Of people around the world. Here in the uk, theres been another fall in the inflation rate, the global picture is somewhat mixed and thats giving central bankers the people who decide how much it should cost to borrow money plenty to think about. Uk inflation for march has been reported at an annnualised rate of 3. 2 . That data coming out earlier today. Thats a long way from its recent peak of just over ii . The latest figures show a fall in the cost of meat and furniture, among other things. But many forecasters had been banking on a more significant drop than this. So where does that leave the Bank Of England and its 5. 25 Interest Rate . There had been an expectation that the banks policymakers could reduce the cost of borrowing in may orjune, but many forecasters now think it could be later in the summer. The uks central bank has a similar dilemma to its us counterpart, where inflation is at 3. 5 after last weeks unexpected jump. And that stubbornness is why theres a Growing Warin
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police searching for four teenagers who have been missing in north wales since sunday morning have found the bodies of four boys one was 16, two were 17 and one was 18 years old. jevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf henderson and hugo morris had travelled by car from shrewsbury to eryri national park, or snowdonia where it s believed they were camping. police say their car was spotted this morning by a member of the public in the village of garreg. it had left the road and was upside down and partially submerged in water. our correspondent phil mackie is at the scene. yes, sophie, so this police road block has been here all day and there has been a lot of activity since the early hours of this morning. residents living up there told me they were woken up by search lights as helicopter came round the valley which you can t see because it is dark, that is where the car was first spotted this morning, this was first spotted this mor
and develop and therefore avoid the need for a mandatory lockdown? its almost a mirror image of the conversation we were having earlier, coming into the weekend of the 13th of march, the government had not reacted quickly enough because the disease was further advanced than the government believed and we believe. there was no appetite to take it any further. of course, in theory it would have been possible to deliver the stay at home message is an advisory rather than mandatory message but there was some evidence emerging, again some other anecdotal, that having advised people to stay away from crowded indoor spaces like pubs and so on that they wouldn t. i don t know whether it was a focus group, i seem to remember one of the number ten team saying is what we re hearing that if you meant us to stay away from the pubs you would close the pubs. so it seemed necessary to impose mandatory lockdown given how quickly the disease was moving in order to minimise that risk. lard orde
After todays deadline to for a deal passes without agreement. Everyone owes it to the people of Northern Ireland to grasp that and provide the Political Leadership and stability that they want. And, how prepared are we for tomorrows release of the new one pound coin . Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that theresa may has been meeting Nicola Sturgeon, face to face, for the First Time Since the snp demanded a new independence referendum. The First Minister wants another vote within two years , saying that brexit has transformed the situation since the original vote. The Prime Minister has restated her view that now is not the time, and has said that she wants the uk to be more united. Shes also hinted that additional powers may be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. On wednesday, article 50 will be triggered, starting two years of formal negotiations on brexit. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us within the last few minutes we have been getting a sense of how tha