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
A warning that bad behaviour in schools is not being taken seriously enough, from the man given the job of advising the government on the issue. Could you have to work until you are 70 . Two separate reports for the government say millions may have to work longer to qualify for a State Pension. I will have the details. In sport, faster than ever before. The new formula one season is underway, with Lewis Hamilton showing who is boss in the new cars, quickest in the first two Practice Sessions, ahead of the season opening Australian Grand Prix. And the film Love Actually, updated. We have an exclusive preview ahead of tonights airing on comic relief. And matt has the weather. Good morning. There will be a few more red noses, a bit chilly around the country. Rain to the South West Of England and the north of scotland but for most it should be a fine day and that we can forecast looking good as well. Join me for all the details and 15 minutes. See you then. In15 details and 15 minutes. See
Is about to come in to circulation but at what cost to businesses . Good morning. Its monday, 27th march, im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Theresa may will meet scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon later today for the First Time Since she rejected calls for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. The visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving the European Union formally begins on wednesday. Its an important time for brexit negotiations with a number of key discussions across the week. Later today, the Prime Minister is expected to give a speech on unity, saying uks union will become even more important as britain leaves the eu. Tomorrow, msps in the Scottish Parliament are to vote on a whether scotland should have a second independence referendum following the brexit negotiations. On wednesday, the Prime Minister will officially begin britains two year exit from the European Union in which shell write a letter to the Eu
about a female member of staff at the cbi when he worked at the business group. a report in the guardian had claimed that mr allan had touched a tesco employee at the supermarket giant s annual shareholder meeting last year. tesco said it had made no findings of wrongdoing . counting is under way in northern ireland s council elections. the elections use the single transferable vote system, where voters rank candidates in order of preference. with results in from just over a quarter of the a62 seats, sinn fein appear to have made a strong start, with the dup currently in second place. nationwide has announced a a0%jump in profits for the 12 months to april. the uk s biggest building society saw underlying profits before tax of 2.2 billion pounds. you re live with bbc news as we mentiond at the top of the programme
minister humza yousaf described the arrest of mr beattie as a very serious matter indeed. he said he should not be suspended from the party as people are innocent until proven guilty. this after humza yousaf made his first big policy statement to the scottish parliament. he was trying to make the tone for the next few days and press the reset button. no doubt mr beattie s arrest overshadowed that big moment for humza yousaf. thank ou. at least 29 people 16 women and 13 men have died in a fire at a hospital in beijing. state media is reporting that the fire at changfeng hospital may have been caused by sparks created during building work. twelve people, including hospital officials and employees of the construction firm, have been detained. the former boss of the business group, the cbi, says his reputation has been totally destroyed after being fired over complaints about his behaviour. the cbi says tony danker was dismissed on strong legal grounds.