to continue their unbeaten run. and the emotional moment d day veteran harry billinge finally sees the normandy memorial he helped fund. what a waste of life. marvellous men, marvellous men. this is a marvellous memorial. i never thought i d be here, really. it s wednesday 27th october. our main story. the chancellor, rishi sunak, will deliver his budget later today, with a promise to prepare for a new post covid economy. a number of policies have already been announced, including nhs funding and a rise in the national living wage. but the government is under pressure to do more to help people struggling with the rising cost of living. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. rishi sunak showing off his footwear and socks in a set of photos released by the treasury of the chancellor preparing for today. chatting through the budget with his advisers, always with an eye to his image. his dog nova even features, as do his snacks. but by the time we get to this moment lat
good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it won t be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it stay dry? well, actually, we are expecting some showers this afternoon at wimbledon. for most, rain in the north of scotland, rain in northern ireland putting eastwards. behind all of that, sunshine and showers. a day for taking the brolly. more later. good morning. it s monday, the 3rd ofjuly. it appears to have been a calmer night across france, after the family of a teenager shot dead by police said they did not want his death to spark riots. police made around 80 arrests overnight, down from mo
but tonight its the turn of chelsea who travel to middlesbrough. their boss michael carrick has described the tie as an unbelievable opportunity , whilst mauricio pochettino says the most important thing this evening is to respect the championship side. it is important for chelsea because this is about winning games and winning trophies. we have in front of a very good opportunity. we have to perform in a best way if we want to reach the final. first of all, it is the second leg. it is most important with our team that we still need to improve a lot and the most important is to respect our opponent, a very good team and it will be very tough to play against them. in terms of cup competitions it is a one off, it is a relief from the week to week situation of going for the league, so there is a freshness about it, really. you reenergise in some ways, can be later on the players, round the club, round the town, so that is what cup competitions bring and that is why they can be
google s parent company, alphabet, and microsoft have both unveiled quarterly report cards that beat expectations. alphabet shares jumped a little more than 1.5% in after hours trade, as the company announced that its quarterly revenue rose to more than $69 billion. that s 3% higher than the previous year. microsoft stock also got a boost in extended trading, up a smidge over 8.5%, with a quarterly revenue beat that was mainly driven by growth in its cloud computing businesses. of briefings at insider intelligence. some signs of resilience here? yes. although clyde either one or two caveats that. expectations have drops considerably in the last year so this is the type of growth that both of these companies would have been mortified by just a year ago and now expectations have dropped to the point that this is meeting the point that this is meeting the mega expectations of the market is a win. the mega expectations of the market is a win. there is a lot of chat right marke