But there are now questions over the future of the h52 project which had planned to connect london, the midlands and the north of england. The uk government says it would be crazy not to review the project given soaring costs due to the war in ukraine and a rise in inflation. Defence secretary, and former transport minister grant shapps told the bbc the government would need to make serious decisions on how affordable it is. The hs2 project was originally due to link london with manchester and leeds, via birmingham. There is speculation that the link between birmingham and manchester may be under threat as costs have increased significantly. The line to leeds has already been scrapped. For more, heres our political correspondent, jessica parker. Hs2 is this enormous rail project, and they actually already scrapped a bit of the leg of the line that would run up to leeds in the north of england, in yorkshire, and now there is also lots of Speculation Building that the government will pot
Like a bull. Solo homer. Giants come back to take the lead. Not for long. Next up in the seventh, herrera again, has the most doubles among Center Fielders in baseball. More than mike trout. High fives all around. And then maikel franco, to right center and gone. Just his second homer over the last month. The solo shot puts the phills back on top. And later in the evening, freddy galvis, his second of the game. And he does it from both sides of the plate. Hasnt happened in six years. A round of applause for the phillys. They win 97. Theyve won two in a row for the First Time Since the end of april. Hopefully this is the winning this series is what we needed to, you know, give us a spark and take it into atlanta. I think the team is doing much better. I think the offense, we are putting stuff together right now. And the pitching, they have been pitching good the last couple of days. We have to keep doing it and try to play like a team and stay together. If lebron james has a weakness, i
Stories. Hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gna nasegaram. The headlines this evening in complete control england force the follow on as west indies continue to struggle. Mourinho hails his teams class, calm and consistency as they score four again. And rodgers tests out his Academy Graduates as they take on kilmarnock and come away with a win. Also coming up in the programme england start the defence of their eurohockey title well have the action from the netherlands. And ahead of next weeks World Championships in glasgow, we look at how british badminton are hoping to change some minds following the complete funding cut that followed the rio olympics. Theres an awful lot to bring to you, including all of the reaction to todays premier legaue games, but we are going to start at edgbaston, where england are in complete control of the first test against west indies. They have forced the tourists to follow on. Lets go live tojoe wilson, who can get us up to date with west indies
Stories. Hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gna nasegaram. The headlines this evening in complete control england force the follow on as west indies continue to struggle. Mourinho hails his teams class, calm and consistency as they score four again. And rodgers tests out his Academy Graduates as they take on kilmarnock and come away with a win. Also coming up in the programme england start the defence of their eurohockey title well have the action from the netherlands. And ahead of next weeks World Championships in glasgow, we look at how british badminton are hoping to change some minds following the complete funding cut that followed the rio olympics. Theres an awful lot to bring to you, including all of the reaction to todays premier legaue games, but we are going to start at edgbaston, where england are in complete control of the first test against west indies. They have forced the tourists to follow on. Lets go live tojoe wilson, who can get us up to date with west indies
It is urgent italy reforms and looks to the future. We will know after the fifth of december. The country will be more capable of standing up to the challenges facing europe and the world, or it could be a country that is closed off. With our speak reporter in rome. An opinion poll shows there has been quite a lead for the no group. Reporter this vote is going to be decided on a handful of votes. A couple of weeks ago the no vote was ahead by 4 . Still about 50 of voters undecided or unclear whether they are going to abstain from this. Mr. Lorenz he will be encouraged by the latest voting we have the countries in brazil and argentina. Voters often vote for the centerleft. That could be a bonus for mr. Lorenz e. They say this is his last chance to bring about meaningful change and stop the political instability that has caused 60 governments to come and go since world war ii. A grabonents say this is for power. And the former Prime Minister said this could lead to a dictatorship in ital