george osborne again pushed it today. is the government listening?g about it, then we have got the right people talking and i hope people are listening. i saw the northern powerhouse minister talking about it also early today. so i do hope so. the problem is andy burnham and george osborne are not in government. and it seems ridiculous, if people on either side of the pennines, that it takes you an age to cross the pennines to get from liverpool to hull city or leads to manchester. absolutely, even in the three biggest cities, those connections between really big cities, just not good enough. it ta kes too cities, just not good enough. it takes too long, often it is a very unpleasant journey. gaps between services are not good enough and that affects business. it reduces the opportunities that we had to create economic growth in the north of england that could help us pay a ru nway of england that could help us pay a runway in the uk. but if high-speed rail way forward? that is an interesting question, they will be good for the north of england. are

the former conservative chancellor, george osborne, has called on the prime minister to commit to buildingded the northern powerhouse project while in government, has called for more money to be spent on public transport outside the capital. the government says it‘s investing billions of pounds across the north of england. our correspondent, dan whitworth, is at leeds railway station. an awful lot of people have signed a petition calling for this sort of thing. yes, as you say, george osborne, not the first time we have heard from him on this northern para has initiative, when in government he helped launch, now he is no longer in government he is chair of the northern powerhouse partnership and he says if high—speed line from hull to liverpool were built with a priority being put on the electrification of the section between manchester and leeds it would transform the regional economy. also he puts the cost at an estimated £7 billion, but again the return on that investment according to mr osborne would be well worth it, an extra 7 million people would be brought inside a 90 minute journe

means, george osborne said the uk's systems, it is going to cost you more abroad and in the g7, we rebroad and in the g7, were one of the weakest now. on the other side, manufacturing is up. easier to export if the pound is weak. absolutely. it is difficult for anyone to really win the argument on this. it is a many sided coin. if you are trying to buy things in spain or france and dining out and you are being asked for more money than you thought you might, this is not a good development. money than you thought you might, this is not a good developmentm you can afford to go on holiday in the first place! the financial times, the home office admits losing —— threatening to deport thousands of foreign nationals by mistake. the decision was made under your status, it said, and you have to go home. com pletely it said, and you have to go home. completely sent by mistake, which has caused a huge worry for these individuals, it came to light after a finnish academic post of this letter on social media and as yvette cooper pointed out, if the home office is making these kind of m ista kes o

yes it is not the first time we have heard george osborne speak on this issue.vernment but he chairs the northern powerhouse partnership. we have been here to get a sense of opinion on comments made by the former chancellor. it is a transport hub in the north at leeds station. looking at the departure board. destination sheffield, hull, newcastle, penzance, liverpool. where george osborne has entered the fray this morning again, he is talking about how important the line from hull to liverpool, across the north of england, is to the economy in the region. he is calling on theresa may, he wants a commitment from the prime minister to make the hull liverpool line high—speed. he wa nts to hull liverpool line high—speed. he wants to prioritise the electrification of the line from leeds to manchester and he says although that could cost around 7 billion, spread over several years, the return on the investment would transform the economy in the north, and a couple of statistics. george osborne saying if we had the £7 billion investment it would bring an extra 7 billio

also on the programme: george osborne, has called on theresa may to commit to building a high speed raile across the north of england. the former chancellor says "h53" would help the prime minister to "relaunch her premiership." and as the new bake off prepares for take—off on channel 4 — we look at tv‘s dramatically changing landscape. good evening and welcome to bbc news. four moroccan men have appeared in court in spain, accused of being part of a terror cell which planned and carried out the attacks in and around barcelona last week. 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the violence. the four suspects are the only surviving members of a group of 12. in court one man admitted a bigger attack was being planned. the others denied any involvement in last week's attacks. there are reports tonight they've been charged with terror related murder. from spain, tom burridge reports. one by one, they were led into a high—security prison outside madrid. they are suspects in a plot, linked to attacks which killed 15 men, women and children. this morning, they were driven in for ques

george osborne believes the northern economy will be transformed by investing £7 billion in the railal of getting work elsewhere, but it‘s still in good travelling time, i think it‘s always going to be good. i'm not sure the powerhouse is a concept i really believe in, in terms of it, but i think individually the cities in the north can do a lot more development. there's a lot of potential for them. i'm all for it, whatever. no good arguing about it and carrying on, get it done, i say. people here want all politicians to look beyond london. that‘s why any campaign for future investment in rail or road can‘t come soon enough for towns and cities across the north. fiona trott, bbc news, leeds. there‘s a big night ahead for the england women‘s rugby team. the defending champions take on france in belfast in the semi—finals of the rugby world cup. if they win, they face new zealand or the united states on saturday. our sports correspondent, katherine downes. is there now. you might be able to hear the shouts and cheers and see the flags flying. the first semi—final of the evening is well

the former chancellor of the exchequer, george osborne, dismissed theresa may with a little relish asresa may with a little relish as a dabble in walking. i had the pleasure of working with him in the pleasure of working with him in the treasury. he was good to work for. in terms of leadership, it is a false airand to for. in terms of leadership, it is a false air and to predict how long somebody will last all who will take over, and everything else. i have been clear, and i don't think theresa may is the right person to text of the next election. and think everybody in the conservative party is not the election that we sought or expected. it is could be harder because we don't have the majority, in terms of putting our programme of government through. theresa may was asked by bbc week, is it your intention to lead the party into the next election? and her answer was yes, she is ever the long—term. next election? and her answer was yes, she is ever the long—termm is difficult to predict what is ahead. ifeel is difficult to predict what is ahead. i feel that there were m ista kes ahead

it is stations like this george osborne and lines through leeds, that the former chancellor wants ton an interview with the bbc and an article in the financial times for commitment from theresa may and her government to create a high—speed line from hull to liverpool across the north of england. he wants a priority on that line of electric —— electrification between leeds and manchester. he believes there will bea manchester. he believes there will be a strong return on investment. george osborne saying if the high—speed rail line is introduced, an extra 7 million people will be within a 90 minutejourney an extra 7 million people will be within a 90 minute journey of towns and cities in the north and also three times as many businesses, so a call to action from the former chancellor this morning. it is never just about what people say that when they say it and that is interesting? yes, it is no coincidence the timing of the former chancellor's article and interview. tomorrow, in leeds, regional mayors, local politicians and business leaders will be meeting as part of the northern tra

george osborne has laid out the economic case for bring together the north of england and the real reasonbring people closer tojobs and infrastructure, to bring people closer to jobs and businesses closer to polies and services closer to their market. it is the right thing to do. we need to unblock the law in the same way that billions is being spent in the south of england improving their economy. not much of a surprise you are backing george osborne when he is calling for multi—pound investment across the north of england, what do you say about the frustration felt here about the frustration felt here about the frustration felt here about the lack of investment from central government, westminster. over the decades we have seen a real disparity on the amounts spent on transport infrastructure in london and north. we've had commitments to electrify the trans—pennine line between york, leeds and manchester. we need to make sure places like bradford are better linked across the north of england so their rows dentsds and economy can benefit. we need a concrete plan about what needs to be de

the former chancellor, george osborne, has called on theresa may to commit to building a high speed railhairman of the northern powerhouse partnership, mr osborne has written in the financial times that more money needs to be spent on public transport outside of london. the government has said it is investing billions of pounds across the north. last month, the think—tank ippr north launched a petition calling for more investment in transport in the north of england, which was signed by nearly 30,000 people. luke raikes is a senior researcher there and joins us live from salford. good morning. how is needed, first of all, is this sort of development? a high—speed rail link across the north. it is very much needed. it's not the only thing the north needs but it is one of the top priorities. if the north had received the upper capita that london has received over the last ten years, we would have received £59 billion more. it's good for people in london and across the country if we invest in the north as the chancellor suggests. country if we invest in the north as the chancellor suggestsl

the former chancellor of the exchequer — an ally of yours — george osborne, dismissed with some relish's disappointing election result — with more than a little relish of his own, you might imagine — as a "dead woman walking". how much longer do you think she can remain upright? well, i had the pleasure of working with george in the treasury, and it was, you know — he was a very good person to work for. i think it's very difficult, in terms of leadership, i think it's a bit of a fool's errand, sometimes, to predict how long somebody will last, who is going to take over, and everything else. i have been clear, and i don't think theresa may is the right person to text of the next election. and think everybody would agree in the conservative party that it was not the election that we sought or expected. it is going to be harder because we don't have the majority, in terms of putting our programme of government through. mrs may was asked by the bbc in an interview week, "is it your intention to lead the tory party into the next election?" and her response was "yes, i'm here for the long te

in fact, the threat that george osborne made about house prices falling, would not necessarily have been (all me old-fashioned, but are house prices that carry on going up are house prices that carry on going up forever are house prices that carry on going up for everand a are house prices that carry on going up for ever and a day, is that good? possibly not for your son's generation. 0r possibly not for your son's generation. or your grandchild's generation. or your grandchild's generation. it is unsustainable, isn't it? this is a story that might have been seen earlier. a lot of the papers got excited by this story of millie forrest, described as a cloakroom girl turned overnight singing sensation. what a patronising way of putting it! singing sensation. what a patronising way of putting mm singing sensation. what a patronising way of putting it! it is a classic august story, and that your dream comes true. you start off handing out the cloakroom tickets and you end up standing in for the top soprano of the night. that appears to be the story. it is a view weeks old, apparently, as wel

the former chancellor, george osborne, says a northern powerhouse rail network connecting liverpool to has been speaking to passengers travelling between liverpool and manchester to gauge opinions. this train will be calling at manchester victoria, huddersfield... heading across northern england tonight, the 17.10 service from liverpool. on time, but, for some, it's just too slow. yeah, it's terrible, it's absolutely terrible. rona has spent six hours today commuting between yorkshire and merseyside and it's only 70 miles each way. it's a really long day. so for me, i left home at 6:30am this morning and i'll get home at 7:30pm tonight, so that's a very long day. so for my productivity, it impacts me tomorrow because i'm just shattered. while she is recovering, tomorrow the north of england's politicians and business leaders will be holding a summit to discuss building a high—speed link across the region. it could cut the journey from manchester to leeds from 48 minutes to 26, and the 90 minute journey from liverpool to leeds to just one hour. just the section between manchester and le

i think what george osborne said a few days after her disastrous result, that she was a dead woman walkingi don't think anything has happened since the change my mind about that. what also makes me very suspicious is one of her main rivals, borisjohnson, has said he gives his undivided backing. will he stabbed her in the back, the front, the side? he is undivided in his opinion about that. he also says he is there to support her. alarm bells ring for me because it reminds me of when michael heseltine said, i do not foresee circumstances in which i would take over from mrs thatcher, and then the next day, he stood against. people who say they are not against. people who say they are not a quitterand against. people who say they are not a quitter and look like they are clinging on for dear life look desperate, and that is smelt by the electorate. i don't think she will make it to the next election, and if she does, she will be completely toast. party conference season is coming up in the autumn, and after a relatively quiet summer, one assumes she has regrouped. one would imagine thatis she

we'll be discussing the former chancellor george osborne's call for the government to commit to building a high speed rail line across the north of england. and at nine o'clock tonight — there will be a special programme by radio 1's newsbeat — debating the future of britain's laws and attitudes to cannabis. and we take a look at the front pages for tomorrow. that's all ahead on bbc news. now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome along to sportstday live from the bbc sport centre. coming up tonight. the countdown is on to england women's semi final in the rugby world cup. i'm live in belfast this evening wear the red roses take on france in their quest for back—to—back world cup finals. five nil up, celtic look to wrap up their place in the group stage of the champions league. they take an 8—1; aggregate win. and there's stilljust two seconds in it at the vuelta a espana, but chris froome holds the leader's red jersey after stage four out of 21. yes, hello and welcome. england's women will continue the defence of their rugby world cup title when they play france in the biggest match

where is george osborne's? the primary motivation of many osborne's? primary motivation of ma ny levers osborne's? the primary motivation of many levers and the question is emerging with such force proves that having your cake and eating it isn't really very credible as an option. crucially, the irish republic and ulster relationship has been stable recently but the troubles could go up recently but the troubles could go up again. the dup is now closest to the government... trade, one of's key concerns. a last note on the peace process, the power—sharing government? the british and irish government? the british and irish government are guarantors of the good friday agreement. they compensated structure that took a long time to negotiate and i do not think the british government is paying enough attention to the north— south structures that are in place. that is the political part, but the economic part is the trade across that order. you cannot have the technological, technical solution to it. they say, for example, you can pay your customs duties on t

one of the most senior members of your party, the conservative party, george osborne, now in its thewhich wrote a scathing editorial about where the government is taking brexit, just yesterday, in which is scornful conclusion was written is working hard to prove that we can recreate what we already have. what on earth is all this about if, in the end, even your message is, you know what, so much of what we are going through this and is an anguished to get is what we are ready have? what we are getting is the right to democracy, to make our own laws and live under our own parliament. 0therwise, live under our own parliament. otherwise, we would be getting the right to trade with companies around the world, the right to be more global. but it does not mean that you have stopped cooperating with your friends and allies across the channel. it is possible to be an independent country, takeback control in the sense that british law becomes supreme in our own territory, but to use that control through multilateral deals to have working, acceptable arrangements with countries who are our fri

where is george osborne's baronetcy? i think it's in ireland.hink it shows that having your cake and eating it is the primary motivation of many leaders and sadly the irish question is now emerging with such force, proving that having your cake and eating it isn't really a very credible option, and just as crucially, the relationship between ulster and the irish republic has been very stable over over recent years. it is not helped that there is no power—sharing government. and the dup is now working with theresa may's government. a quick final thought from you, brian, in terms of the peace process, if we can call it that and the power—sharing government in relation to brexit‘s. the two governments are guarantors of the good friday agreement and it is quite a completed structure. it took a long time to negotiate, and i don't think that the british government is paying enough attention to the detail of that, the north—south structures that they have in place. that is the political part of it. but the economic part of it is the trade across the bo

the london evening standard, edited by george osborne of course who she sacked as chancellor, has todayaggering on like the living dead. thank you. there have been two explosions at a chemical works in texas, which was badly flooded by tropical storm harvey. the owner of the plant near houston, had warned that a loss of power meant volatile chemicals could overheat. the surrounding area has been evacuated. this report from simonjones contains some flashing images. two explosions already, with the warning there could be more to come. the arkema plant in crosby is flooded, it's lost power. the volatile chemicals can't be kept cool. the owner had warned this was inevitable. bus—loads of residents had already been moved out, fleeing notjust their homes but the danger of blasts. they're being told not to return to the area. hundreds of thousands of people have now been displaced by harvey, some have paid with their lives. the bodies of four children and their great—grandpa rents were discovered in this van, which had been swept away by the floodwaters. the mexican foreign minister on a visit

ahead of a northern powerhouse summit in leeds tomorrow, george osborne, in a mischievous flourish, endedpremiership" this autumn by backing northern powerhouse rail which would plug the northern cities into hs2, making it essentially high speed 3. the government responded by saying that they would go ahead with it. how does labour respond? does labour back the idea of a track which goes from liverpool— hull? we do. it is part of our shift into decentralisation. for too long we've had a need to chill out. if you back essentially a vanity project, you're giving no help to a lot of the smaller communities. they want help for retraining. that is much more valuable, they say. that assumes that they are mutually exclusive. there's no reason why you cannot do both. it could boost the northern economy. it has a knock—on effect. we've set aside £25 billion for investment. these things cannot be taken as individual items. you've got £25 billion for education plans. what about the electrification of the transpennine express to mark the interesting thing, the government pulling away from that upset

the timingelative to that george osborne had in play for us, we are not going to see that.d, we are getting a little bit more relative stimulus then we would have done. the bigger picture is looking for the brexit shock unless we get a much softer brexit than most people are thinking, or even if it didn't happen. in the absence of that, i think we are going to see a deterioration in the fiscal output. as that a possibility that brexit doesn't happen in your view? -- is that a possibility that brexit doesn't happen in your view? peter: it is a possibility. before the general election, we put the chance of no brexit or 2% andexit at around hardly at all. we have upgraded that to 10%. still pretty unlikely, but not totally beyond the bounds of possibility. you need to politics to play out. the idea of another general election triggering a chain of events, who knows. manus: peter, thank you so much. peter westaway is with vanguard asset services. that's got to the samsung story. anna: the verdict of the trial of jay y. lee and his former deputies is being announced right now. w

this guy used to be an adviser to george osborne and david davis which is interesting of itself becauseking brexit, attacking his former colleagues in the front bench of the conservative party and saying we need a third party because the tories and labour are not up to scratch, we need a new centrist party and it should be called the democrats. that's causing a star, what it comes to we will find out. you are big on football so this story you have picked out.” thought it was a lovely headline, manchester city spending more on their defence and bosnia spend on its defence policy which i think throws the transferor window into sharp relief. and with all the hype, the premier league is back and it's been very successful commercially. the first game last night. lyon arsenal against leicester. 4—3. as a football fan do you feel partly responsible for the money madness because you are watching it, what do you do to try to cap the madness? joe i have an opt out but i am a fan ofa joe i have an opt out but i am a fan of a club not in the premier league soiam of a club not in the premier league

and they blamed george osborne, of course.has been clocked the methods for too long but according to the sun on sunday i should not ta ke to the sun on sunday i should not take it to the dump. cash in on thejunk is take it to the dump. cash in on the junk is the message but in particular electronicjunk. i think we all electronicjob and they are saying all mobile phones can sketch a fortune. the iphone two g, out in 2007, campbell for £500. a motor roller that was so heavy you would have a hernia picking it up and go for over £1000. is that because they have become collector's items? i think so. game boy, £1000. tamagotchi, whatever that is, £450. soa tamagotchi, whatever that is, £450. so a lot of money sitting in our attics. this is the mirror. talking about cornish pasties, pork pies. another brexit scare story. to do with prize pies. i am brexit scare story. to do with prize pies. iam no brexit scare story. to do with prize pies. i am no stranger to the odd pies. i am no stranger to the odd pie myself. it says they know the

this project was supported by the then mayor borisjohnson and then chancellor george osborne, both committed something the mayor refuse. in a statement today the mayor says, there were systemic failings in the procurement process, and he could not permit a single penny more of london taxpayer money being spent on it. he also says londoners like me will be very angry that taxpayers have lost tens of means of pounds committed by the previous mayor. there are bound to be further questions, and further scrutiny, about this huge waste of money. time for a look at the weather. terrace some dry weather to come at times this week, but it isn‘t as simple as that this week because although we will see sunshine at times, generally there will be a cool filter the weather and we will see outbreaks of rape. —— outbreaks of rain. another area of wet weather across the midlands and the south—west, and then further positive heavy rain later. all the while, east anglia and the south—east are seeing some brightness in temperatures. pulses of heavier thundery rain will drift northwards and eastwards as we go th

the former chancellor, george osborne, has called on theresa may to commit to building a high speed rail england. as the chairman of the northern powerhouse partnership, mr osborne has written in the financial times that more money needs to be spent on public transport outside of london. the government has said it is investing billions of pounds across the north. for the first time in almost a century, a total solar eclipse has swept across america. millions of people watched as the moon passed in front of the sun, casting a deep shadow more than 60 miles wide across earth. our science correspondent pallab ghosh joined the sky watchers in oregon. they came in their tens of thousands, like pilgrims, to the tiny town of madras. they came to witness one of nature's great spectacles. it is a quarter past ten in the morning but it seems like my time. we arejust in the morning but it seems like my time. we are just a few seconds away from the total eclipse and the moon has almost completely covered the sun. it looks like a smiley face in the sky. the sun dimms to an eerie pale light. —— dims.

it was about three years ago when george osborne, the then chancellor, announced the idea of the northernand prosperity so it was bridging that gap between the perception the north is more hard done by compared to the south. 0ne north is more hard done by compared to the south. one of the big criticisms was investment. i've been on one journey across the pennines to find out what businesses think. it was three years ago in manchester that the idea of creating a northern powerhouse was first announced. improving transport was a big part of it. the government says it is investing more than ever in transport up here, but there is a criticism that the north is still losing out to the south—east.“ criticism that the north is still losing out to the south-east. if the government had spent as much per head on the north as they did in london in the past ten years they would have spent £59 billion more on the north and to get things moving and getting the economy functioning better than it is at the moment so the government is responding to london rather than using transport spending to transform

going to be held by the investors association which was criticised in the review commissioned by george osborne government is very complex and tinkering around the edges will not stop scandals like british home stores and so on. we need to take a root and branch approach and that is what the labour party has been doing. set out what you would do. we have been carrying out a wide—ranging policy review into corporate governance with trade unions, business and leading academic experts. in our manifesto we called for an amendment of the companies act which currently provides directors with a duty to their shareholders own league and we wa nt to their shareholders own league and we want to have this expanded to include employees and other stakeholders so there it i direct responsibility for directors to look after the interests of its shareholders and employees and other stakeholders. we have also examined a wide range of policy options which of course we would consult on if we we re of course we would consult on if we were in government, like looking at the german model of stakeholder boards where

george osborne urges theresa may to commit to building high—speed rail across northern england.

like i don't know but it should be here that it shouldn't be hard border i don't know region of george osborne to any advisory role here because you always been slamming your immigration policy as economically illiterate i mean is and i'm not the person is recruiting advisers to government i wish i were of the kind of well we don't know what your role will but i will i can tell you that i macand cheese can you know campaigning for you here to see really matters and it matters a lot but i cannot so that kind of question clearly and i can i could i could i could guess but it would not be healthy to do so but you know even on immigration the thing that i think most people agree on in the polity is that we need control of raw borders but there's a lot of discussion and even disagreement about what kind of immigration policy or what immigration policy should look like i mean my view is that the students learning has should not be included in the target i've always been i think we should have as many foreign students as possible as long as they're studying in the jets in the universities. because i

and with us rupert harrison from black rock, asset strategies and is a former chief of staff of george osborneth for staying with us. rupert, first of all, it seems like we finally heard from boris johnson and we were waiting for something on boris on brexit. are the brexiteers softening their stance in general and what does it mean for negotiations? rupert: the difference between boris saying a few weeks ago they can go whistle and ask for money and on a radio interview this morning they'll meet their obligations is the difference between off message and sudden'sly on message and signals a kind of fundamental change. i think the interesting developments we've had over the last couple months is of increasing coming together of the cabinet and most of the conservative party behind agreements around, ok, we have to have some kind of transition, the brexiteers are effectively happy as long as their in-state is belonging in a single market and not under the jurisdiction of the ecbj, they're happy to make the transitions. despite the positive moves -- and we can get into the negotiations. i think t

nbc10's pamela osborn is following the investigation for us live from south philadelphia. what do we know? >> reporter: george, this is a busy area. it's not just a neighborhood street. it's about a couple of blocks up from broad where we're standing right now where all of this happened. we've been talking to the people who live in this area, who walk past this area this morning. they are all quite shocked by the discovery that was made here just before midnight. a 23-year-old woman and her boyfriend, a 50-year-old man were found dead in an apartment inside of a row home on federal street. according to police it was a relative of one of the victims that made the discovery. at some point late last night that relatives who happens to live upstairs found the couples apartment ram sacked and the pair unresponsive inside. the man and woman were found in separate rooms. police say both of them had bruises on their face. they were pronounced dead at the scene and no obvious signs of forced entry. we talked to one mother who lives just a couple of blocks eye, she tells us the double homicide has her afraid. >> i was

george avenue and connecticut avenue. you may very well find we've got activity with potentially fire and rescue with it. be real cautious. as always, fought -- be careful. south osborn upper marlboro had been closed because of an earlier crash. may still find authorities on scene. redirecting traffic. in alexandria, northbound route 1 before north kings headed out the door. >> jack, thank you. a hurricane gaining strength and it's about to hit texas. erika gonzalez has the latest at the live desk. we're getting pictures of the storm landing, is that right? >> right. these are images of corpus christi. marina on the gulf of mexico. the city right in the path of harvey. as much as three feet of rain possible there. storm surge, that's another issue. people bracing for dangerous floods. the rains already starting to come down. the wind blowing and it's only going to get worse. i was listening to meteorologists yesterday talking about where corpus is each if you drove two hours away from that area, those folks would still be dealing with flooding issues. it's just to kind of give you an idea of how big this is, how vast this is. how much of an area that it covers. defin