resisting opposition calls to quit after being fined for breaching lockdown rules. a whole life sentence is handed down to the islamic state group sympathiser who murdered the mp sir david amess. outside court, police read a statement from his family. it breaks our heart to know that our husband and father would have greeted the murderer with a smile of friendship and would have been anxious to help. how sickening to think what happened next. it is beyond evil. the mayor of the ukrainian city of mariupol says 21,000 civilians have died there amid growing signs russia could be about to capture the key port. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the soaring cost of fuel and food has pushed inflation to a 30 year high. it stood at 7% in the year to march, up from 6.2% the month before. prices are going up faster than wages, and there s pressure on the government to do more to help people who are struggling. and the cost of living is expected to rise even further because these
the prime minister and the chancellor resist calls by the opposition to quit after both were fined for breaking lockdown rules. conservative mps are staying largely loyal. in ukraine, fighting continues as 120,000 residents remain trapped in the port city of mariupol. and thunderbirds are go. the theme tune to the classic children s show as well as others from the fifties and sixties will be performed by a live orchestra for the first time. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the soaring cost of fuel and food has pushed inflation to a 30 year high it stood at 7 percent in the year to march, up from 6.2% the month before. prices are going up faster than wages, and there s pressure on the government to do more to help people who are struggling. and the cost of living is expected to rise even further because these figures don t include the recent increases in gas and electricity bills for millions of people. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. in this
and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools, the department of health said 2a hospital sites like hitchin brook hospital in huntington had weak concrete, known as raac. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for nine months. labour is calling for an urgent audit of all public buildings. it doesn t always need an expensive inspection, but an audit. ..some of it would be a desk audit, if you like, done on paper. some of it would then require further inspection, further audits by structural engineers and others. so we do need to know the scale of the problem. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record, although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that s not public information. so we know about that risk in sch