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
business. there is opportunity for an entrepreneur. introducing jay vitale. jay s an entrepreneur who has teamed up with nasa to work on air quality problems globally. a warm welcome to the programme. talk us through the rise in hay fever. everyone is talking about how it is much more acute this year. han; talking about how it is much more acute this year. hay fever seems to more acute this year. hay fever seems to be more acute this year. hay fever seems to be a more acute this year. hay fever seems to be a big more acute this year. hay fever seems to be a big problem. - seems to be a big problem. there are three times the number of people contacting the nhs about these symptoms and it is causing a lot of acute symptoms in people with runny noses and sneezing and not being able to concentrate and focus on their work and increasing staff absenteeism at work. i increasing staff absenteeism at work. ., , ., increasing staff absenteeism at work. .,, .,, ~ work. i was off last we
a minister says cutting covid isolation to five days in england would help deal with staffing shortages. the us has already made that move. here the education secretary says any change would be led by advice from the uk health security agency. the reason i think it s important that we keep it under review is becasue obviously it would help with staff absenteeism. and also coming up on the programme: djokovic versus the australian government there are just hours to go to the tennis star s appeal against deportation. a baby separated from his family in the chaos of kabul airport last august has been reunited with relatives. and england deny australia a clean sweep in the ashes, as the fourth test ends in a draw.
the education secretary has said he would support cutting the coronavirus self isolation period from seven to five days in england, if the move was recommended by experts at the uk health security agency. he said reducing the self isolation period would help with staff absenteeism. he also denied there were plans to stop supplying free lateral flow tests after a report in a sunday paper. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that boosterjabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but each day, hundreds of thousands of people are having to isolate for at least seven days, so now there is a suggestion that period could be cut to five days instead. it period could be cut to five days instead. ., , , ., , instead. it would help with staff absenteeism, instead. it would help with staff absenteeism, hence instead. it would help with staff absentee
from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal is reunited with relatives. and the duchess of cambridge at a0 three new portraits will go on display in towns where kate has lived, to celebrate her birthday. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the education secretary has said he would support cutting the coronavirus self isolation period from seven days to five, in england, if the move was recommended by experts at the uk health security agency. nadim zahawi said the reduction would help with staff absenteeism. and he denied that there were plans to stop supplying free lateral flow tests,