but there is significant investment needed to open it between milton keynes and cambridge.wth that will ta ke concerned that the growth that will take place in the arc will be left by the roads and people will be driving into 0xfordshire and cambridge. the communities secretary said that this is an opportunity to further strengthen rural economies and enhance the environment and benefit local communities? we need to see a stronger commitment from the government. to improve the countryside in the arc and see stronger commitments for affordable housing. in recent years, local authorities in the our carrier, we have seen one fifth of the affordable housing needed built year—on—year. and what local people will be rightly upset about is if all we see is, for the new housing, large three orfour all we see is, for the new housing, large three or four bedroom executive homes being tattooed across the countryside. we need to doa across the countryside. we need to do a lot better. finally, for those who say, look, we know the demand for housing is enormous and housing has to be where

they'll be built around a new expressway linking 0xford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge — inyling. our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. in oxford and cambridge, pedestrians and cyclists reign supreme. the absence of cars helps both places attract some of the top brains in the world, but the government's infrastructure advisers say that to stay competitive, these cities need many more new homes and better connections with each other. the government is now planning a great arc of high—tech development encompassing milton keynes and northampton, as well as the two great university cities. a major road will be built from east to west. environmentalists say that will just generate more traffic, but the government is in favour. it is government policy to have this scheme. we see the development of that corridor for economic and housing reasons as essential. we think that you can't have proper development in that area without improved transport and that's why the expressway and the new railway line are an essential part of what we are trying to do. the new plan would mea

it came in this ice hockey match between blefast gaints and milton keynes lighting over the weekend at at goal lodged in the pants of belfast giants forward, pat dwyer and once he realised it was there, he manouevered himself backwards into the net to see if it would count. there he goes. sticks out his bottom. crafty, but the referee didn't give it, he fished the puck out to try and prove his poiunt but they weren't buying it. giants won 7—0 anyway. but that would have been his hat trick. nice try. i will point you towards the website with all the preparation for those international matches. eden hazard hard again thinking himself with real madrid in a move their with real madrid in a move their with a couple moves left on the chelsea side. you can catch the final shortlist for ballon d'or, harry kane and eden hazard on there. from me and the rest of the sports team, good night. welcome back, you are watching bbc news and a quick reminder that we will be broadcasting a special programme at 8:30pm tonight, on the dramatic report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, urging

until we you in northern ireland, milton keynes, france.e they need to be we are stuck. would you say that is the main area of concern, as in people, or is it it? the main area of concern is not knowing what target we are having to meet. there are bits that are challenging we have not had to do, such as rail freight which enters the uk and disperses without interference, it is done by preclea ra nce interference, it is done by preclearance and if we had to stop the freight, we would need warehouses, of freight depot, trained officers, a massive undertaking we cannot achieve. if the problem is that we only need to see more people or the people we see subject to more checks, that is almost the easy part because all that would happen is queues would get longer. that is not great but thatis get longer. that is not great but that is simpler than figuring out what you do with the train of goods that in the past we have not needed to see. when people think about this, perhaps it is queueing at ports and airports they think will be the primary prob

they'll be built around a new expressway linking 0xford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge inng of the transport secretary, chris grayling. our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. in oxford and cambridge, pedestrians and cyclists reign supreme. the absence of cars helps both places attract some of the top brains in the world, but the government's infrastructure advisers say that to stay competitive, these cities need many more new homes and better connections with each other. the government is now planning a great arc of high—tech development encompassing milton keynes and northampton as well as the two great university cities. a major road will be built from east to west. environmentalists say that will just generate more traffic but the government is in favour. it is government policy to have this scheme. we see the development of that corridor for economic and housing reasons as essential. we think that you can't have proper development in that area without improved transport and that's why the expressway and the new railway line are an essential part of what we ar

they'll be built around a new expressway linking oxford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge inbacking of the transport secretary, chris grayling. a decision on the project is expected in next week's budget. the duke and duchess of sussex will attend the closing ceremony of the fourth invictus games in sydney later. the sporting event, which was set up to inspire recovering soldiers and help them deal with the traumas of combat, has seen more than 500 competitors from 18 nations take part. let's speak to our correspondent, phil mercer who is in sydney for us. this is the end of what has been a remarkable set of games, not least because of the characters involved, and we have seen some of these individuals, their sporting success is amazing? it is, it has been truly inspiring and great spirit has been shown by these 500 athletes from 18 nations. it's not really about the medals but the spirit and competitiveness of these service men and women, many of whom have suffered horrible physical and psychological injuries. the duke and duchess of sussex attended the finals of the wheelch

they'll be built around a new expressway linking 0xford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge inhas the backing of the transport secretary, chris grayling. a decision on the project is expected in next week's budget. the duke and duchess of sussex will attend the closing ceremony of the fourth invictus games in sydney later. the sporting event which was set up to inspire recovering soldiers and help them deal with the traumas of combat has seen more than 500 competitors from 18 nations take part. let's speak to our correspondent, phil mercer who is in sydney for us. about an hour and a half, isn't that when the opening ceremony begins? i think it has been a success, these games. yes, it has been a cracking week of competition, and many of those 500 competitors are filing into the venue here at sydney ‘s 0lympic into the venue here at sydney ‘s olympic park. it was the venue for the sydney 0lympics olympic park. it was the venue for the sydney olympics in 2000, a fitting place for a week of stirring and spirited competition. you may be able to see some competitors behind me, filte

was repatriated, and laterfound to be missing several organs. 62—year—old david humphries from milton keynesde resort in september. a postmortem examination in the uk found his heart and kidneys had been removed. the family has instructed a legal team to investigate what happened. i was with my son and ijust collapsed to the ground. because it was bad enough losing him, and everything that they had gone, they had misdiagnosed him and carried out a postmortem without my consent, said he had been embalmed and he hadn't and to find out his heart and kidney is had been gone, for those people over there that is the vital organ they need so they can get further on, so why take my husband i hundreds of central american migrants travelling to the united states have clashed with police on the border between mexico and guatemala. the mexican authorities have told migrants only those with valid documents will be allowed in. president trump has thanked mexico for stopping them far from the us border and said the military would be called upon if needed. the migrants, mostly from honduras, say they are fl

joining workers from mcdonald‘s outlets in london, cambridge and watford, and tgi fridays staff in milton keynesmcdonald‘s have defended their record on pay, while tgi fridays had no immediate comment. earlier we heard from james camps, from industrial workers of the world. it's it‘s apparent that the companies that are employing these workers push this, its flexibility, you can do it in your spare time. but the reality of the koreas in the street is most of the riders are actually full—time and they have to do full—time and they have to do full—time or more than full—time to even make ends meet —— couriers in the street. what they really want is a guaranteed delivery rate so they can make enough to have a decent standard of living. this is a movement of gig economy workers of food delivery couriers standing up to themselves collectively, which is the first time in the uk they‘ve done so. another day, another warning from a high street retailer on the current uk trading environment. ted baker‘s pre—tax profits have slipped 3.2%, with the fashion retailer warning that trading continues to be "cha

was repatriated, and laterfound to be missing several organs. 62—year—old david humphries from milton keynesamination in the uk found his heart and kidneys had been removed. the family has instructed a legal team to investigate what happened. i was with my son. ijust collapsed to the ground because it was bad enough losing him. they had misdiagnosed him and done a postmortem without my consent, saying he had been embalmed and he hadn't. to find out his heart and kidneys had gone, knowing that over there it is a vital organ they leave in so they can go further on. so why ta ke in so they can go further on. so why take my husband's? hundreds of central american migrants travelling to the united states have clashed with police on the border between mexico and guatemala. the mexican authorities have told migrants only those with valid documents will be allowed in. president trump has thanked mexico for stopping them far from the us border and said the military would be called upon if needed. the migrants, mostly from honduras, say they are fleeing violence and poverty. the majority of us are har

was repatriated, and laterfound to be missing several organs. 62—year—old david humphries from milton keynes found his heart and kidneys had been removed. the family has instructed a legal team to investigate what happened. hundreds of central american migrants travelling to the united states have clashed with police on the border between mexico and guatemala. the mexican authorities have told migrants only those with valid documents will be allowed in. president trump has thanked mexico for stopping them far from the us border and said the military would be called upon if needed. the migrants, mostly from honduras, say they are fleeing violence and poverty. the majority of us are hard workers and we want something better. we aren't here because we are criminals. we want to have our families and children. polls have opened in afg hanistan's long delayed parliamentary elections, with over 2,500 candidates and nearly 9 million registered voters taking part. however, the build up has been marred by violence and the taliban has ordered afghans to boycott the vote. nearly a third of all polling s

milton keynes is about 20 miles away, a huge shopping complex down there.ut 12 miles away recently. that has hit shots here. shoppers will say there is still good reasons to come here, a brand—new university campus that has just opened, a brand—new university campus that hasjust opened, independent a brand—new university campus that has just opened, independent traders and a theatre district, but people will be watching to see if this debenhams store will close. and if it does, we may go elsewhere. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. debenhams has posted record annual losses and said it will close up to 50 stores, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. president trump has called on the media "to stop the endless hostility," after suspected explosives were posted to high—profile us figures. meanwhile, police in new york are investigating another suspicious package — sent to a restaurant owned by the actor robert de niro. hello. now in the business news... as we've been hearing, debenham's reports the biggest losses in its

milton keynes, crawley, hemel hempstead town all of these places tried to do that.of trying to create community to architecture goes out of fashion because actually communities also squabble over buildings. the neighbourhood unit can create an neighbourliness as well as neighbourliness. that is a fascinating point, isn't it? iam wondering on that point you made there, what would be a good example, let's put the shortlist to one side. people watching are familiar with buildings in the uk. what is a good example of a building going up since the second world war which has done rather special in its own community? what would you offer as an example? the best example would be something like coventry cathedral where you see a community getting together after the original cathedral is bombed and destroyed. coventry cathedral provided a symbol of the new coventry emerging like a phoenix, as they set at the time, emerging from the ashes. it was something that the community gave money for and were involved in. it is properly the only post—war building of people queued to get

minutes and cancellations on london northwestern and virgin west coast trains between euston and milton keynes oakes crescent, following a building fire at the riverside industrial estate. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to nearly 25 degrees celsius in northolt in north—west london. today, well, the temperatures won't be quite as high, but still pleasantly warm for this time of year. some good spells of sunshine, bit more cloud around than yesterday. quite breezy, and there'll be some showery outbreaks of rain a bit later on through the afternoon into the evening. now, it's a very mild start to the morning. we had some showers earlier towards central and eastern areas. they've now cleared away. there'll be some good spells of sunshine around through the morning, then it will cloud over towards the end of the afternoon, and eventually we'll get these showers creeping in from the west. but until then, quite breezy. top temperatures of 21 or 22 degrees celsius, so still nice and warm for this time of year. now, tomorrow is going to be quite windy day

today marks the end of a three—year trial of driverless cars in milton keynes.on a holiday on our own. but its not simply as a result of having no—one to go with. increasingly, we are actively choosing to leave loved ones behind, in order to do what we want, and get a bit of hard—won ‘me time'. self—preservation comes top on the list of priorities, as more people believe that stress is affecting the quality of their lives. we'll be talking more about the steps businesses are taking to try to improve workplace culture in about half an hour. that is it from me. back in half an hour. thank you very much. jersey now has some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world after the installation of a "full fibre" connection to 40,000 homes and businesses. many properties on the island are now directly connected to the network — meaning they have guaranteed high speeds. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is injersey for us this morning. we promised some lovely views. you are finally getting them now, now that the sun has broken. tell us about what is happenin

, alongside workers from mcdonald's in london, cambridge and watford, and tgi fridays staff in milton keynese gig economy how significant is this, it is this type of worker who is taking this action? this is hugely significant, it is not the first time we have had food delivery strikes, first we had was august, 2016, with delivery, but what is significant is now we have had them all across europe, china, hong kong. —— deliveroo. now what we haveis hong kong. —— deliveroo. now what we have is these new workers, starting to connect up the supply chain, chain restaurants delivering food, that means it is in an incredibly exciting development and has the possibility to win new things for these workers. mcdonald's have responded to this by saying, all restau ra nts responded to this by saying, all restaurants remain open as usual, despite frustrating attempts by protesters at a handful of locations to have an impact on customers and teams. it is a relatively short time they are doing this for, what impact will it have? with some restaurants, what is important to remember is most of these workers