unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of schools in england, scotland and wales face further disruption this week as teachers strike again over pay. and england s cricketers suffer an agonising one run defeat by new zealand in wellington. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham have been flying high this season can they reach the quarter finals of the fa cup for the first time in13 years? good evening. we start with the massive police search for a missing baby whose parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. police say the baby is believed to have had no medical attention since the time of birth in early january and they feel the risk is getting so great that they now have to consider the possibility that the baby has come to harm. constance
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what s best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he thought there were still issues with it. the brexitjourney has lasted for seven years. borders have moved to the centre, dominating politics here. does everyone hear that? it s about people. but the prime minister thinks he s finally found a solution. at a factory in county antrim, he told people the devolved governments would have a unique economic advantage, with local businesses having full access t
in terms of the cold and the coldness and the impact that would have on a baby, clearly the risk is getting higher and we have to be open to the fact that this might not end in the way that we would like. also on the programme tonight: the prime minister returns to belfast to try to build support for his post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the eu. northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of teachers on strike across britain this week over pay and conditions. and, beaten by a whisker england s cricketers lose to new zealand byjust one run. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. it s fa cup time! we ll have the best of the action from the fifth round with a host of tasty ties to tuck into. good evening
and the cost of living crisis that has triggered. but there are signs of hope are starting to emerge. in the last few hours we ve had the latest monthly inflation figures out of spain and that the pace of prices rises fell to an annualised pace of 3.1% in march when using the measure that allows comparison with other countries. that s a big drop from february s 6% and was mainly due to lower energy costs, with food prices also falling. and in germany, europe s biggest economy, there was also a big drop. by the same measure inflation has now fallen to 7.8% as businesses and households benefited from lower natural gas prices. joining me live now is the spanish economist professor santiago carbo valverde, from the university of valencia. what is causing such a big fall in inflation in spain? lowering vat has helped bring down some of the prices of the food and agricultural prost products. we also have what is called a competition or factor. last march, inflation is computed year