:00:22. > :00:25.Good evening. The planned route of Britain's second high speed rail
:00:25. > :00:29.link between London and Birmingham is to be looked at again, because
:00:29. > :00:32.of concerns it could damage an area of outstanding natural beauty. The
:00:32. > :00:35.Government is set to announce a new study into whether to build an
:00:35. > :00:38.extra tunnel through countryside north of London costing around half
:00:38. > :00:41.a billion pounds. It means a final decision on whether the whole
:00:41. > :00:50.project should go ahead will be delayed. Our political
:00:50. > :00:55.correspondent Ben Geoghegan reports. This is what the journey between
:00:55. > :01:02.London and Birmingham could be like in the future. A train travelling
:01:02. > :01:08.at up to 250mph, the journey time cut to less than 50 minutes. The
:01:08. > :01:13.plans for HS two are controversial. The route passes through prime
:01:13. > :01:18.countryside and some are opposed because of the cost of �33 billion.
:01:18. > :01:25.But the backers say it will bring benefits. The fact the Government
:01:25. > :01:33.is tinkering with the line shows a commitment to the project. It will
:01:33. > :01:39.sup jobs in the north and midland and rebalance our economies and
:01:39. > :01:43.provide the UK with the capacity it needs. The route connects London to
:01:43. > :01:50.Birmingham. Today it emerged the Government is considering part of
:01:50. > :01:54.the route around one town. The line already runs in underground tunnels
:01:54. > :02:00.here. The change would mean a new tunnel and the railway would be
:02:00. > :02:05.underground in this section. The proposed route will cut through
:02:05. > :02:09.some spectacular scenery, including this part of chill terns. It will
:02:09. > :02:13.go through the constituency of several Conservative MPs. So by
:02:13. > :02:17.putting an extra bit of tunnel, the Government may hope that it can
:02:17. > :02:22.bury a political problem. The Government has been facing a
:02:22. > :02:26.rebellion from some of its me MPs over the plans. Today, one
:02:27. > :02:32.Conservative councillor said the suggested changes to the route were
:02:32. > :02:37.unlikely the make much difference. We need to know where this 500
:02:37. > :02:41.million has come from and who will suffer as a result. Our objection
:02:41. > :02:48.is because of the business case, because of the poor environmental
:02:48. > :02:52.gain and there are better alternatives. The Government is
:02:52. > :02:57.delaying its planned announcement until the beginning of next year.
:02:57. > :03:04.If it decides to go ahead with the proposals, the rail line is
:03:04. > :03:06.unlikely to be completed for another 15 years. The former
:03:06. > :03:09.European Commission president, Jacques Delors, one of the
:03:09. > :03:12.architects of the euro, has said the current crisis stems from a
:03:12. > :03:14.fault in the way the single currency was introduced. Ahead of a
:03:15. > :03:17.crucial Euro-summit next week, he told The Daily Telegraph that not
:03:17. > :03:20.enough attention was paid to the economic weaknesses of some member
:03:20. > :03:30.states. He also accused current leaders of doing too little too
:03:30. > :03:33.late. Here's our Europe Correspondent, Chris Morris. A
:03:33. > :03:38.powerful president of European Commission for a decade, famous for
:03:38. > :03:43.his fights with Margaret Thatcher, Jacques Delors was also one of the
:03:43. > :03:46.aerblgts -- architects of single kurn I si. Now he says his
:03:46. > :03:51.carefully laid plans weren't followed by the politicians of the
:03:52. > :03:57.day. There was a fault in execution after the euro was introduced he
:03:57. > :04:03.said. Countries were allowed to break the rules. Jacques Delors
:04:03. > :04:08.denies he got it wrong, and he believes the euro will survive.
:04:08. > :04:13.Others are predictably far less certain. What he is saying is that
:04:13. > :04:17.sceptics were right. We said you couldn't operate a single currency
:04:17. > :04:21.without a central bank with real powers and without it being a
:04:21. > :04:25.single European state. Jacques Delors says today's European
:04:25. > :04:31.leaders have done too little too late and talks of stubbornness of
:04:31. > :04:34.the German idea of monetary control and no clear vision from others.
:04:34. > :04:39.The last response we need from Jacques Delors or anyone else
:04:39. > :04:46.involved, is once again to try and redraw the architecture of Europe.
:04:46. > :04:49.What we should be dealing with is the hard decisions to enable our
:04:49. > :04:54.economys to recover together. Plenty to ponder for Angela pler
:04:54. > :05:00.Kell and Nicolas Sarkozy, due to meet/- Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy,
:05:00. > :05:05.due to meet again on Monday. Their plan that the promise of radical
:05:05. > :05:08.change will be enough to restore confidence and calm the storm
:05:08. > :05:13.surrounding sovereign debt in Europe. Jacques Delors was a blast
:05:13. > :05:17.from the past, but what matters now is the future. Over the coming week,
:05:17. > :05:26.can Europe's politicians do enough to persuade the financial markets
:05:26. > :05:30.to trust them again? If not, things cowl get ugly. - could get ugly.
:05:30. > :05:33.Lloyds Bank has begun legal moves to claw back part of a bonus of
:05:33. > :05:36.�1.4 million paid to its former Chief Executive, Eric Daniels. The
:05:36. > :05:38.decision by the part-nationalised bank is believed to be linked to
:05:38. > :05:43.the costs associated with the mis- selling of payment protection
:05:43. > :05:47.insurance to some customers. Nearly 3,000 so-called honour attacks were
:05:47. > :05:51.recorded by police last year. It's the first national estimate of the
:05:51. > :05:53.extent of this kind of violence in the UK - which includes abduction,
:05:53. > :06:03.acid attacks and murder, against women who are deemed to have
:06:03. > :06:03.
:06:03. > :06:11.brought shame on their family. Sarah Campbell reports. Enjoying a
:06:11. > :06:15.family wedding, but a year later, 14-year-old Tulie was killed by her
:06:15. > :06:20.father, who disapproved of her boyfriend. At 15 this woman was
:06:20. > :06:26.imprisoned by her family for refusing to marry a man they had
:06:26. > :06:31.chosen. She escaped and her sister later committed suicide after
:06:31. > :06:34.suffering an abusive marriage. the families it is better to commit
:06:34. > :06:40.suicide than to divorce your husband, in term of that being
:06:40. > :06:46.honourable. According to responses from the 39 of the UK's 52 police
:06:46. > :06:53.forces, more than 2,800 incidents of honour-based violence were
:06:53. > :06:57.committed last year. Almost 500 were in London. They have been
:06:57. > :07:03.imprisonment, they have been beaten up. They were at risk of honour
:07:03. > :07:06.killing or other form of violence. They need a great help and support.
:07:06. > :07:11.A national strategy covering police forces in England, Wales and
:07:11. > :07:16.Northern Ireland, though not Scotland, has improved training and
:07:16. > :07:24.awareness according to police chief. Campaigners say there is more the
:07:24. > :07:28.police and agencies can do to help The Church of England has issued
:07:28. > :07:30.its clergy with new guidance ahead of a change in the law next week
:07:30. > :07:33.which allows civil partnership ceremonies to be conducted in
:07:33. > :07:35.places of worship. It says that no Church of England building can be
:07:35. > :07:39.an 'approved premises' for civil partnerships without a formal
:07:39. > :07:45.decision by the General Synod. It's being seen as an effective bar on
:07:45. > :07:48.gay couples having ceremonies in Anglican churches. A man and a
:07:48. > :07:51.woman have been arrested after a young baby was admitted to a
:07:51. > :07:54.hospital in Kent in a critical condition. The one-month-old was
:07:54. > :07:56.taken to Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford on Thursday. He was later
:07:56. > :08:04.transferred to King's College Hospital in London where his
:08:05. > :08:07.condition today showed signs of improvement. Thousands of Leeds
:08:08. > :08:12.United fans have paid tribute to the former Wales manager Gary Speed,
:08:12. > :08:15.who was a key player in club's Championship winning team in 1992.
:08:15. > :08:18.Today's match against Millwall was the first home game at Elland Road
:08:18. > :08:28.since his death last weekend. His wife and sons were there. Nick
:08:28. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:36.Ravenscroft reports. There had been a flood of tributes, but for Leeds
:08:36. > :08:44.fans this was the first chance to gather and applaud Gary Speed. Step
:08:44. > :08:51.to forward Gary McAllister, David batty and Gordon Strachan. They
:08:51. > :08:56.played with him in 926789 look on, Speed's widow. No surprise she
:08:56. > :09:04.could choose to be here. The fixture was always going to be
:09:04. > :09:10.highly charged. Leeds is the club that Speed helped take to the top
:09:10. > :09:15.of English football. The crowd showing their appreciation. With
:09:15. > :09:20.nearly 300 appearances for Newcastle, he was a legend at St
:09:20. > :09:26.James' Park. Thousand of fans chap clapped and chanted his name.
:09:26. > :09:33.Assistant manager, John Carver was clearly moved. In Cardiff there
:09:33. > :09:39.were tributes from lovers of rugby. Speerd was a great Welshman as well
:09:39. > :09:45.as a great footballer. Recalling his shirt, No 11, the Leeds fans
:09:45. > :09:48.said it ul, rest in peace, Gary Speed. Football and in the Barclays
:09:49. > :09:51.Premier League Chelsea proved too strong for Newcastle, winning 3-0.
:09:51. > :09:53.Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and this effort from the impressive
:09:53. > :09:59.Daniel Sturridge in injury time completed the victory. Chelsea have
:09:59. > :10:01.now leapfrogged Newcastle into the top four of the league. Meanwhile,
:10:01. > :10:06.Sunderland have this afternoon confirmed the appointment of Martin
:10:06. > :10:09.O'Neill as their new manager. The 59-year-old Northern Irishman
:10:09. > :10:15.signed a three year contract as a replacement for Steve Bruce.