Afternoon briefing Thursday 12th November

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0:37This is your Times Radio news briefing for the afternoon of Thursday the 12th of November. The former minister who's advising the government on youth unemployment has told the Times that he will recommend that young people are prevented from claiming traditional sickness and disability payments. Those who qualify will still get a youth allowance and an additional cost allowance if they meet the criteria. Alan Milburn, whose review will be published next Tuesday, says he will prioritise young people's future over their short-term finances. Government Minister Matthew Pennycook was asked on Times Radio whether they would accept the recommendations.

1:11We absolutely welcome the conversation on this issue. That's precisely why we established the review that Alan's carrying out. The Prime Minister has been very clear, the current system isn't working. We need a new settlement for young people. That's got to be a root and branch reform. Tinkering around the edges isn't going to cut it. And in principle, But it is absolutely right that we look to give more focus to providing them with the intensive support they need to prosper in life. Michael Carrick has been sacked as Manchester United's manager after 10 months. The club is 18th in the table with only one win from 10 league games.

1:46Maurizio Pochettino is set to replace him. Former United striker Dwight York isn't sure he will get unanimous support. They're going to be a mixed bag of people supporting him coming to the football club, but also some fans not going to be too over-impressed by his achievements so far. The boss of the world's second most valuable company after Apple, NVIDIA, is in danger of being ousted as the board meets to discuss his future. Jensen Huang is now reported to have had two affairs, one with an alleged Chinese spy and another with a colleague 15 years younger than him. Times Radio's business correspondent Dominic O 'Connell says it's had an impact on the company already.

2:26All this is playing havoc with the Nvidia share price. The US markets are closed at the minute, but you can get an idea of what's going to happen in the after-hours trading market, which is not always a reliable guide, but in after-hours trading, Nvidia shares are down nearly 9%, and they've already lost this month 25 % of their value. So we're talking about a$1.5 trillion loss of valuation in the space of about a month. The Sun is claiming that a woman who was in the audience of Britain's Got Talent was pestered for sex by David Walliams for a number of months after they met. She was picked out of the crowd and asked to come back the next day to fill in for a model.

3:02The Sun's associate news editor Stephen Moyes explains what she says happened. Louisa explains how David Walliams then walked into the dressing room where she was left wearing only a towel around his waist telling her that the shower in his dressing room was not working and he was going to have to use the one in her room. So she was rather freaked out by this. She thinks something could perhaps have happened there and then if she was that way inclined, but it did not. The Sun claims that he went on to ask her for sexual pictures. Walliams has not responded to this allegation and rejects accusations by others, saying he was thoughtless in his relationships but never broke the law.

3:40He is in hospital under the Mental Health fact. For more stories like this, listen throughout the day to Times Radio.

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