hosepipe ban is being imposed from june. anyone caught flouting the ban will face a fine. the boss of tesco says there are early signs that price rises are starting to slow. ken murphy was speaking as the firm announced sales about 9% in the three months up to the end of may. compared with a year earlier. food inflation has its i9% over the last year, but mr murphy said it was unfair to criticise the supermarkets. more on all of the stories on the bbc website. you are life with bbc news. swiss cyclist gina mara has died after crashing heavily on the fifth stage of the tour dismiss. they were involved in
tory government. so, they are certainly making that argument. at a time in which inflation is proving very sticky at 8.7%, the headline rate, but far worse for food, i9% last month, food and nonalcoholic drink inflation year on year, at a time when not only people at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum who are really struggling to make ends meet, but people who are trying to deal with remortgaging their house, given how precipitous interest rate rises have been, i think there will be people who think this is very indulgent, and the government should be focusing all its attention on trying to help people with the cost of living, trying to help with issues like the nhs, which still faces huge backlogs, and indeed deal with immigration, which polls consistently show is the third most important issues to voters in the uk. ., ~ , ., important issues to voters in the
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is still running at more than i9%, but as households everywhere grapple with the costs, we ve been taking a look at how the uk compares to other big european countries when it comes the price of some of the basics. let s get the latest with our business correspondent emma simpson. emma, you ve been crunching the numbers, how did you work this out? comparing food prices between different countries is really tricky to do. we work with the consumer data analytics firm, and they looked at 23 categories in march across germany, france, italy, the netherlands, spain and across the uk. what we focused on was comparable products, branded and own label products, then i got an average price per unit and converted it from euros into sterling. what would he find? it was a mixed bag. i have a few examples to show you.
innings against australia in the final of the will to stand australia looking to extend their lead as they getjust begin their second innings. catch all of the updates on the bbc sport website. rising food prices have been affecting customers at the supermarket tills for months and the latest figures suggest uk food inflation is still running at more than i9%. but as households everywhere grapple with the costs, we ve been taking a look at how the uk compares to other big european countries when it comes the price of some of the basics. earlier we heard from our business correspondent, emma simpson. who started by explaining how this was all worked out. comparing food prices between different countries is really tricky to do. we worked with the consumer data analytics firm simakan and they looked at 23 categories in march across germany, france, italy, the