at its fastest rate in a0 years, welcome to this special edition of your questions answered. over the next half hour, we ll be examining in detail different areas of the squeeze on the pound in your pocket and some of the solutions that individuals, and communities, are finding. so, we ve got a panel of experts. sarah pennells is a consumerfinance specialist at royal london, which calls itself the uk s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. sabine goodwin is co ordinator at the independent food aid network, which provides help to those at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis. and mercedes osborne is a mortgage expert at pointers financial based in exeter. welcome to all of you. and also with us this week, our climate editorjustin rowlatt, who s out and about giving tips to householders on simple measures that may help reduce energy use. we ll be withjustin a bit later. and as you can see, we ve got a whole range of topics lined up. but first, here s our
and we ll be talking to andrew harding our africa correspondent about the conditions that have led to the crisis. also tonight. in birmingham, prime minister and chancellor are dealing with more division this time over increasing benefits in line with inflation. in ukraine, an extended report on the areas being abandoned by russian forces and the high price being paid. what happened here wasn tjust a defeat for president putin, it was a complete humiliation. two and a half years after covid 19 struck, a public inquiry opens into the uk s handling of the pandemic. and in tonight s champions league football liverpool take on rangers the first ever competitive match between the two sides. and on the bbc news channel, england captain leah williamson won t play against the usa as a training injury rules her out of friday s big friendly at wembley. good evening. we start with one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world right now. we have an exten
So will it work . In sport, six titles in a row for celtic. They take the Scottish Premiership with eight games to spare. And carol has the weather. Good morning from bristol were four yea rs good morning from bristol were four years it has been rumoured someone has been going out late at night correcting bad punctuation. This morning the man who describes himself as a vigilante talks to us on breakfast. And carol has the weather. A cold start for some, some frost around and fog too but that will give way to a bright day with sunny spells. But in the west, expect some rain in Northern Ireland and Western Scotland. More details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Significant restrictions on the use of bail by police in england and wales come into force today. The amount of time a suspect released from custody can remain on bail will be limited to 28 days in most cases. The decision is in response to concerns that people were being left in limbo for months or e