Its soaring costs. He pledged to reinvest every penny in other Transport Projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. The speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Here are some of his speech. I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under construction and will be completed. But the length stretching further north from birmingham to manchester has now been officially scrapped. A separate route in the east had already been canned. The last official estimate on hs2 costs, excluding the cancelled section, added up to about £71 billion. But that figure is from 2019 so does not account for the rise in costs for materials and wages since then. The Prime Minister said £36 billion would be spent on alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead. The mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, reflected on the change is a short time ago saying, it has been a frustrating week. It cannot be right that a project that we have all worked on together, i speak for everybody behind me and with me, we have been at this for 15 years, where we have been working together across geography but also across the political divide, to try and develop the right plan for the long term best interest of our country and we have put to political differences aside, weve worked hard at it and we have devoted a lot of time and a lot of energy to it. I dont see how you can take a plan that goes beyond the life of any individual government or goes beyond the interest of any one political party, given it goes all the way through the country, how you can take that plan and basically take it tear it up at a Party Conference. So whats the reaction been like at the conservative Party Conference in manchester . Heres our Political Correspondent rob watson. The reaction here in the hole is been pretty positive at this idea. It is a very, very major decision. A really massive policy change to invest the money instead of in this High Speed Rail, to put it into local railway, bus and road projects here in the north and in the midlands. What will be interesting to see is the reaction beyond britains shores and amongst those invested in the projects because, certainly in the run up to this decision, we heard there was an awful lot of conservatives, an awful lot of politicians from other parties and indeed an awful lot of businessmen here and International Corporates who think it is a really, really bad decision and one that would reflect badly on britain as a smart place to invest. We are going to be talking to one of those businessmen very shortly but before then. Live now to usedin used in a big part of the h52 story and that part has been finished, i just wonder what the reaction is in euston to what the Prime Minister has announced . Euston to what the Prime Minister has announced . Yes, there had been some questions has announced . Yes, there had been some questions as has announced . Yes, there had been some questions as to has announced . Yes, there had been some questions as to whether has announced . Yes, there had been some questions as to whether it some questions as to whether it would actually go into euston because there were plans to possibly, questions rather, whether it should possibly end in west london, some six miles from the centre and then people would have had to come in on the elizabeth line but no, rishi sunak confirmed it will go all the way to euston. I suppose that is a positive for businesses here but really the end of the line for any hopes that the line would continue from birmingham onto manchester. Euston being the main hub of people coming in from manchester, people do have some thoughts on that. This idea that hs2 was part of the old consensus, as rishi sunak very much also suggests this move away from assuming that this move away from assuming that this is the main place that everybody in the north would want to get to. Instead, ideas of investing in roads, investing in that east to west Railway Service in the north of england really put firmly as a priority over getting here to london. I must say, many people i have spoken to today have really supported that, actually. People from the north saying, yes, we didnt need that investment up north and we do support that. Opinions have been incredibly varied. But he also set out plans for here in euston, didnt he . He said four homes, businesses, to increase capacity and also that the H52 Management here would no longer run the project. He said all of that aimed to cut costs but also, we have spoken to people who are really angry as well. They were expecting a line that went all the way to manchester, really high speed, and they are very cross that they havent got that. So, some really mixed opinions here, i think. Frances, thank you, you will continue talking to people and getting reaction to that news. Live now to mark reynolds, whos chair and Chief Executive of mace group, the construction and Architecture Company thats been involved in the london to birmingham section of hs2. Particularly involved in euston station as well. Hello to you mark, thank you forjoining us. You were talking a little earlier in the week about the difficulties over a lack of decision and announcements. That announcement has now been made, what do you make of it . In announcement has now been made, what do you make of it . Do you make of it . In one respect, it is very pleasing do you make of it . In one respect, it is very pleasing about do you make of it . In one respect, it is very pleasing about the it is very pleasing about the commitment to go to euston. But there is far more detail that we want to support that and disappointed about the extension from birmingham to manchester which effectively is going to be a spine of a future rail network. I think it has been underestimated. We clearly dont have all of the information that the government has to hand. It would be great that they could share that so they could demonstrate and prove that the decisions that they are going to invest that £36 billion into local regional projects is going to be invested and the timing for that. The Construction Leadership Council has been calling for an Infrastructure Pipeline for several months, well over a year now, which is disappointing not to have that. Hopefully that will come through. Moving to euston, we have been working much more closely with hsz been working much more closely with hs2 team, Department For Transport team, and more recently sending information to number ten and number 11 on some proposals to actually ii on some proposals to actually give us a six Platform Solution which actually safeguards for the manchester to birmingham link. Need to run on conventional tracks, the existing tracks, we need to think about that. One thing i have been an advocate about the review is enabling us to advance the Development Works because we also believe that there is an opportunity to create new homes more quickly and we have to come up with solutions that actually reduce the disruption on the neighbourhood. Previously, the scheme is being proposed, which were far more extensive, i have used the term many times we have been creating monuments. We now have the opportunity to create High Speed Rail systems from london to birmingham by 2031. And that is really important that we get that up and running for the real economic benefits. So, as soon as we can get the go ahead, the devil will be in the go ahead, the devil will be in the detail, we will wait for that. If we can then get the approval to begin the enabling works, as we call it the no regrets work, to progress of that, we can pass over the parcels and allow that to continue at pace and deliver those homes and commercial and retail facilities to really get their money back into the government coffers. I really get their money back into the government coffers. Really get their money back into the government coffers. I was looking at our government coffers. I was looking at your websites government coffers. I was looking at your websites and government coffers. I was looking at your websites and your government coffers. I was looking at your websites and your Company Government coffers. I was looking at your websites and your company hasj your websites and your company has been involved in large construction Infrastructure Projects across the world. With that level of experience, Ijust Wonderyourtake experience, i just wonder your take on experience, Ijust Wonderyourtake on how hs2 has run . How difficult has it been to get across this project . How does it compare to that may be other countries that you have worked in . � ,. May be other countries that you have worked in . � ,. H, may be other countries that you have worked in . � ,. ,. ,. , worked in . Lets deal with some of the successes worked in . Lets deal with some of the successes we worked in . Lets deal with some of the successes we have worked in . Lets deal with some of the successes we have had worked in . Lets deal with some of the successes we have had in worked in . Lets deal with some of the successes we have had in the l worked in . Lets deal with some of i the successes we have had in the uk. London 2012 olympics really went through some of those challenges in the very early days. Affordability, what we wanted in terms of scope and to made sure that almost every project that we touched at the beginning of london 2012 went through similar challenges. However, because it wasnt so large scale project, they were several projects that we had to solve, we addressed those and we adopt that in very much the same way in where we work abroad, whether it is in asia, north america, South America or in the middle east. All of these things about getting the right scope and the right solution for the budget. And actually, the scheme has been extremely ambitious and that has been its downfall so far. It has been its downfall so far. It has been probably overambitious in affordability and therefore, as a consequence, the scope has been wrong. Consequence, the scope has been wronu. , , consequence, the scope has been wronu. , y consequence, the scope has been wronu. ,. , wrong. Very briefly, in your opinion was the prime wrong. Very briefly, in your opinion was the Prime Minister wrong. Very briefly, in your opinion was the Prime Minister right wrong. Very briefly, in your opinion was the Prime Minister right to was the Prime Minister right to cancel the northern leg . I was the Prime Minister right to cancel the northern leg . Cancelthe northern leg . I think onl time Cancelthe Northern Leg . I think only time will Cancelthe Northern Leg . I think only time will tell. Cancelthe northern leg . I think only time will tell. I Cancelthe Northern Leg . I think only time will tell. I dont Cancelthe Northern Leg . I think only time will tell. I dont have | only time will tell. I dont have all the information to that. If you ask me from just a sense of creating ask me from just a sense of creating a High Speed Rail Network through the country as a spine, i think he was wrong to cancel it. He should have asked for a review, i think a review of how we can do it much more simply, efficiently, like other countries, not get burdened with the Planning Constraints that we had so that we could have delivered that with a much better price. Mark reynolds. With a much better price. Mark reynolds, really with a much better price. Mark reynolds, really interesting i with a much better price. Mark reynolds, really interesting to hear your view on that. Thank you for talking to us. Lets turn to the united states, where in the past few minutes donald trump has arrived at court for day three of his civil fraud trial. Just a warning, we have some Flashing Images coming up. Lets take a look. This is the former president arriving at the courthouse where he then addressed the media for several minutes. Overnight, thejudge overseeing the trial issued a limited gag order barring comments about court staff. That came after mr trump posted a social media attack on the judges principal law clerk a day earlier. In a statement which did not name the former president the judge said. Donald trump, his two adult sons and the wider Trump Organisation are accused of massively inflating the value of their properties by over 2 billion dollars, in order to secure better bank loans. Live now to new york, im joined by correspondent nada tawfik. Nada, hello to you, another court, another day with trump. Addressing the media out side but this is very clearly, after thejudge the media out side but this is very clearly, after the judge said, issued a Gagging Order not naming him specifically but hard not to deduce that he was talking about him. ,. ,. , him. Yes, this has been really the rh hm of him. Yes, this has been really the rhythm of the him. Yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last him. Yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last few him. Yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last few days him. Yes, this has been really the rhythm of the last few days here | him. Yes, this has been really the | rhythm of the last few days here in new york. A very different atmosphere in court and a very different one outside of the courthouse. Weve had one witness so far and the questioning has been very methodical, very focused on Financial Statements and what they showed and didnt show with a former accountant saying that it was ultimately the Trump Organisation that was responsible for delivering accurate accounting and numbers and said he wouldnt have made the statements of Financial Condition if he knew they were inaccurate. Now, there was an atmosphere in which the defence team, trumps team, objected. They were overruled and when they started cross questioning the accountants, they got quite animated, even saying that President Trump was the leader of the free world. But outside of court, what we have seen is donald trump taking time to speak to the media, really using this as a Campaign Moment to rally supporters. So, while in court he sits quietly, engages with a tourneys and respects the process, outside he slams the judge, attacked the attorney general. Even going as far, as you said there, to attacking through his social media posts the law clerk on the social media. What we have seen here is thejudge taking issue with that and issuing this gag order. Taking issue with that and issuing this gag order this gag order. Obviously this is one of several this gag order. Obviously this is one of several court this gag order. Obviously this is | one of several Court Appearances this gag order. Obviously this is one of several Court Appearances or court cases that donald trump is undergoing at the moment. But as you say there, not necessarily affecting his standing. Nada, can you still hear me . Can you still hear us . I think we may have lost the connection to nada. We will leave it there, we will return back to nada later on in the programme to give us the latest from new york. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Police are investigating possible corporate manslaughter at the hospital where child serial killer lucy letby worked. The former nurse, 33, was found guilty in august of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the countess of chester hospital. A Safeguarding Review will take place into the death of sara sharif. The 10 year olds body was found at her home in woking on the 10th august. Herfather, stepmother and uncle appeared at the old bailey last month. Theyll face a murder trial next autumn. Laurence fox has been sacked by gb news after an outcry about comments he made on air about a female journalist. The former actor and political activist sparked controversy last week when he asked what self respecting man would climb into bed with ava evans. Youre live with bbc news. Lets return to the united states. A historic vote has seen the Republican Partys top lawmaker pushed out of his job in a vote triggered by one of his own