Hello, welcome to the programme. Final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. Humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a Maritime Corridor with israels agreement. But its unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no
Now on bbc news. Newscast hello. Hello, laura. And hello, henry. Hi, henry. Hi. So last night, i was at my friend toms birthday party, and hes a very good amateur poet, and he did a lovely poem saying thank you to everyone whod come to the party. Happy birthday, tom. But hes also a big newscast fan and an even biggerfan of sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Even happier birthday. So i thought, why not combine all those things together and do a poem about this weeks sunday with Laura Kuenssberg . Oh, my god. Here we go. Are you ready . Howards Double Barrelled Chef on sunday with laura kay. Politicians exaggerations going to get slayed. But first, this breaking news, a picture of recovering kate. But with all the twitter gossip, did it come too late . Rachel reeves bets all on economic growth. Vicky atkins asked why nhs productivity sloweth, but waits this weekend episode has no pad, fear not newscasters you can always call up add. I think thats extremely good, tom. And we all say one and al
Hello there, welcome to newcastle, on the Dayjeremy Hunt delivered his budget, in what is almost certainly, a general election year. Were on the citys Iconic Quayside Overlooking the magnificent river tyne, an area steeped in industrial history, and weve been gauging reaction, to the chancellors plans. Among todays annoucements, the government is to cut National Insurance, by 2p in the pound for employees and the Self Employed. Full Child Benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent, is getting up to £60,000. The current limit is £50,000. And, the non dom tax regime, for uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be replaced with new rules, from april next year. Well, the office for budget responsibility, says the average tax payer, is going to pay more in the coming years. It predicts 37 pence of every pound will go in tax by 2029, which would be the highest level since 1948. While the government says public spending on some services will rise by 1
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