the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, the government will give thousands of people an interim payment of £100,000 each. i think it s a vindication of the work of the inquiry and the fact that this is an interim compensation payment suggests to me that liability has been accepted by the government. there are pollution warnings for nearly 50 beaches around england and wales after untreated sewage is discharged with heavy rain. and britain s emma raducanu knocks serena williams out of the cincinnati masters in straight sets. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we will have the latest from lord s as england take on south africa in the first test of the series. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says the rise in the price of goods is now at its highest rate for more than a0 years. inflation hit 1
that fell between midnight and 6am. and you can see how extensive that was in the intensity of the rain but some areas actually had hardly any painful at all and this is the problem with showers, they are very hit and miss. and next cause for concern is the showers in the south east. there is a number weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres injust today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres in just an today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres injust an hour and may be as much as 100 millimetres plus before the days through the plenty of showers through the afternoon, quite a lot of cloud generally through england and wales. the best of the sunshine in the east of scotland and parts of northern ireland. noticeably fresher here. and if you dodged the showers further south and east with some sunshine you could see temperatures peaking at 25 c. through the evening and overnight most showers fading awa
thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, will get initial compensation, of £100,000 each. dozens of pollution alerts were issued at beaches across england and wales today and some untreated sewage was released into the water because of the heavy rain. and on the move, the rocket that could pave the way for astronauts heading back to the moon. and coming up heading back to the moon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the rain shortened is a day dominated by south africa at lord s with england reduced to 116 6 on the first day of the test. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the rate of inflation has hit double figures, for the first time, in a0 years. it was running at 10.1% in the year tojuly, higher than analysts were predicting. rising prices of certain food and soft drinks are particularly to blame, with bread and cereals up 12.4%, milk, cheese and eggs up 19.4% and cooking oil up 23.4%, all compared to this time last ye