and what do you think about the likely scrapping of a fast train line between leeds and macnhester which had been promised by the pm? you can contact me @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. where is one of china s top tennis starss? she hasn t been heard from since she accused a chinese official of sexually assaulting her. alec baldwin faces a new lawsuit over a fatal shooting on a film set. lawyers are calling the actor reckless. the nhs can now offer people living with hiv the first long acting injectable treatment to keep the virus at bay. and coming up this hour.. we ll speak to fabrice muamba and the person who saved his life about a new campaign to ensure more people know how to help people having a cardiac arrest. good morning. the government is preparing to publish its plans for the rail network, insisting that changes from the original proposals will mean improvements happen faster in the midlands and northern england. borisjohnson has indicated that the leg
alec baldwin faces a new lawsuit over a fatal shooting on his film set. lawyers are calling mr baldwin reckless. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it is a question many are asking. where is one of china s biggest sporting stars peng shuai? the former wimbledon and french open doubles champion hasn t been heard from since accusing a top chinese official of sexually assaulting her. she s supposed to have written an email saying she s fine; it was released by chinese state media and attributed to her, but the head of the women s tennis association in the uk says he finds it hard to believe that peng shuai actually wrote the email. part of the email reads. our correspondent robin brant is in shanghai and told us more about the email. it popped up overnight. it is the first communication apparently from peng shuai. it starts with the words, hello, everyone. even though it was purportedly sent to steve simon, the man in charge of the woman s tenn
thank you, lizo. time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. is going to get a bit more chilly? it certainly is, it is all about the temperature is, quite a contrast, this morning a touch of grass frost in the south and milder in the north and whilst mild air will win out for the next couple of days, taking birmingham as an example for the uk, it is set to get much colder by the end of the weekend with temperatures a bit below average by then. not just by day, it looks like it will be our first sustained period of frost and quite wide as well, it was birmingham city temperatures and we will have frost in the suburbs so it will have frost in the suburbs so it will get colder for everyone. at the moment, we have some milder air this morning rolling in off the atlantic, south of this front which continues to give heavy rain for the north of scotland, the northern isles as well but elsewhere, grizzly and dank, leaden skies whilst in eastern parts there is some sunshine
minister is starting a press conference. minister is starting a press conference. ., ., , conference. following the sickening attack outside conference. following the sickening attack outside liverpool conference. following the sickening attack outside liverpool women s i attack outside liverpool women s hospital yesterday. my thoughts remain with all those affected and on behalf of the whole country i want to pay tribute to the emergency services who responded, as always, with such speed and professionalism. the police have now confirmed this is being treated as a terrorist attack and while the investigation continues at pace you will understand that i can t comment on the details of the case, or its motivation, but it is a stark reminder of the need for us all to remain utterly vigilant, and the independentjoint terrorism analysis centre are today raising the uk s threat level from substantial to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. but what yesterday showed abo
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a