with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b
i m sally bundock and we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the latest inflation numbers will be released and its widely anticipated the news will be good with prices coming down. the bank of england says it expects inflation to fall sharply in april . this follows an upgrade from the international monetary fund for the uk economy. it says we should avoid a recession this year but the imf is warning inflation remains stubbornly high and higher interest rates will need to remain in place if it is to be brought down. so where are we at? if we look at february inflation measured as consumer prices stood at 10.4%. the soaring cost of food and energy being the key drivers. it then fell slightly to 10.1% in march. this was a surprise as a much biggerfall was predicted and rang alarms bells with concerns of sticky inflation that proves difficult to reduce. bells with concerns inflation is proving very sticky. difficult to bring down. and helps low prices with th
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