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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 todays 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 wi...

Strong gusts of wind for part of wales and South West England where gusts could reach 50 to perhaps 65mph, that is enough to cause localised disruption, could bring down one or two trees and perhaps place like the seven crossings running with speed restriction, difficult Driving Conditions for those towing caravan, the rain is extensive but for scotland and Northern Ireland sunny spell, look at the the, the midland, east anglia, north east england, iii, at the the, the midland, east anglia, nort...

Games, so its a joy, and of course his work ethic is unbelievable. Good performance, our side. We were good performance, our side. We were down good performance, our side. We were down moments after as welt were down moments after as Welt I Were Down moments after as well. I think we defended very welt well. I think we defended very welt two well. I think we defended very well. Two defining moments where well. Two defining moments where we almost made a breakthrough and we conceded the first bre...

flexibility is definitely being demanded, and particularly by generation z, thats the 20 to 26—year—olds, because thats what they want out of theirjobs. we have to remember that obviously, amazon is not a charity. so, its notjust doing this to be kind to its employees. it gives it a flexible workforce that it can use to meet the peaks and troughs of demand. lets be honest, this isnt about people just choosing when they want to work or not work. its amazon saying to them that you ha...

ukraines president zelensky is due to attend a summit of eu leaders in brusels. hes expeced to push for greater military assistance. this comes a day after he visited the uk and france. and a study of killer whales reveals that raising sons is a far more exhausting experience for their mothers. the support they provide carries a significant cost. they are less likely to have future kyles. to put it another way, when mothers have a son, they are more likely to stop reproduction. —— ...

and one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth. a patagotitan dinosaur is about to go on show at the natural history museum in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. im joined now by the bbc�*s davide ghiglione in rome. what is the very lat...

creatures grew so big or how they came to die out, but their size and their success for millions of years puts our own existence into sharp perspective. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now its the weather with darren bett. we had more rain today but at least it is a little bit warmer. temperatures in northern ireland reached 16 degrees today and its actually a bit warmer than normal for the time of year across many western parts of europe. in south—west france temperatures were topping 30...

he threatened me at one point and said, "you know, boris, i dont want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute," or something like that. its another big week of industrial action from teachers, rail workers, and civil servants. well let you know how you might be affected. there was to be no hollywood ending for actor and wrexham co—owner ryan reynolds, whose side came close to a memorable fa cup upset. welcome to you, me and the big c live! whoo. a special episode...

at least 32 people have been killed and 150 others injured, in a blast in the pakistani city of peshawar. the kremlin has dismissed as a "lie" a claim by borisjohnson that he was threatened by vladimir putin before the russian invasion of ukraine. new research suggests uk bosses are reluctant to hire over—50s, preferring younger workers. ministers and nhs leaders have announced plans to provide hundreds more ambulances and thousands of hospital beds in england by next winter. £1 bil...

attacks targeting schoolgirls and in the past few weeks hundreds of girls have been hospitalised and aid agencies say they may have been singled out by religious groups. this is bbc news. now on bbc news — witness history. hello. im ben boulos. thanks forjoining me at the queer british museum in london for this edition of witness history. ill bring you important moments from the past as told by the people who were there. in this episode, were focusing on lgbt history, stories about l...