Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at two full steam ahead for hsz. The Prime Minister confirms that the whole of the High Speed Rail plan will go ahead, with the first trains running by the end of the decade. The cabinet has given High Speed Rail the green signal. We are going to get this done. Ill be reporting live from the h52 construction site here in birmingham and getting reaction to the Prime Ministers announcement from the mayor of the West Midlands. The british businessman linked to 11 cofohoviius cases says hes fully recovered
but still in quarantine, after catching the virus in singapore. Poor manufacturing figures, particuarly in the car industry, mean there was no Economic Growth in the last three months of last year. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. As Manchester United apply for a section of safe standing, are we any closer to seeing it rolled out . Thanks, john. And nick miller has all the weather. Concern about heavy snow showers today
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today a Healthcare Worker at a hospital in west sussex is one of the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. Injapan, the number of people infected with the virus on the the diamond princess cruise ship rises to 174 making it the biggest outbreak outside china. We talk to three sporting heroes about the fight of their lives. In a breakfast exclusive, doddie weir, Stephen Darby, and rob burrow talk about life with Motor Neurone Disease and their determination to keep on fighting. Its a bit like a game in some sort of way, we have an amount of time to be mnd. It is a collective effort. I understand the bigger the team the better the result. Good morning. Full steam ahead for the biggest Infrastructure Project in europe but what now . Hs2 costs are spiralling. Dates are being pushed back. Who wins and who loses in the latest high speed twist. Wejoin the swimmer aiming to take a dip every day for a
After a trip to Singapore Says hes fully recovered and thanks nhs staff. Last minute protests fail to stop a home office plane taking off as a group ofjamaican born offenders are deported from the uk. And a rare royalfoursome a show of force as prince charles, camilla, william and kate all visit a military rehab centre in leicestershire. And in sportsday at 6 30pm, more on Manchester Uniteds plans to trial safe standing at old trafford. Theyve applied to put rail seating in for a small section of fans. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The hs2 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham, leeds and manchester will go ahead despite already being behind schedule and over budget. The first phase of the line connecting london to birmingham with an additonal part up to crewe was due to open at the end of 2026 but the first trains may not run on the route until some time between 2028 and 2031. The next stage of the project up to manchester and leeds is not due for complet
Among them, this is the biggest exodus since the war began. And sudan says its willing to hand over its former president , 0mar al bashir, to the International Criminal court where hes wanted for war crimes. Joe bidens been the front runner to be the democratic president ial nominee for a long while. But now hes under severe pressure. New hampshire votes today, following on from iowa last week. Its not a question of whether biden can win its whether he can avoid a disaster. Polls close in a few hours Bernie Sanders is expected to win. And joe biden isnt sticking around hes already heading to South Carolina and looking ahead. The rest of the nation is out there, a lot of votes to be had were going to see, but i think were going to do well in nevada and South Carolina and will go from there. Joe biden finished fourth in iowa has taken a huge dip in national polling. This is from Quinnipiac University on january 28th. He was leading his rivals on 26 . This is a poll from monday. Hes on i7
Conservative transport secretary justine greening. In 2012, David Cameron gave it the official go ahead. Then the queen gave her approval, then theresa mays another green light for hsz. Government, then parliament and that borisjohnson says the high speed stamp of the approval, and today the rail link to the north will go ahead, despite significant opposition from his own conservative mps. And the policeman who ran green light from boris johnson. The lights and broke the law stamp of the approval, and today the green light from borisjohnson. So we are all agreed it is agreed. 0r to get to an appointment at his sons college. Maybe not. And while all that green not guilty because he was practising his fast pursuit skills. Lighting was going on, the french have built a new high speed line to south west france. It cost 9 billion hello and welcome. Euros has cut an hour of the journey im katty kay in New Hampshire, time from paris to bordeaux. Traffic and Christian Fraser is in london. We s