Family budget hopes
Eric Wodke from Quorn says he hopes the chancellor will bring VAT back down to 17.5% and fule prices will be capped or reduced.
The chancellor George Osborne has started announcing details of this year's budget.
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Fire started by heater
by Emma Woods
Two children rescued from fire started by heater
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Fire fighters rescue mother and two children
A mother and her two children are in hospital after they were rescued from a fire at a house in Baskerville Road in Stoke on Trent. A 22 year old woman and her two children, a six year old boy and a two year old girl, were taken to North Staffordshire hospital. They are in a stable condition.
Mum and children 'stable' after house fire.
Three In Hospital After Fire
A mother and two children, aged six and three, are in hospital after a house fire in Hanley, Stoke early today.
The three-year-old is said to be in 'a very serious condition'.
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