the father of an aristocrat who s gone missing with her newborn baby and her partner appeals for her to get in touch with the police. shock in new zealand as the prime ministerjacinda ardern unexpectedly stands down she says she doesn t have enough left in the tank. and the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s bafta film awards. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. levelling up has been one of the government s key policies the idea of spreading public money more evenly across the uk. well, today ministers have announced more than £2 billion worth of projects acoss the country. they say the north of england and wales will do best, per head of population. but labour claim the system for allocating money is unfair. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart blackpool, one area that was a winner in today s levelling up allocation announcement, with £40 million for a new education campus. levelli
officials have warned of life threatening flooding. there have been gusts of up to 185km/h and reports of power outages on five of the islands. now on bbc news, the travel show: life in london is slowly returning to normal after the funeral of queen elizabeth on monday. parks are really turning to open after two weeks and flags are again at full mast but normal business is resuming. for king charles and the royal family it is time away to take some time away from the glare. in the peace and beauty of the countryside, king charles iii will escape the glare of the last week and he will be working here, viewing government papers and taking phone calls of condolences. across the uk, flags are now returning to full mast as national mourning is now over. the country adjusts to the new head of state. the grandeur and precision of the funeral yesterday was an intense experience for those directly involved. this lieutenant colonel, in the centre of the screen, lead the gun carriage pr
project north. you may have been to the one in project north. you may have been to the one in cornwall, well, the same sort of the one in cornwall, well, the same sort of thing the one in cornwall, well, the same sort of thing is planned for here in morecambe bay, which is behind me. this is morecambe bay, which is behind me. this is a morecambe bay, which is behind me. this is a land morecambe bay, which is behind me. this is a land where it s going to be and this is a land where it s going to be and it this is a land where it s going to be and it will transform things. 300 jobs be and it will transform things. 300 jobs as be and it will transform things. 300 jobs as i be and it will transform things. 300 jobs. as i say, it s a £100 million programme jobs. as i say, it s a £100 million programme and without the government money programme and without the government money is programme and without the government money is going to be very, very hard for them money
ofjust what you got here in morecambe itself. in the north west, there s been a lot of investment. £350 million. labour has called it a hunger games strategy, putting one region against another. it s 18 months since the first round of funding was handed out for levelling up round one, and some of those projects still haven t got off the ground. the question is, will this one, will eden project north, finally be up and running? let s talk more about this with antonia jennings, associate director at the centre for local economic strategies. that is a charity. thanks for joining us. how adequate do you believe this project is and the process by which money has been allocated? we process by which money has been allocated? ~ .., ., process by which money has been allocated? ~ .. ., ., ., allocated? we can all agree that addressing allocated? we can all agree that addressing regional allocated? we can all agree that addressing regional inequality i allocated? we can all agree that addr