�* the footing possible coming off the back of the furlough scheme. but going into the spring with the national insurance rise in the cost of living and inflation he will come under a lot of pressure i suspect and his star also to fall. this will be him sorta making his mark yet again using sort of words that are not exactly backed up by eight promise to do anything on a date even when the telegraph references in its copy that it will probably be dismissed by critics as a lofty promise, then again people are really waiting for substance when they go exactly what taxes are you going and win because all begin do so far is judge you on your record and that is not a very couple pleasure to be sitting right now. ,,. couple pleasure to be sitting right now, ,,., ., ., , now. sam, again bringing in the ft, which has got _ now. sam, again bringing in the ft, which has got their _ now. sam, again bringing in the ft, which has got their take _ now. sam, again bringing in the ft, which has got their take on - now. sam, again bringing in the ft, which has got their take on it - now. sam, again bringing in the ft, which has got their take on it as - which has got their take on it as linking british brings forward tax rises to head off inflation, imf tells the chancellor, say the imf

says they should bring forward planned tax increases to limit the risk of persistently high inflation even though he would tighten the screws on the uk households. this squeezes, everybody is feeling and he could get worse honestly if ukraine affects energy prices, and politically is it going to be laid at the door of the chancellor? i mean that's the obvious key question here and _ mean that's the obvious key question here and i_ mean that's the obvious key question here and i think the imf here is suggesting that actually taxes should — suggesting that actually taxes should weigh more heavily on the wealthiest in the poorest household should _ wealthiest in the poorest household should he _ wealthiest in the poorest household should be given some respite from the tax _ should be given some respite from the tax rises. but it's talking about— the tax rises. but it's talking about how actually to control the inflationary spiral we seem to be in at the _ inflationary spiral we seem to be in at the moment, that tax rises is actually— at the moment, that tax rises is actually going to be the better way to do— actually going to be the better way to do it _ actually going to be the better way to do it than interest rate increases. and obviously we have had the bank_ increases. and obviously we have had the bank of— increases. and obviously we have had the bank of england governor today

talking _ the bank of england governor today talking about howl the bank of england governor today talking about how i think essentially there are some concerns about _ essentially there are some concerns about if_ essentially there are some concerns about if pain keeps pace with inflation, _ about if pain keeps pace with inflation, we willjust continue in this spirab — inflation, we willjust continue in this spiral. obviously he is in a bit of— this spiral. obviously he is in a bit of trouble because he is a man you cannot — bit of trouble because he is a man you cannot actually member his own pay and _ you cannot actually member his own pay and perks packages, and so it's always— pay and perks packages, and so it's always hard — pay and perks packages, and so it's always hard to take that advice on keeping _ always hard to take that advice on keeping your pay rise love amanda does not _ keeping your pay rise love amanda does not know how much he actually earns _ does not know how much he actually earns so. _ does not know how much he actually earns. so, yeah, there is a lot of discussion— earns. so, yeah, there is a lot of discussion to _ earns. so, yeah, there is a lot of discussion to be had about how to control inflation at the moment. and, _ control inflation at the moment. and. yes, — control inflation at the moment. and, yes, the ft is saying that the imf has said the bank of england should continue raising interest rates steadily to a neutral setting. of course people do have fixed mortgages for a of time, but those rates run out and there are terms that run out people will look at rising interest rates with some trepidation if they have got a lot of debt. , . . ,

trepidation if they have got a lot of debt. , . ., , ., of debt. they certainly will and honestly it's a _ of debt. they certainly will and honestly it's a really _ of debt. they certainly will and honestly it's a really for - of debt. they certainly will and honestly it's a really for the . of debt. they certainly will and | honestly it's a really for the call because it's trying to sort of balance the two competing factors here which is the sort of tax rises and the inflation and trying to use and the inflation and trying to use and mitigate one another. so, difficult position and i think even this sort of people from the imf you are on the front of the ft say there are on the front of the ft say there are lots of people who are jointly pressuring the chancellor on this decision, it would be difficult for him to explain to people exactly how it's him to explain to people exactly how its effective to bring in this tax rise at this time whilst inflation is going up and honestly the concerns about interest rates as well. so i suspect he will face a pretty tough spring and summer. band pretty tough spring and summer. and we have already seen the kind of argument about spending play out on the health front this week with disagreements about the covid—i9 rules and who is paying for what and how far the treasury will go. is it possible we are going to see more of that as the weeks go by? in

possible we are going to see more of that as the weeks go by?— that as the weeks go by? in terms of this treasury — that as the weeks go by? in terms of this treasury tightening _ that as the weeks go by? in terms of this treasury tightening the - that as the weeks go by? in terms of this treasury tightening the purse - this treasury tightening the purse strings. _ this treasury tightening the purse strings. i— this treasury tightening the purse strings, i think absolutely and i think— strings, i think absolutely and i think obviously the testing has gotten — think obviously the testing has gotten £2 billion and that's a huge sum to— gotten £2 billion and that's a huge sum to find in the country and it could _ sum to find in the country and it could not— sum to find in the country and it could not go on obviously indefinitely in the way that it was. but obviously we see from the story about _ but obviously we see from the story about student loans the treasury is always _ about student loans the treasury is always the — about student loans the treasury is always the lookout ways to just shave _ always the lookout ways to just shave a — always the lookout ways to just shave a little bit off here and here and there — shave a little bit off here and here and there and you can expect that to continue over the next few months and years— continue over the next few months and years actually because if the chancellor does not want to make good _ chancellor does not want to make good on _ chancellor does not want to make good on that promise to cut taxes they wiii— good on that promise to cut taxes they will have to find some serious money _ they will have to find some serious mone . ., ., ~ they will have to find some serious mone . ., they will have to find some serious mone. ., ., ., money. the look about politics and economy. we _ money. the look about politics and economy, we all— money. the look about politics and economy, we all know _ money. the look about politics and economy, we all know it, - money. the look about politics and economy, we all know it, but - money. the look about politics and economy, we all know it, but thatl money. the look about politics and l economy, we all know it, but that is it for now, sam and aubrey, that you both very much we will see you both of course very soon for our next look at the papers and back again of course at half past iipm look at the papers and back again of course at half past 11pm and we have a few more front pages for you then. join us if you can. thanks for watching. bye for now.

good evening. this is your update from the bbc sport centre. there's still plenty of talk over where the champions league final will be held in light of the russia—ukraine crisis, but on the pitch, manchester united clawed themselves back into their last 16 tie with atletico madrid. in spain, atletico madrid and manchester united following the same path, that says st petersburg. russian pride at hosting the next champions league final is being proudly advertised like this. the prospect is appalling, says the uk's foreign secretary. liz truss wants any english club to boycott the final if it's not moved away from russia. and it's in off the post! that's united in blue going behind in the seventh minute, the flying joao felix. as the game continued, with atletico ahead, their manager could relax.

only he never does. still, with ten minutes to go, it seemed settled. manchester united had barely offered an attack but here's anthony elanga, 19 years old, too quick, too calm. 1-1. he's scored! an intriguing second leg awaits in this last 16 tie, and either side could still reach the final, somewhere. joe wilson, bbc news. and the other match tonight, benfica drew to happen to it with ajax. that means all is to play for in amsterdam. liverpool have cut the gap at the top of the premier league to manchester city to just three points now. and what a statement from them at anfield tonight. they hammered leeds 6—0. sadio mane and mo salah both getting two in their sixth premier league win in a row. the victory gives them a better

goal difference to city. elsewhere, crystal palace won 4—1 at watford, who stay second from bottom. and vital points for burnley, who beat champions league—chasing spurs 1—0 at turf moor. ben mee with the goal for them. england's lionesses have won the inaugural arnold clark cup. they beat germany 3—1 in wolverhampton. they needed to win the match against the world number three side to take the trophy. and got off to a flyer thanks to ellen white's goal after 15 minutes. but germany came back thanks to this cracker from their captain, lina magull. free kicks don't come much better than that. england left it late to seal the win. millie bright inside the last ten minutes, and later fran kirby made the sure the hosts won their competition. england remain unbeaten in nine under sarina wiegman as they warm up for this summer's european championship on home soil. earlier, alexia putellas scored the winner for spain as they edged olympic champions canada. the victory caps off a good tournament for them, unbeaten by all the sides in the tournament who are in next to tennis, and novak djokovic

is through to the quarterfinals of his first tournament since the controversy at the australian open. for the second match in a row, the world number one was cheered onto the court at the dubai tennis championships. the serbian beat russia's karen khachanov in straight sets, although he needed a tie—break to clinch the match in just over an hour an a half. andy murray was beaten by the world number ten jannik sinner earlier in the day. the world number three alexander zverev�*s apologised after being thrown out of the mexican open for attacking the umpire's chair at the end of a doubles match which went to a deciding tie—break, in which zverev argued with the umpire over a line call here. once he and his partner were beaten, zverev let his frustrations out on the umpire's chair, and the atp says zverev, who was the defending singles champion, has now been withdrawn from the tournament for unsportsmanlike conduct. well, zverev has been on social media to apologise, saying...

the six nations is back this weekend, and ireland will be without iain henderson due to coronovirus. the ulster captain has returned home to isolate after testing positive as the squad assembled on monday. henderson missed ireland's opening six nations win over wales through injury before returning from the bench in the defeat to france. captainjohnny sexton has recovered from injury. and wales have left wing louis rees—zammit out of their squad to face england at twickenham. the 21—year—old damaged his ankle in the warm—up against ireland, but still played in the defeat in dublin. he's been released to play for gloucester against leicester on saturday. england's all—time leading wicket—takerjames anderson says he is praying his international career isn't over after being dropped for their forthcoming tour to the west indies. england are due to land in the caribbean on friday without their two most prolific bowlers, with widespread surprise when both he and stuart broad were omitted. captain joe root was asked

about this decision today. you think we come away from this tour and we you think we come away from this tourand we are you think we come away from this tour and we are victors and we have also gained a lot of knowledge on a number of other players and then we can add them back into things we are in a really strong position. i also think i don't this to sound like it's a development tort. it's not. it's about going there and winning absolutely but we have a great opportunity for those guys to step into that space and better everyone for it commit of this team for it. and finally, there were mixed fortunes for british riders on stage four of the uae tour. mark cavendish crashed early on, but managed to complete the ii2—mile stage. it finished with a battle between adam yates and tour de france champion tadej pogacar. the slovenian had enough energy left to take the victory and the overall lead. yates is now 15 seconds behind him with three stages to go. and that's all the sport for now.

hello there. my pressure is to build and across the country to end this week and into the weekend to settle things down and bring some sunshine and lighter winds but before that point, thursday looks very unsettled with cold and windy with sunshine and even wintry showers of the cold air has a moving in across the country during the overnight period. behind this with the front this band of rain which actually is a cold front it will be lying across the southeast of england and east anglia to start thursday morning. some heavy rain on that i'm a bit of sleet on the back edge but eventually it will clear out during the mid to latter parts of the morning and then we are all into brighter skies, sunshine and blustery showers and these will be wintry across northern and western areas particularly on the hills and frequent snow showers across scotland and northern ireland next in with thunder and lightning and also starting off with an ice risk across nola scotland as well. a

windy day across the board, widespread gales across northern half of the uk and these two pictures much lower than they have been of late, 4—8 across the south and factor in the wind and it will feel even colder than that suggests. no showers with thunder and lightning and snow continue across the north of the uk during thursday night. the winds will start to turn lights as a ridge of high pressure moves in and that will also help kill off some of the showers temperature wise ranging from around freezing to 5 degrees across the south. so you can see this ridge of high pressure building in for friday. it will push the strong winds and the showers away from northern and eastern areas gradually through the day so it could start quite windy across eastern england into wars of southeast, wanted to showers but as a ridge of my pressure builds it, it will settle things down, increasing amounts of sunshine with winds falling latter. the temperatures will respond with highs of around 10—11 arabi i2 highs of around 10—11 arabi 12 across the south and a touch higher across the south and a touch higher across the south and a touch higher across the north, too. so that's friday then with a fine picture. we

hold our area of my pressure into the weekend as well particular for england and wales but you will notice these with the front starting to push the west as eagerly as we are into sunday, so it will be going down here or there during part two of the weekend. plenty of dry weather around us and at the particular for england and wales and that last for england and wales on sunday and starts to turn breezy or, cloudier and wetter across the north of the west.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. more russian military hardware heads for the border, as separatists in the east, ask for help from the kremlin, in repelling what they claim is ukrainian aggression. preparing for an invasion, safety drills for the ukrainian people, while its troops, say they're ready to fight. i also afraid to be hurt or die here and that's why i stand here and try to do myjob as possible to stay alive. ukraine has called for another emergency meeting of