Good morning it s 7 o clock on Thursday the 30th of January that learns this morning the chancellor has become the most senior minister to throw his weight behind the h s 2 high speed rail line increasing the chances that it will be built about $200.00 Britons are still stuck in the Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak after their evacuation flight was delayed and the secretary general of the Commonwealth ladies government has been criticized for awarding a contract to a friend who s a fellow Labor peer the b.b.c. News read this morning but Diana speed the chancellor Surjit Javid has given his backing to the his 2 high speed rail line which is currently under review because of its ballooning costs senior ministers will discuss the scheme today with Dunning street promising a quick decision in its full form has to would link London with Birmingham and then on to Manchester and Leeds up political correspondent Jonathan Blake reports it may not officially be decision da
In a battle between a bald eagle and an octopus John islet can tell you earlier this week the British Columbia salmon farmer and his colleagues captured just such a skirmish along with their somewhat salty reactions on video Those stories and much more coming up on the Wednesday edition of as it happens. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington Stevens the House Judiciary Committee has begun debating 2 articles of impeachment President Trump is accused of using his office to demand that a foreign government attack his political rivals and obstructing a congressional probe of his actions and Georgia Congressman Don Collins is among Republicans calling the impeachment process a sham it is amazing to me that we re taking it now is such a solemn oath that we ve made up something to now come to this point to say this is very solemn like you jumped up and snuck up on us about all of this the holiday season it doesn t jump up and sneak up on you when you ve been expecting it the whole time the im
The man who carried out a series of sex attacks on 11 women and children over a fortnight Joseph McCann has been found guilty of 37 offenses was captured hiding in the tree near Congleton his victims aged between $11.71 were from Cheshire Greater Manchester hot for church in London and included 3 women who were abducted off the street at knife point and raped Detective Chief Inspector Catherine Goodwin is from the Met Police Jason McCann is a horrendously dangerous individual has shown complete contempt for his victims he s clearly one of the most dangerous sex offenders I think that we ve ever seen in this country a teenager has admitted attempted murder after throwing a boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London Jonty bravery who s 18 was arrested after the 6 year old fell from a viewing gallery in August he survived but suffered a deep bleed to the brain Duncan Ferguson has spoken of his pride of being handed the Everton manager s job on a temporary basis he ll take charg
That they re proposing I quote you know I less than they used to call me let me quote them to you he says your prospectus say the initiative of school studies top economic think that your prospectus they say is not credible Well you haven t said how you pay for Social said how you pay for future tax not credible as well on the country our program is for the cost it is there in the manifesto and it s a great great program in the one other advantage that we have apart from not wrecking the economy and not having a fiscal meltdown which is what Labor always do putting up taxes for everybody we would get our country moving forwards again by getting brakes it done and the economic drag of bricks it on this country should not be underestimated it is stopping investment it means that people are uncertain about making purchases about taking on the good jobs or the government always do is look after the very richest within our society they ve done very very well in the years of a stereotype wh