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
it carries on. the ioc have seen this in the media and they have issued a short statement and said that they are asking the belarus national olympic committee for clarification. so as we understand it right now, krystsina has said she is too afraid to return to belarus, we have also been told by some belarusian reporters she is looking for asylum in austria, but as of right now, she is still in that airport injapan, less than 11 hours away from what was going to be one of the biggest races of her life. let s take a look at the latest coronavirus figures for the uk. in the latest 2a hour periods the uk has recorded 24,100 cases. 65 people have died, that s within 28 days of a positive test. looking at vaccinations, 46.9 million people have received their first dose. and 38.3 million people have
not just. .. you have produced the greatest british gymnast of all time. that must feel, you and your husband and the whole family mustjust be beaming with pride? so proud. you cannot put into words how i feel about him and ijust want to give him a hug and tell him that we are so proud of him. that moment when he comes back and he has got that medal and he comes to you all and shows it, that will be quite. special. very special. see you soon, dad. see see you soon. see you soon! say, well done, dad. well done, dad! a belarusian olympic athlete has been taken to the airport in tokyo to fly home, after publicly complaining about the national team.
a former diplomat who was sentenced to eight months in jail over blogs he wrote about the high court trial of alex salmond in 2020, has handed himself into the police. this comes after supreme court judges refused 62 year old craig murray, the former british ambassador to uzbekistan, permission to appeal his conviction for breaching a court order. prosecutors had said mr murray deliberately risked jigsaw identification of women, who had made complaints against mr salmond. scotland s former first minister was acquitted of all 13 sexual assault charges. rockets have been fired at kandahar airport, as the taliban continues its offensive against the afghan government. two of the missiles hit the runway and the airport has now been closed to all flights. the militants are trying to seize three major cities they ve entered parts of herat, lashkar gah, and kandahar, which is afghanistan s second biggest city. our correspondent secunder kermani spoke to us from the capital kabul. well, we saw
produced a stunning routine which proved unbeatable, after what was a relatively poor performance in qualifying. he showed once again he can rise to the occasion, retaining the title he won in rio. i can rise to the occasion, retaining the title he won in rio. the title he won in rio. i feel absolutely the title he won in rio. i feel absolutely lost the title he won in rio. i feel absolutely lost for the title he won in rio. i feel absolutely lost for words, i the title he won in rio. i feel| absolutely lost for words, but the title he won in rio. i feel. absolutely lost for words, but i can t even describe the feeling. i feel completely overwhelmed and it feels very surreal. it was an incredible kind of watching this for guthrie, team gb have been doing incredible. the gold medals have been flowing in an irish want to do the same thing and to come out here and get my own ijust want to. tea m team gb s singles of the day after charlotte worthington recovered from a faulty whe