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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are former fleet street editor, eve pollard and anand menon, director of the uk in a changing europe. it think tank which is a lot of negotiation on the brexit. i m sure he has a lot of other things on his plate these days. let me bring you up to date on the front pages let me bring you up to date on the front pages queen back in the office at 95. the front page of the metro shows queen elizabeth ii in the house of lords at the opening of parliament. she set out more than 25 bills in her speech, her 67. she set up more than 25 speeches. she set up more than 25 speeches. her first official appearance in public since the death of her husband prince philip last month. one of these new bills is detailed on the front page of tomorrow s times. the paper reports that student unions will be legally obliged to protect freedrom of speech and could be taken to court by so called cance ....
the new omicron variant of covid what measures do you think should be in place? get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. british socialite ghislane maxwell is to go on trial in new york for sex trafficking and other charges. the fashion designer and creative director of louis vuitton, virgil abloh, has died from cancer. the 41 year old founded the brand off white, and had worked with some of the industry s biggest names including kanye west and jay z. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start with a warning from the world health organization that the new omicron variant of coronavirus is likely to spread internationally, posing a very high global risk. it comes as six cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been identified in scotland. they bring the total number of known omicron infections in the uk to nine. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is due to give a further update on the situ ....
so that people will pay back less for every extra pound earned. some of the businesses in england hit hardest by the pandemic, retail, hospitality and leisure, will have their business rates halved for a year. rishi sunak has shown himself again to be a big spender with expensive promises and high taxes to cover the price tags as well. promises and high taxes to cover the price tags as well. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: we hear from josh cavallo, the only current top flight player in men s football to come out as gay. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the chancellor has promised a post covid age of optimism as he delivered his budget. rishi sunak has committed to a spending increase of £150 billion over three years with the economy forecast to return to pre covid levels by next year. he forecast that inflation is likely rise above 4% next year, though the government s own budget watchdog suggests it could rise higher still. ....
to keep more of their benefits. there s a cut in air passenger duty tax between airports within the uk, and a freeze in fuel duty. the chancellor s accused of failing to tackle climate change in this budget. and coming up, we ll be answering your questions on the budget and how it may affect you. you ve still got time to send them in. tweet us using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email us at [email protected]. also tonight: a serving metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape. pc adam zaman, who s 28, is a member of the east area command unit. the police in the us state of new mexico give an update on the investigation into the fatal shooting on the set of alec baldwin s new movie. they say they suspect a live bullet killed halyna hutchins. we believe that we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by mr baldwin. this is the firearm we believe discharged the bullet. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor has promised a post co ....
so much for so little. we ll be looking at the measures in detail and the real terms rise in spending for every government department. also tonight. us police say the actor alec baldwin was handed a gun containing a live round on a film set where a colleague was accidentally shot dead. and the australian professional footballer hailed as a hero worldwide for deciding to share the news that he s gay. and later in the hour, we ll have sportsday on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features good evening. the measures announced by the chancellor in today s budget mean that the tax burden is at its highest since the early 1950s, and public spending is set to rise to the levels of the 1970s. rishi sunak explained he was setting the foundations for a vibrant economy emerging from the pandemic in what he called an age of optimism. on the big forecasts, inflation is likely to rise above 4% next year, but the government s own budget watchdog sug ....