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 the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player.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
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london, i m monica miller borisjohnson has been referred to the police by the cabinet office, over new claims he may have broken lockdown rules during the pandemic. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. in the statement, mrjohnson s team says the assertion by the cabinet office that there have been further covid rule breaches is totally untrue . and says, many will conclude that this has all the hallmarks of yet another politically motivated stitch up. our political correspondent jonathan blake has more on the story. there is no investigation yet to what happened here is the lawyers going to boris johnson s a ministerial diary during the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for forthcoming public inquiry which will examine the uk s response to the pandemic came across diary entries which w
home secretary did not break ministerial rules in the way she handled a speeding offence last year. the baby boy murdered by his parents on christmas day three years ago it s emerged finley boden was returned to them more quickly than social workers wanted. and welcome to the world of unified football where players with intellectual disabilities are part of the team. and coming up on bbc news. valencia are punished with a five match partial stadium closure over the racial abuse suffered by real madrid s vinicius junior this weekend. good afternoon. inflation the rate that prices are going up has fallen below 10% for the first time since last august. in the year to march, inflation was 10.1%. figures out today show that last month it slowed down to 8.7%. so prices are still rising but at a slower rate than before. part of the reason for that is a drop in the wholesale cost of energy though food price inflation is still close to a as year high. here s our economics
let s start with the aftermath of what appears to be the largest incursion into russia s territory since the full scale invasion of ukraine began. russia now says it s used air strikes and artillery to defeat the armed insurgents. the kremlin claims it killed 70 attackers who crossed into the belgorod region on monday. it says the rest were driven back into ukraine. belgorod s governor said one civilian died in the violence. russia insists the fighters were ukrainian, and used us supplied weapons, but both kyiv and washington deny any involvement. instead, two russian paramilitary groups have posted these images on social media, saying this was an attempt to overthrow vladimir putin s regime. our security correspondent frank gardner explains how the development is likely to be not welcomed by the west. this raid launched from ukrainian territory and carried out by russians could turn out to be a little bit of a mixed blessing for kyiv. why? on one hand, it is embarrassing for
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