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tomorrow. And identifying Britain's pollution hotspots, the first in a

series of reports on the air we breathe.

The Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, has played down expectations of big

spending announcements in the budget on Wednesday, saying that Britain

needs 'fuel in the tank' as it prepares to leave

With Labour calling for increased spending on public services

including health and social care, the Chancellor says that

although the economy is performing well, spending sprees

He's also warned the EU that Britain will fight back if Brexit

Here's our political correspondent, Eleanor Garnier.

These days a long shadow casts itself over Westminster and

Whitehall. Brexit is dominating politics and, as the Chancellor

makes spending plans, it dominates his calculations. I regard my job as

Chancellor is making sure that our economy is resilient, that we have

reserves in the tank so, as we embark on the journey will take over

the next couple of years, we are confident we have enough gas in the

tank to see us through the journey. But domestic pressures are building

up to. The repeated calls for more money for the NHS. Plus, claims

social care is in crisis and desperately needs extra funding. The

Chancellor says this is no time for a spending spree, but never worn

more needs to be done. We are saying we will have a fairer taxation

system, we will tackle tax avoidance, with the nature and there

are no longer give voice to corporations and the rich, we will

grow our economy and on that basis we will be able to afford the public

services we need and we will pay their wages. The Chancellor might

have abandoned the target and timetable of his predecessor, George

Osborne, but he hasn't abandoned the commitment to dealing with the

deficit. Economic forecasts might be looking up, but don't expect any

fireworks in the budget. And the government will not want any

surprises when EU leaders formally start Brexit negotiations later this

month. The Chancellor expects to get a trade agreement, but has a

warning. Anybody in the European Union who thinks that if we do not

do a deal with the European Union, if we do not continue to work

closely together, Britain will simply slink off as a wounded

animal, that is not going to happen. British people have a great fighting

spirit and we will fight back. The Chancellor has called those who want

higher borrowing confused and reckless, he is sticking to his

cautious approach until the view of life outside the EU becomes clearer.

The Chancellor did announce some new spending today,

up to ?500 million a year by 2022, to improve skills and technical

Our education editor, Branwen Jeffreys, is

It's highly symbolic putting technical education

Businesses are worried about the economic uncertainty ahead.

So, from the chancellor a promise of investment

Employers say they need more highly skilled people. For decades the UK

has lagged behind other big economies, countries like Germany

technical skills. Some companies technical skills. Some companies

fear it will be harder to plug skills gaps once we leave the EU.

The money promised in the budget will support big changes in England.

Under these plans, technical education will get ?500 million

extra a year by 2022. That is to support 15 vocational training

routes for students from the age of 16. Each one is targeted to a

different industry or type of work. All of this is against a background

of a decade of falling spending, roughly a 13% cut per student in

further education between 4010 and 2020. In terms of public spending,

this new money is not a lot, but it has been welcomed by further

education colleges and here is why. Funding for 16 to 19-year-olds in

education has been hit hard for a long period. It has not been a

priority for Conservative or Labour governments, despite the rhetoric

they might have used. They have done worse than funding for other bits of

the education system. ?500 million in that context is welcome but not

going to reverse the relative decline. Vocational training has

long felt like the relation. Something the UK might no longer be

able to afford. In a couple of years, when this money start kicking

in, the need for Hong Kong skills will be even greater.

The former US Director of National Intelligence has denied

there was any wire-tapping of Donald Trump's phones during last

year's election campaign, after explosive allegations made

The White House has now asked Congress to investigate if phones

in Trump Tower were tapped, but offered no evidence

A spokesman for Barack Obama said the allegations were simply false.

Our North America correspondent, Nick Bryant, reports from New York.

Bombshell, President Trump's shocking evidence free claim. On the

Sunday talk shows this morning, one main topic of discussion. Claiming

the trump campaign was wiretapped by President Obama. In his

extraordinary period, President Trump accused his predecessor being

a sick and the bad guy who ordered wire traps Trump Tower in the

Watergate style conspiracy. The White House issued a statement

asking the spread of the investigation into Russian activity,

the congressional intelligence committee exercise their oversight

authority to determine whether the executive branch investigative

powers were used in 2016. The White House has produced no evidence to

back up the claims and seems to be hoping these congressional

committees will come up with some. Let's get the truth, let's find out.

The bigger story is and who reported it, but is it true? The American

people have a right to know if this happened because if it did, again,

this is the largest abuse of power that we have ever seen. Senior

Democrats have levelled Donald Trump the deflector in chief, distracting

attention from the Trump team interactions with Russians. You'd

make up something, you have the press write about it and then you

say everyone is writing about this charge. It is a tool of an

authoritarian. The former director of National intelligence is adamant,

there were no wiretaps, he says. There was no such wiretap activity

voted against the president, President elect at the time, as a

candidate against his campaign. You would be told this? I would know

this. At this point, you cannot confirm or deny that? I can deny it.

This week and has seen prove Trump rallies around the country,

celebrating his successful speech to Congress and a stock market scoring

to record levels. A week that began with the presidential reset has

ended once again with Russia. It is a scandal that will not go

away and as we have gone on terror, a dramatic new development. It has

been reported that the FBI director, James Comey, has asked the Justice

Department to come out publicly and say that President Trump was wrong

that this is a false accusation and it needs to be corrected. That is a

big slap down from the FBI director. Francois Fillon has told a rally

of his supporters that he'll stay in the French presidential race,

while admitting that he misjudged how to deal with questions about

employing his wife and children. He says he won't walk

away from his campaign, but faces a key test tomorrow

with a statement due from his former rival Alain Juppe

and a meeting of party officials. Our Paris correspondent,

Lucy Williamson, reports. Despite the temporary comfort of the

crowd, Francois Fillon is an isolated man. His party no longer

united behind him, his campaign director gone, his candidacy

dismissed by some as a collective suicide mission. After weeks of

pressure to step aside, Mr Fillon turned the fire back on his party

colleagues, telling them it was time to make up their mind. I have

examined by conscience and, to the men and women of my camp, I say it

is your turn to examine your conscience. Will you let the

interests of factions and careers prevail over at the greatness of a

project that has the support of millions? He has lost the political

allies and camping stuff but Francois Fillon has stayed to

through it all. Now with party figures are closing ranks against

him, he has gathered his supporters for a last, desperate show of force.

On stage beside him, his wife Penelope, paint her as his assistant

was a mistake he said, but not illegal. I am convinced by the long,

even more when I see people giving up and leaving the ship when we need

someone like him. But his supporters are mainly photos from the hard

right of the party, polling suggests 70% of the country at large want to

go. And that his party rival, Alain Juppe, has a much better chance of

making it to the presidential palace. So, why is Mr Fillon so

determined to hold on? He has, in his hard disc, the cult of the

chief. The chief and the people. He was elected in the primaries that

the people. So, he wants to remember only this sequence, he does not want

to realise the rest. On the other side of Paris, a protest by those

who say they want him gone. In a television interview, Francois

Fillon made it clear that would be no political suicide, no one can

stop me being a candidate, he said, as party colleagues continue to

abandon him he insists allegiance is their only choice.

Cleveland Police are looking for two men who raped a woman

after abducting her in broad daylight with her toddler.

The woman, who was in her thirties, was forced into a car

She was released several hours later.

The suspects are white men in their twenties or thirties.

Iraqi troops are said to be close to recapturing the main government

building in western Mosul amid intense clashes

Aid agencies say more than 200,000 people have now fled the city,

many seeking shelter in a camp at Hamam Al Alil, 20

Our correspondent, Rami Ruhayem, reports from there.

The people of Mosul in here another round of fighting between Iraqi

government forces and so-called Islamic State. Many women trapped

within the city. Others decided to flee. Exhausted and hungry, they

arrived in droves. Just two hours we sought more than five bus-loads of

people arriving here at Hamam Al Alil, they can for the internally

displaced. Children, bewildered and scared. Many far too young to even

understand. Isis were firing at us, most of the women died. We were all

just running and running. The mortars raining on our heads. Until

we got to the Army. Some were grateful for the Army help, but

these men said their homes were hit by army shelling. Almost everyone

had to walk through the battlefield, risking their lives before finally

reaching 70 and getting on one of these buses. After a long and

dangerous journey on foot and under fire from all sides, the refugees

from western Mosul arrived here at Hamam Al Alil. They have escaped

with their lives but their misery is not yet over. And they keep coming,

thousands each day, too many for authorities to cope with.", another

temporary camp, more people seeking refugees -- refuge. The authorities

can hardly keep up with such an unrelenting flow. Some are back on

the bus again, heading to the camps across the region. They have little

idea when they will go back to Mosul were what they will find there when

the battle is over. Ahead of this week's

Budget, the Government is considering a range of measures

designed to clean up the air With toxic pollution linked

to thousands of deaths each year the High Court has ordered ministers

to come up with urgent solutions. In the first of a series

of reports this week, looking at ways to improve the air

we breathe, here's our science The congested streets of Leicester,

a city with typical levels of pollution. If the traffic is stuck

and engines are idling, the air becomes less healthy. Extra busy for

you and Cambridge Road. So, like in many places, local radio ones of

jams. A control centre keeps watch. Instruments on the streets monitor

where there is potentially harmful air. Knowing this helps to programme

traffic lights to keep the roads moving. This information we are

getting is highlighting where the real pollution, the potentially

harmful health effects might be in our cities. One thing we could do is

improve our transport system is so are congested traffic is not queued

up outside of primary schools and old peoples homes, but is queued up

in different parts of the city where there will be less harm. Another

approach is to clean up the vehicles causing pollution. Here at Bath

University, engineers test the diesel car. Diesel is good for fuel

efficiency, some people were encouraged to buy them, but they are

bad for air quality and Volkswagen was caught cheating the tests. The

car is made too similar real driving. Modern vehicles are fitted

with the spices to control pollution. They believe they can

make cars are much cleaner. This diesel meets the latest European

Commission 's dates. Especially that means. This is string of devices for

reducing pollution, this was introduced a couple of years ago cut

nitrogen dioxide and this is a trap for pushing particles introduced

about it years ago. The problem is the sheer number of diesel cars out

there that do not have any of this. One idea is a scheme to scrap older

diesels. Transport Secretary has warned people to think hard before

buying a new diesel. There are greener alternatives, but they are

more expensive, so who should pay for cleaner cars? Whichever way you

approach it, you are asking people who spent more in taxation, more to

buy new vehicles. We need to decide whether that is something we are

comfortable with the Society. In Leicester, a new portable pollution

monitor is carried by 14-year-old Logan Eddie. The device in the

backpack measures the air. On this display, the lines shall have much

experience because of pollution. He and his friends are more aware. The

people who found out have stopped whipping bosses after schools for

their friends. They have been waiting closer to the leisure

centre. Further away from the bosses. It has had an impact on

them. The government is under legal pressure to unveil a new clean the

next month. In the meantime, the best advice is to minimise the time

spent in the busiest and most streets.

With all the sport, here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes

Good evening. England cricketers have wrapped up the series against

the West Indies early winning the second match in Antigua. Tips for

tourists in Antigua, stay in the shade, dressed appropriately, take

early wickets. England got to come up with the Steven Finn, leaving him

to 101-day internationals. The ball was swaying. Still, batting for the

challenge. Only Jason Mohammad managed it with any conviction. He

hit 50, but his team-mates found in the plan for everything. This catch,

a two-man job. Another step that would have been six. England made

the impressive look simple. That is how Jason Roy bats, chasing 225

seemed destroyed. What happens when the reassuring smile disappears? A

familiar failure against spin bowling there for all to see.

Suddenly, six men were out, but Joe Root was still in. The test captain

merely a new tenant here, but he led Chris Woakes to the win and to the

series. If the results come up now. Much of the day two follows the

sports scene. If you want to wait, sports scene. If you want to wait,

you know what to do. Harry Kane is the Premier League top scorer after

a brace of goals in the 3-3 win over Everton. Manchester City move to

third after beating Sunderland 2-0. Celtic will face old firm rivals

Rangers in the semifinals of the Scottish cup after thumping Saint

Mirren and Aberdeen beat Partick and will face Hibernian. Laura Meer has

won an historic double at the European indoor Championships in

Belgrade. She added the 3000 metres title to the 1500 gold from

yesterday. Winning by more than eight seconds for another

championship record. The team-mate, Asha Philip went on to win the 60

metres in the British record time. The only value has revealed he broke

his hand during his surprise victory over David Hague last night. The

much hyped boxing showdown ended with both fighters injured and

considering their futures. For the man who was once in a Rocky movie,

it really was a Hollywood ending. Few had tipped to only value and

soon it was the heavier, David Hague, packing a punch. Then a

twist. In the sixth round, he stumbled injuring his ankle,

suddenly he could barely move and Bellew sensed his chance. Somehow he

could. Come the 11th, his fading hopes went through the ropes. The

cameras snapped around him, he tried desperately to scramble back to his

feet. His team decided enough was enough. Bellew had done it after a

build-up dominated by threats and insults the warmest of embraces. The

fight had taken its toll. He left for treatment on his Achilles and

Bellew revealed he had broken his hand, but the toxic trash talking

had turned to respect. I told him thank you. He has helped me secure

my kid's future. He said thank you for such a great fight. They fight

with no title at stake, but no shortage of pride. That is the

sport. They look at The Papers is coming up

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