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,
describe their suffering. i ve got complex ptsd from it all, i ve had mental health problems from it all, i tried ending my life because of it all, i couldn t have a bond with my son when he was first born because of it all. storm freddy, one of the strongest storms recorded in the southern hemisphere, has now hit malawi causing more than 100 deaths. and in tonight s football, manchester city recorded a convincing 7 0 win against rb leipzig. erling haaland scores five goals. and coming up on the bbc news channel. constitution hill remains unbeaten in the victory of the champion hurdle on day one of the festival! good evening. on the eve of the budget the first to be delivered by the chancellorjeremy hunt there s expected to be a significant expansion of free childcare provision in england. it s part of a strategy to get more people back to work given the shortage of staff in some key sectors. scotland, wales and northern ireland are expected to receive equivalent levels o
that if we want a better scotland, if we want to solve these challenges, you know, if we want to really put more money and investment into the nhs, if we want to make sure we don t have children that are living in poverty, then what we need to do is we need to get independence for scotland. another key concern for the audience was the economy. small businesses need support. they are the backbone . of the scottish economy. support them. that is nothing to do i with being right wing. that is about standing up for scottish industry, - scottish business, scottishjobs |and ultimately those in povertyj in scotland that need our support. i m really quite slightly concerned that there s total lack of acceptance, of accountability. all three of you are members of the snp government. the snp have been in charge for decades, and for you to sit here and tell me that it s going to get better, why haven t you done it before? that was apparently aimed at all three. but there are splits here, not leas
disproportionate impact on the scottish disproportionate impact on the scottish economy. gf disproportionate impact on the scottish economy. disproportionate impact on the scottish economy. of course, saying it is easier than scottish economy. of course, saying it is easier than doing scottish economy. of course, saying it is easier than doing it. they are already tearing down the set here but this time at least the candidates did not tear each other apart. it was less fiery than previous debates and there was probably more focus on policy, and as we saw, some tough questions from some frustrated members of the audience, a reminder that the leader of the scottish national party, whoever is going to be, has to really do two things. on the one hand, make that case and argue for independence, and on the other hand govern competently. and these candidates disagree on quite a lot. but they know that you cannot really disentangle those two tasks. james, many thanks for the report on