Tomorrow will be the last time the chancellor brandishes the budget red box outside number 11 before the election. Will there be any surprises inside . It is the eve of what is probably the governments last set piece before a general election, and speculation over tax cuts surroundsjeremy hunts budget. I asked rishi sunak ally, the former minister liam fox, whther it was time to unfreeze Tax Thresholds. Well, if i had my choice and if i were the chancellor, tomorrow that is what i would be doing. Well be asking labours Shadow Minister For Industry and decarbonisation whether a Labour Government would change the fiscal rules in order to cut taxes . Also tonight. It looks like its going to be a pretty Super Tuesday for donald trump, so can anyone or anything stop him in his tracks on the way to the republican nomination . Music the latest production at the birmingham rep. After Birmingham Council cuts its Culture Budget to zero, is austerity for the arts coming to a town near you . Well
we ll have the headlines and all the news for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know what i mean? and martin scorsese is back on the riviera with a western crime drama that was a big hit. also how a book written by bianca stigter, the
describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. now on bbc news. talking movies cannes film festival special. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know
and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. and the deadline looms to see who might want to buy manchester united, with offers expected to come in from prospective owners in britain, the us and qatar. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister will hold talks with stormont leaders in belfast today, with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could soon be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea in order to keep an open order on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern irel