Budget on wednesday. Top of the agenda will be getting the economy back on track after a year of lockdowns, severe disruption and high levels of Public Spending on Support Schemes for employees and businesses. Our economics editor faisal islam has been looking at what to expect from the chancellors red box. This weeks budget will be historic in terms of the numbers. The chancellor will hope to make it historic in terms of policy, both to support the rescue from crisis, but also to lay the long term foundations of a post pandemic, post brexit, green recovery. Support forjobs, wages and the economy will continue, and you can see why. During the extraordinary economic hit from the pandemic, unemployment did go up, but rather modestly. But if you add in the number of people supported by the governments furlough scheme, and the number of people supported by the self employment scheme, you get this picture. And this is why support will be extended also for business cash flow, because not to
The problem isnt fixed yet, but we definitely the problem isnt fixed yet, but we definitely have identified a way of fixing definitely have identified a way of fixing the problem, and the early data shows how to do that. Former french president Nicolas Sarkozy is found guilty of corruption and given a three year sentence. He calls. They respond. Lessons in yemen the blind nine year old taking classes near the front line as an entire generation faces losing an education. And the golden globe goes to my bestie, jodie foster. And a hollywood ceremony like no other, pyjamas as well as designer dresses, as stars receive their awards from home. And coming up in sport on bbc news the British Horseracing Authority says its appalled as a photo emerges of leading Irish Racehorse trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The duke of edinburgh has been transferred to Barts Hospital in london to treat an infection having already spent 13 nights
Registration properly. Nicholas sarkozy has been convicted of bribing a judge after leaving office. And Prince Phillip has been transferred to a Second Hospital in london for tests for a Heart Condition. The 99 year old duke has been in hospital for 13 days. Lets begin with the latest on kovac smack. Covax is a global scheme to get Coronavirus Vaccines to poorer countries and its underway. This is the president of ghana, whos become the worlds first recipient of a jab delivered via covax. He received the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. And the ambition of the World Health Organization is that covax will deliver more than two billion doses by the end of this year, and that 92 lower Income Countries will receive vaccines, as well as 98 wealthier countries. Covax vaccinations are also under way in neighbouring ivory coast. The bbc s lalla see is in abidjan. Today, ivorians are among the first africans to get vaccinated against covid 19. So the government has made it a big, big event. Its happ
Ive got Trackie Bottoms on my bottoms and im comfortable. And a star studded hollywood awards ceremony, Lockdown Style, On A Good Night for the brits at the Golden Globes. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. The bha tell Gordon Elliott he cant race horses in britain while an irish investigation into a picture of him sitting on a dead horse is carried out. Good evening. Theres yet more evidence of the dramatic impact the two Main Coronavirus vaccines being used in the uk are having. The data is based on people in england who were the first to receive the jab. It suggests thatjust one dose of either the Oxford Astrazeneca or the Pfizer Biontech vaccine cuts the risk by 60 of people over the age of 70 developing any covid symptoms. It also reduces by more than 80 the chance of the over 80s needing hospital treatment. But the government stressed that people should still have their second jab and warned that it takes about three weeks for the protective effects to develop. 0ur Medical Edit
Nicolas sarkozy is sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of corruption. Lessons in yemen the blind nine year old taking classes near the front line as an entire generation faces losing an education. And before nine oclock there may not be gold in them hills but there might be fragments of Meteorite Somewhere in gloucestershire. Good evening, theres fresh evidence that the Vaccination Programme is having a dramatic effect on the numbers of people being admitted to hospital or dying. In the governments daily briefing, the Health Secretary matt hancock hailed as seriously encouraging. Data that shows that a single dose of the Pfizer Or Astrazeneca Vaccine Works against severe infection with a more than 80 reduction in hospitalisations of older patients. The news comes as almost 20. 3 Million People in the uk have had their first dose of a vaccine. And Public Health england data showed the effect kicked in around 35 days after vaccination. Our medical editor fergus wals