for an end to knife crime, after a spate of fatal stabbings in the city. a culture of fear, bullying and emotional abuse — swim england apologise for the suffering faced by athletes for years, as the conditions they've faced are laid bare as part of a review into the sport. good morning. some dense fog around this morning, particularly across parts of southern england. we have some frost. the west will see the brightest conditions. a fair bit of cloud in the east with spots of rain. and the grate escape — we hear from the shopper left dangling upside by a shop's secuity shutters. good morning. it's wednesday, 6th march. the chancellor will reveal his budget later today, and an expected 2p cut to national insurance is likely to be the centrepiece. jeremy hunt has promised his plans will stimulate a flagging

economy and help families with permanent tax breaks. labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of tax thresholds. ben king reports. the background to today's budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. but it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. the conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking forjeremy hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the lib dems hope to win. so what do people here think about tax cuts? i think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. realistically, people aren't going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in public services means better health care services. it'sjust much more important. i would prefer not to have a tax - cut, but to see more money invested in the community. if the public services were properly organised, there's more than

enough money to do it. this parliament has seen a record—breaking increase in taxation. that's partly because wages have been going up, but the thresholds where you start paying different rates, have not. the chancellor has said that he wants to cut taxes, but the government also has a pledge to make sure that the national debt is on course to fall in five years' time. and it's the official forecaster, the office for budget responsibility, who decide whether that pledge is being met. and that works out as a big constraint on what the chancellor can do today. the traditional audience before budget day. some years, the chancellor can say that an improved economy has given him more flexibility, but probably not by much this time. the chancellor will almost certainly freeze fuel duty and he's expected to cut national insurance by 2p in the pound, worth around £450 a year to someone on a full time wage of 35,000. although pensioners are not affected, as they don't pay it. so he'll probably have to raise revenue somehow to balance it out,

perhaps by scrapping tax breaks for nondoms, wealthy people who live overseas. he could raise duty on business class airfares, extend the windfall tax on oil and gas producers, and even put a tax on vapes. now, this is the first time there's ever been a cabinet in east yorkshire. the government's self—imposed rule is designed to show that it won't let the national debt rise out of control, but it's based on plans forfuture public spending that some feel are unrealistically low. and it depends on highly uncertain projections of what might happen in five years' time. in recent years, we've seen chancellors increasing spending and cutting tax in the short term, but then promising to raise taxes and cut spending in the longer term. but that never happens. and as a result, we've just seen debt ratchet up in practice, rather than actually starting to come down. the chancellor says this will be a budget for long term economic growth, sketching out a path to morejobs, better public services and lower taxes.

but will he also be able to provide the short term boost some in his party are hoping for? ben king, bbc news, winchester. we're joined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. jeremy hunt will emerge in the next few hours. henry, how much of a factor is the next election in this budget? it factor is the next election in this bud . et? , factor is the next election in this budaet? ,. ., ,~ , budget? it is certainly a big factor. today _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is _ budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is a - budget? it is certainly a big factor. today it is a big - budget? it is certainly a big - factor. today it is a big economic moment for households across the country, of course, but it is also a big political moment because the government is running out of set piece events before the general election comes, whenever it comes, where they really get the opportunity to grab the attention of the nation and say, this is what we want to do. today is one of those few remaining events. we do happen to know one of the big things the government is going to do. they are going to cut national insurance by two p. and if that sounds familiar,

thatis two p. and if that sounds familiar, that is because that is whatjeremy hunt did in the autumn statement in november. he will combine those two cuts together and say that amounts to a £900 tax cut for the average earner. there is going to be a battle of figures because the labour party will say, hang on a second. what the government has really done is take more in that in tax from the average person because they have an increased threshold, so—called fiscal drag. they will say on their analysis the average household is more than £1000 worse off than they would have been if those thresholds had risen. that is the battle of the figures. then you will get the battle of the narrative route. what the labour party and the lib dems will do is argue that people are definitively worse off than they were 1a years ago when the conservatives came into office. that is a claim jeremy hunt, conservatives came into office. that is a claimjeremy hunt, the chancellor, will have to defend the government against, because this is notjust government against, because this is not just a government against, because this is notjust a budget, this is an election budget.—

notjust a budget, this is an election budget. and with that in mind, the rumours _ election budget. and with that in mind, the rumours that - election budget. and with that in mind, the rumours that have - election budget. and with that in l mind, the rumours that have been swirling around about maybe there was going to be some extraordinary white rabbit out of the hat today, and then a sudden calling of a general election in may, could that be right? i general election in may, could that be riuht? ., , , be right? i would be shocked if the government _ be right? i would be shocked if the government calls _ be right? i would be shocked if the government calls a _ be right? i would be shocked if the government calls a general - be right? i would be shocked if the | government calls a general election today. but they definitely do still have the chance to call a general election in may. the final date on which the government could do that if it wanted to do that it was march 26. there are conservative mps i speak to who expect, in some cases even hope, that will happen. they think rishi sunak should seize the initiative, surprised the labour party, and get on with it. however, let's be cautious for a second. look at the opinion polls. the conservatives are a long way behind. it would be a brave prime minister would call a general election against those political headwinds. very interesting. thank you. big day

for henry and the team, and across the bbc today, for the budget. it is a big electoral night overnight in america. talking elections still. ballots are being counted in 15 us states and territories, following the biggest single day of the primary elections so far. projections show a rematch for the white house between president biden and donald trump is increasingly likely this coming november, although republican contender nikki haley has had a surprise win in vermont, as will vernon reports. another triumph for trump. the former president cruised to victory on super tuesday, securing his position as the unassailable front runner in this race. they call it super tuesday for a reason. this is a big one. and they tell me, the pundits and otherwise, that there's never been one like this, there's never been anything so conclusive. 0fficially he hasn't won the nomination yet. but with results like these, total victory seems certain. as expected, presidentjoe biden also swept the board

in the democrat primaries. nikki hailey was trumped by donald trump. it's not clear whether she will continue her campaign. presidential election day is still eight months away. but many americans already seem wary of the campaign, and of an increasingly polarised political climate. we can't hear any other voices but those two now. i mean, nikki haley is still out there and i wish her well, but primarily we are only hearing two voices. and i don't like that. there should be more people. it felt like we only had two really old people, like people who should be retired. it'sjust become a polarising. i wish that people would focus more on what we have in common, - because i think there's so much more we have in common _ than different. if all of this seems familiar, that's because it is. mr trump and mr biden faced off in the last election too. around 70% of americans now say they don't want this rematch.

will you shut up, man. the focus will now turn to the election campaign itself, the race for the white house, trump versus biden. voters will have to choose between a man indicted on 91 charges across four criminal cases, and the oldest sitting president in history facing questions about his mental fitness for office. will vernon, bbc news, washington. will vernonjoins us now from washington. will, what do the results of super tuesday mean for the rest of the contest? how big a deal is super tuesday? well, this particular super tuesday felt a bit drained of drama, didn't it? joe biden and donald trump both won overwhelming victories, as we expected. i think what we learnt is, firstly, some of the issues the selection —— this election campaign

is going to be fought on. donald trump in his victory speech focused very much on immigration. something he has talked about many times before. he accusesjoe biden of letting in millions of undocumented migrants. 0pinion polls show this is a top and growing concern for voters. meanwhile, joe biden released a statementjust after the results came out. he portrayed donald trump as a threat to democracy, saying the results leave the american people with a clear choice, are we going to keep moving forward, orwill choice, are we going to keep moving forward, or will be allowed donald trump to drag us backwards into chaos and division? that is something we have heard him fall back on many times before. i think in this election campaignjoe biden will be looking to cannot portray this as, not a referendum on his administration, but perhaps, you know, a vote against the other guy, right? that he doesn't want people to vote for donald trump, who, lest we forget, faces 91 criminal charges, including four alleged efforts to overturn the 2020

election. so, think, you know, the other thing is that this is shaping up other thing is that this is shaping up to be a particularly brutal and divisive campaign. warning signs in these election results, i think, for both candidates. thank you. the foreign secretary will warn a member of israel's war cabinet that the uk could consider his country to be in breach of international humanitarian law if it fails to allow more aid into gaza. it comes as the world food programme says the israeli defence force thwarted attempts to bring aid into gaza after a convoy of 1a lorries were turned back at a checkpoint. junior doctors in northern ireland will begin strike action for the first time this morning. the 24—hour walkout is in a row about pay. the british medical association says the deal put to them was the minimum junior doctors could have been offered. the department of health in northern ireland said the proposals amounted to an average pay increase of more than 9%.

the army has removed a claim made on its website that the princess of wales would be appearing at trooping the colour in june. kensington palce said it had not confirmed her appearance. the princess's duties have been suspended since she underwent abdominal surgery in january. becoming a viral sensation probably wasn't what anne hughes expected when she went about her day — until she got her coat caught in a shop's shutters and was left dangling several feet in the air. luckily, she is ok, but the cctv footage has now been viewed by millions. 0ur reporter matt murray has been speaking to her. for years, anne hughes has turned up for her cleaning shift at this shop in tonteg. but it's the first time this has happened. i was leaning against the shutters, but unbeknownst to me, when

ahmed was inside — he's owner of the shop — when he was inside, bringing the shutters up, he couldn't hear me shouting when i realised that i'd been caught. my coat had caught on the shutter going up. well, i was going up! and he obviously didn't hear me because i went right up. the shutter was completely open. and then i screamed his name and, thank goodness, i mean, he came out, then he lowered the shutter a little bit. anne was too shy to appear on camera, but is getting used to the fame after her boss shared the clip on tiktok, where it has been viewed nearly two million times. herfamily have also been amused by it. i don't know, my grandchildren have asked me, my daughter—in—law, why are you holding on to a trolley? i said, i don't know. at the local newsagents they're expecting anne to be

all over the papers. it's hysterical. i've known anne for years. she's a very good friend of mine. and just to see her, well, it made my day yesterday. when i asked her what her boss made of it all, she said, "he's never liked his staff hanging around." matt murray, bbc news, tonteg. bless her. that is a very elegant rescue. i am getting flashbacks to your christmas strictly special. anne did better than me. she did amazingly. well done, anne, for keeping her dignity and having a laugh about it. some people would just run away. and hide. carol will give us a demonstration now. i hope you have been doing some weight training, sal! good morning. the weather is up and down this week. it is nowhere near as wet as it was last week. that is good.

something to watch out for this morning. good morning. there is some dense fog this morning across parts of the midlands, gloucestershire, london, and the south—east. visibility is down to 100 metres in some places. it's likely to be like this through the rush—hour. for most of us, we will have sunny spells. there are a few showers. but we are starting off with a lot of cloud across scotland and eastern parts of england. through the day some of this cloud in the south will break up. we will see some showers. the cloud is thick enough for apache light rain and drizzle. 0ut towards the west, when we lose the mist and fog, we will have some sunshine. through the afternoon the cloud will build on the south—west of england. there will be some showers. the cloud will also build across northern ireland. temperatures five to 11 degrees. cooler along the north sea coastline. particularly if

you are under the cloud. that will be the case for the next few days. tonight, once again we have this cloud coming in from the north sea. moving across central areas. mist and fog patches forming in roughly the same areas as we have at the moment, but not as widespread. also, frost under clear skies. another chilly night for most. these are the overnight lows in towns and cities, two to about 5 degrees. tomorrow we start off with mist and fog. that will lift. the cloud will break up. some of it will linger. at times it be large areas of times sunshine. scattered showers. brisk winds. feeling cool along the north sea coastline. not quite so wet, which is great. we have not quite so wet, which is great. - have had so much rain. we have had too much rain. knife crime can tear families and communities apart, and in bristol, campaigners and group leaders have signed an open letter, calling on people to come together to tackle the issue.

it's after the fatal stabbings of three teenagers in the city this year. fiona lamdin has been speaking to some of those who've been affected. these are just some of the faces of the teenagers who've died in bristol, putting the city in an unwelcome spotlight. at the start of the year, another three boys lost their lives to knife crime. 16—year—old max dixon, 15—year—old mason rist, and 16—year—old darrian williams. i think about it all the time. i'm just like a zombie. i'm just going around doing what i've got to do every day. i really hope that he didn't feel anything, he was unconscious and he didn't feel any pain. 15—year—old mason was gail's second grandson.

mason was cheeky, typical 15——year—old. loved his pizzas. 0bviously, that was when — they were going out to get a pizza when he was stabbed, and his friend. he was autistic. a lot of friends, loved playing on his computer. loves liverpool, absolutely loves liverpool. just a typical 15—year—old. it was a normal saturday evening at the end of january. max was in his house. mason was in his house. they were playing on the game thing. and within ten minutes, that was it. mason had been stabbed outside his home. so where were you when you got the phone call? i was just going to bed, actually, and nicky phoned up, my daughter, and said mason had been stabbed. when we got there, i happened to

walk into the room where mason was, and there was just lots of doctors and nurses around him, and within half an hour, 45 minutes, the doctors come in. and ijust knew by their faces what they were going to say. my daughter broke down. she was on the floor. i was numb, and i'm still numb. what do you want to change? i think that there should be more stop and searches. and i think anyone caught with a knife should get five years. eh, my son's killed someone. 0k, all right, 0k. can you tell me where it was? it was at radstock. he'sjust come back. i've just found out. this is donna delbono on the phone to the police. does he know you're on the phone? yeah, he's here. i've told him i've got to do it. her 19—year—old son, joshua, has just admitted to her he'd stabbed

another teenager. did you have any dilemma in your head about making that phone call to the police? no. it wasn't really hard, it was just the right thing to do. i knew in my own head that he'd done something wrong and he had to pay the consequences for it, basically, that's all. ijust felt sick, you know, just...it was this horrible feeling. joshua delbono is now in prison, serving a minimum of 21 years. donna didn't want to do this interview, but she's desperate to see an end to knife crime. she wants young people to realise the terrible consequences of carrying knives. they need to be aware of, you know, how serious this is and how much of an impact it has on families with not checking your children having knives. do you blame yourself? yeah, because it's my son. i brought that kid into the world. i brought him up.

15. he had years to go in front of him and he's never going to get the chance to get married, have kids, whatever. and itjust upsets me that i'm 72 and still going. and he had his life ahead of him, and he's not going to see it. fiona lamdin, bbc news. let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian leads with today's budget announcement and says the chancellor would be defying warnings of the impact tax cuts will have on funding for public services. the paper quotes a conservative party insider who says they are "going to require even more unrealistic public service cuts" after the election.

the telegraph reports that the metropolitan police commissioner has said violence against women and girls must be treated like as a national security threat. the paper reports the comments were made in the wake of a report into sarah everard's murder. the times reports that celebrity horror stories are "making women scared of menopause". the paper says doctors argue celebrity campaigns have contributed to an overmedicalisation of the menopause, and a view that older women are "diseased". and the metro leads on the british army advertising the princess of wales attending the trooping the colour event in june. kensington palace says it hasn't confirmed her appearance. the metro calls the incident an "embarrassing falling out". lots of talk of cuts today,

potential tax cuts. also cuts in public services may be to pay for them. —— maybe. the leader of birmingham city council has apologised to people living in the city, after signing off on a wave of cuts to local services, as well as a 21% rise in council tax over the next two years. despite being the largest local authority in europe, birmingham has declared itself effectively bankrupt and needs to make £300 million in savings. joanne writtle reports. a nurturing atmosphere at a music class in birmingham. but mums here are well aware they're bringing up babies in a city with an effectively bankrupt council. people face a 10% council tax rise this year and next year. that's double what many elsewhere in the country will get. it's far from ideal when you're on maternity leave and then facing huge childcare costs in a few months' time. but i'm more concerned about the vulnerable people that i work with normally. i think it's going to be disastrous for them when other sources of support are being cut for them.

ashlyn's a teacher, and she's looking to move out of birmingham with seven—month—old cecilia. i don't mind paying money into the council, but what worries me is where that money is going. you know, if it's going into the community, into the roads, then that's fine. but actually, it seems that it's going to be going to pay back a bill that's not our fault. and how will it affect you? well, actually, we're considering moving house soon, and we're looking to move outside of birmingham. and that would be one of the factors. people in birmingham face a council tax rise of 21% over two years, which equates to around £400 for a band d property. the city council had to seek permission from the government. usually local authorities are only allowed to make increases of up to 5% without triggering a referendum. it's very, very unusual, and it's

hard to overstate the grimly distinctive financial difficulties that the city council is in at the moment. however, we have to say that a number of other councils have declared, including coventry and dudley, that they may have to issue what's called a section 114 notice, effectively declare themselves bankrupt. and if that were the case, they might be making the same appeal to the government themselves. in a cafe in kings heath, debbie is unhappy about higher council tax. she cut her working hours in a fast food chain, having suffered long covid. i'm fuming, because i think it's wrong. i believe that birmingham city council should have been more proactive in what it does, instead of spending money on an item that doesn't work, which, i'm talking about the it system. and brian, who does counselling in schools, believes public services need to be paid for, but has his concerns. council tax will go up,

along with everyone else's. but because i work in private practice and i get paid from the council, i'm worried that some of my work may disappear as they make cuts. i work in the education sector. the city's precarious finances are paving an uncertain path for people, as the council tries to save £300 million. that was joanne writtle with that report. coming up... from choirs to veterans and nhs workers — we'll hear about an art project being completed by people across witney, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d—day. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, and a very good morning,

i'm frankie mccamley. the chancellor will deliver his budget later. one of the sectors in london watching closely will be the shrinking hospitality sector which has lost almost 20% of licensed venues since the covid pandemic. that's according to a group of data consultants. those working in the trade are calling for an overall cut in tax so people can spend more on eating and drinking. hospitality is the one that gets hit the first, basically. anything goes wrong, the first thing people are going to do is kind of, you know, your enjoyment, you cut back on that. so we would like to see a cut on tax which would allow people to have more money in their pocket. basically anything that gives more money in the pockets. it's nearly one year on from a report into the metropolitan police which concluded it was institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. baroness casey's review followed the abduction, murder and rape of sarah everard by a serving police officer the police and crime committee will meet later to look

at what progress has been made within the met but the deputy mayor for policing says change will take time. the new commissioner and his leadership team have made big progress, doubling the number of officers who are leaving the force, doubling the suspensions, tripling the number of misconduct cases, improving the response to 999 calls and 101 calls from the public. so there has been a lot of progress but there is a long way to go. imagine watching the news on tv and spotting a photo of a relative from nearly a century ago. that's what happened to a father and son while they were watching a bbc london report about the restoration of alexandra palace. they've been back to the venue to find out more about their boxing grandfather. now for its 150th anniversary alexandra palace are keen to hear any of your stories or pictures. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's minor delays

on the district, elizabeth and piccadilly lines this morning. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's quite a cloudy start to the day and we have some patches of mist and fog around as well but once that lifts, we will start to see more in the way of sunshine breaking through. there will also be some scattered showers drifting from the south and south—east. we can already see a couple of showers spreading through quite early on in the morning but during the day there will be more in the way of drier interludes with some sunshine around as well and temperatures reaching around ten to 11 celsius with gentle winds. into the evening, any showers will tend to fade away and overnight it becomes largely dry and with some clear spells for a time, but then mist and fog forming once more by the early hours. temperatures overnight dipping to around three to five celsius. as we look ahead to the next few days, into the weekend, high pressure is still with us to the east but we are expecting these weather fronts to make further progress into the weekend so there may be some outbreaks of rain for a time. at least for the next few days, some sunshine but also

some scattered showers and into the weekend becoming a bit more unsettled with temperatures around 12 to 13 celsius and it will be windier as well. that's it from me for now. i'll pass you back to sally and jon. hello this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. back now to our top story. the chancellor will deliver his spring budget today and nina's in a bar in newcastle for us finding out what people there would like to see. morning, sally and jon. ifeel very lucky, it's very mild here, morning, sally and jon. i feel very lucky, it's very mild here, sitting on the tyne. we have got a lovely panel of experts, people from around tyne and wear had to give their views on what they want to hear from the chancellor today. 2.6 million people living in the north—east,

every single individual want something different from this chancellor. 0ne something different from this chancellor. one thing that unites us all at the moment is inflation, the rate at which prices have been rising means our money is just not going as far as it used to. let's talk about what we already know. our expectation is that national insurance, the tax that comes out of the pay packet from the age of 16 to the pay packet from the age of 16 to the pensions, that will be reduced again by 2p. 0n the pensions, that will be reduced again by 2p. on top of that, the expectation is that fuel duty will remain frozen as it has done since 2011. what else will be in there? we will wait and see later this morning. susanna is a financial expert, what we know so far, let's talk about it. this national insurance cut, people don't really say, things are really improved after the cut last year on ni, will it make a difference? it’s after the cut last year on ni, will it make a difference?— it make a difference? it's barely touchin: it make a difference? it's barely touching the — it make a difference? it's barely touching the sides _ it make a difference? it's barely touching the sides because - it make a difference? it's barely touching the sides because of l it make a difference? it's barely| touching the sides because of all it make a difference? it's barely . touching the sides because of all of the other cost of living headwinds swelling. and also the last national

insurance cut that we got and then one that might be expected in this budget comes at a time when the personal tax thresholds have been in a deep freeze. if you have had a pay rise, you might have been pushed into paying more tax at a higher bracket. really this is more tax tinkering. and it doesn't affect for example people who can and incomes —— who earn incomes on the pensions or example so it is cheaper for the government. it or example so it is cheaper for the government-— government. it is a stealth tax, those freezes _ government. it is a stealth tax, those freezes on _ government. it is a stealth tax, those freezes on tax _ government. it is a stealth tax, those freezes on tax threshold, government. it is a stealth tax, - those freezes on tax threshold, you might not notice it. how does that affect behaviour? irate might not notice it. how does that affect behaviour?— affect behaviour? we look at all sorts of data — affect behaviour? we look at all sorts of data on _ affect behaviour? we look at all sorts of data on consumer- affect behaviour? we look at all - sorts of data on consumer behaviour and yesterday, barclaycard numbers landed and it showed that spend in restaurant spell 13% last month and we are spending more on experiences at home, ordering takeaway is,

watching streamed movies so it is affecting hospitality. fine watching streamed movies so it is affecting hospitality.— watching streamed movies so it is affecting hospitality. one of those households which _ affecting hospitality. one of those households which is _ affecting hospitality. one of those households which is fed _ affecting hospitality. one of those households which is fed up - affecting hospitality. one of those households which is fed up with i households which is fed up with entertaining the kids is mine, i went out with the kids and got a pizza and i looked to the vat at the bill and it might be the difference between going out once or twice a month. , , ., between going out once or twice a month. , y., ., ., 4' between going out once or twice a month. , i. ., ., ~ ., ., i. month. yes, if you look at what you are paying — month. yes, if you look at what you are paying at _ month. yes, if you look at what you are paying at the — month. yes, if you look at what you are paying at the restaurant, - month. yes, if you look at what you are paying at the restaurant, £1 - month. yes, if you look at what you are paying at the restaurant, £1 in l are paying at the restaurant, £1 in every— are paying at the restaurant, £1 in every three — are paying at the restaurant, £1 in every three goes back to the exchequer in the form of tax, vat is the biggest — exchequer in the form of tax, vat is the biggest one. when you have got a squeeze _ the biggest one. when you have got a squeeze on _ the biggest one. when you have got a squeeze on incomes and a cost of living _ squeeze on incomes and a cost of living crisis. — squeeze on incomes and a cost of living crisis, people go out less and spend _ living crisis, people go out less and spend less when they are out and if vat— and spend less when they are out and if vat was _ and spend less when they are out and if vat was cut, we know that would incentivise — if vat was cut, we know that would incentivise more people to go out more _ incentivise more people to go out more frequently and that would result_ more frequently and that would result in— more frequently and that would result in higher revenue and tax take _ result in higher revenue and tax take from — result in higher revenue and tax take from the hospitality sector. but business rates are about to go up, it will cost more to pay your employees as well.— up, it will cost more to pay your employees as well. absolutely, we have not employees as well. absolutely, we have got some _ employees as well. absolutely, we have got some big _ employees as well. absolutely, we have got some big increase - employees as well. absolutely, we have got some big increase in - employees as well. absolutely, we l have got some big increase in costs, above _ have got some big increase in costs, above inflation increases in minimum

wa-e above inflation increases in minimum wage and _ above inflation increases in minimum wage and business rates from march so even _ wage and business rates from march so even discretionary spend that comes— so even discretionary spend that comes our— so even discretionary spend that comes our way as a result of the nic cudd _ comes our way as a result of the nic cudd will_ comes our way as a result of the nic cudd will he — comes our way as a result of the nic cudd will be absorbed as the cost of doing _ cudd will be absorbed as the cost of doing business. and the money coming through— doing business. and the money coming through the _ doing business. and the money coming through the front door will not be enough _ through the front door will not be enough to— through the front door will not be enough to cover costs so we are seeing _ enough to cover costs so we are seeing pleasures of 3000 businesses per yeah _ seeing pleasures of 3000 businesses er ear. . ~' seeing pleasures of 3000 businesses er ear. . ~ ,, seeing pleasures of 3000 businesses er ear. . ~ . seeing pleasures of 3000 businesses er ear. . ~' . seeing pleasures of 3000 businesses er ear. ., ~ . ., ., per year. thank you. when you go on -- we are _ per year. thank you. when you go on -- we are seeing _ per year. thank you. when you go on -- we are seeing closures _ per year. thank you. when you go on -- we are seeing closures of - per year. thank you. when you go on -- we are seeing closures of 3000 i —— we are seeing closures of 3000 businesses per year. we might —— thank you for having us, newcastle, getting on, guys. charlotte is hosting this morning. kingsley was the first to arrive at 5:15am, you are my favourite, you have gone from being an apprentice to an intern, you would like to see the government invest a little bit more in al and giving young people opportunities? yes, as we all know, recently ai is one of the biggest topic in the

world if not the biggest topic. i would love to see the government show some sort of support to young people in regards to ai, so they can be ready to get ai jobs, that would be ready to get ai jobs, that would be great. that is something i would be great. that is something i would be really looking for. share be great. that is something i would be really looking for.— be really looking for. are you were an apprentice. _ be really looking for. are you were an apprentice, and _ be really looking for. are you were an apprentice, and you _ be really looking for. are you were an apprentice, and you are - be really looking for. are you were an apprentice, and you are now . be really looking for. are you were an apprentice, and you are now an| an apprentice, and you are now an intern, would you recommend your pathway? intern, would you recommend your athwa ? ~ , , ., ., pathway? absolutely, before we have looked down — pathway? absolutely, before we have looked down on _ pathway? absolutely, before we have looked down on it _ pathway? absolutely, before we have looked down on it but _ pathway? absolutely, before we have looked down on it but now _ pathway? absolutely, before we have looked down on it but now it - pathway? absolutely, before we have looked down on it but now it was - looked down on it but now it was really important to me, i really enjoyed it. irate really important to me, i really enjoyed it— really important to me, i really en'o ed it. ~ ., ., ~ ., enjoyed it. we are talking to your emlo er enjoyed it. we are talking to your employer later — enjoyed it. we are talking to your employer later and _ enjoyed it. we are talking to your employer later and we _ enjoyed it. we are talking to your employer later and we will - enjoyed it. we are talking to your employer later and we will get i enjoyed it. we are talking to your| employer later and we will get the inside track on how you are performing so thank you! we will talk to you later about small entertainment venues, chris. and alex, you work in citizens advice as i get? a, nearly took my knee out there! we know people are skipping direct debits at any time since records began, that says to me it is a different sort of person who is

not able to pay.— a different sort of person who is not able to pay. absolutely, so we see a broad _ not able to pay. absolutely, so we see a broad range _ not able to pay. absolutely, so we see a broad range of— not able to pay. absolutely, so we see a broad range of people - not able to pay. absolutely, so we see a broad range of people not i not able to pay. absolutely, so we i see a broad range of people not able to pay, _ see a broad range of people not able to pay, we _ see a broad range of people not able to pay, we have seen a big increase in people _ to pay, we have seen a big increase in people who are in work but still have _ in people who are in work but still have large — in people who are in work but still have large negative budgets. their essential— have large negative budgets. their essential expenditure is not covered lry essential expenditure is not covered by income — essential expenditure is not covered by income. so they then had little choice. _ by income. so they then had little choice, they fall into arrears or use the — choice, they fall into arrears or use the lines of credit to bridge the gap — use the lines of credit to bridge the gap. in north tyneside alone we have hoped —— helped 22,000 people in the _ have hoped —— helped 22,000 people in the last— have hoped —— helped 22,000 people in the last few months with debt and budget— in the last few months with debt and budget advice so the demand is huge. these _ budget advice so the demand is huge. these are _ budget advice so the demand is huge. these are people who have maybe never taking out credit before and found themselves in the red ball? absolutely, it's a really different range _ absolutely, it's a really different range of— absolutely, it's a really different range of people to what we're to seeing — range of people to what we're to seeing. this expenditure can be attributed to a couple of key areas, increased _ attributed to a couple of key areas, increased rent is a major one and energy— increased rent is a major one and energy bills. that has been the topic— energy bills. that has been the topic of— energy bills. that has been the topic of conversation for a few years— topic of conversation for a few years at— topic of conversation for a few years at the most people it has not seemed _ years at the most people it has not seemed to — years at the most people it has not seemed to get any better. they are finding _ seemed to get any better. they are finding it _ seemed to get any better. they are finding it really difficult to

bridge _ finding it really difficult to bridge the gap. the finding it really difficult to bridua-ethea. , ., ., , bridge the gap. the frustration is erha -s bridge the gap. the frustration is perhaps people _ bridge the gap. the frustration is perhaps people who _ bridge the gap. the frustration is perhaps people who are - bridge the gap. the frustration is perhaps people who are in - bridge the gap. the frustration is i perhaps people who are in full-time perhaps people who are in full—time employment finding themselves going into the red for the first time who don't have that extra spend that kate was talking about, about going out for a treat, perhaps. they work hard and they feel that they are treading water. we know from the chancellor there is not much wiggle room, he has self—imposed rules about bringing down debt over the next few years and bringing down public spending. charlie said, i'm only a teacher, never say that about the teaching profession! we have got lots to get through. every household will be affected by the decisions that come from the house of commons at 12:30pm, and we will have coverage all across the bbc today. thank you, nina. we will try to bring you a version of this budget that you can understand today and tomorrow. we that you can understand today and tomorrow. ~ ., ., ., , tomorrow. we are going to be bombarded — tomorrow. we are going to be bombarded with _ tomorrow. we are going to be bombarded with figures - tomorrow. we are going to be bombarded with figures in - tomorrow. we are going to be - bombarded with figures in decimal points in all kinds of detail. if

you are going out and you cannot listen to the budget or watch the budget or theory, there will be a live page on the website all day, there will be a calculator where you can put in your own details and it will tell you how it will affect you. will tell you how it will affect ou. ., . ., , will tell you how it will affect ou. ., i ., , will tell you how it will affect ou. ., , you. now, john is here with some disturbin: you. now, john is here with some disturbing news _ you. now, john is here with some disturbing news from _ you. now, john is here with some disturbing news from the - you. now, john is here with some disturbing news from the world i you. now, john is here with some disturbing news from the world of swimming. yes, a toxic culture in swimming in swimming clubs across england. it has led to a review which has been prompted by a number of cases from people who have come forward essentially outlining the conditions they have faced across all levels in swimming in england, ranging from body shaming, bullying, racism in some cases, so really alarming will stop and hopefully there is some feeling from this review that things will improve but at the heart of it really concerning issues that have faced swimmers for a number of years. i think the idea being that

this should prompt on change within the sport, something we will be talking about in the programme this morning. swim england apologising following the findings from that review into the sport. over 1,000 contributed to it, many more with written submissions. one of those is the olympic medallist cassie patten, she won bronze here at the beijing games in 2008. she said she felt broken after years of negative comments, that included disordered eating to lose weight on the instructions of her coach. with many saying they feared being victimised if they raised concerns with the organisation. ifeel like swim england had said that there has been an issue with the culture, the behaviours that have been happening within the aquatic community, notjust the swimming side, but all of the disciplines. and from the results from today, i really feel like they are committed to change at the heart of aquatics, that they are bringing out, they have already rolled out and they are working through for the next few years. i feel really positive.

we will be speaking to rebecca adlington following the release of that review later in the programme. when in need of a win, send for harry kane. the england captain saving bayern munich's european campaign last night. he is of course playing for bayern munich now, they were trailing heading into the second leg of their last 16 tie. but up he stepped, to score twice against lazio as they won 3—0. that put them into the quarter finals. his side well behind in the german title race, but they remain in europe for now. anything kane can do, kylian can do too. mbappe with two of his own, for paris saint—germain as they beat real sociedad. they're also into the lasty eight. this mbappe's final season in paris before his expected move to real madrid. talking of futures, manchester city's star striker erling haaland was asked about his own. ahead of city's tie with fc copenhagen he was asked

where he sees himself playing and he refused to rule out a move away, but said he is staying put for now, where the goals have come freely, 80 in 84 matches. if i say this now, there's probably going to be a massive headline tomorrow. you never know what the future brings. so, but again, i'm happy, and you can write in this but you are also going to have to write everything i said right before. i'm happy and that's what i want to do. in the championship, leicester, leeds and ipswich all maintained their push to reach the premier league with victories. leicester beat sunderland, leeds beat stoke. ipswich had to work hard for their win. twice they were behind against bristol city, twice they recovered and then scored an 89th minute winner. ipswich stay second, two points ahead of ipswich, and three points behind the leaders,

leicester. england know what they need to do to qualify for the next europen championship after the draw was made yesterday. european championship after the draw was made yesterday. who can forget the defending champions, lifting that trophy two years ago. they will face france, sweden and the republic of ireland. scotland have been drawn in a group alongside serbia, slovakia and israel. wales face croatia, ukraine and kosovo, whilst northern ireland play portugal, bosnia and herzegovina and malta. qualifying takes place between april and july. former world number one simona halep is free to play competitive tennis again after herfour year doping ban was reduced by the court of arbitration for sport. the two time grand slam champion tested postive for a prohibited blood boosting substance before the us open in 2022. halep blamed the test on contaminated supplements. cas has reduced her ban to nine months, which she has already served.

and a century is up for england cricketerjonny bairstow. not in runs, although he's had a few of those, but in tests. yorkshire batter bairstow will become the 17th man to reach 100 tests in the final match of the series against india, 12 years after making his debut against west indies. the 34—year—old follows ben stokes who also made it a century of england caps this series. as a young kid, i think every kid that sets out on a journey to play professional cricket wants to try to play 100 test matches. and i think you look back to 2012 and i made my debut at lord's, then 12 years later, if you'd have said that you're going to be playing 100 test matches, you'd snap your hand off for one but you'd also be pinching yourself as well. a special moment and doing it as the same series as ben stokes. we know

the series is gone but still plenty to play for in the final test which begins tomorrow morning. thank you. for more than a century poppies have been the symbol of remembrance. this year, to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day, hand—made silhouettes of servicemen will be used as a poignant reminder of those who gave their lives during the normandy landings. they really do look amazing, don't they? around 80 groups from choirs to veterans, nhs workers to guides and scouts have been assembling the figures, ready for their journey to the british memorial in france. 0ur reporter katharine da costa has more. the chance to roll up their sleeves and join in with painting and assembling dozens of silhouettes. these children from st peter's primary school are from military families stationed at raf brize norton. working on this special d—day installation is particularly poignant for them. it's like a privilege to be part of this project because when you see

these outside in france, you're going to know that you've been a part of this. it means quite a lot though, because my dad's in the raf. when we see it up there in france, it will be really special— because we know that we've as a team made them. - made from recycled signage, the 1,475 silhouettes will symbolise the number of british lives lost on the normandy beaches on 6th june 1944. they'll be transported in 18 ornate crates adorned with thousands of poppies, each handmade by members of the women's institute. the project's been four years in the planning, and it's all thanks to the hard work of volunteers, many of whom have personal connections to the anniversary. my dad was a normandy veteran. he served in world war ii and fought in normandy. so it's quite a passion for me to do this. it's relevant to my family. standing with giants started back in november 2019 with the first

major installation of 100 silhouettes on a hill above the m40. it was the emotion from the public that came to view. i mean, he put them up thinking that people would see them from the m40. and basically people came, there was 10,000 visitors in a few weeks and we had to take them down really because we didn't anticipate that. so he kind of said to me, "jeanette, i think i need to carry this project forward." since then, the husband and wife team's organised over 20 different displays, including at waddesdon manor in buckinghamshire and this one at fort nelson near portsmouth, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the falklands conflict. in each installation we display, people come along and they tend to grieve. it might be about something that's happened in their life and itjust brings out some emotion and it gives them a chance to grieve, to reset, really, and reflect. the gratitude, maybe that we should all have really a little bit of gratitude to to say thank you to those that's paid the ultimate sacrifice to give us our freedom. without any funding, the couple's

had to cover substantial costs and are still desperately in need of another lorry to help with transportation on the 5th of april. 0nce complete, the people's tributes will be on display at the british normandy memorial until the end of august. katharine da costa, bbc news. they look incredible, don't they? they look incredible, don't they? they really do and it will be quite an event, that memorial, that commemoration injune. breakfast commemoration in june. breakfast will commemoration injune. breakfast will be reporting all aspects of it over the next couple of months. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it looks a bit groggy out there. it is frosty, foggy, cloudy... i love that someone goes out of their front door and see that this morning and says, i must send that to carol! thank you, weather watchers, to be doing that! good morning. it is a

foggy start, this is one of our weather watchers from dudley, the fog is dense across central and southern watts of england, visibility down to 100 metres, tricky travelling conditions. as well as that, freezing fog and frost. this is a car windscreen in anglesey. a cold start normally. high pressure is anchored toward scandinavia blocking the weather front in the atlantic are making any progress from the west. we are seeing a lot of cloud across scotland, central and eastern parts drifting in from the north sea and a south—easterly wind. when we lose the mist and fog, the west is going to have the greatest weather with the thought of sunshine. the cloud should break up in the south—eastern quarter, we will see a few showers here and then later, as the weather front tries to come into the west, the cloud will thicken in the south—west of england with a few

showers and cloud will thicken a craft mining. —— across northern ireland. cooler across the northern coastline and the cloud as well. that's going to be the case for the next few days. as we had to the evening and overnight, once again all of this cloud robs back in from the north of the across most parts. we will have some mist and fog patches in very similar areas tonight, but once again not as widespread. when he got clearer skies overnight we are likely to see some frost first thing in the morning. these temperatures are in the towns and cities, in rural areas it will be lower. that takes us into tomorrow, the setup remains similar. high pressure in scandinavia but we have got a reach across us and you can see from the isobars that it is going to be a breezy day. we start off on a cloudy note and tomorrow some of that cloud break—up but at times there will be large areas of

cloud thick enough for some scattered showers especially across the south. brighter skies in the west and these other temperatures, seven to 11 degrees. but still cooler across the north sea coastline. into the week, low pressure pushes towards the south. these weather fronts are really trying to penetrate the south—west, and the isobar alone tell you it will be a windy day, blustery. the cloud across scotland and northern england, thick enough for patchy light rain and drizzle but brightening up across much of the rest of england and wales. we should see some brighter skies across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. the black circles tell you where the gusts are going to be, play pretty gusty on the south—west approaches. a blustery day. these are the temperatures, six to 11 degrees, and feeling a little bit nippy on the north sea coastline.

thank you, carol. in 1971, the unofficial england women's football team went from being overlooked and ridiculed on home turf, to playing for a crowd of 90,000 people at the mexico world cup. despite the success of the game there, the tournament was soon forgotten but now a film is being released to tell the story of the competition. 0ur north of england correspondent rowan bridge went to a showing of copa 71 in manchester. a global football tournament largely lost to history because the players were women. in the stadium, you come out up into the pitch, so you come out from underneath. and then the roar is like deafening. and you can just feel it. i suppose, i've never driven a formula one car before, but the adrenaline and the...you

know, you can feel it reverberating and, yeah, and then it'sjust like that the whole time. 50 years on, copa 71 tells the tale of the unofficial women's world cup in mexico. it includes the stories of the england squad. decades before the lionesses, they competed in front of 90,000 fans. yet they were shunned when they came home. even the players didn't talk about it. we never spoke about it. i think we thought we've done something wrong. and then when we met all the other girls, they all said the same. they only spoke about it with their family, friends. yeah, we didn't think anybody cared. and they didn't at the time. ladies... five years ago, bbc breakfast brought the squad together for the first time. now their story's

being told on film. for the first time, rare footage of a tournament many never knew happened. it was very important for us making the film as well that there was a lot of footage because this is something that's been hidden away and not spoken about and people can dismiss it if they can't see it, they can dismiss the football, they can dismiss it, how many people were there? so it was very important for us in the edit to just keep on showing you more and more of this extraordinary tournament. so, you know, at the end, it is no longer deniable any more. yeah, you want to feel like you're there. but the euphoria of that tournament was short lived. returning home, the team's manager, harry blatt, was blacklisted. some players were temporarily banned. memories of the event and the potential of the women's game were buried for decades. players felt... cos it's hard to talk about something when you're being told very specifically and in general in society that you should be really ashamed to be thinking about it or talking about it and sharing it. and that experience was taken away. if you talk to any of the players now, when we first approached them, they were pretty reticent to be

involved, they still felt pretty traumatised about not having this in their lives for 50 years. i mean, they've been gaslit for so long. now, though, the film is bringing the story of copa �*71 into the light with a preview screening in manchester. i thought it was a really good interpretation of what happened to women and is still happening to women now. but it was really funny, it was refreshing and it was really informative, really well put together. fabulous story and it's incredible nobody's heard of it and that it was so... you know, the film, the whole tournament was squashed, you know, as if it didn't exist and it's always been there. it's great to see it again and see what a show it's been and that opportunity has been lost. they were made to feel. so bad about it, you know, coming back from a tournament like that and then nothing, - you know, so it must have been terrible. l so hopefully they're going to feel really good about it and really .

proud about it and see themselves rightly as pioneers for all - the great football we've i got going at the moment inside the women's football scene. today, the success of the lionesses is again drawing massive crowds. but this film celebrates chris longwood and herfellow players, the generation that paved the way. rowan bridge, bbc news, manchester. and we will be speaking to one of the footballers who played in the 1971 world cup, and one of the co—directors of the film at just after 8.30am. it's a good story that we have waited a long time to hear. coming up waited a long time to hear. coming up to 7am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london.

a teenager's been charged after two women were injured when a shotgun went off after it was dropped in clapham. scotland yard says it happened last friday while officers were pursuing two people on a moped that had failed to stop. 18—year—old keymarni king will face four charges when he appears before bromley magistrates later. the police are still trying to trace a second suspect. the chancellor will deliver his budget later. one of the sectors in london watching closely will be the shrinking hospitality sector, which has lost almost 20 % of licensed venues since the covid pandemic. hospitality is the one that gets hit the first, basically. the government reduced it to 5.5%

during covid. that helps us to keep prices as low as possible to consumers, and we are looking particularly at consumers being able to eat out at the local restaurant. an orchestra made up of young afghan refugees can perform in london, following a u—turn by the home office. they are due to perfom at the southbank centre this week, but were told their visa applications had been rejected. that decision has now been reversed. the group fled afghanistan after the return of the taliban and now live in portugal. the concert�*s promoter is hopeful the performance will now go ahead on thursday. members of the orchestra and the management including myself, my team, including southbank, they were ever so pleased that there is a reversal of the decision and it's just a question of getting their passports stamped. but the logistics of this is a rather long drawn procedure. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a minor delays

on the district, elizabeth and piccadilly lines this morning. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's quite a cloudy start to the day and we have some patches of mist and fog around as well but once that lifts, we will start to see more in the way of sunshine breaking through. there will also be some scattered showers drifting from the south and south—east. we can already see a couple of showers spreading through quite early on in the morning but during the day there will be more in the way of drier interludes with some sunshine around as well and temperatures reaching around ten to 11 celsius with gentle winds. into the evening, any showers will tend to fade away and overnight it becomes largely dry and with some clear spells for a time, but then mist and fog forming once more by the early hours. temperatures overnight dipping to around three to five celsius. as we look ahead to the next few days, into the weekend, high pressure is still with us to the east but we are expecting these weather fronts to make further progress into the weekend so there may be some outbreaks of rain for a time. at least for the next few days, some sunshine but also some scattered showers and into the weekend becoming a bit

more unsettled with temperatures around 12 to 13 celsius and it will be windier as well. that's it from me for now. more on our website and the bbc app. see you in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. 0ur headlines today. a promise to cut taxes — that's the chancellor's pledge ahead of today's budget. but how far will he go? good morning. we expect a further 2p to come off national insurance. but what else? we are asking these guys in newcastle. what else would they like to hear from their chancellor in this election year? it was a super tuesday for donald trump and joe biden, as they take a major step

towards being the official candidates in the us presidential election. a toxic environment and a culture of fear — a damning review reveals the reality of england's swimming clubs. good morning. some dense fog around this morning and also some frost. generally the eastis and also some frost. generally the east is going to be cloudier with patchy light rain or showers. the west brighter. i don't know, my grandchildren have asked me, my daughter—in—law, why are you holding on to a trolley? i said, i don't know. and the grate escape — we hear from the shopper left dangling upside down by a shop's secuity shutters. good morning. it's wednesday, 6th march. the chancellor will unveil his budget later today, and an expected 2p cut to national insurance is likely to be the centrepiece. jeremy hunt has promised his plans will stimulate a flagging economy and help families with permanent tax breaks. labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of tax thresholds.

ben king reports. the background to today's budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. but it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. the conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking forjeremy hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester, a seat the lib dems hope to win. so what do people here think about tax cuts? i think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. realistically, people aren't going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in public services means better health care services. it'sjust much more important. i would prefer not to have a tax - cut, but to see more money invested in the community. if the public services were properly organised, there's more than enough money to do it. this parliament has seen a record—breaking increase in taxation. that's partly because wages have been going up, but the thresholds where you start paying different rates, have not.

the chancellor has said that he wants to cut taxes, but the government also has a pledge to make sure that the national debt is on course to fall in five years' time. and it's the official forecaster, the office for budget responsibility, who decide whether that pledge is being met. and that works out as a big constraint on what the chancellor can do today. the traditional audience before budget day. some years, the chancellor can say that an improved economy has given him more flexibility, but probably not by much this time. the chancellor will almost certainly freeze fuel duty and he's expected to cut national insurance by 2p in the pound, worth around £450 a year to someone on a full time wage of 35,000. although pensioners are not affected, as they don't pay it. so he'll probably have to raise revenue somehow to balance it out, perhaps by scrapping tax breaks for nondoms, wealthy people who live overseas. he could raise duty on business class airfares, extend the windfall tax on oil and gas

producers, and even put a tax on vapes. now, this is the first time there's ever been a cabinet in east yorkshire. the government's self—imposed rule is designed to show that it won't let the national debt rise out of control, but it's based on plans forfuture public spending that some feel are unrealistically low. and it depends on highly uncertain projections of what might happen in five years' time. in recent years, we've seen chancellors increasing spending and cutting tax in the short term, but then promising to raise taxes and cut spending in the longer term. but that never happens. and as a result, we've just seen debt ratchet up in practice, rather than actually starting to come down. the chancellor says this will be a budget for long term economic growth, sketching out a path to morejobs, better public services and lower taxes. but will he also be able to provide the short term boost some in his party are hoping for? ben king, bbc news, winchester.

we're joined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. he is so excited about the budget he is already in downing street waiting for the chancellor at lunchtime. any budget is about balancing politics and the economy, isn't it? but in an election year, plus, plus, plus? i couldn't have put it better myself. todayis couldn't have put it better myself. today is a big moment, as any budget is for people pots finances up and down this country. for those of us in westminster this is a big political moment. we know a general election is coming at some point this year. and we know that this is one of the last set piece parliamentary moments wherejeremy parliamentary moments where jeremy hunt, parliamentary moments wherejeremy hunt, the chancellor, but also rishi sunak, have the opportunity to seize the agenda and say this is their vision for the future of the country. slightly unusually we know what one of the biggest, perhaps the biggest measure in the budget is going to be. that is a 2p cut in

national insurance. does that sound familiar? probably. because back in november at the autumn statement that was also the most significant measure. jeremy hunt will say, put those two together, you have a 4p cut in national insurance, worth £900 to the average earner a year. the labour party will say, hang on a minute, this is dwarfed by the impact of what they call fiscal drag, where the thresholds have an increased in line with inflation. they will say, actually, the average household is more than if those thresholds had risen in line with inflation. ., ., inflation. you say we will get an election at _ inflation. you say we will get an election at some _ inflation. you say we will get an election at some point - inflation. you say we will get an election at some point this - inflation. you say we will get an | election at some point this year. inflation. you say we will get an l election at some point this year. i think most of us have been gearing towards the autumn. but all kinds of speculation over the past 24 hours that may be we will get one sooner than that. what do you read into this? , , ., than that. what do you read into this? , i ., ., ., this? definitely a lot of speculation _ this? definitely a lot of speculation from - this? definitely a lot of speculation from mps i this? definitely a lot of i speculation from mps and this? definitely a lot of _ speculation from mps and advisers of all parties who i speak to here. there are some in the conservative party would think that rishi sunak

stood —— should seize the initiative and call a may election. if you wanted to do that, he would have to call the election within a couple of weeks, basically by the end of the month, so that would be releasing. 0ther month, so that would be releasing. other people say, hang on a second, no prime minister could or should call up general election when there is far behind in the opinion polls. either way, whenever the election comes, you can see in the way that rishi sunak is behaving, that actually, he is starting to shift into election mode. and we had a slightly curious perhaps example of that yesterday when he gave an interview, with his wife, degrazia. look at this. i love being with the kids and setting — i love being with the kids and setting up the table and making sure that it _ setting up the table and making sure that it is _ setting up the table and making sure that it is all— setting up the table and making sure that it is all nice. there is something about the table i really love doing all of that.— love doing all of that. dishwasher stackin: , love doing all of that. dishwasher stacking, sinking _ love doing all of that. dishwasher stacking, sinking bed, _ love doing all of that. dishwasher stacking, sinking bed, both - love doing all of that. dishwasher stacking, sinking bed, both have| love doing all of that. dishwasherl stacking, sinking bed, both have a nice satisfying _ stacking, sinking bed, both have a nice satisfying ending. _ nice satisfying ending. look, _ nice satisfying ending. look, i_ nice satisfying ending.

look, idon't- nice satisfying ending. look, idon't know- nice satisfying ending. look, i don't know if. nice satisfying ending. . look, i don't know if rishi nice satisfying ending. - look, i don't know if rishi sunak nice satisfying ending. _ look, i don't know if rishi sunak is going to have time to pop up and stack the dishwasher or make the bed today, but i do know it is a very important day for his political fortunes whenever that election ends up fortunes whenever that election ends up taking place. maybe you should go in and see what's going on? i maybe you should go in and see what's going on?— maybe you should go in and see what's going on? i have never been invited. what's going on? i have never been invited- take _ what's going on? i have never been invited. take your _ what's going on? i have never been invited. take your phone, - what's going on? i have never been invited. take your phone, we'll- what's going on? i have never been invited. take your phone, we'll get| invited. take your phone, we'll get some pictures _ invited. take your phone, we'll get some pictures later. _ invited. take your phone, we'll get some pictures later. thank - invited. take your phone, we'll get some pictures later. thank you. i some pictures later. thank you. henry and the team from bbc politics will keep you completely up to date with the budget this lunchtime. speculation about when our election will be. we know when the american election will be. and it looks like we know who the candidates are going to be. very much so. joe biden and donald trump are looking increasingly likely to go head—to—head again in the us elections this november. it's after the biggest day of voting so far as millions of people choose who they want as their preferred presidential candidate, as will vernon reports. another triumph for trump. the former president cruised to victory on super tuesday, securing his position as the unassailable frontrunner in this race.

they call it super tuesday for a reason. this is a big one. and they tell me, the pundits and otherwise, that there's never been one like this, there's never been anything so conclusive. 0fficially he hasn't won the nomination yet. but with results like these, total victory seems certain. as expected, presidentjoe biden also swept the board in the democrat primaries. nikki haley was trumped by donald trump. it's not clear whether she will continue her campaign. presidential election day is still eight months away. but many americans already seem wary of the campaign, and of an increasingly polarised political climate. we can't hear any other voices but those two now. i mean, nikki haley is still out there and i wish her well, but primarily we are only hearing two voices. and i don't like that. there should be more people.

it felt like we only had two really old people, like people who should be retired. it'sjust become a polarising. i wish that people would focus more on what we have in common, - because i think there's so much more we have in common _ than different. if all of this seems familiar, that's because it is. mr trump and mr biden faced off in the last election too. around 70% of americans now say they don't want this rematch. will you shut up, man. the focus will now turn to the election campaign itself, the race for the white house, trump versus biden. voters will have to choose between a man indicted on 91 charges across four criminal cases, and the oldest sitting president in history facing questions about his mental fitness for office. will vernon, bbc news, washington. for more analysis on super tuesday you can listen to our american politics podcast, americast.

they ve just published an overnight episode, available on bbc sounds right now. the foreign secretary will warn that israel could be in breach of international humanitarian law if it fails to allow more aid into gaza. it comes as the world food programme says the israeli defence force thwarted attempts to bring aid into gaza after a convoy of 14 lorries were turned back at a checkpoint. junior doctors in northern ireland will begin strike action for the first time this morning. the 24—hour walkout is in a row about pay. the british medical association says the deal put to them was the minimum junior doctors could have been offered. the department of health in northern ireland said the proposals amounted to an average pay increase of more than 9%. the army has removed a claim made on its website that the princess of wales would be appearing at trooping the colour injune.

kensington palce said it had not confirmed her appearance. the princess's duties have been suspended since she underwent abdominal surgery in january. it is 11 minutes past seven. take a look at this — this isn't what you expect when you turn up to your shift in the morning, but this moment has turned anne hughes into an internet sensation. 0h, oh, my goodness. anne is ok, everyone. anne found herself dangling several feet in the air after getting caught in the shop's shutters. luckily she's okay, but the cctv footage of her escapade has been watched by millions. 0ur reporter matt murray has been speaking to her. for years, anne hughes has turned up for her cleaning shift at this shop in tonteg. but it's the first time this has happened. i was leaning against the shutters,

but unbeknownst to me, when ahmed was inside — he's owner of the shop — when he was inside, bringing the shutters up, he couldn't hear me shouting when i realised that i'd been caught. my coat had caught on the shutter going up. well, i was going up! and he obviously didn't hear me because i went right up. the shutter was completely open. and then i screamed his name and, thank goodness, i mean, he came out, then he lowered the shutter a little bit. anne was too shy to appear on camera, but is getting used to the fame after her boss shared the clip on tiktok, where it has been viewed nearly two million times. herfamily have also been amused by it. i don't know, my grandchildren have asked me, my daughter—in—law, why are you holding on to a trolley? i said, i don't know.

at the local newsagents they're expecting anne to be all over the papers. it's hysterical. i've known anne for years. she's a very good friend of mine. and just to see her, well, it made my day yesterday. when i asked her what her boss made of it all, she said, "he's never liked his staff hanging around." matt murray, bbc news, tonteg. 0h! thank goodness he was there. he very gracefully takes her down. that was heroic. and then released the footage. well done for being a sport, anne, speaking to the bbc. what a moment. witness me. nothing like that happened on the way to work this morning, did it, carol?! for anne. work this morning, did it, carol?! foranne. she work this morning, did it, carol?! for anne. she was so graceful. band for anne. she was so graceful. and it was a lovely _ for anne. she was so graceful. and it was a lovely trolley. you wouldn't want to lose it, would you? why didn't she just drop the trolley?

it is instinctive though, isn't it? if some —— you want to keep hold of it. maybe her handbag is in there. it wouldn't have been so funny if she hadn't held the trolley. absolutely right. good morning. this morning if you are just stepping out of there is some dense fog around. the met office has a weather warning out for parts of the midlands, london, the southeast, gloucestershire, that kind of area. but you can see we have also got some dense fog and other parts of the country like lincolnshire. but it is not everywhere. some of us waking up to a frosty start, but a sunny one. thank you to our weather watch and powers for this picture. what is happening today is if you are in the east, there is more cloud producing patchy light rain. in the west cloud introducing some showers. in between, a lot of clear skies, a cold start, some frost. and there is some fog. this is where the met office has the weather warning.

through the course of the morning that fog will lift. we continue with the cloud and showers in the far south—west and hang onto this cloud in east anglia, heading towards north—east england. the west, drier, brighter, colder, with sunshine. cloud building in northern ireland. western scotland seen some sunshine. for much of central and east of scotland there is a fair bit of cloud. and some patchy light rain and drizzle. the cloud in the south—east should break up through the day but here we are likely to see some showers. gentle breezes. temperatures five to 12 degrees, but always cooler along this north sea coastline. it will remain: this north sea coastline for the next few days. thank you. stay safe now. bullying, dangerous practices and extreme competitiveness are just some of the findings in a damning report looking at swimming clubs in england. the review was commissioned by the governing body, swim england, following complaints of emotional abuse and body—shaming by athletes, including some 0lympians.

it found that aggressive coaching styles, including shouting and shaming were tolerated as expected behaviour. girls were also humiliated for putting on weight or being on their period. the review also found that excessive demands on child athletes meant that they were expected to train even when they were exhausted or injured. this led to many quitting the sport or suffering from mental health issues. the olympic medallist cassie patten spoke out last year, saying she felt broken after years of negative comments. her allegations of emotional abuse helped lead to the review being launched. as you can see i'm a big girl. i'm nearly six foot. i have never been described as dainty. so for me, being weighed and having people comment on my body shape and my weight was really commonplace

from a very young age. in both ways people said i put on too much weight. when i lost weight they then called me a beanpole. so i could never seem to win. and for me, when you are growing up, yes, i went on to become an olympic swimmer. but at the age of13, 14, i was still a child that was just enjoying swimming. and to have such a disproportionate amount of attention drawn to what i looked alike, my body shape etc, was really difficult. what i feel really positive about is the fact swimming england are doing this, they are listening. it is past swimmers, current swimmers that have been e—mailing and getting in touch, and they are really committed to change. cassie patten speaking to the bbc. we can now speak to two—time olympic gold medallist rebecca adlington. good morning. thank you forjoining

us. some really concerning findings in this review?— in this review? yeah, i think it is one of those. — in this review? yeah, i think it is one of those, it _ in this review? yeah, i think it is one of those, it is _ in this review? yeah, i think it is one of those, it is always - in this review? yeah, i think it is one of those, it is always a i in this review? yeah, i think it is i one of those, it is always a shame when you are such a fan and a lover of the sport for anything negative to come out, but i actually see it as a positive because hard as it is to read all this news about it, the positive is now action can be taken, change can happen and it can move forward in the right way that it needs to. and ijust hope that they address everyone because my concerns. 0bviously they have apologised but i hope no further action is taken. i appreciate everyone pass experience is so different. i had a really, really positive one, and there will be lots of positive ones as well. but we have to find that balance. that's ureat have to find that balance. that's treat to have to find that balance. that's great to hear. — have to find that balance. that's great to hear, that _ have to find that balance. that's great to hear, that you - have to find that balance. that's great to hear, that you had i have to find that balance. that's great to hear, that you had a i great to hear, that you had a positive experience, so there are good stories out there. during your time, did you ever come across stories from who were struggling? where there is stories you heard that you, even as a youngster, thought, this is not right? yeah,

and it's one _ thought, this is not right? yeah, and it's one of _ thought, this is not right? yeah, and it's one of those _ thought, this is not right? yeah, and it's one of those that - and it's one of those that everyone's coaching environment was completely different. i was very lucky to have a coach or that saw me as a human being first and an athlete second. but i was very lucky in that scenario. there were other coaches out there, other environments, also other swimmers. it was notjust environments, also other swimmers. it was not just from the environments, also other swimmers. it was notjust from the coaching staff or other members of staff, it was within the swimmers as well. it can create a toxic environment and a hard environment as well, especially during those teenage years, because especially as, well for anyone, but certainly as a woman your body changes so much through those years and swimming is a very, very young sport. you are doing early mornings from 11 years of age. it is one of those that your body changes so much, so when you go into a swimming club, by the time you're 16, much, so when you go into a swimming club, by the time you're16, 17, club, by the time you're16,17, your body has a significant —— has significantly changed. it is how other swimmers handle that, it is

how the sports staff handle it, the coaching staff. it was really sad for me to see other coaches and or relationships. you've got to know where that support is and you have to speak out about it as well. ida to speak out about it as well. no names, obviously, becky, but what were the kinds of stories that you remember from that time when you were growing up, the things you saw and heard? i were growing up, the things you saw and heard? ~ ., , were growing up, the things you saw and heard? ~ .,, i and heard? i think it was mostly around women's _ and heard? i think it was mostly around women's weight. - and heard? i think it was mostly around women's weight. it i and heard? i think it was mostly around women's weight. it was l and heard? i think it was mostly i around women's weight. it was mostly around women's weight. it was mostly around kind of all the girls can't eat that, girls aren't allowed pudding, if we were out in a hotel, or, girls have got to go on a strict diet. the boys were treated extremely different. certain coaches would enforce that or monitor on a tough level what those girls were eating. my coaches knew i needed balanced diet to get that nutrition. swimming burns are so many calories, you have to refill your body. i heard other coaches making remarks

about how you are not allowed to even eat that, even if it was just a cracker. it was so extreme. we all know, women's weight fluctuates massively across the month. it is so interestin: massively across the month. it is so interesting listening _ massively across the month. it is so interesting listening to _ massively across the month. it is so interesting listening to you, - interesting listening to you, rebecca, and hearing just the stories that you're able to tell. do you think there is now a real sense of change coming? i would imagine for any parent whose child wants to swim, wants to be that kid, who get up swim, wants to be that kid, who get up super early to go and train, this isa up super early to go and train, this is a real worry? it up super early to go and train, this is a real worry?— is a realworry? it is, but it is one of those _ is a realworry? it is, but it is one of those where _ is a realworry? it is, but it is one of those where there i is a realworry? it is, but it is one of those where there arej is a realworry? it is, but it is- one of those where there are lots of positive stories as well. i mean, cassie achieved phenomenal things in her sport. cassie achieved phenomenal things in hersport. i cassie achieved phenomenal things in her sport. i have a massively positive experience. my daughter has justjoined a swimming club and she absolutely loves it and they are a great environment. and actually, i think those positive ones need to effect the ones that aren't in that place yet, really bounce ideas off each other, may be some staffing

changes need to happen, may be a coach needs to address some kind of behaviour. but they can really take action. and maybe, i hope, every single swimming club is reflecting on this and looking at their environment and how they can implement change as well. band environment and how they can implement change as well. and as a mum of a daughter, _ implement change as well. and as a mum of a daughter, rebecca, i implement change as well. and as a mum of a daughter, rebecca, howl mum of a daughter, rebecca, how confident are you that swimming is getting its act together, that your daughter will be ok?— getting its act together, that your daughter will be ok? yeah, well, i have seen that _ daughter will be ok? yeah, well, i have seen that my _ daughter will be ok? yeah, well, i have seen that my daughter i daughter will be ok? yeah, well, i have seen that my daughter is i daughter will be ok? yeah, well, i i have seen that my daughter is having a wonderfully positive swimming experience with her club and the staff are so brilliant. they have some of their older swimmers taking some of their older swimmers taking some of thejunior swimmers as well. they have got it down really well. and i hope that is happening across the country as well, notjust where we live. and i hope it's one of those that we can now encourage athlete into the sport. at such a phenomenal sport. athlete into the sport. at such a phenomenalsport. it athlete into the sport. at such a phenomenal sport. it is a young sport. and it is one of those that obviously you join a swimming club when you are eight, nine years old, and they might not go on to the olympics, they might not go on to 0lympics, they might not go on to compete when they're 15, 16 years

old, but we need to make it a positive experience, whether they're just doing it for friendship, physical mental health, the club should be welcoming of that and cater to all those different athletes. rebecca, great to talk to you, thank you for talking to us. imagine being a young swimmer and seeing the name adlington against you in the pool?! 0r you in the pool?! or a coach. 24 minutes past seven. a group of around 70 healthcare workers are suing the nhs and other employers after being left with long covid. the staff from england and wales are going to the high court today, for permission to get their cases heard together. they say they were not properly protected at work, and now have life—changing disabilities. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. remember when we did this every week? up and down the country coming out to clap for carers as we were in the grip of the pandemic. we were called heroes, you know. every thursday night, people were out clapping and banging and, you know, from the prime minister to the royal family. but now we just feel a little bit abandoned.

nurse rachel hexed isjoining together with almost 70 other health workers, including peter easton and julie taylor. they had differentjobs in different parts of the country, but their stories echo each other�*s. when the pandemic hit, i was clinical leader in emergency theatres. my health was amazing. i would regularly run 10ks, half marathons. i was community nursing. that meant taking care of people i that were end of life care and covid positive patients included. i was really afraid and i was categorically told, as long as you wash your hands, you'll be ok. ppe wasn't brilliant, so everyone was worried and panicking. i felt unprotected. kind of like disposable, really. and i was disposable, - i feel like collateral damage. i can actually remember

thinking there is literally no way out of this. you know, it would be a real miracle if i don't get it today. and lo and behold, four days later, i tested positive. peter says long covid has left him disabled. like julie and rachel. he's convinced he was infected at work. i had long covid before long covid was a thing. i do have brain fog, unable to word find and coherently speak. - widespread pain, i've got nerve damage. the pain, especially when i go to bed at night, is horrendous. sometimes it's like someone's rubbing stinging nettles over my legs. what itjust means for me is that day to day i live an existence rather than a life. she's never managed to get back to work properly and is still off sick. so on top of dealing with a disability, now i have to deal with the loss of my career as well. peter left the nhs for the private sector but is off sick again. having long covid definitely meant that i lost myjob-

and that was really, i really heartbreaking. i subsequently have long covid. julie's new role involves shorter hours, but she says it's still a struggle. the health workers are suing some nhs trusts in england, health boards in wales and other health employers. the case is effectively that the defendants didn't provide adequate ppe or any at all, and that the guidance provided by public health england was negligent and they should not have followed it. these people really have been abandoned and they are really struggling to fight to get anything. coming here to the royal courts ofjustice is an early step in what could be a long process. this first hearing is to get permission to group their cases together and then find out when they might have a full trial. if they're lucky, it could be summer next year. if they're not, they could be looking at 2026. an apology, that's the first thing. it's just someone to take

some responsibility. we were not protected whilst working on the front line i whilst doing ourjobs. i'm 36, i've got a family to raise. i had 30 years of working life ahead of me and now i don't. rachel, peter and julie's employers don't want to comment because of the legal action, but they do say the health and wellbeing of staff is a priority. catherine burns, bbc news. it is budget day. we will talk to nina in newcastle in a few minutes about how the budget might affect you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning, you're watching bbc london, i'm frankie mccamley. a teenager's been charged after two women were injured when a shotgun went off after it was dropped in clapham. scotland yard says it happened last friday while officers were pursuing

two people on a moped. 18 year old keymarni king will face four charges when he appears before bromley magistrates later. it's nearly one year on from a report into the metropolitan police which concluded it was institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. baroness casey's review followed the abduction, murder and rape of sarah everard by a serving police officer the police and crime committee will meet later to look at what progress has been made but the deputy mayor for policing says change will take time. the new commissioner and his leadership team have made big progress, doubling the number of officers who are leaving the force, doubling the suspensions, tripling the number of misconduct cases, improving the response to 999 calls and 101 calls from the public. so there has been a lot of progress but there is a long way to go. imagine watching the news on tv and spotting a photo of a relative from nearly a century ago. that's what happened to a father

and son while they were watching a bbc london report about the restoration of alexandra palace. they've been back to the venue to find out more about their boxing grandfather. now for its 150th annibversary alexandra palace are keen to hear any of your stories. well, i saw it for probably two seconds and the picture on the right, the person on the right was, ijust knew instantly it was my grandad. 0h, there's a hell of a lot of resemblance, he's short, stocky, and that hair, he had really thick hair as you can see in this one. well, it's great. i'm part of something, you know, something solid, part of history, basically. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's minor delays on the district, elizabeth, central now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's quite a cloudy start to the day and we have some patches of mist

and fog around as well but once that lifts, we will start to see more in the way of sunshine breaking through. there will also be some scattered showers drifting from the south and south—east. we can already see a couple of showers spreading through quite early on in the morning but during the day there will be more in the way of drier interludes with some sunshine around as well and temperatures reaching around ten to 11 celsius with gentle winds. into the evening, any showers will tend to fade away and overnight it becomes largely dry and with some clear spells for a time, but then mist and fog forming once more by the early hours. temperatures overnight dipping to around three to five celsius. as we look ahead to the next few days, into the weekend, high pressure is still with us to the east but we are expecting these weather fronts to make further progress into the weekend so there may be some outbreaks of rain for a time. at least for the next few days, some sunshine but also some scattered showers and into the weekend becoming a bit more unsettled with temperatures around 12 to 13 celsius and it will be windier as well. that's it from me for now. see you in half an hour.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. jeremy hunt will deliver his budget today, the last before the next general election, and voters across the country will be listening very closely to what he has to say. what are you hoping for? how will it affect you and your household budget? 0ur cost of living correspondent coletta smith has been to warrington to ask people. it might not be ramsey street, but in this quiet corner of warrington... hiya, you all right? yeah, good, you? everyone knows their neighbours. any chance we can meet up with a few of you and your pals? and this morning, i'm joining a little gang, and we're all heading round to lee's house for a cuppa. hello, hello. the country feels like it's got so many big decisions to make.

andrew and helen are retired and have three grown up girls. the youngest is still at university and that's costing them lots. the rent we have to pay for 12 months, but she's only in there for 25 weeks. it's £12,000 a year. have you eating into your savings cushion then? massively. we didn't go to university, either of us. so it's brilliant to be able to do it and be part of that world for the three years, four years that they're there. but yeah, it does have an impact. money doesn't grow on trees, and you've got to use what you've got. their eldest daughter works full time and is now renting too. she's got no chance on her own of finding a deposit. yeah. so, yeah, as much as she'd love to to buy a house, it's just not reality unless that changes in the budget. yeah. nick from next door runs a logistics company. after renting for a while, they managed to buy last yearjust as mortgages hit their peak. so money is tight. if the chancellor does cut national insurance,

is that going to help? yeah, i think that'll be a huge benefit, i think notjust for people like myself and lee, but also, you know, employees of my business as well. and as more people are working from home these days and kind of hybrid working conditions, if you alleviate some of those issues, so interest payments, mortgage payments, actually has an impact on where you are every day. most people, i guess, in this area would not class themselves as struggling. but now you're conscious of everything. constantly, constantly. the cost of food is absolutely noticeable. so before we probably wouldn't have even thought where we shopped. now we're definitely thinking about brands versus non brands. so you're thinking of potentially topping up your income by going part time or looking for an extra job? yeah, it did cross our minds before christmas if maybe that was an option to go back to work part time just to help pay some of our bills. being parents at the moment, managing that, i guess you've had

to manage childcare costs, the wraparound care, all of those extra bits and bobs really add up. oh, yeah, they do. i mean, that's again, something that you're always balancing because there's the case of, do they stay in school longer? do they go in holiday clubs during half term, or do you take time out of your business? it's a little bit sad sometimes when you want to think, well, it's half term coming up, we'll all do... looking forward to doing something with you. they're all ooking forward to doing something with you. as a food bank volunteer, helen is seeing first hand how much people are struggling. it's so complicated to try, and disheartening, to be working full time and then still, still struggling. now, that's a bigger question, isn't it, about why people need to access food banks to be able to feed their families. questions households right across the country are hoping the chancellor provides answers to today. coletta smith, bbc news, in warrington.

let's head back to newcastle where we can see there is a beautiful shot over newcastle and gateshead, i can see some fog on the tyne!— see some fog on the tyne! hurray! and somewhere _ see some fog on the tyne! hurray! and somewhere through _ see some fog on the tyne! hurray! and somewhere through the i see some fog on the tyne! hurray! and somewhere through the fog, l see some fog on the tyne! hurray! i and somewhere through the fog, nina has a panel of people to find out what they want from the budget. morning, nina. good morning, she had nicked our line about the fog on the tyne, i can't believe it! it morning. we are in town if we are, lots of people with lots of different desires of what they will hear from the house of commons at lunchtime. it's been fascinating getting everyone's take. we are not all fiscal experts and neither should we be but we are all feeling the impact of inflation. charlie is a teacher on a teachers salary, one of the most important jobs in society, when it comes to the end of the month, the weekend, how are you finding things in terms of being able to try and treat

yourself to a night out or a dinner? it can be tricky sometimes, making ends meet can be quite a challenge sometimes. ends meet can be quite a challenge sometimes-— ends meet can be quite a challenge sometimes. ., ., ., , ., i sometimes. that on a teachers salary and that's getting _ sometimes. that on a teachers salary and that's getting harder. _ sometimes. that on a teachers salary and that's getting harder. you - sometimes. that on a teachers salary and that's getting harder. you work i and that's getting harder. you work for a building society but you thought that some inside hassles would work out? are they necessary? yes, everybody who is not happy with their nfain— yes, everybody who is not happy with their main source of income should aspire _ their main source of income should aspire to— their main source of income should aspire to get another one. that their main source of income should aspire to get another one.- aspire to get another one. that is an interesting _ aspire to get another one. that is an interesting take. _ aspire to get another one. that is an interesting take. one - aspire to get another one. that is an interesting take. one of i aspire to get another one. that is an interesting take. one of your. an interesting take. one of your side hassles is cutting hair and i must say your hair looks amazing! he: trimmed it this morning, looks beautiful. ., , , ., beautiful. you represent the hilton hotels, the — beautiful. you represent the hilton hotels, the banging _ beautiful. you represent the hilton hotels, the banging of— beautiful. you represent the hilton hotels, the banging of the - beautiful. you represent the hilton hotels, the banging of the drum i hotels, the banging of the drum seems to be around vat. absolutely, we would like — seems to be around vat. absolutely, we would like to _ seems to be around vat. absolutely, we would like to see _ seems to be around vat. absolutely, we would like to see a _ seems to be around vat. absolutely, we would like to see a lot _ seems to be around vat. absolutely, we would like to see a lot happen, i we would like to see a lot happen, it would be great to see that come to fruition for the whole industry. the whole of hospitality. vat seems to be the one. i ask you about

levelling up earlier, you said it's completely meaningless, something which was echoed by you, chris, you work in public affairs, you want to see the housing market levelled up. yeah, what is very clear is that the planning _ yeah, what is very clear is that the planning system is not working at the moment. we need to see supply—side reforms and more money for planning _ supply—side reforms and more money for planning department so they can drive through planning applications and get _ drive through planning applications and get the economy boosted and growing — and get the economy boosted and curowin. . and get the economy boosted and i rowin. _ ., ., , and get the economy boosted and i rowini _ ., ., , and get the economy boosted and iirowin . ., .,, ~' ~' ., growing. that has huge knock-on effect for local _ growing. that has huge knock-on effect for local economies. i growing. that has huge knock-on. effect for local economies. andrew you run a small music venue in sunderland, the fire station, a small venue where a physical ticket count. �* , ,., , small venue where a physical ticket count. �* , i ., ., i count. absolutely, the more money eo - le count. absolutely, the more money people have — count. absolutely, the more money people have in _ count. absolutely, the more money people have in their— count. absolutely, the more money people have in their pockets, i count. absolutely, the more money people have in their pockets, they i people have in their pockets, they can go— people have in their pockets, they can go out— people have in their pockets, they can go out and— people have in their pockets, they can go out and enjoy— people have in their pockets, they can go out and enjoy nightlife, i can go out and enjoy nightlife, gigs, — can go out and enjoy nightlife, gigs, have _ can go out and enjoy nightlife, gigs, have fun _ can go out and enjoy nightlife, gigs, have fun. we _ can go out and enjoy nightlife, gigs, have fun. we would i can go out and enjoy nightlife, gigs, have fun. we would likei can go out and enjoy nightlife, i gigs, have fun. we would like to can go out and enjoy nightlife, - gigs, have fun. we would like to see a vat— gigs, have fun. we would like to see a vat cut— gigs, have fun. we would like to see a vat cut on— gigs, have fun. we would like to see a vat cut on live _ gigs, have fun. we would like to see a vat cut on live ticket _ gigs, have fun. we would like to see a vat cut on live ticket sales - gigs, have fun. we would like to see a vat cut on live ticket sales which i a vat cut on live ticket sales which would _ a vat cut on live ticket sales which would have — a vat cut on live ticket sales which would have a — a vat cut on live ticket sales which would have a huge _ a vat cut on live ticket sales which would have a huge impact- a vat cut on live ticket sales which would have a huge impact on- a vat cut on live ticket sales which. would have a huge impact on menus like ours _ would have a huge impact on menus like ours we — would have a huge impact on menus like ours. �*, ., ,. ., , ., like ours. it's fascinating, it is a lot of industries _ like ours. it's fascinating, it is a lot of industries that _ like ours. it's fascinating, it is a lot of industries that talk i like ours. it's fascinating, it is a lot of industries that talk about| lot of industries that talk about vat. talk about the vat on your

tickets? fin vat. talk about the vat on your tickets? ., ., . ~ tickets? on £24 for a ticket, we get £20. if it tickets? on £24 for a ticket, we get £20- if it was _ tickets? on £24 for a ticket, we get £20. if it was 1096, _ tickets? on £24 for a ticket, we get £20. if it was 1096, we _ tickets? on £24 for a ticket, we get £20. if it was 1096, we would i tickets? on £24 for a ticket, we get £20. if it was 1096, we would get i tickets? on £24 for a ticket, we get| £20. if it was 1096, we would get £21 £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82, £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82. that— £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82. that is— £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82. that is a — £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82. that is a huge _ £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82, that is a huge difference - £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82, that is a huge difference if- £20. if it was 10%, we would get £21 82, that is a huge difference if you i 82, that is a huge difference if you have _ 82, that is a huge difference if you have got— 82, that is a huge difference if you have got 900 _ 82, that is a huge difference if you have got 900 tickets. _ 82, that is a huge difference if you have got 900 tickets. i— 82, that is a huge difference if you have got 900 tickets.— have got 900 tickets. i would be auoin have got 900 tickets. i would be ioini to have got 900 tickets. i would be going to gigs _ have got 900 tickets. i would be going to gigs a _ have got 900 tickets. i would be going to gigs a little _ have got 900 tickets. i would be going to gigs a little bit - have got 900 tickets. i would be going to gigs a little bit more i have got 900 tickets. i would be going to gigs a little bit more if. going to gigs a little bit more if they were cheaper. this is the gang from sage, we will be talking to them later. i want to be outside to look at the majestic fog on the tyne. everybody we are talking to want something different, i personally would like another fresh cup of tea! we will be back talking to the panel at around 8:30am. you are in the right _ to the panel at around 8:30am. gm, are in the right place, go and get yourself a bro. find are in the right place, go and get yourself a bro-— are in the right place, go and get yourself a bro. and some orange, there was — yourself a bro. and some orange, there was lots _ yourself a bro. and some orange, there was lots of _ yourself a bro. and some orange, there was lots of orange. - yourself a bro. and some orange, there was lots of orange. orange | there was lots of orange. orange se i ments there was lots of orange. orange segments for _ there was lots of orange. orange segments for breakfast, - there was lots of orange. orange segments for breakfast, that's i segments for breakfast, that's unusual, maybe they will make juice with them. unusual, maybe they will make 'uice with them. , ., ., , , with them. maybe the oranges will be taxed in the budget! _ with them. maybe the oranges will be taxed in the budget! the _ with them. maybe the oranges will be taxed in the budget! the budget i taxed in the budget! the budget starts today at 12:30pm after prime minister is questions, and we will

explain everything that is unveiled because it can get really complicated, we will break it all down on the live website. let's get the sport, harry kane doing really well?— let's get the sport, harry kane doing really well? yes, i think you miaht doing really well? yes, i think you might have _ doing really well? yes, i think you might have just — doing really well? yes, i think you might have just saved _ doing really well? yes, i think you might have just saved the - doing really well? yes, i think you might have just saved the season | doing really well? yes, i think you i might have just saved the season of bayern munich. might have just saved the season of bayern munich-— might have just saved the season of ba ern munich. ~ ., ., ., ., ., , bayern munich. what a move that was. he has gone — bayern munich. what a move that was. he has gone for— bayern munich. what a move that was. he has gone for silverware _ bayern munich. what a move that was. he has gone for silverware and - bayern munich. what a move that was. he has gone for silverware and i - he has gone for silverware and i think that is their biggest chance. manchester city in action tonight, we'll be hearing from erling haaland on his future. we start with anothert star striker, harry kane saving bayern munich's champions league campaign. and he mightjust have saved their season. bayern, you might know, are behind in the german title race, and were trailing heading into the second leg with lazio, so everything was at stake. but the england captain scored not once but twice, booking their spot in the quarterfinals. and with the german title slipping away, europe remains their big hope this season. anyhting kane can do, kylian can do too. mbappe with two of his own,

for paris saint—germain they're also into the last eight. this mbappe's final season in paris before his expected move to real madrid. and what of haaland? well, city's star striker, who has scored an astounding number of goals since moving to city, has been speaking about his own future. ahead of his side's tie with fc copenhagen later, he was asked about what the future holds, and whether he could forsee a move away from the club. if i say this now, there's probably going to be a massive headline tomorrow. you never know what the future brings. 50, but again, i'm happy, and you can write in this but you are also going to have to write everything i said right before. i'm happy and that's what i want to do. and it has been one of the big stories from tennis,

the ban handed out to former world number simona halep. she is now free to return after her four year doping ban the ban handed out to former world number one simona halep. she is now free to return after her four year doping ban was reduced by the court of arbitration for sport tojust nine months. she argued the positive test was down to a contanimated supplement, the court ruling she'd not taken it intentionally, and she can now return to tennis. what a tournament that will be, we will wait and see, plenty of tennis at the moment, indian wells getting under way, a lot of british interest in that, katie boulter, andy murray and emma raducanu. that's all from me. it's a0 years ago this week since one of the biggest industrial disputes in post—war britain began. in 1984 miners started a year—long strike, which saw them fighting for not only theirjobs, but also a way of life. the trigger for the action came when the national coal board announced plans to close 20 pits

across the uk. in the days that followed, miners began to walk out and by the 12th march a national strike had been declared by the union leader, arthur scargill. in total, 187,000 people joined the picket line. it didn't end until the following march, by which time, 11,000 striking miners had been arrested. the strike became a huge divide within communities. let's take a look at the story of those who witnessed it first hand, a wearmouth picketer and a durham police officer. we were fighting for our futures. we were fighting for our communities, and fighting for a way of life. it makes us feel as if i'm there again. it's as if it was yesterday. and it brings back lots of memories. and i'm proud as punch of them like who stood and fought.

and i'm proud as punch of them lads who stood and fought. absolute heroes, fighting for the very survival. the intention was already there. they were going to batter the miners into submission. compared to what developed later on, that violence was rather mild, if you like, if there is such a thing. it was to develop into something a lot more sinister than that. if there was violence on one side, inevitably there would be violence on the other side as well. ifeel sorry— for the people of britain. there's no respect forl the police whatsoever. none whatsoever. i remember one officer got hit by a brick. if he hadn't had that helmet on, it could have probably killed him. and it developed into a little war, in a sense. and people were wondering whenever it would stop.

well, i would submit to you it takes some courage for these persons that have came with me to pass the picket line, as you've seen today. you see a strike breaker on the archive there. and he talks about, well, it took courage to cross those picket lines. do you have any sympathy with that? not at all. it didn't take any courage when you're surrounded by thousands of police getting off a bus and scurrying like rats. when you look at that, show that to anybody, the scurrying like rats through the rat room to get into the pit, all i say is, you've got your conscience to live with. you mention officers from other forces. was that a problem at times? it was. if we had bus—loads of people, for example, from the metropolitan police, particularly, they would actually provoke the pickets. and in some cases with overtime slips and payslips, then retreat, eventually, back to london, leaving the durham police to pick up the pieces and to try and repair

the community relations that had been destroyed. but where officers had brothers who were in the mining community, obviously, some difficulty, caused family rifts and family problems. i saw them during the strike, many times, arresting people for nowt. you come down here doing a bit of picketing, fighting _ for your bloodyjob, and you've got these j animals beating you. it's beyond a flaming joke, man. one lad stepping off a pavement to pour a cup of tea out and getting arrested for breach of the peace. loads of [ads just being snatched out with the crowd for doing nothing, absolutely doing nothing. oh, i got convicted four orfive times. fines for, erm, breach. it was all breach of the peace. and i wear it as a bit of a badge of honour, i suppose now, but there's lots of [ads it did affect. some of the lads never worked again. the violence and intimidation we have seen should never have happened.

it is the work of extremists. it is the enemy within. i'm proud that thatcher, when she described us disparagingly as the enemy within, i'm proud to be one of those enemy within. certainly, durham has a history of being an excellent police force, and i think we operated as well as we could, given the circumstances during that long, hot summer of 1984. it leaves a very, very bitter taste in the mouth to think that we were portrayed as these thugs and gangsters. it's a0 years ago. but i tell my kids, i tell my grandkids, this is what we went through. and when i'm dead and buried, take fight on and let them know that we weren't criminals, we were fighting for the right to work. that was peter harris with that report. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather.

good morning. we are looking at a fairly cloudy day in some eastern areas today. this is a weather watch is picture from scarborough telling its own story, we have got some dense fog around. if you are under the cloud in the east it will feel cold, notjust today but the cloud in the east it will feel cold, not just today but for the next few days. you can see what i mean, we have blues across the uk, temperatures around orjust below average, but as we head into the weekend and note how the yellows start to move further north. a weather front will start introducing thicker cloud and rain. today what we have is a cloudy start, sunny spells developing, and a few showers as well. high pressure is ensconced across scandinavia, effectively blocking these weather fronts coming in from the atlantic, they are trying and introducing more cloud at times in the west and a few showers. we have got dense fog around the

midlands, gloucestershire, london and the south—east, lincolnshire is quite murky under the cloud. that will lift, the frost will lift and that we will see some sunshine, the best of which in western areas. cloud breaking up across parts of the south—east, we have seen some showers here across the afternoon. further showers in south—west england and the cloud building across northern ireland. temperatures, five in the north to 12 in the south. this evening and overnight, once again, more cloud comes back in from the north sea across central and eastern areas. we will have fog forming in very similar areas to last night, and where we have got clear skies, once again we are looking at some frost. these are the temperatures you can expect in towns and cities, in rural areas you will see lower temperatures, where it is blue it is freezing or below. mist and fog will live tomorrow, and we will start to

see some holes in the cloud. at times there will be large areas of cloud but as it breaks we will see sunny spells coming through, but also quite a lot of showers, especially in the south. a breezy day, still cool along this north sea coastline with temperatures seven to about 11 degrees. then as we move into the latter part of the week on friday, once again, a lot of cloud to start with. thick enough for the odd spot here and there. the brighter skies developing across southern areas and western areas, but we can see the gusts strengths of wind strongest in the south—west approaches, and these other temperatures, six the north to 11 as we push down towards the south. from the cat in the hat, to harry potter, to the very hungry caterpillar, children will be dressing up as their favourite fictional characters tomorrow to celebrate world book day.

remember the panic when you realised it's looming and somebody needs a costume last—minute harry potter! but with household finances tight, some schools have come up with an idea to help ease the pressure on parents by asking pupils to wear their pyjamas instead of a shop—bought costume, to represent bedtime stories. let's take a look. you could put a little bit of make—up on your face, and stick ears on a headband. that would be easy, wouldn't it? every child has got a pair of pyjamas or a pretty dress or even a school uniform for matilda. they could dress up as something very simple or reuse _ an old costume that they have, i orjust wearing jeans and a t—shirt or normal clothes and just being a normal character. from the books they have read. she's coming as hermione from harry potter. she's just wearing a school skirt, school shirt, for no extra money, and we bought her a wand from a charity shop. and that's her done. she is a massive harry potterfan

but if we went out to buy something, like a cloak on its own would be £20. then you'd have to add the wand, and add like the shirt, the tie, everything else. it's simple, my little one is happy, she's harry potter, and it didn't cost me much. great ideas, because it can be so competitive in the playground. hat competitive in the playground. iiifiif necessarily among the children, may be more among the parents! we are joined now by the chief executive of world book day, cassie chadderton, and children's author and illustrator, rob biddulph. thank you for coming in. i guess thatis thank you for coming in. i guess that is what it is about, not about the dressing up. it’s that is what it is about, not about the dressing up.— that is what it is about, not about the dressing up. it's about reading. yes, the dressing up. it's about reading. yes. world — the dressing up. it's about reading. yes, world book— the dressing up. it's about reading. yes, world book day _ the dressing up. it's about reading. yes, world book day is _ the dressing up. it's about reading. yes, world book day is a _ the dressing up. it's about reading. yes, world book day is a charity i yes, world book day is a charity which _ yes, world book day is a charity which is — yes, world book day is a charity which is the purpose to encourage children_ which is the purpose to encourage children to — which is the purpose to encourage children to read for pleasure. because _ children to read for pleasure. because of the improved life chances this will_ because of the improved life chances this will bring them. we always encourage schools and children and families— encourage schools and children and families to — encourage schools and children and families to think about something

that will_ families to think about something that will really work for them. dressing — that will really work for them. dressing up is really popular for lots of— dressing up is really popular for lots of people and if you enjoy that that is— lots of people and if you enjoy that that is wonderful, but there are lots of— that is wonderful, but there are lots of low—cost or no cost or alternative _ lots of low—cost or no cost or alternative way to get into the spirit — alternative way to get into the spirit of — alternative way to get into the spirit of world book day and show your enthusiasm for reading in different— your enthusiasm for reading in different ways.— your enthusiasm for reading in different ways. py'amas is a great idea we'll have — different ways. pyjamas is a great idea we'll have pyjamas. - different ways. pyjamas is a great idea we'll have pyjamas. what - different ways. pyjamas is a great i idea we'll have pyjamas. what other things could you suggest that it may be are not so expensive or stressful for parents?— for parents? because we want to encourage — for parents? because we want to encourage children _ for parents? because we want to encourage children to _ for parents? because we want to encourage children to read - for parents? because we want to encourage children to read for i encourage children to read for pleasure. _ encourage children to read for pleasure, let's take the pressure off and _ pleasure, let's take the pressure off and make it a lovely celebration off and make it a lovely celebration of reading — off and make it a lovely celebration of reading. pyjamas are a great option. — of reading. pyjamas are a great option. or— of reading. pyjamas are a great option, or coming your cosy clothes. maybe _ option, or coming your cosy clothes. maybe do _ option, or coming your cosy clothes. maybe do a — option, or coming your cosy clothes. maybe do a craft activity, there are some _ maybe do a craft activity, there are some great — maybe do a craft activity, there are some great activities that can encourage children to express what they really care about, their favourite _ they really care about, their favourite books, they can get really into it _ favourite books, they can get really into it and — favourite books, they can get really into it and show off in the same way that does— into it and show off in the same way that does not get involved into a whole _ that does not get involved into a whole costume. cue that does not get involved into a whole costume.— that does not get involved into a whole costume.- this i that does not get involved into aj whole costume.- this is that does not get involved into a - whole costume.- this is my whole costume. cue rob! this is my bit now! as — whole costume. cue rob! this is my bit now! as an _ whole costume. cue rob! this is my bit now! as an illustrator, _ whole costume. cue rob! this is my bit now! as an illustrator, you - whole costume. cue rob! this is my bit now! as an illustrator, you want | bit now! as an illustrator, you want to brina bit now! as an illustrator, you want to bring books— bit now! as an illustrator, you want to bring books to _ bit now! as an illustrator, you want to bring books to life. _

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— and that is the main thing. look at these two! l'ni _ and that is the main thing. look at these two! �* , ., and that is the main thing. look at these two! �* , . ., ., these two! i'm staggered at how good that drawina these two! i'm staggered at how good that drawing is- _ these two! i'm staggered at how good that drawing is. imagine _ these two! i'm staggered at how good that drawing is. imagine going - these two! i'm staggered at how good that drawing is. imagine going into i that drawing is. imagine going into school and waving _ that drawing is. imagine going into school and waving a _ that drawing is. imagine going into school and waving a horse. - that drawing is. imagine going into school and waving a horse. and i that drawing is. imagine going into i school and waving a horse. and being able to tell the _ school and waving a horse. and being able to tell the story _ school and waving a horse. and being able to tell the story about _ school and waving a horse. and being able to tell the story about the i school and waving a horse. and being able to tell the story about the pet i able to tell the story about the pet that you drew. bind able to tell the story about the pet that you drew— that you drew. and children feel really proud _ that you drew. and children feel really proud when _ that you drew. and children feel really proud when they - that you drew. and children feel really proud when they have i that you drew. and children feel- really proud when they have created something themselves. so this is one of the _ something themselves. so this is one of the ideas _ something themselves. so this is one of the ideas which is in the world book— of the ideas which is in the world book day— of the ideas which is in the world book day low—cost alternatives to dressing — book day low—cost alternatives to dressing up but you can find on the website _ dressing up but you can find on the website along with lots of other ideas _ website along with lots of other ideas to— website along with lots of other ideas to get into the spirit. i have 'ust ideas to get into the spirit. i have just noticed _ ideas to get into the spirit. i have just noticed your— ideas to get into the spirit. i have just noticed your necklace, i ideas to get into the spirit. i have just noticed your necklace, it i ideas to get into the spirit. i have just noticed your necklace, it is i just noticed your necklace, it is amazing. i just noticed your necklace, it is amazinr. ~ ,., just noticed your necklace, it is amazinr. ~ �* just noticed your necklace, it is amazinr. ~ ~ amazing. i think so. at the book shelf necklace, _ amazing. i think so. at the book shelf necklace, this _ amazing. i think so. at the book shelf necklace, this is _ amazing. i think so. at the book shelf necklace, this is how- amazing. i think so. at the book shelf necklace, this is how i i shelf necklace, this is howl express— shelf necklace, this is howl express my enthusiasm for books and reading _ express my enthusiasm for books and reading 00 _ express my enthusiasm for books and readinu. s, ,, express my enthusiasm for books and readinu. ,, ~ express my enthusiasm for books and readinu. ~ , ,, reading. do you think the pressure to have a costume _ reading. do you think the pressure to have a costume and _ reading. do you think the pressure to have a costume and for - reading. do you think the pressure to have a costume and for some i to have a costume and for some parents having to spend money or feeling that they have two, has gone too far? it

feeling that they have two, has gone too far? , ., ., ., ,., , too far? it is one of the reasons we are encouraging — too far? it is one of the reasons we are encouraging people _ too far? it is one of the reasons we are encouraging people to - too far? it is one of the reasons we are encouraging people to think - are encouraging people to think about— are encouraging people to think about alternative ways to celebrate books _ about alternative ways to celebrate books and — about alternative ways to celebrate books and reading. it can be something that people get into and it does_ something that people get into and it does work for lots of people, children— it does work for lots of people, children and families and schools -et children and families and schools getioy_ children and families and schools getjoy out of children and families and schools get joy out of the dressing children and families and schools getjoy out of the dressing up but for others — getjoy out of the dressing up but for others that's not going to work. whether_ for others that's not going to work. whether that is because of cost of living _ whether that is because of cost of living pressures or because they prefer— living pressures or because they prefer not — living pressures or because they prefer not to. one of the things we know— prefer not to. one of the things we know is_ prefer not to. one of the things we know is fewer children are choosing to read _ know is fewer children are choosing to read for— know is fewer children are choosing to read for pleasure so we need to make _ to read for pleasure so we need to make sure — to read for pleasure so we need to make sure as the charity encouraging that that _ make sure as the charity encouraging that that everyone feels included so if dressing _ that that everyone feels included so if dressing up is not for you, just -et if dressing up is not for you, just get together and read. and if dressing up is not for you, 'ust get together and read.�* if dressing up is not for you, 'ust get together and read. and we are t in: to get together and read. and we are trying to encourage _ get together and read. and we are trying to encourage children - get together and read. and we are trying to encourage children to - get together and read. and we are | trying to encourage children to use their own imaginations a little more. , ., �*, ., more. exactly, that's the whole thing about _ more. exactly, that's the whole thing about reading _ more. exactly, that's the whole thing about reading for - more. exactly, that's the whole l thing about reading for pleasure. chitdren— thing about reading for pleasure. children who _ thing about reading for pleasure. children who read _ thing about reading for pleasure. children who read succeed, - thing about reading for pleasure. children who read succeed, and i thing about reading for pleasure. . children who read succeed, and it's about— children who read succeed, and it's about engaging _ children who read succeed, and it's about engaging the _ children who read succeed, and it's about engaging the imagination- children who read succeed, and it's| about engaging the imagination and curiosity~ _ about engaging the imagination and curiosity~ if— about engaging the imagination and curiosity. if you _ about engaging the imagination and curiosity. if you can't _ about engaging the imagination and curiosity. if you can't wait _ about engaging the imagination and curiosity. if you can't wait to - about engaging the imagination and curiosity. if you can't wait to turn i curiosity. if you can't wait to turn the page — curiosity. if you can't wait to turn the page to — curiosity. if you can't wait to turn the page to see _ curiosity. if you can't wait to turn the page to see what _ curiosity. if you can't wait to turn the page to see what happens i curiosity. if you can't wait to turn the page to see what happens in| curiosity. if you can't wait to turn i the page to see what happens in the story. _ the page to see what happens in the story. that _ the page to see what happens in the story, that translates _ the page to see what happens in the story, that translates to _ the page to see what happens in the story, that translates to finding - story, that translates to finding out how — story, that translates to finding

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tomorrow. stories by world famous authors tomorrow— time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. i was giving this to you, take it with you! hello, good morning, you're watching bbc london. a teenager's been charged after two women were injured when a shotgun went off after it was dropped in clapham. scotland yard says it happened last friday, while officers were pursuing two people on a moped. 18—year—old keymarni king will face four charges when he appears before bromley magistrates later. it's nearly one year on from a report into the metropolitan police, which concluded it was institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. baroness casey's review followed the abduction, murder and rape of sarah everard by a serving police officer. the police and crime committee will meet later to look at what progress has been made, but there are warnings change will take time. the shirt worn by colin firth as he emerged from a lake as mr darcy in a bbc adaptation of pride and prejudice has sold

for more than double the estimated price. the wet shirt scene has become one of the most famous tv moments of all time. it attracted lots of interest at last night's charity in bermondsey and sold at £25,000. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a severe delays on the elizabeth line. now onto the weather. scattered showers around the capital — highs of 11 degrees. so take a brolly with you. that's it from me — see you in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today. a promise to cut taxes — that's the chancellor's pledge ahead of today's budget. but how far will he go?

we expect that 2p to come off national insurance. good morning from newcastle where we are asking if these guys what they would like to hear from the chancellor in this, an election year? it is drizzly out there. some big decisions, hopefully things will become clear at lunchtime. it was a super tuesday for donald trump and joe biden as they take a major step towards being the official candidates in the us presidential election enough is a enough — community leaders in bristol call for an end to knife crime, after a spate of fatal stabbings in the city. a new film reveals the true story behind england's forgotten, female football stars. good morning. we have some dense fog first thing this morning and some frost. that will lift and eastern areas fairly

cloudy with some dampness. the west seeing something drier and brighter. and the grate escape — we hear from the shopper left dangling upside down by a shop's secuity shutters. good morning. it's wednesday, 6th march. the chancellor will unveil his budget later today, and an expected 2p cut to national insurance is likely to be the centrepiece. jeremy hunt has promised his plans will stimulate a flagging economy and help families with permanent tax breaks. labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of tax thresholds. ben king reports. the background to today's budget has been gloomy, with the economy in recession. but it looks like the chancellor will still find room to cut taxes. the conservatives are trailing labour in the polls, and looking forjeremy hunt to give them some cheer in places like this, winchester,

a seat the lib dems hope to win. so what do people here think about tax cuts? i think it would be a good idea because it gives people more money to spend on what they want to buy. realistically, people aren't going to save that much money from a tax cut, whereas more money in public services means better health care services. it'sjust much more important. i would prefer not to have a tax - cut, but to see more money invested in the community. if the public services were properly organised, there's more than enough money to do it. this parliament has seen a record—breaking increase in taxation. that's partly because wages have been going up, but the thresholds where you start paying different rates, have not. the chancellor has said that he wants to cut taxes, but the government also has a pledge to make sure that the national debt is on course to fall in five years' time. and it's the official forecaster, the office for budget responsibility, who decide whether that pledge is being met. and that works out as a big constraint on what the

chancellor can do today. the traditional audience before budget day. some years, the chancellor can say that an improved economy has given him more flexibility, but probably not by much this time. the chancellor will almost certainly freeze fuel duty and he's expected to cut national insurance by 2p in the pound, worth around £450 a year to someone on a full time wage of 35,000. although pensioners are not affected, as they don't pay it. so he'll probably have to raise revenue somehow to balance it out, perhaps by scrapping tax breaks for nondoms, wealthy people who live overseas. he could raise duty on business class airfares, extend the windfall tax on oil and gas producers, and even put a tax on vapes. now, this is the first time there's ever been a cabinet in east yorkshire. the government's self—imposed rule is designed to show that it won't let the national debt rise out of control, but it's based on plans forfuture public spending that some feel are unrealistically low.

and it depends on highly uncertain projections of what might happen in five years' time. in recent years, we've seen chancellors increasing spending and cutting tax in the short term, but then promising to raise taxes and cut spending in the longer term. but that never happens. and as a result, we've just seen debt ratchet up in practice, rather than actually starting to come down. the chancellor says this will be a budget for long term economic growth, sketching out a path to morejobs, better public services and lower taxes. but will he also be able to provide the short term boost some in his party are hoping for? ben king, bbc news, winchester. we're joined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. i guess the cabinet will be turning up i guess the cabinet will be turning up quite soon to hear the details of what will be in the red box?- what will be in the red box? that's riuht. what will be in the red box? that's right- they — what will be in the red box? that's right- they will _ what will be in the red box? that's right. they will be _

what will be in the red box? that's right. they will be arriving - what will be in the red box? that's right. they will be arriving for - what will be in the red box? that's right. they will be arriving for a i right. they will be arriving for a briefing from the prime minister and chancellor shortly. briefing from the prime minister and chancellorshortly. but briefing from the prime minister and chancellor shortly. but we all know one of the big items in this budget already. we know that there is going to be a 2p cut in the rate of national insurance. that is obviously significant for workers up and down the country. but today is also a day of political significance because it is one of the few remaining set piece moments that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt have before the election, whenever that election comes, where they get to seize the agenda and say, this is their vision for the future of the country. and that is why i will be watching so closely the arguments they make for the economic decisions they make for the economic decisions they have made. that 2p cut in national insurance, jeremy hunt i am sure will say that is a tax cut for workers, because that is the group of people on whom national insurance is levied. but what how the labour party response as well. they will say, hang on a second, this comes in the context of a tax burden which is

still set to rise, despite this tax cut, to historic levels within two years. that is the political debate you will see playing out. notjust an argument about figures but narrative as well, the context in which that tax cut comes. that context, which that tax cut comes. that context. a _ which that tax cut comes. that context, a general— which that tax cut comes. that context, a general election at some point this year. i think we have all been assuming it will be the autumn. but a frenzy of speculation, the last 2a errors, that it might be sooner than that. what do you make of talk of may, possibly? it sooner than that. what do you make of talk of may, possibly?— of talk of may, possibly? it really is building. _ of talk of may, possibly? it really is building, that _ of talk of may, possibly? it really is building, that speculation. - of talk of may, possibly? it really. is building, that speculation. mps, advisers from all political parties starting to whisper, to much about the possibility of an election. if a general election is going to take place on may the 2nd, which is the date for the local elections, then rishi sunak would have to call it, stand where i am now and dissolve parliament before the end of the month. that could come quite soon. i

have something forjeremy hunt to ponder this morning while he is off for a long prebudget run. but whenever the general election comes, rishi sunak is already, i think we can see, moving into a mode of election campaigning. we saw perhaps a slightly unusual example yesterday when he gave an interview with his wife, akshata murty, to grazia. i love being with the kids and setting up the table, and making sure that it's all nice. somehow about the table, i really, really... ..i really love doing all of that. hard choice...dishwasher stacking, making bed? i both have a nice, satisfying ending. probably the bed. i very much doubt that rishi sunak will have a chance today to pop to the flat above the shop and stack the dishwasher or make the bed, because today is a very significant day for his political fortunes, whenever that election ends up being called. let's find out if that day has a

nice satisfying andy fordham, shall we? thank you. sally has the rest of the news. —— satisfying ending for him, shall we? joe biden and donald trump are looking increasingly likely to go head—to—head again in the us elections this november. it's after the biggest day of voting so far as millions of people choose who they want as their preferred presidential candidate, as will vernon reports. another triumph for trump. the former president cruised to victory on super tuesday, securing his position as the unassailable frontrunner in this race. they call it super tuesday for a reason. this is a big one. and they tell me, the pundits and otherwise, that there's never been one like this, there's never been anything so conclusive. officially he hasn't won the nomination yet. but with results like these, total victory seems certain. as expected, presidentjoe biden also swept the board in the democrat primaries.

nikki haley was trumped by donald trump. it's not clear whether she will continue her campaign. presidential election day is still eight months away. but many americans already seem wary of the campaign, and of an increasingly polarised political climate. we can't hear any other voices but those two now. i mean, nikki haley is still out there and i wish her well, but primarily we are only hearing two voices. and i don't like that. there should be more people. it feels like we onlyjave two really old people, like, people who should be retired. it'sjust become a polarising. i wish that people would focus more on what we have in common, - because i think there's so much more we have in common _ than different. if all of this seems familiar, that's because it is. mr trump and mr biden faced off in the last election too. around 70% of americans now say they don't want this rematch. will you shut up, man. the focus will now turn to the election campaign itself,

the race for the white house, trump versus biden. voters will have to choose between a man indicted on 91 charges across four criminal cases, and the oldest sitting president in history facing questions about his mental fitness for office. will vernon, bbc news, washington. for more analysis on super tuesday you can listen to our american politics podcast, americast. they ve just published an overnight episode, available on bbc sounds right now. the foreign secretary will warn that israel could be in breach of international humanitarian law if it fails to allow more aid into gaza. it comes as the world food programme says the israeli defence force thwarted attempts to bring aid into gaza after a convoy of 11! lorries were turned back at a checkpoint. the army has removed a claim made on its website that the princess of wales would be appearing at trooping the colour in june.

kensington palce said it had not confirmed her appearance. the princess's duties have been suspended since she underwent abdominal surgery in january. the number of independent record shops has hit a io—year high, with 461 outlets across the uk. that's according to research from a group representing music retailers and even though streaming is still how most people get their music, before streaming services, many of us added to our music collections by sifting through vinyls on the high street — and now it seems more of us are returning to this habit. the group representing music retailers says the number of independent record shops has hit a ten year high, with 461 outlets across the uk. the demand for vinyl records has also increased for the 16th year in a row, with 6.5 million sold. in the last few minutesjunior doctors in northern ireland have started strike action for the first time this morning. the 24—hour walk—out is in a row about pay. the british medical association says the deal put to them was the minimum junior doctors could have been offered. our reporterjennifer o'leary is at a picket line in belfast this morning. jennifer, what impact will this strike have? good morning. as you said, it is the

first time in the history of northern ireland thatjunior doctors northern ireland that junior doctors are northern ireland thatjunior doctors are on strike. those on duty walked out of hospitals and gp surgeries because the union that represents most doctors here are in dispute with the department of health over pgy- with the department of health over pay. now they went on strike a short time ago, at a day, and won't go back to work until 8am tomorrow morning. in terms of the impact, the department of health says the strike action will cause significant disruption to patient care. the advice to patients is to turn up for appointments unless they have been directly contacted to be rescheduled. but many outpatient clinics and planned operations will not be taking place today. as one person here described to me, it is like christmas day cover in hospitals and gp surgeries today. joining me today is dr stephen

montgomery, a bma spokesperson, and a junior doctor. montgomery, a bma spokesperson, and ajunior doctor. in montgomery, a bma spokesperson, and a junior doctor. in terms of the impact on patient care today, was the strike really necessary? so i'm —— patient care is impacted every single day here. in -- patient care is impacted every single day here.— -- patient care is impacted every single day here. in the nhs we are understaffed. _ single day here. in the nhs we are understaffed, underfunded. - single day here. in the nhs we are understaffed, underfunded. here i single day here. in the nhs we are| understaffed, underfunded. here in understaffed, underfunded. herein northern— understaffed, underfunded. here in northern ireland we have the longest waiting _ northern ireland we have the longest waiting list of any of the devolved nations _ waiting list of any of the devolved nations. we have tried every other avenue _ nations. we have tried every other avenue to — nations. we have tried every other avenue to try to resolve this, to try to _ avenue to try to resolve this, to try to improve things for patients. we have _ try to improve things for patients. we have been left with no other option— we have been left with no other option but to strike. i feel doing nothing — option but to strike. i feel doing nothing would be the most dangerous thln- nothing would be the most dangerous thing we _ nothing would be the most dangerous thing we could do. what nothing would be the most dangerous thing we could do.— thing we could do. what is your advice to patients _ thing we could do. what is your advice to patients today, - thing we could do. what is your advice to patients today, who l advice to patients today, who understandably might be worried about the impact on their care? mr; about the impact on their care? my advice is, if you are not well and you need — advice is, if you are not well and you need to _ advice is, if you are not well and you need to see somebody, come to a&e you need to see somebody, come to a85 as _ you need to see somebody, come to a85 as you — you need to see somebody, come to a&e as you would any other day. there _ a&e as you would any other day. there will— a&e as you would any other day. there will be consultant doctors staffing — there will be consultant doctors staffing a&e. there will be doctors there. _ staffing a&e. there will be doctors there, they will be doctors on the ground, _ there, they will be doctors on the ground, and a and on schedule care will be _ ground, and a and on schedule care will be covered. gk, ground, and a and on schedule care will be covered.— will be covered. 0k, while the department — will be covered. 0k, while the department of _ will be covered. 0k, while the department of health - will be covered. 0k, while the department of health say - will be covered. 0k, while the| department of health say they will be covered. 0k, while the - department of health say they remain

committed to negotiations with the bma. ., ~ committed to negotiations with the bma. . ~ , ., committed to negotiations with the bma. . ~ �* committed to negotiations with the bma. . .�* , committed to negotiations with the bma. . , ., bma. thank you. don't you 'ust hate it when you — bma. thank you. don't you 'ust hate it when you turn * bma. thank you. don't you 'ust hate it when you turn up h bma. thank you. don't you 'ust hate it when you turn up at _ bma. thank you. don't you 'ust hate it when you turn up at work- bma. thank you. don't you just hate it when you turn up at work and - bma. thank you. don't you just hate it when you turn up at work and this| it when you turn up at work and this happens? i can't watch. anne found herself dangling several feet in the air after getting caught in the shop's shutters. luckily she's okay, but the cctv footage of her escapade has been watched by millions. our reporter matt murray has been speaking to her. for years, anne hughes has turned up for her cleaning shift at this shop in tonteg. but it's the first time this has happened. i was leaning against the shutters, but unbeknownst to me, when ahmed was inside — he's owner of the shop — when he was inside, bringing the shutters up, he couldn't hear me shouting when i realised that i'd been caught. my coat had caught

on the shutter going up. well, i was going up! and he obviously didn't hear me because i went right up. the shutter was completely open. and then i screamed his name and, thank goodness, i mean, he came out, then he lowered the shutter a little bit. anne was too shy to appear on camera, but is getting used to the fame after her boss shared the clip on tiktok, where it has been viewed nearly two million times. herfamily have also been amused by it. i don't know, my grandchildren have asked me, my daughter—in—law, why are you holding on to a trolley? i said, i don't know. at the local newsagents they're expecting anne to be all over the papers. it's hysterical. i've known anne for years. she's a very good friend of mine.

and just to see her, well, it made my day yesterday. when i asked her what her boss made of it all, she said, "he's never liked his staff hanging around." matt murray, bbc news, tonteg. oh, 0h, anne. that is awful. she says chuckling. you have been laughing at it all morning. i absolutely have not. morning, anne. glad you are ok. the moral is not to turn up at work early. we rarely do that. carol is always here first! i am not going to stand next to any shutters for a long time. good morning, everyone. this morning is quite a foggy start for some. dense fog, visibility lower than 100 metres in some places. if you are travelling, do bear that in mind. there is also some frost around as

well. once again, cloudy and damp at the east. drier and brighter conditions will be in the west. you can see that quite nicely here. he was the cloud across the east of the uk. there is a weather front out towards the west. it is being held at bay by quite a strong area of high pressure in scandinavia. as we go through the morning, some of this cloud will break up, more especially in southern areas, but we will see some showers develop, more prolific through the afternoon. we will hang onto the cloud, some snow above 600 metres or so in the highlands. bright skies in the western highlands, also in the south—west, northern ireland, northwestern gate, parts of wales, and the south—west. but you can see the weather front i pointed out on the satellite picture, bringing in a bit more cloud and some showers at times. mist and fog should lift as well. it will brighten up across the midlands and also southern counties of england. today we are looking at some gentle breezes. temperatures ranging from four in the north, to 11 ranging from four in the north, to ii in the south. always a bit cooler

along the north sea coastline. as we head through the evening and overnight more cloud comes in from the north sea across central and eastern areas. we will see mist and fog patches form once again. very similar areas to last night. not as widespread though. when we have got clear skies, that is where we are looking at some frost. tomorrow we start with this cloud. some of it will break up, some will see more sunshine than today. certainly brighter in the south—west. still a fair few showers. still feeling brighter in the south—west. still a fairfew showers. still feeling cold along the north sea coastline. thank you. knife crime can tear families and communities apart, and in bristol, campaigners and group leaders have signed an open letter, calling on people to come together to tackle the issue. three teenagers have been stabbed to death in the city this year. fiona lamdin is in bristol for us this morning.

this is something that has hit a incredibly hard? —— communities incredibly hard? —— communities incredibly hard? -- communities incredibly hard?— incredibly hard? -- communities incredibly hard? -- communities incredibly hard? yes, it has been a very difficult _ incredibly hard? yes, it has been a very difficult month _ incredibly hard? yes, it has been a very difficult month for _ incredibly hard? yes, it has been a very difficult month for the - incredibly hard? yes, it has been a very difficult month for the city. i very difficult month for the city. in places like this in the heart of bristol, a boxing charity working with vulnerable teenagers, is proving vital in helping so many people. in a moment we will be looking out of the letter that has been written by many in the city. but first of all, i have been talking to families who have had their lives ripped apart by knife crime. these are just some of the faces of the teenagers who've died in bristol, putting the city in an unwelcome spotlight. at the start of the year, three boys lost their lives to knife crime. i6—year—old max dixon, is—year—old mason rist, and i6—year—old darrian williams. i think about it all the time.

i'm just like a zombie. i'm just going around doing what i've got to do every day. i really hope that he didn't feel anything, he was unconscious and he didn't feel any pain. is—year—old mason was gail's second grandson. mason was cheeky, typical is—year—old. loved his pizzas. obviously, that was when — they were going out to get a pizza when he was stabbed, and his friend. he was autistic. a lot of friends, loved playing on his computer. loves liverpool, absolutely loves liverpool. just a typical is—year—old. it was a normal saturday evening at the end of january. max was in his house. mason was in his house. they were playing on the game thing.

and within ten minutes, that was it. mason had been stabbed outside his home. so where were you when you got the phone call? i was just going to bed, actually, and nicky phoned up, my daughter, and said mason had been stabbed. when we got there, i happened to walk into the room where mason was, and there was just lots of doctors and nurses around him, and within half an hour, 45 minutes, the doctors come in. and ijust knew by their faces what they were going to say. my daughter broke down. she was on the floor. i was numb, and i'm still numb. what do you want to change? i think that there should be more stop and searches. and i think anyone caught with a knife should get five years.

this is donna delbono on the phone to the police. her i9—year—old son, joshua, has just admitted to her he'd stabbed another teenager. did you have any dilemma in your head about making that phone call to the police? no. it wasn't really hard, it was just the right thing to do. i knew in my own head that he'd done something wrong and he had to pay the consequences for it, basically, that's all. ijust felt sick, you know, just...it was this horrible feeling. joshua delbono is now in prison, serving a minimum of 21 years. donna didn't want to do this interview, but she's desperate to see an end to knife crime.

she wants young people to realise the terrible consequences of carrying knives. they need to be aware of, you know, how serious this is and how much of an impact it has on families with not checking your children having knives. do you blame yourself? yeah, because it's my son. i brought that kid into the world. i brought him up. 15. he had years to go in front of him and he's never going to get the chance to get married, have kids, whatever. and itjust upsets me that i'm 72 and still going. and he had his life ahead of him, and he's not going to see it. well, this is the open letter that has been written to the city. martin, you have put your name to it. tell us first of all, you set

this club up over 17 years ago. what expense do you have of knife crime here daily?— here daily? sadly, very real experience. _ here daily? sadly, very real experience. four _ here daily? sadly, very real experience. four people . here daily? sadly, very real experience. four people to | here daily? sadly, very real- experience. four people to use the llei experience. four people to use the gym have _ experience. four people to use the gym have lost their lives in the last few — gym have lost their lives in the last few years. it is a very real situation — last few years. it is a very real situation on a daily basis. why did ou sin situation on a daily basis. why did you sign the _ situation on a daily basis. why did you sign the letter? _ situation on a daily basis. why did you sign the letter? i _ situation on a daily basis. why did you sign the letter? i was - situation on a daily basis. why did l you sign the letter? i was reluctant at first because _ you sign the letter? i was reluctant at first because i _ you sign the letter? i was reluctant at first because i had _ you sign the letter? i was reluctant at first because i had this _ you sign the letter? i was reluctant at first because i had this concern l at first because i had this concern we were — at first because i had this concern we were going to come up with a trite _ we were going to come up with a trite campaign that would not make any difference. when i see in the aims— any difference. when i see in the aimsand— any difference. when i see in the aims and the idea of actually having honest— aims and the idea of actually having honest conversations about what we can do. _ honest conversations about what we can do, because we realise it is important — can do, because we realise it is important for young people, to give them _ important for young people, to give them psychological support and jobs. that is— them psychological support and jobs. that is what the campaign seems to be suggesting. that is what the campaign seems to be suggesting-— that is what the campaign seems to be suggesting. what can be done? do ou have be suggesting. what can be done? do you have help? _ be suggesting. what can be done? do you have help? we — be suggesting. what can be done? do you have help? we always _ be suggesting. what can be done? do you have help? we always have - be suggesting. what can be done? doj you have help? we always have hope. there are ways _ you have help? we always have hope. there are ways we _ you have help? we always have hope. there are ways we can _ you have help? we always have hope. there are ways we can address - you have help? we always have hope. there are ways we can address the - there are ways we can address the situation — there are ways we can address the situation. we have single practice elsewhere. we have to work as a city _ elsewhere. we have to work as a city we — elsewhere. we have to work as a city. we have to create advantage and give _ city. we have to create advantage and give young people jobs and improve — and give young people jobs and improve the education system. we have to _ improve the education system. we have to reduce inequality. if we can

do that, _ have to reduce inequality. if we can do that, bristol will become a safer place _ do that, bristol will become a safer lace. ,, ., , ., ., place. serena is training here. how many years — place. serena is training here. how many years ago. — place. serena is training here. how many years ago, three _ place. serena is training here. how many years ago, three years - place. serena is training here. how many years ago, three years ago i place. serena is training here. how. many years ago, three years ago you joined? many years ago, three years ago you 'oined? . . . joined? yeah, i came here three ears joined? yeah, i came here three years ago- _ joined? yeah, i came here three years ago- why _ joined? yeah, i came here three years ago. why did _ joined? yeah, i came here three years ago. why did you - joined? yeah, i came here three years ago. why did you start? i l years ago. why did you start? i suffered a _ years ago. why did you start? i suffered a bereavement - years ago. why did you start? i suffered a bereavement and i l years ago. why did you start? i - suffered a bereavement and i didn't want people — suffered a bereavement and i didn't want people to _ suffered a bereavement and i didn't want people to see _ suffered a bereavement and i didn't want people to see —— _ suffered a bereavement and i didn't want people to see —— feel- suffered a bereavement and i didn't want people to see —— feel how- suffered a bereavement and i didn't want people to see —— feel how i. want people to see —— feel howl felt~ _ want people to see -- feel how i felt. ~ . want people to see -- feel how i felt. . . , . want people to see -- feel how i felt. . . 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., of your friends were stabbed and killed? . ., ., , of your friends were stabbed and killed? . ., .,, , ., , , of your friends were stabbed and killed? . ., , , ., killed? yeah. that was probably a hard loss for— killed? yeah. that was probably a hard loss for me _ killed? yeah. that was probably a hard loss for me because - killed? yeah. that was probably a hard loss for me because i - killed? yeah. that was probably a hard loss for me because i have i killed? yeah. that was probably a i hard loss for me because i have lost a sibling _ hard loss for me because i have lost a sibling but — hard loss for me because i have lost a sibling but i — hard loss for me because i have lost a sibling but i hadn't _ hard loss for me because i have lost a sibling but i hadn't really- hard loss for me because i have lost a sibling but i hadn't really lost - hard loss for me because i have lost a sibling but i hadn't really lost a . a sibling but i hadn't really lost a friend _

a sibling but i hadn't really lost a friend. especially— a sibling but i hadn't really lost a friend. especially that _ a sibling but i hadn't really lost a friend. especially that close - a sibling but i hadn't really lost a friend. especially that close to i a sibling but i hadn't really lost a i friend. especially that close to me. i didnt— friend. especially that close to me. ldidn't know— friend. especially that close to me. i didn't know how— friend. especially that close to me. i didn't know how to _ friend. especially that close to me. i didn't know how to process- i didn't know how to process something _ i didn't know how to process something like _ i didn't know how to process something like this, - i didn't know how to process. something like this, especially i didn't know how to process- something like this, especially the way they— something like this, especially the way they got— something like this, especially the way they got taken. _ something like this, especially the way they got taken. it _ something like this, especially the way they got taken.— something like this, especially the way they got taken. it wasn't right. it feels like — way they got taken. it wasn't right. it feels like there _ way they got taken. it wasn't right. it feels like there is _ way they got taken. it wasn't right. it feels like there is a _ way they got taken. it wasn't right. it feels like there is a real - way they got taken. it wasn't right. it feels like there is a real energy i it feels like there is a real energy here. what are your peers are saying about this place? are people keen to see a solution? a, about this place? are people keen to see a solution?— see a solution? a lot of people come here because — see a solution? a lot of people come here because it _ see a solution? a lot of people come here because it is _ see a solution? a lot of people come here because it is said. _ see a solution? a lot of people come here because it is said. with - see a solution? a lot of people come here because it is said. with all - here because it is said. with all the coaches. _ here because it is said. with all the coaches, everybody- here because it is said. with all the coaches, everybody is - here because it is said. with all the coaches, everybody is a - here because it is said. with all. the coaches, everybody is a family. you know. — the coaches, everybody is a family. you know. the _ the coaches, everybody is a family. you know, the atmosphere - the coaches, everybody is a family. you know, the atmosphere in- the coaches, everybody is a family. | you know, the atmosphere in here, you get— you know, the atmosphere in here, you get it _ you know, the atmosphere in here, you get it from _ you know, the atmosphere in here, you get it from everyone _ you know, the atmosphere in here, you get it from everyone in- you know, the atmosphere in here, you get it from everyone in the - you know, the atmosphere in here, i you get it from everyone in the gym. it is one _ you get it from everyone in the gym. it is one big — you get it from everyone in the gym. it is one big family— you get it from everyone in the gym. it is one big family and _ you get it from everyone in the gym. it is one big family and we _ you get it from everyone in the gym. it is one big family and we are - you get it from everyone in the gym. it is one big family and we are here i it is one big family and we are here to protect — it is one big family and we are here to protect each _ it is one big family and we are here to protect each other— it is one big family and we are here to protect each other and _ it is one big family and we are here to protect each other and try - it is one big family and we are here to protect each other and try to - to protect each other and try to save _ to protect each other and try to save each other. _ to protect each other and try to save each other.— to protect each other and try to save each other. thank you so much for talkint save each other. thank you so much for talking to — save each other. thank you so much for talking to us. _ save each other. thank you so much for talking to us. let's _ save each other. thank you so much for talking to us. let's come - save each other. thank you so much for talking to us. let's come and - for talking to us. let's come and hear from matt. for talking to us. let's come and hearfrom matt. sorry to interrupt your training. tell me why you joined? your training. tell me why you 'oined? ., , , ., ., joined? so, when i was younger! had tuite a joined? so, when i was younger! had quite a tricky — joined? so, when i was younger! had quite a tricky upbringing. _ joined? so, when i was younger! had quite a tricky upbringing. i _ joined? so, when i was younger! had quite a tricky upbringing. i was - quite a tricky upbringing. i was exposed — quite a tricky upbringing. i was exposed to a lot of drug use and i was arrested —— at risk of going down _ was arrested —— at risk of going down that— was arrested —— at risk of going down that path. ijoined here about six years— down that path. ijoined here about six years ago. find down that path. i 'oined here about six years ago.— down that path. i 'oined here about six years age.— six years ago. and you're smiling. tell me what _ six years ago. and you're smiling. tell me what it _ six years ago. and you're smiling. tell me what it is _ six years ago. and you're smiling. tell me what it is done, _ six years ago. and you're smiling. tell me what it is done, this - six years ago. and you're smiling. i tell me what it is done, this place? just straight up, it has changed my life. just straight up, it has changed my life if— just straight up, it has changed my life if i_ just straight up, it has changed my life. if i didn't come here i don't

know— life. if i didn't come here i don't know where i would be right now. it has given— know where i would be right now. it has given me a purpose in life. it has given me a purpose in life. it has given— has given me a purpose in life. it has given me a purpose in life. it has given me a purpose in life. it has given me a place to go. and just overall— has given me a place to go. and just overall i'm _ has given me a place to go. and just overall i'm 50 has given me a place to go. and just overall i'm so much better person now than— overall i'm so much better person now than i— overall i'm so much better person now than i was when i started. there is ho e, now than i was when i started. there is hope. yeah? _ now than i was when i started. there is hope, yeah? yeah, _ now than i was when i started. there is hope, yeah? yeah, 10096, - now than i was when i started. there is hope, yeah? yeah, 10096, 10096. | is hope, yeah? yeah, 10096, 10096. this letter has _ is hope, yeah? yeah, 10096, 10096. this letter has gone _ is hope, yeah? yeah, 10096, 10096. this letter has gone out _ is hope, yeah? yeah, 10096, 10096. this letter has gone out today - is hope, yeah? yeah, 10096, 10096. this letter has gone out today to i this letter has gone out today to the city. churches across bristol will meet later tonight to pray for peace in the city. and tonight on points west that half past six, there will be a special programme all about trying to tackle knife crime. fiona, thank you very much indeed. so good that even in the bleakest of times, when so many people are hurting, that there are stories of hope and positivity. what an amazing place. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store. coming up, we're finding out how today's spring budget could affect you with both our financial experts laura pomfret and iona bain.

i'll talk about how the chancellor's announcement might affect taxes, and why, if you're on a pension, you might have less cash in your pocket. and i'll explain if new rules can make your isa savings pot - go further. also today, dr ranj discovers how a ground—breaking test, that takes just two minutes and prevents invasive procedures, is bringing hope to thousands diagnosed with brain tumours. not only that, he's here in the studio too, sharing if caffeine is dangerous. us brits drink 98 million cups of coffee a day and one in three kids consume energy drinks full of the stimulant every week. with almost as much in a bar of chocolate as a mug of tea, i'll tell you how to avoid withdrawal headaches if you want to cut down. if it is bad news about coffee i will have to quit myjob! plus, march is free wills month, so it's the perfect time to get one.

with the number being disputed in court reportedly doubling, a top lawyer shares how a "letter of wishes" avoids arguments after you're gone. and she's gearing up for her latest role in the ultimate murder mystery. bbc strictly champ ellie leach tells us about her brand new comedy play cluedo 2. but who done it, and with what? it was dr ranj with the coffee mug in the green room! see you at 9:30. are you seriously suggesting that you have an early start?! know your audience! you have an early start?! know our audience! , know your audience! pull the plug, lease. i know your audience! pull the plug, please- i am _ know your audience! pull the plug, please. i am here _ know your audience! pull the plug, please. i am here thursday - know your audience! pull the plug, please. i am here thursday and - please. i am here thursday and frida as please. i am here thursday and friday as well. _ please. i am here thursday and friday as well. 0k! _ time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

hello, good morning, you're watching bbc london, i'm frankie mccamley. a teenager's been charged after three people were injured when a shotgun went off after it was dropped in clapham. it happened last friday when officers were pursuing two people on a moped that failed to stop. 18—year—old keymarni king from tooting will face four charges when he appears in court later. the chancellor will deliver his budget later. one of the sectors in london watching closely will be the shrinking hospitality sector which has lost almost 20% of licensed venues since the covid pandemic. that's according to a group of data consultants. those working in the trade are calling for an overall cut in tax so people can spend more on eating and drinking. hospitality is the one that gets hit the first, basically. anything goes wrong, the first thing people are going to do is kind of, you know, your enjoyment, you cutback on that.

so we would like to see a cut on tax which would allow people to have more money in their pocket. basically anything that gives more money in the pockets. it's nearly one year on from a report into the metropolitan police which concluded it was institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. baroness casey's review followed the abduction, murder and rape of sarah everard by a serving police officer the police and crime committee will meet later to look at what progress has been made but therer are warnings change will take time. the shirt worn by colin firth as he emerged from a lake as mr darcy in a bbc adaptation of pride and prejudice has sold for more than double the estimated price. the wet shirt scene has become one of the most famous tv moments of all time. it attracted lots of interest at last night's charity auction in bermondsey

and sold at £25,000. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's severe delays on the elizabeth line. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. it's quite a cloudy start to the day and we have some patches of mist and fog around as well but once that lifts, we will start to see more in the way of sunshine breaking through. there will also be some scattered showers drifting from the south and south—east. we can already see a couple of showers spreading through quite early on in the morning but during the day there will be more in the way of drier interludes with some sunshine around as well and temperatures reaching around ten to 11 celsius with gentle winds. into the evening, any showers will tend to fade away and overnight it becomes largely dry and with some clear spells for a time, but then mist and fog forming once more by the early hours. temperatures overnight dipping to around three to five celsius. as we look ahead to the next few days, into the weekend, high pressure is still with us to the east but we are expecting these weather fronts to make further progress into the weekend

so there may be some outbreaks of rain for a time. at least for the next few days, some sunshine but also some scattered showers and into the weekend becoming a bit more unsettled with temperatures around 12 to 13 celsius and it will be windier as well. that's it from me for now, see you in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. back now to our top story. the chancellor will deliver his spring budget today and nina's in a bar in newcastle for us finding out what people there would like to see. good morning to you from a very drizzly river tyne this morning. you can see just they're behind me the iconic bridge over the river, as part of the country, most of you

will know it to look at, a history of shipbuilding visible from the river and mining as well, the heritage of this region. 2.6 million people in the north—east living here now. those industries replaced by manufacturing, by retail, service industries, and also by a thriving student population, some of whom we saw on our arrival this morning at 5am! every single household in the north—east in the north—east and across the country will want something different from the chancellor today. something different from the chancellortoday. let's something different from the chancellor today. let's see what we know already. our expectation is that national insurance will drop by 2p, giving an average saving to workers of £1i50, costing the treasury 10 billion. we heard yesterday we expect the freeze on fuel to be continued that has not gone up since 2011. the rest, nothing we can be sure about. let's talk to some of the experts. good

morning, laura, an expert in finance. if this goes ahead, this 2p cut in national insurance, who is really winning because many of those we speak to said they didn't even notice the last one. hf we speak to said they didn't even notice the last one.— notice the last one. if you think about the _ notice the last one. if you think about the cut _ notice the last one. if you think about the cut in _ notice the last one. if you think about the cut in isolation, - notice the last one. if you think - about the cut in isolation, someone on £25,000 per year would save about £250 across a year in national insurance. but it would be a maximum saving for those earning just over 50,000, around 750 per year. saving for those earning just over 50,000, around 750 peryear. if saving for those earning just over 50,000, around 750 per year. if we couple that with the cuts that we saw last year, that means that that is a maximum saving of 1500 for earning 50,000. but is a maximum saving of 1500 for earning 50,000.— is a maximum saving of 1500 for earning 50,000. but those on very low or high — earning 50,000. but those on very low or high incomes _ earning 50,000. but those on very low or high incomes might - earning 50,000. but those on very low or high incomes might be - low or high incomes might be forgiven for saying that nothing is there for them, forgiven for saying that nothing is there forthem, pensioners forgiven for saying that nothing is there for them, pensioners can be saying say, people saying that we all need a tax cut, why can that happen? all need a tax cut, why can that ha-een? all need a tax cut, why can that ha en? . . ., all need a tax cut, why can that hauen? ., . ., happen? the chancellor has the same 'ob as all of happen? the chancellor has the same job as all of us. _ happen? the chancellor has the same job as all of us, balancing _ happen? the chancellor has the same job as all of us, balancing budgets. i job as all of us, balancing budgets. we look at how much money coming in and we say, can we afford a holiday or go out to dinner? the chancellor can do that on national scale so he

looks at the money coming in and working out what tax cuts he can afford. you mentioned that national insurance cut has a price tag of 10 billion. if he did the same with income tax, that would be 1a billion. so a bigger price tag on it. so he is choosing to be a bit more fiscally responsible as we say, a bit tighter with the budget to balance the books. and not hand out a big income tax cut now. lots balance the books. and not hand out a big income tax cut now.— a big income tax cut now. lots of --eole a big income tax cut now. lots of people watching _ a big income tax cut now. lots of people watching would _ a big income tax cut now. lots of people watching would be - a big income tax cut now. lots of| people watching would be saying, a big income tax cut now. lots of. people watching would be saying, it would be lucky to go out to dinner or have a holiday! good morning, everybody, this is a team from sage, one of the biggest employees —— employers are in the north—east, your croissant count is very high on the table! you are the boss, there is a 50% chance if people are watching that their payroll tech was designed by you. if businesses succeed, you succeed, so what would you like to hear?— succeed, you succeed, so what would you like to hear? good morning. sage software is used _ you like to hear? good morning. sage software is used globally _ you like to hear? good morning. sage software is used globally but - you like to hear? good morning. sage software is used globally but half- software is used globally but half of the businesses here in the

north—east use it. that could be large engineering firms down to your local baker but all of them have a similar problem in cash flow, that is a big issue. our research and our small business tracker shows that 40% of invoices are paid late, and thatis 40% of invoices are paid late, and that is a really critical issue. we would like to bring forward initiatives like e invoicing which automates payment processing, helps businesses get a better handle on their cash flow, and that's a critical ingredient for business growth. it critical ingredient for business trowth. , critical ingredient for business trowth. , ,, ., . _ growth. it sounds like an incredibly simle growth. it sounds like an incredibly simple idea- _ growth. it sounds like an incredibly simple idea. we _ growth. it sounds like an incredibly simple idea. we think— growth. it sounds like an incredibly simple idea. we think there - growth. it sounds like an incredibly simple idea. we think there will i growth. it sounds like an incredibly simple idea. we think there will be 100 million invested in al. you groaned early when i mentioned that, you cannot see it coming your way? l you cannot see it coming your way? i am a supporter of all investment in al, and in terms of sage we are ai, and in terms of sage we are bringing our own ai solutions in, it's about automating workload and eradicating processes that hold people down. in eradicating processes that hold people down-—

people down. in some of your appurtenances _ people down. in some of your appurtenances are _ people down. in some of your appurtenances are here, - people down. in some of your. appurtenances are here, harriet people down. in some of your- appurtenances are here, harriet is here, —— some of your apprentices are here. your main concern is getting in the housing ladder. definitely, people in my age in the 20s it's _ definitely, people in my age in the 20s it's a _ definitely, people in my age in the 20s it's a concern with mortgage rates _ 20s it's a concern with mortgage rates are — 20s it's a concern with mortgage rates are so high, it's not even a consideration that we could afford that kind — consideration that we could afford that kind of loan.— consideration that we could afford that kind of loan. there are rumours that kind of loan. there are rumours that the chancellor _ that kind of loan. there are rumours that the chancellor will _ that kind of loan. there are rumours that the chancellor will be _ that the chancellor will be revealing a policy on mortgage support, we will wait and see. you represent small businesses, sorry, we keep hearing vat, vat, vat, explain the impact on small business turnover. �* , ., , ., ., turnover. vat is a threshold on revenue not — turnover. vat is a threshold on revenue not profit _ turnover. vat is a threshold on revenue not profit margins - turnover. vat is a threshold on revenue not profit margins so i turnover. vat is a threshold on | revenue not profit margins so as turnover. vat is a threshold on i revenue not profit margins so as a taxation method it's quite difficult and stifles growth. we have a lot of businesses who keep themselves below the 85,000 threshold. this this incentivises growth. we want an increase of the threshold to 200,000

which would unlock a bit of growth, allow businesses to invest and give them confidence to invest and create newjobs. our small business index shows that business confidence over seven consecutive quarters has been below zero. consumer confidence has been so low for a long time, it feels like everyone has been feeling like we have been in recession for a lot longer than we are technically in one. �* �* , lot longer than we are technically in one. �* ~ , ,, lot longer than we are technically inone.�* ~ ,~' in one. and if vat is knocked off our bill, in one. and if vat is knocked off your bill. you — in one. and if vat is knocked off your bill, you are _ in one. and if vat is knocked off your bill, you are more - in one. and if vat is knocked off your bill, you are more likely i in one. and if vat is knocked off your bill, you are more likely to| in one. and if vat is knocked off i your bill, you are more likely to go through the door as a consumer. on a positive note, when i mentioned to you guys that national insurance was going to come down, you represented creative industry, and arts centre, you are pleased about that? we: you are pleased about that? it's treat you are pleased about that? it's great news _ you are pleased about that? lit�*s great news particularly for creative work is to have that reduction just to have some money in their pockets, and it's great for local communities as well. ., . ., , as well. the chancellor will be leased as well. the chancellor will be pleased we — as well. the chancellor will be pleased we have _ as well. the chancellor will be pleased we have got - as well. the chancellor will be pleased we have got some i as well. the chancellor will be - pleased we have got some positive responses to the qualities we know about so far. emma works for a charity close by, they train people

who might be looking to navigate the benefits system for the first time, people who might need to retrain a different industry. we have seen lots of people working in hospitality needing your help? absolutely, i work for the cedar—wood trust and we help to get people back into employment, education, voluntary work, and that's very much in the health and social sector as well as the hospitality which we saw was so crucial during the pandemic. we are seeing their income and in wages are very low. they are a fantastic group of people who support society and we would love to see their salaries increase just for a bit of a let up. and you know better than anyone that any of us can fall on hard times, you had a good job and you are well employed, lockdown down payment you found yourself on your own with a six—year—old needing to go on benefit and navigate the system. absolutely, anyone can be vulnerable

at any time, and i actually tapped into the charity i work with, and they were so understanding, they helped me navigate the system and so much though i now work for them. so it could be anyone. thank you to all of our guests, thank you so much, we have had a very warm welcome in the north—east this morning. we do not expect all of you at home to be watching the budget later on but we expect most of you to be impacted in some way. this is an election year and you will be forgiven at the moment for putting your vote in the place that best pleases your pocket. election coverage throughout the coverage throughout the bbc. it kicks off from 12:30pm from the house of commons. we'rejoined by our economic editor faizal islam. i know you have got a very long and busy day ahead, what can we expect

to see from the chancellor today? good morning. yes, in a couple of hours, jeremy hunt will be standing outside that door with the famous red box and a couple of hours for what he will still hope will not be the last time as chancellor holding the last time as chancellor holding the red budget box. but it certainly will be the last time he does that before an election. and i see him having made three key big strategic judgments about what our viewers may think about the state of the economy. firstly, that they would prefer lower taxes from where we are now. rememberthe prefer lower taxes from where we are now. remember the tax burden has gone up, the size of what government has does have gone up because of things like the pandemic and the energy shock. from where we are now, they would prefer lower taxes and smaller state. that's the first judgment, despite what we have seen in public services like councils and prisons and courts. second judgment is within that lower taxation, that they would prefer tax cuts to be

focused on workers. national insurance rather than a more expensive or general income tax cut. that would cost more but it would also be spread more thinly. and then thirdly, and i think this is a big one, that the economy is now at a turning point. a turning point not just after a year of high inflation but really two or three years of rolling global crises from the pandemic to the energy shock. he certainly had hoped that today he could have been at that very convincingly to the public, that was the plan at the beginning of the year. but we have had that call that we dip into recession last year, the bank of england is little bit on cutting interest rates despite the fact that inflation is coming back down to target. that is another big call. that the public looking at their bills, they may have different opinions or they may back it. my senseis opinions or they may back it. my sense is at the end of today, we

will think that there may be another go around for the chance around, not another full budget but he might have the opportunity to offer some more in terms of tax cuts at a later date before a later election. let's see what he comes up with. hagar date before a later election. let's see what he comes up with. how wide is the tulf see what he comes up with. how wide is the gulf between _ see what he comes up with. how wide is the gulf between what _ see what he comes up with. how wide is the gulf between what he _ see what he comes up with. how wide is the gulf between what he might - is the gulf between what he might want to do and what he needs to do in order to make this an appealing budget for people who are going to be voting in an election? t0 budget for people who are going to be voting in an election?— be voting in an election? to give ou be voting in an election? to give you some _ be voting in an election? to give you some context, _ be voting in an election? to give you some context, that - be voting in an election? to give you some context, that national| you some context, that national insurance cut after an average worker's wage is about iiop insurance cut after an average worker's wage is about 40p per month. the average direct debit for a mortgage —— £40 per month. the average direct debit for a mortgage has gone from six or £700 per month to £900 per month. energy bills are higher than they well although they are starting to come down. food bills are higher. the question is really whether people think they have benefited from the fact that

things have peaked and are levelling off or if they feel absolutely worse off or if they feel absolutely worse off from where they were a year or two ago. that is a context of cut of £40. if you include the autumn statement 2p cut, it will be 80 or £90. whether you are a glass half full person, saying it is better than three months ago, or do the public and people at home compare it to where we were two or three years ago and do they pin what has happened in the global economy and the tax rises we have seen over the past two or three years, that they pin that on the government? the evidence in the polls that we can see is that they have blamed that on the government. he has to persuade them about a long—term plan for growth and advising living standards.— growth and advising living standards. ., ~' , . let's go from economic forecasting the weather forecasting!

have you had a look outside? the sky is blue here in salford, a treat when you get out. butjust down the road, the mrs lifting, and the sun is burning through. the mist is lifting. but in wales, a frosty start, but clear skies through the night. these are the temperatures you can expect if you are stepping out. it is cold in exeter and birmingham. no heatwave, that is for sure. we have got some cloud and rain in eastern areas, a few showers coming to the south—west. a few showers coming up the cloud in the south—east as well. you will find as we go to the day, despite the fact it is cloudy and we have some dense fog, that will lift, the cloud in the south will break and through the afternoon we will see some scattered showers develop. the brighter skies are always going to be in the west.

through the afternoon, whether it is trying to get into the south—west, south—west wales and northern ireland, it will produce some cloud and a few showers. temperatures five to 12 degrees. cooler on the north sea coastline under the cloud. this evening and overnight the cloud comes back in where it has cleared already and across central and eastern areas it will be a cloudy night. it is a dank night, mist and fog patches forming in similar areas to where we have had them this morning, not as widespread. under the clear skies once again it will be chilly enough for a touch of frost. temperatures two to 5 degrees, overnight lows. the blue on the chart indicates freezing or below. into tomorrow, high pressure is moving ever closer to us. we can see from the isobars is going to be a breezy day. weatherfronts see from the isobars is going to be a breezy day. weather fronts still kept at bay in the west. we start with a fair bit of cloud across central and eastern areas and the mist and fog lifting. through the

day some of the cloud will break up, some of it will linger and that means we will see some showers particularly in southern areas. it will be a brighter day across south—west england compared to today. temperature —wise, seven to 11 degrees but with an onshore breeze, it will feel colder along the north sea coastline. into friday, overnight thursday into friday, overnight thursday into friday, high pressure pushes back towards scandinavia but still a windy day which will allow some weather fronts to head into the weekend to come into southern areas. we have all of the cloud to start with which will break up gusts much of england and wales. —— across much of england and wales. —— across much of england and wales. —— across much of england and wales. these are the wind gusts in the black circles. the rain is waiting in the wings coming into the south in the evening. temperatures are six to 11 degrees. slipping that little bit more. where we had this rain, as we head into

the weekend, it looks like it is going to come in across southern areas and temperatures will go up as areas and temperatures will go up as a result. lam i am looking forward to escaping from here and going to see the blue sky outside. we: from here and going to see the blue sky outside-— from here and going to see the blue sky outside-_ it - from here and going to see the blue sky outside._ it is - sky outside. it's beautiful. it is promised _ sky outside. it's beautiful. it is promised to — sky outside. it's beautiful. it is promised to us _ sky outside. it's beautiful. it is promised to us now. _ sky outside. it's beautiful. it is promised to us now. we - sky outside. it's beautiful. it is promised to us now. we get i sky outside. it's beautiful. it isj promised to us now. we get to sky outside. it's beautiful. it is - promised to us now. we get to leave? not et! promised to us now. we get to leave? not yet! another _ promised to us now. we get to leave? not yet! another 40 _ promised to us now. we get to leave? not yet! another 40 minutes - promised to us now. we get to leave? not yet! another 40 minutes to - promised to us now. we get to leave? not yet! another 40 minutes to go. i in 1971, the unofficial england women's football team went from being overlooked and ridiculed on home turf, to playing for a crowd of 90,000 people at the mexico world cup. despite the success of the game there, the tournament was soon forgotten but now a film is being released to tell the story of the competition. our north of england correspondent rowan bridge went to a showing of copa 71 in manchester. a global football tournament largely lost to history because the players were women.

in the stadium, you come out up into the pitch, so you come out from underneath. and then the roar is like deafening. and you can just feel it. i suppose, i've never driven a formula one car before, but the adrenaline and the...you know, you can feel it reverberating and, yeah, and then it'sjust like that the whole time. 50 years on, copa 71 tells the tale of the unofficial women's world cup in mexico. it includes the stories of the england squad. decades before the lionesses, they competed in front of 90,000 fans. yet they were shunned when they came home. even the players didn't talk about it. we never spoke about it. ladies... five years ago, bbc breakfast

brought the squad together for the first time. now their story's being told on film. for the first time, rare footage of a tournament many never knew happened. it was very important for us making the film as well that there was a lot of footage because this is something that's been hidden away and not spoken about and people can dismiss it if they can't see it, they can dismiss the football, they can dismiss it, how many people were there? so it was very important for us in the edit to just keep on showing you more and more of this extraordinary tournament. so, you know, at the end, it is no longer deniable any more. yeah, you want to feel like you're there. but the euphoria of that tournament was short lived. returning home, the team's manager, harry blatt, was blacklisted. some players were temporarily banned. memories of the event and the potential of the women's game were buried for decades. now, though, the film is bringing the story of copa '71 into the light with a preview screening in manchester. i thought it was a really good interpretation of what happened

to women and is still happening to women now. but it was really funny, it was refreshing and it it must have been terrible. so hopefully they're going to feel really good about it and really i proud about it and see themselves rightly as pioneers for all - the great football we've i got going at the moment today, the success of the lionesses is again drawing massive crowds. but this film celebrates chris longwood and herfellow players, the generation that paved the way. rowan bridge, bbc news, manchester. joining us now are chris lockwood who played in the 1971 world cup game and rachel ramsay, co—director of the copa 71 film. good morning to both of you. we saw you in that film just there. what is it like are now all these years later having lived through this story to see it being held to a

broader audience who might not even believed it happened? we: broader audience who might not even believed it happened?— believed it happened? it's unreal, really can't _ believed it happened? it's unreal, really can't believe _ believed it happened? it's unreal, really can't believe what - believed it happened? it's unreal, | really can't believe what happened to us. we only reunited four years ago, so, for 47 years we hadn't spoken about it and now there's a film. we can't believe it! you hadn't spoken _ film. we can't believe it! you hadn't spoken about - film. we can't believe it! you hadn't spoken about it, - film. we can't believe it! you hadn't spoken about it, that's crazy, isn't it?— crazy, isn't it? yeah, we 'ust bufied crazy, isn't it? yeah, we 'ust buried the i crazy, isn't it? yeah, we 'ust buried the story. i crazy, isn't it? yeah, we 'ust buried the story. why? i crazy, isn't it? yeah, wejust| buried the story. why? well, crazy, isn't it? yeah, wejust- buried the story. why? well, when we came home. — buried the story. why? well, when we came home, some _ buried the story. why? well, when we came home, some of— buried the story. why? well, when we came home, some of us _ buried the story. why? well, when we came home, some of us were banned. the young ones for three months, the older ones six months, and harry was banned for life. and i suppose we all went our separate ways, and we didn't talk about it because we thought we'd done something wrong. and thinking that was that. and then four years ago, the museum, the football museum in manchester wanted to know about women's football more, and leah and myself went to the

museum and spoke about it and we decided to try and find the rest of the squad and hope they were still alive. and we were. and we found all 14 of us, and the mascot marie's son. —— harry's son. it snowballed from there. everyone took us to their hearts and then victoria, rachel and james have made a film and its gone global because other teams are in it. we: and its gone global because other teams are in it.— teams are in it. it's a fantastic sto . teams are in it. it's a fantastic story- rachel. _ teams are in it. it's a fantastic story. rachel, it— teams are in it. it's a fantastic story. rachel, it must - teams are in it. it's a fantastic story. rachel, it must be - teams are in it. it's a fantastic. story. rachel, it must be brilliant as the co—director, to be able to tell it. you have the footage, the archive, you have the people, everything. archive, you have the people, everything-— archive, you have the people, eve hinr. . , ., ., archive, you have the people, eve hiny. ., , ., ., ., everything. yeah, we started out and there was just _ everything. yeah, we started out and there wasjust so _ everything. yeah, we started out and there wasjust so little _ everything. yeah, we started out and there was just so little information i there was just so little information available _ there was just so little information available about the tournament itself _ available about the tournament itself. and that starts a research process — itself. and that starts a research process which brings together a whole _ process which brings together a whole team of archivists, researchers around the world. the film is _ researchers around the world. the film is set — researchers around the world. the film is set in — researchers around the world. the film is set in six different countries, and we also filmed in the us, so—

countries, and we also filmed in the us, so it's _ countries, and we also filmed in the us, so it's a — countries, and we also filmed in the us, so it's a really global story. the story— us, so it's a really global story. the story of the england team, chris and her— the story of the england team, chris and herteam—mates, has been amazing, — and herteam—mates, has been amazing, getting to know them over the last— amazing, getting to know them over the last three years but also being able to— the last three years but also being able to put that in the context of the teams — able to put that in the context of the teams from argentina, mexico, denmark, _ the teams from argentina, mexico, denmark, italy and france and see their— denmark, italy and france and see their this _ denmark, italy and france and see their this was this incredible subculture of women's playing in the 60s and _ subculture of women's playing in the 60s and 70s which loaded into this tournament. and 60s and 70s which loaded into this tournament-— tournament. and it's almost taken this loni tournament. and it's almost taken this long for _ tournament. and it's almost taken this long for people _ tournament. and it's almost taken this long for people to _ tournament. and it's almost taken this long for people to feel- tournament. and it's almost taken this long for people to feel they i this long for people to feel they could be open about it. you said you felt like you had done something wrong. we felt like you had done something wronr. ~ ~ , felt like you had done something wron. _ . . , , ., wrong. we did. when they started askini wrong. we did. when they started asking about _ wrong. we did. when they started asking about doing _ wrong. we did. when they started asking about doing a _ wrong. we did. when they started asking about doing a film, - wrong. we did. when they started asking about doing a film, we - asking about doing a film, we altered —— all took a leap of faith because we didn't want to be ridiculed any more or anything. and it has been quite the opposite, everyone has been fantastic. shifter everyone has been fantastic. after those decades _ everyone has been fantastic. after those decades of— everyone has been fantastic. after those decades of what _ everyone has been fantastic. after those decades of what does —— decades of her silence, what does it feel like to be able to tell your story after all the time. it

feel like to be able to tell your story after all the time. it feels amazini. story after all the time. it feels amazing- i _ story after all the time. it feels amazing. i bet _ story after all the time. it feels amazing. i bet you _ story after all the time. it feels amazing. i bet you can't - story after all the time. it feels amazing. i bet you can't stop i amazing. i bet you can't stop talkini amazing. i bet you can't stop talking about _ amazing. i bet you can't stop talking about it. _ amazing. i bet you can't stop talking about it. no, - amazing. i bet you can't stop talking about it. no, no, - amazing. i bet you can't stop talking about it. no, no, andj amazing. i bet you can't stop i talking about it. no, no, and it's nice because _ talking about it. no, no, and it's nice because young _ talking about it. no, no, and it's nice because young people - talking about it. no, no, and it's nice because young people to i talking about it. no, no, and it's. nice because young people to their hearts. i go out here and see young girls playing football, and it lifts my heart. girls playing football, and it lifts m heart. ., my heart. rachel, i imagine there are lots of— my heart. rachel, i imagine there are lots of other _ my heart. rachel, i imagine there are lots of other stories _ my heart. rachel, i imagine there are lots of other stories a - my heart. rachel, i imagine there are lots of other stories a bit - my heart. rachel, i imagine there are lots of other stories a bit like | are lots of other stories a bit like this out there. we are lots of other stories a bit like this out there.— are lots of other stories a bit like this out there. we hope that this is the start of — this out there. we hope that this is the start of finding _ this out there. we hope that this is the start of finding all _ this out there. we hope that this is the start of finding all of _ this out there. we hope that this is the start of finding all of these - the start of finding all of these stories— the start of finding all of these stories that have been buried for a very long — stories that have been buried for a very long time, things that will allow— very long time, things that will allow women's sport, activism and that side _ allow women's sport, activism and that side of— allow women's sport, activism and that side of the ball as well to be really— that side of the ball as well to be really given its history back. it was given _ really given its history back. it was given taken away not just from the individuals who played who couldn't — the individuals who played who couldn't speak about it for 50 years. — couldn't speak about it for 50 years, that's something we could start— years, that's something we could start to _ years, that's something we could start to bring back and reconnect with players from around the world at the _ with players from around the world at the time, but it's also been taken — at the time, but it's also been taken away from the future generations that also felt ashamed to play— generations that also felt ashamed to play or— generations that also felt ashamed to play or didn't feel they had a place _ to play or didn't feel they had a place on — to play or didn't feel they had a place on the pitch or they were not allowed _ place on the pitch or they were not allowed to— place on the pitch or they were not allowed to be in that world at all. and it's _ allowed to be in that world at all. and it's bigger than football. you have rot and it's bigger than football. you have got some —

and it's bigger than football. ym. have got some pretty high powered backers, venus and serena williams, tell us about. backers, venus and serena williams, tell us about-— tell us about. one of the production com ianies tell us about. one of the production companies that _ tell us about. one of the production companies that came _ tell us about. one of the production companies that came on _ tell us about. one of the production companies that came on board - tell us about. one of the production companies that came on board to i tell us about. one of the production i companies that came on board to help finance _ companies that came on board to help finance the _ companies that came on board to help finance the project had connections with venus — finance the project had connections with venus and serena and they had heard _ with venus and serena and they had heard about it, serena held heard about— heard about it, serena held heard about it _ heard about it, serena held heard about it first and they were looking form _ about it first and they were looking form they — about it first and they were looking for... they are among the greatest athletes _ for... they are among the greatest athletes of— for... they are among the greatest athletes of all time. and when they .et athletes of all time. and when they get in _ athletes of all time. and when they get in touch saying, we have heard about— get in touch saying, we have heard about this — get in touch saying, we have heard about this story coming across our desk— about this story coming across our desk and _ about this story coming across our desk and we would like to be involved _ desk and we would like to be involved in some way, you don't say no. involved in some way, you don't say no and _ involved in some way, you don't say no and it— involved in some way, you don't say no. and it started with serena and then venus — no. and it started with serena and then venus said, we will come on board _ then venus said, we will come on board too, — then venus said, we will come on board too, we were like, that's finer _ board too, we were like, that's fine, come _ board too, we were like, that's fine, come and join the team! so they— fine, come and join the team! so they have — fine, come and join the team! so they have really thrown their considerable weight and influence behind _ considerable weight and influence behind it— considerable weight and influence behind it and serena does a few lines _ behind it and serena does a few lines at — behind it and serena does a few lines at the top of the film in voice — lines at the top of the film in voice over— lines at the top of the film in voice over which really gives it... it's saying — voice over which really gives it... it's saying that this is about more than _ it's saying that this is about more thaniust— it's saying that this is about more thanjust one football it's saying that this is about more than just one football tournament. and having their voices heard really helps _ and having their voices heard really helps for— and having their voices heard really hel-s. ., , ,, ., ., , helps. for sure, serena and venus had a pathway _

helps. for sure, serena and venus had a pathway that _ helps. for sure, serena and venus had a pathway that was _ helps. for sure, serena and venus had a pathway that was difficult i helps. for sure, serena and venus had a pathway that was difficult in | had a pathway that was difficult in their life. so they can empathise with what we went through, i guess. so it's brilliant. fiend with what we went through, i guess. so it's brilliant.— so it's brilliant. and it's coming out international _ so it's brilliant. and it's coming out international women's - so it's brilliant. and it's coming | out international women's day? so it's brilliant. and it's coming - out international women's day? yes, this frida . out international women's day? yes, this friday- all _ out international women's day? yes, this friday. all of _ out international women's day? yes, this friday. all of the _ out international women's day? yes this friday. all of the weekend, and thenit this friday. all of the weekend, and then it will be out in three weeks for different sum —— cinemas all over the country. it feels like a real separation this weekend, it feels like a long time in the making, it was even longer waiting for the player to tell the story. he said crazy, chris? very _ for the player to tell the story. he said crazy, chris? very crazy! - for the player to tell the story. he l said crazy, chris? very crazy! enjoy said crazy, chris? very crazy! en'oy the cra ! 'copa 71�* is out in cinemas from this friday.

good morning — and welcome to westminster — where in the next few hours, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, will deliver his spring budget, outlining the governments tax and spending plans. it's a bit noisy here but you may have heard the chimes of big ben as it is nine o'clock in the morning here. at 1230 pm we are expecting mr hunt to stand before parliament and set out his plans for the budget to

mps but let's take you live to the shot of downing street were at the moment, he is meeting with members of his cabinet, or members of the cabinet or he will be. we have seen some of the cabinet arrive already, including the home secretary, james cleverly, as well. there is not speculation about what he will set out in the budget but we know he is expected to announce another cut to national insurance contributions, reduction of £2 and the pound, which comes on top of an identical cut which came into force injanuary and, the chancellor in january and, the chancellor announced that in his budget last year. the chancellor has already been busy this morning, he has been getting energised for his speech. we know he is a keen marathon runner and he has been out exercising with his dog as you can see here in these

photos in the early hours of the morning.