Political adviser. Next. For a lot more this morning, but we really want to hear your views on this nhs fitness app. Im calling it a fitness app. That sounds quite sort of benevolent. So it basically logs how many steps youve done, sends data back in real time to the government. I mean, youre going government. I mean, youre going to be the first person to download arent you, bev . Download that, arent you, bev . No about big no i mean, talk about big brother watching. Brother is watching. We this was coming down we said this was coming down the line. Sunak and jeremy the line. Rishi sunak and jeremy hunt get very excited about i, i dont know whether you saw how many times they mentioned the word app the budget, jeremy word app in the budget, jeremy hunt, know, an app is hunt, you know, an app is a solution to everything. Is it the well, of the plans well, some of the plans include doctors gps, include a doctors gps, receptionist you an app, receptionist calling you an app, calling you
hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. the bbc s davide ghiglione is outside the hospital in rome. a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. so his condition remains stable at the moment. the vatican is trying to reassure journalists, people and catholics all over the world. according to italian news agency ansa, the pope should be discharged within the next couple of days. and he should be able to celebrate next sunday s mass. everybody knows at the vatican that the pope has been particularly weak over the last couple of months. we do know already that he was forced to use a wheelchair. so it could be quite tiring for him even if he is able to attend all the ceremonies and easter celebrations. we can get mo
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
four of the champions league for the first time in a decade. chelsea find out tonight if they lljoin them. good afternoon. there s news today of a potentially life changing blood test that could affect thousands of cancer patients. the simple procedure detects if bowel cancer surgery has been successful in removing tumours, saving patients from having to undergo chemotherapy. a uk wide trial of the test is now under way, led by the royal marsden hospital in london, following promising results in australia. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has our top story. the c word is a big word to live with. it s a year since ben cooke was diagnosed with bowel cancer. i haven t taken a single day off work, which has been incredible. after successful surgery, patients like ben are usually offered intravenous chemotherapy to mop up any cancer cells that might be remaining. but a new type of blood test shows he was cancer free. right, what shall we do? a big, enormous, chelsea blow dry? so
a man suspected of killing ten people in a mass stabbing in canada has died after being arrested. further criticism of how police forces in england and wales are trying to tackle violence against women and girls. and it s back to schools for the young royals as george, charlotte and louis all start at lambrook school in berkshire, after the family s recent move to windsor. good morning. the prime minister, liz truss, will this morning unveil her long awaited plan for tackling the soaring cost of gas and electricity spending billions of pounds to protect households and businesses this winter. under the proposals, typical household energy bills could be capped at around £2,500 pounds a year, with businesses also in line for help. that is in england, wales and scotland. it s expected to be funded by £100 billion of government borrowing as our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. there you go, darling. this lunch club in peterborough provides much needed help for p