Star kim cattrall will be here later. I am counting. And if you have got a question for her, get in touch this morning. We will talk about ageism in hollywood and her incredible career. Good morning and welcome to the programme. This is the week when most of the parties set out their ma nifestos, most of the parties set out their manifestos, we get some promises and some figures. What they say they will do if they win enough votes to form a government. Labour will launch at 11 oclock. And plaid cymru will launch their at ten oclock. We will also talk about the new mcdonalds advertisement about a boy grieving for his father, which some say is offensive. These get in touch with us. The top story today. Moors murderer ian brady has died. He and his partner tortured and murdered five children in the 60s. Myra hindley died in prison in 2002. Origi, who was believed to be terminally ill with cancer, had been receiving Palliative Care at as hworth receiving Palliative Care at Ashworth Hospita
6:34am. we are also going to get the latest insight into the rising cost of living a bit later. the monthly infection figures are announced. ben is at farmers infection figures are announced. ben is at farmers and food producers, and some otherfriends, is at farmers and food producers, and some other friends, the royal cheshire show. good morning. what are we expecting to learn today? it is already very busy. good morning. yes, we arejust outside knutsford at the royal cheshire show. we will get the inflation figures later. getting the cattle ready here. more prizes being awarded today. the show has been going for 185 years. but the farmers and the growers are aware, more so than in any other time in their history, the rising cost of food, notjust buying it, but also producing it as well. we will get the latest inflation figures for the economy as a whole later this morning. let me talk you through what we know.
People still wearing masks in Spain are doing so voluntarily. But doctors warn that doing without the most basic protective measures is premature. Infection rates in Spain are rising significantly. Some already predict the next wave fast approaching.
for full details of the elections in your area go to the bbc news website. in the politics section, you can enter your postcode and get all the details. that s all at bbc.co.uk/news. the number of people in the uk who had coronavirus in the week ending 9th april is down about 10% compared with the week before. estimates from the office for national statistics show about one in 15 people had covid last week, down from one in 13 the previous week. let s speak to the bbc s head of statistics robert cuffe, who has been looking at those new figures from the 0ns. infection seem to be falling, robert, why is that?- infection seem to be falling, robert, why is that? well, the bii iest robert, why is that? well, the biggest thing robert, why is that? well, the biggest thing that robert, why is that? well, the biggest thing that has - robert, why is that? well, the i biggest thing that has happened in the last few months there is the vast number of people who have been infected and that is