firstly he allegedly touch the bottom of a senior member of tesco staff at the agm lastjune and thatgain with a member of staff at the cbi at its annual dinner in may 2019 when he was the president. he has strongly denied inappropriate touching and tesco said in a statement it had not received any complaints formally or informally but the conduct ofjohn allen including through its confidential protector line, they noted his strong denial, that he had never been the subject of a complaint since his tenure in charge of tesco, and there were also claims of tesco, and there were also claims of several inappropriate remarks made at the cbi and has admitted making a comment to a female work in 2019 about a dress suiting her figure and a spokesman forjohn allen said in relation to that claim, he said he was mortified after making that comment and he immediately apologised. the person involved agreed the matter was closed but regarding the other claims, they are simply untrue, the spokesman said. these allegations have emerged as the cbi itself is fighting for survival. it has been in turmoi

tesco said inappropriate touching.about mr allen's to conduct, including through its confidential protect online service. it said it had noted mr allen's strong denial and that he had never been the subject of a complaint during his tenure at tesco. there are also claims of several inappropriate remarks being made at the cbi. mr allen has admitted to making a comment to a female cbi worker in 2019 about a dress suiting her figure. a spokesman for mr allen said in regard to that claim, he was

tesco was one of dozens businesses paused its membership, concerns that these allegations is tesco findspotlight itself. it says this is a serious allegation and if anyone has any concerns to get in touch.- allegation and if anyone has any concerns to get in touch. thank you very much- — now to the world's largest oil company — aramco of saudi arabia. it has just released its latest profits news, posting a first—quarter net profit ofjust under $32 billion. that's a lot of money made in just three months, but it is down about 19% from the previous year. sameer hashmi — our middle east business correspondent — has been crunching the numbers for us. it's a lot of money, how have they made it? its it's a lot of money, how have they made it? , ., it's a lot of money, how have they made it? ,., , . , made it? its oil prices. in fact this year. _ made it? its oil prices. in fact this year, their _ made it? its oil prices. in fact this year, their profits - made it? its oil prices. in fact this year, their profits have . made it? its oil prices. in fact i this year, their profits have gone down

i a :a senior member is senior member of tesco bottom of a senior member of tesco staff at their agm lastjune. it also alleged he touch the bottom of also alleged he touch the bottom of a female member of staff at the cbi. mr allen has strongly denied inappropriate touching. tesco said inappropriate touching. tesco said in a statement it had received no complaints informally or formally about mr allen's to conduct, including through its confidential protect online service. it said it had noted mr allen's strong denial and that he had never been the subject of a complaint during his tenure at tesco. there are also claims of several inappropriate remarks being made at the cbi. mr allen has admitted to making a comment to a female cbi worker in 2019 about a dress suiting her figure. a spokesman for mr allen said in regard to that claim, he was mortified after making that comment and apologised. the person concerned agreed the matter was closed, no further action was taken. regarding the other claims, they are simply untrue. the report today emerged during the guardian's investigations i

a tesco employee claimed he touched her bottom at last year's agm. claim while she was attending a cbi function in 2019, where mr allen served as president of the business lobby group. he strenuously denied the claims, but did admit to making remarks about a woman's figure, saying he was mortified and apologised straightaway. tesco said it immediately launched an extensive review after these allegations came to light. it said it looked into all available video footage from last year's event and asked staff, in confidence, to come forward if they had any concerns. they also looked into its complaint and whistle—blowing procedures and it asked external lawyers to assess the steps taken and they said they deemed them to be reasonable and appropriate. in a statement today, john allen said... a succession plan was already under way to replace john allen next year, which tesco said would be concluded soon. the supermarket giant said although it had found there were evidence of wrongdoing, the allegations risked becoming a distraction. marc ashdown, bbc new

sojust confirming that news, he will step down as tesco's chairman, he would down as tesco's chairmang for a successor to take over from him, so the tesco chairman stepping down to avoid those allegations becoming a distraction to the firm. a 95—year—old woman is in hospital with life—threatening head injuries after being tasered by police in australia. this is the care home in cooma where clare nowland — who uses a walking frame and suffers from dementia — was tasered when she approached officers with a steak knife. the incident has sparked an outcry from the community, who say the response was disproportionate. the new south wales police chief says an investigation is under way. at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace. she had a walking frame. but she had a knife. an investigation has commenced, and that's called a critical incident investigation. given what was before us at midday on wednesday, this investigation was nominated as a level1 critical incident. if a threshold is met where it changes from being a departmental issue i

the tesco chairmanjohn allen will step down from his role next month as the company said allegationsk becoming a distraction for the supermarket and the business that it conducted a thorough review of his behaviour during tesco's agm in 2022 and found no evidence or complaints in relation to the agm or during his time as the tesco chairman. he faced four allegations in the media relating to his personal conduct, three of which have been vigorously denied by him, and one over which he unreservedly apologised for inappropriate comments made to a female member of staff. he will step down at the tesco agm on the 16th of june and the firm has already started looking for a replacement. now let's go to the middle east where ukraine's president zelensky and syria's president bashar al—assad arab have arrived at the arab league summit, getting under way injeddah. just before president zelensky arrived he tweeted that he wanted to enhance ukraine's ties with the arab world and take cooperation with the saudis to a new level. sameer hashmi is there for us. how significant is this summit for ukr

the tesco boss quits after allegations of inappropriate behaviour.the next hour, nasa will announce the company to build spacecrafts for their latest expedition to the moon. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits — with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the �*virus of aggression�* from moscow — stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit is president assad of syria — the first time he's been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that's blighted the country. here he is — the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. initial handshake and welcome from the cramp read is. —— crown pier and

tesco said in a statement it had not received any complaints formally or informally about the conducthat he had never been the subject of a complaint since his tenure in charge of tesco. there were also claims of several inappropriate remarks made at the cb! and allen has admitted making a comment to a female work in 2019 about a dress suiting herfigure. a spokesman forjohn allen said in relation to that claim, he said he was mortified after making that comment and he immediately apologised. the person involved agreed the matter was closed and no further action was taken. but regarding the other claims, they are simply untrue. to tech now and the growing impact of artificial intelligence. as apple co—founder steve wozniak has told the bbc he believes ai is going to make scams and misinformation harder to spot, voicing fears the technology may be harnessed by "bad actors". he's been speaking to our technology editor zoe kleinman. the trouble is, al is so intelligent, it is open to the bad players, are they trying to sell you something you don't want or trying to trick you to get your a

and john allan quits as chairman of the uk's biggest supermarket tesco, following allegations of inappropriateby four women. clashes break out following last night's match between west ham and az alkmaar — when fans of the dutch side tried to attack people in the guest area for west ham. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits — with the war in ukraine — being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia — president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah — that on this, the asoth day of the war — the world needed to fight the �*virus of aggression�* from moscow — stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit — president assad of syria — the first time he's been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that's blighted the country. here he is — the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown princ

john allan quits as chairman of the uk's biggest supermarket, tesco, following allegations of inappropriateiour by four women. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits, with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia while, at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow, stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria — the first time he's been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war that's blighted the country. here he is — the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. more on assad in a moment and more on the g7. first, though, let's hear from volodymir zelenski. if there are people here at the summit who have a different view on the wa

hour to tesco and one shop in old whittington.ilk for finley. when you got home, finley was put to bed in his cot and by the early hours of christmas day, he was dead. you delayed calling the ambulance, but once you had done so, the paramedics were almost immediately at your home at 2:32am on christmas day and shortly after that, the police were there. they noticed straightaway at the strong smell of cannabis. the photographs taken by the police on christmas day lay bare the filthy, unsanitary and unsafe conditions in which finley was living. the betting on his cot was living. the betting on his cot was covered in blood and vomit, as were his baby grows and vests. other bedding which had been removed from his cot was likewise covered in blood and vomit and you are both well aware of this. finley�*s cot was after all by christmas eve in your bedroom beside your own bad. these truly appalling... you bedroom beside your own bad. these truly appalling- - -_ bedroom beside your own bad. these truly appalling- - -— truly appalling... yo

mr allen said that the claims are simply untrue, and tesco said it has not received any complaints.rrested on coronation day has been criticised as too crude and too broad. scotland yard says it has regrets about the arrests and confirmed that no charges would be brought. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is here. daniel — the police here were using a law that's only a few days old? it was literally enacted on wednesday, came into force on wednesday, came into force on wednesday, a law against going equipped for locking on, in other words turning up with equipment which would allow you to use by clocks or something like that to lock onto a building. six anti—monarchy protesters were arrested, they had luggage straps with them which police decided could be used for locking on but the police have now accepted they cannot show any intent that that is the case. the former applicant for the conservative leadership david davis has said these laws are too crude. since we have been on air, sir mark rowley, the metropolitan police commissioner, has defended his actions, saying

the chairman of tesco is to quit after eight years in the role.has strongly delight three of the claims about his conduct but he did admit to making comments about female staff member. report claimed he touched an employee at the supermarket annual shareholder meeting last year tesco said it made no findings of wrongdoing. counting is underway and elections in northern ireland. they use a single transferable vote system. with one quarter of the results in, the sinn fein seemed to have made a good start. thank you for watching the context. as we mentioned at the top of the program, while g7 meters -- leaders were meeting in hiroshima,, other leaders got underway in saudi arabia today. that's the summit of the arab league. president zelenskyy made a surprise appearance where he urged the league to back ukraine saying his country was defending itself from colonizers and imperialists. there was also another surprising appearance, the president of syria. he gave an address for the first time in two years -- 12 years. syria was thrown out of the block a

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the fact that tesco made £3 billion iosi— fact that tesco made £3 billion iosi woon. — fact that tescoat? also another thing is the prices are about to increase once again when we have to not for food to have these not for food stickers that i believe were stickers that i believe you were very bringing in very much part of bringing in thanks to good old brexit. but amy but amy, the thing is , we amy but amy, the thing is, we can't keep if you want to carry on with the food banks and supermarkets giving away food and so on and so on and so forth, it's going to push the pfices forth, it's going to push the prices up even further, i think. are you saying i would do is the government should subsidise certain things. i think certain things. i actually think the you'd have more the things so you'd have more government spending? yes, more government. so g : hg?” yes, more government. so government debt is already at an all time high. ionos— is already at an all time high. taxes-already— is already at an all time high. taxes-already at- is already at an all time high. taxes-already at a- is alr

tesco said although it has no findings of wrongdoing, the allegations risk becoming a distraction. counting is under way in northern ireland's council elections. using the single transferable vote system, candidates are ranked in order of preference. of the results in so far, sinn fein appears to have made a strong start, with the dup currently in second place. 1a people have died and thousands have been left homeless, after heavy rains and flooding in parts of northern italy. the mayor of the city of ravenna, has told the bbc, that it's the worst disaster in a century. the formula 1 grand prix, due to take place at imola in the affected area, has now had to be cancelled. in some places people are running out of food and drinking water, with aid unable to reach them. our correspondent sofia bettiza, has more. an entire village under water. people forced to move around using canoes. others taking refuge upstairs is the ground floors of as the ground floors of their homes are submerged in flood water. this is the devastating reality for dozens of towns in the region of emilia—romagna

are is why is there 500 tesco's? are ttew— is why is there 500 tesco's?front pages. thatis those were your front pages. that is all we've got time for tonight. thank you ever so much. to guests tonight, to my guests tonight, scott capurro and victor daniels on his first ever appearance on headunes his first ever appearance on headlines won't be the headlines hopefully won't be the last. hosting last. leo kearse is hosting tomorrow and frances tomorrow with josh and frances foster. so do tune in. that's going to be at 11:00. and if you're watching the 5 am, repeat, then please do stay tuned for the breakfast show because coming right because that's coming up right next. you soon. farewell . a major cold at the moment. so if i sneeze, live on air, it'll be a first for all of us. here we are on gb news, online, on tv, and on radio. tonight we'll be joined by an advocate for the vegan movement who says the health benefits of such a diet are amazing and we should all think about doing it. i'm interested to contemplate what the vegan diet means the the vegan di

are is why is there 500 tesco's? are ttew— is why is there 500 tesco's? your front pages. thatis those were your front pages. that is all we've got time for tonight. thank you ever so much. to guests tonight, to my guests tonight, scott capurro and victor daniels on his first ever appearance on headunes his first ever appearance on headlines won't be the headlines hopefully won't be the last. hosting last. leo kearse is hosting tomorrow and frances tomorrow with josh and frances foster. so do tune in. that's going to be at 11:00. and if you're watching the 5 am, repeat, then please do stay tuned for the breakfast show because coming right because that's coming up right next. you soon. farewell . the home office starts ad campaigns to deter albanian migrants from coming to the uk. well , the government well, the government successfully- well, the government successfully bring the migration eumetrs— successfully bring the migration numbers down _ successfully bring the migration numbers down and trans pennine express— numbers down and trans pennine repress

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well, gallon compared to tesco. well, on— gallon compared to tesco.rol stations employees will be joining our programme— employees will be joining our programme this— employees will be joining our programme this evening. state of the programme this evening. state of me monon— programme this evening. state of the nation starts— programme this evening. state of the nation starts now . the nation starts now. wen— the nation starts now. we'll also _ the nation starts now. we'll also be joined by my distinguished— we'll also be joined by my distinguished panel, toby young of distinguished panel, toby young on me— distinguished panel, toby young on me mee— distinguished panel, toby young of the free speech union and foe— of the free speech union and former labour— of the free speech union and former labour councillor kevin craig— former labour councillor kevin craig .— former labour councillor kevin craig . ae— former labour councillor kevin craig . ne even— former labour councillor kevin craig . ne .— former labour councillor kevin craig . as ever, i want

from your international dashboard, dear people , look at the tesco speaker.mobile speed is two or three times this speed, the average speed is very good it would be better, but it supports up to 50, the average speed of the speed that is available to the people in this way , we can give speed up to 900 mb/s or the speed only with the same cost of operation . having this will be provided to them at no cost. this work will start in the whole country. eleven governors between which cities are considered. the system monitor is doing a great job. it is connecting all villages with more than 20 households to the mobile internet by the first of this year. it will be completed from this year. then marshall introduced we will be able to connect 3,503 new ones from there for the black internet. in the next few years, we will connect 3,503 new ones. god willing, the remaining 3,500 will be done this year. mashhad, yazd, which borders the provincial capitals, kermanshah, rasht, ahvaz, will be connected. hamedan, ilam, bushehr, qazvin, qom, gorgan, and the capital of the

tesco said it had made "no findings of wrongdoing".didates in order of preference. with results in from just over a quarter of the a62 seats, sinn fein appear to have made a strong start, with the dup currently in second place. nationwide has announced a a0%jump in profits for the 12 months to april. the uk's biggest building society saw underlying profits before tax of 2.2 billion pounds. you're live with bbc news as we mentiond at the top of the programme — while g7 leaders were meeting in hiroshima another key meeting of leaders also got under way in saudi arabia today — the summit of the arab league — with two slightly unexpected leaders in attendance. ukraine's president zelensky made a surprise appearance injeddah, where he urged the arab league to back ukraine against russian aggression, telling the assembled leaders his country was defending itself from colonisers and imperialists. another surprising appearance — the president of syria — bashar al assad. he gave an address at the event for the first time in more than 12 years.

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, _ click on and the best driver of that is tesco, they are the biggest out there _ is tesco, they arece button as hard as they can. lisa, do— price button as hard as they can. lisa, do you _ price button as hard as they can. lisa, do you think competition is not working, and is at the heart of the problem?— the problem? interesting the competition _ the problem? interesting the competition and _ the problem? interesting the competition and markets - the problem? interesting the - competition and markets authority announced yesterday it is looking into whether competition is working effectively. in the supermarket industry. because we all know competition is good for everyone. the authority says it has not seen any individual proof that there is anti—competitive behaviour but certainly they have announced they will be looking at it and i think the results of that consultation and investigation will be very interesting.— investigation will be very interestinu. �* , ., interesting. i've been looking at some stuff _ interesting. i've been looking at some stuff here, _ interesting. i've be

profit margins on other items are bigger, but for every £1 you spent in tesco last year, it made aboutrmarkets have taken a hit, and other costs are still rising. energy prices have doubled or tripled in some cases. the labour cost has been substantial, mainly driven both by the national minimum wage rises, which came in in april, and also because just a shortage of labour, particularly in some of the key skills like hgv drivers and logistics through the supply chain. overall, the costs are still rising. but at a slower rate. that should mean price rises on shop shelves slow. but with contracts fixed in advance, it takes months to happen. and with those costs still high, overall bills will not be following soon. however, we are still paying less for many items — meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese — than much of europe. that is an issue on the farm. they are already struggling to make ends meet. some are quitting the business. the number of food manufacturers folding has doubled. protecting our food supply comes at a price. the painful reality is the return of the cheaper food

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the paper packaging will be rolled out at 500 tesco stores in the uk starting monday.f term this week, there can't be too many complaints for many. skies a little like we saw here on the banks of loch lomond as we went through today. but it could be a busy week for the gardeners and growers — the state of the ground here is very dry in pembrokeshire, for instance, and there is little to no rain in the forecast through the rest of this week. our forecast rainfall chart shows the rainfall amounts will be totting up across southern europe in the mediterranean — not great for those on half term here — but for us, other than a few spots of drizzle in the far north of scotland, maybe eastern england, it stays dry. why? well, we've got this persistent area of high pressure which noses its way a little bit further westwards, and it still allows a bit of a cool flow of air, particularly into the south and southeast with plenty of cloud — that's showing up on the cambridge forecast for the rest of this week. but elsewhere — especially further west you are — blue skies will domin

profit margins on other items are bigger, but for every £1 you spent in tesco last year, it made about�*s, it was more like three p. supermarkets have taken a hit, and other costs are still rising. energy prices have doubled or tripled in some cases. the labour cost has been substantial, mainly driven both by the national minimum wage rises, which came in in april, and also because just a shortage of labour, particularly in some of the key skills like hgv drivers and logistics through supply chain. overall, the costs are still rising. but at a slower rate. that should mean price rises on shop shelves slow. but with contracts fixed in advance, it takes months to happen. and with those costs still high, overall bills will not be following soon. however, we are still paying less for many items — meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese — than much of europe. that is an issue on the farm. they are already struggling to make ends meet. some are quitting the business. the number of food manufacturers folding has doubled. protecting our food supply comes at a price. the painful reality is

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the chairman of tesco will quit, john allan denies claims made against him but admitted comments of againstff when he worked at cbi business group. nationwide has announced a a0 %jump in profits for the 12 months to april. the uk's biggest building society saw underlying profits before tax of 2.2 billion pounds. the company's chief executive says the strong performance meant some customer accounts would be receiving payments of £100. the brother of tv presenter phillip schofield has beenjailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a boy. timothy schofield was found guilty in april of 11 sexual offences involving a child between 2016 and 2019. following the verdict, the 54—year—old was sacked from his job as a civilian worker for avon and somerset police. phillip schofield said after the conviction: "as far as i am concerned, i no longer have a brother." you're live with bbc news. a man from london has beenjailed for helping to con people out of more than 100 million pounds. police say it was the uk's largest everfraud investigation. tejay fletcher was the mastermind behind a website which was e

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profit margins on other items are bigger, but for every £1 you spent in tesco last year, it made aboutit was more like 3p. supermarkets have taken a hit, and other costs are still rising. supermarkets have taken a hit, energy prices have doubled or tripled in some cases. the labour cost has been substantial, mainly driven both by the national minimum wage rises, which came in in april, and also because just a shortage of labour, particularly in some of the key skills like hgv drivers and logistics through the supply chain. overall, the costs are still rising. but at a slower rate. that should mean price rises on shop shelves slow. but with contracts fixed in advance, it takes months to happen. and with those costs still high, overall bills will not be falling soon. however, we are still paying less for many items — meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese — than much of europe. and that's an issue on the farm. they are already struggling to make ends meet. some are quitting the business. the number of food manufacturers folding has doubled. protecting our food supply comes at a pri

profit margins of other items are bigger but for every pound you spend at tesco it makes for p and profitt and other costs are still rising, howeverwe a hit and other costs are still rising, however we are still paying less for many items, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese, then much of europe. that is the issue on the farm, they are already struggling to make ends meet, some are quitting the business, the number of food manufacturers folding has doubled, protecting ourfood doubled, protecting our food supply doubled, protecting ourfood supply comes at a price, the painful reality is the return of the cheaper food of a few years ago, isn't on the menu. the number of british struggling to pay debts have risen by 40%. 10.9 struggling to pay debts have risen by 40%.10.9 million adults were struggling in january, more than previously, they found 11% of adults had missed a bell or a loan payment at least three of the previous six months. regulators encourage people struggling to ask lenders for help. a former apple engine has been charged with stealing the company's self—driving car

tesco announcing some more cuts today.ets to do as much as they can. emma simpson, bbc news. ukraine's captial, kyiv, has been targeted overnight by russian air strikes including drones and cruise missiles. it's been described as an �*exceptionally dense bombardment.�* 0ur correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. take us through this latest onslaught, what happened? it take us through this latest onslaught, what happened? it was the eiuhth onslaught, what happened? it was the ei . hth time onslaught, what happened? it was the eighth time this _ onslaught, what happened? it was the eighth time this month _ onslaught, what happened? it was the eighth time this month that _ onslaught, what happened? it was the eighth time this month that kyiv - onslaught, what happened? it was the eighth time this month that kyiv had l eighth time this month that kyiv had come under attack and this attack was different. we had a number of extremely loud explosions at around 3am. we could actually see the work of the air defence system is destro

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retail as well despite tesco with losses in the trading picture. when it comes to those trading in the red, you see basic resources at .75% weaker mining firms are struggling a bit then in today's trading picture. on to the u.s. market and how things will look there all higher is what we are seeing so far disney posting the latest quarterly results yesterday. investors still looking for today's ppi numbers. another look at inflation. >>> back here in the uk, all eyes on the bank of england which is expected to hike rates by 25 basis points at the meeting today. 12th consecutive hike after april's rate came in above 10% the base rate would be 4.5% which is highest in 15 years the bank is set to release new economic forecasts with inflation running hotter than the 9.2% predicted in february let's get to joumanna outside the bank of england. joumanna, in a rare bright spot, it is not raining. i'm happy for you. set it up. what is important to look for in today's meeting? >> reporter: absolutely. the weather is something we are watching closely as far

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it's a month since the earnings season began after tesco warned profits will stall we have arabile joinings to take a look at the winners and losers so far. >> julianna, it has been a month that has seen earnings numbers come to the floor and painted an interesting picture. 2/3 of the way through the earnings season in the first quarter and according to morgan stanley, we may have seen the biggest beat in earnings in 15 years. that is off resilient numbers and resilient corporates in the entire time. really facing up to what has been a difficult time particularly the energy crisis and high interest rates, including higher inflation, of course, taking a bit of a stance interesting to note. 4 4 41% of corporates have beaten in the first quarter. that is big p compared to 25% in fourth quarter of 2022 it doesn't compare to the 59% average beat on estimates by corporates in the first three months of 2022 that is just the top line. on the bottom line, things like earnings per share 41% of corporates beaten estimates. if that number continues, it will mean it is the biggest beat on the earnings