Play goes right into. With me at the desk, Piers Morgan, Generaljohn Mccoll the former deputy Supreme Allied Commander of nato, and the political correspondent of politichoe, Ava Sa Ntina evans. Morning, morning. Lets start with whats making the news. The sunday times splashes on the issue well be talking about Today Permission for ukraine to use western long range missiles. Tories urging the uk to Say Yes alone. It also breaks the story the wealthy Donor And Victoria starmer s dresses. The observer sticks with Foreign Affairs Fears Russia has shared nuclear secrets with iran. The express has more pain over Winter Fuel Allowance for pensioners. The Sunday People focuses on a call from esther ghey, briannas mum, who spoke so movingly to us a few months ago, for Mobile Phones to be banned in schools. And on the bbc, Breaking News this morning several people are dead after attempting to cross the channel. Lots of news this morning but we are going to focus at the beginning of the programm
Lets get more on that Breaking News that five children, including three aged 12, have been Arrested on suspicion of murder after an 80 year Old Man died following a serious assault in a park in leicestershire. The man was attacked in Franklin Park in braunstone on Sunday Evening while he was walking his dog and has since died of his injuries. Lets speak to our reporter Sam Harrison who is braunstone. What more can you tell us . A what more can you tell us . Miserable day here weather wise and a miserable day for locals in braunstone town. They have received this awful news that an 80 year Old Man has died after walking here in The Park behind me. This is Franklin Park, an area which is usually tranquil and quiet. A place where people bring their children to play, a place where people walk their dogs. It was on Sunday Evening at around 6 30pm when an 80 year Old Man was out walking his dog. He had reached the point behind me, one of the entrances to The Park, just beyond that chording,
from its phones and devices. hopes of a breakthrough today to end the long running pay dispute in the health service. dramatic footage said to show a russian jet intercepting an american drone and dumping fuel in its path over the black sea. and how this avenue of trees in plymouth was cut down under cover of darkness. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a big night for both manchester united and arsenal as they look to make it through to the quarterfinals of the europa league. good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt has been defending his budget saying it will get people back to work and won tjust benefit the rich. but labour says the move to abolish the cap on the lifetimes pensions allowance is a tax cut for the top 1% of earners. it s planning to force a vote in parliament on the issue next week. meanwhile, the independent economic thinktank the ifs has warned households will feel continuing pain over the coming year, with incomes squeezed amid a freeze on tax thre
decisions on interest rates and they put up interest rates again by 0.25%. the last time they were there was middle of they were there was middle of the financial crisis in 2008. they also say they will stay for that level for quite some time so this idea of high interest rates to say is here to stay. interest rates to say is here to sta . f , interest rates to say is here to sta . j , , . to stay. they re big picture message to stay. they re big picture message is to stay. they re big picture message is not to stay. they re big picture message is not great, - to stay. they re big picture message is not great, it i to stay. they re big picture message is not great, it is| message is not great, it is pretty bleak. they are saying things may not be as bad as had been predicted. been predicted. that s where the graphs been predicted. that s where the graphs come been predicted. that s where the graphs come in been predicted. that s where the graphs come in and - bee
of the financial crisis, 2008 ish? yes. and they have said they will stay about that level for quite a while, so the idea that interest rates are here to stay is here to stay. and the big picture message is not great, it s pretty bleak, but they are kind of saying things might not be as bad as had been predicted. yes, that s where the graphs come in. we will now try and paint graphs with words, but they looked at inflation, which they do in all these reports and actually, they are now suggesting that inflation will fall faster than they predicted when they lasted this back in november. politically, that helps rishi sunak, showing his first pledge of halving inflation by the end of the year is comfortably going to be met on this trajectory. yes, and voters and lots of people will say hurrah to that. as far as the politics is concerned, there will be, as there was when he announced this, a slight scepticism about the extent to which he is actually responsible for that. it is qu