According to a report by the childrens commissioner for england, who says the situation is a scandal. Cardinal george pell, the most senior catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sexual abuse, has lost an appeal in australia against his conviction. President trump has cancelled an official state visit to denmark after the nations Prime Minister confirmed greenland was not for sale. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The government has appointed a panel of experts to review the h52 Railway Project to check whether and for how long the project should continue. The first segment of h52, the line between london and birmingham, is due to open at the end of 2026. The second phase linking leeds and manchester is due for completion by 2032 33. In 2015 the cost of the project was predicted to be more than £55 billion. But borisjohnson has said he expects the costs to spiral to over 100 billion. This morning the transport secretary grant shapps didnt rule out scrapping the project
It is 6 00 on the dot. Well check in with sal this morning. Good morning. We do have a problem here that i want to know of vasco road is shut down for a good long stretch between the county line here and the marsh creek area. Let me look at this here. Traffic is, im trying to see if theyve updated it but they have not. So vasco road essentially is shut down from the byron area all the way other to livermore. You might think about using different ways. This might put more pressure on some of the other roads in the area and were going to keep an eye on it for you. Doesnt look like its changed. Im reading through the entry, chp list and things are about the same. This is a look at 580. Traffic is slow. This area is going to be okay. Slowing at castro valley. Th a look at interstate 880. Its crowded at the bay toll plaza. 6 01, back to the desk. A woman had to be rescued from the waters off Bay Farm Island in alameda. This happened about 4 00 this morning just off seaview parkway. Heres ne
They have reacted in training and in their meetings, the focus, the edge, compared to last week, it has certainly been present in training. It is obviously a Different Group of players, but they feel like the team that went out at the weekend did, so we will see a better performance, and they will have to be a lot better, because france are in great shape and they have picked a Stronger Team this weekend. This may be just the second of scotlands four world cup warm up matches, but the pressure is on the tea m matches, but the pressure is on the team to deliver the performance bucket at murrayfield on saturday. Should they beat the french, confidence would surely be restored, but another display like that one delivered in nice would be a major cause for concern. Andy burke, bbc news, murrayfield. So as the home nations build up to the world cup injapan at the end of the month some news from the sports goverening body today. World rugby has revealed the tournament will be going gender ne
Northeast the decision on who is officially indian and who is not separate and. Im carl massive and welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where thousands of protesters have gathered for the 13th straight weekend despite strong warnings from police that marchers are risking arrest todays demonstration began in a stadium and was called a religious gathering in an attempt to circumvent a ban on protests today also marks the 5th anniversary of a decision by chinas Ruling Communist Party against full democratic elections in hong kong. After 13 weeks of mass demonstrations the crackdown takes on a dockers shade for the 1st time police fired Water Cannons loaded. With blue dye staining frontline protesters and promising to prosecute them authorities had warned hong kong residents not to participate in the ban demonstrations thousands defied them. For much of the purpose of hitting the streets today is to tell the government you cant scare us this way we also have to restate our main de
Im calling asman welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where thousands of protesters have gathered for the 13th straight weekend defying a ban by authorities action on the streets and testified on saturday demonstrators setting fires and Police Responding with a new tactic a water cannon designed to mark those who took part so these clashes taking place on a symbolic date 5 years ago today Mainland China said no to open elections in hong kong. After 13 weeks of mass demonstrations the crackdown takes on a doctors shade for the 1st time police fired Water Cannons loaded with blue dye staining frontline protesters and promising to prosecute them both already. He said want hong kong residents not to participate in the ban demonstrations thousands defied them. For much of the purpose of hitting the streets today is to tell the government you cant scare us this way we also have to restate our main demands because ive never responded to them call them was it is dont like back on the s