Has already been scrapped. The cabinet will meet in manchester shortly. In his Party Conference speech shortly, rishi sunak is expected to set out alternative projects in the north of england and wales. He is likely to argue they amount to a better use of public money and can deliver improvements more quickly. Speculation over the future of hs2, beset by long delays and spiralling costs, has dominated the tory conference. The West Midlands mayor, andy street, a tory, ones that the prior minister is about to make an incredible political gaffe and he has not ruled out resigning over the issue. Nick eardleyjoins us from manchester. Nick, announcing that the line is going to be scrapped in the line is going to be scrapped in the city that it was supposed to get to. What is the prior minister expecting to get from this, politically . It expecting to get from this, politically . Expecting to get from this, politically . It is pretty bold, isnt it . The politically . It is pretty bold, isnt i
Like so many people walk 60 miles to all of the bad weather. Im Nicole Brewer. Standing bias meteorologist lauren casey and also some good news for the walkers which im happy to hear. We have improvement. Today will be best day of the three days, not a great day but some improvement. We will contend with the winds and cooler temperatures but rainfall likely not to be an issue just chance of the isolated sprinkle but for right now, temperatures cool to start. 56 degrees in philadelphia right now. Fiftyone in allentown. In the poconos. Fortyfour the at the shore. Sixty in ocean city. Not feeling too bad. 57 degrees currently in cape may. Storm scan three is showing us no rain, moving through, it could see patchy areas of mist, isolated sprinkle but low clouds still in place and they stay, in place as we head in the next couple of hours but we could see some breaks in the cloud deck as we, head in the latter portion of the afternoon and evening hours. But we will in the get a big break fr
Run by the humanitarian Group Doctors without borders. The airstrike that hit it apparently and mistakenly carried out by u. S. Forces. At least 19 are dead, doctors and children among them, and dozens more are injured or unaccounted for. This happened overnight in kunduz, a city of about three help,000, taken this week by the taliban. Afghan troops have been trying to retake the city with help from u. S. Airstrikes. Heres julianna goldman. Reporter the dead include at least seven patients, three of them children who were burned alive, and 12 Doctors Without Borders staff members. At least 37 people were seriously injured. According to defense officials, u. S. Forces conducted an airstrike in kunduz around 2 15 a. M. Local time near the hospital. They say the intended targets were taliban insurgents who were firing on u. S. Service members embedded with afghan fighters. The u. S. Military hasnt confirmed that its bombs hit the hospital, but officials acknowledge the strikes may have re
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Watertown was selected as the first-ever recipient of the Feed My Sheep Award given by the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Williams, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as the coadjutor bishop of Camden, New Jersey, the apostolic nuncio to the United States announced May 21.