fiona trott, bbc news, leeds.nding a meeting of civic and business leaders in leeds tomorrow on this very subject. thank you forjoining us. it is good to see you. what are you hoping to get out of this meeting tomorrow? the meeting came out of a leak really to journalists from chris grayling at the end ofjuly, that he was rethinking the electrification of the line between leeds and manchester. and this is in the middle of a period where the whole thing has been reviewed, no consultation with us. we had a telephone conference with leaders across the north and decided we have had enough. just complete frustration. the lack of certainty about the government's intentions is damaging to confidence and damaging to potential investment. so we decided to call a summit, bringing civic leaders from across the north with business leaders and that is happening in leeds tomorrow. i'm delighted with really short notice, just over 100 businesses will come. we have representatives to business organisations so they reach out to bu

liverpool to leeds to just one hour.and leeds across the pennines can cost up to £7 billion, so do rail users think it's worth it? no, no. that's a lot of money. it's not worth that money. what do you think the money should be spent on instead, what would you do with it? spent it on education, spent it on health. it's always been the south, so why not the north for a change? definitely. i don't think it's a big deal getting somewhere ten minutes quicker, really. i think if they're more efficient, on time, better services, cleaner, i think that's more important. with a house on the wirral and a business in newcastle, herb would love a faster line, but he thinks they are cheaper and more realistic ways of getting business moving. to make sure anywhere along any of the northern rails you would never drop a phone call, you would always be able to have high—speed mobile data available to you, ideally wi—fi, but even just ag would be a huge step forward. but raman thinks a new railway is the only solution and would help him ex

the man behind, 82 year rod arthur france, a student studying at leeds university.need an invite, youjust come. he claims it was the first in europe. notting hill didn‘t have a carnival, the first carnival on the streets of europe, the first west indian carnival was leeds west indian carnival was leeds west indian carnival and we are still going strong and as we say, we are jumping still. now bigger and better, carnivals are still rooted in authentic tradition with three elements — costume, music and muscar rate profession. 2000 people are taking part in this year ‘s parade, many coming from all over the world, including the original carnival queen. it‘s the first time she has been back in 50 years and recreation of the original press forms the display at the city‘s ellery. of the original press forms the display at the city's ellery. the first ever carnival queen in europe. royalty. it's fantastic, really nice to see. i remember being this beautiful young girl, slim, you know. being asked if i would represent my country. very relu cta ntly represent my country. ver

leeds is the uk‘s largest legal and financial centre outside london.ine gambling company is one of leeds‘ biggest employers. 50% of the people we spoke to said the commute was just too difficult, even a0 or 50 miles away, so improving transport links, particularly rail, would really help our business. today the former chancellor says a high—speed link between liverpool and hull is the answer. well, if the government is serious about building a northern powerhouse, it needs to commit to high—speed links between the northern cities, so we bring those cities together and then the whole of the north will be stronger than the individual parts. the government has recognised the problem. it launched the northern powerhouse project just three years ago and is determined to improve transport across the north, actually so we can see our economy grow as that northern powerhouse, that we know it can be. this is what the government is planning already. hs2 would connect london with birmingham and then crewe and manchester and leeds. an hs3 project would improvejour

leeds kalvin phillips scored twice before half—time — it was 3—1 at the break.goal back but it wasn't enough to prevent a first win for the new leeds boss. in the scottish premiership, graham dorrans scored twice as rangers began their league campaign with a 2—1 victory over motherwell. rangers had a perfect start when dorrans' drive deflected in off ben heneghan in the fourth minute to give them the lead. the home side levelled five minutes before the break, defender heneghan making amends by getting on the end of craig tanner's cross. rangers were awarded a penalty early in the second half after louis moult elbowed fabio cardoso in the box. dorrans stepped up to clinch the victory for rangers. the netherlands have won the women's european championships beating denmark 4—2 in the final in enschede. it took denmark just four minutes to open the scoring through a nadia nadim penalty, but the netherlands equalised three minutes later — vivianne miedema tapping home from close range. lieke martens put the hosts 2—1 in front midway through the first half. but only f

leeds kalvin phillips scored twice before half—time — it was 3—1 at the break.win for the new leeds boss. in the scottish premiership, graham dorrans scored twice as rangers began their league campaign with a 2—1 victory over motherwell. rangers had a perfect start when dorrans' drive deflected in off ben heneghan in the fourth minute to give them the lead. the home side levelled five minutes before the break, defender heneghan making amends by getting on the end of craig tanner's cross. rangers were awarded a penalty early in the second half after louis moult elbowed fabio cardoso in the box. dorrans stepped up to clinch the victory for rangers. the netherlands have won the women's european championships beating denmark 4—2 in the final in enschede.

adam cuthbertson with leeds' second.rom st helens to hang on to win by a margin of two points and strengthen their grip on second place. hull were soundly beaten 116—18 by huddersfield and they're now three points behind leeds. wigan thrashed fourth placed salford, who are level on points with wakefield who are fifth. mark selby is out of the china championship snooker, after he was beaten 5—4 by chinese teenager zhou yuelong. the world number one, selby, was competing in a first ranking event since he winning his third world championship back in may and his rustiness showed as he failed to pot a couple of simple browns during the match. that left yuelong the opportunity to clinch the 5—4 win. but safely through to the last 16 is five—time world champion ronnie o'sullivan. he comfortably beat david gilbert 5—2 and will play another former world champion graham dot in the next round. that's it for now. good evening. reasonable weather coming up this weekend. not com pletely coming up this weekend. not completely dry for e

leeds rhinos beat st helens 16—14 in rugby league‘s super league.rtson with leeds second. the rhinos held off a late charge from st helens to hang on to win by a margin of 2 points and strengthen their grip on second place. hull were soundly beaten 46—18 by huddersfield and they‘re now 3 points behind leeds. wigan thrashed 4th placed salford who are level on points with wakefield who are fifth. mark selby is out of the china championship snooker after he was beaten 5—4 by chinese teenagerjoe yu—long. the world number one, selby, was competing in a first ranking event since he winning his third world championship back in may — and his rustiness showed as he failed to pot a couple of simple browns during the match. that left yu—long the opportunity to clinch the 5—4 win. but safely through to the last 16 is five—time world champion ronnie o‘sullivan. he comfortably beat david gilbert 5—2 and will play another former world champion graham dot in the next round. that‘s all from sportsday. more from the bbc sport centre later. now it‘s time for the paper

west indies batsman shai hope breaks records as his side beat england in a thrilling second test in leeds. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis news from day two at the us open and the shocks keep on coming. defending women's champion angelique kerber has been beaten in the opening round by japan's new york raised naomi osaka. the german's serve was broken with blistering returns like this from osaka, who then went on to again break on match point and claim a 6—3, 6—1win and a first victory ever over a player ranked in the top ten. i was always believing until the end that i can turn around the match because i turned around a lot of matches but yeah, she played good, especially also at the end of the match and i'm always trying to go for it when i have the chance and today, i mean, shejust went for it. i think she took her chances and she played a very good match but for me for sure it wasn't the best day and not the best match. the player kerber beat in last year's final is through to the second round. number one seed karolina pliskova saw off poland's magda lin

fiona trott, bbc news, leeds.e pulled alive three children, including a seven—month—old baby, from the rubble of their home after an earthquake. it hit the holiday island off the coast of naples, killing two people and injuring a0 others. richard lister reports. minutes after the earthquake, dazed survivors escape their ruined homes. around them, in a blizzard of dust, buried cars and rubble—strewn streets, several buildings in casamicciola collapsed. rescuers worked frantically to get to those buried. here, the faint sounds of a baby crying and, after some careful digging, a small miracle. seven—month—old pascale was safe, his brothers though were still missing. the earthquake struck as people were sitting down for their evening meal, the homes of some 2,000 residents were damaged, some may have to be demolished. translation: the house is destroyed, we can‘t even get in. what should we do? falling masonry remained a threat as the emergency services brought in more resources. and then some good news, both of littl

liverpool to leeds to just one hour. can cost up to £7 billion, so do rail users think it's worth it? no, no. that's a lot of money. it's not worth that money. what do you think the money should be spent on instead, what would you do with it? spent it on education, spent it on health. it's always been the south, so why not the north for a change? definitely. i don't think it's a big deal getting somewhere ten minutes quicker, really. i think if they're more efficient, on time, better services, cleaner, i think that's more important. with a house on the wirral and a business in newcastle, herb would love a faster line but he thinks they are cheaper and more realistic ways of getting business moving. to make sure anywhere along any of the northern rails you would never drop a phone call, you would always be able to have high—speed mobile data available to you, ideally wi—fi, but even just 4g would be a huge step forward. but raman thinks a new railway is the only solution and would help him expand from the north—east to th

just about wrapping up leeds all day. just about wrapping up now.d more money to help improve public transport right across the north of england. this comes in the wake of an article in the yorkshire post this morning from transport secretary chris grayling. the headline says it all, is that to the north to sort out real issues. that left a sour taste with some of the delegates behind me. this is important as the north of england has 15 million people, the tenth largest economy in the eu if it was its own region. so a lot of passion here, chris skelley says the government has already spent billions to improve transport networks here in the north. much more to come on this issue no doubt. —— chris grayling. identity theft is reaching epidemic levels, according to a leading fraud prevention organisation. it says it is seeing nearly 500 cases a day, and that there were nearly 90,000 cases in the first six months of this year — a new record high. 0ur personal finance reporter, kevin peachey has the details. our digital footprints are getting deeper the

it's leeds' first win at the stadium of light since 2004.over wolves and brentford respectively. elsewhere, sheffield united beat barnsley in a south yorkshire derby where both teams finished with 10 men. aston villa picked up their first win of the season, beating norwich. newly—promoted bolton's home woes continued, as they lost to derby. it ended goalless between bristol and millwall. there were wins for wednesday, forest, preston north end and qpr. in the scottish premiership, celtic are top on goal difference, after their 2—0 win over kilmarnock. stjohnstone and aberdeen both also have nine points, after victories over partick thistle and dundee respectively. hamilton are fourth — they beat hibs 3—1. motherwell beat ross county 2—0. rangers drew 0—0 with hearts. that's all for now. i be back in the next hour. professor stephen hawking, one of the world's most famous and foremost scientists, has launched a stinging attack on the government over the nhs. he's accused the health secretary jeremy hunt of "cherry picking" evidence to justify

leeds kalvin phillips scored twice before half—time — it was 3—1 at the break.did get another goal back but it wasn't enough to prevent a first win for the new leeds boss. in the scottish premiership, graham dorrans scored twice as rangers began their league campaign with a 2—1 victory over motherwell. rangers had a perfect start when dorrans‘ drive deflected in off ben heneghan in the fourth minute to give them the lead. the home side levelled five minutes before the break, defender heneghan making amends by getting on the end of craig tanner's cross. rangers were awarded a penalty early in the second half after louis moult elbowed fabio cardoso in the box. dorrans stepped up to clinch the victory for rangers. the netherlands have won the women's european championships beating denmark 4—2 in the final in enschede. there were four goals in the first half which finished level at 2—2. but the hosts, in front of a big crowd of over 28,000, turned on the style in the second half. vivianne miedema scored twice for the netherlands to seal the win and lift the troiphy

the new zealand international scored 27 goals for leeds.pells at leicester city and west brom. scotland manager gordon strachan has handed recalls to 5 players, for their crucial world cup qualifiers against lithuania and malta next month. hibernian‘s steven whittaker is back for the first time in nearly a year and a half, for the must—win group f fixtures. we have got to try to win both games. i don't think we have set out to draw a game, we set out to win. if we get a draw, we get a draw. but we set out to win whether it is germany away, or down at england, where we got beat 3—0, but we try to win the game. i do not think we have the physical capabilities to sit back and take long periods of being under intense pressure. team sky's chris froome has had taken the leader's red jersey after stage three of the vuelta a espana. froome finished third today to take a 2 second lead overall. it was won by italy's vincenzo nibali. the briton is aiming to become just the third man to win the tour de france and vuelta in the same year. captain sarah

that holds for those heading off to leeds carnival.and it will get warmer and warm through the next couple of days with just a gentle breeze. a gentle breeze for many this evening to end the day. more cloud coming and going in the north and the west of the country. the cloud thickens up in northern scotla nd cloud thickens up in northern scotland with outbreaks of rain. some heavier bursts in the hebrides and 0rkney and shetland later. the breeze will pick up with temperatures holding in the teens for the vast majority. it is the start of the bank holiday for most of you. the weather splits the country into two. the south and east, high pressure and north and west low pressure close by which throws weather friends our way. some brea ks throws weather friends our way. some breaks in the cloud in eastern ireland and scotland but winds and rain spreading in from the west before sunshine returns to the highlands and islands later. quite cloudy at times and northern ireland but some breaks as well. sunshine comes and goes. the further south

chris wood withdrew from the side for leeds.ey. leeds managed without him, though. stuart dallas make sure of the victory. it is their first make sure of the victory. it is theirfirst win at make sure of the victory. it is their first win at the stadium of light since 2004. ipswich and cardiff each have four straight wins so far this season. ipswich beat brentford while cardiff won impressively at wolves. derby beat bolton, while there were first wins of the season for sheffield wednesday at fulham, and aston villa over norwich. nottingham forests good start to the season continued with victory over middlesbrough, preston beat reading while qpr came from behind to beat hull. it might be august but we have already had one round of fa cup qualifying games and today he bbc cameras were at south shields in the prelimary qualifyoing roudn as they beat bridlington town 3—1. former south african international midfielder matty pattinson scored the pick of the goals in the second half. the fa cup dream is still alive for the team from th

0ur correspondent dan whitworth is at leeds train station.d welcome any investment on this scale. yes, we have been at this scale. yes, we have been at this train station all day to get a flavour of public opinion from the former chancellor's comments. it is not the first time he has spoken on the issue. leeds is a hub commuter station with lots of places if you look at the departure boards, such as sheffield, hull, newcastle, penzance, liverpool. a real transport hub. it is stations like this george osborne and lines through leeds, that the former chancellor wants to see improved. he was calling this morning in 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

patrick gearery was watching in leeds.est match ends with a five wicket victory for west indies in the closing overs of the final day with gloom all around us in leeds. this was a victory very few people expected of them before the test match. very few people expected before this fifth day. england had set them 322 runs to win and took two wickets in the morning session, kieran powell and kyle hope. then kraigg brathwaite, who had been dropped in the morning session, went about things with shai hope. things got pretty flat here. england did get brathwaite before the tea break, caught off the bowling of moeen ali, brathwaite five short of his century. they couldn't back it up with any more quick wickets. they got roston chase thanks to a great catch from substitute fielder mason crane. thenjermaine blackwood set about attacking the england bowling, trying to get the runs before the west indies ran out of time. shai hope got his second hundred of the game, the first man to ever do that in a test match at headingley. fittingl

leeds rhinos beat st helens 16—14 in rugby league‘s super league.rengthen their grip on second place. hull were soundly beaten 116—18 by huddersfield and they‘re now 3 points behind leeds . wigan thrashed fourth—placed salford who are level on points with wakefield who are fifth. mo farah will run his last track race on home soil tomorrow as runs in the 3000 metres in the birmingham grand prix. as he prepares to leave his track career behind to pursue road running, he says he‘ll aim to have new perspective on his running. it is about learning about the event, understanding the event, and going fresh minded, having no pressure, going there and see what i can do on the road. i think it will ta ke can do on the road. i think it will take mea can do on the road. i think it will take me a couple of times at least to be able to get it right. it‘s not like i willjust be able to go and run 2.01; straight. i think it will ta ke run 2.01; straight. i think it will take a little while. just before before i go, how about this strategy for signing a new player f

and that also holds for those heading off to the leeds carnival. cricket today. and it is going to get warmer and warmer over the next couple of days, with just that gentle breeze. gentle breeze in fact for many this evening, a fine end to the day, but there will be a bit more cloud in the north and west of the country. and through the night, the cloud thickens up in northern scotland, and outbreaks of rain become more extensive here, a few heavier bursts over the hebrides, orkney and shetland later on. the breeze will pick up, but temperatures uk wide holding in the teens for the vast majority. and into the start of what for many of you is a bank holiday, and the country will be split into two in terms of weather. south and east, you're under the influence of high—pressure, north and west, low pressure, which will throw these weather fronts our way. there will be some breaks in the cloud in eastern northern ireland, eastern scotland, particularly in the morning with some sunshine, but rains and blustery winds spreading from the west before sunshin

and another northern lass from leeds, nottingham.e bunch of people. you are at the heart of that, working with them. you don‘t read music? i see music in colour. if that difficult to explain to others? i draw it all out, diagrams. i will record my own voice for instrumentation for all melodies. all the nose, riddles and highs, i have always done that. —— lows, middles. back then, it was a lot harder, when you young, you are trying to get your ideas across, being clear and concise. now, you go in with 100% of ideas and it is about execution very quickly. composing is great. it used to be a hindrance but, for me, it is an advantage because i see the piece before i do it. you in your life, what is really interesting is everything you have been through to get to where you are. there are laws —— there is always something in the way, and finding ways to get around that. young people can find that. if you have dyslexia, any of these things that give you mental blocks, it is a good way to express yourself. you don‘t necessarily need to read

our correspondent dan whitworth is in leeds for us. good afternoon, julian.e in leeds today, dozens of political leaders and business leaders from right across the north of england, meeting just behind me here at the cloth hall in leeds. they have been coming together to speak with one voice, unity very much a theme of this meeting, when they are demanding more commitment andindeed they are demanding more commitment and indeed more money from the government when it comes to helping improve and build public transport networks here across the north of england. as you said in your introduction, this comes off the back of an article in this morning's yorkshire post from the transport secretary, christopher grayling. he wasn't here today by the way. the headline sums it up, it is up to the north to sort out rail issues. that left a bit of a sour taste in the mouth of some delegates here. chris grayling says £10 billion is only being spent. i am joined by the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, how did the meeting today? extremely well, it was a positive mee

i‘m joins by counsellorjames lewis, deputy leading of leeds city council.e another endorsement as the agenda we have been pushing in northern cities to see investment in transport infrastructure. george osborne has laid out the economic case for bring together the north of england and the real reason that this rail infrastructure, to bring people closer to jobs infrastructure, to bring 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 infr

the club record signing is thought to have cost £15 million afterjoining from leeds, and his new manager think they are all different in different ways. the obvious thing is people look at sam vokes and think chris wood is a similar type. physically there are similarities but every strike at their own way about the football pitch and he has his. he has a number of different ways of scoring goals and he has shown that, particularly last season but through his career and i think he can be effective here. that north—west derby is usually a lively affair. richard askam is at ewood park for us tonight. ewood park is preparing for one of the oldest and fiercest rivalries in english bubble tonight, going back to the 1800 with both teams founder members of the football league —— english football. as always with this fixture there is a large police operation, more than 5000 burnley fa ns operation, more than 5000 burnley fans will be to my left, coming over ina fans will be to my left, coming over in a convoy of coaches. as for the game itself, blackburn rovers are a league1 game itself, blackbur

and that also holds for those heading off to the leeds carnival. breeze. gentle breeze in fact for many this evening, a fine end to the day, but there will be a bit more cloud in the north and west of the country. and through the night, the cloud thickens up in northern scotland, and outbreaks of rain become more extensive here, a few heavier bursts over the hebrides, orkney and shetland later on. the breeze will pick up, but temperatures uk wide holding in the teens for the vast majority. and into the start of what for many of you is a bank holiday, and the country will be split into two in terms of weather. south and east, you're under the influence of high—pressure, north and west, low pressure, which will throw these weather fronts our way. there will be some breaks in the cloud in eastern northern ireland, eastern scotland, particularly in the morning with some sunshine, but rains and blustery winds spreading from the west before sunshine returns to the highlands and islands later. northern england and wales, quite a bit of cloud at times, but

our correspondent dan whitworth is in leeds for us.meeting is going on behind me here in leeds, there are dozens of political leaders and business leaders from across the north of england meeting in that conference room, people like the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham, steve rotherham, the mayor of the liverpool city region. the leaders of leeds, sheffield, newcastle city councils, they are all meeting to demand more action and commitment and, crucially, more money from central government to help fund transport improvements across the north of england. they say it is crucial not only to improve journey times, to help commuters, but to the region's economy. interestingly, the meeting was called only last month, when the government announced plans that it was dropping plans to electrify certain railway lines across the north of england and, days later, it backed plans for crossrail two, a north to south railway line, across london. and miss meeting taking place in the context of that article written by chris grayling, we mention

cricketers and celebrities involved. . including it's the test match special 60th anniversary match in leeds. a mixture of former cricketers and celebrities involved including radio 1's greg james who dropped this at slip. he was on his phone and on air at the time. there's been some impressive batting from mcbusted drummer and former strictly champion harryjudd, clearly as at home with a cricketball as he was beneath the glitterball. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening no reminder of our top story, totte n ha m no reminder of our top story, tottenham and celtic have tough draws in the champions league. you can see more on our website. i will see you seen, thanks forjoining us. more than six million adults in england spend less than ten minutes each month walking at a brisk pace — putting their health at risk, according to a new report. public health england is launching a new campaign to encourage ten minutes of brisk walking a day, particularly among the middle aged, which it's claimed can help prevent cancer, heart disease and poor men

similar conditions if you are heading to the leeds carnival.er in the south and the east. the cloud increases in the north at the west bringing outbreaks of rain on monday morning. temperatures to start bank holiday monday for many in the mid teens. it looks like high pressure is holding on to the south and east for the bank holiday. across england and wales, the best sunshine will be away from northern and western coasts, where there will be drizzle. some wet and windy weather spreads south and east with temperatures in the teens. the further south and east you are, it will be a bank holiday monday of dreams. blue skies, light winds and temperatures soaring to 28, 80 two fahrenheit. enjoy the rest of your bank holiday. -- 82 enjoy the rest of your bank holiday. —— 82 fahrenheit. thank you! it was the emissions scandal that affected 11 million vehicles worldwide when it was found volkswagen had fitted software in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested, changing the performance accordingly to improve results. later this wee

the notting hill carnival and leeds carnival this weekend.ather on monday. rain pushing from the west. winds as well. that will go through northern ireland as well be increasing in northern and western england and wales after a sunny start. not rising too much. the further south and east, the sunniest. can you believe it, a bank levy monday for some. we will see the best conditions so far —— bank holiday monday. not too bad at all. that is it to be i will have another update on half an hour. that has gone up a degree since earlier. you have done well. it could be really hot soon. we will have the headlines at eight o'clock. and now it is time for the travel show. this week on the travel show... so we're going to be diving on an archaeological site? yeah, exactly. underwater? exactly. we're swimming back to the bronze age in macedonia. oh, wow. you see all walks of life coming in to get a tattoo, bankers, lawyers, doctors. we're making a lasting mark in singapore. it's art, and it's beautiful art at that. first this week, we're visiting this s

staying fine for the leeds carnival as well.of a north—west, south—east split. dry in the south—east, clear skies. north—west, south—east split. dry in the south—east, clearskies. north and west, cloud, hill fog, rain and drizzle. temperatures starting on the bank holiday in the teens, but that split in weather conditions remains. to the south—east, staying dry. weather fronts remains. to the south—east, staying dry. weatherfronts pushing into the north—east. 0utbreaks dry. weatherfronts pushing into the north—east. 0utbrea ks of dry. weatherfronts pushing into the north—east. outbreaks of rain across northern scotland. mainly across western areas during the day. light and patchy. northern england, north and patchy. northern england, north and west wales, cloud coming and going. some sunny spells. though the south and east, sky is blue. temperatures at their highest. it could be the warmest august bank holiday on record with temperatures around 20 degrees. we were just discussing barbecues while you were doing that. there might

our correspondent, dan whitworth, is at leeds railway station.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 journey of the north of england, three times as many businesses. interesting timing on the former chancellor‘s intervention, as you say, there is a large petition across the north of england, 70,000 people have signed it, demanding more money from national government or public transport projects here in the north of england. again, crucially, about the timing of t

adam cuthbertson with leeds' second. second place. hull were soundly beaten 116—18 by huddersfield and they're now three points behind leeds. wigan thrashed fourth—placed salford, who are level on points with wakefield, who are fifth. just before i go, anotherfootball manager showing their funny side. burnley manager sean dyche has been talking about the transfer window. he says he'd prefer to see it close, before the premier league starts. last week, burnley sold their striker andre gray to watford three days before their opening game. and now he knows exactly the type of player he wants to bring in. one that gets the ball, wax it in the net a lot. i would say they are really help will in a game of football. slightly more rabid qualities as well? no, the one that really wax at whacks in the net even more than the bloke ijust said before. that's really helpful, i found. —— really whacks it. i've heard strategies from managers before, but that's best one. that's how we talk in burnley. sometimes you just have to simplify

they can take an hour or longer to get across leeds or into leeds, and these trains are really congestedthese are out of date systems were we to get economic gains to bring them into speed. anna, you are in newcastle, had and how often you use the trains but i presume you be in favour of pushing investment towards those services in your area? absolutely. some figures that to analyse that our organisation suggested if the north of england had the same pair had on transport as london has over the past decade, that would have meant another £59 billion spent on transport infrastructure in the north of england. obviously, the impact of that on the regional economy and on its communities would be extraordinary. so i think that the balancing of transport investment tools and the north could allow the region to fulfil its potential as an economic force in the country. but a test to, we know that's park lane and that is in controversial. —— in the pipeline. where was the money going? the greater part in the population is in the south—east london, showed that will take precedence? there is a subst

patrick gearey was watching in leeds. england are head in this test match. they lead by two runs.d by two runs. they had to fight just to get that. it they lead by two runs. they had to fightjust to get that. it has been a dramatic day. james anderson, two from the first two matt ball is. shane, first ball, a duck. moeen ali putdown jermaine shane, first ball, a duck. moeen ali putdownjermaine blackwood. it could have been better for putdownjermaine blackwood. it could have been betterfor england. 169. a healthy lead into the lunch interval. england were under some pressure given they were so far behind in the test. they lost alastair cook. they also lost tom, a play attracted secure his —— player trying to secure his place. and then this happened with shannon gabriel. joe root has been dropped, even out lbw, but overturned it. england want a decent total on the board. they have a long batting lineup, but they will need every wicket given how this test match has gone so far for them. if they can ball in a decent partnership, it is a high scoring ground. —— goo. it is whether we ha

temperatures will get to 21 degrees in newcastle, sheffield, and leeds. mid—20s in london.e showers are coming. not a completely dry picture on the way. quite breezy on friday. most of the showers, i think our across western and north—western areas. the best of the weather will be along the channel coast on friday. on saturday, a blustery day on the way. it will feel a little cool. some showers around. what we are watching, is this hurricane inc, hurricane gert, which is going to get mixed up in oui’ which is going to get mixed up in our own weather which is going to get mixed up in oui’ own weather as which is going to get mixed up in our own weather as it crosses the atla ntic our own weather as it crosses the atlantic and we will get some wet and windy weather as we get to sunday. a bit of a blustery weekend on the way. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, first the headlines at 11:30pm. the government has published proposals for a temporary customs union with the eu after brexit. labour has criticised the plans, but t

temperatures will get to 21 degrees in newcastle, also in leeds and sheffield.the neighbourhood. not a completely dry picture on the way for friday. quite breezy as well. but most of the showers will be across western and north—western areas. the best weather across the channel coast on friday. saturday, a blustery day on the way. a little on the cool side, with some showers around. what we are watching, here, is hurricane girt. we are not going to get a hurricane, but we are going to get some wet and windy weather by the time we get to sunday. so eight blustery weekend on the way. —— a blustery. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines. president trump defends his response to deadly protests in charlottesville, once again stating that both sides were at fault. i think there's blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it. tensions ease in guam as north korea steps back on its threat to fire missiles in to waters around the us pacific island. we'll cross live to guam. i'm babita sharma in london.

west indies batsman shai hope breaks records as his side beat england in a thrilling second test in leedse, where we start with tennis news from day two at the us open and the shocks keep on coming. defending women's champion angelique kerber has been beaten in the opening round by japan's new york raised naomi 0saka. the german's serve was broken with blistering returns like this from 0saka, who then went on to again break on match point and claim a 6—3, 6—1win and a first

a bit more cloud tomorrow, the same for the leeds carnival.ll be dry with a reasonable amount of sunshine a row. a bit more cloud to the north—west of the country untutored eye, trouble picking up in northern scotland to bring some bursts of rain. more of a breeze to. western fringes of england and wales, low cloud in places, misty start to monday morning. a cold night, cold start your bank holiday if they did one where you are. we split the country into two. high pressure to the south and east, low pressure to the south and east, low pressure to the north and west of the country and that will bring outbreaks of rain increasingly into northern and western scotland and eventually northern ireland into the afternoon. it's all the sunshine for afternoon. it's all the sunshine for a time, the highlands and islands things that to end the day. northern england, wales, the couple in a break but the best of the centre will be further south and east you are, almost clear blue skies and the further south and east you, the warmer conditions will be tomor

it is a transport hub in the north at leeds station. looking at the departure board.ay 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 billion people to within a 90 minute journey of the north of england and three times as many businesses. so a real call to action from the former chancellor. let's look at when he is saying it, what about the timing of this? very interesting, the timing. george osborne made his interview on the bbc today programme and wrote an article i

the club record 5igning is thought to have cost £15 million afterjoining from leeds, and his new managerg is people look at sam vokes and think chris wood is a similar type. physically there are similarities but every 5trike physically there are similarities but every strike at their own weight about the pitch and he has his. he has a number of different ways of 5coring goal5 has a number of different ways of 5coring goals and he has shown that particularly lasted but through his career and i think he can be effective here. england‘s men have reached the semi—finals of the eurohockey championships in amsterdam. they beat ireland 2—1 to progress to the last four as runners—up in pool b behind germany. the men follow in the footsteps of england‘s women, who face the netherlands in their semifinal tomorrow. so many ways but probably our best performance of the group because of what was on it and how the game went. we dominated for long periods in the first quarter and ended up a goal down and to reflect on it, the p ressu re goal down and to reflect on it, the pressure built and to stick at

joining us from leeds is susie brown the chief executive officer at zest, an organisation offering supportrkshire, and in brighton is christopher snowdon the head of lifestyle economics at the institute of economic affairs. suzy, just explain what you do and what you find and how successful what you do is? we have been working in disadvantaged areas of leads —— leeds for 15 years and we try and level the playing field, essentially. so there is great inequality and disadvantaged areas. we offer a range of practical support and more general support as an example of the practical support we work with jamie oliver's ministry of food. we have projects that teach cooking skills, healthy eating, budgeting and shopping to people, offering them the chance to learn to cook from scratch and lead a healthier lifestyle. does it work? it does, it is strong evidence —based that shows it does make a huge difference to health outcomes. more generally, we offer people just general support and we are trying to lift them up and give them a leg up and inspire them to lead a more fulfilling life. let me ask chr

slightly over 50 now for notting hill, it is the leeds which is 50 this year., the carnival is meant to be a sort of really joyous the carnival is meant to be a sort of reallyjoyous occasion and you see the fantastic costumes and the weather helped but clearly, there is this very sombre undertone this year because if anybody is familiar with we st because if anybody is familiar with west london you can see the grenfell tower quite easily from anywhere in and around the streets of notting hill. but it should be because it is about community. the deeper sense of it is the idea of the community and thatis it is the idea of the community and that is what they are doing by commemorating. very much so. you have the roots in the thought of we st have the roots in the thought of west indian community that came to the uk 50 years ago now and that pa rt of the uk 50 years ago now and that part of london and a big part of the uk, it is a diverse population these days, and to your point, jamie, it's where everyone cotties days, and to your point, jamie, it's where everyone

this is the way forward and that is what the leaders meeting in leeds will be sending a message aboutcastle into economic regeneration and that won't help them. of course, but this is a progressive process. across the area from liverpool—hull, you're talking about 10 million people across that corridor, not taking into account cheshire, lancashire. it is the opportunity for them all to share in the prosperity from projects like that. you are happy to subscribe to something that will be seen as a tory success? it's not a question of being a tory success. it has been on the cards for years and i will not start getting partisan. if this will be beneficial for communities across the north, bring it on. thank you. literary festivals occasionally — almost inadvertently — set off fireworks. and that's exactly what happened at edinburgh when the booker prize winning writer zadie smith revealed that she limits the time her seven year old daughter can spend in front of the mirror each day to 15 minutes, after explaining to her that she was wasting valuable time, time that her brother didn't was

the day after the transport secretary chris grayling accidentally let slip that leeds — manchester mighte following day he announced he was backing crossrail which could cost tens of billions of pounds. when you are sitting there, i know some journeys in the north are i know some journeys in the north a re lovely i know some journeys in the north are lovely but if you are commuting to manchester so often it's disgusting and overcrowded. you'll be very annoyed that the money is again going to the capital. larisa, the bake—off again going to the capital. larisa, the ba ke—0ff is again going to the capital. larisa, the bake—off is back, although it's on channel 4 and here's a picture on the front of the guardian, prue leith, noel fielding, millie berry, although there is a bit of a problem, prue leith has spoken about the ad break stash mary berry. she says that if people don't want the ad breaks they can watch the show later and skip the adverts. which given that channel 4 has paid tens of millions of pounds to get the show from the bbc and ensure they are delighted with that! the chief ex

north of england call on the government to commit to greater transport links ahead of a summit in leeds trump says america will fight to win in afghanistan, and wants pakistan to stop housing be very terrorists the us is fighting. so how will pakistan respond? —— the very.

temperatures getting up to 21 degrees in newcastle, leeds and sheffield, and the mid—20s in london.sure still close to our neighbourhood. that bees there will be some showers around, so not a completely dry picture on the way. breezy as well, but most of the showers will be across the western and north—western areas. the best of the weather along the channel coast on friday. saturday, a blustery day on the way. it will feel a little on the cool side, plenty of showers around as well. what we are watching is a hurricane off the coast of north america. we will not be getting a hurricane, but what we will getting is the storm system getting mixed up with our own weather crossing the atlantic. quite a blustery weekend on the way. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: the government outlines plans for trade after britain leaves the european union, but the eu's chief negotiator says there are other issues to settle first. president trump blames again both sides for the clashes in virginia over the weekend, accusing some protesters on the political left of attacking white nationalists. i

patrick gearey was watching in leeds. for this being the best test match we have seen in england all summer. it was absorbing, with momentum in both directions. it did so several times today alone. joe root started at the crease. he added overnight to make 72 before being caught. the next player was dropped. a costly mistake for the west indies. he grafted for 50. important in the match. ben stokes play beautifully. lovely attacking cricket. unfortunately he was caught on the boundary. still not sufficient. they lost a cluster of wickets. ba i rstow not sufficient. they lost a cluster of wickets. bairstow went to a reverse swee p of wickets. bairstow went to a reverse sweep when it wasn't needed. they needed moeen ali, who soothed the nerves of everyone. he made 84 beautiful runs. he batted at number eight. no one is better at that position in the world. chris woakes was at nine. they hoped to get some west indian batsmen out. england did not take any wickets but then the chances of victory on the fifth day. we may see ji