, that was recorded in august 2003. today, we are expecting temperatures to reach 39 degrees in the south—east of england. a very warm start, a little bit of clive for northern ireland into the north and west of scotland, one or two showers popping up later in the afternoon in north wales but it is all about the temperatu

wants to shut down a plant in bridgend and nissan has taken work that was meant to go to a plant in sunderlandeasons, not down to brexit, but the problem is that fear of brexit is deterring investment so no money is coming in to replace the jobs and work that is leaving. theo leggett, business correspondence, thank you. the latest uk climate data has revealed that the ten hottest years on record have all taken place since 2002. analysis of temperature records, dating back to 1884, also reveals that none of the 10 coldest years has occurred since 1963. scientists say the report underlines how much the uk has been affected by climate change, as our science editor, david shukman, explains. temperatures so low, the sea off kent actually froze. this was back in 1963, one of the chilliest years experienced in britain over the last century. but what is significant is that since that icy time, we haven't had a year quite so brutally cold. there's obviously been plenty of snow more recently, some paralysing much of the country, but in terms of temperature, none of the years since the early ‘60s has ran

good news for sunderland and the employees there.en all the headlines. jack leads, he was the nightwatchman when he came on on day one. the nightwatchman, the sacrificial lamb, i suppose, one. the nightwatchman, the sacrificial lamb, isuppose, in fa ct, sacrificial lamb, isuppose, in fact, he had an incredible run. he made nearly a century which was really remarkable. they've gone with specs appeal, a lot of people were commenting on his glasses steaming up commenting on his glasses steaming up because of the heat. in that story we mentioned earlier on, those two footballers which were victims ofa two footballers which were victims of a knife attack in the middle of london which was absolutely remarkable. this would it has been doing the rounds across social media today, you can see that now. it was not just unbelievable, that's today, you can see that now. it was notjust unbelievable, that's the attackers there who are obviously there with their helmets on. the clu b there with their helmets on. the club have actually said that they

one silo was shared across the system because had that been done in a timely way, the shooter in sunderland would have been barred from getting a weapon. we talked last may about a bill that i have with senator toomey that would share with state and local law enforcement nics denials. there were, i think, 99,252 nics denials last year which means someone who is a person prohibited from getting a weapon went into a federally licensed firearm dealer and was told you can't purchase. in some states the state police conduct that initial transfer of information. pennsylvania is one. so they immediately know about it. and they can go follow up and, where appropriate, arrest someone for lying and trying in my home state of delaware and 31 other states, that's not the case. this is a simple bipartisan bill. it would simply require realtime sharing with one state law enforcement contact of any nics denial. since we spoke about it last may, i wondered if you had any more thoughts about it, whether this was something you would support as a simple way to put more information in the hands of our state an

to shut down its plant in bridgend and nissan has taken work that was meant to go to a plant in sunderlandbrexit, but the problem is that fear of brexit is deterring investment so no money is coming in to replace the jobs and work that‘s leaving. south korea says that north korea has launched two short range ballistic missiles from its east coast. last week the north fired two short—range ballistic missiles, describing the tests as a "solemn warning" to seoul as it plans to conduct joint military exercises with the united states next month. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in seoul and has this update. south korean military are still analysing the path these missiles took but they were fired from the east coast earlier of the morning when we got that alert. they flew about 120 miles of very low, does not sound very far but they were going very fast. this is not to be a new type of missile similar to the missiles wired last week. they are capable of thought to be capable of avoiding radar and detection. here in south korea we have a missile defence system, put year by the united states and

the former sunderland boss has signed a three year deal. that's all the sport for now. the bbc and itv have revealed more details about their plans for a joint video streaming service. britbox will cost customers £5.99 a month and be launched towards the end of the year. it's being seen as a uk rival to established services such as netflix, which this week saw its share price fall after a slowdown in subscriber growth. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. gavin and stacey, helping the bbc and itv begin their new online life together. congratulations. tidy. come here. you just got married. that is disgusting. the intention is for britbox to be seen as the streaming home for quality british programming. leave it out! past shows like the office are expected to help convince viewers to subscribe to what is a significant and not entirely risk—free venture for britain's two biggest broadcasters. we are in potentially traumatic times, but they are exciting times, with the merger. things move fast. have you got a fire extinguisher? t