19 Oct 2010

LIVE BLOG: Channel 4 News, Tues 19 Oct

Tonight at 7pm: 42,000 defence jobs to go as Britain’s armed forces are hit with 8 per cent cuts, the latest from massive pension protests in France and is it really bye bye Rooney?

LIVE BLOG: Channel 4 News, Tues 19 Oct

Tonight at 7pm on #c4news: Britain’s armed forces are hit with 8 per cent cuts. Political Editor Gary Gibbon will be analysing the full impact of the Spending Defence Review as the entire fleet of Harrier Jump Jets is scrapped and 42,000 defence jobs axed.

Defence Secretary Liam Fox will be talking to Jon Snow about the measures.

Economics Editor Faisal Islam has exclusive details of job cuts heading for the Ministry of Justice after obtaining a leaked memo.

Meanwhile, Jonathan Rugman is in Paris with the latest on massive pension protests in France.

And is it really bye bye Rooney? North of England Correspondent Nick Martin will be at Old Trafford with that shock news for Manchester United fans.

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