Now confirmed a general election for the 4th of july. But now, in other news, uk inflation has fallen to the lowest level in nearly three years in april, dnven nearly three years in april, driven by lower gas and electricity prices. The latest figures show. Inflation dropped to 2. 3 last month, but people in birmingham say theyre still struggling to make ends meet. I think its propaganda to go in the shops and that the prices that theyre either going up or youre getting less for your money. So im not seeing where the inflation is actually hitting. We can do a lot better, hitting. We can do a lot better, cant we. 7 cant we . As as people, we are feeling the pinch at the moment, arent we . We all are. I think the prices have increased so much over the past 24 months. The fact that theyre coming, theyre slowing down is a good thing. But ultimately, peoples disposable income just isnt there. Isnt there. And some breaking news in the last hour, one person has died in a mudslide on the edge
And sentenced to 14 years in prison at Manchester Crown court over the death of a baby, kate, roughly strapped the nine month old girl face down on a beanbag for more than an hour and a half at tiny toes nursery in stockport in may 2022. The 37 year old then failed to check on the distressed child and later found Genevieve Meehan was unresponsive. Former unresponsive. Former subpostmaster alan bates has said he has no sympathy for Paula Vennells after she broke down twice during her first day of evidence to the horizon it inquiry. The former post office boss at the centre of the scandal admitted making mistakes dunng scandal admitted making mistakes during her time in charge, but she insists she didnt know about the rise in system when she joined and that no one told her of any bugs. Shes also denied any conspiracy to cover up the scandal, and conservative mp Craig Mackinlay has made his first appearance in parliament, eight months after contracting sepsis. Oh he received a sepsis. Oh
And youll never guess what has upset ursula von der leyen, the president of the European Commission shes not particularly happy. Why people were forbidden from flying eu flags at eurovision. Yes, eurovision was more stringent on this stuff than the last night at the proms. Shes kicking off over eurovision, shes kicking off so her representative, one of the spokespeople at the European Commission, has accused eurovision bosses of handing a gift to their enemies of europe with this flag band. So were no European Union flags were allowed to be flown. And theyre saying this is handing, this is handing a gift to the enemies of europe , to the eurosceptics. Europe, to the eurosceptics. I love this quote. The quote from her official spokesman is it is certainly regrettable to ban the flag. That is the flag of all eu members and other council of union members. I cannot find why the logical explanation for why the ebu is doing this and what does this serve . Well, of course, the explanation is
Move to real madrid. Psgs lost to dortmund this week in the Champions League semi finals. The team face toulouse in ligue un, at the parcs des princes on sunday, which will be mbappe s final home game. It could be a defining weekend in the English Premier League for teams sweating on survival down at the bottom. Sheffield united are already relegated. So now its nottingham forest, luton and burnley in the spotlight. Forest are three points clear of third from bottom luton, so are favourites to stay up. They would have been safe if their appeal against a four point deduction for breaking financial rules was upheld. Its been an eventful season for forest with their owner Evangelos Marinakis outspoken in his criticism of referees. It is not fair what is happened and weve had many decisions and then cost a lot of points and it is something that has been repeated and repeated. But will be expected the Premier League and from the referees is to correct these mistakes and we see that this is
Members to increase their defence spending to 2. 5 of gdp. Defence spending to 2. 5 of gdp. More than 9000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year. Official figures show 250 people made the journey in two small boats since monday, taking the tally for 2024 to almost 8800. However, gb news can confirm another three small boats arrived on thursday and making the current total 35 higher than at the same time last year. It comes after a home office u turn on the publication of the number of small boat migrants being prevented from making the illegal journey by french police. And fifa has been french police. And fifa has been threatened with legal action if it does not reschedule next years expanded Club World Cup match. Leicester city and chelsea are now taking part in the 32 team competition. Its scheduled for the United States in june and july. However the International Players union and the world leagues organisation , the world leagues organisation, which inc