Are put in to bat on an overcast first morning of the third test against sri lanka. They already hold an unassailable 2 0 series lead. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. The Prison Population in england and wales has hit a record high for the second week in a row. The latest figures show there are now more than 88,500 inmates. Thats a rise of almost 1,200 in five weeks. Around half of those are cases linked to this summers riots. In a few days time, the governments temporary early Release Scheme will begin, and some offenders will be able to leave jail at an earlier point in their sentences. Lets speak now to our Uk Correspondent daniel sandford. Daniel, what are these high numbers doing to the Prison System . Last week, i was sitting here talking to your audience about the Prison Population hitting an all time high. This week its even higher, and essentially what happened is on the 30th Ofjuly when the rioting Started this summer, the Prison Population has been rising
In the 90s and early 00s. Now this comes hot on the heels of disappointing china trade data on tuesday showing exports sank at their fastest rate since the pandemic. Global demand for chinese made goods is falling, down more 14 in the year tojuly. But domestic demand is down too with imports also falling by more than 12 in the same period. Earlier, i spoke to janet mui, whos the head of Market Analysis at rbc brewin dolphin, and she explained where the deflation was coming from. Deflation data, basically mostly coming from food prices and also commodities prices like raw materials, energy, etc. Actually, if you look at the underlying inflation, things like services, things like tourism, leisure, hotels, actually they are up. The Core Inflation is up from 0. 4 to 0. 8 , but obviously its still pretty muted. So overall, i think it is a concern that china prices are contracting and it could be lasting for a while as well. How likely do you think it is, though, that china is going to be
we will hear from nigel mansell in a moment, a former world champion and ferrari driver but first here is our formula 1 correspondent. we thought he would see out his career at mercedes and that would be how he would spend the rest of his days. this move to ferrari something that tempted him and has been a temptation for his whole career. he has always flirted with the idea of being a ferrari driver. he owns ferraris as well. and this seems to be a good time for him to move. the regulations are changing in 2026 as we have already heard, and he has done this before. he has lined up a move and almost found the time for that move before it was due to happen. and it seems like he is pre empting what is going to happen in 2026, and hopefully, for him, and of the world championship. i think the timing could be right for lewis hamilton because ferrari has been knocking on the door of the world championship for the last four or so years so they are ready to win and i m sure if lewis