but labour leader sir keir starmer told the commons that it was a budget which papers over the cracks , with no plan to rebuild the shattered economy. in today s other main news, scotland s first minister tells the holyrood inquiry mistakes were made but rejects claims made by her predecessor alex salmond. i must rebut the absurd suggestion that anyone acted with malice or is part of that anyone acted with malice or is part of a that anyone acted with malice or is part of a plot against alex salmond. let s ta ke let s take you straight to that enquiry, it hasjust let s take you straight to that enquiry, it has just resumed, let s take you straight to that enquiry, it hasjust resumed, and this is the scene from holyrood. we were talking about the judicial review, were talking about the judicial review, we were talking about the judicial review, we will were talking about the judicial review, we will carry - were talking about the judicial review, we will carry on
from where you are? we ll be discussing the situation from all parts of the uk. also tonight. the home secretary, priti patel is preparing to make a statement to in commons on mps security. we ll bring it to you later in the programme. a woman claims she was injected with a drug at a nightclub as the home secretary urges police to assess urgently a reported rise in drink and needle spiking we ll speak to her live. buckingham palace says the queen has reluctantly cancelled a two day visit to northern ireland on medical advice to rest. and a mission to rescue dogs trapped by lava on the spanish island la palma the health secretary has warned that there could be up to 100 thousand covid cases a day this winter, as the number of new cases keeps rising. sajid javid urged millions of people who are still unvaccinated to come forward saying the uk is in a race between the virus and the vaccine, but the gap is narrowing. mrjavid said tighter restrictions under the government s
clever. it is reporting 2000 children have been flown from southern border and sent to drop-off points in new jersey, and connecticut. good story for peter doocy to ask the white house is. pete: why is the administration flying migrants from the border to florida and new york in the middle of the night? well, i m not sure it is the middle of the night, what is happening 2:30 in the morning. earlier than you might like to take a flight. unaccompanied children passed through the airport en route to final destination to be unified with their parents or vetted sponsor. ted cruz has idea why to put the massive influx of migrants. entire political strategy sebased on secrecy, what is happening at the southern border is tragedy. stop the surge act, rich democrats can be sitting there and see 10, 20, 30, 50,000 illegal immigrantss like we re see og a daily basis and envision them in nantucket, goodness, they want to come to our clubs. they would be horrified. greg: dana
the prime minister and the chancellor resist calls by the opposition to quit after both were fined for breaking lockdown rules. conservative mps are staying largely loyal. in ukraine, fighting continues as 120,000 residents remain trapped in the port city of mariupol. and thunderbirds are go. the theme tune to the classic children s show as well as others from the fifties and sixties will be performed by a live orchestra for the first time. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the soaring cost of fuel and food has pushed inflation to a 30 year high it stood at 7 percent in the year to march, up from 6.2% the month before. prices are going up faster than wages, and there s pressure on the government to do more to help people who are struggling. and the cost of living is expected to rise even further because these figures don t include the recent increases in gas and electricity bills for millions of people. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. in this
at sandringham house for members of the local community ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. rescue workers in morocco are believed to be less than a metre from a five year old boy who s been trapped in a well for the last five days. this is the scene live at the site now. this is just near the entrance to the well. rayan awram is stuck 35 metres below ground. mechanical diggers have been working round the clock, to try to reach him. you can see a few of those who are closest to the entrance of the well. we understand they have got as close as one metre to him but efforts to rescue him have been complicated by concerns of a possible landslide, thatis concerns of a possible landslide, that is what they want to avoid happening, that would make the task of reaching him even more difficult thanit of reaching him even more difficult than it already is. and the tunnel itself, the narrowness of the well, has been hampering the efforts. the diameter of the wh