Good evening. The conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street, has urged the Prime Minister not to give up on the line between birmingham and manchester. It comes amid speculation that rishi sunak is about to announce that stage of the operation will be relaxed. Andy street said he must not give up on a but the Prime Minister is right to get a grip of the situation. Party conferences are cauldrons of gossip and whispers, denials and announcements. The whole question of h52, whether it will be built in hsz, whether it will be built in full between birmingham and manchester, as well as the connection between the West Midlands and london, has dominated over the last couple of days here for a simple reason. The government will not answer that very simple question. The speculation has swirled again today and tonight Downing Street say that no final decision has yet been made. And yet that intervention from the mayor of the West Midlands once again sparking off the discussion. That