NEWS FOR 4/03/2021 (Thursday the 4^th of March, 2021 - 5:39:05am gmt)

• Polls suggest public approve of chancellor's budget despite looming tax rises
  Posted on Thursday, 4/03/2021, 12:22:00am gmt
  Rishi Sunak's spend now, tax later budget has received a broad welcome from voters, according to two snap opinion polls carried out after the chancellor's statement.
  
  
• Budget omissions might be more important than what was included
  Posted on Wednesday, 3/03/2021, 11:17:00pm gmt
  So what was missing from Budget 2021? 
  
  
• Budget calculator: Find out if you are better or worse off
  Posted on Wednesday, 3/03/2021, 6:33:00pm gmt
  Are you richer or poorer?
  
  
• Buckingham Palace investigating bullying claims as duchess says she was victim of 'smear campaign'
  Posted on Wednesday, 3/03/2021, 6:31:00pm gmt
  Buckingham Palace has said it is investigating claims of bullying after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said they were victims of a "smear campaign".
  
  
• MI5 boosts protection from Russia but can't guarantee another Salisbury-style attack won't happen
  Posted on Wednesday, 3/03/2021, 10:04:00am gmt
  MI5 has bolstered protection for people in the UK deemed at risk from Russia and is doing "everything we can" to prevent another Salisbury-style poisoning, but there are no "absolute guarantees", a senior intelligence officer has told Sky News.
  
  
• DNA proves convicted serial child killer is innocent say scientists
  Posted on Thursday, 4/03/2021, 1:43:00am gmt
  Dozens of scientists and doctors are demanding the release of Kathleen Folbigg, who is serving 30 years in jail after being convicted of killing her four children.
  
  
• Civil suit over Harry Dunn's death can go ahead in the US, judge rules
  Posted on Wednesday, 3/03/2021, 11:28:00pm gmt
  Harry Dunn's family has been given permission to go ahead with a civil claim against the teenager's alleged killer and her husband.
  
  
• Nine out of 10 COVID-19 deaths have been in countries with high rates of obesity
  Posted on Wednesday, 3/03/2021, 10:48:00pm gmt
  Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 deaths could have been avoided if obesity rates had not been so high, according to the World Obesity Federation.
  
  
• Third time is not a charm: Space X's rocket lands but then explodes
  Posted on Thursday, 4/03/2021, 3:03:00am gmt
  SpaceX's rocket has exploded just minutes after the Starship's first successful landing.
  
  
• Ant Middleton criticises SAS: Who Dares Wins as 'managed and inauthentic' as he walks away
  Posted on Tuesday, 2/03/2021, 9:40:00am gmt
  Former soldier Ant Middleton has fought back over Channel 4's claims it had severed ties with him over his "personal conduct".
  
  
• Budget 2021: UK's tax burden to 'reach highest levels since 1960s'
  Posted on Thursday, 4/03/2021, 2:56:36am gmt
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak says decisions made in his Budget might not be "popular" but are "honest".
  
  

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