has not changed. officers are able to be as brutal as they want, and nobody holds them to account. and until that happens, there s no way the police are going to move forward. in the us, fox news comes to a 600 million pound settlement with the voting machine company dominion over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. and ukraine s eurovision hopefuls happy to pose for selfies but the war is never far from their minds. and coming up on bbc news, manchester have one foot in the champions league semi finals as they go to germany with a 3 0 lead, aiming to finish the job against bayern munich. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. soaring prices for bread, cereal and chocolate meant the cost of living rose more than expected last month. inflation, which measures the rate at which prices are going up, was at 10.1% in the year to march. that is down from 10.4% in february, but it had been widely expected to fall below 10%. food prices have remained stubbo
he scores! and, manchester city sail past bayern munich to reach the semi finals of the champions league. and coming up on bbc news, kyren wilson scores the first 147 break of this years world snooker championship in sheffield. but is it enough for a place in round two? good evening. the unrelenting pressure on household budgets has been demonstrated by the latest inflation figures, which showed a very sharp rise in the cost of food and soft drinks, pushing the cost of living even higher. inflation remained in double digits last month, falling only slightly to 10.1% in march. that s down from 10.4% in february, but experts had predicted a biggerfall. more expensive bread, cereals and chocolate caused the overall average price of food and non alcoholic drinks to increase by a rather hefty 19% in the year to march the fastest annual rate for nearly half a century. economists say it s now far more likely that the bank of england will raise its base interest rate next month, a
but it s currently home to nearly 60 families in temporary and emergency accommodation, many living in overcrowded conditions. caitlin and her daughter evie have been here a year. they share a bed most of the time. sometimes i actually have to sleep on the floor because she takes up the whole bed space. and if i wake her up so i can scooch her up a little bit, she will wake up. and then it makes it quite difficult for her to just go back to sleep. the lack of space means there are no baths in each property, and as evie hates showers, her mum has to improvise. to make up for the whole bath situation, ijust use a bucket and i fill that up with water and soap, add a few toys in there. it s the closest i can do to replicate a bath for her. i put lots of toys in. we do put a lot of toys in there.
guided tour of their home. this is the kitchen part, this is the table where i have to work and eat, so when i am working, my daughter has to eat on the sofa. joanna, who works from home, pays £860 a month for this. this room is to share between me and my daughter. so we only have one bed, which we share, we sleep in the bed together. we have just got one wardrobe, but i let her have that wardrobe for her clothes. it s so squeezed that denny has to do her homework on the floor. we deserve to have at least one single bed each and one wardrobe each. this is not good enough. the lack of space means the 56 families in this block have to use communal washing machines. for caitlin and her daughter evie, the lack of a bath in each flat is the problem. to make up for the whole bath situation, ijust use a bucket. i fill that up with water and soap, add a few toys in there.