in west yorkshire, badly affected, a way to go? in west yorkshire, badly affected. a very _ way to go? in west yorkshire, badly affected, a very different _ way to go? in west yorkshire, badly affected, a very different view. - way to go? in west yorkshire, badly affected, a very different view. is i affected, a very different view. is affected, a very different view. is a betrayal of the north and the people i represent in west yorkshire to stop only what feels like months ago the prime minister stood in front of stevenson's cannot rocket in manchester and promised a new rail line, northern powerhouse rail. no one is questioning the need for better transport links in the north of the country but the row over how to achieve that is becoming more bitter than ever. in a minute, we'll talk to caroline davies at westminster, but first rowan bridge is at leeds station. it's fair to say there's been a pretty angry response in the north of england to this decision. that's right, anger, betrayal over what's been announced today. this is le

it is a betrayal of the north and it's a betrayal of the people i represent in west yorkshire. only what feels like months ago, the prime minister stood in front of stevenson's rocket in manchester and promised a new rail line, northern powerhouse rail. the interesting thing about this from a political point of view is that boris johnson and the tories made such a feature of making these big promises to the north of england, and i will always remember the morning after the election, he made this speech and he said, talked directly to people who voted tory for the first time, in areas that had never done before, and talked about how the pencil might have hovered over the box but he would keep his promises to them. let's be clear, the government is spending loads and loads of money on improving railways across a lot of the country, but that's the problem here, isn't it? they are not doing what they promised they would. you guys have been looking more closely at the details of it. does it stack up to something that feels like a promise thatjust hasn't been delivered? i think you a

it is a betrayal of the north and it's a betrayal of the people i represent in west yorkshire. only what feels like months ago, the prime minister stood in front of stevenson's rocket in manchester and promised a new rail line, northern powerhouse rail. the interesting thing about this from a political point of view is that boris johnson and the tories made such a feature of making these big promises to the north of england, and i will always remember the morning after the election, he made this speech and he said, talked directly to people who voted tory for the first time, in areas that had never done before, and talked about how the pencil might have hovered over the box but he would keep his promises to them. let's be clear, the government is spending loads and loads of money on improving railways across a lot of the country, but that's the problem here, isn't it? they are not doing what they promised they would. you guys have been looking more closely at the details of it. does it stack up to something that feels like a promise that just hasn't been delivered? i think you

i'm a leader of west yorkshire and i want west yorkshire to be the best it can be an flooris. but for that to happen he needs to have the connections that london has. and borisjohnson has said several times, particularly about northern powerhouse rail that he wants to deliver northern powerhouse rail in the same way that he delivered the cross rail for london. we should not have to choose between projects. this is all about absolutely turbo—charging the potential for those young men and women who live in the north, who want to stay in the north to fulfil their potential and follow their dreams. not being forced to go elsewhere because there's just no connectivity. they're having to choose universities and colleges as their second and third choice because the connectivity is not there or is too expensive. so it's really important notjust for connection or investment, but also climate change. and we see the chancellor focusing on flights between cities over and above these great infra structure projects. for green, and clean incapable or out of cars and aeroplanes and onto the

in west yorkshire, badly affected, a very different view. is a betrayal of the north and the people i represent in west yorkshire to stop only what feels like months ago the prime minister stood in front of stevenson's rocket in manchester and promised a new rail line, northern powerhouse rail. no one is questioning the need for better transport links in the north of the country but the row over how to achieve that is becoming more bitter than ever. i'm joined now by former labour transport secretary. what do you make of these changes to plans? what do you make of these changes to lans? ,., what do you make of these changes to lans? ., plans? verre sat back to the eastern side of the country. _ plans? verre sat back to the eastern side of the country. if _ plans? verre sat back to the eastern side of the country. if you _ plans? verre sat back to the eastern side of the country. if you stand - side of the country. if you stand back from the detail, what is going to happen is a really serious east—west divide in england in the next generati

yorkshire to link the midlands and leeds. with me is our correspondent danjohnson. what more have we learned from the details revealed this evening? fix, details revealed this evening? little more detail on what's expected in this integrated braille plan which will be revealed in full tomorrow. but we've got a little bit of detail from the department for transport and the government tonight, which seems to suggest they'll scale back the plans partly for the extension of h52, this would've been the bit of h52 going from the east midlands up to yorkshire. it looks like that'll be scaled back and ended at the east midlands, and it looks like there'll be no new line across the pen lines between leeds and manchester for people, people hoping a new powerhouse northern route, or hs three, it would be built. this plan says it won't focus on building new routes, but instead upgrade existing routes. it's been described as the biggest ever public investment in the rail network, £96 billion, but i think it will disappoint some people w

side of the front page at the top of the column is this open letter to the prime minister from the west yorkshire mayor, former conservative mp who basically says, "the government can choose to unlock the north's potential or let us down one again." so that's the strength of feeling well out of london. david, like you, i consider manchester a home from home, i lived and worked there very happily for many years, and manchester is a city that will thrive come what may. it's a big city with lots of investment there — it's the smaller towns and areas that would look to be improving their conductivity to these bigger cities and get some of these bigger cities and get some of the benefits flowing out that will really suffer, perhaps? band the benefits flowing out that will really suffer, perhaps? and that's wh , really suffer, perhaps? and that's why. certain _ really suffer, perhaps? and that's why, certain people _ really suffer, perhaps? and that's why, certain people have - really suffer, perhaps? and that's why, certain people have said - really suffer, perhaps? and that's why, certain

they might get more of that, and a metro for west yorkshire. it looks slightly like a consolation prize for leeds which is not going to be on hs2 in the way it was expecting to be, but the secretary of state is correct in saying that leeds and birmingham lacked the kind of metro systems that manchester now has and london has and which many of their competitors cities overseas do have. they will be glad they are getting a tram network or at least the beginnings of one. tow; getting a tram network or at least the beginnings of one. tony travers from the london _ the beginnings of one. tony travers from the london school _ the beginnings of one. tony travers from the london school of - the beginnings of one. tony travers i from the london school of economics, thank you very much. the head of the women's tennis association has said he finds it hard to believe that an email released by chinese state media and attributed to the tennis star pung sh—why is authentic. the former wimbledon and french open doubles champion has not been heard from since

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come into steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley, the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. it's thought to affect at least one in ten of us over our lifetime — but doctors

speaker, the prime minister cheered all my constituents up when he came to south west yorkshire and said we were going to have a new hospital. sadly, even though the money is there, the local management have halted. they have not given us a brand-new hospital which is what we want. will you unblock this until the nhs they need to build a new hospital? >> here, here. >> i am grateful. i do remember the issue being raised when i was with him. i will be happy to secure a meeting with my honorable friend the secretary of state and i am sure we will be able to unblock things one way or the other. >> thank you, mr. speaker. [indiscernible] astonishment at the newsday premised or abandoned his dop to northern ireland. [laughter] broken bridge promises, broken rail promises with buyer's remorse consuming the tory bench. who do you think will be defenestrated first? >> i want to remind them they are there to represent the people of scotland and deliver better services, better transport, better health care and what we are delivering -- he talks about transport. i will tell him what i said to the l

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come into steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley, the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. from monday, if you live in england will be able to book their covid boosterjab a m

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come into steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley, the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. in the us, president biden is preparing to sign his one trillion dollar infrastruct

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come into steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley, the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. the us house of representatives has approved president biden's one trillion dollar

this west yorkshire businesswoman often finds that driving is the only option. she would rather get about by train so is disappointed by reports that major rail projects are set to be scaled back. i would have the ability to get to more places by public transport, and not having to drive and find parking, which is very expensive, and also the added benefit that on a train, or public transport, i can do work. the london to birmingham phase of hs2, the new high—speed railway, is already being built, but what comes next? the government is due to release a plan later this week setting out how it will improve rail connections across the north of england and the midlands, with nearly £100 billion of funding. but it is expected to show that the eastern leg of hs2 will not happen as initially planned. there will be mostly track upgrades between the west midlands and leeds instead of the fast route, although there is set to be a new high—speed section from birmingham to near nottingham. the plan is also expected to reveal the leads the manchester route under the pro

in west yorkshire, badly affected, a very different view. it is a betrayal of the north and the people i represent in west yorkshire. only what feels like months ago the prime minister stood in front of stevenson's cannot rocket in manchester and promised a new rail line, northern powerhouse rail. no one is questioning the need for better transport links in the north of the country but the row over how to achieve that is becoming more bitter than ever. five metres lined up to conduct ? condemned the decision. steve rotheram, who's the mayor of liverpool city region and jamie driscoll, the mayor of the north of tyne, both accused borisjohnson of breaking his promise to the north of �*levelling up' their rail networks we have been promised things time and time again. in many places said we don't try to deliver a transformation on the cheap. as you just heard we have chosen not to deliver it so we were promised grand designs and that was supposed to settle for the 60 minute makeover and leaders across the north made an inarguable case so much

we will see some brighter skies develop across parts of the north midlands, west yorkshire, through the day the club will thicken again towards northern ireland, seeing some rain and also western scotland before the end of the afternoon, with strengthening winds. these are the temperatures today 8— 12 , the average roughly north to south this time of year is 5- 8 . this north to south this time of year is 5— 8. this evening and overnight low pressure bringing this ring will deepen as it crosses us and some of the rain will be heavy. you see by looking at those isobars it will be another windy night, not as windy as the weekend but windy nonetheless with gales around the coasts and those of the temperatures. one — 11 in the far south. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... face mask rules return in england — in efforts to combat the spread of the omicron variant later today, borisjohnson will set out plans to accelerate the boosterjab programme — with all adults in the uk to be offered a third vaccine. what that will do is basically increase your general

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come in to steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley, the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. from monday, people in england will be able to book their covid boosterjab a month in advance. a

west yorkshire businesswoman merewyn often finds driving is the only convenient option. she“d rather get about by train so is disappointed by reports that major rail projects are set to be scaled back. i would have the ability to get to more places by public transport, not having to drive and find parking, which is very expensive. and also the added benefit that on a train, or public transport, i can do work. the london to birmingham phase of hs2, the new high—speed railway, is already being built — but what comes next? this week, the government will reveal plans to improve rail connections across the north of england and the midlands, with nearly £100 billion of funding. but it is expected to show that the eastern leg of hs2 won't happen as initially planned. there will be mostly track upgrades between the west midlands and leeds, instead of a new fast route. although there is set to be a new high—speed section from birmingham to near nottingham. the plan is also expected to reveal the leeds to manchester route under the proposed northern powerhouse rail scheme

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come in to steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering, calling forjustice for azeem, will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. _ we are all prepared to undertake |the hard work which is necessaryj to put yorkshire back— at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create _ this new wonderful dawn - that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley,| the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors, and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. back now to one of our main stories. cop26 continues in glasgow tod

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come in to steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering, calling forjustice for azeem, will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today will prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. _ we are all prepared to undertake |the hard work which is necessaryj to put yorkshire back— at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create _ this new wonderful dawn - that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley,| the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors, and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. the us house of representatives has approved president biden's $1 t

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come in to steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today we'll prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley, the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. a fourth person has died after a group of paddleboarders got into difficulty on a river in pembrokeshire last week. andrea powell had been in a critical condition in hospi

and those advocates in the| north, the mayors of west yorkshire and in greater manchester, and on merseyside will say, well, why have you allowed this deception to take hold in a big way, that this is a major priority for the government if you're not going to deliver? and thatis you're not going to deliver? and that is quite a dangerous thing politically. that is quite a dangerous thing oliticall . ~ ., that is quite a dangerous thing oliticall . a, ., ., ., politically. moving onto the front .ae. politically. moving onto the front -a~e of politically. moving onto the front page of the _ politically. moving onto the front page of the times, _ politically. moving onto the front page of the times, we _ politically. moving onto the front page of the times, we spoke - politically. moving onto the front l page of the times, we spoke about how much it takes to get half a dozen newspaper editors to agree on the front page, it also takes quite something to get five former heads of civil—service to sign a letter. but this is what they've done, they want a beefed up system, stronger powers for the p

joining me now is mark goldstone, head of business representation policy at the west and north yorkshire chamber. a good afternoon to you. what is your reaction to this news? firstly, a virtual welcome _ your reaction to this news? firstly, a virtual welcome to _ your reaction to this news? firstly, a virtual welcome to yorkshire. - a virtual welcome to yorkshire. initial reaction, if this is true, it will be hugely disappointing. and would bring into question whether the government is actually serious about levelling up. certainly many of the businesses i speak to site this is one of the barriers to economic growth, so we really do need to see this come through. we are waiting for more details of course. 0ne are waiting for more details of course. one of the issues that has been pointed out is the proposalfor that leg of hs2, it was going to take 20 years to build, and what we are going to get instead is something that is certainly speedier. something that is certainly speeder-— something that is certainly seedier. ,, ., , , ., , speedier. shaw, but it is not 'ust about the infrastruc

i was talking to the mayor of west yorkshire in the last hour and she tells me that they are frustrated that once again those promises have not been kept. she says that is holding back, notjust the transport into the capital, that very valuable fast route to the capital but it is about connecting people in regional cities here, so sheffield and nottingham and leeds and liverpool and manchester and being able to bring those closer together with quicker journey bring those closer together with quickerjourney times and more reliable services and crucially cheaper prices. that is what they are calling out for, they have been calling for it for a very long time mate is something that was promised but we are led to believe it is something that will now not be delivered even though there will be a £96 billion investment in railways outside of london. they say it is very scant on detail and what they are asking for it will not be delivered.— are asking for it will not be delivered. . ~' , ., , . �* i'm joined now by miriam cates, conservative mp for penistone and stockbridge who has change

the mayor of west yorkshire has described recent events as "shameful". i am really hoping that this is an opportunity to change at the very top, and i do notice that lord patel has come in to steer some of that transition. it's time for change, root and branch change, and let's hope we see that leadership that has been sadly missing. a gathering calling forjustice for azeem will take place outside headingley this afternoon. today we'll prove that all yorkshire people are resilient. we are all prepared to undertake the hard work which is necessary to put yorkshire back at the pinnacle of english cricket. we all need to work together now and work hard to create this new wonderful dawn that is going to hopefully shine every morning at headingley, the most iconic cricket ground in world cricket. but with an exodus of the club's sponsors and headingley banned from hosting international cricket, rebuilding yorkshire's international reputation won't be easy. simon jones, bbc news. the coronavirus pandemic was particularly difficult for children. lockdown meant

the labour mayor of west yorkshire tracy brabin has written a letter to the prime minister, calling on him to deliver on his promises. she says ditching the plan to build the eastern leg of the hs2 rail network will be "levelling down and a betrayal of the north." we have been promised 60 announcements about transport for our region and not a shovel in the ground yet. so we were promised the biggest infrastructure plan of hs two for a decade ago. we've been talking about it for time immemorial. had we got started with the at least be on her way. and now if it's true that it's going to be scrapped, that's going to be devastating for the potential of our region and for our communities. steve bannon — who was an advisor to former president, donald trump has appeared in court after refusing to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly january 6th attack on the us capitol. bannon has been charged with contempt of congress. the committee investigating the capitol hill attacks believes he could have information on links between the white house and trump supporters involved in the rio

this west yorkshire businesswoman often finds that driving is the only option. she would rather get about by train so is disappointed by reports that major rail projects are set to be scaled back. i would have the ability to get to more places by public transport, and not having to drive and find parking, which is very expensive, and also the added benefit that on a train, or public transport, i can do work. the london to birmingham phase of hs2, the new high—speed railway, is already being built, but what comes next? the government is due to release a plan later this week setting out how it will improve rail connections across the north of england and the midlands, with nearly £100 billion of funding. but it is expected to show that the eastern leg of hs2 will not happen as initially planned. there will be mostly track upgrades between the west midlands and leeds instead of the fast route, although there is set to be a new high—speed section from birmingham to near nottingham. the plan is also expected to reveal the leeds to the manchester route under the

so that is - simon's view from west yorkshire. let's introduce you to matt who runs this place. good morning to you. we were talking about bookings being back up and people coming back to places like this. hahn back up and people coming back to places like this.— places like this. how are you vvettin places like this. how are you getting on?- _ places like this. how are you getting on?. good _ places like this. how are you getting on?. good news - places like this. how are you - getting on?. good news because we had a _ getting on?. good news because we had a difficult last couple of years but this— had a difficult last couple of years but this year we got back open in june and — but this year we got back open in june and confidence slowly crept into the — june and confidence slowly crept into the market and we got to october— into the market and we got to october and suddenly christmas bookings started happening and the sales team got busy and now december is looking _ sales team got busy and now december is looking really busy and we will have _ is looking really bus

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one of rafiq's teammates at yorkshire, the west indian bowler tino best says a yorkshire coach told him that he "would be put on the next plane back to barbados, during his spell at the club. best said although he "loved" his time at yorkshire he now considered that to be a racist statement. the bbc has contacted yorkshire for a response to best's claims. the barbados—born bowler also said he could see there were problems for rafiq and other players at the county. i always saw the guys, adil rashid, ajmal shazad, rafiq, they were always together. me being a personal scholar as well, i would always be with them as well and i would always hear about them complaining. literally they would complain every day about what they went through in the youth academy, and i would be like, wow. there's a really worrying story developing in women's tennis relating to one of china's biggest stars, peng shuai. she hasn't been heard from, since she made sexual assault allegations against a top chinese official. an email, released by chinese state media, attributed to the tennis player herself, said miss

it was the middle of the night and thereby people lining the streets of west yorkshire to chat him on —— clap him on as he made his way towards headingley. the crowds are building. he is running with the very small support team who had been with him all the way. you can tell from the way he is running he is in a lot of pain. 0ne can tell from the way he is running he is in a lot of pain. one thing i will tell you, if he has to walk if he has to crawl, he will finish and he has to crawl, he will finish and he will get back here to headingley. let's have a look back at the story of his night so far. applause ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, go! cheering horn blares go on, kev. go on, kev, keep going, mate. well done, kevin, mate. i'm just eating jelly babies. really, really buoyed by their support. it's been incredible. i can't thank people enough. he's doing a wonderful thing. really, really wonderful. i've not come across anybody so inspiring in a very long time. i wish him all the very best. he's an amazing man, an amazing man. the illness is one of the

looks best in north—east england in the afternoon, parts of yorkshire. it is cooler compared with where we have been today. the winds continue to ease during sunday evening and night. the cloud will increase towards the west, whereas in the east there will be long, clear spells and it will be a chilly night and across eastern areas going into monday morning, the lowest temperatures will be close to freezing. there will be a touch of frost around. that should be it for the frost for the week ahead but it is looking like a mild week with low pressure to the north—west. there is weather front is going to gradually work its way southwards across the uk. ahead of it maintaining west or south—west winds. we will see cloud across western part on monday, rain into northern ireland and scotland may see some of that in cumbria, much of wales and england will stay dry and if you bright or sunny spells across the east and south—east of england and temperatures for the most part in double figures. as i mentioned, it is a mild week, often cloudy but some outbrea

parts of west yorkshire, talk about crickets, we actually form a majority of cricket players now, the authorities have not come to terms with that. something that comes across notjust at the highest level in terms of professional players but at grassroots level as well, in terms of how we are being forced back into our communities and are being asked to play, to stay within our own areas, play cricket there, as opposed to becoming part of mainstream cricket, which we feel that we are. we mainstream cricket, which we feel that we are-— that we are. we will put all these comments _ that we are. we will put all these comments to _ that we are. we will put all these comments to yorkshire _ that we are. we will put all these comments to yorkshire cricket i that we are. we will put all these l comments to yorkshire cricket club to give them a right to reply to this, but do you think this pertains just to yorkshire, or is this spread across cricket as a whole? that there are these systemic problems in cricket. in sport we see it as well, in football we see it as well, but what about cricke

yorkshire and so forth. i will give you another example. we are desperate in london to insulate our homes and office buildings, double glazing triple glazing, insulation, solar panels and so forth and if the government was to give us financial support and powers and resources we would have energy—efficient homes unless carbon emissions and we would address fuel poverty, cheaper bills and cheaper jobs around the country, so who will make the triple glazing and who will fit these really important items that will lead to zero carbon sooner rather than later. the that will lead to zero carbon sooner rather than later.— rather than later. the government has made an _ rather than later. the government has made an announcement - rather than later. the government has made an announcement on i rather than later. the government - has made an announcement on fitting air pumps in homes for eating, so what is the difference, and mayors seeing it through? the what is the difference, and mayors seeing it through?— wh

we will see breaks in the cloud in england and wales, especially the north midlands and west yorkshire. through the day the cloud will build towards the west introducing heavier rain and strengthening wind across northern ireland and western scotland. apart from in the far north—east where maximum temperatures will be three degrees, we are on the mild side. temperatures at this time, 5—8 north to south. overnight low pressure bringing rain deepens as it moves across, taking rain with it. some of the rain heavy, especially in south—west scotland and cumbria. and you can tell it will be windy where ever you are. on the coasts and hills the wind will be around gale force. temperatures tonight one degree in lerwick, ii force. temperatures tonight one degree in lerwick, 11 towards the channel islands, so a chance of a frost in the northern isles but elsewhere we probably will not have that. tomorrow, showers, wintry at modest levels across the hills in scotland. it will move south during the day. and through the day temperatures will go down, so cold in the afternoon than it will be i

yorkshire to discuss this further. nobody should feel discriminated against or abused and that includes the staff at headingley. i can confirm that i have had discussions, meetings with england and wales cricket board about restoration of international cricket. we will have to demonstrate that we have addressing the root causes of the issues and that we are leading change before having any concrete conversations on that. on top of this, clearly the withdrawal of sponsors and international cricket has caused a financial hiatus. i have appointed... the managing director of morrisons who is a member of the board here as our chair of auditand is a member of the board here as our chair of audit and risk committee and both trevor and i will be having conversations with sponsors in the coming days. finally, there is much more to be done which will become clear to me in the coming days. i'm happy to answer questions but please be aware that i may not have answers for everything. i'm determined to make this club the beating hea

perhaps a rebuilt station in leeds and a new stretch of track from west yorkshire down to south yorkshire. and what happens now to northern powerhouse rail? that plan to tunnel under the pennines linking leeds, bradford and manchester? speculation in newspapers over the weekend suggests that idea has also hit the buffers. bradford, therefore, remaining a dead end on the rail map rather than being the centrepiece of a new tran pennine link between the north's biggest cities. by making sure that we are not connected, it's just not common sense. it doesn't make business sense. so on thursday, i really hope they'll take in consideration all the really hard economic business cases we've made for this city and make sure that bradford is a stop on northern powerhouse rail. we're getting on with both with the eastern leg of hsz and with northern powerhouse rail. over time, routes have been redrawn, spending raised and manifesto commitments reaffirmed. but now hs2�*s eastern leg joins that list of scaled back infrastructure schemes. what replaces it will be revealed on thursday. spencer stokes,

lines, another high—speed line from crewe to manchester, and a third one from warrington across to west yorkshire, so for some reason this has been, if anything, and resolved. loufhat so for some reason this has been, if anything, and resolved.— so for some reason this has been, if anything, and resolved. what you are sellinr is a anything, and resolved. what you are selling is a plan _ anything, and resolved. what you are selling is a plan that's _ anything, and resolved. what you are selling is a plan that's not _ anything, and resolved. what you are selling is a plan that's not what - selling is a plan that's not what you promised. that's the basic fact. this and promised hs2, had pledged hs2, it was in the manifesto to promised hs2, high—speed rail, and you are doing... lrefute promised hs2, high-speed rail, and you are doing- - -_ promised hs2, high-speed rail, and you are doing- - -— you are doing... we are still going to ret you are doing... we are still going to get hs2 — you are doing... we are still going to get hs2 trains _ you are doing... we are still going to get h

the west indian bowler tino best says a yorkshire coach told him that he "would be put on the next plane back to barbados" during his spell at the club. best said although he "loved" his time at the club, he now considered that to be a racist statement. the bbc�*s contacted yorkshire for a response to best's claims. the bowler also referred to the drinking culture in cricket, which rafiq spoke about in his testimony, and which best thinks creates divisions in dressing rooms. best has been speaking to the bbc�*s laura scott. ididn't ididn�*t hear i didn't hear anyone say those things directly, but with the guys having dinner, they would talk about things that happened to them. it's hurtful. i won't repeat them, but it was hurtful. rafiq said it all. during those things, i was like, no way. but that's real. so that was an awakening to me because i've never experienced racism because i grew up in the west indies. all of us are basically black people. people of colour. it was just a astounding to hear what those guys were saying backin hear what those guys were saying back in 2010, and

but for the west most places are looking largely dry for much of the day. you will notice out there particularly close to those east coasts. so the northerly breeze driving some showers in across eastern scotland, wintry over the higher ground. rain showers, perhaps some hail mixed in down across the east coast of england in particular, for the likes of yorkshire and northumberland as well right down towards kent and east sussex. but for the west most places are looking largely dry for much of the day. you will notice the wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph a0 mph close to that east coast. so temperatures between 7 degrees to 11 degrees but feeling a bit cooler than that where you do notice that wind—chill around. into this evening and overnight, most of the showers will ease away. we will continue to see some filtering through the english channel here, affecting the likes of kent and east sussex. and a little bit more cloud for the north of scotland but in between these two areas, a cold night with temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing, a

around 3,000 remain cut off in the north west, too. electricity network operators say they have significant areas where large sections of overhead lines need rebuilding, which is why repairs are taking so long. some customers may be without a connection until friday. it's been absolutely horrendous for people. not only have we not had electric, obviously we have had no heating, no way of cooking. we have got a lot of elderly here in the village. in berwick, where people have had to turn to bottled water after power was cut to treatment works and pumping stations, northumbrian water says supplies are now being restored. pressure may be low initially and the water could be discoloured for a time. no trains are running between park lane and south hylton on the tyne and wear metro, while engineers work to repair storm damage. but all routes are now open on the east coast main line after cancellations north of newcastle, that continued across the weekend and into yesterday. alasdair gill reporting. new rules aimed at limiting the spread of

but further west, most places are looking largely dry for much of the day. you will notice the wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph, a0 mph close to that east coast. so temperatures between 7 degrees to 11 degrees but feeling a bit cooler than that where you do notice that wind—chill around. into this evening and overnight, most of the showers will ease away. we will continue to see some filtering through the english channel here, affecting the likes of kent and east sussex. and a little bit more cloud for the north of scotland but in between these two areas, a cold night with temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing, a touch of frost certainly first thing monday morning. a mostly dry settled sort of day on monday. we have got more cloud and patchy rain for northern scotland and a few showers in the far south—east as well. most places avoiding the showers with temperatures between 7 to 10 degrees. we do it all again on tuesday. another dry, settled sort of day with sunshine for most areas. cloudier in the far north—west. the chance of a few

but further west, most places are looking largely dry for much of the day. you will notice the wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph, a0 mph close to that east coast. so temperatures between 7 degrees to 11 degrees but feeling a bit cooler than that where you do notice that wind—chill around. into this evening and overnight, most of the showers will ease away. we will continue to see some filtering through the english channel here, affecting the likes of kent and east sussex. and a little bit more cloud for the north of scotland but in between these two areas, a cold night with temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing, a touch of frost certainly first thing monday morning. a mostly dry settled sort of day on monday. we have got more cloud and patchy rain for northern scotland and a few showers in the far south—east as well. most places avoiding the showers with temperatures between 7 to 10 degrees. we do it all again on tuesday. another dry, settled sort of day with sunshine for most areas. cloudier in the far north—west. the chance of a few

but further west, most places are looking largely dry for much of the day. you will notice the wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph, a0 mph close to that east coast. so temperatures between 7 degrees to 11 degrees but feeling a bit cooler than that where you do notice that wind—chill around. into this evening and overnight, most of the showers will ease away. we will continue to see some filtering through the english channel here, affecting the likes of kent and east sussex. and a little bit more cloud for the north of scotland but in between these two areas, a cold night with temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing, a touch of frost certainly first thing monday morning. a mostly dry settled sort of day on monday. we have got more cloud and patchy rain for northern scotland and a few showers in the far south—east as well. most places avoiding the showers with temperatures between 7 to 10 degrees. we do it all again on tuesday. another dry, settled sort of day with sunshine for most areas. cloudier in the far north—west. the chance of a few

a good covering in places across parts of north—west england now moving through the midlands. just clipping into parts of yorkshire as well. you can see it on the latest radar picture here. a covering of a few centimetres coming down relatively short space of time out of this as well. difficult travel conditions. if you're in this it will continue to edgejust very if you're in this it will continue to edge just very slowly across the midlands over the next few hours. seeing rain and sleet and snow and plenty of showers along this north sea coast of rain, sleet, snow and it is quite blustery out there. even though it is not as windy as it has been there is wind—chill. it is a cold afternoon. what is left of the area sleet and snow will pull away from central southern england as we go on through the evening. showers along the north sea coast but they become few and far between. cloud increasing for north—west scotland for much of the uk it is a clear, cold, frosty night. there will be ice and untreated surfaces and wet weather around as well. starting the day with a lot of s

parts of the uk, looking sunniest in the afternoon in north—east england and parts of yorkshire. a touch cooler compared with where we have been today. the winds continue to ease during sunday evening and night. the cloud is going to increase towards the west, whereas in the east, there will be long clear spells, and it will be long clear spells, and it will be long clear spells, and it will be a fairly chilly night across eastern areas going into monday morning with the lowest temperatures close to freezing, so there will be a touch of frost, but a mild week to come with low pressure to the north—west, this plant working southwards across the uk as the week goes on, and ahead of it, maintaining west and south—west of mild winds. we will see cloud across western parts on monday, some rain running into northern ireland. scotland may see some of that. in cumbria, much of wales and english thing driver some bright sunny spells across the east and south—east of england with temperatures for the most part in double figures. as i mentioned earlier, a mild week to come, often clou

but for the west most places are looking largely dry for much of the day. you will notice the wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph a0 mph close to that east coast. so temperatures between 7 degrees to 11 degrees but feeling a bit cooler than that where you do notice that wind—chill around. into this evening and overnight, most of the showers will ease away. we will continue to see some filtering through the english channel here, affecting the likes of kent and east sussex. and a little bit more cloud for the north of scotland but in between these two areas, a cold night with temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing, a touch of frost certainly first thing monday. a mostly dry settled sort of day on monday. we have got more cloud and patchy rain for northern scotland and a few showers in the far south—east as well. most places avoiding the showers with temperatures between 7 and 10. we do it all again on tuesday. another dry, settled sort of day with sunshine for most areas. cloudier in the far north—west. the chance of a few passing showers

former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has apologised for anti—semitic messages he sent ten years ago. it comes just days after he gave powerful testimony to mps about the racist abuse he faced himself while a professional player.

former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has apologised for anti—semitic messages he sent ten years ago. it comes just days after he gave powerful testimony to mps about the racist abuse he faced himself while a professional player. a life sentence for zephaniah mcleod, the man who stabbed eight people in birmingham in what the judge called a "murderous rampage". a new report reveals the mental health problems suffered by people living in blocks of flats with unsafe cladding. and the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall visit egypt's ancient and iconic giza pyramids as part of a two—day tour of the country. good evening. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines which they say will deliver faster journeys sooner. but labour has called the scaling back of the high—speed rail line a betrayal of the north. hs2 was originally meant to connect london with birmingham, manchester and leeds. the leg between the east mi

there is winds will slowly ease, as they will elsewhere, and many places, bar the odd shower in the west, will have a dry sunday. there will be a lot of cloud around, some bright outbreaks, but sunniest in the afternoon in north—east england and yorkshire. again, these strongest winds will slowly be easing as the day goes on. temperatures a little bit down compared with where we have been today, but still on the mild side. a chilly night, on sunday night, a touch of frost in the east. gusting 60 this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nearly 100 people have died in an fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone, after the lorry collided with another vehicle in the capital, freetown. the former british prime minister sirjohn major says parliaments reputation has been trashed at home and abroad — after the government tried to block the suspension of an mp who broke lobbying rules. i think the way the government handled that was shameful and wrong and unworthy of this or indeed any government. rapper travis scott says he's "absolutely devastated"