when he fired a gun on set, killing a colleague. more than 1,000 people have already come forward to contact the inquiry into racism in cricket, following azeem rafiq s emotional testimony about his own experiences at yorkshire. good morning. todayis today is going to be fairly cloudy for most of us, also rather breezy. rain in the north and west, some brightness across central and eastern areas, but it s going to be very mild for the time of the year. details coming up. good morning. it s thursday, the 18th of november. our main story. the government is planning to publish a £96 billion plan for the rail network in the midlands and north of england. but there s anger that the section of high speed 2, stretching to leeds, is now expected to be scrapped. and instead of building a brand new line between manchester and leeds, there are reports the existing track will just be upgraded. ministers insist their changes will mean improvements happen up to a decade earlier. dan johns
we ll be getting the reaction of commuters and businesses. also on the programme tonight. ambulance services and a&e departments in wales record their worst ever performance times. victims of the cladding crisis. a new study reveals anxiety, depression and thoughts of self harm. it s kind of like a crippling depression where you can t get up. i didn t see the point in anything, had a really bleak outlook on life. lady gaga talks to us about channelling her childhood experiences into her new film, house of gucci. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the latest on peng shuai, the tennis player who has not been heard of for two weeks since making sexual assault allegations against a top chinese government official. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds, which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines, w
powerful testimony to mps about the racist abuse he faced himself while a professional player. a life sentence for zephaniah mcleod, the man who stabbed eight people in birmingham in what the judge called a murderous rampage . a new report reveals the mental health problems suffered by people living in blocks of flats with unsafe cladding. and the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall visit egypt s ancient and iconic giza pyramids as part of a two day tour of the country. good evening. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines which they say will deliver faster journeys sooner. but labour has called the scaling back of the high speed rail line a betrayal of the north. hs2 was originally meant to connect london with birmingham, manchester and leeds. the leg between the east midlands and leeds will now be
azeem rafiq who called out racism against him at yorkshire cricket club apologises for using anti semitic language on social media ten years ago. the irish taoiseach micheal martin tells the bbc goodwill on all sides can solve the row over trade in northern ireland. the migrants trapped on the edge of the eu we follow one afghan family who ve tried dozens of times to get in. and prince charles visits the pyramids, saying they should inspire us to protect the planet as egypt prepares to host next year s climate change summit. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, rangers get their man former player giovanni van bronckhorst is the new manager of the scottish champions. the dutchman replaces steven gerrard. good evening. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines which they say will deli
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy online editor at the new statesman, and the former conservative adviser mo hussein. let s ta ke let s take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages. the i is one of several papers to report once again with the mps standards row. it claims tory backbenchers are in revolt at the way borisjohnson has handled the sleaze allegations. the telegraph leads on comments made by the pm to a meeting of tory backbenchers, admitting reportedly that he crashed the car over the way he dealt with the scandal. the times has the same story, but leads with claims the home office is planning to fly cross channel migrants to albania for processing. the daily mail splashes on the rise in the cost of living, saying a combination of higher inflation, tax rises and interest rate hikes could cost people £2,000 a year each. the guardian reports on changes to the way socia