Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon
Good morning. It is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. For many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its tuesday 21st may. Rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the Infected Blood Scandal. Details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. Its been described as the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Yesterday a Public Inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. Sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the Infected Blood Scandal. Outside, some of them reflected
Of. Youre about to finish your first year. How much money do you owe . None. How much money will you owe at the end of four years . Zero. I visit Marshall University in West Virginia to learn about their program to help students graduate debt free. Plus, state leaders are trying to Work Together to address issues facing americans without getting bogged down by political divisions. We cant solve problems if we all hated each other. I talked to governor spencer cox about how his disagree Better Initiative works, and what we could all learn from it, and discovering a dinosaur launched a career he never knew existed, just really kind of a dream come true. A look at what goes into bringing relics of the past to life. Those stories right now on matter of fact. College in the United States is expensive. Tuition at a Public University averages about 26,000 a year for a private college, its 38,000. Increasingly, middle class families are finding themselves in a bind. They make too much money to
Law in the next few days, and people on flights to rwanda by early june. Ill bring you more shortly. Shortly. Okay. The first of four criminal trials against donald trump begins today in new york as he faces charges over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Daniels. And our debate at seven this morning with more than 11 million sick notes issued last yean million sick notes issued last year, well be discussing whether we need a crackdown. Whether we need a crackdown. And it is sport this morning in golf, Scottie Scheffler gets his second green jacket in five attempts as he wins the masters. Arsenal and liverpool get a little bit wobbly in the title race. And in germany, the first new champions that arent Bayern Munich for a very long time, its been a breezy and showery start to the morning, but there will be some sunshine on offer this afternoon. Join me later for the full forecast with all the details. And were all still talking about those drone attacks in israel on saturday
Million for the first time. In sport, the man who took wales to the semi finals of the euros has stepped down. Chris coleman has gone to manage the championships bottom side, sunderland. And philip has the weather. Good morning. A bit of everything in the weekends forecast. The bulk of the weekends forecast. The bulk of the sunshine in northern parts for saturday and more cloud in southern areas. All the details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story air accident investigators are trying to work out what caused a plane and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday, killing four people. Teams will continue scouring the area around the National Trusts waddesdon estate, near aylesbury, for wreckage. Ian palmer reports. Beneath the canopy of autumn colour belies the wreckage of two light aircraft. This is the tale of the cessna plane. Nearby lies its wing and a little further away in a clearing are the remains of what is believed to be the helicopter. Two people