Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has said he wont be rushed to making a decision about the h52 high speed rail link, after widespread reports that he is planning to axe the birmingham to Manchester Leg of the project. He told the bbc today he wants to take time to consider what to do next. Lets get the latest now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley at the conservative Party Conference in manchester. Talk about hst has dominated conference this week. The Prime Minister wants conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk about minister wants to talk about long term decisions at this conference, trying to tell us across the country that he is prepared to make big, difficult decisions, but these conferences see the normal intensity of politics dialled up. Every single comment you make is scrutinised for what it might or might not mean. What has been fascinating over the last few days is, there has been a lack of any sort of clarity from the government not just on whether sort of clarity from the government notjust on whether it is cancelling the birmingham to Manchester Leg of h52 but the birmingham to Manchester Leg of hs2 but what it might do instead. That is what has been dominating conversations here. The Prime Minister spoke a little while ago to our Political Editor, chris mason. Prime minister, youre promising this week long term decisions for a brighterfuture. Will you announce your decision tomorrow on hs2 . I know theres a lot of speculation on this, but what i can say is im going to approach this the same way i approach everything thoughtfully, carefully, across the detail, and making what i believe is the right decision in the long term for our country. Thats what i did recently on net zero. Thats how ill approach all decisions, because thats the change i want to bring. I think for too long politicians have just taken the easy way out, focused on the short term. I want to do things differently, and i think if we can change politics, thats how were going to change our country. And thats the type of leadership that i want to bring. Youve said that government after government has taken decisions that no one seems to be happy with. Whats been going wrong, in your view . Well, ithink, look, net zero is a great example of this. I think a consensus had built up that we were just on this path and no one had stopped to think, hang on, what about the impact of this on ordinary peoples budgets . And i thought the approach we were on wasnt right. Now, we can still hit all our targets. This is your first Party Conference as Prime Minister, but everyones voice here seems louder than yours, Prime Minister. Is this what leadership looks like . Its a conservative Party Conference, weve got lots of people here, but actually the spirit of this conference is great. People are upbeat. I think people have got a spring in their step. Theyre united behind what were doing. My approach to net zero is one which is broadly supported across notjust the party but the country. Just yesterday, the chancellor announced an increase in the National Living wage. Thats a £1,000 pay rise for two million people. On sunday we have. But it was overshadowed by liz truss turning up and commanding an entire room, or the conservative mayor of the West Midlands saying what he was saying about hs2. They were dominating the agenda, not you. No, theyre not. The things im talking about are making a real difference to people. Pay rise for two million people. National living wage going up. 55 towns across our country being backed with £1 billion of funding where were putting local people in charge. Youve said youre willing to be brave even if theres a political cost. You know who that reminded me of . It reminded me of liz truss a year ago where she said she was prepared to be unpopular, and look where she ended up. How unpopular are you willing to be . Now, im going to do what i believe is right for the country in the long term. Thats the change that i want to bring. I think if we can change politics, do politics differently, focus on whats right. Even if it makes you more unpopular . Focus on whats right in the long term, i think ultimately thats what the British Public want to see, because thats how theyll see that change is going to be delivered. And you saw that on net zero. I set out a new course. Its going to save people five, ten, £15,000. Were going to meet our target. I got criticism for that decision. But what im prepared to do. Sure, but how do you win an election while saying that youre willing to be unpopular . Well, look, im prepared to persuade people that what im doing is right doing a long term workforce plan forthe nhs, hiring the doctors and nurses we need, making sure we have more Energy Security here at home, making sure we have a more proportionate approach to net zero, setting up the furlough scheme. None of these things were easy. In all cases, i did what i believe is right for the long term of our country. Thats a different way to do politics. 0ur Political Editor chris mason speaking to the Prime Minister. Some commentators saying that this conference has been sidetracked by hsz, conference has been sidetracked by hs2, what can the Prime Minister do to get it back on track . That h52, what can the Prime Minister do to get it back on track . To get it back on track . That will be his big challenge to get it back on track . That will be his Big Challenge In to get it back on track . That will be his Big Challenge In his to get it back on track . That will| be his Big Challenge In his speech tomorrow, ben. It is strange, because rishi sunak went into this conference hoping that he could sell himself to the country and come up with some big answers to big questions. The problem is, when you set yourself high standards of being prepared to make unpopular decisions, when people ask those questions, you expect answers, and h52 questions, you expect answers, and hs2 has taken up a lot of the oxygen of publicity that always comes with these big political conferences. What rishi sunak will be trying to do over the next 2a hours is to grab back the initiative, to say, look, i have ideas, i have got a plan. You heard him starting to outline that heard him starting to outline that he wants to be the candidate of so called change, no mean feat, given how long the conservatives have been in power, and how long rishi sunak was at the top table but remember the context to all of this. The tories are well behind in the opinion polls, there are many activists here who think a lot of people are starting to jockey for position to be the next conservative leader, assuming a General Election loss. That is not the view of number ten, they still think the result is all to play for but the main message from many conservative activists and some mps in the bars and fringe meetings around here, they want to hear a lot more from the Prime Minister about what that vision that could win a General Election looks like, in practice. Two years ago, a young woman called jade ward was stabbed and strangled to death by her estranged husband. Russell marsh was convicted of her murder and yet, under the law, he still had parental rights over their children. Now new legislation, known as jades law, will be introduced to strip people who murder their partners mamma mia, here i go again. Full of life, and love for her young sons. This was jade ward, just a few days before she was killed in her own home by her estranged husband. The judge described Russell Marsh as being consumed with jealousy and self pity. He attacked jade as their children slept nearby and was jailed for at least 25 years. Since losing their daughter two years ago, jades parents have been helping to raise herfour sons, but theyve had to live with continuous contact from her killer, asking for photographs and School Reports of the children. Now thats going to change, and hell be stripped of his parental rights. He wanted to know, you know, how the boys were doing in school, and this and that. And it was like, how dare you . How dare you, after youve done that to your childrens mum. The change took two years of campaigning and a petition with over 100,000 names to achieve. The government will set out the details later today. At least we can now finally, finally. We havent grieved, really, properly. No, we havent grieved. And thats scary. We havent grieved properly. Really scary. And we havent laid her to rest yet. And now we can lay her to rest. Their hope is that the new law will act as a deterrent against violent crime, and other families wont face the same anguish theyve had to endure, giving jade a lasting legacy. Hywel griffith, bbc news. Striking Hospital Consultants in england have urged the government to use the Conciliation Service acas to avoid more Industrial Action in the Health Service. Consultants and Junior Doctors in england are currently striking for three days, over pay. Radiographers have joined them today for a 2k hour strike. 0ur health correspondent, sharon barbour, joins us from manchester. Sharon, how likely are we to see more strikes in the nhs this winter . Right now that is pretty high. Today the bma put to the government, come and talk to us on stage at this rally here which is right next to the Party Conference, say that you will agree to some discussion over talks, and if you dont, and it is notjust a genuine opera, if you dont do that then we will ballot members, this is what the consultants, and take more Strike Action over november and december, which must fill the Health Service with terror, so the Junior Doctors, they also continue to plan Industrial Action, they also continue to plan industrialaction, but they also continue to plan Industrial Action, but they have had their offers on pay, but the government is saying they have made a fair and reasonable offer, and they were ready in april to talk to they were ready in april to talk to the striking Junior Doctors. Sharon, i am sorry, the striking Junior Doctors. Sharon, iam sorry, we the striking Junior Doctors. Sharon, i am sorry, we are having problems with the line from manchester, sharon barbour, our health correspondent. A 13 year old boy has admitted causing the death of a grandmother by driving over her in her own car. 60 year old marcia grant died outside her home in sheffield in april. The teenager, who cannot be named due to his age, pleaded guilty to causing death by Dangerous Driving at Sheffield Crown court. Lets get the latest on this now from our correspondent danny savage, whos outside the court. Danny . Thing in this case is the age of the defendant, the victim, marcia grant was 60 but the boy who killed her was 60 but the boy who killed her was 12 years old at the time but has since turned 13. It is about events in the green hill area of sheffield in the green hill area of sheffield in april this year. The prosecution, in april this year. The prosecution, in a previous hearing, described cctv, which basically shows what happened at the time and shows mrs Grant Standing behind her own car, and then reversing over her. She was knocked over, causing her to fall back and hit her head and that resulted in catastrophic injuries. The young driver at the time told the police that it looks like i got my first kill, he went on to say it was an accident but the defence have said that the issue is what can be inferred from those comments. Marcia grant was described as a warm, loving and dedicated wife, mother and sister. She had a very large family. And basically what happened todayis family. And basically what happened today is that you now 13 year old appeared by video link at Sheffield Crown court. He pleaded guilty to causing death by Dangerous Driving and so, the next stage is that he will be sentenced in december. Thank ou, dann will be sentenced in december. Thank you. Danny savage will be sentenced in december. Thank you, danny savage reporting. Decisions made by borisjohnson and his government during the pandemic will come under scrutiny as the latest part of the Covid Inquiry gets under way today. Whatsapp messages sent between the former Prime Minister of the Covid Inquiry gets under way today. See whatsapp messages sent between the former Prime Minister and other senior officials are expected to form an important part of the evidence, as our Health Reporter jim reed reports. 0utside this inquiry in west london, families gathered. Relatives of some of those who lost their lives to covid want to see more bereaved families called to give evidence. Out of respect for the bereaved, we certainly feel that it should be a dozen, 20 people. Clearly not everybody, but certainly so lady hallett and everybody else within the inquiry gets a real understanding of whats happened. Inside the building, the chair opened this section of the inquiry with a message to those families. We simply do not have the time to call more witnesses. The need for me to reach conclusions and make recommendations to reduce suffering in the future when the next pandemic hits the uk is pressing. A powerful film was played with testimony from some of those most affected. We never found out how she caught it. We were all careful. We had the lockdown, so i was unable to visit my mum. The care home was closed to visitors. This crucial second part of the inquiry will run until christmas and examine key decisions made during the pandemic, including the speed of the governments response, the effectiveness of social distancing, face masks and other lockdown measures, and Public Confidence in the government, including the effect of any Rule Breaches by ministers and officials. They expect senior politicians, including borisjohnson, to give evidence, and their whatsapp messages to be made public. At the conservative Party Conference this morning, the Prime Minister refused to be drawn on reports that he has failed to hand over texts after changing his phone. Have you said in your written testimony that there are some messages, because of a change in your phone or whatever it might be, that you dont have access to . I think, as people will know, this is a legal inquiry. There is a full process. I submit a lot of different evidence and documentation, i will be interviewed, all that will be transparent and public. And of course im helping with all of that, as people would expect. We want to learn the lesson from covid. Learning those lessons will take time, with the inquiry set to last for three more years. Expect to hear much more about the vaccine roll out, about care homes, about the nhs, about crucial decisions which changed so many lives. Jim reed, bbc news. The time is 15 minutes past one. Our top story this lunchtime. Rishi sunak says, despite widespread speculation, he wont be rushed into a premature decision on the future of the hs2 high speed rail line. And still to come the Scottish Street thats been flooded 200 times in the last two centuries. Coming up on bbc news, two contenders take the final steps before the start of the cricket world cup, as australia and pakistan meet On The Last Day of warm up matches in india, two days before the tournament begins for real. A fireball lit up the sky over 0xford last night after Lightning Hit Gas Containers at a food Waste Recycling plant. There were no reported casualties but roads in the area were closed as Emergency Crews worked through the night to control the fire. Sean coughlan joins us from near the site now. Sean, bring us up to date on what happened. As you say, last night was quite an apocalyptic vision with a huge cassius fireball in the sky. A bit quieter today, we have seen firefighters coming to the site, checking it out, dumping it down, assessing damage. We think there are three of these great big containers which look like miniature millennium jones, some have gone, some are still left. No one was hurt, a great relief to everyone involved, but people go a scare and social media was fl