Prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the worlds first passenger railway, ive decided to only use trains made here. Horn honks along the way, ill cross some stunning landscapes and meet people whose lives have been transformed by the great British Railway. Horn blows i wanted to bring us down this slimyjetty here cos i wanted to show off portsmouth harbour station. As you come in, you feel like youre on land, but actually, its an old pier, and this used to function as a Freight Boat Pier in the mid 1800s. Im starting my Rail Adventure on englands southern coastline, passing through london, the midlands, into the yorkshire dales, then crossing scotland, up through the highlands, and hopefully making it to thurso, the most northerly Railway Station in the uk. Sometimes find Hermit Crabs. There isnt a Hermit Crab in this one, though. Tannoy please buy a ticket before getting onto a train. I as luck would have it, i happened to be wearing the specific badge to the train were trave
Use trains made here. My name is Francis Bourgeois and ive taken on the challenge to travel from the southern coast of england. Did your ears pop . To the northern coast of scotland. Were just past the highest point of the Uk Network. Along the way, ill cross some stunning landscapes and meet people whose lives have been transformed by the great British Railway. Horn blows. I wanted to bring us down this slimy jetty here cos i wanted to show off portsmouth harbour station. As you come in, you feel like youre on land, but actually, its an old pier, and this used to function as a Freight Boat Pier in the mid 1800s. Im starting my Rail Adventure on englands southern coastline, passing through london, the midlands, into the yorkshire dales, then crossing scotland, up through the highlands, and hopefully making it to thurso, the most northerly Railway Station in the uk. Sometimes find Hermit Crabs. There isnt a Hermit Crab in this one, though. Tannoy please buy a ticket before getting onto
it s james in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster too. so, the reason you were speaking to the labour leader, sir keir starmer, chris, was because he has made a big u turn today. yes. so this is on what he calls his green prosperity plan. this is the idea of throwing quite a lot of public money into kind of turbo charging what he thinks are the kind of industries of the future that might have a kind of green tinge to them. but they re also about, he hopes, providing the well paid jobs of the future, the industries of the future. two and a half years ago, he said labour would spend in government £28 billion a year on that. that was diluted in the summer of last year to £28 billion a year by the second half of a first labour term. so that would be sort of mid 2027, if they were to win the election and only if they thought it was affordable relative to their economic rules. last few weeks, quite frankly, they ve been in a complete mess about it and not rea