Details here on breakfast. Its sunday 3 march. Our top story The Chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesdays budget, telling the Sunday Telegraph he has to act responsibly. With three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. Here is our Political Correspondent hannah miller. Police drones that can assess Road Traffic Accidents one solution chosen by The Chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesnt make easy reading. But jeremy hunt says £800 million worth of Technology Like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years it was time. Five years time. At a time when he has less money to play with them he would have hoped for, he is weighing up would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes. The chancellor is under pressure to make tax
after days of negotiations. it does not call for a ceasefire and leaves israel in control of monitoring aid deliveries. but the united arab emirates, which sponsored the resolution, says it can make a real difference for palestinian civilians. the united states and russia were the only two members of the secuirty council to abstain. the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passed here s some of what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this counseled provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for sustainable cessation of hostilities. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, spoke after the resolution was passed. he says despite the diplomatic pressure, nothing seems to be changing i
it looks like australia might have had its wettest day on record, thanks to the cyclone. back home, it s not as bad as that, but it s not looking particularly festive. through the week we will see further rain at times, and we will also become very windy. it may be later in the week that some of us do see some snow. but i think it will only be some of us. we are in a battle ground right now. cold air to the north, mild airto ground right now. cold air to the north, mild air to the south. in between, the winds high in the atmosphere, driving weather systems around the world. the strong jet stream will spin up a various weather systems through the next few days. as cold air digs in from time to time, that is where we may see a little bit of snow. patchy rain across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a little bit brighter, at least for a time, and it is mild out there. temperatures up it is mild out there. temperatures up to around 13 or 1a degrees. through this e
Its wednesday, the 3rd of april. Three british aid workers who died in an israeli air strike in gaza have been named. John chapman, James Henderson and james kirby were amongst seven others who were killed. The men were part of a Security Team working for the Charity World central kitchen. Theres been International Condemnation of the strike, with israel saying it was unintended. Graham satchell reports. The pictures tell their own devastating story. The team from the Charity World central kitchen was travelling in a convoy of three cars you can clearly see their logo. Each car was hit in what looks like a precision targeted attack. The charity has now paid tribute to the seven workers who lost their lives including three british nationals. 57 year old john chapman who is believed to have served in the Royal Marines was working for the charity as a security adviser. James henderson, who was 33, is also understood to have served in the marines. James kirby was a7, and another armed forc
Its championship Play Off Semifinals tonight as southampton and west brom play the second leg. Goalless after the first game still no goals yet at st marys. Weve had about 30 minutes there. Southampton are hoping to bounce straight back to the premier league. The winner will play leeds at wembley. Juventus have sacked their manager Massimiliano Allegri just two days after he led them to victory in the italian cup final. Allegri was sent off late into their victory in rome after he ranted at match officials and waved away the clubs Sporting Director during the celebrations. The club said his dismissal follows certain behaviours they deemed incompatible with the values ofjuventus. Allegri had been expected to lose his job at the end of the season but now wont be in charge for their final two games. 0nto golf, and the second round of the uspga had to be delayed after a pedestrian was knocked down and killed by a shuttle bus. The ensuing Traffic Problems then led to the worlds number one p