i m lewis vaughan jones. i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the daily global, where we bring you the daily global, where we bring you the top stories from around the world. we start in south london where an eight year old girl has died and 15 people have been injured after a car crashed into a primary school. it s a girl school for children between 4 11. it happened just before 10am during what was thought to be a children s garden party for the last day of term. ten people were taken to hospital. a woman in her 40s has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. tables, chairs and mats laid out. a sense of excitement about the last day of term. the young girls celebrating the end of school for the summer. now a terrible, heartbreaking scene. this outdoor party crushed beneath the car. just before ten this morning, the land rover smashed into one of the buildings at the study prep school. the damage done to
apparently minutes before a crash in which two teenagers died, leading to riots. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann begin searching a reservoir in portugal. in sydney tens of thousands fill a stadium to see india s prime minister, narendra modi, addressing a rally. a bbc investigation finds some vapes confiscated in schools contain lead and other metals. the rmt union have announced that london underground workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending their mandate to continue to take strike action, this is in the long running dispute overjobs and pensions and conditions, so that is london underground workers voting to extend their strike action so there could be more pain ahead for commuters. another story we are following in the algarve, the search is continuing this is the long running investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann. this is a dam which is 50 kilometres away from where the british title i missing 16 years ago.
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 the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player.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
most of the time patients have a great experience but we must not paper over the problems we face. we expect backlogs to rise before they fall. a teenager is arrested after a 15 year old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. five british captives who were held by russian backed forces in ukraine are released in a prisoner exchange. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. retiring tennis champion roger federer will play the final match of his career in a doubles team alongside his long time rival rafael nadal as part of the laver cup tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. interest rates have been raised to 2.25%, the highest level since 2008. it s the seventh consecutive time that they ve been increased by the bank of england, in an attempt to curb soaring prices. the rate has gone up from 1.75%. the bank of e
more money for social care in england to help free up nhs beds, but critics say it s just tinkering around the edges. iranian police and anti government protesters clash in tehran for a seventh day in the worst unrest for years after the death of a young woman in police custody. and launching the see monster, the latest project in a festival of creativity in the uk, costing the taxpayer £120 million. is it worth it? and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel england s cricketers convincingly crushed in karachi as pakistan level the t20 series with a ten wicket win. good evening. interest rates have risen to their highest level for 14 years, heaping extra costs on mortgage holders, credit card users and businesses. the governor of the bank of england warned that the uk economy may already be in recession. rates have risen by 0.5% today the seventh hike in a row as the bank tries to curb inflation. interest rates now stand at 2.25%. our economics editor faisal isla