mr speaker, first of all, i'd like to make a statement about the future of the east coast main line. will terminate virgin trains' east coast contract on 24 june 2018. in other words, you and me will own it again. and the old name is back, too. london and north—eastern, the line of the flying scotsman, taken into public hands in the ‘40s. after decades of british rail, gner ran the line, then failed. then so did national express, two years later. so state—run, directly operated rail ran the line successfully until 2015. virgin won the deal then, but billions later, it has gone wrong again. it's not actually about the operation of the railway itself. the team that's running the railway have done a good job. their parent company got their sums wrong, and that's what caused today to happen. but that deal was overseen and done, of course, by the department for transport, under a conservative government in 2015, so the government surely bears responsibility for this too? well, the department for transport accepted a bid which proved not to be viable, so actually all of those involved got t

rail services on the troubled east coast main line are to be brought back under public control. the franchise, run by stagecoach and virgin, has struggled after heavy losses. in the last few minutes, stagecoach confirmed the government was pulling the plug. we'll bring you all the latest on this breaking story. also this lunchtime. a rotten corporate culture — mps deliver withering criticism of the collapsed construction firm carillion. north korea threatens to pull out of next month's summit with president trump if the us insists it give up its nuclear weapons. new fears have been raised about the fire risk of some tumble dryers, even after they've been modified. and starring roles for prince george and princess charlotte at their uncle's wedding this weekend. and coming up on bbc news... everton sack sam allardyce — the former england boss is dismissed as the manager of the premier league side afterjust six months in charge. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last few minutes, it's emerged that rail services on the east coast main line are to be brought

east coast. the best of the sunshine further west. highs of 17. this is bbc news. the headlines: rail services on the east coast main linestory of recklessness and greed" — mps have blasted the bosses of the outsourcing company carillion for presiding over its collapse. north korea throws the summit between leader kim jong—un and donald trump into doubt — threatening to cancel if the us pressures pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. and princess charlotte will be a bridesmaid while prince george will be a pageboy at their uncle harry's wedding to meghan markle on saturday. it's still unclear if meghan's father will attend. let's have a look at the sporting headlines. now over to the bbc sport centre. good evening. england have their third youngest world cup squad for this summer's tournament in russia. it's gareth southgate's first squad for a major tournament and these are the 23 players who will be on that plane. a defensive—looking team, which includes 19—year—old trent alexander arnold of liverpool, as well as manchester city's fabian delph and gary cahill of chelsea. the midfield sees chelsea's ruben loftus che

rail services on the troubled east coast main line are to be brought back under public control, after up its nuclear weapons. england have announced their world cup squad for russia 2018, and the liverpool youngster trent alexander—arnold burns a call—up. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. a report on the collapse of the contruction giant carillion has called it a story of recklessness, hubris and greed. mps behind the report say carillion's directors were to blame and should be disqualified. they also criticised regulators and the government for allowing it to happen — and called for the big four accounting firms to be broken up in light of their actions. after an angry backlash, the bank of england's deputy governor has said sorry for describing the uk economy as entering a "menopausal" era. ben broadbent had used the phrase in an interview with the daily telegraph as a metaphor for economies that are "past their peak". later, he said he was sorry for the "poor choice of language" and any "offence caused". deliveroo — the food courier service — says it will make its e

the headlines at eight the government brings rail services on the troubled east coast main line from london to edinburgh back under public control. i think it's a good idea, the people who have run and in the past have been pretty useless. all people really wa nt been pretty useless. all people really want is good service and that things are a corporate culture gone rotten, mps deliver withering criticism of the collapsed construction giant carillion. donald trump says he doesn't know if his planned summit with kim jong—un will go ahead. north korea has threatened to pull out over us pressure to give up its nuclear weapons. also in the next hour, new pages are discovered from the diary of anne frank, the schoolgirl who hid from the nazis in an attic in amsterdam. anne hid the pages, which contain some of her thoughts on sex, underneath gummed brown paper. laurel, laurel, laurel and what do you hear, laurel or yanny? it's the sound clip that is dividing social media. we'll have all the details shortly. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government is to take the east coast rail

the transport secretary chris grayling has announced that the east coast main line will be brought underrol — paving the way for a new operator to take over. stagecoach and virgin started running the london to edinburgh line in 2015 but ran into financial trouble. in february, mr grayling decided that the franchise would end early because the companies "got their bid wrong". i'm therefore informing the house that i will terminate virgin trains east coast contract on the 24th ofjune 2018. i plan to use a period of operator of last resort control to shape the new partnership. so on the same day we will start with a launch of the new long—term brand for the east coast main line through the recreation of one of britain's iconic rail brands, the london and north eastern railway, the lner. labour's andy mcdonald was furious about the release of mr grayling's statement. as i sit here right now i've still not been provided with a copy of the statement. i consider this to be absolutely reprehensible and this secretary of state does every single time, he asks and relies upon confidentiality and ma

rail services on the east coast main line are to be brought back under public control until the year current private operators, stagecoach and virgin, have been losing hundreds of millions of pounds, and they were accused of overbidding for the franchise and of misjudging the revenue potential of the business. the franchise is being ended, five years early, and it's the third time, that the line has been affected in this way. that isn't just that isn'tjust over a decade. that acrobat is in just over a that isn'tjust over a decade. that acrobat is injust over a decade. labour said the government's rail policies had been calamitous, and called for the entire network to be renationalised. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more details. ajourney, in many ways. 393 miles from edinburgh to london and back into public hands. when it was before, it worked. the private companies, the trains can be a bit of a nightmare. the trip that glides down the coast to northumberland, the line that's gone from public to private, then failed. whether it's nationalising it or no, i would argue that

rail services on the east coast main line are to be brought back under public control.chise, stagecoach, said that the company along with virgin were being stripped of control. they had been awarded the contract to run trains for eight years in 2014. transport secretary chris grayling has been making a statement to parliament in the last few minutes. i want to make this smooth as possible transition to a new east coast partnership. i've taken is to by the considerations and decided to use the current difficulties to drive forward sooner with our long—term plans on the east coast partnership. i have decided to bring forward the transition process now. this will be in the long—term interests of our passengers as every member of staff on the railway will be solely focused on delivering an excellent service for the future. i will terminate virgin trains east coast contract in 2ajune 200018. i'll use a period of last resort control to shape the new. we will start the new long—term land for these coast line through the recreation of one of britain's iconic real brands, the lo

the headlines at 11:00pm: the government brings rail services on the troubled east coast main line fromer public control. i think it is a good idea. i think the people that have run it in the past have been pretty useless. all everybody really wants is good service, and to pay something that you think is the right price for it. a corporate culture gone rotten. mps deliver withering criticism of the collapsed construction giant carillion. donald trump says he doesn't know if his planned summit with kim jong—un will go ahead. north korea has threatened to pull out over us pressure to give up its nuclear weapons. and on newsnight, what isjohn bolton trying to tell his boss, president trump, about the deal with north korea? we are live from the korean peninsula and

rail services on the east coast main line are being brought act into public ownership. all people want is good service. all people want is good service. a story of recklessness and greed, thatis a story of recklessness and greed, that is the mp ‘s verdict on the bosses of karelian after they presided over its collapse. donald trump says it is unclear weather his summit with north korea will go ahead, after north korea threatened to cancel if the us insisted on them giving up nuclear weapons. it is still unclear weather or not meghan markle‘s father will be able to attend the wedding on saturday. sport status coming up next. wedding fever has gripped the beyond 100 days team. that is coming up at 7pm. as north korea throws next month's summit into doubt, i will bejoined bya us summit into doubt, i will bejoined by a us diplomat involved in previous unsuccessful efforts to convince pyongyang to give up its nuclear arsenal. following the tempi news, i will look at the front pages of the newspapers. that is all to come on bbc news. now it is time for sports day. hello, i'm

the transport secretary chris grayling has announced that the east coast main line will be brought under a new operator to take over. stagecoach and virgin started running the london to edinburgh line in 2015 but ran into financial trouble. labour welcomed what they saw as the adoption of one of their policies — the re—nationalisation of the railways. franchising on this line has failed repeatedly. he could make himself incredibly popular in my constituency, which is the birthplace of the railways, if he'd just stand up, look behind him perhaps, and say, "my name is chris grayling and i havejust nationalised a rail line." you just have to look across the channel and see the chaos there to understand that a trip to the days of british rail is not right for the future of the travelling public in this country. there's been criticism from both sides in the commons over the government's plans to allow grammar schools in england to expand. £50 million has been announced for existing grammar schools to allow them to extend their premises to take on more pupils. it's a move that ministers say wi

matters because it comesjust politically, this matters because it comes just weeks after the east coast main linento public ownership, and of course will be seized on by labour again to refuel their demands for the ra i lwa ys refuel their demands for the railways to be renationalised and strikingly, even some conservative mps this lunchtime are talking about bringing network rail and the train companies together, albeit not under public ownership. as for the long—suffering passengers, there is no obvious end in sight to their difficulties. mr grayling said he is monitoring the situation and when the full timetable is fully operational, then he predicts they will enjoy a better service. norman, thank you. a court has heard that a former youth football coach was a serial abuser of young teenage boys. bob higgins, who worked at clubs including southampton and peterborough united, denies 50 counts of indecent assault between 1971 and 1996. 0ur correspondent sophie long is at salisbury crown court. what was said in court today? well, bob higgins, who is 65 years old, in the dock wearing a short sleev

i'm thinking notjust of the nhs, but the carillion saga, you think of the east coast main line, in the private sector developers capacity, value for money, patient care, passenger experience, and when not, let's not have it. this is a common—sense solution. it is not it illogical. i sit on a committee, and that's not always true. we have seen multiple times that this has failed. we're not just looking at multiple times that this has failed. we're notjust looking at carillion, it all the major providers of government, because we are serious concerns about the way that these contracts are being managed by the government. i think there is a problem and we must not shy away from it and learned those lessons.” absolutely agree. we don't want to go back to the days of new labour when people were charging £700 to change a light bulb in a hospital. where we have private contractors they have to deliver, and people on public committees need to point at whether false. letsjust move on another issue, which is brexit. we heard from vince cable effectively accusing labour of being the handmaidens o

rail services on the east coast main line are being brought act into public ownership.f recklessness and greed, that is the mp ‘s verdict on the bosses of karelian after they presided over its collapse. donald trump says it is unclear weather his summit with north korea will go ahead, after north korea threatened to cancel if the us insisted on them giving up nuclear weapons.

the comments were in response to the government's decision to schedule a statement about the east coast main line being disrespectful to the commons and to the mps who wanted to take part in the debate. it was in that context, and that context alone that, having expressed my displeasure about the matter quite. lee from the chair, i used the word, "stupid" in a muttered aside. that adjective simply summed up aside. that adjective simply summed up howi aside. that adjective simply summed up how i felt about the way that that stables business had been conducted. anyone —— that day's business. anyone who knows the leader of the house at all well will have not the slightest doubt about her political ability and personal character. the duke and duchess of sussex have released three official photographs ta ken on their wedding day. the couple are said to be delighted with the official photographs taken by alexi lubomirski. we can speak to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. you have had a busy weekend. yes. clu cas you have had a busy weekend. yes. clucas through these lovely photographs. if ther

the headlines at eight the government brings rail services on the troubled east coast main line fromant is good service and that things are a corporate culture gone rotten, mps deliver withering criticism of the collapsed construction giant carillion. donald trump says he doesn't know if his planned summit with kim jong—un will go ahead. north korea has threatened to pull out over us pressure to give up its nuclear weapons. also in the next hour, new pages are discovered from the diary of anne frank, the schoolgirl who hid from the nazis in an attic in amsterdam. anne hid the pages, which contain some of her thoughts on sex, underneath gummed brown paper.

at the end of prime minister's questions last week was that announcement about taking the east coast main linemitment on renationalising the railways and i wonder whether he might think they can go back to that announcement last week which escaped pmq ‘s and used to flag up their case for taking the railways back into public ownership. then we have brexit which it never goes away. it will be raised. interesting to see whether any of the tory to real alarm amongst some of seems over the hills followin . further over the hills following that announcement that we could seek to remain. in parts of the customs union, even after the implementation union, revenrafterthe implementation—

we are already digesting the news from the east coast main line that the franchise will not be renewedng to both of you. what went wrong? this is the third time in a decade it is backin is the third time in a decade it is back in government hands. is the third time in a decade it is back in government handsm is the third time in a decade it is back in government hands. it is down to expectations. it seems like they just expected far too much and passenger numbers to be a lot higher. they paid too much for the franchise. the passengers were not there. they blame network rail, the infrastructure was not great enough. the expectations were far too high. isn't it a basic principle of business that if you bid for a contract, you work out how much you charge for it to get, how many people will use it, how did they get that wrong? -- a ticket. they were comparing it to other lines which we re comparing it to other lines which were doing better in the country. it just has not come through. u nfortu nately, just has not come through. unfortunately, it has gone slightly wrong. it has been doing