05/03/2017 BBC Weekend News

The Chancellor says there'll be no big spending in this week's Budget,

as Britain prepares for its journey out of the EU.

Labour's urging Philip Hammond to boost funding for public services.

He says the economy's doing well, but there may be

I regard my job as Chancellor as making sure the economy

is resilient and there are reserves in the tank.

We'll be looking at one area where the government

WILL be spending more - on technical education in England.

Explosive allegations from President Trump.

The White House demands that Congress investigates

claims that Donald Trump's phones were tapped but offers no evidence.

Francois Fillon tells a rally of his supporters that he'll stay

in the French presidential race but he faces a crucial day tomorrow.

And identifying Britain's pollution hotspots -

the first of 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 cast itself over

Brexit is dominating politics, and as the Chancellor

makes his spending plans, it dominates his calculations, too.

I regard my job as Chancellor as making sure that our economy

is resilient, that we've got reserves in the tanks,

so as we embark on the journey that we'll be taking over the next couple

of years, we are confident that we've got enough gas

in the tank to see us through the journey.

But domestic pressures are building up, too.

There are 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 Labour is warning more needs to be done.

Not at all, what we're saying is we'll have a fair taxation

system, we'll tackle tax evasion, tax avoidance, we'll make sure

there's no longer giveaways to corporations and the rich,

we'll invest in our economy and grow the economy,

and on that basis we'll be able to afford the public

services that we need, and we'll also be able

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

And the Government won't want any surprises when EU leaders formally

start Brexit negotiations later this month.

The Chancellor expects to get a trade agreement,

Anybody in the European Union who thinks that if we don't do

a deal with the European Union, if we don't continue

to work closely together, Britain will simply,

you know, 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

He's sticking to his cautious approach, until the view of life

Eleanor Garnier, BBC News, Westminster.

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 here with the details.

It's highly symbolic putting technical education at the centre

Businesses are worried about the economic uncertainty ahead.

So from the Chancellor a promise of investment to close

Employers say they need more highly-killed people.

For decades the UK has lagged behind other big economies.

Countries like Germany train more young people

Some companies fear it will be harder to plug skills' gaps

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

Under these plans, technical education will get ?500 million

Now that's to support 15 vocational training routes

Each one targeted to a different industry or type of work.

But all of this is against a background of a decade

Roughly a 13% cut per student in further education

So, in terms of public spending, this new money isn't a lot.

But it's being welcomed by further educationing

But it's being welcomed by further education colleges and here's why.

Funding for 16-19-year-olds in education has been hit very hard

It's not been a priority for Conservative or Labour Governments,

despite whatever rhetoric they may have used.

It's done far worse than funding for schools or other bits

?500 million in that context is welcome but it's

still not going to reverse that relative decline.

Vocational training has long felt like the poor relation, something

the UK may no longer be able to afford.

when this money starts kicking in, the need for homegrown skills

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.

President Trump's shocking and evidence-free claim.

On the Sunday political talk shows this morning,

Claiming the Trump campaign was wire-tapped by President Obama.

In his extraordinary Twitter tirade, Donald Trump accused his predecessor

Barack Obama of being a sick and bad guy who ordered wire

taps at trump Tower in a Watergate-style conspiracy.

And this morning the White House issued a statement asking that

as part of their investigation into Russian activity,

the Congressional Intelligence Committee exercise their oversight

authority to determine whether executive branch

investigative powers were abused in 2016.

But the White House has produced no evidence to back-up the

president's claims and seems to be hoping these

Congressional committees will come up with some.

I think the bigger story isn't who reported it, but is it true?

And I think the American people have a right to know if this

happened because if it did, again, this is the largest

abuse of power that I think we have ever seen.

Senior Democrats have labelled Donald Trump

the "deflector-in-chief", deliberately distracting attention

from the Trump team's interactions with the Russians.

You make up something and then you have the press write

about it and then you say - everybody is writing

about this charge, it's a tool of an authoritarian.

America's former director of national intelligence

is adamant there were no wire taps, he says.

There was no such wire tap activity mounted

against the President-elect at the time, or as a candidate

If there was fight for court order on something like this?

And at this point in time you can't confirm or deny

This weekend has seen pro-Trump rallies around the country,

celebrating his successful speech to Congress and a stock market

But a week that began with a presidential recess has

It's a scandal that just won't go away. As we have gone on air

tonight. A #2kr578 attic new development. It's been reported that

the FBI jector has asked the Justice Department to come out, publicly and

to say that President Trump was wrong. -- a dramatic new

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

corrected. That is a big slapdown from the FBI director.

Thank you Nick in New York. Francois Fillon has told a rally

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

while admitting that it was Mr Fillon is under investigation

for paying his wife a large public salary for work she is alleged not

to have done. 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 a crowd, 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 today turned the fire back on his party

colleagues, telling them it was time TRANSLATION: I have

examined my conscience, and to the men and women of my camp,

I say - it's your turn Will you let the interests

of factions and careers prevail over the greatness and coherence

of a project that has He's lost political allies

and campaign staff, but Francois Fillon has stayed

defiant through it all. Now, with party figures

closing ranks against him, he's gathered his supporters

for a last, desperate show of force. TRANSLATION: I'm convinced by Fillon

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

when we actually need But his supporters are now mainly

voters from the hard Polls suggest that 70%

of the country at large want him 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 truly inside his hard disk

the cult of the chief, He was elected in the primaries,

he was elected by the people, On the other side of Paris today,

a protest by those who say In a television interview tonight,

Francois Fillon made it clear No one can stop me being

a candidate, he said. As party colleagues continue

to abandon him, he still insists 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 30s, was

forced into a car near Redcar She was released

several hours later. The suspects are white men

in their 20s or 30s. 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 miles south of Mosul. Our correspondent Rami Ruhayem

reports from there. The people of Mosul endure yet

another round of fighting between Iraqi government forces

and so-called Islamic State. Exhausted and hungry,

they arrive in droves, in just two hours we saw more

than five bus-loads of people arriving here at the camp

for the permanently displaced. Children bewildered and scared, many

far too young to even understand. 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's

help, but these men say their homes Almost everyone had to walk

through the battlefield, risking their lives,

before finally reaching safety After a long and dangerous

journey on foot, and under fire from all sides,

the refugees from Western Mosul They have escaped with their lives,

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

thousands each day, too many Close by in the temporary camps,

more people are seeking refuge. With such an unrelenting flow,

the authorities can hardly keep up. Soon some are back on the bus

again, headed to other They have little idea

when they will go back to Mosul, and 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 If the traffic is stuck and engines

are idling, the air rapidly So, like in many places,

local radio warns of jams. Instruments on key streets monitor

where there is potentially harmful air and knowing this,

helps to programme the traffic This information we are now getting

is really highlighting where the real pollution,

the potentially harmful health One of the things we could do,

for example, is to improve our transport systems

so that our congested traffic is not queued up outside of primary schools

and old people's homes but instead it's queued in different parts

of the city where there Another approach is to clean up

the vehicles causing the pollution. Here at Bath University,

engineers test a diesel car. Diesels are good for fuel

efficiency, so people were encouraged to buy them,

but they are bad for air quality and Volkswagen was caught

cheating in the tests. The car is made to

simulate real driving. Modern vehicles are fitted

with devices to control pollution. Here they believe they can

make cars much cleaner. This diesel meets the latest

European emissions standards, There is a string of devices

for reducing pollution. This, introduced a couple of years

ago, cuts the amount of nitrogen dioxide and this one is to track

for pollution particles, -- is a trap for pollution

particles. The problem is the sheer number

of diesels out there on the roads One idea is a scheme to scrap older

diesels and the Transport Secretary has warned people to think hard

before There are greener alternatives

but they are more expensive. Whichever way you approach it,

you are asking people to spend more in taxation or more to buy

new vehicles and we need to decide whether that's something

we are comfortable with, Back in Leicester, a new portable

pollution monitor is carried The device in the backpack

measures the air. And on this display,

the lines show how much He and his friends are

suddenly more aware. The people who have found out have

stopped waiting right near the buses after school for their friends,

that I know of. They have been waiting nearer

to the leisure centre and further It's obviously had

an impact on them. The Government is under legal

pressure to unveil a new clean In the meantime, the best advice

is to minimise the time we spend in the busiest

and most-polluted streets. With all the sport, here's

Lizzie Greenwood Hughes England's cricketers have

wrapped-up the one day series against West Indies early,

winning the second match Tips for tourists in Antigua. Stay

in the shade, dress appropriately, take early wickets. England got two.

Both for Steven Finn, moving him to 100 in One Day Internationals. The

ball was is swinging, the ball wasn't. Still batting was

achallenge, only Jason Mohammed of the West Indies' batsmen managed

with any conviction. He made 50 but his team-mates found England had a

plan for everything this. Catch a two-man job. Another step it could

have been six. England made the impressive look simple. When he is

on form that's how Jason Roy bats. Chasing 225 seemed a stroll. What

happens when that reassuring smile disappears, though. England's world,

whirled. A familiar sign against spin bowling. Joe Root was still in.

The Test captain merely a lieutenant in one day cricket but alongside

Chris Woakes he led England to the win and to the Series.

Today's football results coming-up now.

Match of the Day 2 follows the news, except in Scotland where it's

Sportscene first, so if you don't want to know, you know what to do.

Harry Kane is the Premier League's top scorer after a brace of goals

Manchester City moved behind them into third

Meanwhile, Celtic will face old firm rivals Rangers in the semi-finals

of the Scottish Cup after thumping St Mirren and Aberdeen,

who beat Partick, will face holders Hibernian.

Great Britain's Laura Muir has won an historic double at the European

She added the 3000m title to her 1500m gold from yesterday.

Winning by more than 8 seconds for another Championship record.

Muir's team mate Asha Phillip then went on to win the 60m

Tony Bellew has revealed he broke his hand during his surprise victory

The much-hyped British heavyweight boxing showdown ended

with both fighters injured and considering their futures.

Our Correspondent Andy Swiss reports.

For the man who was once in a Rocky movie, it really

Few had tipped Tony Bellew and soon it was the heavier

In the sixth round, Haye stumbled, injuring his ankle.

Suddenly he could barely move and Bellew sensed his chance.

COMMENTATOR: Can David Haye even get up?

Somehow he could but come the 11th his fading hopes

With the cameras snapped around him, Haye tried desperately to scramble

back to his feet but his team decided enough was enough.

Bellew had done it and after a build-up dominated

by threats and insults, the warmest of embraces.

Haye left for treatment on his Achilles, while Bellew later

revealed he'd broken his hand but the toxic trash talking

I told him, "Thank you, you've helped me secure my kids' future."

He said, "No, thank you for making such a great fight",

he said "I can't believe you are still standing."

A fight with no title at stake, perhaps, but with no