this is luke bbc news with the headlines. the deadline has passed for officials named in sue gray s report into lockdown breaches in downing street to respond or object, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company, eon, is warning that unless the government intervenes, the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia, that involves giving up territory in an apparent hardening of its position. more than 300 scotrail services have been cancelled for the third sunday in a row. it comes on the eve of major timetable cuts across the country. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. glory at the etihad manchester city are premier league champions after a dramatic final day of drama. delight for leeds united. they beat brentford to stay up, as burnley are relegated, following defeat to newcastle. and back on top
didn t really want to win the premier league. they thought at one point they had a chance to do it, but they were equally always up against it. the title was always in city s hands and they never quite got over the line. wolverhampton wanderers went ahead in the match and got in through liverpool s left after two minutes, on the ball was squared for pedro neto. what a shock that was. liverpool s defence did look shaky, but they were a scintillating going forward. they equalised not too later. wonderful kick from thiago, equalising for liverpool. we heard news not long after of an aston villa goal, and that really got the interest in that match, and had they scored the game, they would be the theme on course for the title. that goal never came until too late. by the time mo salah made it 2 1. gives him the share of the golden boot. andy robertson added a third, but because city were up added a third, but because city were up and villa management to never get a goal, that meant
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions
Good evening. After weeks of speculation we understand tonight that the Prime Minister is going to scrap the plans to build the h52 high speed rail line between birmingham and manchester. He is expected to make the announcement in manchester at the conservative Party Conference tomorrow. Our Political Editor chris mason is there for us now. For the last couple of days, the Government Machine has felt quite low key, even underpowered, from the Prime Minister down, when it has come to the announcements they have had to make but tonight, that looks like it is about to change, not least with the confirmation is widely expected over the last couple of days, of the scrapping of the h52 rail line between the West Midlands and manchester. My understanding is the mayor of the West Midlands, a conservative, we included his views on our reporting of this last night, saw the Prime Minister this afternoon and tonight is distraught. Expect rishi sunak when he sets out his announcement to say that in
Once again stoke inflation. Governments are seeking alternatives, while still trying to balance the short term need for oil. The alternatives could also help tackle Climate Change and keep global temperature rises to 1. 5 above pre industrial levels. Just last week, the International Energy agency renewed its assertion that no new gas and oil projects were needed if the world was to meet that goal. Opecs Secretary General told my colleague, sally bundock, that the group doesnt agree. We have always, at opec, talked about the concern we have for future under investments, as some have called for stopping investment in oil. We believe this is equally dangerous. This will lead to volatility in the future, possibly supply shortages. And therefore, we at opec have always advocated for the importance of continuing to invest in the oil industry, as we also invest in decarbonising the industry and move on to adding other forms of alternative energy, such as renewables. From our perspective in o