notes were marked without his consent. and in the skies above lincolnshire a lancaster bomber marks the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids. on bbc london. the large sinkhole that s appeared in a field near amersham above a tunnel being built for the h52 high speed rail line. some campaigners want work to stop. good evening. we start tonight with the news that the manufacturers of vauxhall vehicles in the uk have urged the government to renegotiate part of the brexit trade agreement or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, one of the world s biggest car manufacturers, whose business includes vauxhall, peugeot, citroen, and fiat, says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the conditions of the brexit free trade deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable, given the surge in the cost of raw materials, and the prospect of tariffs between the uk and the eu would make exports uncompetitive. our economics editor fais
are also off the shelves. in new york, the singer r kelly is given a 30 year sentence for sexually abusing women and children. and on day three of the championship, britain s andy murray and emma raducanu are both out of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel: late wickets help england s women s cause in their one off test with south africa, but they have just one day left to salvage a result. welcome to bbc news at ten. leaders of the nato defence alliance have declared russia to be a direct threat to their security, and said that ukraine can count on nato s support for as long as it takes. today s words, at the leaders summit in madrid, mark a significant beefing up of nato s approach. a quick reminder about the importance of nato here. the north atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance between 30 member states founded in 1949, whose members agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. nato is now on track to comprise 32 countries, as
an academic study shows that the farmers costs account for nearly £1.50. the retailers and processors overheads make up most of the rest. as for profit, there is just 3.5p left to be split between them all. 0ur supply chains are tight, they may struggle to absorb higher costs. profit margins on other items are bigger, but for every £1 you spent in tesco last year, it made about 4p in profit. in sainsbury s, it was more like 3p. supermarkets have taken a hit, and other costs are still rising. supermarkets have taken a hit, energy prices have doubled or tripled in some cases. the labour cost has been substantial, mainly driven both by the national minimum wage rises, which came in in april, and also because just a shortage of labour, particularly in some of the key skills like hgv drivers and logistics through the supply chain. overall, the costs are still rising.
i have never seen anything like this before and neither have so many of my fellow growers. it is, it is really, really scary now. since 2019, before the pandemic and the ukraine war, farmers costs have rocketed. fertiliser is up 240%. diesel prices, up 73%. wholesale gas, a whopping 650% compared to 2019. farmers have responded by cutting production. there is 16% less fruit grown, for example, in the uk compared to 2019. it is a crisis that threatens the security of the uk s food supply, according to the national farmers union. ultimately, you have got the farmer or the grower taking all of the risk with these huge costs. so it is about fairness in the whole chain, but it is about government prioritising food security. and if they fail to do so, i fear we will continue to see greater contraction, exporting our production and reliant on more imports. on one side you have the soaring cost of production fuel, fertiliser, feed and labour.
roundabout $4 50, which is perhaps in pounds, just over £4 perhaps in pounds, just over £4 per kilogram. just perhaps in pounds, ust over £4 per kilogramh per kilogram. just to interrupt ou, do per kilogram. just to interrupt you. do you per kilogram. just to interrupt you, do you think per kilogram. just to interrupt you, do you think this - per kilogram. just to interrupt you, do you think this is - per kilogram. just to interrupt you, do you think this is a - you, do you think this is a problem that will get worse. they will, with climate change. they will, with climate change. the us dollar rising substantially provides some benefit to farmers because coffee is always priced in dollars but there are underlying factors that affect farmers costs. we underlying factors that affect farmers costs. underlying factors that affect farmers costs. we are going to have to leave farmers costs. we are going to have to leave it farmers costs. we are going to have to leave it there, -