as thousands of teachers and junior doctors walk out in disputes over pay. oscars glory for the short film an irish goodbye. james martin talks to us about hobnobbing with the stars on the day he turned 31. manchester city in seventh heaven as star man erling haaland scores five. pep guardiola s side thrash rb leipzig and ease into the champions league quarterfinals. good morning. under clear skies last night, the northern lights once again when clearview, but under those same clear skies it is a cold start with a widespread frost, the risk of ice and some sunshine, but rain piling in from the west preceded by snow, but also milder air. i will have more later. good morning. it s wednesday 15th march. our main story. chancellorjeremy hunt will today announce his spring budget, with an expansion of free childcare for working parents in england expected to be top of the list. getting thousands of people into work, including those with disabilities and people on universal credit,
there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. and it s exactly a0 years since henry 8th s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent, after 437 years under the sea. the bank of england has been forced to intervene once again in the markets warning of a material risk to financial stability. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore conditions in the markets. it follows on from yesterday s announcement of further meaures aimed at ensuring an orderly end to its emergency bond buying scheme. today the institute for fiscal studies think tank warnted the chancellor will need to make big and painful spending cuts to put the country s finances on a sustainable path. it suggests the chancellor could increase working age benefits in line with average earnings, limit public investment to 2% of national income and cut the budgets of every government department except he
with keir starmer. i have spoken today with rishi sunak and i will bring you our interview with him in the next ten minutes. and more military horses have bolted on the streets of london. on bbc london: the lambeth leaseholders claiming they ve been gagged by the council and coming up on bbc news. coming up in sport she missed the championships last year, can emma raducanu make a winning return to centre court? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it s an historic ruling that could have significant consequences. the us supreme court has ruled that donald trump is partially immune from prosecution for actions taken while he was in the white house, over his attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. the former president described the decision as a big win . but is it? our north america editor sarah smith is in washington. partially immune? what does this mean? well, first, it means it will be significantly harder now for prosecutors to bring their case