When the conservative mayor of the West Midlands accused the government of cancelling the future if the leg between birmingham and manchester isnt built. Speaking outside the conservative Party Conference in manchester, andy street said the government must not give up on h52 and the Prime Minister must rethink radically how the project is delivered. But Downing Street is still insisting that no final decision has been made. With the latest, heres our political editor, chris mason, in manchester. Party conferences are always a cauldron of whispers and gossip. 0k, good evening, everybody. Denials and announcements. At half five tonight, enter the conservative mayor of the West Midlands. Gripping this situation means reexamining it. It does not mean giving up, admitting defeat, you could say, or even, you could say, cancelling the future. Mr street, have you considered resigning over the cancellation of the northern leg of hs2 . Were not talking about that. The issue is were working hard
North. Later in the week things start to really warm up. More rain on thursday and friday, particularly scotland and Northern Ireland. By the time we get to the weekend, low to mid 20s, 25 or 26 celsius for the south and east. Thanks, helen. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. Hello, and welcome to sportsday with me, olly foster. Our headlines this evening. Tributes are paid to francis lee, a Manchester City great, who has died at the age of 79. Rangers dismiss Michael Beale afterjust ten months in charge who is his likely replacement at ibrox . Liverpool wont back down, demanding a full review after that disallowed goal and also the audio between officials. Also coming up on sportsday. Luke donald is open to Captaining Europe at the next ryder cup after a night of celebrations in rome. The voice is gone a little bit, and the heads a bit sore, but it was all worth it. And keeping herfeet firmly
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Good evening. The conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street, has urged the Prime Minister not to give up on the line between birmingham and manchester. It comes amid speculation that rishi sunak is about to announce that stage of the operation will be relaxed. Andy street said he must not give up on a but the Prime Minister is right to get a grip of the situation. Party conferences are cauldrons of gossip and whispers, denials and announcements. The whole question of h52, whether it will be built in hsz, whether it will be built in full between birmingham and manchester, as well as the connection between the West Midlands and london, has dominated over the last couple of days here for a simple reason. The government will not answer that very simple question. The speculation has swirled again today and tonight Downing Street say that no final decision has yet been made. And yet that intervention from the mayor of the West Midlands once again sparking off the discussion. That
Years as chairman. Lee had been living with cancer for sometime. City say, as a mark of respect, flags around the Etihad Stadium and citys Football Academy will fly at half mast. Liverpool have now made a formal request to the referees governing body for Audio Conversations between officials from saturdays defeat at totttenham to be released. Its after var failed to overturn a wrong decision to disallow a luis diaz goalfor offside, with the pgmol saying it was down to a significant human error. In a statement, liverpool say that explanation is unacceptable and sporting integrity has been undermined. Former referee Keith Hackett believes the audio should be released. I think that they have to release it. You know, ithink i think that they have to release it. You know, i think its important that when an error of this magnitude is made, that there is transparency and we do get the full detail of whats happened. Theres one Premier League match this evening, the south london derby. Chelsea