borussia dortmund. eddie howe believes the club was my progress has been rapid and both he and the former captain alan shearer are hoping it can continue. i former captain alan shearer are hoping it can continue.- hoping it can continue. i think initially nothing hoping it can continue. i think initially nothing like hoping it can continue. i think initially nothing like this - hoping it can continue. i think initially nothing like this was l hoping it can continue. i thinkl initially nothing like this was in our thoughts at the speed at which it has happened. 0ur our thoughts at the speed at which it has happened. our only thought was staying in the premier league. the spring of dimension has lifted so powerfully and quickly and in a positive direction for us i think my only sort of thought is to try and keep that momentum for as long as we can. if) keep that momentum for as long as we can. 1: , ., , ., keep that momentum for as long as we can. i, .,, keep that momentum
its soaring costs. he pledged to reinvest every penny in other transport projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. the speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the prime minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. here are some of his speech. i am ending this long running saga. i am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. and in its place. ..and in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects in the north and the midlands across the country. this means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. it s a high speed railway which is what the hs stands for and it was touted as the uk s biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. the first part, between west london and birmingham, is
will combine to welcome 48 nations for the tournament. the six counties who will stage the matches are argentina, morocco, paraguay, portugal, spain and uruguay and they will all qualify automatically. our sports news editor dan roan has more on this. dan, how can this work logistically? it is an amazing deal that has been struck by fifa today along with a number of configurations that represent the different continents of the football landscape. if fans thought the idea of a winter world cup was a novel proposition, they will be just as amazed perhaps is the announcement today. for the first time ever at the world cup will be staged across three continents. it will be staged in three countries in 2026 in the us, canada and mexico. fifa have gone one better it seems with this. six different countries over three continents. spain, portugal, morocco are effectively the co hosts of this tournament, but in a move that is meant to honour and mark the centenary of the inaugural wor