The city council is expected to fund 25 of the bill. The deadline for official bids is tomorrow, but there are no other cities currently in the race, so barring a last minute shock one of the worlds biggest sporting events will be heading to the midlands. Our Sports Editor dan roan takes a look now at how the city could benefit. From School Sports day to an international showpiece, local children enjoying the facilities at birminghams alexander stadium. But five years from now theirs could play host to some of the very best athletes in the world. The citys bid to bring the Commonwealth Games here today receiving government backing. We have never hosted a multi sport eventually before. We have hosted World Championships of individual sports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it. This is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together here and its all part of the biggest story of the revival of the West Midlands. The stadium will undergo a major upgrade if the bid is s
Older. There is a real game, always, its a demotic game for the bbc to make sure its audiences are where they want to be. Thank you very much, fascinating stuff. You will be getting ready for the bbc centenary, thats not too far off. Well talk again before then, i hope. Time for a look at the weather. First of all, barack obama joined prince harry to spring a surprise on the dawn of the invicta s games. Obama arrived courtside to cheer on the us will chair basketball team, they were mobbed by a crowd when they were mobbed by a crowd when they arrived and happily posed for photos with friends. Some pretty autumnal and unsettled weather on the cards through the second half of the weekend. Today its a contrasting picture across the country, some rain across parts of wales in south west england. Later on that will creep east. Further north, not a bad day. Sunny spells for more than england. Scattered showers across scotland. Temperatures around 13 to 17. The evening hours, rain and strengt
Because they dont take all of their chances, so somewhere we can be solid but they are very offensive, creative in attack and normally they have lots of chances so it will be a tough game. In the championship, theres a yorkshire derby taking place this lunchtime, Sheffield Wednesday are hosting leeds at hillsborough. Leeds are looking to go second with a win but if so, theyll have to pull off an impressive second half performance. They trail 2 0 with the second half just getting under way. Gary hooper with both goals for wednesday. Theres been two course records at cardiff Half Marathon this morning. Its the uks second largest Half Marathon, behind the great north run, and a record 25,000 people took part this year. And its the kenyan runners who have dominated. John loytang won the mens race, crossing the finish line in 60 minutes and a0 seconds, to set a new the record. He was followed by his countryman, and defending champion, kenyan shadrack kimining. Wales Dewi Griffiths finished
Because of atol, the 10,000 monarch customers currently on holiday will be flown home no matter what happens, but the operator employs nearly 3,000 staff. Their future is less clear. We are all working to try and prevent monarch from going down the route that it seems like it might be. It has been part of our history and heritage in this time from the 50 years. We want to see it back on feet. Monarch was in the same situation last year, but a huge cash injection from investors saved it. The airline says it is continuing to work on its future and flights are operating as normal. With insiders predicting a horrendous winter for the industry, monarch may not be the only airline with trouble on the horizon. Hello, skies were clear, but as winds continued to strengthen increasing number is a heavy showers will come in, especially to scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures will not be as low as last night, 1213. It will be will not be as low as last night, 12 13. It will be prove whether
Trouble show in a moment. The travel show. The chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered a cautious message on brexit, telling the conservative Party Conference that withdrawing from the European Union will not be easy. He said there had to be government unity if britain was secure a deal that would be good forjobs and prosperity. But there was criticism from the british chambers of commerce which said was a lack of competence and coherence at the heart of government on brexit, as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports from manchester. You might not have thought theyd need the extra champagne this year. The fizz went flat for the tories after the election. Is austerity dead, chancellor . Before then, they hardly knew they would have to really take their enemies on. Now, if they are sure of one thing, its that with Jeremy Corbyn in the ascendancy, they need to fight. He is a clear and present danger to our prosperity. By abandoning market economics, corbyns labour has abandoned the