the virgin hyperloop team has said they could take passengers from london to edinburgh in 50 minutes,ton to under half an hour. but making this work in the real world will mean running several of these pipes alongside each other over long distances, perhaps underground, and convincing governments that that is realistic is going to prove, well, pretty challenging. at the giant ces tech show in las vegas, hyperloop‘s chief executive was pushing the message that this technology was coming soon, and he had one startling idea for the uk. you could build a hyperloop between gatwick and heathrow and move between those two airports as if they were terminals, and move in four minutes. we wouldn't have to build that third runway. we could save billions of pounds. it's an intriguing idea. now all the virgin hyperloop team has to do is convince local residents they'd like to see a couple of these along the route between heathrow and gatwick. rory cellanjones, bbc news, nevada. there was more gloom for the high street today with figures showing that the growth in retail sales slowed last year. it

virgin are testing the hyperloop system in america, and think it join legal advice, he won't be going down that route. but he tried to offer reassurance to worboys‘s victims. let me be absolutely clear, worboys will not be released until their representations have been properly considered and his licence conditions are in place. last week, i asked for assurances that the views of victims were taken into account, and that robust licensing conditions would be put in place to manage his risk. but, as one politician withdraws from the court arena, another, sadiq khan, labour mayor of london, says he is now investigating whether can bring a legal challenge. worboys is currently being held at wakefield prison in west yorkshire. a lawyer for some of his victims is questioning why he is being freed from what is a top securityjail and, in a letter to the parole board, which approved his release, there is detail on why they are pressing ahead with the victims‘ legal challenge to try keep worboys behind bars. we presently don't know the reasons why he has been granted a release. but we do know i

virgin are testing the hyperloop system in america and think it could drastically cut travel times. working against the clock to expose a government cover—up. we will hear mark, would later in the film with you. there will no government challenge to the decision to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys. the former black—cab driver was jailed in 2009 for attacking 12 women, but he is suspected of assaulting many more. thejustice secretary david gauke admitted he shares the concerns of worboys‘ victims, but that it would not be appropriate to seekjudicial review of the parole board's ruling to free him. two of his victims are mounting their own challenge to try to keep worboys behind bars. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has more. he is one of the country's most notorious serial sex offenders. in his black cab, john worboys cruised for victims, not fares. he was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, one of them he raped. but it's feared he may have attacked more than 100 in total. the decision to release him after less than a decade in prison provok

the virgin hyperloop team says they could take passengers from london to edinburgh in 30 minutes, orcut the journey from new york to boston in under half an hour. but making this work will mean running several of these pipes alongside each other over long distances, perhaps underground, and convincing governments that that is realistic is going to prove, well, pretty challenging. at the giant ces tech show in las vegas, the hyperloop chief executive was pushing the message that this technology is ready. it just needs someone to push the button. >> i have 200 of the most brilliant engineers from industries around the world who have committed themselves to bringing something really new and important to the planet. we can go 500, 600, 700 miles an hour. that is not what worries me. the biggest challenge ahead of us is to find governments and regulators that want to rapidly introduce this technology. reporter: even if some governments share that vision, they will face another challenge, finding the money and the public support to build this kind of structure many miles across or under th

the virgin hyperloop team has said they could take passengers from london to edinburgh in 50 minutes, hour. but making this work in the real world will mean running several of these pipes alongside each other over long distances, perhaps underground. and convincing governments that that is realistic is going to prove — well, pretty challenging. at the giant tech show in las vegas, the chief executive was pushing the message that this technology is ready, and just needs someone to push the button. i've got 200 of the most brilliant engineers from industries from around the world, who have committed themselves to bringing something really new and we can go 500,600 and 700 mph. that's not what worries me. the biggest challenge ahead is to find governments and regulators that want to rapidly introduce this technology. even if some governments do share that vision, they will face another challenge — finding the money and the public support to build this kind of structure, many miles across, or under, their country. and that is the way it is looking less power. —— this hour. don't forget yo

the virgin hyperloop team has said they could take passengers from london to edinburgh in 50 minutes,er half an hour. but making this work in the real world will mean running several of these pipes alongside each other over long distances, perhaps underground. and convincing governments that that is realistic is going to prove — well, pretty challenging. even if some governments do share that vision, they will face another challenge — finding the money and the public support to build this kind of structure, many miles across, or under, their country. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @duncangolestani. hi there. snow again caused problems on friday in scotland. scenes like this were fairly commonplace. the snowiest place at the moment — tulloch bridge, in the highlands, where we've nearly got a0 centimetres of snow on the ground. now, the forecast this weekend, a couple of areas of low pressure, one today and another bringing heavy rain and a change to mild conditions on the way for the second half of the weekend. this is how we start off yo

virgin are testing the hyperloop system in america and think it could drastically cut travel times.

idea has proposed a tunnel under los angeles that could carry cars or be transformed into a hyperloop. the virgins said they could take passengers from london to edinburgh in 50 minutes. but making this work in the real world will mean running several of these pipes alongside each other under long distances, perhaps under ground. that is going to prove pretty challenging. at the giants c.e.s. tech show in las vegas. hyperloop's chief executive was pushing the message that this technology is ready and just needs someone to push the button. >> i have 200 of the most brilliant engineers from industries from around the world who've committed themselves to bringing something new and important to the planet. we can go 500, 600 and 700 miles per hour. that's not what worries me. the biggest challenge is to find governments and regulators that want to rapidly introduce this technology. >> even if some governments do share that vision, they'll face the challenge of finding the money and the public support to build in kind of structure many miles across or under their countries. "bbc news," nevada. >> and