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with the north of england and the east midlands. but costs spiralled and it was scaled back. the eastern leg of h52 was cancelled two years ago. now birmingham to manchester has also been scrapped, as well as the line to east midlands parkway. we ll be getting reaction from all along the network tonight. our transport correspondent katy austin is in birmingham, our north of england correspondent danny savage is in leeds, but first let s go to our political editor chris mason in manchester. sophie, for at least three weeks the plug has been poised to be pulled on a big chunk of hs2. today, it was yanked out. the prime minister acknowledged it was a controversial decision, but he insisted it was the right call, even though there are plenty, including in his own party, who think it is a huge mistake. and all of this on a day of big announcements from rishi sunak. manchester this lunchtime, and the prime minister s warm up. rishi and i are each other s best friends, and i c ....
a lot has been said by a lot of people about borisjohnson s time in number ten. he was confronted by the biggest challenge to face a prime minister in peacetime notjust a health crisis, but an economic one as well. he s been accused of acting too late and of lying about what went on here. ..to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. this was mrjohnson s chance to give his side of the story and he began with an apology. can ijust say how glad i am to be here at this inquiry and how sorry i am for the pain and the loss and the suffering. sit down. ..of the covid victims. please, sit down. right, ushers, please could you ask them to leave. these were the four women thrown out for interrupting. they said they d never accept mrjohnson s apology. 11 municipalities in italy. back inside, questions about february 2020. coronavirus had spread to italy and the cabinet had discussed what plans were in place here. i look at all this stuff in which we seemed so oblivious with horror n ....
settled, does that mean if you are prime minister, hell or high water, whatever the deal on the table we will be leaving the european union? there was a clear vote one year ago, there is now the negotiations which have already begun. a british man suspected of being part of an islamic state group beheading hostages has been convicted of terrorism offences in turkey. the former royal marine, alexander blackman, gives his first broadcast interview to the bbc after being released from prison. he was convicted of killing taliban fighter in afghanistan, and says he regrets his actions. the international ballroom dancer he has become the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. an 11 year old girl has fallen from a water ride at a theme park in staffordshire. she was on a school trip to drayton manor. she has died. phil mackie is at the park now. trip to drayton manor. she has died. phil mackie is at the park nowm should have been a day to remember for ....
in sport, they re calling it one of the greatest european ties ever. barcelona make history by coming from 4 0 down against paris st germain to win with the last kick of the game. and two years after historic clandon park house was gutted by fire, we report on the start of the huge restoration task. and carol has the weather. good morning. for many this morning it s a fairly cloudy start, also a damp one with showers or some rain but by mid morning, for most we ll have some lovely springlike weather with a fair bit of sunshine except across the channel islands and the south west, where it will be cloudy and damp, and it will be quite a windy day for some of us. more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the chancellor phillip hammond is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing national insurance contributions for many self employed workers in yesterday s budget. he s facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan from some backbench ....
Thing that we have as fighter pilots. i had a situation in a rack my wingman had lost his engine, a single engine that we had been flying and i made a fewjokes with him as he was gliding into his landing at the nearest airport. he barely made it. so, for me personally, humour works. barely made it. so, for me personally, humourworks. in that kind ofjob you can t get too overly excited. in hollywood movies, the astronaut is always yelling and screaming. that is not the person that you want to go into a space with. you want to be with somebody who is calm. images definitely can, i call him the quintessential british explorer. very positive attitude and i m sure he is handling this well. it sounds like there is a good chance that the capsule is still intact, that s what we are hopeful for that we can find it and rescue them. i m sure he handling eric emma. there is definitely hope that the physical structure of their submarine is supposed to be very good and we haven t he s seen or heard ....