Rail companies franchises according to mps on the transport committee. Their report criticises Whitehall Forfailing to hold Rail Companies to account. The government says its already implementing many of the mps recommendations. Heres our Business Correspondent joe lynam. If youre a regular train user, youll know all about the disruption at southern rail, the above inflation ticket rises and carriages bursting at peak times. How do you feel about rail franchises, though . I live in halifax so i always get the Northern Line to manchester or to leeds and its always late. Theres, like, two carriages for a million people. Its very expensive, thats why i dont normally use them because i can drive much cheaper. I think there should still be franchising but it needs more regulations in place to punish the train companies. I tend to travel on virgin, i tend to prefer them over the other ones. They tend to be very reliable. The Transport Select Committee which oversees the government says that
A Spacex Rocket successfully blasts off from the historic Cape Canaveral launchpad used for the Moon Landings half a century ago. Hello and welcome. Iraqi Government Forces are making significant progress after stepping up their offensive against the Islamic State group in the city of mosul hundreds of armoured vehicles and thousands of men are involved in the operation. The battle could see iraqi forces denting the militant groups hold across parts of northern and western iraq that were seized two years ago. Last month the government won back the eastern part of the city and the advances of the last 12 hours or so take them within striking distance of Mosul Airport. Fears have been voiced about the safety of thousands of trapped civilians. The bbcs correspondent Quentin Sommerville is with the iraqi army and sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called Islamic State. Thousands of men and hundreds of armoured vehicles in
And it took a substitute of class to win the match and who else but Zlatan Ibrahimovic when he beat the offside trap to guide the ball into the net and hand Jose Mourinhos side a quarterfinal berth. They gave us a hard game. Congratulations to them at because their approach was brave, was strong, a very correct team. Martin had the game in his hands, easily but they had brilliant attitude and if we did not have these professional attitude with Everybody Playing With Focus and responsibility, we would be in real trouble. In the days other game, tottenham also beat a team from the championship with a 3 0 win at fulham. Harry kane scored all three for spurs his second hat trick since the turn of the year. I think we started the game with focus and tried to play and so that we Wa Nted Focus and tried to play and so that we wanted to go to the next round. Very happy after two defeats. After the liverpool game, we were really disappointed and today, when we showed the right attitude and we w
Of remembering him. The artist sir howard hodgkin, who has died at the age of 8a. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres kirsty. Tonight, David Camerons former Director Of Communications when he was Prime Minister tells us that being perceived to have broken a manifesto pledge on National Insurance is a very difficult position for the government. Join me now on bbc two. In ten minutes time the papers takes a look at the headlines, followed by the main headlines in the iipm bulletin. In another chance to see newsnight at 11 15pm. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im hugh woozencroft. Your main stories this evening england wrap up a series whitewash over west indies, inspired by a century from alex hales in the final odi. Could a poor pitch in rostov interrupt Manchester Uniteds Europa League challenge . And warrington are still awaiting their first win of the Super League Season after defeat to champions wigan. Good evening, plenty to come, but first england have thrashed west indies in
Of remembering him. The artist sir howard hodgkin, who has died at the age of 8a. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres kirsty. Tonight, David Camerons former Director Of Communications when he was Prime Minister tells us that being perceived to have broken a manifesto pledge on National Insurance is a very difficult position for the government. Join me now on bbc two. In ten minutes time the papers takes a look at the headlines, followed by the main headlines in the iipm bulletin. In another chance to see newsnight at 11 15pm. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im hugh woozencroft. Your main stories this evening england wrap up a series whitewash over west indies, inspired by a century from alex hales in the final odi. Could a poor pitch in rostov interrupt Manchester Uniteds Europa League challenge . And warrington are still awaiting their first win of the Super League Season after defeat to champions wigan. Good evening, plenty to come, but first england have thrashed west indies in