Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today the go ahead to keep on building the High Speed Rail line hs2 the Prime Minister will give his backing to the entire route linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds. And im live in leeds at the end of the line. Journey times will be cut here by almost an hour. But with surrounding services on their knees, ill be asking, is hs2 the best use of
public money to close the north south divide . The search is on to trace patients treated at a brighton gp surgery where a staff member has tested positive for coronavirus. There seems no end in sight to the divisions in the scotland rugby camp. The stand off between coach Gregor Townsend and his player finn russell continues. Good morning today. Another cold and windy day across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. There isa ireland and Northern England. There is a risk of ice. Coming south we still have some showers around but then we
It was the race that nearly ended his career last season, but today chris froome returned to the criterium du dauphine as he looked to secure his place in this years Tour De France. On day one, however, he lost ground on team ineos rival egan bernal while in form rider wout van aert won the stage. Nick parrott was watching. The winner often goes on to claim the Tour De France. Chris froome has done that three times but last year an horrific crash ended his hopes of winning for a record equalling fifth time. His injuries were so bad he was out for months and he is still to recapture his old form. More than three miles from the finish he dropped back from the leaders and ended 86th. He will need to improve if he is to make the Tour De France. Team ineos is putting their energy
into the 2018 winner geraint thomas. Ineos and team sky have dominated cycling but in recent weeks other teams have been leading the way. The stage winner is a rider that could pose a serious threat to ineos in thi
If you did not know cancelled. If you did not know what the event was before today you do know. It is an important industry event began with mobile phones but all take players come to barcelona every year. 110,000 people rock up in the city so it is vital for barcelona. 500 Million Euros of wealth is generated during the event and it is suddenly cancelled. The people and the authorities in barcelona, the mayor, they say they have had a couple of cases, nothing to be concerned about. And that is of coronavirus . Exactly. But the pressure is coming from big corporations saying they do not feel comfortable sending stuff there. They have responsibility to their staff and they say we cannot put you in this environment. Big Chinese Companies had already pull back numbers of people coming and begun to wonder whether it was sensible for them to be there
a nyway full sensible for them to be there anyway full up you mention some statistics. A 500 Million Euros impact for the local economy and 11
Hello, this is breakfast with tina daheley and rogerjohnson. Good morning, heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. The a level results process has been plunged into further disarray after the exams regulator for england withdrew its guidance on appealing against grades just hours after publishing it. Good morning. On saturday, 0fqual outlined details welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. On how mock exam results could be our headlines today used in the appeals process. Confusion for students and teachers, as the exam regulator withdraws key but late last night it deleted guidance on appeals, the advice from its website, saying further information will be just hours after publishing it. Published in due course. The chair of the education it comes amid mounting anger select Committee Robert Halfon has from students over the uncertainty described the decision as farcical. Of their futures. When i opened it i was in complete shielding guidance for people wh
Welcome to bbc news. The headline the Queen Attends Church near sandringham at reaching an agreement with prince harry and megan over their future. The duke with prince harry and megan over theirfuture. The duke and duchess of sussex will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. Hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the springli think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future. Itp summit on libya in berlin, World Leaders have agreed to uphold a un weapons embargo as pa rt to uphold a un weapons embargo as part of efforts to resolve the nine year conflict. The document seen by the bbc which accuse apricots richest women of making her fortune through corruption and
exploiting her own country. Apricots Richest Woman. And the huge hailstones petting parts of australia as storms lead to threats of flooding following bushfires. And the travel show heads to the United States to learn about a project to