Thomas Cook shares down 50%

Shares in travel firm Thomas Cook plummeted this morning after the firm said it was in talks with its banks about borrowing more money.

Shares in travel firm Thomas Cook plummeted this morning after the firm said it was in talks with its banks about borrowing more money.

This was due to a "deterioration of trading in some areas of the business in the current quarter", the firm said.

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