today at one — food prices go up at their fastest rate for 45 years — driving a higher than expected rise in the cost of living. the price of bread, cereal and chocolate has gone up sharply — hitting households and businesses alike. the cost of milk going up, the cost of production going up, the cost of manufacturing going up, it has just been a snowball effect over the last six to 12 months really. we'll bring you all the latest and we'll be asking when we can expect prices to start coming down. also this lunchtime... tony danker, the sacked boss of the cbi, says his reputation has been totally destroyed but the cbi president calls his account of events "selective". thirty years since the racist murder of stephen lawrence — and a bungled metropolitan police investigation — his mother says the force

has not changed. officers are able to be as brutal as they want, and nobody holds them to account. and until that happens, there's no way the police are going to move forward. in the us, fox news comes to a 600 million pound settlement with the voting machine company dominion over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. and ukraine's eurovision hopefuls happy to pose for selfies — but the war is never far from their minds. and coming up on bbc news, manchester have one foot in the champions league semi—finals as they go to germany with a 3—0 lead, aiming to finish the job against bayern munich.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. soaring prices for bread, cereal and chocolate meant the cost of living rose more than expected last month. inflation, which measures the rate at which prices are going up, was at 10.1% in the year to march. that is down from 10.4% in february, but it had been widely expected to fall below 10%. food prices have remained stubbornly high, rising at their fastest rate in 45 years. as our economics correspondent andy verity reports, the office for national statistics said food and drink prices had risen by over 19% in a year. at this milk bottling plant in stockport they have struggled with increase costs across the board. the price of fresh milk in march was 32% higher than a year before and believe it or not that a slower

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harvests worsening shortage of tomatoes. laboursaid harvests worsening shortage of tomatoes. labour said that prices were at of control and never had people paid so much to get so little in return. this chart shows you all materials prices going back decades. over on the left that mountain is the price spikes in the 1970s due to wars in the middle east and the oil price shock. this spike here close to me, more like cleopatra's needle and less like a mountain, is this spike we have just been through. and if inflation does come down in the coming months, it will be down to that, falling raw materials prices, and not any government plan. the higher than expected inflation rate has caused a desired to increase inflate, interest prices again. andyjoins me from the bbc�*s business unit now. inflation remains higher than expected — when will we start to see a change? probably later this year and

economists are confident of that because of what ijust economists are confident of that because of what i just showed economists are confident of that because of what ijust showed you in the chart which is raw material prices. back in october they were up 23% year—on—year and in the latest figures just around seven or 8% so thatis figures just around seven or 8% so that is a lot less unmanageable for the firm is paying for the raw materials. everything from the price of wood to the price of petrol. and the raw material prices spiked as you saw in the 1970s and we probably have been through a similar spike just now. that is one reason why economists are confident and the other is that inflation is a year—on—year comparison so whereas a few months ago we were comparing prices now with prices before the war in ukraine, so there was a big difference between them, when we move on we will be comparing prices a little later with prices after the big spike in oil after the invasion of ukraine and the difference between the two is smaller. that is the big reason why most economists think that we can still be confident

inflation will subside.— inflation will subside. andy, very, many thanks- _ the sacked boss of the cbi has told the bbc that he's been made "the fall guy" for the crisis at the business lobbying group. tony danker said his reputation had been destroyed as the public had wrongly connected allegations of sexual harassment against him with separate accusations of serious misconduct at the organisation before hejoined. but the cbi president has said mr danker�*s account of events was "selective." let's get more from our business editor simonjack. eight days ago tony danker was fired with immediate effect from one of the uk's leading business groups. he had already stood aside pending an investigation into claims of misconduct that at least one employee said amounted to sexual harrassment when fresh allegations of rape and drug use, which were unconnected to him and predated his time in office, emerged. an emotional mr danker said his name had been unfairly associated with these charges but he started with an apology. i want to apologise to anyone

at the cbi, that i upset, that i made uncomfortable. that's on me. but i have had a week of coverage saying, tony danker is sacked in rape scandal. and these stories have been about rape and sexual assault and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and it was all before my time. and so the first thing that has happened is my reputation has been totally destroyed. i never thought i would be here talking to you, but i have had to. the second thing that happened was when they fired me, they told me that some of the things i have done, and they named them, these were things thatjust a week or two earlier they said didn't merit any disciplinary action. and now they told me they merited immediate dismissal.

i have been made the fall guy. the first part of the investigation was focused on your conduct and you know what the charges are because you had to respond to them. and it said unwanted verbal remarks in the office, a barrage of unwanted messages, some featuring sexually suggestive language over more than a year. what did happen? i can tell you what the investigator raised with me, the complaints the investigator raised with me. and perhaps probably more helpfully, i can tell you which ones the cbi then said merited my dismissal. mr danker said his termination letter had contained four grounds for dismissal. a private karaoke party for 15 people after a christmas dinner, viewing the public instagram accounts of employees, non—work related messages to staff on work messaging platforms and inviting individualjunior staff to breakfasts, lunches and coffees. he accepted that some staff may have found his approach at work

uncomfortable and apologised for that — but he didn't believe his immediate sacking was warranted. however, speaking on the today programme, brian mcbride said his account was not the full story. i think tony's description there was selective. tony and i had a conversation when he was dismissed. i followed it up with a legal letter explaining everything in detail and so there is more in that letter than what we have just talked about. you haven't showed him the report, have you? the law firm's report? that's correct. why haven't you showed him that? so that report was commissioned by the board using the law firm fox williams. and those who spoke to it were offered confidentiality, they were offered that the comments would not be relayed. and that was the basis on which we ran the report and the basis on which tony danker knew the report was being run. so where does that leave the cbi. government and memberfirms are unwilling to engage with it until the rest of the investigation — into allegations of rape and drug use are complete — but the police are also involved

so that could take some time rendering a body that describes itself as the most influential and effective voice of business in paralysis. rishi sunak has referenced his wife's shares in a childcare agency in a list of ministerial interests after a row over transparency. the prime minister is under investigation by parliament's standards watchdog over claims he did not declare akshata murty�*s shares in koru kids, a firm boosted by the budget. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is in westminster. why has it taken so long for this to be declared in this way? we why has it taken so long for this to be declared in this way?— why has it taken so long for this to be declared in this way? we have not had a list of — be declared in this way? we have not had a list of ministerial _ be declared in this way? we have not had a list of ministerial interests - had a list of ministerial interests for almost a year. there had been criticism over the fact that it was may 2022 when the last list was published. then 20 minutes before prime minister's questions, this is published on the government website.

the updated list. it does include that reference to the company which rishi sunak�*s wife has shares in, koru kids, child care agency which potentially could benefit from the expansion of childcare that the government announced in the budget. the question was why it had not been publicly declared that she had those shares rishi sunak was asked about it at a committee of mps and did not provide details but he then did write to the committee to confirm that his wife had those shares. we found out about that letter and that confirmation earlier this week. that latter is referenced in this document. we do not have a lot of new detail about the investments by akshata murty, we do have reference to the latter it so it still begs the question for number ten that hype does not come up in the liaison committee last month would it have

been published in his public register of ministerial interests? that is the question we will be asking downing street this afternoon. one other thing this tells us that dominic raab the deputy prime minister has engaged lawyers as part of a bullying probe thatis lawyers as part of a bullying probe that is ongoing at the moment. he denies wrongdoing in that probe. but were told that he has hired lawyers to fight his case. a lot of expectation around westminster that that inquiry by a senior lawyer could conclude soon. hick that inquiry by a senior lawyer could conclude soon. nick eardley, many thanks- _ children conceived as a result of rape will soon be recognised as victims of crime in england and wales, the government says. it will mean better access to information and to support services. sammy woodhouse was a victim of the rotherham grooming scandal and fell pregnant to her abuser when she was just 15. she's made a new bbc documentary in which she meets other mothers and children born from abuse. emma ailes has more,

and you may find the content of this report upsetting. that was literallyjust minutes after i'd give birth to him. i just look so young. becoming a mum was one of the happiest moments of sammy's life. but when her son was only 12, she had to tell him a painful truth — that the man he called dad had raped and abused her. and that's how he was born. he didn't want to be the person who he was. in his own skin. i blamed myself. i felt so stupid. sammy and her son struggled alone with the difficult emotions. it's only now, years later, that she's discovering they're not the only ones. you're questioning everything about yourself, looking in the mirror, almost like i could see the man who raped my mother looking back at me. neil grew up adopted. the birth mother was raped by a stranger in a park, and that's how neil was born. finding out was a gut

wrenching moment. when you hear those words, it's like somebody's, almost like a video game punched into your chest and ripped your insides out. ijust broke down. so i did meet with my birth mother. and one of the first things i said to her is, if i look like the man who did this to you, walk away. and what did she say? she said it's fine. you don't look like him. that really changed things for me. the man who did that to my birth mother is, he isjust nothing to me. to all intents and purposes, i don't think of myself as having a birth father. i have my birth mother, and that's it. and that's enough. research suggests more than 3,000 women become pregnant from rape in england and wales each year. mandy had her son as a result of being abused by her father. this is the first time she's ever talked openly about how that feels. do you think it's different for us as mums having a child conceived through abuse,

to having children conceived in a happy relationship? yeah. how do you think it's different? before i had my other children, i thought i knew what loving a baby was. and then when i had my proper children, it sounds awful to say that, i knew what it was. he wasn't conceived out of love. he was conceived by... ..a monster. but by god, i love him. but... yeah. i always say i'm the survivor. my son's a victim. because he is. because the crime happened to me, it happened to him as well. for people like sammy and her son, the coming change in the law is a moment for celebration. it will give them the legal right to information and support. and after decades in the shadows, it's a sign that their voices are finally being heard.

emma ailes, bbc news. you can watch out of the shadows: born from rape on bbc iplayer now. and if you've been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find information and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. our top story this lunchtime. food prices go up at their fastest rate for 45 years, driving a higher than expected rise in the cost of living. and still to come, as figures show one child in six in england is living in overcrowded accommodation, we hear one family's story. coming up on bbc news... a 147 for kyren wilson in his first—round match against ryan day. only the 13th maximum break in world snooker championship history. the mother of the murdered black

teenager stephen lawrence has told the bbc that thirty years after the metropolitan police bungled the investigation into her son's killing, the force has failed to change and remains institutionally racist. the 18—year—old was set upon by a group of white youths in south—east london in april 1993. two men were convicted in 2012, but others have never been brought to justice. in her only tv interview to mark the anniversary of stephen's death, i sat down with baroness lawrence to discuss her three decades of campaigning. baroness lawrence, it's been 30 years since your son stephen was murdered, you must look at this anniversary with very mixed emotions. it doesn't seem like 30 years to me, it's like where have all the years gone? i'm always thinking about him all the time and to say it's 30 years is a long, long time. and where would he be now? and those are the sort of things i think about. what would he be doing?

would he have children? and stuff like that. and i know when stephen died one of the things i've said is that i wanted his name to be remembered and for him not to be a statistic, but i didn't expect that after all these years it is still quite a live issue for me as well as for the public. it took nearly 20 years to bring two of stephen's killers to justice but there are others out there who are still free. how does that make you feel? there are times i don't really think about them because i think if i do, then your life is at a standstill and it's at times like this, yes, i do think about them that there is only two and the rest of them are still free. but then that was down to how the investigation happened. and if we as a family did not look to push and keep challenging, i don't think those two that are in prison, i don't think we would ever have got there because it's not something i felt at the time

the police were interested in. so despite the macpherson report in 1999, which shamed the police, which demanded change in the police, you don't think it would have happened without pressure from you? no, it wouldn't have happened. why not? i don't know, for me it's difficult to understand how the police work but i think when you look at around within the black community, how we are treated, how crimes are investigated, we are never seen as a group of people that should have justice, so everything that we have had we have had to fight for and continue to fight. in the last year we have had the casey review into the metropolitan police which once again found the force to be institutionally racist as well as homophobic and misogynistic. well, it's no surprise, it's always been there and i don't know how many more inquiries and how many reviews you need to have to say the same thing and still no

changes and still denials. so it was no surprise. sir mark rowley, the commissioner of the met, has admitted that there are severe shortcomings but he does say the force is not the same force it was 20 or 25 years ago. the commissioner can say that he doesn't believe it's the same force but i think the public should be the judge of that and not him. listening to the excuses, we are doing all that we can, which is not true, officers have been able to be as brutal as they want and nobody holds them to account and until that happens there is no way the police is going to move forward and they have to not do it behind closed doors, it needs to be seen publicly what they are doing for people to accept that they are going to change. over the past, what, in stephen's case, 30 years,

nothing much has changed. baroness lawrence, speaking to me about her son stephen ahead of the 30th anniversary of his murder. a coroner has agreed to change the death certificate of a man he received the astrazeneca vaccine. stephen wright, a father of two from kent was 32 years old when he died in january 2021 of a blood kent was 32 years old when he died injanuary 2021 of a blood clot in the brain. one child in six in england is living in overcrowded accommodation, according to new research by the national housing federation. it says that a chronic lack of social housing is limiting the life chances of hundreds of thousands of young people. the government says its spending £11.5 billion over five years on the affordable homes programme to increase the housing supply. here's our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. brimstone house in east london was built to accommodate single people.

but it's currently home to nearly 60 families in temporary and emergency accommodation, many living in overcrowded conditions. caitlin and her daughter evie have been here a year. they share a bed most of the time. sometimes i actually have to sleep on the floor because she takes up the whole bed space. and if i wake her up so i can scooch her up a little bit, she will wake up. and then it makes it quite difficult for her to just go back to sleep. the lack of space means there are no baths in each property, and as evie hates showers, her mum has to improvise. to make up for the whole bath situation, ijust use a bucket and i fill that up with water and soap, add a few toys in there. it's the closest i can do to replicate a bath for her. i put lots of toys in. we do put a lot of toys in there.

the national housing federation say one in six children in england are living in overcrowded accommodation. they calculate that more than 300,000 of them are forced to share a bed with other family members. children from ethnic minorities are three times more likely to live in overcrowded homes. these children are feeling the huge impact, including that to their mental health, their physical health, to their development and also to their wellbeing. they're embarrassed to bring friends over. there's nowhere for them to do their homework. the dangers of living in overcrowded housing were highlighted last month when a man died in this east london flat. at least 18 people had been sharing the two bed property. campaigners say a chronic lack of social housing is to blame for overcrowding. ministers say they're spending over £11 billion building thousands of affordable homes. michael buchanan, bbc news. the us broadcaster fox news has reached a last—minute settlement

to avoid a high—profile defamation case brought by the voting machine manufacturer dominion. the american channel, owned by rupert murdoch, has agreed to pay the equivalent of more than £630 million for its reporting of false claims of vote—rigging in the 2020 presidential election. graham statchell reports. joe biden takes the lead in pennsylvania... trump is now trailing... the 2020 american election, one of the closest and most contentious in us history. in district after district there were recounts and for some conservative commentators a narrative started to emerge. we don't know how many votes were stolen on tuesday night, we don't know anything about the software that many say was rigged, we don't know, we ought to find out. fox news, owned by rupert murdoch and backers of donald trump, questioned the credibility of the election. they echoed and reinforced donald trump's view that this was... a rigged and stolen election.

the focus of attention, the machines used to count the votes and dominion, the company that made them. we talked about the dominion software, i know that there were voting irregularities. tell me about that. that's to put it mildly. the computer glitches could not and should not have happened. fox news presenters and guests, including trump's former lawyer sidney powell, questioned the reputation of dominion. it is the most ludicrous, irresponsible and rancid system. dominion decided to sue for defamation, saying their business had been harmed by fox spreading false claims. extraordinary evidence emerged in the run—up to the trial. in a series of private messages, rupert murdoch described the claims against dominion as " really crazy stuff". fox news presenter tucker carlson was blunt about trump's former lawyer. "sidney powell is lying," he said. fox news was facing a six—week trial where more embarrassing details

were certain to emerge. they decided to settle. fox has agreed to pay $787 million to settle dominion's defamation lawsuit. the truth matters, lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america. fox news still faces a second bigger defamation lawsuit from another firm, smartmatic, which is seeking almost $3 billion. graham satchell, bbc news. ukraine's eurovision performers say they always "have war at the back of their minds" when they're on stage. the pop duo tvorchi will defend ukraine's title at next month's event in liverpool. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse went to meet them in the western city of lviv. a warning, his report contains some flashing images from the start. singing.

there aren't many reasons for being in a nightclub during the afternoon. but a sound check is one of them. minus one, minus two, minus two. jeffrey, plus andrii, together make tvorchi, ukraine's electronic eurovision entry. and this is the song they're hoping to win it with — heart of steel. singing. this is basically a song about strong people who are staying in a good attitude in a negative situation. russia's continued invasion means the uk, instead of ukraine, is hosting this year's competition. at least they're doing it on behalf of the ukraine. so we know they're going to make,

you know, make everything nice. make it to the best of their abilities. some tvorchi takeaways, then. it is a powerful electronic sound. the lyrics are defiant, and it's that which connects with their ukrainian fans. but the eurovision question will be whether they can do it for a global audience. the previous year it was about a war, and now we have to show people that ukraine is just a culture, it's about our language and about ukraine. the duo met in the city of ternopil in western ukraine in 2016. jeffrey came here from nigeria to study pharmacy, and andrii stopped him in the street to practice his english. a chain of events would ultimately bring them eurovision, with some local fame on the way. awesome!

although not everyone will be tuning in. translation: the ukraine in general has so many problems now and everyone has their own issues. so i'm personally not interested in eurovision. when russia invaded the country, jeffrey decided to stay in ukraine for their music. now it's their music which is making them leave, for liverpool. james waterhouse, bbc news, western ukraine. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. as usual for this as usualfor this time as usual for this time of the year, highland scotland is the place to be, although it may not be quite as warm as it was yesterday, but still in that sunshine, temperatures reach 18 degrees. we have the same weather pattern as yesterday, high—pressure centre to the north of the uk. that

takes the showers away from the south—west, but