At protesters in hong kong after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. And coming up at 8. 30, talking movies reviews the years blockbuster season. Good evening. Borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester, that he says will turbo charge the economy. He was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals to be published in the autumn. But labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. Heres our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. Taking his first steps as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. But hes not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more investment for the north of england. At the science and industry museum, mrjohnson said action was needed to combat the hopelessness felt by those living in some northern towns. It isnt really the fault of the places
Attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. Hello and good afternoon. The Prime Minister has pledged to fund a new high speed rail route between leeds and manchester. Borisjohnson says it will turbo charge the economy. It is thought the new route is part of the governments wider investment commitment to the north of england, set to cost around £39 billion. But labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. But the new Prime Minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. I want to be the Prime Minister who does with Northern Powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london, and today, im going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the leeds to manchester route. But while local leaders have welc
After tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. And coming up at 7. 30, sportsday takes a closer look at egan bernal, who is poised to become the first colombian to win the Tour De France after finishing todays penultimate stage in the yellowjersey. Good evening. Borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester, that he says will turbo charge the economy. He was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals, to be published in the autumn. But labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. Heres our chief political correspondent, vicki young. Taking his first steps as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. But hes not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more investment for the north of england. At the science and Industry Museum mrjohnson said action was needed to combat th
from a british business. and there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? hello and welcome to bbc news. next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. us president biden is scheduled to give a speech on tuesday in neighbouring poland on the same day that vladimir putin is due to give an address in moscow. ukraine s president zelensky has again called on western allies to speed up their delivery of weapons warning that delays would cost lives. it all comes as the munich security conference is underway with calls for nato to give kyiv long term security assurances. rishi sunak will address the conference, telling western countries they need to redouble their military support for ukraine. he ll also tell delegates that kyiv needs security guarantees even after the war has ended. our correspondentjenny hill spoke to me earlier about the general message c