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yesterday but as we head into the weekend we are going to once again have a touch of summer. all of the details later. it s tuesday 3rd of october. pressure is growing on the prime minister to clarify whether he will cancel the h52 rail link between birmingham and manchester. those pressing for the project to go ahead include the conservative mayor of the west midlands, andy street, as well as business and civic leaders in the north. downing street insists no final decision has been taken but the issue has dominated the party conference in manchester, from where our political correspondent iain watson sent this report. the prime minister wants to make progress in the opinion polls, but there s a danger his party conference gets derailed over the future of h52. downing street says no final decision has been taken on whether the project will reach manchester. when we caught up with the transport secretary, he took the same line. any clarity at all on hs2? you ve heard what numb ....
when the conservative mayor of the west midlands accused the government of cancelling the future if the leg between birmingham and manchester isn t built. speaking outside the conservative party conference in manchester, andy street said the government must not give up on h52 and the prime minister must rethink radically how the project is delivered. but downing street is still insisting that no final decision has been made. with the latest, here s our political editor, chris mason, in manchester. party conferences are always a cauldron of whispers and gossip. 0k, good evening, everybody. ..denials and announcements. at half five tonight, enter the conservative mayor of the west midlands. gripping this situation means reexamining it. it does not mean giving up, admitting defeat, you could say, or even, you could say, cancelling the future. mr street, have you considered resigning over the cancellation of the northern leg of hs2? we re not talking about that. the issue i ....
good evening. the conservative mayor of the west midlands, andy street, has urged the prime minister not to give up on the line between birmingham and manchester. it comes amid speculation that rishi sunak is about to announce that stage of the operation will be relaxed. andy street said he must not give up on a but the prime minister is right to get a grip of the situation. party conferences are cauldrons of gossip and whispers, denials and announcements. the whole question of h52, whether it will be built in hsz, whether it will be built in full between birmingham and manchester, as well as the connection between the west midlands and london, has dominated over the last couple of days here for a simple reason. the government will not answer that very simple question. the speculation has swirled again today and tonight downing street say that no final decision has yet been made. and yet that intervention from the mayor of the west midlands once again sparking off the d ....
the us director of national intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies may have leaked unconfirmed claims that russia had compromising material on him. in a statement, james clapper said he had called the president elect to say the leak had not come from the intelligence services. this morning, that was flatly denied by the president elect himself. the kremlin said they hoped that donald trump and mr putin would give along and there would be more mutual respect between the two countries. christian fraser reports. eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. never before has an incoming president been warring on so many an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. not you, not you. your organisation is terrible. your organisation is terrible. let s go. go ahead. quiet. quiet. he is in conflict with the press, the ethics committee, pharmaceutical and defence industries, some of his own s ....
i held him in the very highest regard because of what he gave to me. they gave me my england debut and set me on the road, and i will never forget that. it s 5 o clock. our main story is the latest twist in donald trump s confrontation with the heads of america s intelligence agencies. mr trump says the director of national intelligence, james clapper, called him last night to condemn a leaked report claiming the president elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. but mr clapper has said he d made no judgment on whether the report was reliable and he rejected mr trump s suggestion that us intelligence was responsible for the leak. our correspondent christian fraser has the latest. eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. but never before has an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. this morning, as is now the norm, he began the day with a tweaked: in fa ct, began the day with a tweaked: in fact, what mr clapper t ....