Ahead of a general election expected next year. Heres some of his speech i am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. Applause. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham in blue is already under construction and will be completed. But the length in red, stretching further north from birmingham to manchester, has now been officially scrapped. A separate eastern leg to leeds marked here in purple had already
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. The us soldier travis king who was being held in north korea is back in us custody. Us Media Reports say he is now in china. Hours earlier, north korea said it would deport private king who ran into the country across the Demilitarized Zone injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us to face military Disciplinary Proceedings when he escaped his escort and entered north korean territory. Live now to our washington correspondent gary odonoghue. In terms of the very latest, take us through what we have learned over the last few hours . We now know that the last few hours . We now know that the United States has travis king in its custody. We dont know where he is at this moment in time. There are plenty of Media Reports here saying that he exited north korea via china. We cannot confirm that officially at that point in time. We are waiting to hear, i think perh
Its monday the 22nd april, our main story. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan Police Issued another apology for the way theyve handled the case. Stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to Doreen Lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. Daniel de simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness Doreen
The game, and i dont think given the game, and i dont think given the lateness of the call on friday and given how many officials they have two slot into games, im not sure that request even if it had come, could have been accommodated. The Football Association is investigating Nottingham Forests comments, i can tell you that Nottingham Forest have submitted a formal request to release into the Public Domain the Audio Recordings between officials during that match. We will keep you across this developing story. In a salon we have been told. In the last hour. Barcelona say they could consider legal action and request their la liga match against real madrid to be replayed if its confirmed their disallowed goal in sundays defeat should have stood. Theyve asked the Technical Refereeing Committee at the Spanish Football Federation to investigate. Jude bellingham scored a stoppage time winner as real twice came from behind to Win El Classico 3 2 and go 11 points clear at the top of the table
In the city of benghazi along with three planes full of aid. Another egyptian aircraft is on hand to help evacuate some of the many injured across the storm stricken region. Earlier i spoke to dr hani shennib, an american citizen from the badly affected area of derna. He is president of the National Council on us libya relations. We woke up on the shock of what is happening in 10 too. It took a while for them to recognise that the destruction that occurred in derna is much more pronounced then what was initially reported. So that was a major catastrophe in a country thatis a major catastrophe in a country that is divided, and a country that has zero preparation for disaster relief. And blocked out completely from the world as its roads and communication tools and so on are absent. There is no cell phones, no internet access. No physical access. There are helicopters kind of flying around the city at this point, but as far as i know, as of less than 30 minutes ago, no serious supplies h