sadly, one in 20 deaths in west yorkshire associate with poor air quality. an initiative that i can take as the mayor and hopefully we'll be rolling that out across schools in west yorkshire, working with living . yorkshire, working with living. it really does help in the long term for all, all the family, not just the kids, the parents to try and find some time in the week towards school. those behind the project are hoping healthy travel habits instilled in the children will last them a lifetime. as part of journey in terms of trying to prepare our children to become young , children to become young, responsible and healthy citizens society. this has just been amazing opportunity for us to start with . the youngest start with. the youngest children in school and really engage them in fun ways to, become more active. charity streets is part of the scheme and has a mission to inspire more people in britain to walk . more people in britain to walk. walking is ultimately is easiest form of exercise. you don't need any specialist equipment and anyone can do it

the mayor of west yorkshire says she has lost faith in the operator.has been going on for months. over the last year, they have cancelled 18,000 services. i mean, just get your head around that. 0nly last week, 600. so it's not apology we need, we need new operators to take that route on and to deliver the service that the people of the north deserve. the government says it constantly reviews the performance of all train companies, and all options remain on the table when it comes to contracts. katy austin, bbc news. meanwhile, doubts have been raised over whether the hs2 rail link will terminate in central london as originally planned. the government hasn't denied a report this morning that the high—speed line may end in west london due to spiralling costs. we're joined now by our political correspondent ione wells. ione, morning to you. so, rail rows, across england. lone, morning to you. so, rail rows, across england-— across england. that's right, and there are concerns _ across england. that's right, and there are concerns raised - across england.

be led and to be led with decency. 0n the same day, labour won back the seat of wakefield in west yorkshiret in 2019, imran ahmad khan, had resigned after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15—year—old boy. boris johnson had somehow survived months of ever—increasing pressure and unhappiness in his own party about his way of going about things. but when the tipping point came, things moved very quickly. it started when chris pincher resigned as the government's deputy chief whip after reports that he had groped two men in london's carlton club. number ten initially said borisjohnson hadn't known of any allegations when he appointed mr pincher to the government. that line was then finessed when given to ministers. how can you be sure he didn't know about the allegations? well, i have been informed this morning that he did not know about specific allegations. i am joined now from westminster by our political correspondent ione wells. ione, tell us more about the fresh revelations tonight about what boris johnson knew? well, reeta, i can reveal this evening that borisjohnson was made awa

, schools in west yorkshire, working with living streets., not just the kids, the to parents try and find some time in the week towards school. those behind the project are hoping healthy travel habits instilled in the children will last them a lifetime . as part of last them a lifetime. as part of our journey terms of trying to prepare our children to become young, responsible and healthy citizens of society , this is citizens of society, this is just been an amazing opportunity us to start with the youngest children in school and really engage them in fun ways to become more active. charity streets is part of the scheme and has a mission to inspire more people in britain to walk. walking is ultimately is the easiest form of exercise. you don't need any specialist equipment and anyone do it. so walking is really the. if you want to increase the amount of activity you do with your new year's resolution walking is by far the easiest way to do it. and the kids here certainly seem up for the challenge. we have to walk because that is like a pla

west yorkshire from the police.yorkshire police have been absolutely amazing, supportive amazing, extremely supportive of me. from kim me. coming up, more from kim leadbeater the break leadbeater after the break because the last thing i want is for my parents or partner or family or friends to get that phone call. i've been to the marginal constituency of ashfield in nottinghamshire to get the views of voters there. it's come up a little bit since we last spoke , but i still don't we last spoke, but i still don't think he is a strong leader for the labour party . labour's the labour party. labour's thangam debbonaire . we cannot thangam debbonaire. we cannot let those people who want to frighten us stop us from doing ourjobs frighten us stop us from doing our jobs because democracy really matters . i wrote that you carry three panic alarms with you. this was about a year ago. i think that still doesn't seem that safe to me to witness in a column. but yeah, i mean, we've got three different alarms that we can use for

west yorkshire from the police.yorkshire police have been absolutely amazing, supportive amazing, extremely supportive of me. from kim me. coming up, more from kim leadbeater the break leadbeater after the break because the last thing i want is for my parents or partner or family or friends to get that phone call. i've been to the marginal constituency of ashfield in nottinghamshire to get the views of voters there. it's come up a little bit since we last spoke , but i still don't we last spoke, but i still don't think he is a strong leader for the labour party . labour's the labour party. labour's thangam debbonaire . we cannot thangam debbonaire. we cannot let those people who want to frighten us stop us from doing ourjobs frighten us stop us from doing our jobs because democracy really matters . really matters. i wrote that you carry three panic alarms with you. this was about a year ago. i think that still doesn't seem that safe to me to witness in a column. but yeah, i mean, we've got three different alarms tha

he has, in fact, given a talk to west yorkshire police in 2019, despite once rebuffing yorkshire policethey were hoping to conduct investigations even more shockingly so. i went with him. there was so much to get through. he even has an mba get an mba. in 2008 for work at the home office for some, he's managed to cling that. and managed to cling on to that. and of this all comes off of course, this all comes off the back, the wrath of valley candidate for labour being deselected partly because of your investigation , showing that your investigation, showing that he was one of the councillors who was indirectly in ignoring this report into the failings in rotherham. this sort of suggests that that labour very serious about the grooming issue , about the grooming issue, doesn't it. well when dominic back to the rother valley candidate stood down two weeks ago they were party told us they take all the recommendations and the] and the case reports the big reviews into rotherham very seriously . last night they gave seriously. last night they gave us just one line on this incident with mr. h

disruption on days when there's no strike action. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports from west yorkshires the first thing i do. already you're thinking, what's going on with the trains? i have to get the 7:46. hanging over rowan's morning routine is the constant worry of whether his train to work will run. how often has the train actually been cancelled recently? it's actually more a question of when its run on time. i can count on one hand within the last three to four months how often its run on time, i've gone for a train and it's been there at the time i expected it to be. it's taking a massive toll on me in terms of stress. today, unlike yesterday, the service rowan needed did arrive, albeit late. from here, the trainjourney to manchester or to leeds only takes around half an hour, but this is one place where passengers have told us the train service has become less and less reliable. cancellations across britain have reached a fresh high. in the last four weeks on record, train operator avanti west coast was the worst performer, followed by southeastern, transpennine express, which

west yorkshire and recently, of course, sir david amess was stabbed to death as he constituency constituents at a surgery in south end. now speaking to own gloria de piero in an interview that airs exclusively on gb news this sunday, virginia crosbie mp reveals she wears a stab vest now to protect herself. here's what , she said. i have what, she said. i have surgeries. i do face to face surgeries. i do face to face surgeries where i wear a stab jacket. obviously, following the murder of david amess and also have i have security protection as well. and i think it's important that i have direct contact with my constituents . contact with my constituents. and unfortunately, this is this is one of the things that i have to do to in to ensure that i, i can actually do the job that i was elected to do. well, i'm delighted to say that we're joined now live virginia from joined now live by virginia from college green just outside parliament and thank you so much for making the time us this for making the time for us this morning . i suppose the first morning. i suppose the first question is how lon

major concern for most of us. 0ur cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports from west yorkshireers dance class. like so many people, parents here are working hard to make sure their children still have something to cheer about while keeping a lid on spending. it’s keeping a lid on spending. it's the keeping a lid on spending. it�*s the shopping. the bills, something i used to get her £3 for chicken breast is now £4 and that's a big thing for me. nearly half the people our survey they changed where they shopped to try to save money. when it comes to the girls and things like, they've gone in previous years, we've not had a say no to them. but now we are having to say no because for the kids they all think everything is free. christmas is always _ everything is free. christmas is always a — everything is free. christmas is always a big _ everything is free. christmas is always a big spending - everything is free. christmas | is always a big spending point but with budget already stretched with the basics, 31% of people told us they'd spent less than planned this christmas. but it'

, not posh gritty west yorkshire, not posh nonh gritty west yorkshire, not posh north yorkshire, veryn trying to regenerate sort of much poorer parts of yorkshire ? bradford parts of yorkshire? bradford because i think most people would think that that's a bit of a stretch. tom can i just tell you this is a bit of a rerun before he has this conversation with rishi, so you better give assurances . i wondered if there assurances. i wondered if there was a vested interest . there's was a vested interest. there's always a vested . yeah. once always a vested. yeah. once again . i think this always a vested. yeah. once again. i think this is a always a vested. yeah. once again . i think this is a really again. i think this is a really , really, really fantastic use money that is about creating a better area for what is about to become one of only three division or headquarters for the british army in the uk . and i british army in the uk. and i obviously there are bids that have been back, but you know, if you if you look at the amount of funding that's been spread out over really do think

our transport correspondent katy austin has more from west yorkshire.he cattle, and it's the first thing i do. already you're thinking, what's going on with the trains? i haven't delete might have to get the 7.46. hanging over his morning routine is the constant worry of whether his train to work will run. how often has the training being cancelled recently? its has the training being cancelled recentl ? , ., ., , ., ., recently? its more a question on when it has _ recently? its more a question on when it has run _ recently? its more a question on when it has run on _ recently? its more a question on when it has run on time. - recently? its more a question on when it has run on time. i - recently? its more a question on when it has run on time. i can i recently? its more a question on i when it has run on time. i can count on one hand in the last three or four months so often it has run on time. i have gone for a train and it's been there at the time i expected it to be. it's taken a massive toll on time. i have gone for a train massive toll on time. i

joining us now is the mayor of west yorkshire, tracy brabin. good morning.oss the industry, the pandemic meant that new train drivers couldn't be trained up to the levels to be able to work and get the train is moving. what makes you think that another train operator would do it better if they would still be facing those problems? irate they would still be facing those problems?— they would still be facing those iroblems? :, :, :, problems? we have other operators across the north, _ problems? we have other operators across the north, whether— problems? we have other operators across the north, whether norton, i across the north, whether norton, while they are not perfect, they are running a service you can rely on —— north run. they have been nationalised. i think it is time, they were told in 2016 they didn't have enough drivers, we are at a point where it day in, day out, people are missing work, opportunities, and it is holding us back. i have ambitions like everybody in west yorkshire about how we come out of the pandemic and how we come out of the pand

he was police in west yorkshire.as allegedly seen with a suspected firearm and a suspicious package at st james's hospital maternity wing. emergency services, including a bomb disposal unit, were called to st james's yesterday morning . the yesterday morning. the government is setting up a £5 million fund to help encourage young people to take up sport. instead of turning to crime. more than 200 sports, charities and organisations in england and wales will benefit after bidding for the money last year. the ministry of justice says bidders were marked on their track record of helping kids at risk of anti—social behaviour to stay out of trouble . and the met out of trouble. and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog tomorrow. but says the worst of the cold spell is now coming to an end . the warning will be in an end. the warning will be in place until 11 am. on monday and cover the south and east of england and may cause disruption to flights , with drivers being to flights, with drivers being warn

he was police in west yorkshire.as allegedly seen with a suspected firearm and a suspicious package at st james's hospital maternity wing. emergency services, including a bomb disposal unit, were called to st james's yesterday morning . the yesterday morning. the government is setting up a £5 million fund to help encourage young people to take up sport. instead of turning to crime. more than 200 sports, charities and organisations in england and wales will benefit after bidding for the money last year. the ministry of justice says bidders were marked on their track record of helping kids at risk of anti—social behaviour to stay out of trouble . and the met out of trouble. and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog tomorrow. but says the worst of the cold spell is now coming to an end . the warning will be in an end. the warning will be in place until 11 am. on monday and cover the south and east of england and may cause disruption to flights , with drivers being to flights, with drivers being warn

is being introduced by the home office following a successful pilot in seven forces, including west yorkshire plan is that officers will clear gang members from crime hotspots, hold control of the area to stop other criminals taking over and then with other agencies, help build the area to keep crime . build the area to keep crime. down a senior conservative mp has suggested the prime minister did not know nadhim zahawi had any outstanding tax issues when he appointed him as chair of the party. just a warning of flashing images coming up. you're going to resign. this is how you feel under pressure to resign, sir. rishi sunak has ordered an ethics inquiry into mr. zahawi tax affairs after he admitted paying a settlement to hmrc following an error over shares in a polling company. he co—founded the former chancellor has welcomed the investigation, saying he's confident he acted properly throughout . a man has properly throughout. a man has been charged with murder after a body was found dumped in a street in wigan last year. liam smith was shot and his body covered in acid before being left on

11th and 6th of january. 0ur correspondent colletta smith has been speaking to some parents in west yorkshirehere are working hard to make sure their children still have something to cheer about, while keeping a lid on spending. for me, it's the shopping. the bills, you try, something that you used to get for £3.50 for some chicken breasts, now they're £11.50 and if you're doing that, that's a big thing for me. nearly half the people in our survey said they changed where they shopped to try and save money. when it comes to the girls and things, like, they've gone previous years and we have not had to say no to them. but now we are having to say no because, obviously, for the kids, they all think everything is free. christmas is always a big spending point, but with budgets already stretched with the basics, 31% of people told us they'd spent less than planned this christmas. but it is not easy for those with children. i personally sometimes feel the pressure of social media and you see all your friends doing stuff with all their children, doing this, doing that, and sometimes it's a bit overw

the prime minister is currently visiting a health community hub in west yorkshire.g pressures the speaking about the pressures the nhs i was asked why nhs is facing. i was asked why more ahead of this more wasn't done ahead of this winter we get well winter crisis. here we get well actually ago the actually months ago the government announced half a billion pounds in extra funding to speed up the discharge of people from hospitals into their communities or back home. where that makes sense. today's announcement is even more funding to help support those initiatives. i'm fortunate to be visiting one of those places today which is doing a particularly good job in treating people closer to their homes . i know that that's the homes. i know that that's the right to do, because what right thing to do, because what it means is frees up pressure it means is it frees up pressure in hospitals that will ease in all hospitals that will ease some of the burdens that we're seeing emergency departments seeing in emergency departments and waiting times. and and ambulance waiting t

the 27 year old man is being held and interviewed by police west yorkshire. st james's hospitals wing yesterday morning . the government is setting up a £5 million fund to help encourage young people to take up sport instead of turning to crime. more than 200 sports, charities and organisations in england and wales will benefit after bidding for the money last . the ministry of justice bidders were marked on their track of helping kids at risk of anti—social behaviour to stay out of trouble . tv online and out of trouble. tv online and rugby plus radio this is gb news. now it's back to mark dolan tonight . dolan tonight. my thanks to tatiana who returns in an hour's welcome to mark dolan tonight big stories big guests always big opinions in the news agenda with my panel as workers invade davos to service the elite . have we normalised the elite. have we normalised and crossed the tution? should we toughen up rules around this behaviour ? plus, what's the best behaviour? plus, what's the best way to ask your boss for a pay rise ? we've also got tomorrow's rise

the 27 year old man is being held and interviewed by police west yorkshire.at st james's hospitals wing yesterday morning . the government is setting up a £5 million fund to help encourage young people to take up sport instead of turning to crime. more than 200 sports, charities and organisations in england and wales will benefit after bidding for the money last . the ministry of justice bidders were marked on their track of helping kids at risk of anti—social behaviour to stay out of trouble . tv online and out of trouble. tv online and rugby plus radio this is gb news. now it's back to mark dolan tonight . dolan tonight. my thanks to tatiana who returns in an hour's welcome to mark dolan tonight big stories big guests always big opinions in the news agenda with my panel as workers invade davos to service the elite . have we normalised the elite. have we normalised and crossed the tution? should we toughen up rules around this behaviour ? plus, what's the best behaviour? plus, what's the best way to ask your boss for a pay rise ? we've also got tomorrow's ri

it is to be transformative and i think under the levelling up fund and west yorkshire combined , theive yorkshire combined, the five authorities got the for money bus improvements and that itself will make a big difference. yeah, i mean i think the government's saying 3.19 billion levelling up funds. however, obviously we've got this ipr report today as well where. we're looking at the oecd table with fifth out of 38, the north in particular. you're doing so badly that productivity in particular. you're doing so badly that productivit y £7 lower badly that productivity £7 lower than the of england and the fact that really to actually get our productivity up . some 397 productivity up. some 397 billion should be invested. the ipr believes yes look it's not just the investment i think ark and investment is absolutely vital and it's got to go ahead but we've got to invest not just in the infrastructure, but in the people and. part of the reason the productivity so low is that for the past decade we have not invested in the people, we've not invested in skills , we've not invested in ski

the bbc�*s cost of living correspondent colletta smith has been to west yorkshire to talk to parents.re working hard to make sure their children still have something to cheer about while keeping a lid on spending. for me, it's the shopping, the bills. you try... something that you used to get for £3.50, for some chicken breasts, are now £4.50. and if you're doing that, that's a big thing for me. nearly half the people in our survey said they changed where they shopped to try and save money. and when it comes to the girls and things like, they've gone previous years and we've not had to say no to them. but now we are having to say no because obviously for the kids, they all think, well, everything's free. christmas is always a big spending point. but with budgets already stretched with the basics, 31% of people told us they spent less than planned this christmas. but it's not easy for those with children. i personally sometimes feel the pressure of social media and you see all your friends doing stuff with all their children doing this, doing that, and sometimes it's a bit overwhelming

west yorkshire has actually been deemed the speed and capital of the a recent study the uk after a recentmber tickets last year. number of tickets last year. avon somerset thames valley avon and somerset thames valley and the west midlands also rank houday and the west midlands also rank holiday dishing out speeding offences. this comes as police report excessive speed was a contributing factor % of deaths . contributing factor% of deaths. well we're joined this morning by motoring journalist quentin wilson. good morning to you, quentin. when relate it to deaths and automatically we all straight away think fair enough but a lot of people suspect that these certainly the camera traps these certainly the camera traps the ones that aren't bright yellow invisible are just designed as a sort of local government cash cow . okay. well, government cash cow. okay. well, if you look at these figures, you think, okay , got a lot of you think, okay, got a lot of people who are speeding on the roads and that's no good. and let's just begin this by saying, you know, expects speed you know, expects exce

so people can reliably commute from where i live in west yorkshire here in manchester.england. it's past, the north england. it's very reach bradford very hard to reach bradford pubuc very hard to reach bradford public and that isn't public transport and that isn't good we're trying to good enough when we're trying to attract cities attract jobs to great cities like bradford . okay, well keep like bradford. okay, well keep up work . henry like bradford. okay, well keep up work. henry and it up the good work. henry and it was any consolation, i can't catch a train or sit in a car without being traffic jam without being in a traffic jam here london eighties. so i here in london eighties. so i think across the think it's bad all across the country. but i appreciate country. yeah, but i appreciate your point about crossrail. although two years don't although two years and we don't have maybe the problem on have that maybe the problem on the there is no there is no the m62 there is no there is no credible alternative. i'm not just isn't good enough and that's the message tha

bus fares london, greater manchester and merseyside and west yorkshire are already capped.is bring to your daily life and? local economy across the country ? you can get in touch country? you can get in touch please at give at gbnews.uk. so we are back with our panel. hilary we are back with our panel. hilar y £2. it's actually really hilary £2. it's actually really good. it could save families an awful lot money. people are going to be saying, you should this last longer than three months. yeah, i mean, absolutely . i mean, i'm always absolutely amazed. i go out london amazed. and i go out of london how much cost? i mean, how much buses cost? i mean, often it's probably cheaper to get it to get a neighbour than it is to get a neighbour than it is to get the bus. and, you know, busesin get the bus. and, you know, buses in london are capped . and buses in london are capped. and i think, you know, people take that for granted. it's more that for granted. but it's more like huge to families. i mean, like a huge to families. i mean, if you you get on a bus and if you if you get

bus fares london, greater manchester and merseyside and west yorkshire are already capped.is bring to your daily life and? local economy across the country ? you can get in touch country? you can get in touch please at give at gbnews.uk. so we are back with our panel. hilary we are back with our panel. hilar y £2. it's actually really hilary £2. it's actually really good. it could save families an awful lot money. people are going to be saying, you should this last longer than three months. yeah, i mean, absolutely . i mean, i'm always absolutely amazed. i go out london amazed. and i go out of london how much cost? i mean, how much buses cost? i mean, often it's probably cheaper to get it to get a neighbour than it is to get a neighbour than it is to get the bus. and, you know, busesin get the bus. and, you know, buses in london are capped . and buses in london are capped. and i think, you know, people take that for granted. it's more that for granted. but it's more like huge to families. i mean, like a huge to families. i mean, if you you get on a bus and if you if you get

liverpool , all places like tyneside and here in manchester, in liverpool, all in the west midlands as well, yorkshirees on and on and yorkshire. it goes on and on and they try to kind of work out, i think a way of how do they get together , how do they discuss together, how do they discuss the kind of these different component parts of england, what their priorities are, what they want and how they want to engage with the government. that's effectively, i think, what this convention is. it's called the convention is. it's called the convention north of we convention of the north of we said street, for example, said andy street, for example, is that the man of the west midlands is here today. so it's not confined to the north, not just confined to the north, but that the but michael gove that the secretary's here. nandy his secretary's here. lisa nandy his opposite , and opposite number is as well, and kind of levelling up at the kind of levelling up is at the heart of been discussed heart of what's been discussed in ways. tom in in many ways. tom here in manchester. effectively what the regional mayo

katie is. bringing up her niece at her home in west yorkshire.oken, ou know, eight months old. i was heartbroken, you know. me _ eight months old. i was heartbroken, you know. me and — eight months old. i was heartbroken, you know, me and my _ eight months old. i was heartbroken, you know, me and my sister - eight months old. i was heartbroken, you know, me and my sister had - eight months old. i was heartbroken, l you know, me and my sister had grown up you know, me and my sister had grown up in care, so i was six when i was ata up in care, so i was six when i was at a though up in care, so i was six when i was ata though! up in care, so i was six when i was at a though i have a lot of memories of growing up in different households, and i wasjust of growing up in different households, and i was just terrified for her, that she wouldn't know anybody, she would think she was not wanted. , ., �* . ., , wanted. they don't receive any financial allowances. _ wanted. they don't receive any financial allowances. katie - wanted. they don't receive any|

yorkshire. the north west. the nonh yorkshire. the north west.th east and the south—west will all be affected. although life and limb emergency cover, as it's called , will remain in as it's called, will remain in place. last month , the labour mp place. last month, the labour mp for perry bar khalid mahmood, said he would support a general strike and he joins me now. good morning, khalid . obviously you morning, khalid. obviously you said this a little while ago. how do you feel now? do you still think that we need a concerted effort to bring together a general strike or have you sovereignty view on that? no, i think simply the government has got to get its act together. it's got to get to deaung act together. it's got to get to dealing with the issues. the unions . you know, this board unions. you know, this board through a legislature should trying to set minimal levels of service during strikes. but the fact that the government itself is not provide minimal service levels for the ambulance service . people are waiting for hours and hours befo

and in west yorkshire, where it was also trialled , i think it led to a 37 trialled, i think it led to a 27% reduction in drug and drug arrests. so having seen it works so successfully in those areas like yorkshire and merseyside, we're now together with the national police chiefs council, rolling it out across the country so that same success can be repeated across the whole country, because these criminal gangs do blight lives, as you say , dealing drugs, committing say, dealing drugs, committing violence of violent offences against other gangs and sometimes against the public as well. when to clear these gangs out, get them put prison, which frankly is where they belong , to frankly is where they belong, to make sure the public are kept safe minister, i safe. yeah, well, minister, i just ask you, who are just want to ask you, who are these gangs? where they these gangs? where are they coming there coming from? are there home—grown are they coming from other the world? well, other parts of the world? well, i mean, it's a it's a variety. we see some organised criminal gangs coming int

daniel lives in west yorkshire.w, you were now fifth in the queue. well, year eight are waiting for the lessons. so i've got to go. luke lives in london and considered himself fit and healthy. but black men are at much greater risk of developing prostate cancer. it's not known why. luke's father died of the condition, so he often had blood tests. the results of one led to further scans, which confirmed his cancer. i had no symptoms. i know that as men, generally speaking, we tend to have aches and pains and dismiss them and say, "oh, i'm strong enough, i'm healthy enough, i'm not going to worry about it." but it made me realise just how fragile we are. as luke's found out, spotted early prostate cancer can be treatable and survivable. but an early diagnosis seems to depend partly on where you live. according to new research, one in eight prostate cancer cases in london are diagnosed too late after the disease has spread. but in yorkshire and east england, the situation is worse there. but in yorkshire and north east

heidi tomlinson has been to a care home in west yorkshire to find out why staff there can't take on more to help. he has been in the — you. adam is happy to help. he has been in the role _ you. adam is happy to help. he has been in the role for _ you. adam is happy to help. he has been in the role for seven _ you. adam is happy to help. he has been in the role for seven years. i you. adam is happy to help. he has| been in the role for seven years. we are like been in the role for seven years. - are like best friends aren't we joan. «1 ., , are like best friends aren't we joan. «1 . , ., , are like best friends aren't we joan. «1 ., , ., , ., joan. unlike many of his colleague, he is content _ joan. unlike many of his colleague, he is content with _ joan. unlike many of his colleague, he is content with the _ joan. unlike many of his colleague, he is content with the pay - joan. unlike many of his colleague, he is content with the pay rate - joan. unlike many of his colleague, he is content with the pay rate of i he is content with the pay rate of £10.0 an houri he is content with the pay

west tonight, wigan. nearly 3,000 people have signed a petition to save a north yorkshire bus service.ton and whitby because of falling passenger numbers and rising costs. the route over the north york moors won the most scenic bus ride in britain award in 2018. north yorkshire county council says it's looking at whether it could help support the service financially. spencer stokes has this report. running for 30 miles across the north more is, the 840 coastliner was voted the most scenic bus route in britain in 2018. a picture postcard landscape. this is not a sightseeing trip. and the services losing money. passenger numbers have not recovered since the pandemic and the bus operator is considering axing the route between malton and whitby. that would leave cathy, without the public transport she needs. i without the public transport she needs. ., ., without the public transport she needs. . ., , without the public transport she needs. . needs. i had a stroke, so i could not drive — needs. i had a stroke, so i could not drive any — needs. i had a stroke, so i could not drive any more

lincolnshire, perhaps in the parts of yorkshire, into the east midlands, down towards the south—east, only very slowly lifting, some patches lingering into the afternoon. further westing into the afternoon. furtherwest, more cloud across england and wales, more cloud across england and wales, more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, rain easing off through the day, sunshine around the moray firth. double figures in scotland, only three or four celsius across eastern parts of england, colder if the fog lingers. high—pressure killing off the frost, keeping us in much the same picture as we head into monday, passive eastern england and midlands will see some fog in the morning, maybe lifting, sunshine outside, still cold, western parts of england and wales to the north, still in that milder car the atlantic air, a bit of rain and result was the far north—west of scotland perhaps, temperatures again in double figures. any significant changes, this weather front running southwards, pushing away the area of high pressure, changing the weather eventually across south—eastern parts. more of the same on tuesday before we get into the mall that cloudier weather on wedne

clearing, we make it clear skies across north—west wales and england, so there could be a frost, may be as low as “4 in glasgow. across east midlands, yorkshirea and the south—east, temperatures should be above freezing, enough cloud, enough breeze, but even here tomorrow we will find the breeze easing, the crowd breaking up and any showers won't last long at all and it should be a dry day for most of us with some spells of sunshine. we see more cloud and drizzle arriving at the far north—west later in the day so 9 degrees here but elsewhere we are looking at highs around 6—8 c, near normalfor this time of the year. heading into the weekend that weather front is going to bring some rain down from the north—west but it's running close to the area of high pressure so we are squeezing out most of the rain on that weather front and it's more a band of cloud that thinking southwards across england and wales. there may be a little drizzle here and there perhaps. drier weather following an sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, a few showers into the north—west of scotland during saturday afternoon. again, temperatures fairly normal for this ti

west england and wales. so these areas are likely to get a frost, maybe some icy patches. through the east midlands, much of yorkshiretemperatures just above freezing. but even here i think the breeze will lessen during friday, the cloud will break up, any showers will die away quickly and it should be a dry day for most of us with some sunshine at times, with more cloud coming into the north—west, that will bring a little drizzle ahead of that main rain band. the breeze picking up as well, but temperatures reaching nine degrees. 0therwise, temperatures the similar to those of today around seven or eight celsius. hello this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. it is time to catch up with all the days sports news. here's betty glover. good evening. we're starting with england manager gareth southgate — he's told bbc sport he considered quitting because of criticism he faced before the world cup and concern it would affect the teams performance. he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan about how he reached the decision to stay in his job. i must ask first of all, how close did you come to walking away from thejob and how

west indies seem to have been forgotten. edwin samuels was among thousands who made the journey from the caribbean to england, serving at raf hunmanby, on the east yorkshirencil won't allow it. we want this plaque really to serve as a reminder to all people really of the contribution made to the war effort by people of colour. there are many young people today who simply don't know that their forebears came to this country long before windrush and helped in the war effort. alfred gardner was an raf mechanic who came over from jamaica and, after the war, he stayed here. when we went to filey, it was the first time 90% of people had seen black people. so many lads, so many of us passed through filey. it is very, very important that people remember and, you know, there were beautiful days and there were rough days. the design of the plaque in memory of those who served is ready, but it had no home until a local resident stepped in to help. i'm glad to say we've had a fantastic response from people all over the country, but in particular from people from filey, many of whom didn't know about this history and certainly didn't know about our campaign. one lady

so yorkshire and the humber receive over £120 million. that's £120,619,162 in the westtly more . at over 155 slightly more. at over 155 million. in wales 208 million will go towards a new rail . million. in wales 208 million will go towards a new rail. in cardiff, an engineering campus in ebbw vale and a new cycle route in scotland. in ebbw vale and a new cycle route in scotland . £177 million route in scotland. £177 million will see the rest of action of . will see the rest of action of. kilmarnock's palace theatre and regeneration schemes in peterhead stirling. and northern ireland . will receive £71 ireland. will receive £71 million. well, earlier today in morecambe, ritchie said that claim levelling up is more than just a just talk. it's about action. but what does mean? what does levelling up mean? because you hear it a lot now. for me it something very simple. it's about spreading opportunity and creating jobs in every single part of our country. but also about making sure that people they live in our amazing country can feel huge pride. enormous pride in the plac

workers are, of course, striking in their dispute over pay and staffing services in london, yorkshire, the north west cover still in place, let's get the picture in london now . the picture in london now. national reporter paul hawkins is at london ambulance service hq . paul, we can see the picket hq. paul, we can see the picket line once more there still to drive their message . home yeah, drive their message. home yeah, absolutely. they've been here since 11 and obviously pm the permutation is still the same the last two days of industrial action in england which are pay and conditions. in the last few minutes someone's brought out some music . actually, there's a some music. actually, there's a bit of a picket line playlist and at the moment taxis, midnight runners is blasting out. come on ali. but frankly, their message is, come on, jeremy hunt, the chancellor saying he needs to get round the table at, least that's the message from the union unison. the union involved this the other union involved this dispute saying dispute unite are saying rishi sunak needs out as well sunak needs to get out a

one in drax in blackout today, one in drax in nonh blackout today, one in drax in north yorkshire, the other westreen agenda of the conservatives . absolutely not. the green agenda of the consyou tives . absolutely not. the green agenda of the consyou know, absolutely not. the green agenda of the consyou know, we're utely not. the green agenda of the consyou know, we're tryingiot. the green agenda of the consyou know, we're trying to. and you know, we're trying to move from from those sort move away from from those sort of fossil fuel type energy suppues of fossil fuel type energy supplies and move to more renewable energy. but when you've got two massive coal plants firing up again, well, that doesn't send the right message at so i do think message at all. so i do think it's one areas where it's one of those areas where the government is stuck between a hard place. we need a rock and a hard place. we need to people's homes, to power people's homes, but also and climate also try and combat climate change. to talk about nadhim zahawi morning, i'm sure he zahawi this morning, i'm sure he wishes of

saying the south—east of england will be "handed more regeneration money than the north—east, yorkshire and the westas we've heard, he wants to pass on bumper profits from the crown estate. and one of the most read stories stories on the bbc news website reports that shops selling illegal vapes and the sale of vaping products to children are the top threats on the uk's high streets, according to trading standards. last year, the government promised to prioritise dementia care and create a "seismic shift" in how the condition is tackled. eight months on, campaigners say that commitment has "fallen by the wayside". today they'll deliver an open letter to the prime minister to demand that he honours the pledge. tim muffett has been to meet one couple learning to live with the disease. i was so happy that day. i think i was crying most of the time because i was so happy. i thought how lucky i was. anaga and joanna, married for a8 years. you had hair! a lot of hair. those were the days, it's a long time ago. it's four years since ananga was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dem

the south—east on the south—west both fared better in the second round than the first. the most dramatic change is yorkshire so should be doing as well in the second round. and if you look even further north that there were separate allocations for wales, scotland and northern ireland. so in total over the rounds of the funds there will be £4 billion for england and £800 million divided between wales, scotland and northern ireland.— northern ireland. north west of encland northern ireland. north west of england got _ northern ireland. north west of england got the _ northern ireland. north west of england got the biggest - northern ireland. north west of. england got the biggest altogether over two rounds of funding, that is fair to say?— over two rounds of funding, that is fair to say?- let's _ over two rounds of funding, that is fair to say?- let's talk - over two rounds of funding, that is fair to say?- let's talk about j fair to say? yeah? let's talk about the charge — fair to say? yeah? let's talk about the charge lisa _ fair to say? yeah? let's talk about the charge lisa nandy _ fair to say? yeah? let