carolyn radford. let‘s show you the markets, we mentioned bitcoin grabbing the headlines.vels they are today. we have earnings coming out, quite a few big companies this week. but here in hong kong and australia and also elsewhere in asia we are seeing declines today. that‘s it for business briefing this hour. stay with us, i will see you in a moment. there‘s been a mixed response to the announcement of a 70 billion pound plan to improve road and rail links across the north of england. transport for the north says the scheme will reverse a long—term gap in funding. danny savage reports from leeds. the hills of the north. beautiful, but a physical barrier between the conurbations either side of the pennines. travelling by car can be painful. the few routes over the top are often congested. as for the trains, they‘re frequent but relatively slow, and can be overcrowded. improving transport links across the pennines is nothing new. this is the leeds liverpool canal built more than 200 years ago. but instead of taking a few days by water, the hope is, for example, getting from