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
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rate rises expected. the uk s biggest farming insurer says criminals have laid siege to the countryside after it recorded a 22% increase in the cost of rural crime last year. nfu mutual says some thieves are using drones and social media to scope out valuable agricultural equipment. joe inwood reports. for luke, this is now part of his daily routine. every day, he spends two hours securing his 4,000 acre cambridgeshire farm. he s even hired private security. that s because he s been the victim of 30 different crimes in just one year. what i ll do is i ll take you to the other side and i ll show you some of the issues. speaking last winter, he told the bbc that not one had been solved. we ve had generators stolen, we ve had batteries stolen off machinery, pieces of stainless steel. if it s not bolted down well enough, they ll come and cut it out
the uk s biggest farming insurer says criminals have laid siege to the countryside after it recorded a 22% increase in the cost of rural crime last year. nfu mutual says some thieves are using drones and social media to scope out valuable agricultural equipment, asjoe inwood reports. for luke, this is now part of his daily routine. every day, he spends two hours securing his 4,000 acre cambridgeshire farm. he s even hired private security. that s because he s been the victim of 30 different crimes in just one year. what i ll do is i ll take you to the other side and i ll show you some of the issues. speaking last winter, he told the bbc that not one had been solved. we ve had generators stolen, we ve had batteries stolen off machinery, pieces of stainless steel. if it s not bolted down well enough, they ll come and cut it out and take it, anyway. according to new figures
thieves are using drones and social media to scope out valuable agricultural equipment. joe inwood reports. for luke, this is now part of his daily routine. every day, he spends two hours securing his 4,000 acre cambridgeshire farm. he s even hired private security. that s because he s been the victim of 30 different crimes in just one year. what i ll do is i ll take you to the other side and i ll show you some of the issues. speaking last winter, he told the bbc that not one had been solved. we ve had generators stolen, we ve had batteries stolen off machinery, pieces of stainless steel. if it s not bolted down well enough, they ll come and cut it out and take it, anyway. according to new figures from the insurer nfu mutual, rural crime in cambridgeshire has more than doubled in a single year. across the uk, it s up by a fifth. expensive machinery is often stolen,