shares in the swiss banking giant credit suisse fall to a record low as investors remain worried after the collapse of silicon valley bank. a high court in pakistan orders police to halt their operation to arrest former prime minister imran khan until thursday, following clashes between police and his supporters. conflicting accounts from washington and moscow as a us drone crashes into the black sea after an encounter with russian fighter jets. and a small number of wolves settle in belgium for the first time in more than 100 years as numbers rise across europe. hello. we start here in the uk where the chancellorjeremy hunt has been setting out his budget, pledging to build for the future . the uk economy is set to shrink this year, but it is no longer expected to enter a recession. mr hunt also says the inflation forecast is to fall from above 10%, to just under 3% by the end of 2023. but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, accuses the government of dressing up stagnat
abhorrent and had previously been unaware of the claims. we can speak now to laurie at the international communications and financial world affairs commentator. she s in west london for us this evening. good to see you. a rather strange statement, suspending key activities can i suppose you have to understand what the cbi does to make sense of that. maybe you could explain it to les. the cbi is really one of the bigger lobbying groups that polices between business and government. cbi has had a bit of a reputational hit, even before all of these allegations. we will get to those in a moment. a lot of people were wondering whether the cbi had become, had lost its effectiveness, given the last governments attitude towards business. rehabilitated itself a little bit, couple of the things that cbi had been looking for, like childcare provisions did make it into the last budget, but that seems a different era now. so many company picnic companies have deserted the cbi the last coup
a gorgeous day of weather outside for the vast majority of us. look at these pictures captured in north east england, in north wales and finally in edinburgh. plenty of blue sky and some spring sunshine around. the sunshine has a bit more kick to it at this time of year so it will feel pleasantly warm in the best of that. it was a rare commodity in march. it will turn cloudierfrom the north commodity in march. it will turn cloudier from the north and west and that s because there is a weather frontjust here. it s quite far out towards the west today but it is throwing more cloud across northern ireland, may be some showers here. this is giving us more of an onshore breeze for north sea facing coast. some high cloud across scotland turning sunshine hazy, some patchy cloud through the afternoon with temperatures peaking between ten and 14 celsius, maybe 15 for the moray firth. you might well find yourself sneezing and this could be the reason why. the tree pollen season has sta
hello and thanks forjoining us, here s your latest sports news. we ll start with football because was this the weekend that the premier league title race swung back towards the holders manchester city. leaders arsenal were looking for their eighth league win in a row, but threw away a 2 goal lead to draw 2 2 with liverpool at anfield. gabriel martinelli and gabriel jesus put the gunners 2 up inside half an hour. mo salah pulled won back by the break and also missed a penalty early in the second half, dragging his spot kick wide of the post. substitute roberto firmino scored the equaliser inside the last five minutes and liverpool were denied victory by a number of stunning saves from keeper aaron ramsdale. well, i ma am from the outside world it was a great game to watch. we started the game really well. we really dominant in the first half, scored the first one, continued play, scored the second one and the half time we concede the goal and we give liverpool some momentum.