And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Former England Rugby League International rangi chase has been banned from all sports for two years after testing positive for cocaine injuly. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Britain is in danger of losing two decades of Earnings Growth thats the warning from the economic think tank, the institute for fiscal studies. The chancellor, philip hammond, says he hopes to prove wrong the bleak economic forecasts released in yesterdays budget. He said the next couple of years will bring clarity over brexit and that would increase Consumer Confidence and help the economy to grow faster. Conservative mps have rallied behind the chancellor, calling his budget solid and common sense. But labour have accused mr hammond of being cut off from the real lives of people. Our Political Correspondent eleanor garner reports. The governments on fortunes might not have been completely rebuilt but the chancellors difficult day passed off better than m
In to watch the strictly final last night well discuss who waltzed away with the glitterball. Good morning. Quite a mixed day coming up. Some areas are really called with fog to start with. Further west, rain moving in. Called with fog to start with. Furtherwest, rain moving in. Join me laterfor a full furtherwest, rain moving in. Join me later for a full weather forecast. Good morning. First, our main story. Every worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace pension unless they opt out. Thats under government plans being unveiled today. At the moment, employers must enrol staff aged 22 and over into a pension plan if they earn more than 10,000 pounds a year. Ministers say they want to reduce the minimum age to 18 a move that could affect around 900,000 young people. But the changes wont kick in until the mid 2020s, as our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. 0lly browning is 21 and like many young people, he hasnt started saving for his retirement. If the government
Details. Reporter there was a very scary afternoon here in fairfield. Police say it started with a shooting, and at this point, they are not sure if it was a shoot out, or just one person in a car firing at the driver of the other car. Now that shooting took place about 300 yards from where im standing on the other side of the waterman boulevard overpass. One of the drivers took off, and the other was shot multiple times and lost control of his car. You can see where he hit a white van, and then another car, and then finally, his car came to a stop. Police say the shooting victim was the driver of the silver, twodoor sedan. She was shot multiple times and he is surcurrently in Critical Condition at the hospital. Other people in the cars also suffered injuries. Multiple people went to several different hospitals. I dont know how many, but there is a number of them, and from what im told, there are no major injuries, but several people were hurt. Reporter on medic ambulances facebook pag
Interviewing witnesses. They are asking for anyone with information to come forward. Waterman boulevard is expected to be closed for five or six more hours as Police Conduct the investigation. Now they are waiting for major lights to they can photograph and take 3d imaging of this crime scene, but traffic is heavy in the area, so its best to stay away. Live in fairfield, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. Thank you very much. Four people, including three San Francisco Police Officers suffered minor injuries in crashes just blocks from each other this morning. Police say an officer responding to that crash was involved in another collision two blocks away from the first scene. The cause of both crashes are under investigation. An historic day in San Francisco as a half dozen pot dispensaries open today. We are joined from other areas like berkeley and san jose to start recreational cannabis. Carlos shows us the fanfare. Reporter for some, it was like the grand opening of a retail store. For ot
Word. Reporter imagine being the director of sales and marketing, with the park potentially closing tomorrow, now what . I have spent a fortune in the shops, the cafes, the restaurants, if you close alcatraz, you might as well shut down the city. Many people who want to visit alcatraz say it will cramp their style. They would include the little guys who take tourists to see big trees. Barbara sedemis was here the last time the Government Shutdown in 2013. We hope it wont last very long because it does affect income for sure. Reporter the opinion demographic expands, here joe parker from oklahoma. Phow long have these trees been here, and its going to be closed down, the trees are going to be closed because of some political gamesmanship . Well be sitting on pins and pine needles awaiting news. And we will be following the very latest in lastminute attempts to avoid that Government Shutdown. Well have updates on of course world news tonight and of course on abc7 news at 6 00. A big spik