the figure which tells us the rate at which prices are rising hit the bank of england s target of 2% in may, coming down from 2.3% in april. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. he now has four. forced to make cuts as he s been caught between soaring costs over the last few years and customers with lean budgets looking for value. but things are easing. the price is probably 10 15% more than they were at the beginning of covid, but the actual price of the product is pretty much stationary now. well, we hope it s stationary. it would be nice if it would come down, but i can t see that, not in the foreseeable future anyway. it s global food and energy costs, which triggered the rise in inflation to 11% in 2022, which have also helped it fall to the 2% target, along with the rate rises over the last couple of years. as you may have noticed, the prices of goods are rising more slowly as the impact of the w
I have ended up buying a television, headphones, clothes, chile, all sorts of things. And ben has the weekend weather. Good morning. A cold, frosty and in places icy start, but the reward will be some crisp, autumn sunshine. Some wintry showers as well. All the weekend weather details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Egypts military says it carried out air strikes on those behind the deadliest islamist terror attack in the countrys recent history. At least 300 people were killed and more than 100 injured after gunmen detonated a bomb and stormed a packed mosque in north sinai yesterday. Egypts air force says it has destroyed vehicles used by the militants, as well as weapons and ammunition at what it described as terrorist locations. 0ur correspondent sally nabil is in cairo. Do we know any more about who carried out the attack . The latest we have is that the death toll has risen to 300, according to medical sources in northern sinai. They told us they have issued 300 d
Im karthi gnanasegaram. The headlines this evening. More concerns for koeman, as everton are charged by uefa following a confrontation between their supporters and opposition players. And join me andjoin me in and join me in france where the england womens team are friendly tonight at the end of another controversial week in the womens game. And formula one history beckons for Lewis Hamilton if he can win the United States grand prix. Plenty of talking points in rugby union, formula one and cricket, but were going to start with football, and specifically everton. European footballs governing body, uefa, has charged the club with aggressions by supporters against players. During evertons defeat to lyon in the Europa League, an Everton Supporter carrying a child was involved in a confrontation with a lyon player. Evrton have now banned that fan and contacted merseyside police, who are investigating. Their defeat also heaped more pressure on manager Ronald Koeman, who was in defiant mood