Continent. Quite a powerfuljet centred across the uk but it is now weakening off is starting to slip to the south. Once on the north side of the south. Once on the north side of thejet, we are on the south. Once on the north side of the jet, we are on the colder side. A chilly start to thursday morning. Snow and show is continuing for scotland, Northern Ireland, western england. Chaos on exposed coast, 45 Miles Per Hour in places. Mike oldfield by the afternoon. Temperatures between 7 ii oldfield by the afternoon. Temperatures between 7 11 degrees. Milder by the afternoon. Light winds and clear skies, temperatures starting on the chilly side in a few places. A noticeable different to the feel of the weather. Light winds on friday. Friday looks likely to be
predominantly dry although cloudy from the west before the rain arrives. Five ii as a date i maximum. Into the start of the weekend, it is a tricky one with rain around. It will not be a washout by any means. Also decent dry interludes as well. Into saturday morning, swell of wet weather which may be slow to clear from the south east of england. Cloudy skies following behind. You can see saturday for many, a good deal of usable weather before the next of wet and windy weather pushes him from the far north west. 7 13 degrees. The winds change direction again. A deep area of low pressure expected to push its way across the country. Timing a little bit uncertain. The potential on sunday morning to see some rain sealed to
clear away from Eastern England and behind, a case of sunny spells and scattered showers and those showers are driven by northerly winds so a cooler feel with top temperatures of 11 degrees in the south east corner. On sunday, High Pressure building and it could stay with us for quite some time. Monday looks likely again to bea some time. Monday looks likely again to be a relatively quiet story with the exception of western fringes of scotla nd the exception of western fringes of scotland which may see some rain from the weather front. That sets up for the trend in the longer term. High pressure which we have not seen for some time could stay with us. England and wales, and weak weather front introducing cloud and rain. Next week looks predominantly dry, settled and sunday and, if this happens, we have not seen weather like this for a long period of time,
since september of last year. Hello, this is bbc news. Well be taking a look at the papers in a moment but first, the headlines the Prime Minister will chair a cobra meeting tomorrow, where the government is expected to move into the next stage of its coronavirus strategy from contain to delay. Today, the chancellor unveiled the biggest spending budget for over 25 yea rs, biggest spending budget for over 25 years, with more cash to protect the economy against the impact of coronavirus. Whether it is millions of pounds or billions of pounds, whatever it needs, whatever it costs, we stand behind our nhs. Two more people have died from coronavirus in the uk as the World Health Organization declares the outbreak a Global Pandemic urging action to contain it. A new cases confirmed at a care home in hampshire, contributing to the
highest one day increase in the uk of 83 cases. In italy, the worst hit european country, new Restrictions Mean all shops are closed except food stores and pharmacies. In new york, the victims of former hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein celebrate his jail sentence of 23 yea rs celebrate his jail sentence of 23 years for Sexual Assault and rape. Hello. With me are lord bigbyjones and henry bonsu. Lots of the front pages are in already, the telegraph leads with the story that tomorrow the uk will move from the contain phase to the delay phase with dealing with coronavirus, involving social distancing measures of. Boris johnson will not be tested for coronavirus despite having attended a downing street reception with
health minister nadine dorries, who has been tested positive. The ft leads with the budget and similar package designed to combat the economic effects of coronavirus. The times describes the stimulus as the chancellors road to riches. The express goes with the same story and a classic photo of the ministerial red box. The mail combines the budget and the coronavirus and dubs the chancellor doctor feelgood. The guardian questions whether the extra spending will get to where it is needed. Will have a closer look now at some of those papers now well have. Henry, the i, focusing on the announcement we are in a Global Pandemic today. It is good to contrast the headline with the bold type with the picture, giving the impression we are moving through the gears, escalating things because we are taking it more seriously now and we realise we are in a very hard situation but the picture is of
cheltenham, a crowd of nearly 60,000, at ladies, contrasting that so the picture says business as usual, just like the football match tonight between Atletico Madrid and liverpool, 60,000 people at anfield. People came from madrid, which has had 1000 cases. No problems, no restrictions, and they flew in. A mixed message here. Escalating while business as usual. Does that mean were going to suspend major gatherings of more than 1000 people if we move through these gears . The next big race day, is that going to be abandoned . More delays, Manchester City and arsenal were meant to be playing, thats been postponed. Its going to be important and interesting to see how consistent and coherent the policy is because at the moment it is a bit crazy. One of the issues is the economic damage of all of this, because nothing is more important than the health of the nation, we fully
understand that, but there is serious consequences of moving to the next phase on an economic basis. I dont mean a load of million per week footballers who are all blessed, saying it will hurt them, im thinking about a taxidriver down the road who has this horrible choice between putting food on the table for their family or going to work, or self isolating and starving. I dont starve. That is too emotive. But struggle. Good word. Thats a big choice. The trouble is newspapers are always going to pick, in a way rightly, the well known ones like footballers behind closed doors. It is actually the Office Worker who is going to go home and try and work from home, its going to be the guy on the line atjl are who its going to be the guy on the line at jl are who frankly cant work from home and just doesnt work. It is difficult on the economic. Its also about the way we live. We dont
just live to work, we work to live, as well as the eight hours we spend in the office or the factory. As well as the eight hours we spend in the office or the factory. You work part time . In the office or the factory. You work parttime . We have leisure time today has been a very big day because we have the British Government response to the coronavirus and setting out its plans with government, brexit and all the rest of it, but coronavirus, very much everyones priority. Plus the who declaring a pandemic, plus the who declaring a pandemic, plus the moving of the next phase. It is true people are seeing mixed m essa 9 es true people are seeing mixed m essa g es to true people are seeing mixed messages to a degree from governments around the world. Every governments around the world. Every government is handling it in a different way, and this government is saying that, ok, even if we move to the next phase, that doesnt mean everything will close and everything will stop and schools will close, it is about preparing the public and taking things steadily. The line is
being guided by the science, not the politicians doing things to look good. And borisjohnson good. And Boris Johnson has good. And borisjohnson has been doing his Prime Ministerial bits at the lectin in downing street, he is flanked by the chief medical officer and. Do you think the message has been clear . Is the message clear . As faras clear . Is the message clear . As far as the media is concerned, governments are never going to win. I dontjust governments are never going to win. I dont just mean governments are never going to win. I dontjust mean the British Government, any government, in a democracy isnt going to win because theyre either going to be accused of not doing enough and having unclear messages or overreaction and being too dictatorial. I guess we are always going to have phds in hindsight and it will all come out one day when people make judgements. Looking quickly at the mail, though focused on the chancellor and what he announced to try to help people. There are two distinct signs in this budget, the third. You talked about the response of the government today, it was twofold, what is it
going to do and what are we going to pay . That part of it ill come back to. The second part was this is the budget to set the administration for the next four years, and in that respect it was almost brownian in the way it was delivered and the justifications for spending money and then the spending of the money frankly could have been a Centre Left Government in this country giving that budget, but the first part, which is what this headline from the mail says, which is, im here, im going to spend money on dealing with the coronavirus, it was a different aspect. Two parts of the budget, what they are going to do immediately and the fact, as many said, many ideas and a lot of policies and lots of money being spent, financed by borrowing largely. So much you would think this is a pre election budget as opposed to a post budget because there were giveaways galore in every direction, and what was interesting
is the detail in the cartoon. There he is presented as doctor, he is doing exactly what britain requires. There she is, brit anya, buderus ea, the union jack shield, there she is, brit anya, buderus ea, the unionjack shield, monitor. A really intelligent fiscal support machine but imagine ifjohn mcdonnell had presented this budget, what with the karting have looked like . A magic money tree shaking things, fantasy economics cartoon. It would have been because that man is incapable of running an economy this is what a lot of commentators have said, including yourself, today, rishi sunak has essentially parked the tory tanks on labours lohan. Watching labour faces on the opposition benches when rishi sunak was on his feet, many of them were discreetly nodding in agreement with many of the measures he introduced but looking glum at the same time because he they
thought he is shooting our foxes one by one. I dont only agree with that but the lawn on which he parked these tanks is in the centre left side of the labour party but right in the core of the red wall, right in the north and the midlands saying, im here for you, we are spending money on you and thank you for voting for us. Where i disagree with henry, if you were hard left of the labour party, mcdonnell and corbyn, this is far too right wing for them. Party, mcdonnell and corbyn, this is far too rightwing for them. Facing a potential recession. Why are we facing a potential recession . That is the kind of alarmist talk we frankly dont need right now. We dont know we are but theres lots of speculation we are facing a potential recession, the Economic Growth and what the government is pledging to spend here, whether we can pledging to spend here, whether we ca n afford pledging to spend here, whether we can afford the borrowing. It will be spent one of three ways, one is the policy over the last few years have created a lot of headroom in the
borrowing, so that is going today. Secondly, we have virtually no employment in this country. We can argue about the qualitative nature of the employment but nonetheless we dont have much. So theres loads of headroom in that. Thirdly, and this is the biggest, which i think youre alluding to, where is the growth . Compared to germany and france it is great, but it is quite an, about 1. 75 . How will that respond to coronavirus . Quite anaemic. 1. 75 . How will that respond to coronavirus . Quite anaemic. Were not going to talk about brexit. Coronavirus . Quite anaemic. Were not going to talk about brexitm is too much the previous chancellor was on is too much the previous chancellor was on his feet in the house of commons today reminding people Interest Rates can go up as well as down. This is a five year forecast and some people think obr has been too rosy in its predictions stop me they were made before this crisis. You are conflating three things. Will corona s you are conflating three things. Will corona 5 lead to a downturn in the economy . Coronavirus lead to a downturn in the economy . Yes, but that doesnt necessarily mean recession. Theres the economic hmmfi recession. Theres the Economic Forecast over the next couple of years, in which case it was looking quite rosy but its a good call as to whether it is too rosy. £175 billion overfive years, to whether it is too rosy. £175 billion over five years, a to whether it is too rosy. £175 billion overfive years, a lot to whether it is too rosy. £175 billion over five years, a lot of money and a lot can change can you ever forecast anything three years out ina ever forecast anything three years out in a changing government . The third one, which is what you have just said, where do the trade deals with australia, america and europe go and how does that affect the british economy . I rather written be making those last calls rather than america or australia making those last calls rather than america oraustralia id making those last calls rather than america or australia id rather be britain. Many people watching today looking at the detail of the budget as it comes up will be wondering, if i need help in the short term, am i going to get it on this package of announcements . There
are lots of individual categories of people who will be helped, though small and medium sized enterprises, those eligible for Business Rates relief. Some will get 100 holiday, which is great for them. Holiday and payment . And deferred payments. Holiday. . Payment . And deferred payments. Holiday. . Vat, so hmrc will have to sit on its hands for a while, meaning less tax is collected and we might have shortfalls, so sajid javid would. Who is here in this respect . Why is he worried . The former chancellor, im referring to what i said a moment or two ago. In terms of other groups of individuals who are not feeling the benefits of our growing economy, as you would say, the people who are either running social care business or receive social care, people on universal credit, there are going to bea universal credit, there are going to be a lot of imponderables here and there is lots in the north of england that voted for the conservatives and hope this will
land and help them, but i suspect they might be waiting for godot. I would not be as downbeat. I do not disagree with it but i am not too sure whether it is waiting for godot. We get the cash going now, is it going to hit these places . Because execution is all and the problem with governments as they can get the headline but getting it to make a different down the fare is incredibly difficult and that is not about party it is about delivering civil service. There. About party it is about delivering civil service. There. Ithink about party it is about delivering civil service. There. I think the reserve fund but it is difficult to. The level of cladding. £1 billion. Given the celtic nation and
that they have the discretion on how to spend it. The times has got. I ama to spend it. The times has got. I am a keen on this one. This is a newspaper review. The optics are very important. If you look at the picture, it is a conflation of the beatles abbey road, the seven ages of man woman, little richie made to look very diminishing. But it made me think of whose budget this really was me think of whose budget this really was because, Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister, a big giveaway budget. It was supposed to be fiscally a bit of a hawk before becoming chief secretary and now chancellor and i am wondering, are these his advisers because one of these his advisers because one of the reasons sajid javid resigned was because he told to sack his
advisers. He is extending that static, the big chancellor holding the big red book and he looks extremely small and these guys are walking away and i am wondering does that tell you more than intended by the picture . If may deliver that tell you more than intended by the picture . If i may deliver the case. For the defence, the picture . If i may deliver the case. Forthe defence, mam. This quy case. Forthe defence, mam. This guy is intensely bright. This chap actually did Something Else with his life before coming into politics and he is both young and amazingly eloquent and light on his feet. I think this is an excellent photograph and it calls those questions you have a very clearly expanded but we should not kid ourselves that that delivery today i
thought was spot on. He was eloquent. Henry made the point earlier that he wants to his style. Earlier that he wants to his style. He started slow and flat you could see the tories, as Alex Ferguson says squeaky bum time. But he actually kept going to get it done, get it done. And i thought he had a very good day. In tomorrows photograph he will be twice the size. The question you raise and we all know why sajid resigned. So is this the number 10 team . And was this the number 10 team . And was this number 10s budget. That is why
it isa this number 10s budget. That is why it is a good photograph. Getting things done, the refrain by Boris Johnson was reflected. By the way, as long as Dominic Cummings is appointed by the democratically elected Prime Minister, this is not new. When i was at the cbi, you will be getting calls from all from other people than tony blair and i did not hear this kick up then. Prime ministers have always had this. Hear this kick up then. Prime ministers have always had thism terms of what the times is saying, Business Rates all targeted, a lot of the coverage looking at the number of massive announcements for the short and long term delivering on what this government says they we re on what this government says they
were elected to do and it has been fascinating day because the first time we have seen the concrete measures of the government. The only thing i wish he had done and he never went there is income tax. I would have liked to have seen a cut at the bottom and an increase in income tax at the top and. Do you think the conservatives are ready for that . There is only one budget he can do that in and that is the first one. He could have put tax on richer people and given it to the north. Soon they may have to face increasing tax changes and also looking at public spending. At the top and, not the bottom. Maybe if
the virus was not there, it may have been a different budget. The sentencing of Harvey Weinstein, 23 yea rs sentencing of Harvey Weinstein, 23 years in prison. We heard he has been taken to hospital for ongoing heart problems and chest pains. Two bellevue hospital. He is sentenced to 23 years injail bellevue hospital. He is sentenced to 23 years in jail today. That was a surprise, the length of the sentence. Even the plaintiffs, victims, survivors, thought he would get at most ten years. The judge clearly listen and decided this guy had been doing this for 30 40 years and getting away with it. His defence attorney accusing him of caving to the metoo movement. But by and large, he had been doing it for a very long time and for the
first time he expressed a degree of remorse but then talked about how concerned it was for the man caught up concerned it was for the man caught up in this. A big tick in the box for the guardian because they have actually said they imposed the sentence for the rape of a woman and did not name her because of her wishes. Well done, then. Will he then be extradited to los angeles and do this all over again and will he get a fair trial . Thats it for the papers tonight. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Its all there for you 7 days a week and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. Good evening. Heres your latest sports news liverpools defence of their Champions League title is over after Atletico Madrid took advantage of that wasteful finish and scored three goals for an amazing comeback. It was Roberto Firmino who had liverpool going through to the quarter finals early in extra time than adrian paid the price for a dreadful clea ra nce. Than adrian paid the price for a dreadful clearance. Marcos llorente getting the crucial of a home. He was to scare again before Alvaro Morata got a third end of second, Atletico Madrid through on aggregate. An empty stadium for the
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galloped and he was very brave up to the last. And you can find the latest for the final two games featuring england women on the website. That is all your support for now. Good night. Chilly weather prospect to finish this week as the uk moves into polar air. Sunshine and showers across the uk today and quite gusty winds across the board as well. The showers will be most frequent, close to the low centre. The polar air or the way south into the north of the front so even with the sunshine, it will still feel chilly. Showers most frequent to the north. Some is no possible across scotland, Northern England with ice risks as well. Showers remain infrequent for scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. Some pretty intense show around for wales. Perhaps touching 60 Miles Per Hour winds for Northern England and Northern Ireland. It will feel chilly, as i say