expensive than a year ago. so, now all focus will shift to the bank of england and the debate over when it will start cutting interest rates. at the moment, they re at 5.25% and a quarter after successive rises to keep a lid on inflation. tell us what it means about the figures coming down and why. the market figures coming down and why. tue: market consensus figures coming down and why. tte: market consensus was 4.3, and we got 3.9. a very nice surprise. a big contributor to that was transport, fuel prices down 10.6% over a year ago, so that was a significant contributing factor. as you mentioned, food prices, yes they are moderating but we re still seeing higher food moderating but we re still seeing higherfood prices coming through. the office of national statistic have said food prices were 27% higher than they were a few years ago. there is still work for the bank of england to do. they are above 30% target. with inflation coming down faster than anticipated, it will mak
has not changed. officers are able to be as brutal as they want, and nobody holds them to account. and until that happens, there s no way the police are going to move forward. in the us, fox news comes to a 600 million pound settlement with the voting machine company dominion over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. and ukraine s eurovision hopefuls happy to pose for selfies but the war is never far from their minds. and coming up on bbc news, manchester have one foot in the champions league semi finals as they go to germany with a 3 0 lead, aiming to finish the job against bayern munich. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. soaring prices for bread, cereal and chocolate meant the cost of living rose more than expected last month. inflation, which measures the rate at which prices are going up, was at 10.1% in the year to march. that is down from 10.4% in february, but it had been widely expected to fall below 10%. food prices have remained stubbo
most of the time patients have a great experience but we must not paper over the problems we face. we expect backlogs to rise before they fall. a teenager is arrested after a 15 year old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. five british captives who were held by russian backed forces in ukraine are released in a prisoner exchange. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. retiring tennis champion roger federer will play the final match of his career in a doubles team alongside his long time rival rafael nadal as part of the laver cup tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. interest rates have been raised to 2.25%, the highest level since 2008. it s the seventh consecutive time that they ve been increased by the bank of england, in an attempt to curb soaring prices. the rate has gone up from 1.75%. the bank of e
look, we ve all been waiting to see what lies might cost, eventually. we know what they might cost a family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50 million. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this what s called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a little boy killed in the 2012 attack. but today, they added $45.2 million on top of that, awarded him punitive or the punishment side of damages. why? for spewing lies that have caused unthinkable arm to one family of many families, destroyed by the sandy hook massacre. $50 million. and that s just one case. he has two more defamation trials awaiting him, so this is really far from over for the far-right conspiratorial host of infowars. this has really been a case that centered on lies, and thr
Of hannity and breaking tonight President Trump did something no republican president ial candidate has done in more than 40 years he took his campaign to the south bronx and what was a creative audacious attempt to welcome new voters to the Republican Party. We are going to turn New York City around and turn it around very quickly. [ cheering and applause ] we are going to bring safety back to our streets we will bring success back to the schools and bring prosperity back to every neighbourhood and every borough at the greatest city in ireland will reduce taxes bring businesses taxpayers back to do in new york out of bring them back got a bring them back. Think biden could draw a crowd like that today not holding my breath. 2020 President Biden in the area biden was south bronx 183point 3 of the vote most political opponent sick like that and walk away they would right off that area of the country President Trump decided to double down thats what president Ronald Reagan did in 1980 wh