Hello there, welcome to newcastle, on the Dayjeremy Hunt delivered his budget, in what is almost certainly, a general election year. Were on the citys Iconic Quayside Overlooking the magnificent river tyne, an area steeped in industrial history, and weve been gauging reaction, to the chancellors plans. Among todays annoucements, the government is to cut National Insurance, by 2p in the pound for employees and the Self Employed. Full Child Benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent, is getting up to £60,000. The current limit is £50,000. And, the non dom tax regime, for uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be replaced with new rules, from april next year. Well, the office for budget responsibility, says the average tax payer, is going to pay more in the coming years. It predicts 37 pence of every pound will go in tax by 2029, which would be the highest level since 1948. While the government says public spending on some services will rise by 1
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South Africa's freight rail utility Transnet on Friday said heavy rains have disrupted services on its North East Corridor, which links with countries in southern Africa.
"Heavy rains have caused severe disruptions in the North East Corridor.
go through the night. that s where the warning exists. gusts of 60 up to 70 mph. with all the wind, cloud and rain meaning it will be a mild night with temperatures on the chart more akin to daytime averages for this time of year. a windy one for most of us through the morning rush. once that is blown out of the way, sunshine break time. wetterfor the north east of scotland and then a rush of showers coming in for the southern half of the uk turning heavy with a rumble or two of thunder, so we make slow moving. temperatures coming down because we changed the wind direction. temperatures still above average. though showers just keep coming tomorrow evening and for the start of tuesday night, but then we see a respite before the next rain comes in and it does mean choosing a could be chillier with a touch of grass frost across the glens of scotland. a little respite between weather