has not changed. officers are able to be as brutal as they want, and nobody holds them to account. and until that happens, there s no way the police are going to move forward. in the us, fox news comes to a 600 million pound settlement with the voting machine company dominion over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. and ukraine s eurovision hopefuls happy to pose for selfies but the war is never far from their minds. and coming up on bbc news, manchester have one foot in the champions league semi finals as they go to germany with a 3 0 lead, aiming to finish the job against bayern munich. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. soaring prices for bread, cereal and chocolate meant the cost of living rose more than expected last month. inflation, which measures the rate at which prices are going up, was at 10.1% in the year to march. that is down from 10.4% in february, but it had been widely expected to fall below 10%. food prices have remained stubbo
hello and welcome. starting with our starting with our headline starting with our headline stories. the high court has been hearing a council s bid to block government plans for an asylum centre at an raf airfield. braintree district council is bringing legal action over the proposed use of raf wethersfield in essex. with more on this from our correspondent dominic casciani. he is in the newsroom for us. take us through it. he is in the newsroom for us. take us through it us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of the us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of the home - us through it. yes, this is crunch - time for one of the home secretary s key strategist to try to deal with what she says is a genuine emergency situation with regards to managing the flow of migrants coming across the flow of migrants coming across the english channel. the vast majority o
this whole thing has been one of the great blessings of my life. and back in belfast a standing ovation for an emotional bill clinton 25 years after he helped negotiate the good friday agreement. and coming up on bbc news: a champions league semifinal is within reach of manchester city. they beat bayern munich first time around, can they do the same again in germany later? good evening. the cost of living rose more than expected last month thanks largely to the soaring price of food. inflation, that s the rate at which prices are increasing, was 10.1% in march. down from 10.4% in february. but analysts had expected it drop more than that. the rising cost of food and drink takes a lot of the blame it has gone up by almost 20% in a year. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. here come the sausages. it s hot dinner day in this little community kitchen in halifax. started off with about ten potions. in eight weeks it s grown to almost 150 portions. demand
welcome to bbc news, i m yelled we start in sudan where paramilitary fighters battling with the sudanese army say they ve agreed a new 24 hour ceasefire. it was due to come into effect an hour ago, at 1800 local time. a similar agreement on tuesday failed to take effect. meanwhile, 15 embassies in khartoum waiting to evacuate hundreds of foreign nationals have issued a joint statement. they called on both sides to cease fire and observe international obligations to protect civilians, diplomats, and humanitarian workers. 270 people have been confirmed dead. let me show you pictures from earlier today. explosion you could hear an explosion there that was near khartoum airport and, as you can see, plumes of smoke drifting across the sky as the conflict there rages on. the latest fighting is because of a power struggle between these two men general abdel fattah al burhan, president of sudan s military government on the left, and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, who leads
he scores! and, manchester city sail past bayern munich to reach the semi finals of the champions league. and coming up on bbc news, kyren wilson scores the first 147 break of this years world snooker championship in sheffield. but is it enough for a place in round two? good evening. the unrelenting pressure on household budgets has been demonstrated by the latest inflation figures, which showed a very sharp rise in the cost of food and soft drinks, pushing the cost of living even higher. inflation remained in double digits last month, falling only slightly to 10.1% in march. that s down from 10.4% in february, but experts had predicted a biggerfall. more expensive bread, cereals and chocolate caused the overall average price of food and non alcoholic drinks to increase by a rather hefty 19% in the year to march the fastest annual rate for nearly half a century. economists say it s now far more likely that the bank of england will raise its base interest rate next month, a