and has held wages down. a former facebook employee turned whistleblower tells us law makers that the social media giant is harming children, stoking division and weakening democracy. more than 200,000 pupils were off school in england last week for covid related reasons. and close to a month s worth of rain causes flash flooding in parts of the uk. we ll have the latest on the downpours. and coming up on the bbc news channel: can arsenal, the only ever british winners of the women s champions league, produce a statement result as they kick off against the holders barcelona tonight? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the home secretary has announced an independent inquiry into the systematic failures that allowed a serving police officer to kidnap, rape and murder sarah everard. in her speech to the conservative party conference, priti patel said the public needs answers to ensure something like this can never happen again . last week wayne couzens was senten
deliveries, prime minister boris johnson is assisting there s no supply crisis and he is not worried. let s begin in france ran it independent inquiry has revealed the scale of sexual abuse by the catholic church. it found that 216,000 children had been abused by priests and clergy in the last 70 years. inquiry found abusers were protected by a veil of silence and that the church showed cruel indifference to the victims. francoise was abused himself and now the head of the victims association. translation: m0 the head of the victims association. translation: the head of the victims association. translation: ., . ., , , , translation: no culture has been up to sto this translation: no culture has been up to stop this church translation: no culture has been up to stop this church with translation: no culture has been up to stop this church with the translation: no culture has been up to stop this church with the regard - to stop this church with the regard to stop this c
tonight at 10 the home secretary announces an independent inquiry into the murder of sarah everard. announces an independent inquiry priti patel said it would look at how sarah s killer was allowed to serve as a metropolitan police officer despite concerns about his behaviour. the public have a right to know what systematic failures enabled his continued employment as a police officer. we need answers as to why this was allowed to happen. also on the programme tonight. as the army steps in to help with fuel deliveries, the prime minister insists there s no supply crisis and he s not worried. what you can t do, and must not do, laura, is, simply go back to the old, tired failed model of the uk economy that has led to a relative under productivity by comparison with all our major competitors for decades, and has held wages down. a former facebook employee turned whistleblower tells us law makers that the social media giant is harming children, stoking division and weakening d
over new claims that he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. he denies any wrongdoing. the independent police watchdog is to send investigators to cardiff following monday night s riot which started after two teenage boys were killed in a crash. the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player. good morning. iamon i am on the roof of the bbc in london, where the sun is beating down. for england and wales we are looking at it day of sunny intervals, variable cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, cloud and spots of rain, but brightening up. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th may. our main story. inflation in the uk is expected to fall below 10% for the first time since august, when official figures are released injust over an hour. economists have predicted the current rate of 10.1% could drop sharp
home secretary did not break ministerial rules in the way she handled a speeding offence last year. the baby boy murdered by his parents on christmas day three years ago it s emerged finley boden was returned to them more quickly than social workers wanted. and welcome to the world of unified football where players with intellectual disabilities are part of the team. and coming up on bbc news. valencia are punished with a five match partial stadium closure over the racial abuse suffered by real madrid s vinicius junior this weekend. good afternoon. inflation the rate that prices are going up has fallen below 10% for the first time since last august. in the year to march, inflation was 10.1%. figures out today show that last month it slowed down to 8.7%. so prices are still rising but at a slower rate than before. part of the reason for that is a drop in the wholesale cost of energy though food price inflation is still close to a as year high. here s our economics