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Major public projects like new transport links can provide a tangible, long lasting boost to the economy. Historically some areas feel they havent had their fair share. This business in hull says that better connections to other cities like york would really help. I feel that the north has often served second fiddle to the south. I appreciate its where the capital is, where a lot of businesses. But the Playing Field is getting more and more lopsided. It needs to be levelled. The question looms of how to put the public finances back on a sustainable footing after the huge cost of coronavirus bu...

Just how different a face the United States will present to the world underjoe biden has been underscored by his choices for top roles in the new administration. Long time ally antony blinken, raised in france and a fluent french speaker, is to be the new secretary of state. And john kerry who did thatjob under president obama is to be the new climate tsar. Their Global Outlook and intention to rebuild old alliances contrasts with the America First approach of donald trump. As our state Department Correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. Hi, im deputy secretary tony blinken, from the state d...

The public spending watchdog has laid bare the hugely inflated prices the westminster government ended up paying for personal protective equipment as the pandemic began to bite. The National Audit office said that stockpiles were low and that competing for ppe with other countries cost the taxpayer an extra ten billion pounds. Our special correspondent, lucy manning, reports. At felixstowe port amongst the containers, a sign of englands ppe problems. 4,000 containers of protective equipment still sitting there causing logjams because most of the governments ppe orders didnt arrive for the firs...

Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Another defeat for donald trump in his attempts to overturn the us election results. Republican officials in two states confirm joe bidens victory. The british cabinet minister priti patel keeps herjob after being found to have broken rules by bullying staff. Now questions for borisjohnson, over his influence on the report. A rocket attack on the afghan capital, kabul. At least eight people have been killed and more than 30 injured. The nhs starts setting up coronavirus Vaccination Centres across the uk, and the first doses could be delivered next month....

Gaulles famous wartime broadcast. Well meet again dont know where, dont know when. Dame vera lynn the british singer who became known as the forces sweetheart during world war ii has died at the age of 103. Hello and a warm welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. In a major u turn, the uk government has announced that its smartphone coronavirus tracing app is being put on hold because it isnt up to the job. It was supposed to be up and running in the middle of may and trials had been taking place. But the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has blamed technical barriers for its...