tell local content and some of the cars at sunderland.— at sunderland.of this and _ at sunderland. tell us about the detail of this and why _ at sunderland. tell us about the detail of this and why nissan - detail of this and why nissan believes the deal with the eu is enough to commit to what they call the long term in sunderland. the deal means _ the long term in sunderland. tue: deal means there the long term in sunderland. tte: deal means there are the long term in sunderland. tt2 deal means there are no tariffs on imports and exports of cars and components. in the event of no deal i think that would have been utterly catastrophic for the uk car industry to the point where some of the big plants like nissan will ultimately have left. the deal has avoided that. there are still extra costs from the deal in terms of what we call nontariff barriers like customs declarations and possible delays but nissan is effectively saying they can deal with that so there is a business case for going ahead with, for example, production of the nissan. a hugely successf

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nissan has told the bbc that its plant in sunderland is now secure.d the eu was positive. chief operating officer, ashwani gupta, said around 7000 jobs in the uk were safe, and by implication — tens of thousands more across the supply chain. mr gupta has been speaking to our business editor simonjack, from nissan's headquarters injapan. the sunderland plant being one of the best plants we have in the world in our more than 35 years of history. we have invested more than £4 billion in this plant and we spend £3.5 billion every year, which goes to the uk economy. we are going to redefine the auto industry in the united kingdom because the brexit makes nissan's sunderland plant competitive in the uk and outside the uk when it comes to exports. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng said nissan's decision represents a genuine belief in britain and a huge vote of confidence in the uk economy. i think this is hugely significant news, and a great, positive win for britain, but also for the people of sunderland. i think it's an amazing opportunity, not only to

— made in sunderland? well, the automotive _ made in sunderland? automotive sector as a whole has been going through a really tough time and the issues to do with diesel engines that impacted a couple of years ago but have continued to impact and now of course, the big transformation to electric. whereas this plant here was the first part anywhere, really, to start producing mass—produced electric cars, i drive one myself, they are absolutely superb, but so much of the electric car fleet manufacturing is based outside the uk and indeed within this announcement is the important bit about bringing the batteries for the 62 kilowatts cars, the bigger battery cars here to the uk. but it is the next generation that really matters. any model has a five year, six year life span and so their current models are secure but we have got to do so much more to really make sure that whatever we do as a country as a whole, and in the plant itself, ensures that nissan give future models to the sunderland plant. give future models to the sunderland lant, , ., ., give

the former republic of ireland, sunderland and wolves boss takes over following the sacking of neil harrisw head coach as he's "the right man for the job" and not because of their friendship. neville was unveiled today as the new boss of the major league soccer club, co—owned by his former england and manchester united team—mate, after stepping down as the manager of england women: his experience comes from playing with some of the best players in the world and being managed and coached by the best coaches and managers within the game and i have no doubt thatis within the game and i have no doubt that is where his experience lies and we have full confidence because he would not have made this decision to bring phil and at this level if we didn't know his capabilities. it's been tough going for england's bowlers in unforgiving conditions on the first day of the second and final test against sri lanka in galle. the hosts closed on 229 for 4, with angelo mathews on 107 not out. james anderson was once again england's star bowler, taking three wickets. joe wilson reports captain reddy on the f

nissan has told the bbc that its plant in sunderland is now secure. why? because of the trade agreement reached between the uk and the eu. the company's chief operating officer, ashwani gupta, said the brexit deal was positive. he went further, saying that 7,000 jobs in the uk were safe and, by implication, tens of thousands more across the supply chain. here's mr gupta speaking to our business editor simonjack from nissan's headquarters in japan. brexit for nissan is positive. and nissan being the largest automaker in the united kingdom will take this opportunity to redefine the auto industry of the united kingdom. number one, it has created a competitive environment, not within uk, but outside uk. numbertwo, all of our products, except one qualifies for the minimum localised content. and today we decided to localise a 62 kilowatts factory also in the united kingdom, which means all our operations would be qualifying for this. they would become confident not only in the united kingdom but outside the united kingdom but outside the united kingdom but outsi

the future of nissan's car plant in sunderland has been secured, with the company saying the brexit tradegin making the batteries for its electric cars at the plant so that it can take advantage of zero trade tariffs, helping to secure 75,000 jobs here and across the eu. they were the last non—league team in the fa cup. chorley put up a spirited fight against the premier league's wolverhampton wanderers tonight. but it wasn't quite enough, as they were knocked out in the fourth round. andy swiss was watching. so would victory park once again live up to its name? to get this far, chorley had overcome some big clubs and seem grim weather — even inflating a giant tent over the pitch to ensure tonight's game went ahead. and in their sights one of the biggest shocks in fa cup history, the part—timers are five divisions below wolves, their managerjamie vermiglio is a primary school head teacher, but when pe coach elliot newby went close after barely 30 seconds, anything seemed possible. wolves though aren't in the premier league for nothing. just watch this. that swerved all over the place. it

to manage like sunderland was a sentiment that. at elsa steiner the truckers can recharge their own batteries while also feeling ill. being homesick coming. seems to be. a battle has been on the road for 12 days and today is his beloved wife's birthday. on the town. he sends her happy return stoved the to her. sajid. nadiadwala she told me tomorrow i'll probably be able to load a delivery and be in sao paulo on sunday. it was all. love love love. love love. love the next morning there were even more trucks lined up outside the wholesaler. the cost of the competition and speculation among buyers is paid by the drivers. log. of it to the 4 trucks drive off without a buyer for the watermelons. they load up and set off you but they don't know where they will ultimately be unloading. what the host sailor fruit talk now does is try to find a buyer. they then send a fax for the driver to print out at a gas station. that's the sales like sims which the driver needs to be allowed into the market now you know. the beer double for my day you

the former west ham and sunderland defender anton ferdinand says online platforms have to do more. that after every game there is some type of incident where there is racial abuse on social media platforms and i think we need to look at the fact that yes, we are having good conversations at the moment, but the social media companies and the secretarial state who i had a conversation with a few players a week ago cannot hide behind the fact we are having these conversations. these conversations need to turn to action and they need to turn to action soon. there are three matches in the women's super league today. manchester city beat west ham 4—0, while manchester united are beating everton 2—0. earlier champions chelsea thrashed tottenham 4—0. german midfielder melanie leupolz opened the scoring with the pick of the goals, she also scored a penalty. as it stands they'll stay top ahead of manchester united on goal difference. paul casey has won the dubai desert classic, his first tour title in 14 months. the englishman finished four shots ahead of the south african brandon stone afte

nissan has told the bbc that its plant in sunderland is now secure. why?

the japanese car maker nissan tells the bbc its plant in sunderland is secure for the long term, becausef the post—brexit trade deal. and no time for release — the latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. we start with some breaking news this hour — the reproduction number, known as the r value of coronavirus transmission has fallen slightly. it's now estimated to be between 0.8 and one across the uk. that's according to the government office for science and the scientific advisory group for emergencies, or sage as they're better known. it's first time in over a month the r number has fallen below one and means that on average every ten people infected will infect between eight and ten other people. it comes as official figures also show coronavirus infections are still high but are decreasing in most of the country. london and the north east still have the highest rates of infection. let's talk to robert cuffe, the bbc�*s head of statistics. good afternoon. the latter are has emerged in the last little while. a significant drop since the last time we ha

the future of nissan's car plant in sunderland has been secured with the company saying the brexit tradeic cars at the plant so that it can take advantage of zero trade tariffs — helping to secure 75,000 here and across the eu. four men have been sentenced to between 13 and 27 years in prison for the manslaughter of 39 vietnamese migrants. the victims�* bodies were found in the back of a lorry in essex in october 2019. the old bailey heard the victims suffered "excruciatingly painful" deaths when they suffocated in the container bringing them to the uk from belgium. andy murray has said he's "devastated" at having to pull out of the australian open after a positive test for covid—19. the five—time finalist was prevented from travelling to melbourne for next month's tournament. today the former world number one said he'd been unable to agree a "workable quarantine" with tournament orgainsers and won't now be flying out, adding that he was "gutted". they are the last non—league team in the fa cup, and tonight chorley host premier league wolverhampton wanderers in the fourth round. chorley

it has told the bbc its sunderland plant is secure for the long term because of the post—brexit traden injuly. currently tokyo and other regions remain in a state of emergency after an increase in infections. those are the main stories. 8:12am is the time right now which means it is the time right now which means it is time for us to cast our eye over the weather and there has been a lot going on, hasn't there, this week? a lot of people really struggling. but we have some blue skies in a lot of places stuck tare we have some blue skies in a lot of places stuc— we have some blue skies in a lot of places stuck we have, yes. this was the view in — places stuck we have, yes. this was the view in twickenham _ places stuck we have, yes. this was the view in twickenham a _ places stuck we have, yes. this was the view in twickenham a short - places stuck we have, yes. this was. the view in twickenham a short while ago by one of our weather watchers. the thames, like other rivers, could continue to rise in the weekend in places even though the heaviest of the rain has gone. we will see much d

the former republic of ireland, sunderland and wolves boss takes over following the sacking of neil harrisco—owned by his former england and manchester united team—mate, after stepping down as the manager of england women: his experience comes from playing with some of the best players in the world and being managed and coached by the best coaches and managers within the game and i have no doubt that is where his experience lies and we have full confidence because he would not have made this decision to bring phil in at this level if we didn't know his capabilities. it's been tough going for england's bowlers in unforgiving conditions on the first day of the second and final test against sri lanka in galle. the hosts closed on 229 for 4, with angelo mathews on 107 not out. james anderson was once again england's star bowler, taking three wickets. joe wilson reports captain reddy on the field. superfan present, up on the fourth galle again. bowling, the eternal one. anderson. good catch. perreras rash shots. james anderson celebrating. celebrated in the first test and struck twice in the op

the japanese car maker nissan says the future of its plant in sunderland is secure, as a result of thetor simonjack is with me. so what exactly does it mean? well, the are so what exactly does it mean? well, they are going _ so what exactly does it mean? well, they are going to _ so what exactly does it mean? well, they are going to bring _ so what exactly does it mean? well, they are going to bring some - so what exactly does it mean? h they are going to bring some of their battery production to the uk, and that will be pivotal, because you are going to need in the future all cars will be electric, you will need batteries. so they will move that production right next door to the existing plant. and of course, the existing plant. and of course, the big news is that that is great news for the 6000 employees who work there, the tens of thousands of others in the supply chain, and marks a very different tone from nissan, who, remember, said, if we don't get a deal after brexit, then the future of this plant and all those workers will be unsustainable. yesterday, i spoke to the chief opera

professor of law jurisprudence and social thought post-college is joining us live by skype from sunderland in massachusetts good to have you with us thank you very much indeed can an impeachment process that adam was talking about if it started while the president is in office continue after he or she leaves office. yes i suppose it could technically continue past the term of office and obviously as your correspondent pointed out the point would no longer to be remove the person from office 1st is already out of office but the idea is that it would bar the person from then seeking higher office in the future what do you think the motivation is behind seeking while we're talking about the 25th amendment 1st of all and that's all i'm suggesting that's probably not going to happen now we're talking about impeachment what do you think is the motivation for pushing trump out of office given the fact he's only got like $1314.00 days or so to run in his term anyway what are people of faith he's going to do. well i guess maybe there are 3 separate things one is again did this fear that he could cr

the sunderland—based company, which has 535 shops nationwide has not confirmed the locations affectedff would be offered alternative work options to minimise redundancies. a spokeswoman said lockdowns and travel bans had forced them to act. let's have a look at some pictures now that are bound to put a smile on your face. this is fu bao, the first panda cub to be born in south korea, and these adorable images of her have gone viral with millions of views worldwide. do you think he likes them? how do ou sa do you think he likes them? how do you say it? — do you think he likes them? how do you say it? fu— do you think he likes them? how do you say it? fu bao? _ fu bao is believed to be about six months old and her parents arrived in korea in 2016 as part of china's "panda diplomacy". what a cutie. ijust want what a cutie. i just want to thank what a cutie. i 'ust want to thank eve bod what a cutie. i 'ust want to thank everybody who— what a cutie. i just want to thank everybody who was _ what a cutie. i just want to thank everybody who was still - what a cutie. i just want to thank ever

why was it not like sunderland on election night, _ it not like sunderland on election night, when everyonene. the first country to engage with biontech and, of course, with pfizer as well in a meaningful way, which is why we were the first country to approve and deploy. your question is linked to my answer earlier. if you just say to yourself, and set the exam question to the nhs, who have built a first—class deployment infrastructure, look, just go for speed, let's vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible, forget about the cohorts that are most vulnerable, just go as i described other countries have done, vaccinate anyone over the age of 60, you could see much greater volumes. the prime minister, rightly so, absolutely, said to be followed the var, to so, absolutely, said to be followed thejcvi, to say, actually, it is harder but much better to target very forensically the over 805, those who look after them, residents of care homes, much harder to deploy and to get to the numbers are so that his detention between the two things. that his detention between the two thins

90% of their over 80s in their communities, and i also paid tribute to northwest lincolnshire, to sunderlandhat amazing vaccination team, doctors, nurses, armed forces, local authorities, pharmacies, volunteers, that we are steadily building up that we are steadily building up that immunity, that protection — for the vulnerable, for the nhs, and for us all. so when the call comes, please do get a jab, and in the meantime, stay at home, protect the nhs and save lives. i am now going to hand over to chris whitty.- to hand over to chris whitty. thank ou, to hand over to chris whitty. thank you. prime — to hand over to chris whitty. thank you, prime minister. _ to hand over to chris whitty. thank you, prime minister. first - to hand over to chris whitty. thank you, prime minister. first slide, i you, prime minister. first slide, please. — you, prime minister. first slide, please. just— you, prime minister. first slide, please. just three slides this evening, _ please. just three slides this evening, the first one is the number of people _ evening, the first one is the number of people testing po

and a british rider sam sunderland won the penultimate stage.here is the risk all the time of being stuck in the sand. sam had to stop yesterday and helped another rider. it is life and death if you get stuck in the desert. he was given the time back. one of the sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic is care homes, where it has had a heartbreaking impact on residents and their loved ones. for them, vaccination can't come soon enough. we've been hearing from residents — and staff — about what it means to finally see some light at the end of the tunnel. people think at my age, i'm too old, it's wasted. but i don't think it is because i don't feel old. i have a nice man friend, we hold hands occasionally when we're both feeling miserable. my name isjoan wilson and i'm now 94 years old. hello. my name is lilia higginson, i am the care home lead of kepplegate care home. it's our vaccination day today. come and meet our family. i'm very emotional. at the same time delightful when we heard they were coming into our care home for a vaccine for

but allardyce's never been relegated and saved sunderland and blackburn from similar positions in thegain. the main focus will be grassroots organisations hit hard by the pandemic. chief executive tim hollingsworth says it'll be a vital part of the recovery. one thing sport and physical activity can be is part of the solution. it can be there for people's physical and mental health, and we think the strategy aids the opportunity to create a real improvement in public health. and most important, what do we need to make sure it is in place for people over the next decade so when they want to play sport there is an opportunity in their community and more important, it feels safe, inclusive and it feels fun. and the pga of america has named southern hills country club in tulsa, oklahoma as the replacement venue for the 2022 us pga championship. the tournament was originally set to take place at the trump national golf club in bedminster, newjersey. but the venue was stripped of hosting rights earlier this month. instead the event will head to tulsa for a fifth time. the first since tiger

peter in sunderland went for a nap on the settee and found evie had decided tojoin him. level. it has been one of those weird _ on that level. it has been one of those weird starts _ on that level. it has been one of those weird starts to _ on that level. it has been one of those weird starts to a - on that level. it has been one of those weird starts to a monday. those weird starts to a monday morning, 30 seconds before we went on air, louisa said, you cannot have your hair like that. she think she might have her dress on back to front. it might have her dress on back to front. , . , ., , ., ., front. it is a strange start to the week. front. it is a strange start to the week- you _ front. it is a strange start to the week. you spelt _ front. it is a strange start to the week. you spelt your _ front. it is a strange start to the week. you spelt your breakfast! j week. you spelt your breakfast! hopefully you will all be with us until 9:15am to keep this company. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. bbc london and bbc south east today

newcastle city council, north tyneside council, northumberland council, south tyneside council, sunderlandthe oxford jab was 82—year—old dialysis patient brian pinker who told reporters, "it‘s the only way to getting back to a normal life." here‘s our health correspondent anna collinson — her report does contain some flash photography. at 7:30am this morning, all eyes were on an 82—year—old man, dialysis patient brian pinker became the first person to receive the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine. he is now looking forward to celebrating his 48th wedding anniversary. the vaccine means everything to me. to my mind, it‘s the only way of getting back to a bit of normal life. you know, this virus is terrible, isn‘t it? sam foster administered the jab, which is seen as a crucial moment in the uk‘s fight against the coronavirus. it was a huge privilege. every single patient that we have vaccinated over the last couple of weeks have got their own personal stories to the difference it‘s going to make for them, so no different this morning with our first two patients. more than 500,000 doses are now being