some people wondering there must be some people wondering what the response of the labour party is and whether these decisions and is today are reversible under a potential labour government. i and is today are reversible under a potential labour government. i have had some messages _ potential labour government. i have had some messages through - potential labour government. i have had some messages through from i had some messages through from people in the labour party and i think the big argument you will hear from them is they will say you will hear rishi sunak arguing he is the candidate of change but his party has been in power since 2010 in one form or another and he was the last chancellor under borisjohnson chancellor under boris johnson before chancellor under borisjohnson before becoming prime minister. something from pat mcfadden, a senior labour politician and he says to turn the page on the chaos as he calls it need to end the tory decline in rebuilding britain. i do not know whether labour will commit

to going ahead with the full hs2 line and we have been asking them for some time what their commitment is and they said they wanted to study the numbers and see how they looked before making any sort of long—term commitment. i want to bring another conservative mp, greg smith. i know you are not the biggest fan of hs2 but can you understand why some people see this as a betrayal? the understand why some people see this as a betrayal?— as a betrayal? the argument is the prime minister _ as a betrayal? the argument is the prime minister put _ as a betrayal? the argument is the prime minister put forward - as a betrayal? the argument is the prime minister put forward at - as a betrayal? the argument is the prime minister put forward at the l prime minister put forward at the arguments i have been making for years and years and years, no point spending all this money to connect a handful of places in the united kingdom when with my transport select committee hat on, i visited leeds and bradford and spoke to colleagues across the north and midlands they are crying out between the connectivity between the villages and towns and cities of the

north and midlands, notjust a very fast line to connect one or two places. i do not know what the pro minister has done this afternoon other two —— i know the prime minister this afternoon has vindicated the arguments i have made. ~ ., vindicated the arguments i have made. ., , ., vindicated the arguments i have made. ~ ., , ., , ., ., made. who is to blame for the wasted mone ? i made. who is to blame for the wasted money? i think— made. who is to blame for the wasted money? i think all— made. who is to blame for the wasted money? i think all parties _ made. who is to blame for the wasted money? i think all parties need - made. who is to blame for the wasted money? i think all parties need to - money? i think all parties need to take this on _ money? i think all parties need to take this on the _ money? i think all parties need to take this on the shoulders. - money? i think all parties need to take this on the shoulders. rishi l take this on the shoulders. rishi sunak was chancellor in the last government and your party has been in powerfor 13 years, this is your fault. in power for 13 years, this is your fault. , , ., , fault. this is something i have been outsoken fault. this is something i have been outspoken about _ fault. this is something i have been outspoken about as _ fault. this is something i have been outspoken about as a _ fault. this is something i have been outspoken about as a conservative l outspoken about as a conservative and before i was elected in 2019 and since elected i have been outspoken against hs2 and normally in government when crazy ideas floated you can rely on the opposition to oppose it. hs2 i sat front bench

support of all the parties and probably has no support in labour than the liberal democrats so the lack of opposition to hs2 this part of the reason it is ballooned out of control. ~ , ., , ., ~' of the reason it is ballooned out of control. ~ , ., , ., ~ , ., control. why do you think when you are making — control. why do you think when you are making those _ control. why do you think when you are making those calls _ control. why do you think when you are making those calls after- control. why do you think when you are making those calls after the - are making those calls after the election in 2019 —— my comments rishi sunak disagreed with you. there was an argument from the johnson apremiership they wanted hs2 to go ahead. i still have these arguments with boris and i made the case against it then and continue to know and i'm delighted know we had in that hole a few moments ago the honest assessment this is not the project britain needs. flan honest assessment this is not the project britain needs.— honest assessment this is not the project britain needs. pro'ect britain needs. can i ask you a project britain needs. can i ask you a bit more — project britain needs. can i ask you a bit more broadly _ project britain needs. can i ask you a bit more broadly about _ project britain needs. can i ask you a bit more broadly about the - project britain needs. can i ask you i a bit more broadly about the speech? we were promised transformational

speech and there were some big commitments but do you really think rishi sunak has given your party the rocket boosters it needs to catch up in the polls because it felt like a lot of things that might sound strategic but without a big overarching political theme to continue into a general election next year. to capture the public imagination. i next year. to capture the public imagination-— imagination. i think in the last coule imagination. i think in the last couale of _ imagination. i think in the last couple of weeks _ imagination. i think in the last couple of weeks including - imagination. i think in the last couple of weeks including the | imagination. i think in the last - couple of weeks including the speech just note the prime minister has reset the dial in the more honest approach to net zero and supporting drivers and the stuff you said about the health service and post—16 education and it puts clear blue water between us and the labour party and the polls have started to narrow and we need to go out to

support the prime minister to get the message across and we are still the message across and we are still the party to be trusted to run the government and deliver best for the british people. i government and deliver best for the british maple-— british people. i think there were a coule of british people. i think there were a couale of poles _ british people. i think there were a couple of poles and _ british people. i think there were a couple of poles and one _ british people. i think there were a couple of poles and one this - british people. i think there were a l couple of poles and one this morning suggesting the labour lead had gone back to quite a colossal one. thank you very much for talking to us and giving us your snap analysis. there are clearly a lot of people in the conservative party who will be really happy with this decision but i suppose there are two questions i still have in my mind after hearing the speech by rishi sunak. what is the speech by rishi sunak. what is the wider reaction to this going to be and how are some of those conservatives who were really worried about cancelling the northern line of hs2 going to feel and has rishi sunak done enough? is this a big political moment for him when he can start to sell a pitch to the electorate which turns round the

conservative fortunes? we have weeks and may be months before we get an answer to that but labour have their chance to make their pitch next week. it all feels like we're getting suspiciously close to a general election. a safeguarding review is set to begin following the death of ten—year—old sara sharif. her body was discovered under a blanket in a bunk bed at her home in woking in surrey on the tenth of august. sara's father, urfan sharif, stepmother, beinash batool; and uncle, faisal malik, are charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. the surrey safeguarding children partnership in surrey is due to look at the work of all agencies involved with the youngster�*s family, including police, health, social care and education. let's turn to breaking news this hour: police in cheshire say they are carryng out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the hospital where child serial killer lucy letby worked.

the investigation will focus on the countess of chester hospital after lucy letby — a nurse — was convicted of murdering babies in her care at the hospital's neonatal unit. more information on our website. in italy, at least 21 people, including two children, have died after a tourist coach crashed off a flyover near venice onto railway tracks, and burst into flames. the bus was taking passengers from the centre of venice to a campsite in the nearby mestre district on the mainland. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen reports from the scene. the spot where the tourist bus made its last deadlyjourney. suddenly it swerved and careered off the side of the overpass, plunging several metres down towards the railway tracks and bursting into flames.

many of the passengers died on impact, ukrainians and germans among the victims. some of the bodies are too charred to identify. translation: it was a complex operation last night for the 60 fire brigades from all over the veneto region. the coach caught fire and so we first had to extinguish the flames in order to get inside. we carried out a rapid intervention which allowed us to save 15 people. but unfortunately, we could do nothing for the victims. well, you can see the sheer force of the impact as the bus smashed through these barriers, beginning its fatal fall. already, there are questions being asked about the state of these guardrails and how very clearly they had aged. but working out why this happened will be for the days ahead. translation: maybe it's a tragedy foretold. the overpass has been in a bad way for years. they said maintenance has been done, but they've just started.

i noticed there are pieces of rusty and detached guardrail. it was shortly before 8pm when the bus carrying foreign tourists staying at a nearby campsite took the overpass back from central venice. police say there's no sign of the vehicle suddenly braking. the most likely scenario at this stage is that the driver suddenly fell ill before taking a catastrophic turn. initial reports said it was methane fuel that sparked the flames, but now the authorities say the bus was electric and it was the batteries that probably caught fire. the fall and the flames were impossible to withstand. the mangled mess of what remained of the bus was taken away overnight. it will provide essential clues. and so a bus carrying families enjoying the beauty of venice has ended with horror. late summer holidays turned

into a nightmare inferno. mark lowen, bbc news, venice. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. a lot of cloud across the uk today and rain—bearing cloud across scotland. it's already been wet here and further pulses of rain in the next few days are forecast. the south of the country is a little bit brighter, warmer too— highs of around 19 in london, 18 in liverpool. but here where we have the weather front, you can see wet south of the lowlands and in the north of scotland, fresher with some showers. now, here's the forecast for tonight. another area of low pressure is sweeping in. the winds are starting to blow in from the southwest, so that means mild conditions spreading across the uk. 12 in plymouth, about that in liverpool and belfast. but the other side of the weather front in the north of scotland, it's still chilly, and here is that low pressure with the wet weather moving to north western

parts of the country, the high pressure centred across western europe. that's the beginning of a warmer settled spell of weather across the south. but you can see the extent of the cloud and the rain through thursday, so many of us are in for some damp conditions, but it will be relatively mild despite the clouds, the damp weather and the breeze. 17 there in belfast and probably nudging up close to 20 degrees celsius there in the south. so that's thursday evening. let's have a look at the forecast then as we head towards the end of the week. and again, more weather fronts in the northwest, more outbreaks of rain there heading to western scotland. you can see it spreading across the southern uplands, the takes as well. but across the bulk of england and wales here will see temperatures nudging up to about 20 or 22 degrees celsius. northerly, though, in the northern isles, so only around 12 to 1a.

saturday into sunday, a low pressure out in the atlantic. southerly winds developing across western parts of europe, an area of high pressure and rising temperatures. so i think it could be 25 or 26 in london, 20 in newcastle. but it's still fresh there in the north of scotland, only around 12 celsius, which is actually close to the daytime average for early october. in the south, we'll be getting around 25 or 26. the average is closer to 16. and take a look at this outlook for cardiff. for london, temperatures well into the 20s. belfast also could exceed 20 degrees celsius this weekend. that's it from me. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. prime minister rishi sunak says he is scrapping a high—speed rail link to manchester and will spend the money on new transport projects in the region instead. this means £36 billion of investment

in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. applause hello. the uk prime minister has announced he's scrapping a major part of one of europe's biggest infrastructure projects. rishi sunak confirmed that a key leg of the hs2 high ...the the line was intended to cut travel time significantly. 0n the line was intended to cut travel time significantly. on his way to deliver his most important speech yet, rishi sunak�*s closing address to his party conference, his chance to rally conservative supporters behind his leadership. crowds gathered early to secure their seats, crowds gathered early to secure theirseats, eagerto crowds gathered early to secure their seats, eager to hear the prime minister's pitch, with the tories far behind in opinion polls and a

row over the future of high—speed