details here on breakfast. it s sunday 3 march. our top story: the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesday s budget, telling the sunday telegraph he has to act responsibly. with three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. here is our political correspondent hannah miller. police drones that can assess road traffic accidents one solution chosen by the chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesn t make easy reading. but jeremy hunt says £800 million worth of technology like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years it was time. five years time. at a time when he has less money to play with them he would have hoped for, he is weighing up would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes. the chancellor is under
and extend their lead at the top. in the women s super league, everton score a cracker against manchester city. also coming up on sportsday. we ll have all the latest at the world athletics indoor championships as home favouritejemma reekie makes it through to the 800m final. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. a day of drama in the football to come, but we start with formula one, and the season opening bahrain grand prix. with all the drama off the track for red bull, the team and defending champion max verstappen picked up where they left off last season. verstappen leading his teammate in a dominant win. our correspondent laura scott reports. if there is one person keen to get a grip on the narrative, it is christian horner, having spent weeks denying allegations of inappropriate behaviour, he arrived for the first race flanked by his wife and former spice girl geri horner. a display of unity in the desert amid the drama. it is light out and away we go! who be
we could see snow in the south later. the temperature is rather chilly for the time of year, feeling colder in exposure to the wind and underneath the rain. showersjust about anywhere on saturday were strong and gusty wind across the north and west with lighter wind further inland. still chilly but by the time we get to sunday it should be a little drier with perhaps some sunny spells. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, and welcome to sportsday this thursday night. i m chetan pathak coming up on the programme. sad, shocked and heartbroken world cup winner paul pogba reacts to his four year ban for doping. formula i s biggest season gets under way, with lewis hamilton leading a mercedes one two in practice ahead of saturday s bahrain grand prix. and we ll be in glasgow, as the world s best track and field stars prepare for the world a
A large and high-quality New Zealand team of 114 athletes are set to make their mark at the Oceania Area Championships in Suva, Fiji from Saturday 1 June to Saturday 8 June.