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just a week away from the new school term for most state schools in england, the government has said more than 100 of them will have shut some buildings immediately because of the danger of crumbling concrete. why so last minute? the department of education said today, this may come as a shock and is likely to cause disruption. that sounds like a lesson in stating the obvious. we ll be speaking to an expert about the danger of aereated concrete panels, the shadow education secretary and a headteacher. also tonight: today was the deadline for afghans on the government s resettlement scheme to leave hotel accomodation in the uk. we ve spoken to some who are still there. a former mp has objected to being named by an academic as the descendant of a slaving family. joining us are two experts in slavery the academic in question and a historian from oxford university. and the prime minister plans to criminalise possession of nitrous oxide otherwise known as laughing gas ....
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good evening. the chancellor has been putting his final touches to his budget as he prepares to unveil it tomorrow it could well be the last one before the general election. what is now expected is a 2p cut to national insurance and another freeze on fuel duty. but could jeremy hunt go even further? our political editor chris mason is here with his thoughts but before we hear from chris our economics editor faisal islam has been weighing up how much room for manoevre the chancellor has. the chancellor is hoping to use his big red box moment tomorrow to declare a definitive economic turning point after years of crisis and shocks. certainly the path and forecast for inflation looks like that. look at this inflation is falling back from its energy shock highs towards the bank of england target. on the other hand, it s a little tricky to talk about a turning point when as you see here, the economy just started shrinkng at the end of last year you can see a shall ....
the west at the moment enhancing shower activity. this massive rain will arrive to tonight across the southern half of the country. it was a nice start to the day across many areas but that is fading with heavy rain pushing through wales, northern england and the midlands. that will tend to clear, showers following on behind. the rain pushing into northern ireland over night. and also very windy. a bit quieter across the north of the uk with a lighter wind and fewer showers. but turning quite cold with sub zero values. forthursday turning quite cold with sub zero values. for thursday the front across the south of the country with low pressure pushing into the north west of the uk. some sunshine around northern and eastern areas but then the low pressure bringing gales into northern ireland and the west of staying blustery across southern britain but in between a slice of dry weather. miles in the south and chile in the north. on thursday night those gales transfer from ....
outlining measures to boost homeownership in england. current and former staff at a group of children s homes tell the bbc vulnerable young people have been let down. hello, and welcome to wimbledon. and after 30 years, sue barker announces she is stepping down from presenting wimbledon. on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. half an hour after teeing off in the breakaway liv invitational event, over a dozen golfers are suspended by the us pga tour. good evening. two british men who were fighting alongside ukrainian troops have been sentenced to death in eastern ukraine by a russian court. 28 year old aiden aslin and 48 year old shaun pinner were found guilty alongside a third man from morocco, after being captured during fighting in mariupol in april. the foreign secretary liz truss has condemned their sentence, calling it a sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy. emma vardy reports. forfighting as soldiers in ukraine s military, after a short ....