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A budget as the leaves turned brown was Kenneth Clarke back in 1996. The following year, labours new chancellor, a young chap called gordon brown, delivered a summer budget following his partys landslide election victory. After that, budgets took place in the early spring and have remained there ever since. Until today. Well, just a few minutes ago, the chancellor emerged from number 11 downing street with the special red box containing the budget speech. The red box goes all the way back to gla...

Women to never be afraid to ask questions and raise concerns. And its also the medical establishment in encouraging them to do so. Now, the Health Secretary in england is announcing rather than hospitals carrying out their own investigations when things go wrong an independent review will be carried out instead. When i talk to parents whose heart has been broken by something that has gone wrong in those very small numbers of cases, what they say is its not about the money, they just want to know...

Know what to say, man. Well speak to stars at the mobo music awards about a decision by police in london to scrap a controversial Risk Assessment form for grime artists known as form 696. Now i feel like eve ryo ne known as form 696. Now i feel like everyone has the hans to make their money and live their life. Donald trump has told theresa may she should pay more attention to tackling terrorism in the uk rather than messaging him. It was delivered ina than messaging him. It was delivered in a t...

Holywell in flintshire. We see why it hurts, and what traders can do about it. They all say that they are for the businesses and that and yet theyre not helping us at all. Theyre making it harder for us to get to them. Because if we run out of change or need to do a bank for cash and that, you cantjust nip to the bank any more. Youve got to physically go to a town somewhere else. Hello, happy new year. Hopefully. But who will it be a happy new year for . Thats where we start tonight as we take a...

Spend the night stranded in their cars. More than one in ten nurses is leaving the nhs in england every year and more people are now leaving the profession thanjoining it. The cricketer ben stokes will be considered for selection for englands 20 20 series next month despite being charged with affray. And for the first time in nearly a thousand years the bayeux tapestry will be seen in britain well have the details. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the continued fallout from the collapse of carill...

Plus, chronic headaches can be devastating, and very little is known about them. It feels like someone is taking a knife and stabbing my head repeatedly. The pain is so bad that you cannot open your eyes quickly cannot move, you cannot speak. Now a study is under way at Warwick University to try and tackle it. Well speak to those affected. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Well bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. Later well be asking whether misogyny sho...

And tomasz has the weather. We have been forecasting some rain for today. It is on its way but some of us actually may end up with a pretty bright day. Good morning. First, our main story. North korea appears to have carried out another nuclear test. China and the United States say they have detected tremors consistent with an underground explosion. Hours earlier, north koreas state news agency said the country had built its own Hydrogen Bomb, capable of being mounted on an inter continental Bal...

Over the next 30 years, africa will experience a transformative population explosion. Will it be for good or ill . Well, that depends on whether africas nations can deliverjobs, housing and infrastructure to enable 2 billion people to thrive. It is an unprecedented leadership challenge. My guest today is former nigerian president , 0lusegun 0basanjo, who hasjust published a blueprint for african prosperity. Does governance in his own country inspire confidence or scepticism . Former president , ...

Ten years ago one of the norths greatest Success Stories hit the wall. Tonight in a special programme we ask, why did Northern Rock rumble . This was a barrack which had been frankly run into the ground. The bank of englands top man tells us the bank of englands top man tells us he was stopped from a secret rescue to save it. My advice was very clear, that we should not reveal publicly the fact that we were going to lend to Northern Rock. And we meet the people who paid the price of the collapse...

Wall. Tonight in a special programme we ask, why did Northern Rock rumble . This was a bank which had been frankly run into the ground. The bank of englands top man tells me he was stopped from mounting a secret rescue to save it. My advice was very clear, that we should not reveal publicly the fact that we were going to lend to Northern Rock. And we meet the people who paid the price of the collapse. I was devastated. I didnt know how we were going to manage, how we were going to turn, and just...