Emmerson mnangagwa, has urged the country to unite. Hes due to be inaugurated tomorrow good heading a football lead to dementia . New good heading a football lead to dementia 7 new research dementia . New research has commissioned on the brain. And england work hard on day one of the ashes. England enter the day on 1964. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The chancellor has insisted yesterdays budget will address britains problems with productivity, amid gloomy forecasts for economic growth. The office for budget responsibility said it expects the uk economy to expand by less than 2 for the next four years, partly because of persistently low productivity growth. A separate report by the think tank the Resolution Foundation has warned of the longest fall in peoples Living Standards since records began more than 60 years ago. Labour said Philip Hammond was cut off from the real lives of people. Lets get more from our assistant Political Editor norman smith. The day after the bud
Stoneman made half centuries and so england can go happy into the second day Alastair Cook went. Thanks. Tomasz has all the weather. Some cold weather around, some frost, but also sunshine. Thanks, thomasz. Also coming up talking her way to the top. Well meet the teenage girl whos become the First State School pupil to win a top eton debating prize. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Lets prove you wrong thats the chancellor Philip Hammonds message to the economists whose bleak forecasts cast something of a shadow over his budget yesterday. The chancellor said clarity around brexit would increase Consumer Confidence and lead to higher growth in the economy but labour accuses mr hammond of being cut off from the real lives of people. Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports. The governments own fortunes might not have been completely rebuilt but the chancellors difficult day passed off better than many had hoped, and at a Building College in leeds both he and the Prime Mi
And meet survivors of Hurricane Irma. Also in the next hour, the transformed tenner. In circulation for the first time the new plastic ten pound note complete with a picture ofjane austen, and raised dots to help the blind. And the singer selena gomez reveals shes had a kidney transplant as a result of an autoimmune disease. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire which killed around 80 people injune has opened with a minutes silence to remember the victims. The man leading the inquiry, sir Martin Moore Bick, said he acknowledged the great sense of anger and betrayal felt by survivors, and that he wanted to provide answers about how the disaster could have happened in 21st century london. He added that the inquiry wouldnt shrink from making recommendations that could lead to civil or criminal prosecutions. Frankie mccamley reports. It was a catastrophic tragedy that killed at least 80 people. And three months on from the fire at Gr