Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds
A record high. Its risen to just under 21 Degrees Celsius, or nearly 70 fahrenheit, in august. Thats far above the average for this time of year, and researchers say it could have serious consequences for the global environment. Our Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt reports. Theyve been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century and for the last 50 or so years, theyve showed a slow but steady increase up about a third of a degree a decade. Have we got a reading for today yet, do you know . I heard them Say Something around 18 or 19 which is. Wow . Four Degrees Higher than it should be. Its been a similar pattern globally. Rising Sea Temperatures and increasing numbers of Marine Heatwaves, and it has just reached a new peak 20. 96 Degrees Celsius the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Peoples perspective is that the ocean, you know, its so big, its so vast that it can buf
As colorado goes to the polls, Sisters Mandy and nicky are headed to the ice. We are such a divided nation. But the one thing i like is when i walk into the hockey rink, were all the same. The feeling is rather different on the Campaign Trail, as 15 states are holding votes to pick their president ial candidates. Crooked joe biden, youre fired before polls have even closed, theres been a victory for donald trump. The state of colorado was in a fight to kick him off the ballot entirely for his role in the capitol Riots Onjanuary 6. But the Us Supreme Court struck it down. His republican opponent is undeterred. I defeated a dozen of the fellas. Cheering. Ijust have one more fella i got to catch up to. The question is whether nikki haley quits the race, or decides to hang on. It wasnt president joe biden, but the first lady doing the rounds on the democratic side, going after female voters. Donald trump is dangerous to women and to our families. We simply cannot let him win. But the prosp
Scientists say our oceans have hit their hottest recorded temperature largely because of Climate Change, with alarming implications for the planet. This week the average daily global Sea Surface Temperature hit almost 21 degrees celsius. Thats far above the average for the time of year and it beats the previous record set in 2016. The oceans are a vital regulator of the earths climate. Heres our climate editor, justin rowlatt. Theyve been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century. And for the last 50 or so years, theyve shown a slow but steady increase up about a third of a degree a decade. Have we got a reading for today yet, do you know . I heard them Say Something around 18 or 19, which is four Degrees Higher than it should be. Its been a similar pattern globally. Rising Sea Temperatures and increasing numbers of marine heatwaves. And it has just reached a new peak 20. 96 degrees celsius, the highest Global Average sea temperature ever record
Extended from nine to 19 years. Mr navalny was found guilty of inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organisation, charges he denied. Hes already serving a nine year term for fraud and contempt of court, in a case which many see as politically motivated. Todays Court Proceedings were held in the prison in melekhovo, where he has been held, and from where our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. This is the closest we were allowed to get to russias most famous prisoner. Wed been let inside the High Securityjail where Alexei Navalny was already incarcerated. But journalists werent allowed into the makeshift courtroom. All we could do was watch on a screen. At this trial behind bars, the kremlin critic was found guilty on extremism charges and handed a new 19 year prison sentence. Hell be transferred to a so called Special Regime colony and harsher conditions. We may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in t