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
want you to get in touch from home as well. we will answer as many as we possibly can. i will be giving you a bit of a behind the scenes tour. we will return to the tension a few minutes. tent in a few minutes. good morning it s tuesday sixth june. this morning s headlines.. questions asked as to why police and security services downgraded their inquiries into the past of one of the london bridge attackers. khuram butt had been under investigation by counter terrorism officers and mi5. thousands of gathered for a vigil to remember the victims of saturday night s attack. a minutes silence will be held across the country later this morning. in sport, the former newcastle united midfielder cheick tiote dies at the age of 30. his old boss steve mcclaren said he had the most beautiful smile in football . good morning from the blue peter garden where it is raining. we have a lot of friends this morning over central eastern and northern areas and in particular some of that hea
the nhs protect said it was consulting staff on proposals. critics claim without nhs attacked, trusts will struggle to protect staff. there is a creeping a cce pta nce staff. there is a creeping acceptance that staff will be attacked and there is little will to protect them. at six o clock, on bbc breakfast, charlie and stef will have more from a rail regulator. one in five passengers could be paying too much steph. the top stories this hour: a setback for donald trump, a us appeals court has upheld a lower court s suspension of his travel ban on seven mainly muslim countries. see you in court, president trump reacts defiantly saying the security of our nation is at stake. lawyers for french presidential candidate francois fillon have called on prosecutors to drop their investigation into his office. mr fillon denies claims that his wife and two of his children were paid for non existent parliamentary work. now it s time for our news review. the telegraph leads with the de