Statistics has admitted mistakes have been made. A man accused of murdering pc Andrew Harper will stand trial injanuary. Shipping containers and empty office blocks are being used to house thousands of Homeless Children, says englands child rens commissioner. And coming up on bbc news enough is enough Manchester United players hit out at social media sites, after paul pogba becomes the latest footballer to be racially abused online. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. An inquiry is to be launched into whether the h52 high speed rail link should go ahead. £7 billion has already been spent on the scheme, which is designed to link london, birmingham, manchester and leeds. The cost of the project has been rising, with recent reports it could reach £86 billion. The inquiry will look at whether the scheme should be approved, amended, or scrapped. The government says it will make a final decision by the end of the year. Our transport correspondent, tom burridge, has the detai
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
motorway drivers stuck for hours overnight, as heavy snow and strong winds cause travel chaos in parts of the country. keep getting called to stranded motorists on the cross pennines routes, cars that can t progress because of the snow, some medical emergencies. fears of a recession ease as new figures show uk economic output bounced back slightly injanuary by 0.3%. and there s a new duke of edinburgh prince edward is given the title of his late father, prince philip. and coming up on the bbc news channel despite injury and illness struggles, emma raducanu has returned to winning ways in her first match since the australian open injanuary. good afternoon. the prime minister is in paris today for a summit meeting with the french president emmanuel macron. rishi sunak says it s a new chapter in anglo french relations. he s pushing france for more action to stop migrants crossing the channel in small boats and is likely to offer the french authorities more money to help th
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Is declared the new leader of south africas governing party, the anc. Following the killing of British Embassy worker rebecca dykes in lebanon local Police Arrest a man, believed to be a taxi driver. And from nurse to bishop, Sarah Mullally becomes the most senior woman in the church of england, appointed bishop of london. Its 5 oclock. Breaking news from johannesburg, lets see the images in south africa. A very significant election has taken place. We have the congratulations, because Cyril Ramaphosa has been duly elected as the leader of the anc, the ruling party in south africa. He beat the former foreign minister, Nkosazana Dlamini zuma, by 2240 votes, to 2461. He is the Deputy President currently, in line for greater things, because he hasjust been elected leader of the anc in johannesburg. The electoral commission, doing lots of its work this afternoon, looking and monitoring at the validity of the vote. There were talks about a conference of recount at one point, as it is, we be