to be seen how much that will help. it's certainly a very expensive measure _ it's certainly a very expensive measure to be taken, i would say. the costs. — measure to be taken, i would say. the costs, the figures are absolutely i watering as we have touched upon already, but the daily telegraph also, sebastian, looking at how it this lockdown, all of its, we are going to be paying, according to ben right of your paper, for decades. all of us will be paying for this for decades. talk us through the thinking here. well, the fact is that about _ through the thinking here. well, the fact is that about £352 _ through the thinking here. well, the fact is that about £352 billion - through the thinking here. well, the fact is that about £352 billion has . fact is that about £352 billion has been spent on the coronavirus pandemic from the furlough scheme which we learn today is going to continue through september, we will start to phase out gradually from july as things start to open up again as well. on the vaccine programme, and testing trays, for grants, for help for self—employed, the treasury has really spent a lot of money here, and the better rishi sunak made was that we would get a vaccine, get people vaccinated and

then get the economy going as quickly as possible. given the terrific success of the uk's vaccine programme, that that seems to have been paid off. but he does think it's going to reach unsustainable levels, the debts, and that is why the section has to be taken. and you look at the headlines on the times, i think it is when they say the tax burden is the biggest it in 60 years, that really is striking, especially as we are saying coming from a conservative government. but there was some snap pulling out this evening that showed that, actually, a majority tend to agree with this, they think people do appreciate what difficult times we have been in for the past two years, and the fact that you can'tjust let the past two years, and the fact that you can't just let this debt continue to pile up. some of it we pushed in the longer—term, but some things need to be fixed in the shorter—term to, and that is the bounds rishi sunak is trained to strike. ,, . . ., strike. sebastian, i have to apologise _ strike. sebastian, i have to apologise you _ strike. sebastian, i have to apologise you work - strike. sebastian, i have to apologise you work for - strike. sebastian, i have to apologise you work for the | strike. sebastian, i have to i apologise you work for the ft, strike. sebastian, i have to - apologise you work for the ft, not the daily telegraph, i'm spreading you a bit too thinly, my mistake. i don't think we've got the front page of the metro, jenny, on our ability to show the viewers, but it says

risky sue neck, and it's talking about this idea of gambling with this historic budget spending spree. —— rishi sunak. and it's a bit of a gamble, i did ask, you know, what you make of it, but i guess, you know, as we said before hand, it is an unprecedented time, and even rishi sunak was saying, well, there is a pandemic going on. yes. rishi sunak was saying, well, there is a pandemic going on.— rishi sunak was saying, well, there is a pandemic going on. yes, he did sa ve is a pandemic going on. yes, he did say very clearly. _ is a pandemic going on. yes, he did say very clearly, he _ is a pandemic going on. yes, he did say very clearly, he almost - is a pandemic going on. yes, he did say very clearly, he almost boasted | say very clearly, he almost boasted that he _ say very clearly, he almost boasted that he was — say very clearly, he almost boasted that he was extending furlough to beyond _ that he was extending furlough to beyond the levels, the time period that people thought might be necessary to protect people. so he's been very— necessary to protect people. so he's been very clear that he is overcompensating in one respect make sure that _ overcompensating in one respect make sure that he's doing, using the phrase, — sure that he's doing, using the phrase, everything within his power, everything _ phrase, everything within his power, everything possible to cushion us from _ everything possible to cushion us from the — everything possible to cushion us from the effect of coronavirus, but it is a _ from the effect of coronavirus, but it is a risk — from the effect of coronavirus, but it is a risk. you know, this is relying — it is a risk. you know, this is relying on_ it is a risk. you know, this is relying on there being no need to crank— relying on there being no need to crank up— relying on there being no need to crank up spending for education, for hospitals, _ crank up spending for education, for hospitals, there was no mention of social—

hospitals, there was no mention of social care — hospitals, there was no mention of social care at all in this budget. which _ social care at all in this budget. which is — social care at all in this budget. which is very strange. so a lot of other— which is very strange. so a lot of other things are going to have to be kept balanced in order for this plan to work _ kept balanced in order for this plan to work. ,., �* , kept balanced in order for this plan to work. ,., �*, ., ., “ kept balanced in order for this plan to work. ,., �*, ., ., ~ . . to work. ok, so let's look at all the papers _ to work. ok, so let's look at all the papers focusing _ to work. ok, so let's look at all the papers focusing on - to work. ok, so let's look at all the papers focusing on this, - to work. ok, so let's look at all the papers focusing on this, of| the papers focusing on this, of course, but the daily mail focusing on another story that we had touched upon when we talked about the papers, sebastian, it's the duchess of sussex and these allegations of bullying of staff, and an inquiry has been launched, which the male is describing is unprecedented, and inquiry launched by the queen. indeed. this is following the documentary that's due to be shown in the next couple of days, where harry and meghan have done an interview with overwinter neck oprah winfrey and a interview where they talk about their experience and their relations with the royal family. this began with the story that was in the times yesterday that detailed a lot of sourcing on that about allegations that were made about allegations that were made about the duchess of sussex and

staff who had worked for her at that point, and basically, they were very disappointed and been described in some corners as a smear campaign, and there is another story i see in the sun with more allegations there. the whole thing is quite unsightly and to be quite frank, i don't know if the timing is a bit to suspect for this story first two —— to be suddenly appearing before the interview comes art here, but he don't forget does anybody good, doesn't do the monarchy any good chemicals into the reputation and good having this tit—for—tat from both sides. i think the whole thing is incredibly sad. if you think back not long ago since you have that wedding when harry and meghan were pulling so well and were beloved by so many people in the country, and you can now see buckingham palace and the duke and duchess of sussex having essentially a briefing were over their behaviour in their conduct, and ijust think it's very unsightly. ijust wish conduct, and ijust think it's very unsightly. i just wish that everyone would calm it down, there are better things to be talking about right now. , . , ,

now. the duchess saying, spokesperson _ now. the duchess saying, spokesperson on - now. the duchess saying, spokesperson on behalf i now. the duchess saying, | spokesperson on behalf of now. the duchess saying, - spokesperson on behalf of the duchess saying that she was saddened by the latest attack on her character. what you make of the timing, jenny? i character. what you make of the timing. jenny?— character. what you make of the timing, jenny? i think it's beneath all the parties _ timing, jenny? i think it's beneath all the parties involved, _ timing, jenny? i think it's beneath all the parties involved, and - all the parties involved, and particularly beneath the royal family — particularly beneath the royal famity~ i_ particularly beneath the royal family. i agree with sebastian. they don't _ family. i agree with sebastian. they don't need — family. i agree with sebastian. they don't need to be playing this game at at _ don't need to be playing this game at all. there have been several leaks, — at all. there have been several leaks, hot _ at all. there have been several leaks, notjust these at all. there have been several leaks, not just these allegations of bullying, _ leaks, not just these allegations of bullying, the times has a story ruhhihg — bullying, the times has a story running this evening that meghan was wearing _ running this evening that meghan was wearing earrings that mohammed bin salaman— wearing earrings that mohammed bin salamon gave her as a wedding present, — salamon gave her as a wedding present, and he of course has been directty— present, and he of course has been directly implicated in the murder of jamaal— directly implicated in the murder of jamaal khashoggi. somebody is obviously briefing very hard as far and as— obviously briefing very hard as far and as widely as possible from the royat— and as widely as possible from the royal family camp against meghan and harry irr— royal family camp against meghan and harry in order to win the pr work. they— harry in order to win the pr work. they may— harry in order to win the pr work. they may be — harry in order to win the pr work. they may be shooting themselves in the flood. _ they may be shooting themselves in the flood, because the royal family should _ the flood, because the royal family should be — the flood, because the royal family should be able to take the higher ground _ should be able to take the higher ground when you have got people giving _ ground when you have got people giving interviews to oprah winfrey. it giving interviews to oprah winfrey. it should _ giving interviews to oprah winfrey. it should necessarily be a game that they are _ it should necessarily be a game that they are prepared to play. so i absolutely agree with sebastian. i

think— absolutely agree with sebastian. i think it's — absolutely agree with sebastian. i think it's beneath them. jenny come ou talk think it's beneath them. jenny come you talk about _ think it's beneath them. jenny come you talk about a _ think it's beneath them. jenny come you talk about a pr _ think it's beneath them. jenny come you talk about a pr work, _ think it's beneath them. jenny come you talk about a pr work, the - think it's beneath them. jenny come j you talk about a pr work, the mirror has got all out were on its front page. all that were at the palace, sebastian, yourfinal page. all that were at the palace, sebastian, your final thoughts on this? i sebastian, your final thoughts on this? ., sebastian, your final thoughts on this? ~' . , . ., this? i think we had this trial of this? i think we had this trial of this new arrangement, - this? i think we had this trial of this new arrangement, and - this? i think we had this trial of this new arrangement, and it . this? i think we had this trial of. this new arrangement, and it came this? i think we had this trial of - this new arrangement, and it came to the surprise of absolutely knowing that harry and meghan decided to stay in la and not try to continue ties with the royal family because the view of palace has been that you are either all in our you are out and you can't have it both ways because it gets far too complicated, and i guess when that final break was made, maybe it was inevitable that this was the way it was going to pan out. ijust feel sorry for everybody involved here. as i think i said earlier, i think after this interview, i think it it would be good if the whole thing just goes away and if harry and meghan do their own thing in the royal family focus on their own thing as well, because that has been a break, i think it's sad that there's been a break and it could've been avoided, but it's now happened. there's not really a pr were to be one here. fin

really a pr were to be one here. on that note, let's leave it. sebastian, jenny, thank you. we will be back in half—hour to have a look at more of the front pages, but for the time being, thank you so much forjoining us, and as always, the have hashtag for our viewers, if you want to get involved in the conversation. thanks for watching. good evening, i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. we start in scotland where rangers are four points away from winning the title after a late win over livingston. manager steven gerrard, on the brink of his first league title, was sent off at half time for comments he made to the referee who'd booked alfredo morelos earlier. and it was morelos who came up with the winner three minutes from the end, a 1—0 win that moves them 18 points clear of celtic again. elsewhere, stjohnstone got an equaliser three minutes

from the end to stop hamilton getting a win that would have moved them off the bottom of the table, it finished one all. second placed manchester united have dropped more points in the premier league tonight, to give hope to the sides chasing champions league football next season they drew 0—0 with crystal palace at a very foggy selhust park. patrick van aanholt almost won in it for palace late on. united are lit points behind the league leaders manchester city. leicester city stay third behind united after a i all draw at burnley. the home side were in front early thanks to matej veedra, but leicester, who have a number of key players missing, found an equaliser half an hour later thanks to kelechi iheanacho — both sides hit the post in the second half but couldn't find a winner. too many times, they weren't precise enough with their passing, so that's something that needs to become

better. but from a physical perspective, we gave everything in the game, played lots of games, quick turnaround from the weekend against a team that will always test you physically, so i was pleased with that aspect. i thought the second half, once we got going, we looked like a team that could go and win the game. so, yeah, but that's ok, it's a point, and we move on. aston villa's top four hopes took a hit tonight as they were beaten by the bottom side sheffield united. david mcgoldrick with the goal on the half hour mark. philjagielka was sent off with over half an hour to play but chris wilder's side held on for a rare win, they are still 12 points from safety. a big game between the top two in the championship tonight, the leaders norwich are ten points clear after beating brentford i—0. emi buendia with the goal for the canaries, elsewhere third placed watford were 2—nil winners over wycombe. swansea swansea got a 96th minute winner from the penalty spot at stoke. manchester city are in control of their last 16 women's champions league tie, after a commanding win over fiorentina.

city are unbeaten in 11 matches in all competitions and it didn't take them long to get on the scoresheet. lauren hemp with the opener in just the second minute of the game that was closely followed by a goal from ellen white with a great finish past the keeper, and city further increased their chances of reaching the quarter finals with a third late on — sam mewis heading home. the second leg is in florence next thursday. it was a good night for chelsea in their first leg too. they beat atletico madrid 2 nil at kingsmeadow. fran kirby with chelsea's second goal. andy murray has been beaten in straight sets by fourth seed andrey roublev at the rotterdam open. murray lost on his atp tour comeback in montpellier last week, and his frustration was evident tonight as roublev won the first set 7—5. murray never recovered and lost the second set 6—2. he's now ranked i23rd after returning from that serious hip injury.

the fourth and final test between india and england starts on thursday in ahmedabad. the third match ended in just under two days. much of the talk during the series has been about the pitches in india — something both captains are keen to play down. when the ball seems on a particular pitch, and they get batted out a0 — 50-60, pitch, and they get batted out a0 — 50—60, they never talk about the pitch, they talk about that batting. what space are we talking from, and what is the idea behind continuing this narrative and what purpose it serves people who keep continuing this conversation, which is quite one—sided. we know that the likelihood is it is going to spin and it will spin relatively early on in the game. and we should not be scared of that. and in the most important thing if we go in there with confidence, especially as a batting group,

we go in there and we are very clear about how we want to play and we play with our bat and we trust our defence and we will be clear when we get opportunities to score and take them and we are not scared to put bowlers under pressure and make it difficult for the same batters. and rotate the strikers as well as we can. we meet do that, we are at our best. —— when we do that, that's when we are our— —— when we do that, that's when we are our best — meanwhile, england's women have taken a 1—0 lead in their three match t20 series against new zealand in wellington. nat sciver starred with bat and ball. she was one of four bowlers who took two wickets as new zealand were restricted to 96 all—out she then hit an unbeaten 26 to guide her side to their target with four overs to spare. danni wyatt top scored with 33. a massive win, really tough wicket. we found it tough. yeah, really delighted with the win. the bowlers

bawled exceptionally well, took wickets, it was a massive tick. so, yeah, it was really nice to get out there and placed ourfirst yeah, it was really nice to get out there and placed our first t—20. and that's all the sport for now. more on the bbc sports website. but for me and the team, good night. good evening. high pressure that's been in charge of our weather has brought quite a lot of dry and settled conditions over the past couple of days. we've also had quite a bit of cloud around, some mist and some fog, too. and over the next couple of days, still cloudy for most of us, a lot of dry weather, but there will be some isolated showers in the forecast. some heavy showers across parts of southern and eastern england over the next few hours. the odd rumble of thunder possible. they should slowly clear away during thursday morning. we've also got a few showers working in across the northern half of scotland, a weak cold front heading in here. but temperatures for most of us remaining around about 2—6 degrees, so a frost—free start to your thursday morning. quite a cloudy day once again. the odd fly of snow over the highest mountains in scotland, and some light, patchy rain moving into northern england

later in the day. early rain clearing away from the south east. quite cool and cloudy compared to recent days in the south. still quite mild in the far south west. a few brighter spells, though, across the northern half of the uk. and it looks like the fairly dry, settled, but largely cloudy weather sticks around into friday and into saturday, too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the violence escalates in myanmar. 38 people have been killed on wednesday. the united nations calls it "shocking". president biden warns against ditching coronavirus guidelines — including mask—wearing — as some states lift their restrictions. the last thing we need is neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, "everything's fine, take "off your mask, forget it." it still matters. counting the cost of the pandemic, a series of measures that will take the uk's tax burden to its highest level since the 19605. and, buckingham palace says it'll investigate claims that the duchess

of sussex bullied some members of her staff.