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One of the UK's big six energy suppliers cuts 2,500 jobs | :00:00. | :00:11. | |
The job losses represent a fifth of the workforce at NPower. | :00:12. | :00:14. | |
The former US First Lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94. | :00:15. | :00:29. | |
The Mayor of London reveals that British sovereignty was the issue | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
that made him reject David Cameron's EU reform deal and support | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
And Andy Murray has to battle for a win to begin | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
The energy giant NPower has announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs, | :00:43. | :01:08. | |
It's one of Britain's biggest gas and electricity suppliers, | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
with nearly 5 million customers, but has been hit by losses | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
at its parent company and fines over its customer service. | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
Most of the jobs lost are expected to be in the north of England. | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
Our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports. | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
It's one of the biggest energy companies in the UK, | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
providing energy to 5 million customers. | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
But it is set to cut a fifth of its workforce after a torrid | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
NPower, which supplies gas and electricity to consumers, | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
It is set to shed 2500 of those, spread throughout its sales | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
NPower has been losing UK customers to rivals. | :01:52. | :01:58. | |
It used to be the second-biggest supplier in Britain, | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
Last year, lost 200,000 customers and was fined a record ?26 million | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
by the energy regulator, Ofgem, for not treating customers fairly. | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
What it does show is a further significant change in the way | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
that the energy market is working in the UK. | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
Over the last year or two, we have seen a huge increase | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
in the number of independent suppliers coming into the market | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
and their market share of customers has now moved from 5% a year or two | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
This could be an indication of how the big six are having to react | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
to the emergence of the smaller players in the market. | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
And NPower's German parent company, RWE, has been badly affected by oil | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
prices, which have plunged by 70% over the past 18 months. | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
These job cuts come as the Competition and Market | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
Authority is set to announce a major shake-up of the entire energy sector | :02:51. | :03:00. | |
that should make things far more transparent for consumers | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
and enable them to switch much easier. | :03:12. | :03:13. | |
We're standing up for customers at NPower. | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
On Tuesday, NPower will reveal exactly where the job losses will be | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
and the extent of the problems at the company. | :03:19. | :03:20. | |
The former American First Lady Nancy Reagan has died. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
She was 94 and was married to Ronald Reagan for 52 years - | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
remembered for being at his side through two terms in the White | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
She died in California, from where our correspondent | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
She's been my First Lady since long before the White House. | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
It was a marriage made for the silver screen. | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
The partnership portrayed here in a political campaign film | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
from 1984, the President and his adoring, steely wife. | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
The love affair was genuine and it lasted more than half a century. | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
What are you going to do after the war? | :03:56. | :03:58. | |
The romance had begun in Hollywood, where the pair met as minor actors. | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
Even appearing together, in this film. | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
But by the time her husband became President, he had served eight years | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
as governor of California and Nancy Reagan was ready | :04:13. | :04:14. | |
The adoring gaze, a symbol of her loyalty and devotion. | :04:15. | :04:24. | |
Nancy Reagan's time as First Lady was controversial, | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
as she redecorated the White House and splurged on gowns and banquets. | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
She was accused of interfering in staff matters and was ridiculed | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
for consulting an astrologer, apparently to decide | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
But she was driven by something much more down-to-earth, a determination | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
It could make her look overbearing, like this prompt when he lost his | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
But when it turned out Ronald Reagan's memory | :04:53. | :05:06. | |
loss was due to illness, sinking slowly into the darkness | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
of Alzheimer's, the nation began to understand and to sympathise. | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
Each day brings another reminder of this very long goodbye. | :05:14. | :05:22. | |
At President Reagan's state funeral in 2004, it felt like | :05:23. | :05:24. | |
the world was intruding on a poignant, private farewell. | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
Nancy Reagan will be buried next to her husband, | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
here at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in California. | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
A short time ago, her stepson released this message. | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
Nancy, he said, is once again with the man she loved. | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
The Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson, | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
who's campaigning to leave the EU, says reform on the key issue | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
of sovereignty is not achievable if Britain stays in. | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
He told the BBC he'd been happy with a reform deal that would have | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
returned powers of sovereignty from Brussels to the UK. | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
But he revealed Government lawyers considered that unworkable. | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
Here's our political correspondent Alex Forsyth. | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
Two weeks ago, he grabbed headlines by saying he wanted out of the EU. | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
One of the few politicians with reach beyond Westminster, Boris | :06:24. | :06:35. | |
Johnson's endorsement was a major boost to the campaign for leaving. | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
Today, in his first full broadcast interview since, the London Mayor | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
shed more light on why he is campaigning against friends and | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
colleagues, including the Prime Minister. We were promised | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
fundamental reform. We were told we were going to get wholesale changes. | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
Anybody looking at the agreement we have before us now will be in no | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
doubt that this is not fundamental reform. David Cameron spent months | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
negotiating changes to the EU to try to address British concerns. Among | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
other things, she won the right for countries to club together and block | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
EU ideas, and the UK is not committed to further integration. | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
But for Boris Johnson, this does not address his concern about the UK's | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
sovereignty. He claims a deal which would have curbed the power of | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
European courts was ditched. Finally, we had some language that | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
seems to have some bite, and seemed to work. I was very pleased with it, | :07:30. | :07:37. | |
we went back to the Government lawyers and the Government lawyers | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
just blew up. Downing Street denies his claim. They are due to deliver | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
new plans to boost sovereignty soon. They say leave campaigners like | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
Boris Johnson are just trying to dodge tough questions on what out | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
would look like and how it would affect things like the single | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
market, designed to ease trade across borders. Do you accept if we | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
leave the EU we must leave the single market? The single market | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
people will say, what do you mean by the single market? Would we be able | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
to trade freely with that territory? I think we would. Are going to be in | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
it or not, and if not, are we going to negotiate a similar deal? We are | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
going to have our own British arrangements that would give us | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
access to the rest of the European Union. But some big EU players | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
warned that the UK cannot have it all if it votes to leave. | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
TRANSLATION: Of course there are countries in Europe that are part of | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
the single market, but they still have to pay into the community and | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
accept the free movement of people. They have all of the advantages of | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
the common market and they are not involved in the decision process of | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
the single market. So far, it seems the campaign is still dominated by | :08:52. | :08:54. | |
claim and counterclaim on both sides. In Westminster, Boris | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
Johnson's role in the campaign is closely watched, in part because of | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
his relationship and rivalry with the Prime Minister. Also, because as | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
far as politicians go, he's a fairly big public personality. Two weeks | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
in, there is frustration at the lack of agreed facts and growing acrimony | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
between both camps. It might take more than anyone big character to | :09:18. | :09:18. | |
win over hearts and minds. At least 47 people have been killed | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
in a suicide attack at a crowded checkpoint in the Iraqi | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
city of Hilla. So-called Islamic State has | :09:27. | :09:27. | |
claimed responsibility Iraqi police officers and civilians | :09:28. | :09:29. | |
were among the dead - Police have charged a man | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
with a knife attack on a pregnant 40-year-old woman in | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
Sutton Coldfield on Friday. Babur Karamat Raja, who's 41, | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
will appear before Birmingham magistrates tomorrow on charges | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
including attempted murder The woman is in a stable condition | :09:45. | :09:45. | |
in hospital and her baby girl, born after the attack, | :09:46. | :09:53. | |
is doing well. Police in Northern Ireland have | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
found explosives and bomb-making components hidden in a country park | :09:57. | :09:59. | |
near Larne in County Antrim. They're describing the find | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
as significant but say they don't know which terrorist | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
group was responsible. On Friday, a prison officer | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
was badly injured when a car bomb At least 18 people have died | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
after a boat carrying migrants capsized while trying to sail | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
from Turkey to Greece. Hundreds more have been rescued | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
from other vessels trying to make The latest deaths come as EU leaders | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
prepare for major summit in Brussels focusing on how to deal | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
with the crisis. From the Greek island | :10:31. | :10:32. | |
of Lesbos Danny Savage Midway between Turkey and the Greek | :10:33. | :10:44. | |
islands, the Coast Guard is picking people up from small boats. Later, | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
it arrives in port. All hands are on deck. 338 migrants, from many | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
different nations. It's very cold, no water, no food. We did not eat | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
food for two days, two nights. Where are you going to? I don't know. I | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
don't know. Every country here is good. The fate of these people is | :11:10. | :11:13. | |
once again going to be discussed in Brussels this week. One suggestion | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
is to only let Syrians proceed from here. That could mean that in the | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
near future these people will basically be sorted, Syrians will be | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
allowed some sort of refuge, but everybody else will be set back | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
across the water to Turkey on a journey they have just risked their | :11:30. | :11:36. | |
lives on. The migrants at this hilltop camp nearby are non-Syrian. | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
Desperate people making desperate threats. If they try to make you go | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
back to Turkey, what will happen? I will not go back, I will jump in the | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
sea or hang myself with a tree. I will suicide. I will not go back. If | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
they forced me to go back to Turkey or Pakistan, I will suicide here, | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
because it is a matter of my life. Back on the beach this afternoon, we | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
found another raft arriving. Doctors and other aid workers were quickly | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
on the scene to get them warm again. These were mainly Afghans. They are | :12:13. | :12:20. | |
the fortunate ones. Further south, a similar boat sank just off the | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
Turkish coast. Dozens died, including children. There were a few | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
survivors, but the death toll in the sea has risen yet again. It is a | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
very traumatic journey. This is extremely dangerous, it has been | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
perilous, not just this year when over 400 people have lost their | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
lives, but in the past year, 1700 drowned or went missing. It is an | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
extremely taxing and shopping experience. For many of them it is | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
the first time they are in the sea. -- shocking experience. For now, | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
they are on the shore and save in Europe. But for how long? The | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
overtures from Brussels are about sending them back to Turkey and | :13:02. | :13:03. | |
closing down these routes. With all the sport, here's | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes at the BBC Great Britain have started | :13:08. | :13:10. | |
their Davis Cup title defence with victory over Japan, putting | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
them into the quarter-finals. But as our correspondent Andy Swiss | :13:16. | :13:17. | |
reports, star player Andy Murray had Andy Murray! At the entrance felt | :13:18. | :13:35. | |
more boxing than tennis, it was entirely apt. This was as bout as | :13:36. | :13:41. | |
bruising as it gets. Two top ten heavyweights slugging it out. While | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
Andy Murray edged the first set, come the second, how Kei Nishikori | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
responded. He broke serve and Murray broke his racket. But he turned back | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
frustration into a fight back, forcing a tie-break which heat up. | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
Murray in control, Mother's Day going well. Then problems, as | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
Nishikori's relentlessness earned a reward. With Murray tiring, he took | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
the next two sets. The Japanese fans suddenly sensed a famous win. Cue a | :14:11. | :14:17. | |
thrilling decider. Again, Nishikori failed, but he would not let go, | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
driving Murray to destruction. Finally, after hours of spellbinding | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
drama, it was over. Victory for Murray and Britain, on a day of | :14:30. | :14:32. | |
exhaustion, but, ultimately, exhilaration. | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
In the day's Premier League football, West Brom beat a 10 man | :14:39. | :14:41. | |
Manchester United at home in the league for the first | :14:42. | :14:43. | |
Elsewhere, Liverpool won 2-1 at strugglers Crystal Palace. | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
Meanwhile Celtic can rekindle their old firm | :14:50. | :14:50. | |
Either Hibs or Inverness will play Dundee United in the other semi. | :14:51. | :14:57. | |
Great Britain's cyclists have topped the medal table | :14:58. | :14:59. | |
at the Track World Championships in London. | :15:00. | :15:01. | |
Golden girl Laura Trott claimed her 2nd title in the Omnium, | :15:02. | :15:03. | |
comfortably winning the multi-race event at the same velodrome | :15:04. | :15:06. | |
where she became Olympic Champion in 2012. | :15:07. | :15:15. | |
If I get to 20 laps to go with a big enough gap, I could ride round and | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
follow. That is what I try to do, get enough points early. I'm just so | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
happy. It has only taken four years to get the gold back! | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
And there was a very special victory for Sir Bradley Wiggins | :15:32. | :15:34. | |
and Mark Cavendish who triumphed in the final event - | :15:35. | :15:37. |