temperatures are expected to reach well into the 30s across southern england today a level three heat health alert has been issued for the region on what could be the hottest day of the year england has appointed its first women s health ambassador with the aim of closing the gender health gap president zelensky says ukraine is closer than ever to the eu with senior officials in brussels expected to recommend it as a formal candidate for membership later today. welcome to bbc news. this morning we re looking at the impact of the rising cost of living with the bank of england warning that the increase in the cost of everything we buy and use could hit 11% later this year. the huge rise is being driven in part by events taking place thousands of miles away in ukraine but the pinch is already being felt right here in the uk. it comes as a bbc commissioned survey suggests we re cutting back on food and travel as those price rises hit our household budgets. four thousand
hundreds of miles away in ukraine, but the pinch is already being felt right here in the uk. bbc news has asked 4,000 adults across the uk how they re feeling about the cost of living. eight in ten of them said they are worried about it, with around two thirds saying it s affecting their mental health. more than half say they have cut back on the food they re buying to cook at home and nearly two thirds, 64%, are going out to eat in pubs or restaurants less often. petrol and household energy bills are clearly a big source of worry. half of the people we asked are using their car less frequently while seven in ten say they ve turned off appliances in their homes. with prices rising at their fastest rate for a0 years, households budgets appear to be tightening, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. look at hers, mummy! summertime s here, but for many, the living is far from easy. there s plenty to spend cash on at this birmingham park. a family favourite.
they are worried about it, with around two thirds saying it s affecting their mental health. more than half say they have cut back on the food they re buying to cook at home and nearly two thirds 64 per cent are going out to eat in pubs or restaurants less often. petrol and household energy bills are clearly a big source of worry. half of the people we asked are using their car less frequently while seven out of 10 say they ve turned off appliances in their homes to save energy. with prices rising at their fastest rate for 40 years, households budgets appear to be tightening as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. look at hers, mummy! summertime s here, but for many, the living is far from easy. there s plenty to spend cash on at this birmingham park. a family favourite. i don t want one, thank you. but many are cutting back. going to the pub less. just saving where i can. just have a few cans at home instead. i when you put the oven on,
turned off appliances in their homes to save energy. with prices rising at their fastest rate for a0 years, households budgets appear to be tightening as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. look at hers, mummy! summertime s here, but for many, the living is far from easy. there s plenty to spend cash on at this birmingham park. a family favourite. i don t want one, thank you. but many are cutting back. going to the pub less. just saving where i can. just have a few cans at home instead. i when you put the oven on, rather than just put one thing in there, you know, you do several things at the same time. we have to if we have to survive in this climate, you know, in this situation. at least the park is free. you ve just got to get there. the diesel is absolutely crippling me. just coming up here i paid £1.93 a litre and compared to what it used to be, i can t go out as much as i used to. not a chance. using the car a bit less,