eighth in the premier league and face a first season without european football since 2009 10. the final elements of the deal are being finalised before an announcement. and postecoglou may well be without his best player. that s because harry kane is thought to be top of real madrid s wanted list this summer. the england captain only has a year left on his contract and is undecided on his future. there an emotional farewell from zlatan ibrahimovic as he retired from football at the age of 41. the ac milan striker had already announced that he would leave the club this summer and brought the curtain down on his career after their final league game against monza. the swede is the all time top goal scorer for his country and scored 511 goals for clubs including paris saint germain, manchester united and both milan sides, winning league titles in four different countries. to the french open now, where the women s defending champion iga swiatek set up a mouth watering quarterfinal
baked a cake, full of natural ingredients? make your own muesli? is life too short? how much of these ultra processed foods do you eat, do you worry about the risks, how much do you know, or is convenience and cost absolutely key in this busy and expensive world? that is in a nutshell. in touch. good morning, it is the nation s phone in and here is the news from nick hatfield. good morning. prince harry is expected to give evidence at the high court this week in his long running legalfight at the high court this week in his long running legal fight over privacy. the duke of sussex was mirror group newspapers used illegal methods to gain information, they are contesting the claims. russia says it has stopped a large scale ukrainian offensive in the donetsk region of the country. moscow aims to have killed 250 ukrainian soldiers, kyiv has not commented on the claims. examples say gcse and a level papers being sold online are fake. bbc research has found students are being conne
over new claims that he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. he denies any wrongdoing. the independent police watchdog is to send investigators to cardiff following monday night s riot which started after two teenage boys were killed in a crash. the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player. good morning. iamon i am on the roof of the bbc in london, where the sun is beating down. for england and wales we are looking at it day of sunny intervals, variable cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, cloud and spots of rain, but brightening up. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th may. our main story. inflation in the uk is expected to fall below 10% for the first time since august, when official figures are released injust over an hour. economists have predicted the current rate of 10.1% could drop sharp
used to. the fork to farm summit, the prime minister at meeting stakeholders, cheaper cuts, needs must and they will be discussing how we improve food security and production. we ve also got new figues from which? that put food inflation for april at over i7% the consumer group says prices ofjuice, chocolate, water, fish, chilled ready meals and cheese are continuing to rise. the british retail consortium saying it is confident that supermarkets are doing all they can to keep food prices low. get in touch with us this morning. food prices, reality or rip off? here is the news from karishma patel. thank you. the latest figures show the number of people not working due to long term illness is at a record high. the office for national statistics also found wages are rising at their fastest rate for 20 years but that those increases are being outstripped by inflation. vodafone is to cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years which is about a tenth of its workforce. this w
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