the sport s next world cup was due to take place in france in two years time, but this afternoon the host nation has pulled out, with the sport now looking into alternative options. the international rugby league chair said. there is no secret as to how important the strengthening of france as a rugby league nation is to our strategic plans. they are of drawing as i can t guarantee the financial viability of the tournament. it is leicester city s turn to take centre stage as the race to avoid relegation continues in the premier league this evening. they face champions league chasing liverpool at the king power. leicester were resoundly beaten by fulham last monday and go into this one inside the relegation zone. victory for leicester moves them out of the bottom three but they take on a liverpool side who ve just won six in a row, and who are hunting down a place in the top four. we have to expect a team who wants to stay in the league and will site for we have to expect a t
tens of millions of households need that support, so i think that s the right approach. the uk s opposition labour party welcomes the move, but has criticised the government s response to the crisis, saying it called for a windfall tax on oil companies months ago. the chancellor, the prime minister were resisting it, and saying that it would deter investment, that it was un conservative, but it wouldn t raise enough money, but it would be silly to provide additional help. ukraine warns that russia s offensive in donbas could result in the region becoming uninhabited. a british health trust at the centre of concerns about avoidable deaths and injuries to babies has been told to make immediate improvements to its maternity services. it s been more than a0 years since abba s last tour, but they finally performed onstage again last night in digital form as abba tars. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. police in texas are facing criticism over th
Through which is now over germany. In the wake of this we have westerly winds off the atlantic and it has brought us sunny spells and scattered showers, showers possible anywhere but more frequent across scotland and Northern Ireland and temperatures between around 14 and 18. This is the Weather Front i alluded to, just to the north of ireland, but this area of western scotland, dumfries and galloway, Central Lowlands into central scotland, the rain will not necessarily be heavy all the time that it will be very persistent as the Weather Front to get stuck along the Weather Front to get stuck along the flow of winter. It will be pushed into this area like a conveyor belt, a bit of flash flooding possible but this one is just to the north of the region, perhaps over the next day also. South of art, across england and wales, tomorrow the weather looks fine with sunny spells, developing a south south westerly breeze south of that. That will bring in another area of low pressure on thursda
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
All swear clouds gathered without burkes outbreaks of rain. The full forecast coming up here on breakfast. Its saturday the 30th of september. Our main story. A teenage girl who died after a School Bus Crashed on the motorway in merseyside has been named as 15 year old Jessica Baker. She was killed along with the coach driver in the collision on the m53 at morning rush hour yesterday. Several other children were injured. Our correspondent Helena Wilkinson has the latest. This is a 15 year old Jessica Baker, one of S Schoolchildren on the bus skilled in the crash. The driver who has been named online as Stephen Shrimpton also died. More than 50 children were on their way to school when their journey children were on their way to school when theirjourney ended in tragedy. This is the aftermath of the crash on the m53 On Merseyside. The coach overturned. It happened just after eight 0clock yesterday morning. A Major Incident was declared. Police, ambulance and fire crews were quickly sen