as thousands of teachers and junior doctors walk out in disputes over pay. oscars glory for the short film an irish goodbye. james martin talks to us about hobnobbing with the stars on the day he turned 31. manchester city in seventh heaven as star man erling haaland scores five. pep guardiola s side thrash rb leipzig and ease into the champions league quarterfinals. good morning. under clear skies last night, the northern lights once again when clearview, but under those same clear skies it is a cold start with a widespread frost, the risk of ice and some sunshine, but rain piling in from the west preceded by snow, but also milder air. i will have more later. good morning. it s wednesday 15th march. our main story. chancellorjeremy hunt will today announce his spring budget, with an expansion of free childcare for working parents in england expected to be top of the list. getting thousands of people into work, including those with disabilities and people on universal credit,
Profit from betting on those matches. That is absolutely prohibited underfootball association regulations. Meanwhile, west ham have officially appointed Julen Lopategui as their new manager. The former spain, real madrid and most recently wolves coach has been out of a job since leaving the premier league last year. He agreed a deal with west ham earlier this month and succeeds david moyes, who won the Europa Conference League with west ham last year. Fresh from winning the t20 series, englands Women Cricketers have beaten pakistan by in their opening one Day International in derby. Batting first at the county ground, england lost a steady flow of wickets before Alice Capsey Dug in to make 44, her best one Day International score, as the home side finished on 243 9. Sophie ecclestone was then pick of the england bolwers as she took 3 26, on the way to beating pakistan by 37 runs. And thats the sport. Lucy, thank you very much. You are watching the context. It is time for our regular we
Setting out their stall. Our political editor, chris mason has been tracking them all day. Applause placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. Keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting Lower League Football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. He was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. ~ kent this morning, his deputy with him too. , ~ , ~. , kent this morning, his deputy with him too. , ~. ,. Him too. Thank you. Whatever service eole him too. Thank you. Whatever service eole t him too. Thank you. Whatever service peeple try and him too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access him too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these him too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these days, people try and access these days, they find its like wading through treacle. , they find its like wading through treacle. ,. , they find its like wading through treacle. ,. , treacle. Red cards arent usually welc
China has started two days of Military Exercises around taiwan as a strong punishment. The drills come after lai ching te was sworn in as taiwans new president this week and made an Inauguration Speech that china denounced as a confession of independence. The late president Ebrahim Raisi was buried in his North Eastern hometown in the last day of state organised funeral ceremonies. The state media have praised the funeral in mashhad, stressing that millions attended the ceremony. Good evening. As theyjourneyed into work yesterday, recess looming, the mps At Westminster were probably planning for a Long Bank Holiday weekend. So much for that today they were coming to terms with six weeks of frenetic campaigning, many of them already back in their constituencies, the lucky ones with Party Leaders alongside. There will be miles and miles of travel before voting day onjuly 4th. Even if they re are mostly guided by the maps that lead to target seats, not the same maps that we might use. The