snowmail channel 4 news bjhxttys_lhgwfchannel4com crossrail steams ahead last tonight longawaited news talked since 70s first formally proposed mrs thatcher 1989 today came official announcement britain build whats described biggest civil engineering project europe indeed northern hemisphere versions im talking crossrail project run maidenhead west right london eastwards essex linking city london heathrow providing rail links right across capital east west itll 73 miles long 25 tunnels carry estimated 200 million passengers year completion 2017 earliest truly impressive long wait wranglings funding bedevilled project week seen tripartite deal government farepayers business interests assemble politically timely moment timely government scent electoral momentum todays announcement hear western isles saying hells got well goes argument londons infrastructure works better royal bank scotland clydeside shipbuilders even bagpipe makers highlands make better bagpipes efficient banking systems bigger ships often crumbling network victorian sludge slows british business deny questions still asked whether particular project effective regenerative way spending sums tell would like celebrate well ask questions see earlier report httptinyurlcom2duh8r queensized problem remember pictures queen stomping interview huff neither huffing stomping although thought detect bit stomp huff well bbc sacked controller bbc1 knew didnt anything except tell boss curiously sacked seems suggest new concept glass ceiling ceiling beyond inhabit bbc sacked shall investigating seven burma still rising aung san suu kyi appeared burmese television first time since uprising rare event man bangkok inigo gilmore working shes saying time professor gambari un envoy burma reporting un well hes saying going ask fat lady sung would inappropriate aung san suu kyi notably slim follow burma coverage brought reporting within uprising httptinyurlcom27gwcs tolerating torture george bush defending cias use torture though doesnt quite put like truth tell becoming quite accepted us water boarding slapping face physical abuses sleep deprivation etcetera regular use cia percy sledging must reveal ignorance last offering tonight sledging heard word sledge thought immediately percy mean man loves woman one absolute greats percy aussies poms slagging ahead sporting encounter important deployed chief correspondent alex thomson work way sledges sledgers sledgings sledged news website political football eleven gets another addition simon kuper nominates neil lennon join ranks find httptinyurlcom2hzt4r thats see seven jon channel 4 news services online watch video reports httpwwwchannel4comnewswatchlistenvideo subscribe rss feeds podcasts mobile phone bulletins httpwwwchannel4comnewssubscribe business time sending ftse100 index 349 65828 us dollar sterling 204 euro sterling 144 weather sponsored worcester bosch group wwwworcesterboschcouk today largely dry plenty sunshine feeling pleasantly warm light winds cloud edge east coast though cloud moderate southerly breeze spread across northwest scotland nireland day tonight patchy cloud expected eastern parts band cloud rain spreading across northern western scotland elsewhere clear cool fog patches developing saturday largely dry rather warm sunny spells early fog patches clear areas cloud spreading across eastern central england though light rain moving south across northern scotland httpwwwchannel4comweather unsubscribe httpwwwchannel4comnewssnowmailsnowmail_deactivatehtml want reply snowmail please email cknschannel4com put snowmail subject header hit reply email read thank wed 06 aug 2008 033954 0000 crossrail steams ahead last