coast mainline, is a system that is fit for purpose. you've got people over bidding, over promising, and then not delivering. and on the eastsaying that from 2020 to 2023, that's £2 billion that the treasury are not going to receive over that period, as virgin and stagecoach promised. so the system is completely flawed and should be stopped. stagecoach admitted they got their sums wrong on the east coast. but the profitable west coast franchise was extended today from another two years. good news for its operators — who happen to be virgin and stagecoach. simon jack, bbc news. a self—confessed nazi sympathiser, accused of plotting a machete attack at gay pride event in cumbria, has been found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism. leeds crown court heard how ethan stables, who's 20, was arrested after he posted details of his plans online, saying he was ‘going to war‘. he's due to be sentenced later this week. the leading us stock market index has fallen more than 4%, over 1,000 points, the biggest one—day point fall in history. the dowjones briefly fell more than 10% from its record high in january. the only surviving su

coast mainline, is a system that is fit for purpose. you've got people over bidding, over promising, and then not delivering. and on the east 2020 to 2023, that's £2 billion that the treasury are not going to receive over that period, as virgin and stagecoach promised. so the system is completely flawed and should be stopped. stagecoach admitted they got their sums wrong on the east coast. but the profitable west coast franchise was extended today from another two years. good news for its operators — who happen to be virgin and stagecoach. simon jack, bbc news. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today — live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: chelsea are stung by the hornets — antonio conte's team are hammered 4—1 by watford in the premier league. he's got the keys to the magic kingdom — the super bowl‘s most valuable player, nick foles, celebrates his match winning performance. and a loss of identity. the difficulties of adjusting to life after sport. we start in the english premier league — and the pressure is piling on chelsea boss antonio conte

coast mainline, is a system that is fit for purpose. you've got people over bidding, over promising, and then not delivering. and on the east, we're saying that from 2020 to 2023, that's £2 billion that the treasury are not going to receive over that period, as virgin and stagecoach promised. so the system is completely flawed and should be stopped. stagecoach admitted they got their sums wrong on the east coast. but the profitable west coast franchise was extended today from another two years. good news for its operators — who happen to be virgin and stagecoach. simon jack, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. it's funny but i'd always reckoned the the oil—rich abu dhabi, here in the uae, was never that interested in attracting tourists. unlike its flashy, noisy neighbour dubai, for example. but on this trip, i think i might have to revise that opinion. because abu dhabi seems to be upping its game, especially in the cultural stakes. 0n myjourney, i'm going to experience world—renowned architecture, like the new louvre museum, and finding out how traditional local musical instruments are being revived. but i'll also

coast mainline, is a system that is fit for purpose. you've got people over bidding, over promising, and then not delivering. and on the easte treasury are not going to receive over that period, as virgin and stagecoach promised. so the system is completely flawed and should be stopped. stagecoach admitted they got their sums wrong on the east coast. but the profitable west coast franchise was extended today from another two years. good news for its operators — who happen to be virgin and stagecoach. simon jack, bbc news. a self—confessed nazi sympathiser accused of plotting a machete attack the only surviving suspect in the 2015 paris terror attacks has gone on trial in brussels, relating to a gun battle with belgian police. salah abdeslam, who's charged with possessing illegal weapons and the attempted murder of police officers, refused to stand up in court or answer any questions. damian grammaticas reports from brussels. 200 armed police ringed the court today, guarding this trial. more than two years after the paris attacks, those in the courtroom strained to get a first glimpse of the only surviving attacker, salah ab

if you can make the east coast mainline work, why couldn't the private sector?ere struggling for cash because there weren't generating enough revenue from the business to pay the premium due to the government. they did not have the money to do what is needed. it's the same story again this month. would the line be better run if it was nationalised? you can run railways successfully in either the public or private sector, you pay your money and take your choice. governments generally speaking are not good at running things. my view is that the government ought to set the sense of direction and vision, if you like, for the industry, then leave it to professional people to get on and deliver that vision over a period of 20 years or so. 20 years gives time for long—term investment and planning. the east coast has had four operators, including the government operator in the last 20 years since privatisation. before that, it ran for almost 50 years under british rail. once upon a time, british rail was the jewel in the crown of our national transport system. though th

stagecoach‘s contract to run the east coast mainline rail franchise will end earlier than expected.r had "got its numbers wrong". transport secretary chris grayling said stagecoach would only continue running the london to edinburgh line for "a small number of months". the contract was originallyjute and in 2023 and has already been cut short once. mr grayling told the commons that the taxpayer wants not going to pay for stagecoach‘s problems. the problem is very straightforward, stagecoach got its numbers wrong, it over bid and is now paying a price. stagecoach will be held all of its contractual lagoa she nations in full. as the brown report said a number of years ago, this is what you expect. if they fail to live up to their stretching targets, they lose out, not the taxpayer. labour's shadow transport secretary andy mcdonald, said this was an example of why the railways need to be nationalised. i think people have had enough of contracting out on privatisation and all that goes with it. they want their rail services and health services run for the benefit of passengers and patie

the government cancels the contract of the company that operates the east coast mainline after it gets

misleading parliament in his statement to the commons yesterday, about the problems of the east coast mainlineas the accuser, and he has been tormenting mr grayling for weeks over his handling of the problems of the east coast virgin—stagecoach franchise. the franchise is on the brink of collapse, but mr grayling is allowing virgin stagecoach to carry on winning train contracts; lord adonis thinks the companies have been bailed out and need to face a penalty, and in effect, be restricted in bidding for future franchises. it's quite a challenge to the case for privatised rail. here's our business editor helen thomas. the three railway lines that link london to the north were built over 100 years ago by private companies. london ended up with three separate stations nearly next to each other. what role if any that stagecoach should be playing in the running of those same three line today is the latest battlefront in an acrimonious debate about the future of our rail. slowing passenger growth has put the squeeze on britain's rail operators and senior industry figures privately concede that the fr

what i mean by that is the east coast mainline which slightly slipped under the political radar on mondayrun. this of course after they we re to run. this of course after they were allowed to hand back the contract early at a cost to the taxpayer. now one option which mr grayling has mooted is bringing it back into public ownership. that would absolutely play to mr corbyn's narrative. so i am thinking, jeremy corbyn, trains. 0k, norman, thank you very much. time now for the weather with the new weather graphics. i absolutely love our new weather graphics. look at these beautiful scenes this morning across the uk. it is cold and frosty this morning, temperatures well below freezing, down as low as parts of —— down as low as —10 in parts of the north. we have also had snow in the south—east of england. this is recently in eastbourne in east sussex. you can see b snow settling on the ground back and that snow was brought in by quite a few showers coming in off the north sea down to the south of england. from the satellite imagery you can see this mass of cloud towards northern and western ar