identify. good morning from an empty london euston station as more than 16,000 rail workers go on strike again. when will it be over and what should you do if you are travelling today? i will have the details. is it ratcliffe to the rescue for manchester united? british billionairejim ratcliffe says he would be interested in buying the club if the glazer family wants to sell. from trash to treasure. we find out how items destined for the tip are raising thousands for charity thanks to upcycling. good morning. after yesterday s torrential date range which led to localised flooding in parts of the south east, today it will be drier with some sunshine and the odd shower, we have got a new weather front coming in across the introducing thick cloud and some rain. all of the details throughout the programme this morning. it s thursday 18th august. our main story. thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland will be getting their a level, t level and btec results
of the amazon rainforest is that of the missing british journalist dom philips. it s understood he was identified using dental records. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rosamund urwin, who s the media editor at the sunday times, and the writer and broadcaster mihir bose. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. as always on front and manage to all, come in at quite early. i wonder why that is. the times says the treasury has warned employers must be careful about giving big pay rises this year as it could help fuel increases in inflation. the telegraph also leads on the treasury s worries on wage rises as thousands of rail workers prepare to walk out on strike this week over a pay dispute. the ft says rising rates have hit global markets as investors worry about inflation and a slow recovery from the pandemic causing prolonged economic problems. the independent says refugees who cross the channel to reach the uk a
To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an excellent start, they scored two first half tries, the first from man u to langa who bulldozed his way over. How was his First International try for two years. Followed by a try from joe marchand. England were in total control of the star of the second half. They seemed on course for a straightforward victory but back came fiji and harrow, two tries in quick succession. And higher. Not much more than ten minutes left when the score was 2a all and the fiji fans sensed a remarkable comeback. But in th
I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under construction and will be completed. But the length stretching further north from birmingham to manchester has now been officially scrapped. A separate leg from nottingham to leeds had already been canned. The last official estimate on hs2 costs, excluding the cancelled section, added up to about £71 bil
Own goalfrom joel matip. Not as a manager of liverpool, so much more as a football person, i think the only outcome should be a replay. That is how it is. It would happen again. I think a replay would be the right thing to do or the referee has the opportunity to bring both coaches together and say, sorry, we made a mistake, but we can sort it. And we start from there. Champions League Football will return to St James Park for the first time in 20 years later, as eddie howe s newcastle take on paris st germain. Newcastle drew their first game on their return to the competition against ac milan and will now face the french champions, who won their first game against borussia dortmund. Howe believes the Clubs Progress has been rapid since the saudi led takeover two years ago this week and both he and former captain alan shearer are hoping it can continue. I think initially nothing like this was in our thoughts at the speed at which it has happened. The only thing in our thoughts were sta