According to a report by the childrens commissioner for england, who says the situation is a scandal. Cardinal george pell, the most senior catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sexual abuse, has lost an appeal in australia against his conviction. President trump has cancelled an official state visit to denmark after the nations Prime Minister confirmed greenland was not for sale. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The government has appointed a panel of experts to review the h52 Railway Project to check whether and for how long the project should continue. The first segment of h52, the line between london and birmingham, is due to open at the end of 2026. The second phase linking leeds and manchester is due for completion by 2032 33. In 2015 the cost of the project was predicted to be more than £55 billion. But borisjohnson has said he expects the costs to spiral to over 100 billion. This morning the transport secretary grant shapps didnt rule out scrapping the project
Weather pattern at the moment for the wet weather for scotland and Northern Ireland but set to get warmer into the weekend back up to around 30 celsius. Before that we have this set up, a weather front in the north west of the country bringing rain across Northern Ireland and scotland. That will be quite heavy at times. And some widespread showers across wales and into the north midlands and the north of england. Further south of england and wales join north of england. Further south of england and walesjoin up north of england. Further south of england and wales join up with some sunshine and feeling pleasantly warm. 0vernight tonight the weather front pushing down into the north of england and wales. To the south of that sum drier weather, showers back in the north west of scotland and temperatures between ten, 14 degrees. Tomorrow the band of rain changes direction moving back north so we changes direction moving back north so we have another helping of wet weather for scotland and
That border on the island of ireland borisjohnson will meet Angela Merkel later with a call to scrap the irish open. But so far, berlin has said border backstop in order to secure an brexit deal. They havent had concrete ideas of what those alternatives should be a man accused of murdering pc from britain. Until then, Andrew Harper appears in court and will face trial injanuary. What those alternatives should be from britain. Untilthen, until there are more concrete ideas, they thousands of Homeless Children say the backstop has to stay in the are growing up living in shipping Withdrawal Agreement. Containers and empty office blocks, joining me now to discuss according to englands this is yael selfin, childrens commissioner. Chief economist at kpmg in the uk. Coming up on afternoon live how co dependent do you think the british and german economies are . All the sport olly foster. We are talking the ashes again. The they are dependent, but its a very third test starts tomorrow. England