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and this is our kind of clubbing! why stumble home at two in the morning when you can be snuggled up in bed by 7pm? forget night fever, this is day fever the club night that s held in the afternoon. good morning. it s monday the 26th of february. our main story. the prime minister wil give more details today of how money from the abandoned leg of hs2 will be spent in the midlands and north of england. he ll hold a cabinet meeting in east yorkshire today, and will confirm that £4] billion will be spent on local transport projects but it won t be available to councils until april next year. labour has described the announcement as a back of a fag packet plan . our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. better transport connections for millions of people living in smaller cities, towns and rural areas. that s the promise from rishi sunak as he makes the case for cancelling the massive hs2 rail upgrade. the north of england will receive £2.5 billion over a seven year
yeah, in an election year. and that r word, we ll kick around, you know, the extent to which it s a recession comparable with others, and what it actually means and the extent to which people will feel any different, given that it s a sort of rear view mirror look at what s been going on in the economy in recent months. if you re in politics in general, if you re in government in particular, the r word isjust one of those horror words. and so for those in government in an election year, it s the last thing that they need to see. and it is equally not remotely surprising that opposition parties leapt in front of cameras and microphones within, if not nanoseconds, then certainly hours of 7:00 this morning to try and pin the blame on the government, as you d expect them to do. you ve gotjeremy hunt, the chancellor, making the argument that things are getting a little better. and i suppose if we take a couple of steps back, there s a fair question to ask about to what extent we m
# happy birthday to you. and as the duchess of cornwall turns 75, we look at the mark she s made on public life. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll be live at the home of golf as we count down to the start of the of the open championships which gets under way in st andrews tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was 14. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a predator . the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi chi izundu contains distressing accounts of alleged sexual assault. the archers was a club in vauxhall and tim westwood would be there holding his club night, so it was really popular. it was a bi
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldn t lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didn t get enough support and were eliminated. the next round will take place tomorrow. from westminster, here s our political editor, chris mason. the first moment of decision in determining who might be our next prime minister. determining who might be our next prime minister. a, ., ~ ,, ., ~ prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88- sunni liz prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss, prime minister. morduant, 67, sunak, 88. sunni liz truss,