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
tonight, we speak live to the real alan bates, the man who dedicated years to bringing the post office scandal to light, and to the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen got a very big reaction. and to gwyneth hughes, the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen has had a very big reaction. wrongful convictions, more than 700 of them prison sentences, reputations trashed, bankruptcy, and now new cases. the post office scandal is only deepening. as we go on air, the petition to strip the former post office boss paula vennells of her cbe is well over a million and the prime minister has said he would support a review of it. it doesn t help the hundreds upon hundreds whose lives were all but destroyed and, in some cases, actually destroyed who will pay their compensation and when? we speak to the subpostmaster at the heart of itv s drama and the writer who s reignited an issue that had slipped from the public consciousness. and we ll be joined by the former
can unlock growth in our economy and improve the quality of people s lives across the country and building afairer lives across the country and building a fairer society. increasing the national living wage so increasing the national living wage so people on the lowest pay see their wages go up as the economy strengthens and ensuring that every child has access to a good school place. i will make more progress before i give way again, creating a world class before i give way again, creating a world class system of technical education so all young people have the vital skills they need to do the jobs of the future. acting to make market fairers, by tackling unfair practises wherever they are found. the prime minister mentions opportunity, does she agree one of the opportunities we must deliver is to allow more young people to get on the housing ladder? will she increase house building to 250,000 homes a year which is a bolder and a much more ambitious commitment than the part
the issue facing local authorities in england with £35 million paid out in compensation to people living in unfit accommodation. and back on track, it s full steam ahead for the first timetabled train service featuring a traditional locomotive. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it s got to be some kind of record with donald trump facing his first scandal and a top level resignation just 2a days after his inauguration. his national security adviser, michael flynn, has resigned over his contacts with russia. he s alleged to have discussed us sanctions with the russian ambassador before mr trump took office, then misled officials including the vice president about the conversation. the kremlin has refused to comment on the resignation saying it was an internal matter for the united states. in the last half an hour, president trump has given his reaction on twitter. and in the latest development, president trump will speak to theresa may in about 90 minutes at about ii