17/07/2017 BBC News at Six

The new route for HS2 is announced - the second part of the high speed

The route links Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds,

It'll be easier for us to do business on a national scale,

it'll be easier for us to attract clients to our offices here,

and for us to recruit talent from around the country.

But it's not universally welcomed - the line will run right

Why build a new housing estate and then potentially knock it down? We

are short of houses already. Where will we move to? We are in limbo.

HS2 has been a project dogged by delays and controversy -

we'll be assessing the winners and losers of the new route.

A terminally-ill man battles in the courts for the right

With slightly different approaches to paperwork -

the second round of formal Brexit talks gets underway.

An extra ?1.3 billion for schools in England -

but the money has to come from education savings.

City of Culture Hull gets listed status for the famous Humber Bridge,

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News.

Olivia Breen makes it nine golds for Britain

at the World Para-athletic championships in London,

with more medal prospects later today too.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.

The routes for the second stage of the new HS2 high speed rail

Trains will run from Birmingham on two lines -

one serving the north west and major cities like Manchester

and Liverpool - the other serving the East Midlands

The first trains are not expected to run until 2026.

For years there have been disagreements about exactly

Now some properties on a new housing estate in Mexborough

in South Yorkshire will have to be bulldozed to make way for it.

Here's our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott.

It's the Trainline that splits people write down the middle. For

supporters, it will boost the economy and bridge the North-South

divide. Critics say costs will spiral and benefits are overblown.

And there's the ?56 billion price tag. We don't have the investment we

need in the future to increase the capacity of our transport system to

increase economic development. Contracts have just been awarded for

the first phase of HS2 between London and Birmingham, worth nearly

?7 billion and creating 16,000 jobs. That first section will not open for

another nine years. There's been another big HS2 announcement today,

several years late. They have finally put out the route that goes

from Birmingham up to Manchester on one side and Sheffield and Leeds on

the other. It goes right through this brand-new housing estate. In

fact, right through Ben's house. We have been told that the route will

cut through from the show houses, through my property and through my

neighbour's property. We were not told this when we bought the house.

Why build a housing estate and then knock it down? We are short of

houses anyway. Where do we then moved to? Just over the road, the

line could also cut through Karen's farm. We spoke to her last year, and

she was livid. I am not moving anywhere. I will fight this until

death. Today, I'm gutted, to think that we have put all this, over 40

odd years into what we've got... You were fuming last time we were here.

What has happened since then? Have they been to see you? No, nothing.

Too much gone into this over years. You know, I could never imagine

living anywhere else. HS2 creates losers, but it makes winners as

well, like this small digital marketing company in Nottingham. It

will be easier for us to do business on a national scale, easier for us

to attract clients to our offices here, and to attract talent from

around the country, who will be willing to relocate here or even

commute from other cities. The first Leeds HS2 train will not depart for

another 16 years. Plenty of time for opponents to fight the plans.

We can talk to Richard in Mexborough now. So the new line is going to run

right through the middle of that housing estate. But as you said in

your piece, some winners as well. Always winners and losers. Everyone

is coming home tonight to this letter. We can confirm your property

will remain within the area, which has been safeguarded for the future

of the railway. The words they didn't want to hear. You can see

some trees there. The line will come straight through there. They have

stopped building some houses here, because they knew it was the

potential route. We think these two houses on the end will go, but the

houses next to them, would they stay? They are potentially going to

be near a 20 metre high railway viaduct, so they are coming home to

that dreadful news. No one is really sure what to do. HS2 does have its

supporters as well. It is very politically popular. All the main

political parties support it, the unions and council leaders as well.

They are convinced that this is one of the key answers to boost the

economy and to bridge that North-South divide. There is going

to be very close scrutiny of the costs concerned, but when you talk

to people who are directly affected by the line, then number one

complaint is the lack of information, the waiting four years

in limbo not knowing what's happening to their house. And that

is what is happening too many hundreds of people on this estate

tonight. Richard, thank you. Schools in England are to get a ?1.3

billion bailout over two years - but the money will have to come

from savings elsewhere The announcement by

the Education Secretary, Justine Greening, follows

protests by headteachers and MPs that schools have been

facing unsustainable cuts. Labour has criticised

the move as nothing more Our education correspondent,

Gillian Hargreaves, reports. Only yesterday, another protest from

teachers and parents who say their schools need more money. For months,

heads have written letters and parents protested, from the

south-east of England to the north-west. Today, Justine Greening

acted on an election pledge to double it more money from civil

service in London to schools across England. The additional funding I am

setting out today, together with the National funding formula, will

provide schools with the funding they need to offer a world-class

education to every single child. There will be an additional ?1.3

billion for schools and high need across 2018-19. School spending will

rise from ?41 billion in 2017 to ?43.5 billion by 2020. No secondary

school pupil will have less than ?4800 spent on their schooling.

Plans to reallocate spending, which would have seen losses for some

schools, especially in inner cities, will now seek cash to games. The

devil will be in the detail. It is not universal. We will have to see

what the impact is elsewhere. Although the money will be welcomed,

schools are facing rising bills for teachers pay and pensions, and

running costs. This extra investment will come from money already set

aside for education. I welcome the ?1.3 billion announced today, but

can the Secretary of State confirm if it will affect per-pupil budgets

in real terms, just the overall budget? This is all being funded

without a penny of new money from the Treasury. The government has

been galvanised to dig in its pockets because of frustration in

classrooms across England, and anger at the school gate. Whether it will

be enough to help relieve the pressure on class sizes and teachers

jobs still unclear. The second round of formal talks

on Britain's departure from the EU The Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, says it's time to get down to business,

focussing on EU citizens' rights, the so-called divorce bill

from the EU, and the Irish border. Meanwhile, Theresa May

is to try to reimpose discipline on her senior ministers

after a series of leaks over the weekend suggesting cabinet

splits and infighting. Here's our political

editor, Laura Kuenssberg. They don't really have much time to

hang around. The two men who will haggle over how we leave. Especially

with the UK's political situation rather fluid, at best. It's

incredibly important we now make good progress and we negotiate

through this and identify the differences, so we can deal with

them, and identify the similarities, so we can reinforce them. It's time

to get to work. Now we have to work. There is a lot to do. Working out

the Irish border, the Brexit bill, writes for Brits abroad... That

government ministers don't agree completely about what should be on

the table. Perhaps that is why the Brexit secretary seemed to arrive

without his notes. Perhaps chatter around the Cabinet at home suggests

the big beasts are split. Is the cabinet split on the Brexit? We have

seen in another part of town today, I'm very pleased that negotiations

are beginning, and as you know, is very fair, serious offer has been

put on the table by the UK Government. It's not just that

government has to wrangle Brexit through Brussels and Parliament, but

deal with disagreements on public sector pay and on spending. Above

all, the disagreements have emerged into daylight because the discipline

Theresa May had imposed on the Tories has all but disappeared since

the general election. Tomorrow, she will warn the cabinet to behave, to

keep their views to themselves, but those for desire for the top job

believe the game is on. It's got to stop. Whoever is doing it, everybody

needs to get into a rather cold shower, and then get together and

have a warm pint afterwards. This is damaging. It's damaging to the

party, to the Parliamentary MPs, and to the country. Remember him, urging

the Tories today to inspire, not to look to the past? The risk to the

Tories the current generation hurt each other fighting old battles

anew. A teenage boy has appeared in court

in Stratford charged in connection with a series of acid attacks in

London. He faces charges of serious bodily harm with intent and

possession of a dangerous weapon in the form of a liquid.

A terminally ill man has begun a legal challenge

to the ban on assisted dying in England and Wales.

67-year-old Noel Conway has motor neurone disease.

He says he fears becoming entombed in his body and wants to be able

to choose when and where he dies, without those who help

Currently it is illegal to help someone to die.

Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, reports.

It's an issue which polarises opinion, and keeps coming

The latest challenge is from Noel Conway from Shropshire,

who was too weak to attend today's hearing.

Motor neurone disease means he increasingly

Once fit and active, his muscles are progressively wasting.

He fears how he will die, and wants a doctor to be allowed

I want to be able to say goodbye to the people that I love

at the right time, not to be in a zombie-like condition,

suffering both physically and psychologically.

It is only three years since the Supreme Court rejected

a similar plea for a right to die from Tony Nicklinson,

though he was not considered to be terminally ill.

The blanket ban on assisted dying has been challenged many times,

and in every case, the courts have rejected the central argument

that the current law breaches human rights by preventing people

Mr Conway's lawyers argue that his challenge is different,

as it applies to a narrow group of people - those who are terminally

ill, with less than six months to live, and to have a settled

But those safeguards have already failed to persuade parliament.

It's only two years since MPs overwhelmingly rejected proposals

Baroness Jane Campbell, a disability rights campaigner,

says changing the law would send all the wrong signals,

This case must not become law because it will burden disabled

people across the country, who will not feel safe

without the protection of a law that says it is wrong

Noel Conway's health is faltering, and he knows he may die

The High Court will reserve its judgment until October,

and it may then go all the way to the Supreme Court.

The routes for the second stage of the new HS2 high speed rail

A family affair - the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take

the children on an official visit to Poland.

Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News...

The morning after the historic day before.

Why eight Wimbledon titles are not enough for Roger Federer,

as he eyes the top of the world rankings again

All this year Hull is celebrating being the UK City of Culture,

and to mark the event, nine places in the city are getting

Among them, the Humber Bridge, built in 1981 and one of the largest

and most spectacular bridges in the UK.

Other locations include the flat where the poet Philip Larkin wrote

many of his best-known works, and some art nouveau public loos.

Our Arts Correspondent Colin Paterson has more.

The Humber Bridge - for years the longest single span

bridge in the world - now joining Westminster Abbey,

Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing St as a grade one listed building.

A place of exceptional architectural and historic interest.

It gives me great pleasure to unveil this plaque and declare

The new honour comes exactly 36 years to the day

The bridge cost more than ?100 million.

At the other end of the scale, something from the very

This art nouveau public convenience from 1926.

These toilets on the Hull waterfront have been chosen

because they were designed to cater for both men and women.

And most of the original fittings survived.

When I flushed the chain it felt like they were grade

Impressive? Yeah!

I mean...They could do with a bit of a clean, I reckon!

Hull has always been known by most people as the place,

as Philip Larkin put it, where only salesmen and relations

go, and perhaps they are the kind of people you meet in toilets.

And speaking of Philip Larkin, also protected from change,

the house where he lived for more than 18 years and wrote some

Walking around in the park. Should feel better than work.

The lake, the sunshine. The grass to lie on.

And the hope here is that Hull's history will have an important role

Hull did lose, sadly, a lot of good buildings

in the Second World War during the heavy

And so, things are now on the up and up and people

And so this status we are getting from the listed buildings

The Humber Bridge was only designed to have a life span of 120

years, but now its place in history is secured.

A former soldier has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping

and killing a schoolgirl more than 40 years after allowing another

Stephen Hough was found guilty of the manslaughter of 15 year

old Janet Commins in Flint in North Wales in 1976.

Hough's DNA, which was taken for an unrelated matter last year,

matched that retained from the crime scene.

It's taken more than 40 years for Janet's family to learn

The 15-year-old had choked during an horrific

Today former soldier Stephen Hough was brought

He'd lied to police when originally questioned back in 1976,

and continued to deny his guilt when he was arrested last year.

Stephen, are you responsible for those injuries?

Do you understand what I'm saying today with respect

to those injuries? I do.

Are you responsible for those injuries?

Stephen Hough had watched while another man,

18-year-old Noel Jones - an illiterate scrap metal dealer -

He told the jury in this trial he had been innocent,

and had confessed to Janet's manslaughter following police

If he's to clear his name, he'll have to appeal that conviction.

Janet's family say they believe justice has been done.

It has brought it all back after 41 years.

And of course, you never get over it, but you learn to live it.

To me, he can't have a conscious, this Hough, he can't

Janet's disappearance on her way home from the swimming pool had led

to a huge investigation by North Wales Police.

How it handled the case back then is now being examined

by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

Janet's family still live just a few streets away

The area hasn't changed much over the last 40 years.

But forensic science has developed at a rapid pace,

and that's what led police to her real killer.

During a cold case review of the evidence in 2006, police

When a sample of Hough's DNA was entered on the database ten

The court heard the odds of it being anyone other than Hough's

Members of Janet's family were in court today.

They've described Hough as an animal.

Tonight he begins a 12 year sentence for a brutal attack he thought he'd

Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Mold Crown Court.

The Dutch royal family has attended a memorial ceremony in memory of

Dutch passengers who died on MH 17 after it was shot down over Ukraine

three years ago. A missile hit the fight as it travelled from Amsterdam

to Kuala Lumpur. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

have arrived in Warsaw for the first part of an official visit to both

Poland and Germany. They brought their children,

three-year-old George and From Warsaw, our royal

correspondent Peter Hunt reports. At three, he's far too young to know

if he's a reluctant royal, but Prince George definitely wasn't

keen to embrace Warsaw One future king did persuade another

one to follow in his footsteps. On the tarmac, George struck a

nonchalant pose and practised the art ballet move. A fidgeting toddler

with a lifetime under an intense spotlight ahead of him. Princess

Charlotte's freedom of movement was constrained by being in her mother

's's arms. Does anyone speak English? The language divide isn't

the only challenge and stop here, a country that relatively recently

embraced the EU is welcoming royals from one on its way out of the

institution. The union Jack. The nitty-gritty of Brexit will not

feature here. Rather, William and Kate are in Warsaw to remind people

of the depth of parcelling sand the potential for future ones between

the UK and Poland. During the Second World War, the polls tried and

failed to an German occupation. He wore this all the time during the

uprising? Yes. This woman, aged 20, joined the Warsaw uprising. Now aged

92, she says they had to fight for independence. You couldn't stand it

any longer those from Germany. Five years, it was impossible. Be spoken

for royal with an admirer in the crowd. A crowd like this elsewhere,

curious to see the future of the British monarchy. Peter Hunt, BBC

News, Warsaw. Cricket, and England have been

thrashed by South Africa Set a massive 474 to win,

England collapsed to lose by 340 At the start of a day's

Test cricket, you must England's task was to stay

out there, hang around. Keaton Jennings didn't last ten

minutes this morning. With South Africa so far

in front, wickets take Joe Root, England's

captain, out for eight. Alastair Cook is a throwback

to a more patient age. He waits till it's

safe and then scores. While he's out there,

that's half full. Just before lunch, that

concentration cracked. Cook tricked, flicked,

momentum tipped. Many of his team-mates

thrive at shorter forms of cricket, which offer big

rewards for risk-taking. It can be difficult

to rediscover restraint. Ben Stokes earned ?1.7 million in

the Indian Premier League this year. For England's new

captain, an awakening. We need to make sure we learn

from experiences like this. If that means playing in a slightly

different manner then so be it. But I think it's important

the individuals out in the middle This test has squared the series

and also posed a question. Can England's cricketers no

longer handle the wait? Time for a look at the weather

with Chris Fawkes... Top marks, yes. It was pretty

widespread, the sunshine today. Temperatures peaking at 27, into the

80s in terms of Fahrenheit. The satellite picture tells the story of

the day's weather with sunshine pretty much up and down the whole

country, except for the far north of Scotland where we had a weather

front sliding in across the Northern isles that has brought cloudy

weather across Shetland and even some showers passing in from time to

time. Overnight we will keep the clear skies but after a warm day the

temperatures will be slow to come down. They warm night for southern

England and Wales with temperatures around 16 as a low in London, 17 in

Cardiff, and fresher conditions across the northern UK. Tomorrow,

the sustained high pressure is with us again. It has moved position

slightly, changing the wind direction. Across eastern Scotland

and in two parts of north-east England, the wind will come from the

North Sea and that means it will be cooler and fresher. Temperatures

around 5 degrees lower for some. There are winners and losers, for

West Wales, north-west England and western Scotland, a warm day, 6

degrees warmer for some. These are the temperatures you might expect in

the afternoon. 26 in London, but just to the west, the South Midlands

and Hampshire, we could see temperatures up to 2728. Going

through Tuesday evening, thunderstorms will start to break

out. Initially they will swing up across the English Channel into

southern England, then driving north across Wales, the Midlands and East

Anglia. The amount of rain we get from these downpours will be

variable from place to place however, the some areas could see

half a month of rainfall in a couple of hours. We could see localised

surface water flooding. It will feel humid with temperatures potentially

reaching 30 across the east of England. Getting to the end of the

week, the humidity will ease off, as will temperatures, and we will see

some more on settled conditions pushing in across the Northwest.

A reminder of the main story this evening. The route for the second

stage of the HS2 high-speed rail network have been confirmed, linking

Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and East Midlands.

That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -

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