Weve been working with the Port Community leaders and many different city agencies for close to ten years on envisioning what the future of this part of the Central Waterfront will be. As you know, its a surface parking lot today, located in an area of the city which carly well described as being an investment in area Transportation Planning. We hope to built on that investment and create a really robust Transit Oriented Development with a wide mix of uses along this part of the waterfront. We have 28 acres total so ill talk you a little bit of what the different uses of that are. Eight acres are parks and open space. Thats a very important component to the port and our neighborhood, which has some of the lowest percapita ratio of parks to the city, so were contributing to our neighborhoods, park needs, in addition to the entire southern bay fronts park needs by actually over delivering with those eight acres of open space. The scale of the project has been brokendown substantially fro
President trump meets survivors of wednesdays High School Shooting in florida. The president declined to answer a reporters question on gun control. And click goes skinny dipping in the himalayas, as a remote village receives electricity for the first time. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Lizzy yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Shes not alone on the podium as her team mate laura deas got a bronze medal in the event. Joe lynskey reports. Weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. At these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. This was elise christies second medal shot. With a lap to go, she had a route to the final. She had to finish in the top two, but this happened. And its between zhou yang and christie now. And christie has crashed again now this most
Welcome to bbc news. In the past hour, Lizzy Yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Shes not alone on the podium as her team mate laura deas got a bronze medal in the event. Our Sports Correspondent david 0rnstein is in pyeong chang. Weeks and months on snow and ice can come down tojust weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. At these games, a few seconds can turn iy these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. This was a Elise Christies second medal shot, with one lap to go she had a route to the final. She had to finish in the top two but then this happened. As they come around the final bend. Elise christie has crashed again this most brutal sport can have the most painful ending, and for her, heartbreak comes with jeopardy. Her favourite events begins in three days time. She now has a race to recover.
The british studentJoanna Parrish in france in 1990 is understood to have confessed. Semifinal ukip members will vote on whether to back or sack henry bolton as party leader. And, click goes skinny dipping in the himalayas as a remote village receives electricity for the first time. Sensitive viewers may wish to look away. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has urged European Union leaders not to put lives at risk by blocking a security deal after brexit because of deep seated ideology. The Prime Minister was speaking at a security conference in munich. Mrs may said that that nothing must get in the way of britain and the eu helping each other to keep people safe. The Prime Minister said that real political will is required to safeguard Intelligence Co operation which has developed over the decades. People across europe are safer because of this cooperation and the unique arrangements we have developed between the uk and eu insti
President trump meets survivors of wednesdays High School Shooting in florida. The president declined to answer a reporters question on gun control. Also, south africa after president zuma just one of the topics under discussion in dateline london with carrie gracie, in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Lizzy yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Yarnold headed into the final run 0. 02 seconds behind leaderjanine flock, but a poor finish from the austrian saw her drop out of the medal places. Our sport correspondent is in pyeongchang. An extraordinary day here, one that will live long in british olympic memory. The most successful in british winter olympic history. Thats largely because of Lizzy Yarnold winning the gold medal here in the skeleton and defending her title. Her parentsjoin me now. Clive