Music plays and the next president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, is back in the country and will be sworn in on friday. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news countdown to midnight the ashes series gets underway. England captainjoe root says theyre ready to go. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A britain fit for the future thats what the chancellor has promised in todays budget. It had a few giveaways but was delivered against the backdrop of a faltering economy with lower than expected growth and falling productivity. Among Philip Hammonds announcements from now, First Time Buyers in england, wales and Northern Ireland will pay no stamp duty on homes up to £300,000, more in london. Scotland has a different system. For the nhs in england, the chancellor promised an extra £1. 6 billion over the next year, though thats still short of what the nhs says it needs. The wait for the welfare benefit universal credit which has attracted criticism from both sides of the house
Until at least 2020. And the National Trust votes on banning hunting with hounds on its land even when theyre not chasing a fox. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, scotland begin the search for a new manager, after Gordon Strachan leaves the role, following their failure to qualify for next years world cup in russia. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Brinkmanship or genuine frustration . Whichever it was, there was no doubting the downbeat assessment of the state of the brexit talks by the eus chief negotiator. Michel barnier said there remains a disturbing deadlock over how much the uk is prepared to pay when it leaves the eu. He said as a result he cant recommend to eu leaders next week that trade talks begin. Brexit secretary david davis however talked of the significant progress that has been made. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. This contains some flash photography. She wasnt there to help. Eu super girl and anti Brexit Campaigner had slinked he
The growing scandal surrounding the hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is now being investigated by police in london and new york. Hes facing multiple allegations of rape, Sexual Assault and harassment, some of which de denies. In his first Public Comments since the allegations were published, mr weinstein said everyone made mistakes and he asked for a second chance. Stars including Emma Thompson and jane fonda have spoken to the bbc today about the nature of the allegations and the film industrys reluctance to speak out. Our correspondent nick bryant reports from new york. Harvey weinstein emerged from his daughters house in los angeles. The movie moguls still trying to direct the scene. Ill take it with me. Dont follow. Im being good. Its the first time he spoken on camera since scandal engulfed him. Are you doing 0k . Since scandal engulfed him. Are you doing ok . Im trying my best. Thank you, man. But there was no apology to his alleged victims, no evident display shame. He did th
The california wildfires. At least 36 people have now been killed and hundreds more are missing as whole neighbourhoods are reduced to ash. It looks like a bomb was dropped an entire neighbourhoods have gone. Thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community. A brexit warning from Hillary Clinton. She questions britains ability to do a trade deal with president trump. In sport, two old foes reunited on the pitch this lunchtime. Liverpool host Manchester United at anfield as the premier League Returns after the international break. And darren has the weather. Good morning. Theres a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. This weekend and into monday some warm conditions for many of us and by the beginning of the week weve got the arrival of ophelia and some damaging winds. Join me laterfor all of the details. Thank you. First, our main story. Tougher prison sentences for people repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. The government wants to
Bringing us tomorrow. With me are the journalist and broadcaster, penny smith and the commentator and broadcaster, charlie wolf. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. The mail on sunday leads with fresh allegations of sexism at westminster. The sunday times claims some prisoners sentenced to less than a year could be allowed to go home to vote, under new government plans. The sunday telegraph says that chaotic organisation of the Health Service is putting patients lives at risk, according to the nhs medical director. On the front page of the observer, claims that senior tory donors have urged theresa may to walk away from brexit talks rather than accept an unsatisfactory and unfavourable deal. And the express leads with the crisis in catalonia, as madrid seizes power over the regional parliament. We will start with that conservative party donor story on the front page of the observer, charlie. More pressure on theresa may, but not from her own mps, but those who prop up from her own mp