Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w
and even dialects plus, it is 70 years since this chap became the first on screen tv weather presenter in the uk. i will look back at the archives and also bring news today of what will be a cloudy and cold day. good morning. it s thursday, the 11th of january. our main story. the public inquiry into how hundreds of former sub postmasters, resumes today. it follows the prime minister s announcement to overturn hundreds of convictions, after the itv drama raised the profile of the scandal. benjoins us from outside the inquiry. morning to you. give us more details about the evidence that is going to be given today? about the evidence that is going to be given today? yeah, after years of slow progress be given today? yeah, after years of slow progress developments - be given today? yeah, after years of slow progress developments have i be given today? yeah, after years of. slow progress developments have been moving quickly this week. we heard that the prime minister has foll
a second vigil will be held in nottingham later to remember the victims of tuesday s attack. the families of the two students killed joined thousands at the university to pay tribute to them yesterday, and urged everyone to look out for each other. police in nottingham are still questioning a 31 year old man on suspicion of murder. we re joined now by our reporter jo black, who s in nottingham. this is a city shrouded in grief. what is the mood like today ahead of the second video? trier? what is the mood like today ahead of the second video? the second video? very quiet here in nottingham the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the moment. - the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the moment. there . the second video? very quiet here in i nottingham at the moment. there will be a second video later. but yesterday there was a video where i am