broadband operator talktalk has said its full—year core income will fall short of expectations.enue from connection fees as well as investment in its network. matthew howett is from industry analysts assembly. first of all, i have seen talktalk‘s share price, it is down about 8%. pretty disappointing. explain exactly what they mean when they talk about revenue from connection fees? yes, it does seem like the share price has slipped this morning, despite the fact that talktalk have actually added more customers to theirfibre talktalk have actually added more customers to their fibre network in the last quarter. i think the reason for that is probably because the, the sales and marketing effort, has gone up. recruit customers to the network of stock crucially, as well, the amount of money that those customers are paying on a monthly basis has fallen. that is the key point they make. is not to be unexpected, given that talktalk is a low—cost brand, sitting at the lower end of the market. customers are typically more cost conscious and they are looking for a better saving. you gotta

talktalk shares sank 8% to a more than seven—month low after the broadband firm said full—year earningsre customers and changing its accounting standard the pound is still very influenced by brexit talk. not much of that this week. we are having a bit of a breather. the ftse macro up. good job news from the us, but we shall see if things change when the new york market opens. thanks very much indeed. the snow leopard is an animal in serious danger. native to central and southern asia, there are estimated to be fewer than 10,000 of them still alive. and that figure's expected to go down in the coming years. but conservationists are trying to do something about it as tim allman reports. there is a bleak splendour to the altai mountains. cold and unforgiving, you have to be tough to survive here. mergen markov has lived here all his life. he is on the hunt for snow leopards — not to kill, but to photograph, these automatic cameras helping to monitor the snow leopard population. translation: i am really happy i have this job which allows me to spend all this time outside and admire all the

talktalk changed british music because they changed themselves.nd they became this incredible experimental band that made three remarkable albums, there is colour of spring, spirit of eating, and laughing stock this wasn't normal music at all, this was a bit like ed sharon suddenly making a kind of experiment of jazz album. sharon suddenly making a kind of experiment ofjazz album. it was absolutely unusual, and what they did is they showed what's possible. it was really mark hollis, you know he was leading the whole thing.|j mean one of the members of the band, ten phrase grain, he was actually mentioned on the radio programme on radio three, and sunday classics i think it is. it was chosen by someone as one of there, one of his favourite compositions. mark hollis' a contribution to that experimental feel of the band, how is that influential on other groups coming up influential on other groups coming up at the time, and indeed groups who are around now? the influence really came later, so the influence canine bands radiohead, elbow, vampire weeke

talktalk said it‘s not going to make the kind of profits it originally expected.alerie. and only in december, he was saying to mps at the select committee he thought the high street was on its knees! he clearly does not believe that or he would not be buying all these retailers.” not believe that or he would not be buying all these retailers. i was talking to your colleague earlier about the us jobs talking to your colleague earlier about the usjobs market, which seems to be fine, the shutdown does not seem to have had much of an impact? it might seem that way on first glance, 300,000 jobs, almost double what economists were expecting. but you have to remember december‘s figure was also downgraded, to 222,000. and on top of that, employment rate is notched up of that, employment rate is notched up —— unemployment rate is nonstop. and that that was due to the shutdown apparently. we have a guest, from cmc markets. thank you for joining guest, from cmc markets. thank you forjoining us. let‘s start with as job numbers, they look brilliant, but should we be cautious a

talktalk shares sank 8% to a more than 7—month low after the broadband firm said full—year earnings wouldanks very much. universities will be required to publish information on what they are doing to tackle the attainment gap between students from different ethnic backgrounds — the government has announced. official figures show that record numbers of ethnic minorities are attending university, but only 56% of black students achieve top grades compared with 80% of their white peers. as part of a string of measures announced on friday, universities will be required to publish data on admissions and attainment, broken down by ethnicity, gender and socio—economic background. what we are doing when it comes to these plans which need to be published in 2020 that we place in these clear requirements to increase diversity in intake. if universities are unable to do that the office of stu d e nts are unable to do that the office of students will be looking to take further remedial action to make sure universities recognise this is a priority for the government, a priority for the government, a pr