According to a report by the childrens commissioner for england, who says the situation is a scandal. Cardinal george pell, the most senior catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sexual abuse, has lost an appeal in australia against his conviction. President trump has cancelled an official state visit to denmark after the nations Prime Minister confirmed greenland was not for sale. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The government has appointed a panel of experts to review the h52 Railway Project to check whether and for how long the project should continue. The first segment of h52, the line between london and birmingham, is due to open at the end of 2026. The second phase linking leeds and manchester is due for completion by 2032 33. In 2015 the cost of the project was predicted to be more than £55 billion. But borisjohnson has said he expects the costs to spiral to over 100 billion. This morning the transport secretary grant shapps didnt rule out scrapping the project
That border on the island of ireland borisjohnson will meet Angela Merkel later with a call to scrap the irish open. But so far, berlin has said border backstop in order to secure an brexit deal. They havent had concrete ideas of what those alternatives should be a man accused of murdering pc from britain. Until then, Andrew Harper appears in court and will face trial injanuary. What those alternatives should be from britain. Untilthen, until there are more concrete ideas, they thousands of Homeless Children say the backstop has to stay in the are growing up living in shipping Withdrawal Agreement. Containers and empty office blocks, joining me now to discuss according to englands this is yael selfin, childrens commissioner. Chief economist at kpmg in the uk. Coming up on afternoon live how co dependent do you think the british and german economies are . All the sport olly foster. We are talking the ashes again. The they are dependent, but its a very third test starts tomorrow. England
Where home is a shipping container the scandal of homelessness for some of englands children. And why the first team in 15 years to dive down to the wreck of the titanic say it is deteriorating fast. And coming up on bbc news. England are forced to come up with a contingency plan forjason roy ahead of the third ashes test at headingly. All the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. Good evening. The future of the h52 rail line has been thrown into doubt, after the government announced an independent review into the project. If completed, hs2 will provide a high speed rail link between london, the midlands and Northern England. Its the biggest Infrastructure Project in the uk, and more than £7 billion has already been spent on it. But the transport secretary, grant shapps, has refused to rule out scrapping it altogether. Heres our transport correspondent, tom burridge. This report contains some flashing images. Despite already costing you, the taxp
Where home is a shipping container the scandal of homelessness for some of englands children. And why the first team in 15 years to dive down to the wreck of the titanic say its deteriorating fast. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england say they believe batsman jason roy will be fit, despite being hit on the head in the nets in the build up to tomorrows third ashes test at headingley. Good evening. Borisjohnson, making his first overseas trip as Prime Minister to germany, has declared in the presence of Angela Merkel that the uk wants a brexit deal but that the government cannot accept the irish backstop. The backstop guarantees an open border on the island of ireland if theres no trade agreement after brexit, and its part of the withdrawal deal drawn up by the eu and theresa may. Mrs merkel has repeatedly said that deal cannot be renegotiated, but she did today appear open to the uk coming up with some sort of alternative to the backstop in as little as 30 days. Our Political
Donald trump cancels a state visit to denmark after the danish Prime Minister said greenland is not for sale. And that 11 30pm we will be taking a review of via papers. Stay with us for that. The papers. Hello, good evening. Borisjohnson is making his first overseas trip as Prime Minister to germany has declared in the presence of Angela Merkel that the uk wants a brexit deal, but that the government cannot accept the irish backstop. The backstop guarantees an open border on the island of ireland if there is no trade agreement after brexit, and its part of the withdrawal deal drawn up by the eu and theresa may. Mrs merkel has repeatedly said that deal cannot be renegotiated. But, she did appear today open to mr johnson coming up with some kind of alternative to the backstop in as little as 30 days. Then write reports. Then another Prime Minister arrives in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. Prime minister, are you hopeful of a deal . Its a familiar tune, but this time the dea