Live to westminster, and our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . Just as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . More are you hearing . Just hours awa and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow more are you hearing . Just hours| away and lunchtime tomorrow and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow and they will be on their feet in parliament laying out the budget and it is a pretty important moment an important moment in any normal year in the political Financial Calendar but this one particularly because it is the last budget before we have to have an election, everyone is passing every word and looking at this and pretty much saying there that the indication is that we know the Prime Minister and the chancellor have said they want to cut personal taxes and the court taxes and individuals pay and within
Iam i am working with them very hard and we must get more aid into gaza. No excuses. The us Secretary Of State has also been calling on israel to maximise every possible means of getting aid into gaza. Speaking before talks with qatars prime minister, Antony Blinken said conditions in the territory were unacceptable and unsustainable. Take a listen. It is also urgent, irrespective of the cease fire to dramatically increase the cease fire to dramatically increase this of getting to people inside increase this of getting to people inside gaza. The situation for children. Inside gaza. The situation for children, women, for men, the crossfire children, women, for men, the Crossfire Hamas Is Making Inside Of Gaza is Crossfire Hamas Is Making Inside Of Gaza is unacceptable and unsustainable. Israel is to maximise every unsustainable. Israel is to maximise every possible means, every possible method every possible means, every possible method of every possible means, every possible method of
it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
too busy but walking through the station there are a lot of people inside, what s on families and young children and suitcases, people standing around wondering what to do, services to paris and amsterdam and brussels and disneyland paris to and brussels and disneyland paris to a lot of children inside and families wondering what to do next. a busy period, wanting to go on holiday on new year s eve and visit family and your and as i was walking through the station announcements that would not be any trains before midday at the earliest and suffer 14 trains cancelled, none running midday and they said if anyone was hoping to get a last minute ticket do not bother because every train is full. they are working on the issue and anyone is affected they can get and anyone is affected they can get a full refund or exchange the ticket but for a lot of people inside they want to get to where they are going and we have been hearing from simon calder who has been in the station talking
Permanently disabled. A taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. His return soured by sadness. Translation my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. After seven days they took me to the military hospital. They operated twice to clean the wound but it didnt work. Afterwards they took me to a Public Hospital where the doctor gave me two options my leg or my life. Neither israels army nor Health Ministry has responded to these allegations. There is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. Cast as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. Allegations have centred on a new Field Hospital at the state imam military base. One senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. They are the army, not me, they create the patient to be depending 100 on you