Before that he was a graduate, for the most Prestigious School in france, the one that shapes the bosses and politicians and top mandarin is. The great deal of those proposals, are a bit of glitter has been thrown over them, classical proposals of the kind, of a system by which france has been administered. With a Strong Influence of the state and attempts to deregulate in a sort of command way. He has got all sorts of ideas to change taxes and society, all of this is nice and it sounds very good and there is a great deal of digital land new economy thrown in. He says like many people before him that he wa nts to like many people before him that he wants to make it easier for people to do business. But at the end of the day, it is a series of technocratic measures, most of them making sense, some of them being slightly strange such as the idea that cellphones would be forbidden not just that cellphones would be forbidden notjust in that cellphones would be forbidden not just in classrooms that cellphones would be forbidden notjust in classrooms but also in all of frances schools. It is very well known that in france, in french prisons, there are cellphones everywhere eve n prisons, there are cellphones everywhere even though they are forbidden. I do know how they can do this in schools. Yes it is going to be tricky, i have seen so many french president s, and he is potentially going to be one, suggest that they are going to deregulate the Labour Market and so on and so forth and they ride in on a crest of a wave and as soon as they get in, the unions crush them . Well we are coming in at the end of a very long artwork peoples that you cant change anything in france, and we now have a debt of 2 trillion. Euros. And we have now reached we have never reached the maastricht criteria of having a deficit that would be under 3 . That is the moment where you realise that the country has too pay interest on the interest that we owe. Right now we have been coasting because Interest Rates are so low. So it is our time way the unions are very weak. You have to realise that the french population, the french workforce, only 7 are unionised, and to the track from this, the Public Sector is 3 . The unions bark but they dont have much power. Newcastle city council has denied claims it is running a campaign against drivers after a single bus lane brought in more fines than any other in england. More than 60,000 drivers were caught, onJohn Dobson Street, bringing £5,000 fines each day. But they say they are not using motorists as a cash cow. This is david. We are driving around, still no warning sign at all. We are about to turn ontojohn warning sign at all. We are about to turn onto john dobson warning sign at all. We are about to turn ontoJohn Dobson Street. Warning sign at all. We are about to turn onto John Dobson Street. He was snapped by a bus Camera Onjob Dobson Street Last Year Comedy has since won his money back on appeal, but thousands of other drivers have sheued but thousands of other drivers have shelled out because this is the big daddy of bus lanes, it is a record breaker, taking more fines in a single day than any other. It is just 70 yards long. But 62,975 fines we re just 70 yards long. But 62,975 fines were handed out to drivers illegally using this bus lanes to in february and october last year making it a total of over £i. 5 million or £5,690 a day. It is part of a Wider Campaign throughout the city that seems to be about making the city as unattractive as possible to ordinary drivers. The fact of the matter is that lots of people need to use their cars, the rest of the road on John Dobson Street is open to the general public. And yet a tiny little bit at the bottom, which isnt an accident blackspot, which isnt an accident blackspot, which isnt an accident blackspot, which isnt a congestion hotspot, and yet a p pa re ntly isnt a congestion hotspot, and yet apparently they have decided to make this unavailable to the traffic, 2a seven. The number of people that are being caught in the bus lane while astronomical, the council should have immediately realised that there was something not right about this, they didnt react, to the fact that many people being used toJohn Dobson Street, were taken by surprise, by this bus lane. And still find it very difficult to understand why the council would think that this is a sensible way of organising the traffic in the centre of the city. Of course you can change your route to avoid the camera, but that can be easier said than done. Somewhere along here, i need to manage to carry out a 3 point turn, bearing in mind, that there are a0 or 50 spaces but if there are a0 or 50 spaces but if there wasnt, it would be difficult, idid think there wasnt, it would be difficult, i did think i will be able to do it in three points. There we are, turn around here. Thats not happening. That this is me in an ordinary sized car. If i was in a wagon, or a large fan, i sync it wouldnt be able to do this manoeuvre at. Like to do this manoeuvre at all. 11th and the city of applied to be Uk City Of Culture in 2021. Perth, coventry, hereford, sunderland have put themselves forward and now five more have put their hats into the ring. Warrington, portsmouth, wales, warrington and saint davids. The chosen area will succeed hull which is the city of culture for this year. Joining me now is Hull City Council leader brady, thanks, good to see you. How did you crack it . Well what we werent prepared to do, to manage decline. We had a wonderful story to tell in hull, but unless we actually won this competition, wed never be able to tell that story, there is a lot of false perceptions about how as there will be in many places that are bidding, and so, we set about, putting a good case forward, which i think we did. Clearly, because you won it. You made it clear what hull was a bad, what was true about how and what was honest, and summed up the area and the city. How would you encapsulate that in a few words . think it is hulls spirit, they had one the full story is to tell. There is such a rich history in hull, and we went out there, and we told those stories and we the community to tell those judges how great this city was. And how important was it, for you, to win it . And two actually, b, the city that you put forward, and that you want other people to accept . We have got such wonderful theatres, house galleries, museums, a marine area, and the shame of it was that not enough people had seen it. And when we landed the city of culture, a Huge Investment started to come in, and in the last 12 months alone, £1. 5 billion has been invested, in the city. We have got a totally renewed city centre, and there is great, great confidence in hull, the unemployment has dropped dramatically and people have got that fresh confidence, in derry city. It sounds great, and the boom to the city and the positive message that winning this accolade, that casts, is enormous, but how do you maintain that. It moves onto the next city . How do you keep the feel good times going . Next city . How do you keep the feelgood times going . That is future planning isnt it . And a legacy programme. We have spent now over a year not planning for this year, but beyond 2021. We are the city of culture for four years. But, we are determined, never to look back, to look forward, to look at the opportunities. And we are going to do that. And that is what you need to do. You certainly need the public behind you, we had 80 of the public, when asked by the judges, they knew about the city of culture, and that they wanted that title. Good stuff, stephen brady, Hull City Council, good to see you. And tomorrow we will have the first of a regular bbc News Channel Programme featuring the highlights of hulls year as britains city of culture. That is also cross the weekend on bbc news. Nat mps have called for the government to publish a long delayed plan for approving nature in england. The government promised in his manifesto that it would restore damaged Wildlife Habitat and lead them ina damaged Wildlife Habitat and lead them in a better state than before but mps want to see how they propose to do it. The environment analyst roger harriman. Guillem act to the west of manchester, a landscape devastated by digging for pete to make garden compost. So Many Wildlife sites degraded in england and the government has pledged to improve them. Here is one way how, iow improve them. Here is one way how, row on iow, improve them. Here is one way how, row on row, of tiny plants. Being nurtured in a poly tunnel. Planted out, they are helping to recreate a peat bog, that Stores Carbon and a tt ra cts peat bog, that Stores Carbon and attracts wildlife. And what about this . Meadows used to be a common delight. Now more than 90 of them are delight. Now more than 90 of them a re lost. Delight. Now more than 90 of them are lost. The government has promised to safeguard them, but its Nature Protection Policy is long delayed. Cities are supposed to benefit from the government s nature strategy to. Im in south london, standing on top of the lost river evra. Lost because it is in case the need my feet in a victorian sewer. The ghost of the river still gets its revenge sometimes though. If floods around here. Here is one solution, on a nearby housing estate, they have smashed up the concrete and laid barked chippings to let Rainwater Soaking to help prevent floods. The garage as had been given a green roof. The garden benefit locals to. This garden gives people a place to come to in the middle of a really urban part of london, where they can learn about food growing and wildlife and also just sit in a more natural space, in the middle of a concretejungle. Guillem act the people of this Country Guillem act the people of this Cou Ntry Love Guillem act the people of this country love their natural environment. Where there is a green space in the cities, the seaside, the rivers, the forest. They are run fortu nately the rivers, the forest. They are run fortunately in decline, we need to see ambitious Government Action to reverse that. Patience is running out. Wildlife around the sea should be enhanced by the nature strategy. Mps have now joined be enhanced by the nature strategy. Mps Have Nowjoined The Chorus to minding for it to be published for all to see. We have and how rodney is coming up for you but first, a look at all of the revenues. Good evening, it was a reasonable day for many parts of the uk, a bit breezy but there was pulse of sunshine a bit early on. If you showers towards the northern and western areas, pushing its way into northern ireland. Not just western areas, pushing its way into northern ireland. Notjust rain, it will be snow over the hills of northern ireland. Snow, rain at lower levels. Showers become fewer and further between. Here it becomes quite cold, held up further south because of this area of cloud and rain moving its weight in. Affecting many southern counties. Not great on the roads here, with the spray in Surface Water for the morning rush hour. That rain is moving heaven north wood. I think the South East Of England should begin to dry up, it turns wetter in wales, some parts of the north midlands into the Southern Parts of Northern England with more rain. The top temperature is around 11 or 12 degrees. Keep the umbrella is handy for the weekend, not a complete wash out but there will be some rain at times. This is bbc news. Im clive myrie. The headlines at 8pm. President trump says he has total confidence in his attorney general, despite growing calls forjeff sessions to resign over his contact with the russian ambassador. The Police Watchdog is warning that cutbacks to forces in england and wales are putting the public at risk, because services are having to be rationed. Englands Nhs Is On A Burning Platform unable to meet the needs of the population a warning from the Chief Inspector of hospitals. Shares in the company that owns the messaging Service Snapchat have jumped by more than forty per cent on its stock market debut. Also in the next hour. 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