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for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 mil ....
extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders ....
never won a major metal. so it was important to get that started. yeah, as you said, this is a building block for the summer and we are not there yet but we re getting there and getting closer and closer. manchester city can close the gap at the top, with a win in tomorrow s lunchtime kick off against newcastle united. their boss, pep guardiola has been talking about their former captain vincent kompa ny s future. kompany s in charge of runaway championship leaders burnley who city face in the fa cup quarter finals. kompany won ten major honours in ii seaons at the etihad, and guardiola believes one day he ll return to city as manager. personally, i am delighted with his success and i think all of us have found that happy to be back. and so, i think he s destined to become a manager, it was written in the stars. it s going to happen. i don t know when but it s going to happen. knows the environment, knows the fans, all the needs. the destiny is there. west bromwich al ....
of five parties, all led by women. time for some sport here on bbc news. hello i m hugh ferris. afterjust seven months in charge, graham potter has been sacked by chelsea. losing again yesterday saw them drop to 11th in the premier league and they weren t the only top flight team to part company with their manager today. here s nesta mcgregor. ato a to know the feed to aston villa at stamford bridge a result that salt chelsea drop it to the bottom half of the premier league fans far from happy and 11th defeat in 31 games. although graham potter was optimistic. iii although graham potter was optimistic although graham potter was otimistic. ,, ., , ,, optimistic. if you look at the steps a art from optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main one optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main one there - optimistic. if you look at the s ....
brindley and leads wrote to the premier league to question every ten s finances, at the time tamimi remember that they were involved in an almighty relegation struggle and everton ultimately stayed up among those huge celebrations that you could see at goodison park. but what the other clubs were questioning was that everton had posted losses of £370 million over a three year period. and under primarily rules, clubs are only allowed to post losses of £105 million over a three year period. now everton insisted they had complied with the rules. they said that a large amount of their losses were caused by covid and that those could be written off. everton had issued a statement saying that they strongly contested the allegations and say they are entirely confident that they remain compliant with the financial rules and they will robustly defend their position. the case will now be heard by an independent commission if everton are found guilty, they could face a fine, the ....