the late, great tina turner. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. as you know, i can t stand the rain, and there hasn t been much of that this week and there won t be much as we head into the bank holiday weekend. today most of us are seeing some sunshine once again. there are some sunshine once again. there are some areas of cloud that are floating around, developing and trapped under this high pressure and thatis trapped under this high pressure and that is keeping it fine and dry. the wind has changed direction a bit today, meaning some northern and eastern areas might be cooler. this is the cloud we have seen developing in places over the last three hours, turning more cloudy. in northern ireland. clown developing across east anglia and the south east and parts of the midlands could see some more cloud. it could squeeze out showers the pennines. showers of the shetland area as well. higher temperatures are squeezed more to the south west, a very pleasant 22
the us born singer songwriter tina turner has died at the age of 83. she was known as the queen of rock and roll. in a statement, her representative says, tina turner, the queen of rock and roll, has died peacefully today at the age of 83. that was after a long illness in her home in zurich near switzerland. with us, david cilento looks back on her life. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. 1966, river deep mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate, pop perfection. however, in america, the song was a flop. it would be another 17 years before tina turner truly made it. anna mae bullock grew up in nutbush, tennessee. her family were sharecroppers. she started singing in ike turner s band when she was a teenager. and poor, largely abandoned by her parents, it was, she hoped, her escape. but it was an escape into a different sort of misery. # rolling down a river powerful woman on stage. but, the acid quee
new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid
a paralysed man is able to walk again using brain and spine implants. we ll have a special report. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with what is happening in wales where in the last hour or so, a police chief has insisted no police vehicles were following two teenagers in a crash and cardiff where the children were killed. the police watchdog is to independently investigate the incident which parked awry on monday night. the families of 15 year old harvey evans and a 16 year old kyrees solomon have paid tribute to the pair saying they were not only love of their families but by the community as well. the bc has obtained new video footage of the teenagers with these images taken about five minutes before the accident occurred. they appear to show the teenagers writing about with no police visible. here is another cctv piece of footage where we can first see the boys and