He did not commit. A man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape has welcomed a government decision to scrap rules which meant people who had been cleared by the courts could be charged for living costs incurred injail. Andrew malkinson told the bbc the change was a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done to support people who were wrongly convicted. 0ur correspondent Sarah Campbell has this report. To add insult to injury, the rules, at this point, said he would have to pay back his living costs while wrongly imprisoned. I pay back his living costs while wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to a these wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these peeple wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these people for wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these people for doing wrongly imprisoned. I thought, to pay these people for doing what l pay these people for doing what doing to me is the most sickening, abhorrent, repugnant thing i could imagine. The guilty dont pay, why should t
Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon
And a large part of that has been driven by growth in the manufacturing and the construction space. Some of the numbers do offer a lot of question marks because if you look at agriculture, if you look at industries, you know, our core sector data is from steel, cement, all of them have actually shrunk. Consumption, in fact, has also been weak too, almost for the nine months it grew by only 5 . And thats why there was there has been a lot of question mark, but a large bit of this has been pushed by the Government Spending in the construction space. You know, Building Infrastructure around the country and some bit of private capital and private investments also seem to be flowing in to the economy right now. And that has pushed the growth to this level right before the national elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term in power. Narendra modi. And this is the premise, the high growth rate where india has become somewhere an alternative to china for most compan