mccoll�*s is a familiar name in our high streets. shopping locally has never been more popular than during the pandemic, but mccoll�*s has found the going tough. here in stevenage, shoppers say it's handy but don't buy very much. ijust get my newspapers here and ijust like them because they're available, you know, they're always regular. we're just heading in now to get a birthday card and a drink, a quick grab and go. yes. good service. not always got what you want. even before covid, convenience stores have been a bright spot here on the high street. but mccoll�*s has been too slow to adapt and providing more of a one—stop shop. it's also had long running supply chain problems struggling to get stock, a business with too much debt, finding it harder and harder to make money. morrison's, already in a partnership with mccoll�*s, put in an offer for the chain overnight, but it's the owners of this vast petrol station group who now look set to buy the business. the underlying business at mccoll�*s is over a thousand convenien

mccoll�*s is a familiar name in our high streets. shopping locally has never been more popular than during the pandemic, but mccoll�*s has found the going tough. here in stevenage, shoppers say it's handy but don't buy very much. ijust get my newspapers here, and ijust like them because they're available, you know, they're always regular. we're just heading in now to get a birthday card and a drink, a quick grab and go. yes. - good service. not always got what you want. even before covid, convenience stores have been a bright spot here on the high street. but mccoll�*s has been too slow to adapt and providing more of a one—stop shop. it's also had long running supply chain problems struggling to get stock, a business with too much debt, finding it harder and harder to make money. morrison's, already in a partnership with mccoll�*s, put in an offer for the chain overnight, but it's the owners of this vast petrol station group who now look set to buy the business. the underlying business at mccoll�*s is over 1,000 convenience

if it is aood all employees at mccoll's. if it is good news _ all employees at mccoll's. if it is good news for — all employees at mccoll's. if it is good news for them, _ all employees at mccoll's. if it is good news for them, is - all employees at mccoll's. if it is good news for them, is it - all employees at mccoll's. if it is good news for them, is it good l all employees at mccoll's. if it is - good news for them, is it good news for customers, orwill good news for them, is it good news for customers, or will it make any difference at all? will we see any difference if you walk into a store tomorrow?— difference if you walk into a store tomorrow? ., . ., , tomorrow? probably not, particularly if we are just — tomorrow? probably not, particularly if we are just looking _ tomorrow? probably not, particularly if we are just looking over _ if we are just looking over the next 24 if we are just looking over the next 2a hours, so we are not going to probably see any changes, but what it does for morrisons is opens up a wider range of stores for them to be able to su

clive, - mccoll's has more than 1000 small mccoll�*s has more than 1000 small stores and four months its been in talks to try to secure a rescue deal with its lenders. this is a business that has been hit by a combination of falling sales and tan be a much debt. convenience stores have been thriving especially during the pandemic, but mccoll�*s has struggled for a while. covid exacerbating supply chain issues. for instance, it's been struggling to get stock. in a statement tonight, mccoll�*s said without any extra funding in the short term it was increasingly likely the company would be placed in administration. they could start this process as early as tomorrow, i'm told, but talks are... sound problems. one part of the business that has been performing well as its its partnership with morrisons, it has 200 morrisons daily convenience stores. morrisons is thought to want to protect as manyjobs and pensions as possible so could it or someone else to do a deal? {lilia as possible so could it or someone else to do a deal?— else to do a deal? 0k, we'll end it there, else to do a d

�*s were looking for and what mccoll�*s were looking for. so the advantage morrisons now has is that it is already closely associated with mccoll�*s. they have a joint venture together where morrisons operates several hundred stores under the morrisons daily brand and it is a major wholesale supplier of mccoll�*s. so unwinding all of that if a different bid were to succeed would be a little bit unwieldy, it would be a little bit unwieldy, it would halt the day—to—day running of the business a bit, it would be disruptive, whereas keeping morrisons on board and allowing that bid to go ahead, all other things being equal, the smooth transition seems to be what may well win it for morrisons now.— morrisons now. theo, many thanks. theo leggett _ morrisons now. theo, many thanks. theo leggett reporting. _ a new survey by the charity the food foundation says there's been a sharp rise in the number of people who are struggling to afford to eat every day. it suggests one in seven people now live in a household where someone doesn't have eno

the supermarket giant morrisons proposes a last—minute rescue deal for mccoll�*s, the convenience store chain on the brink of collapse. and will young speaks for the first time about the death of his twin brother rupert, who took his own life after years of struggling with alcohol addiction. and coming up on the bbc news channel — jubilant scenes at ibrox, as rangers can start preparing for their first european final in m years. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the conservatives have suffered losses in the local elections in england, with seats being taken by labour, the liberal democrats and the green party. labour has done well in london, taking control of three councils — including westminster, which has been in conservative hands since it was created in 1964, along with wandsworth and barnet. but outside london, labour's gains have so far have been modest. our latest figures show the conservatives have lost 136 council seats, while labour have gained 39. the liberal democrats are up 63 seats, and the green party 24. counts in several england councils, as well a

general sirjohn mccoll, who served in afghanistan, described the situation as appalling. the ministry of defence said more than 9,000 afghans and their dependants have been relocated so far. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha gave us more detail. he was in afghanistan from around 2001 to 2006. and today what he said is that the government, he's accusing them of failing on their promise to relocate those afghans who fought alongside nato forces during the war there. he says that a commitment was made and that that promise has been broken. he says that ministers should feel deeply ashamed and he has made a direct call to the prime minister. so to sort out what he says a failing resettlement programme that is there to house and relocate these afghans, as i said, who stood alongside nato forces. and i think we've got a clip of him here speaking to me earlier. i think they should reflect on the fact that we have families who have been in hiding in afghanistan since september last year, in cellars, every day, every day, every hour of every day, in peril, worried for the safety of t

so far. mccoll, quicken is an independent oil and gas expert based and all slow. and earlier he told me about the impact this parcel, orlin boggle will have on russia. well, i think it is not just the war machine, but the russian buds at the raven use of the russian parts are going to suffer if the embargo goes into effect in full force. by the end of this year, i believe the, the revenues of the russian budget will be a less 25 percent, at least because it is not just the oil which it will stop more with to europe. it will be refined, broader petroleum, broader as well. and some of the rest of the refineries will have to seize operations, as well as oil producing sites and some companies that sort of deal and gas industry. we'll also lose their contracts. but this is a tremendously, a large effect negative effect on the russian. but the u has been discussing an oil embargo for weeks did not give russia time to prepare for this. i do not think resar has prepared for anything. they will just declarations that the flow of oil instead of europe will go somewhere to c

morrisons has done a deal to buy one of britain's biggest convenience chains, mccoll�*s. morrisons secured the deal after a last—minute bidding war against the billionaire owners of asda. the retailer says it's taking on all of mccoll�*s 1,160 stores, and all colleagues will be transferred to morrisons. the group is also taking on the two pension schemes. a man has admitted killing a police community support officer in kent, but he's denied murder. julia james was found dead in akholt wood in april last year. the 53—year—old had been walking her dog when she was attacked. callum wheeler, who is 22, appeared at canterbury crown court for the first day of his trial, which is expected to last four weeks. thousands of travellers have faced hours of queues at birmingham and manchester airports, many hoping to fly out of the airports had to queue to enter the terminals. birmingham airport decided to line up queues for security outside to prevent them becoming tangled up with check—in queues inside. the airport says it has already started recruiting extra staff. a rare

mccoll�*s employs more than 16—thousand people and has a partnership with the supermarket morrisons. vladimir putin has called on ukrainian troops holed up in the steel works in the city of mariupol to surrender. it is the last stronghold of ukraininan resistance in the city and around 200 civilians are thought to be sheltering in its underground tunnels and bunkers. the commander leading ukranian troops holed up inside says "difficult, bloody battles" are being fought. russia has also been bombing other cities in the region as it tries to secure more territory in the east of the country. this report from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford comtains flashing images from the start. they struck in the dead of night. and here is what they hit. the air raid sirens still wailing as they led revealed the destruction. russia talked about its precision missiles and military targets. it never admits to any of this. but every day more lives in ukraine are shattered. this is kramatorsk in the east. ludmilla says a wall collapsed. she was buried in rubble in her own bed. hours earli

the convenience store chain mccoll�*s says its appointing administrators, putting 16,000 jobs at risk. tonight, there's hope of a rescue deal being put together by the billionaire brothers who co—own asda. a teenager has been jailed for six and a half years for the manslaughter of 14—year—old dea—john reid in birmingham last year. the teen, who cannot be named due to his age, was cleared of murder last month. a statment read in court on behalf of dea—john�*s mother said her son had been chased down by a "lynch mob" before he was stabbed in the heart. covid infections have fallen across every nation of the uk. around two million people are estimated to have had the virus last week, according to the 0ns — that's a drop of almost a third. the number of people in hospital with covid has also fallen tojust over 10,000, the lowest number since the end of february. the duke and duchess of sussex have announced they will be attending celebrations for the queen's platinum jubilee next month with their children. but the queen has decided that prince harry and meghan, along with pr

the convenience store chain mccoll�*s says it's appointing administrators, putting 16,000 jobs at risk. but tonight, there's hope of a rescue deal being put together by the billionaire brothers who co—own asda. a teenager has been jailed for 6.5 years for the manslaughter of 14—year—old dea—john reid in birmingham last year. the teen, who cannot be named due to his age, was cleared of murder last month. a statment read in court on behalf of dea—john's mother said her son had been chased down by a "lynch mob" before he was stabbed in the heart. covid infections have fallen across every nation of the uk. around 2 million people are estimated to have had the virus week, according to the 0ns. that's a drop of almost a third. the number of people in hospital with covid has also fallen tojust over 10,000, the lowest number since the end of february. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, daisy mcandrew, who's a talktv presenter, and the columnist for the article ali miraj. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weath

yes, mccoll�*s teetering on the brink yes, mccoll's teetering on the brink of possible — yes, mccoll's teetering on the brink of possible collapse. this is a huge chain— of possible collapse. this is a huge chain of— of possible collapse. this is a huge chain of convenience stores and newsagents. it employs about 16,000 people _ newsagents. it employs about 16,000 people across the country. it has 1100 _ people across the country. it has 1100 stores. it serves about 5 million — 1100 stores. it serves about 5 million customers a week. but it is having _ million customers a week. but it is having real— million customers a week. but it is having real problems to the extent an administrator has been put on standby, — an administrator has been put on standby, we understand, to deal with the possible collapse. the company points— the possible collapse. the company points to _ the possible collapse. the company points to a — the possible collapse. the company points to a number of factors. they say weak _ points to a number of factors. they say weak trading. basically, not enoug

general sirjohn mccoll, who served in afghanistan, described the situation as appalling. the ministry of defence said more than 9,000 afghans and their dependants have been relocated so far. let's get more on this from our correspondent, sima kotecha. watmore have we heard on this? this is a scathing attack on the government who was not only deputy supreme commander of nato in europe, but he was also the uk's special envoy to afghanistan when hamid karzai was the president there. he was president in afghanistan from 2001 to 2006, and today he is saying at the government is accusing them of failing on their promise to relocate those afghans who fought alongside nato forces during the war there. he says that a commitment was made, and that that promise has been broken. he says that ministers should feel deeply ashamed, and he has made a direct call to the prime minister to sort out what he says are failing resettlement programmes, are failing resettlement programmes, a programme that is there to rehouse and relocate these afghans who stood alongside nato forces, and i think

. -- labour has- _ morrisons has secured a last—minute deal to buy the convenience store chain mccoll�*s, which has has more than a thousand small stores and 16,000 workers. our business correspondent theo leggett is here. they've done it by offering everything the rival group were offering as well. so, what we have here is a deal that first of all and perhaps most importantly protect 16,000 jobs and 1100 stores open and as far as the creditors are concerned, the people who have lent money, they will get the money back in the stores will continue trading without interruption and so all of those boxes have not been ticked and what morrison simple position for this was they already had dealings. they have a partnership under which they operate 270 stores under morrison's daily name and they are the main wholesale supplier. to unwind all of that would've been disruptive, so given their offer practice is much as they were and they have this partnership which would have been best not to unwind, that meant the balance swung in their direction. and in a battle over the weekend, morrison sa

the supermarket giant morrisons has bought one of britain s biggest convenience store chains, mccoll�*s. the deal will save 16,000 jobs across 1,100 shops. morrisons beat off competition from eg group, which is owned by the billionaire issa brothers — who also own asda. one of the most iconic images of the 20th century has been sold at auction in new york. andy warhol's painting of marilyn monroe — one in a series of portraits he made of the actress following her death in 1962 — was expected to fetch somewhere in the region of $200 million. this was the scene at christie's. $170 million. it is bid for the warhol marilyn. here at christie's. and i'm selling it. all done. last chance. fairwarning. alex, you are out, giovanna, and you are out, too. last chance at 170 million dollars, and alex rotter, you are definitely out as well. here it is, then, the gentleman has bid, ladies and gentlemen, at 170 million for the warhol, it is selling here to you, sir, $170 million. applause we will bring you the latest headlines at ten o'clock and we will have a full weather forecast in just a

the supermarket giant morrisons has bought one of britain's biggest convenience store chains, mccoll�*s. the deal will save 16,000 jobs across 1,100 shops. morrisons beat off competition from eg group, which is owned by the billionaire issa brothers — who also own asda. a female prison guard who went on the run with a murder suspect from an alabama jail has died after shooting herself as the pair were caught. vicky white died in hospital after she and casey white were arrested in indiana following a police chase. they vanished from a prison in lauderdale county 11 days ago. they are believed to have been romantically involved. one of andy warhol's famous portraits of the actress marilyn monroe has become the most expensive 20th century work of art. 170 million, it is selling here. $170 million. the 1964 painting — called "shot sage blue marilyn" — sold at auction in new york last night for the equivalent of £158 million. it's been described warhol's "ultimate depiction of his ultimate muse". the previous record was held by one of picasso's "women of algiers" series. that's a lo

supermarket chain morrisons looks set to make a last minute deal to buy mccoll�*s convenience stores. the shops had been about to go into administration, with a more than a thousand stores and 16,000 workers at risk. no formal announcement has yet been made though. with me now is our business correspondent theo leggett. nothing has been officially announced yet but as we understand that it will protect the 16,000 jobs at mccall's. it will keep the 1100 orso at mccall's. it will keep the 1100 or so stores open and it will also involve the new owners taking on some £160 million worth of debt that mccall's has accrued so is it a really, between morrisons and another bidder owned by the billionaire is based blackburn who also control as to so on friday looked as though they were going to be the winner in this battle now looks as though morrisons has one. raw sewage was discharged into rivers in england nearly 375,000 times by water companies last year. the uk government says this is unacceptable and is promising a 40 % reduction by 2040. zoe conway has been speaking to �*citizen scient

the convenience store chain mccoll�*s has collapsed into administration, putting 16,000 jobs at risk. the supermarket giant morrisons had proposed a rescue deal to try to save the firm, which has more than 1,000 stores. the accountancy firm pwc has been appointed as administrator, and will look for a buyer "as soon as possible". if you want to find out the result in your area head to the bbc news website or bbc news app and enter your postcode. you'll also find lots of election analysis and the latest reports from our teams around the country. now back to election 2022. yes, welcome back. we are of course keeping tabs on all the latest results coming in. we will be talking about the results in wales with the conservative leader in wales shortly, and we will be having a word with emily thornberry in the studio about labour's performance in a few minutes, but before that, i hope emily doesn't mind, we will go straight to northern ireland because we are getting a few results there. let's join annita. we are getting a few results there. let'sjoin annita. reeta, sorry, i beg your pardon. l

the convenience store chain mccoll�*s has warned it is on the brink of collapse. the company runs more than a thousand shops in britain, and employs about 16,000 people. mccoll�*s has struggled during the pandemic because of supply chain issues, inflation, and debt. it says it's seeking a loan to shore up the business. the energy giant, shell has announced record profits of more than £7 billion for the first quarter of this year. that's nearly three times the figure for the same period in 2021, as the cost of energy has sky rocketed. like its rival bp, shell is benefiting from the surge in oil and gas prices because of the war in ukraine. it's led to calls for a one—off windfall tax on oil companies. vladimir putin has called on ukrainian troops, holed up in a steel works in the southern port of mariupol, to surrender. it's the last stronghold of ukrainian resistance in the beseiged port city and around 200 civilians are thought to be sheltering in its underground tunnels and bunkers. the commander leading ukrainian troops inside the steel works says difficul