he said chris grayling should be next. chris grayling should be next.ows the companies that operate east coast main line to exit their contract three years early. in those three years they were supposed to pay about £2 billion to the government. he is saying that money is at risk. taxpayers will not get that money that the train operators have promised. greyling is the man who should carry the can because he had another option, that was that when lord adonis was a minister he could sit at their public company —— chris grayling. it is part of a broader battle over brexit and how much public money is available. this will strike a chord with some commuters, people fed up with the train companies, and people in the last election thought the whole system could do with a massive shakeup and system could do with a massive sha keup and renationalisation. system could do with a massive shakeup and renationalisation. what do you make of him saying this now? he would say it, wouldn't he? given that he is a former labour minister and he is anti—brexit. he is using

i know what chris grayling did was wrong because i found myself as transport secretary precisely in his. isaid i for the franchise, we want to negotiate. i said i couldn't agree to negotiation. you made commitments to negotiation. you made commitments to the state and you shall honour them. if you default on those commitments, i will do two things. i will establish a public operator to ta ke will establish a public operator to take over the services, which will bea take over the services, which will be a deterrent to anybody else following suit. and i will also ban you from bidding for a future sacrifice —— franchises. if you can't fall fill the contract once, you can do it a second time. what chris grayling has done for ideological reasons his bail out stagecoach and virgin on the east coast line and he is allowing stagecoach to bid and be on the short list for the next three rail franchises, so they are paying no penalty whatsoever for having their contract renegotiated. now that is just an open invitation to every other loss—making railway company in the country to demand the same. i

takes a closer look at the fallout from lord adonis‘ resignation — and the labour peer‘s call for chris graylingthe mail on sunday reports on plans for so—called unpaid border guards at ports and airports — it also shows rod stewart modelling an interesting choice of knitwear when he turned up to support his beloved celtic earlier this evening. the telegraph's top story focuses on retailers‘ plans to get around the government's ban on credit card fees. the sunday express leads on plans for the over—75s to get a new super vaccine. so let's begin. henry and deborah. we are going to start off with the sunday times. tech giants are being zeroed in, why, though? we know politicians hate the amount of tax that apple and facebook pay already but this is about specific costs that these companies may be having. he is saying it is costing the government hundreds of millions of pounds because the government is having to invest in human surveillance of terrorist suspects because it cannot break the encryption of services like whatsapp and the various messaging services used. the article suggests this would

dogra charlie stayt conducted the most appalling interview with the trance but secretary dogra chris graylingssive. surely charlie stayt does not expect the government to reveal their strategy on live tv for the world to c, yet he continuously pressed mr grayling over and over again, becoming increasingly rude and offering his own sarcastic responses when he didn't get the answers that he was looking for. i'm surprised that mr grayling did not storm of the set. i would like to think that bbc reporters can show some respect that guests, unfortunately it is becoming clear that this is not the case. christine keeler, embroiled in the 1960 the profumo scandal which was a young woman, died this week aged 75. the then teenager was the centre of the news media frenzy over her brief relationship with a government minister, john profumo, which shut harold macmillan‘s government. jack wheeler tweeted his discomfort with the language used to describe her on news obituaries. and that's all from us. thank you for all your comments this week. if you would like to share all your opinions on bbc news, curren

why should chris grayling not have accepted the deal about the east coast mainline? he is duty bound to get the best deal for the taxpayer from rail bound to get the best deal for the taxpayerfrom railfranchises. bound to get the best deal for the taxpayer from rail franchises. maybe the rail using public will be better off with what he has decided. the rail using public are not great fans of private rail companies that do not deliver on contracts, as i know from having done thatjob myself. what rail users want is good efficient services and low fares, and spending hundreds of millions bailing out loss—making private sector companies is not the public‘s priority at all. the eu withdrawal bill arrives in the house of lords soon. you will be at odds with your party. would you not be better off on the crossbenchers? there is a range of different views inside the labour party and opinion is moving increasingly in the direction that ha rd increasingly in the direction that hard brexit is the wrong thing. but they are in favour of brexit, in favour of leaving. the majority

something he believes was the wrong decision by chris grayling, to allow stagecoach to get out of theearly. he said that was a bail out costing the taxpayers millions if not billions of pounds. the government says that is not a bailout. crucially, lord adonis says his opposition to chris grayling's decision, he wanted to shout it from the rooftops. but he was suppressed. life was made difficult for him. he was told things could get awkward if he kept attacking the government position. that was another key part of it. last month the government announced the bailout of stagecoach and virgin, the private sector operators of the east coast rail franchise. i believe that was a huge mistake. the government has been trying to silence me since then for criticising it, even though i'm an independent adviser, and i thought that position had become unsustainable. this will not be the last we see of him. the eu withdrawal bill comes to the house of lords next month, and he says he will relentlessly oppose it, trying to work with other parties to inflict defeat on the government. there are those i

we'll ask chris grayling in a moment. first a look back.ling, but it was a real tragedy because we have a good story to tell. i thought the prime minister was let down badly. it was ill—advised strategically, tactically. not to get the result that she or any of us expected was pretty low. for some the end of 2017 will not come soon enough. certainly it has been a year of two halves. a buoyant spring brought the triggering of article 50. the united kingdom is leaving the european union. for a while it seemed like the parliamentary battle over brexit had been won. but then came this... the government should call a general election. the election they called snap, which turned out to be more like roulette. it took an agonisingly long toll on the public. i think the whole country has had enough of politics, politicians telling us this, that and the other. and on the party itself. i thought the prime minister was let down badly. it was ill—advised strategically, tactically, a clunky to say the least election campaign. made robots of us all. repea

this is about criticism of transport secretary chris grayling over what he calls a bailout, what lordt. he is saying that chris grayling has written a cheque to this company beat —— to this company because they have reneged on their financial commitments to the franchise. lord adonis is getting a reputation as a wrecking ball in government, attacking anything he does not like. the government have come back and said that lord adonis is saying this but it has not happened and the public accounts committee will get to the bottom of it. the story as significant as insofar as it points out that there is this warfare within the government and until the government can get control of that, there are problems will continue. brexit looms large over all of that. the mod is trying to get more women into front—line combat roles, according to the sunday mirror. hence the headline. this is a gift for a tabloid. the sunday mirror loving that headline. there is a photo of michelle keegan as lance corporal giorgi lane from the bbc television show are girl. i am sure that is a different experience from

crucially, lord adonis says that his opposition to chris grayling was suppressed.oftops but life was made difficult for him. he was even told that things might get awkward if you keep attacking the government's position on this. that was another key pa rt position on this. that was another key part of it. last month the government announced the bailout of stagecoach and virgin, the private operators of the east coast rail franchise. i believe that was a mistake. the government has tried to silence me since and of criticising it, even though i'm an independent adviser. i thought that position was unsustainable as well. this is not the last we'll see of lord adonis. the eu withdrawal bill comes to the house of lords next month. he says he will work with other parties to defeat the government. but clashes with the government. but clashes with the government have become so great that it is said his resignation was long overdue. the white house has said the world is watching how iranian authorities respond to anti—government protests in several cities. in a statement, i

this week, breakfast presenter charlie stayt‘s interview with transport secretary chris grayling aboutame in for criticism from several viewers who thought it was hostile. if...i‘m not sure what your role was today in being sent out and doing media interviews, i know you are doing the rounds today, this is how this works, but was yourjob to reassure people that things are going well and everything's in hand, because i'm not sure that you have done that. 0k. myjob is to say to people, look, we are in the middle of a negotiation, it's a complex negotiation, negotiations have their ups and downs, we are confident that we will reach a sensible basis to move to the next stage of talks. surely charlie stayt does not expect the government to reveal their strategy on live tv for the world to see, and yet he continuously pressed mr grayling over and over again, becoming increasingly rude and offering his own sarcastic responses when he didn't get the answers he was looking for. i'm surprised that mr grayling did not storm of the set. i would like to think that bbc reporters can show some respec

chris grayling, thanks for your time this morning.the rain clearing and behind the rain it's turning much colder. the met office has an amber weather warnings out for storm caroline. you can see it here, 80 mph gusts, even 90 mph gusts. for the most of the rest of scotland and the most of the rest of scotland and the north of northern ireland, 70 mph gusts, they are damaging and could cause power cuts and bring down power lines and other root trees. that's half the story because in the north of scotland we've also got snow and that will be increasingly falling at low levels so increasingly falling at low levels so blizzard conditions. moving away from scotland, rain continuing to move from scotland, rain continuing to m ove a cross from scotland, rain continuing to move across england and wales, pushing into the south—east and behind it, brighter skies and the temperature will drop and it will be a windy day wherever you are. as the temperature drops the showers and rain showers we have will increasingly turn wintry in northern irelan

the transport secretary, chris grayling, says the government is consulting on a new system of road charging, he said it was about creating a "level playing field" so that both british and international hauliers will pay towards the upkeep of the road network. it's about a critical level playing field for lorries, our hauliers will complain that continental traffic comes in with a tank full of lower duty diesel, spends several days working in the country, goes away again and pays nothing towards the use of the roads. we already have a system in place that provides limited contribution, we are now consulting the industry. if we were to move away from different types of tax on hauliers and move to a pay—per—use system so that everybody, british, international, contributes to roads, do you think that is a good idea. the government is also starting a 12—week consultation on which key a roads in england will benefit from new funding. the roads will be eligible for money under the new roads fund, as our business correspondent jonty bloom reports. many a—roads around the country are run and maintai

chris grayling said rail lines would be re—opened if they eased congestion.e chance to show you these lovely pictures. the move is part of a new government rail strategy. despite the improvements in the railway since privatisation, we are still some way away from a high—performance, customer focused industry that we all want to see. that is why we must continue to reform and invest in the railway and maximise the contribution that both public and private sectors make to improve services. the health secretary has told the commons he wants to halve the number of baby deaths and injuries during childbirth. jeremy hunt said the nhs in england must do more to learn from mistakes because each year around 1,000 babies die unexpectedly or are left with severe brain injuries. mps welcomed the plans. it is easy to spot the woman who has a past history of difficult births. it is easy to spot the women with obesity and diabetes but anyone who has been involved in birth knows that even the healthiest pregnancy can go wrong at the last minute. mps have accused the governme

the transport secretary, chris grayling, says the government is consulting on a new system of road chargings would be charged per mile, in a move that replaced some existing taxes. there are no plans for a similar system for private cars. our transport correspondent, richard westcott, is here. what‘s the thinking behind this? the government argues it might make things more fair, so they get a lot of complaints from british hauliers saying, foreign companies can come over with a full tank of fuel and they won‘t have paid a lot of duty on it, work for a couple of days and go home, and they are not contributing enough to the upkeep of the roads, because lorries do a lot of damage to the road. they suggest this could be a fairer way of doing it- this could be a fairer way of doing it — get rid of all the other taxes and charge per mile. the hauliers argue it is an excuse to charge them. the bigger question is, is this the tip of the iceberg? people are thinking, if it goes well for trucks, maybe they will bring in toll roads for ordinary people, cars and vans. i can‘t see that happening, and th

the transport secretary, chris grayling, says the government is consulting on a new system of road chargings would be charged per mile, in a move that replaced some existing taxes. there are no plans for a similar system for private cars. 0ur transport correspondent explains. they get a lot of complaints saying foreign hauliers come over, they won't have paid a lot of duty on their fuel. they go home and and contributing enough to the upkeep of the raids. lorries do a lot of damage to the roads. they are suggesting this could be a fairer way of doing it and potentially charging per mile. hauliers argue it is an excuse to charge them more. i think the bigger question is if this is the tip of the iceberg. everyone is thinking perhaps if this goes well for lorries, maybe they will bring in toll roads for cars and vans. i can't see that happening. the government flatly denying they are looking up today. people watching this will remember tony blair trying to do that ten years ago. 2 million people signed a petition against it. there was outrage. it's a brave government that talks about toll roa

a last minute intervention by the transport secretary, chris grayling failed to resolve the dispute,racts. it's been nearly a week since voters in honduras went to the polls for the presidential elections — but the results are yet to be declared. post—election violence has led to at least three deaths during days of protests and a state of emergency being declared. the demonstrations began after claims of election fraud and the announcement of results have been postponed. our correspondent will grant joins me on the line from honduras. what are you hearing about the violence in honduras? have things calmed down now there is a state of emergency? it seems it has been steadily getting worse from the first protest we now know at least three people have died. there have been scores of arrested. it seems one girl who is still a was shot dead by police. it is a very, very messy situation and one thinks it will get worse before it gets better. a lot of people are staying off the street and there is a curfew between six pm and 6am local time in honduras. a lot of people are very angry about

a last minute intervention by the transport secretary, chris grayling failed to resolve the dispute,th a car on the m67 motorway in greater manchester has been named as samuel berkley. is he was found unconscious yesterday afternoon on the hard shoulder nearjunction three of the motorway in hyde. the teenager was in a critical condition and died later in hospital. samuel attended audenshaw school and in a statement posted the headteacher said.. his family said... the former president of yemen, ali abdullah saleh, has suggested that he's willing to talk to the saudi—led coalition that his forces have been fighting for more than two years. the conflict in yemen has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced over two million and triggered a cholera epidemic. on one side is president hadi whose forces control the land in red. he's backed by saudi arabia and other mostly sunni arab states. 0pposing them are shia houthi rebels who have taken the land in blue. they are backed by iran and have built an alliance. with the former president abdullah saleh. that alliance now appears to breaking d

takes a closer look at the fallout from lord adonis‘ resignation and the labour peer‘s call for chris graylingrports, it also shows rod stewart modelling an interesting choice of knitwear when he turned up to support his beloved team celtic, earlier this evening. the telegraph‘s top story focuses on retailers‘ plans to get around the government‘s ban on credit card fees. the sunday express leads on plans for the over—75s to get a new super vaccine to help combat the flu. more coming up at 1130. for the past couple of months, millions of people have been enjoying blue planet 2, the latest landmark series from the bbc‘s natural history unit. the department is currently celebrating 60 years of bringing viewers wildlife from some of the most remote locations on earth, asjohn maguire has been finding out. i spent several days wandering around the station, looking for animals. then one day, i was lucky. it is 1957, and a youthful david attenborough is in the rainforest of what is now papua new guinea, in search of new species. this is a marsupial, like the kangaroo and wallaby. these were pioneers,

in a statement on wednesday, chris grayling told mps that, from 2020, a new east coast partnership wouldoth trains and tracks on the route from london to the north—east of england and scotland. the existing operator, virgin trains east coast, is a partnership between stagecoach and sir richard branson‘s virgin. it had agreed to pay the government just over £3 billion to run the service until 2023. we learned yesterday that the east coast rail franchise will be terminated in 2020, three years early, potentially forfeiting billions of pounds in premiums due to the treasury, yet the secretary of state told the house that stagecoach will meet in full the commitments it made to the government as part of this contract. so, can he confirm that the full £3.3 billion due from stagecoach—virgin will be paid to the treasury in accordance with the terms of the original contract? mr speaker, every time a franchisee takes up a new contract it makes a parent company commitment to the government. that commitment will be kept in full. andy mcdonald. so, can we get to the heart of this? will the premiums

the transport secretary, chris grayling, says the government is consulting on a new system of road chargingharged per mile; there are said to be no plans for a similar system for private ca rs for a similar system for private cars. the governments argues it might make things fairer. they get complaints from hauliers saying foreign hauliers can come over, will have a full tank of fuel, they'll work for a couple of days, go home, they're not contributing enough to the p not contributing enough to the upkeep of the roads because lorries doa upkeep of the roads because lorries do a lot of damming to roads. so they're suggesting this could be a fairer way of doing it, get rid of other taxes and potentially charge per mile because the hauliers are worried it's an excuse to charge them more. it'sjust a consultation at the moment. so, could be a way off. i think the bigger question is, is this the tip of the iceberg? everyone is thinking if it goes well for lorries, maybe they'll bring in toll roads for ordinary people, cars and vans. i can't see that happening. government denying they're looking a

makes it sad that number ten sources up to dirty tricks, tomorrow's times will make clear why chris grayling'schoice but to resign. what have number ten been doing? i assume the prime minister did not know, but they briefed an early draft of my letter. i have no idea how they came to do that. then they started saying that if i had not resigned, i might have been pushed, all of these things. unfortunately, this is how politics is being conducted and it is part of the brexit disease which has spread across whitehall. hasn't it always been like this? it is much worse. i was transport secretary, where we concentrated on things that matter to the public. at the moment now, we have a minister who is mainly concerned with brexit. when he actually does his dayjob, it is things like bailing out the east coast franchise, costing hundreds of millions to the taxpayer. unfortunately, as i say in my letter, there has been a nervous breakdown across whitehall which made my position unsustainable. but the phrase spin doctor was invented for the new labour government, wasn't it? there was always spin, tricks,

number ten sources are up to dirty tricks, tomorrow's times will make clear why hard brexit plus chris grayling's. what number ten men doing? the prime minister personally didn't know what was happening but they briefed an early d raft happening but they briefed an early draft of my letter, i have no idea how they can to do that and then they started saying that if i hadn't resigned that i might have been pushed, unit or all of these things and unfortunately this is the way that politics has now been conducted, it is part associate of the brexit disease that are spread across whitehall, and it is much worse, much worse, iwas across whitehall, and it is much worse, much worse, i was transport secretary will be concentrated on the big things that mattered to the public, eating rail services improved, planning london transport, but at the moment now we have a minister who was mainly concerned with brexit and when he actually does his dayjob, it is to do things like bailing upper east coast rail franchise costing hundreds of billions of pounds to taxpayers. i think unfortunately as i say in my letter

this announcement was made in november by chris grayling, transport secretary.rt secretary. he says it is completely wrong and will cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions. he is arguing it should be nationalised, as it was when he was transport secretary. so he has a big criticism about that, but the overriding reason, i think, about that, but the overriding reason, ithink, is about that, but the overriding reason, i think, is a fundamentally, profoundly different view of brexit to the government. thank you. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.1i0pm and ii.30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur tonight are jason beattie, head of politics at the daily mirror, and tim stanley from the daily telegraph. and we expect the papers to be dominated by the new year's honour‘s list which will be published at 10.30pm tonight. we'll bring you all the highlights as soon as the names are officially revealed. anti—government protests have spread to more cities in iran, despite a crackdown by the authorities. thousands of p

the observer, chris grayling must quit, says lord adonis, as he slams the broken brexit government, hebailouts to the east coast rail services. we will quickly get through a couple more if we can, the sunday times, the eagle has been backin the sunday times, the eagle has been back in training, involved in the new year celebrations in london, thatis new year celebrations in london, that is the picture. the story we have been reporting about, ben wallace the security minister talking about a small tax hit first of the internet companies if they don't do more to stop terrorism. and to some of the tabloids, the uk borderfiles. but to some of the tabloids, the uk border files. but the mail on sunday. a bizarre plan to enlist volunteers. superjupp to conquer the flu is the claim in the sunday express. “— the flu is the claim in the sunday express. —— jab. and the sunday mirror claims an exclusive of a mum who was injured in the manchester bombing back in may at manchester arena who has given birth to a little baby, her mother sadly passed away in the terror attack earlier this year. it's 6:

chris grayling when interviewed this morning said that he saw no option in the foreseeable future will for the number of miles we travel, on particular roads we use, that idea was too, frankly, controversial with the public. but the government is looking at this for commercial vehicles, at least. do you see, in your campaign, that there would be benefits to this? how would you overcome what is likely to be quite a lot of suspicion and downright hostility from motorists? we think this is something that will happen over time anyway, because vehicle excise duty is currently levied on petrol and diesel vehicles. at some point, they will find a new mechanism to fund roads, and we have some of the worst congested roads and some of the highest public transport fares in europe. there is an imbalance there. next week, train fares go up again, but fuel duty has been frozen. there isa but fuel duty has been frozen. there is a mismatch here. it makes much more sense, it is fairer and delivers funding we need fall our transport systems if there is a pay—as—you—go system, and it encourages people to

i was speaking to chris grayling earlier today and he seemed to think that the timetable for any dealible than that. there's lots of talk about deadlines at the moment. and certain that when people want something to happen, they will make it happen. we will try to find the right way forward. i'm in no doubt that over the coming days if there isa that over the coming days if there is a will to find an agreement, that agreement will be found regardless of what time of day or night it is. next thursday? were all working towards reaching an agreement for next thursday. there is a desire to reach a resolution and i'm sure people will be flexible to do that. so when is the michel barnier would really like it by tomorrow evening. is that likely? possibly, possibly not. the dup sounding pretty downbeat about whether they will get a deal this week. potentially be some noises from brussels that the eu commission might be prepared to wait until next tuesday to try to get anything definitive. if that is the key to unlock this movement towards crucial trade talks which theresa may thinks will be c

chris grayling sounded optimistic and suggesting the end of this week is not a deadline for him.t means you can have different rules and regulations either side of the border as long as they had similar standards. that could lead to frictionless trade and no need for a border. whether they can convince the dup that language is acceptable will be absolutely crucial. full alignment! ian watson. ian watson. so, that border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland runs for 310 miles and up to 35,000 people, including workers, schoolchildren and hospital patients, are among those who travel across the border every day both ways. there are farms whose fields straddle the border and even homes where you can have your breakfast in the north and go to sleep in the south. how do people living and working along the border feel about possible changes to border control after brexit? let's talk to maree lindsay who is principal of st mary's college in derry—londonderry. she lives in the republic of ireland and crosses the border every day to go to work at her school in northern ire

this week, breakfast presenter charlie stayt‘s interview with transport secretary chris grayling abouty, this is how this works, but was yourjob to reassure people that things are going well and everything's in hand, because i'm not sure that you have done that. 0k. myjob is to say to people, look, we are in the middle of a negotiation, it's a complex negotiation, negotiations have their ups and downs, we are confident that we will reach a sensible basis to move to the next stage of talks. surely charlie stayt does not expect the government to reveal their strategy on live tv for the world to see, and yet he continuously pressed mr grayling over and over again, becoming increasingly rude and offering his own sarcastic responses when he didn't get the answers he was looking for. i'm surprised that mr grayling did not storm of the set. i would like to think that bbc reporters can show some respect to their guests. unfortunately it is becoming clear that this is not the case. christine keeler, who was embroiled in the 1963 profumo scandal when she was a young woman, died this week aged 75

relationship with gris grayling and james brokenshire with whom she worked in the home office, chris graylingssionate brexiteer may not be the obvious person to promote that person, but i wouldn't be surprised to see james brokenshire move somewhere else, perhaps more high—profile role in the cabinet if not to first secretary. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: downing street says the sacking of damian green is a matter of sadness and regret for the prime minister but ministers insist he had to go after telling lies. police say there's no evidence an attack in melbourne injuring 11! people was terror related. one man arrested was found filming it with a bag of knives next to him. the bbc learns that tens of thousands of mothers and babies in england were harmed by lapses in maternity care in the past two years. in sport: it's now official — birmingham will host the commonwealth games in 2022 following manchester and glasgow as previous uk hosts. it will be the most expensive sports event to be held in the country since the london olympics. bristol city will play manchester city in the league

transport secretary who had to deal with failing transport infrastructure when i held the office chris graylingwho voted brexit, they might be angry to hear somebody in your position use that language and isn‘t it patronising or do rocketry to the majority? the country needs leadership at the moment. as long as people hear what is essentially a fraudulent agenda for brexit. remember the bus with £350 million per week on it, which has now been completely torn to shreds as the government has agreed a deal with the eu that runs into tens of billions of pounds that we will have to pay, one by one, the lies and populist nonsense underpinning brexit is being exposed. i don‘t blame the british people. i think the people made a fairjudgment on the facts made available to them when they were asked to vote. what i think should now happen, as one by one the lies are exposed, the british people should have a fresh vote on the terms of brexit, on what is actually proposed to happen when we leave the eu in march of 2019 when people can see the impact on britain‘s trade and theirjobs see the impact on britain