a month ago we learned it had fallen to 8.7%, but food price inflation was over twice that, hurting many consumers even harder. one pizzeria owner, sergio from brighton, has been telling the bbc how inflation has been affecting his business costs that he has to pass onto consumers. we noticed that, after the first lockdown, let s say the tomato went from £20 per case to 25, and today reached £39 per case. bags of flour from £20, £21 per bag now we paid £32 per bag. another thing that is affecting is the salaries, as well the wages went up. the minimum wage is growing year by year. and this year, i think was 9% more for the minimum. so everything is affecting the price of our pizza. that is a business meant sharing impact on him. now, another area where many british households are facing the pinch is in housing costs. one mp is warning a mortgage time bomb is about to explode with mortgage rates rising. for those who are renting, many pay more still with the ave
mental health crisis, especially among women and girls, with higher rates of suicide. and the island hop that took three years we meet the sailor from dorset raising money for cancer research. on newsnight at 10.30pm: we ll examine the tactics that ukrainian forces are likely to use, as ukraine attempts to recover land taken by russia. good evening. we start tonight with the notable increase in military activity in southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled. and there s still no official confirmation that this is the start of ukraine s long awaited counter offensive against the forces of president putin. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk and zaporizhzhia, the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hosti
albania to return migrants have led to the 1800 people being sent back. that was having a deterrent effect. he also announced two more floating accommodation barges to house asylum seekers. here s the home secretary speaking to the house of commons. this is what the public wants and all politicians should get behind our bill. 0ur illegal migration bill will make clear to anyone coming here illegally that they will not be able to build a life in this country. instead they will be liable to be detained and will be swiftly removed either to their home country or relocated to a safe third country like rwanda. this is the deterrent factor we need to break the people smugglers business model. (pres)live now to westminster where i m joined by the shadow minister for immigration, stephen kinnock. the prime minister says his plan is working and in five months it s come into effect. the small boat crossings are down 20%. d0 effect. the small boat crossings are down 20%. , ., effect. t
and coming up bbc news, agreeing to take charge of premier league tottenham after his troubled triumph with celtic culminated with winning the scottish cup this weekend. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. prince harry was never safe from newspapers trying to get information from him illegally. harry along with other public figures accuses mirror group newspapers of using unlawful means to get stories, including phone hacking. the newspaper s lawyer said there was no evidence to back up harry s claim. our culture and media editor katie razzall has the latest. locked in a battle with the tab tabloid press. prince harry claims he was targeted by the papers even when he was a child and up to 2011. journalists when he was a child and up to 2011. journal ists hacked when he was a child and up to 2011. journalists hacked his own and used other unlawful methods to invade his privacy. the information he claims could only have been obtained illegally often ended up on the
with more sunshine around and feeling warm as well. there is some cloud in scotland, with a little bit of rain. there is a south easterly breeze as the high pressure moves and as the wind direction changes it will get a little warmer but turning more unsettled just in time for the coronation. today any rain in scotland heading up towards the north west, otherwise dry and bright with sunshine at times. temperatures peaking at around 17 degrees. a bit cooler around north sea coasts. we should push away any rain up towards the northern isles otherwise dry over night with some clear spells. not quite as chilly as last night across eastern parts of england, temperature is around five, 7 degrees. tomorrow many places having a dry day, with a good deal of sunshine around. more cloud coming into the east of scotland and north east england. so these areas a little cooler than today and also cooler in the north east of england and eastern scotland. but where the wind is light to the mi