44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The xl bully dog was destroyed at the scene. Police say in order to make sure the safety of the public. We will bring you many developments. Lets turn to the conservative Party Conference in manchester where in just over an hours time, the Prime Minister is expected to confirm that the part of europes biggest Infrastructure Project the h52 high speed rail line connecting london to the north of england will not be built as planned. Costs have risen and the train line, which is already being built from london to birmingham, will not continue onto manchester. Hs2 trains will still run to the city, but on slower existing tracks, defence secretary grant shapps said earlier. The route from birmingham to leeds has already been scrapped. Lets get more reaction about the future of the h52 rail link. Frances read is at euston which is the designated terminus in london. What has the response been
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions