new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid
there. northern ireland may brighten up there. northern ireland may brighten up with showers into the afternoon. if we see sense and across eastern england, perhaps scotland, that is where we will see the highest temperatures, 16 or 17 degrees. so, not a heatwave but it will feel different to how it has this week, and that theme of mainly dry and relatively warm weather continues into the start of week. thanks, ben. that s it. there s more analysis of the day s main stories over on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, just getting under way on bbc two. but here on bbc one, let s join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good night. so police bosses in london fear that trust has tonight been further will consider co ordinated strike action with junior doctors. what does that mean for patient safety and for public support for nurses? why have members of the royal college of nursing tonight rejected the same pay deal that unison me
submerging homes and roads, in the capital seoul. at least eight people have died. the south korean president has called an emergency meeting now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isn t driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my guest today has a prominent voice in that debate. shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. it s great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it s described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the
shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. it s great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it s described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the intervening months since you published it, the transgender story, as we put it, the issues around transgender rights has consistently been prominent in the political debate. would it be right to assume that you are delighted those issues are so prominent? shon laughs er, ithink. in one way, i feel vindicated. the argument that i make in the book, essentially, is that there has been an explosion in discussion of transgender people across all forms of media and in politics. but what i argue in the book is that trans people are often not at the centre of
41 people were killed, many of them children. they blamed the blaze on an electrical fault in the air conditioning system. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isn t driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my guest today has a prominent voice in that debate. shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. it s great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it s described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the intervening months