live from london. this is bbc news. two teenagers have been charged with murder in a shooting colin beatty is to step down after he was arrested in connection with the police investigation into the party's finances. the high court hears arguments over government plans for an asylum centre at an raf airfield in essex. the boss of the cbi says his reputation has been totally destroyed, cbi president calls his recount of events as selective. inflation in the uk drops slightly, but it's still the highest of the g—7 nations. and rebecca vardy trademarks the �*wagatha christie�* phrase used to describe her court.

hello and welcome. starting with our starting with our headline starting with our headline stories. the high court has been hearing a council's bid to block government plans for an asylum centre at an raf airfield. braintree district council is bringing legal action over the proposed use of raf wethersfield in essex. with more on this from our correspondent dominic casciani. he is in the newsroom for us. take us through it. he is in the newsroom for us. take us through it— us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one _ us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of— us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of the _ us through it. yes, this is crunch time for one of the home - us through it. yes, this is crunch - time for one of the home secretary's key strategist to try to deal with what she says is a genuine emergency situation with regards to managing the flow of migrants coming across the flow of migrants coming across the english channel. the vast majority of whom then seek asylum and need to be housed. the home

secretary has an obligation to house them. in effect, the home office has run out of accommodation over the last year or so. critics say that is because it does so badly managed, there are enormous numbers and hotels costing about 6 million a day and the home secretary has got to find another solution. one solution you can see behind me here on our story on the website is to start using this used raf land. in the centre of today's cases wethersfield airfield, that is north of braintree, about nine miles north of the essex town. it's in the middle of lovely rural countryside and the plan is to put 1700 asylum—seekers there while their cases are being assessed up to six months. in practical terms, that was more people than the people who live in a nearby hamlet in the village of the same name. about 1200, 1300 people. this there are an awful lot of people there who are absolutely furious about this, their local area

will be completely changed, they will be completely changed, they will be completely changed, they will be overwhelmed. there aren't enough services to actually support the people who are going to be on this site. their supporters include james cleverly, the foreign secretary who also happens to be the constituency mpn has made his opposition known. what happened today in the high court plays that the home secretary presented an argument that she doesn't effectively have to go through local planning laws as if you are building an extension or a new house or something like that. they could put temporary accommodation on this site underwent is known as class q temporary accommodation on this site underwent is known as class 0 that is slightly weird term referring to her right to create emergency accommodation on land which is owned by the government to solve an emergency. her lawyers today told the court this represents an emergency. they basically said that there is an unprecedented number of there is an unprecedented number of the asylum—seekers entering the country. there is an absence of suitable accommodation, and if this

site and others aren't used, matthew, these people will be left homeless and that will put them at risk of harm. that, she says, through her lawyers, is an emergency. braintree counsel lawyers say that is absolute rubbish. just because there is a shortage of accommodation nationally doesn't make it an emergency. this is something the home secretary has seen coming over a number of years. there has to be alternatives. there has to be consideration of local planning concerns and local opposition. that should allow the council to have some kind of veto or control over it. but that is now going to be for thejudge control over it. but that is now going to be for the judge to decide. thejudge in this going to be for the judge to decide. the judge in this case as he thejudge in this case as he is going to decide by the end of the week. if he decides on the home secretary's statement, that will be a big win for her and will have major implications for other plans can at least two others in other parts of the country in the months ahead. but there are other places looking at similar legal challenges, so this is a really important one to watch. thank you for taking us through all of that. thank you. a

serving police officer has appeared and to charged with raping a woman in plymouth whilst on duty. sergeant david currently suspended from harper chair for us was given bill and is due to appear at bristol crown court on the 10th of may. here is danjohnson. with something as serious as rape, this is always going to be a short procedural hearing before the case is handed on to the crown court. david stansberry was only asked to confirm his date of birth. he is a0 42 was only asked to confirm his date of birth. he is a0 a2 years of age and clarified with hisjudge of birth. he is a0 a2 years of age and clarified with his judge that his current address is an ill minster in somerset. he is a serving officer, a police sergeant but he's been suspended from duty. these allegations were reported to his former forests allegations were reported to his formerforests in allegations were reported to his former forests in 2020. allegations were reported to his formerforests in 2020. the allegations were reported to his former forests in 2020. the accounts that he faces, three counts of

raping a woman aged 16 or over dates back from october or november of 2009 when he was said to be on duty implement as an officer serving with devon and cornwall police. —— david stansbury. it hasn't even got to the stage at of david stansbury indicating whether he intends to plead guilty or not. he was given unconditional bill by the district judge year and was told that he should appear next at bristol county court on the 10th of may. 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.a% in february — but it had been widely expected to fall below 10%. food prices have remained stubbornly high, rising at their fastest rate in a5 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 increased costs across the board. the price of fresh milk in march was 32.6% higher than a year before and believe it or not that's slower inflation than in the autumn when milk was up 39% compared to prices before the invasion of ukraine. the plan'ts sales manager can't see prices dropping any time soon. at the moment we do not see anything changing because you have production costs getting higher and energy costs going higher. don't get me wrong, they have plateaued a little bit. but our raw consumer pricing, machinery costs, purchasing goods, glass bottles and crates, nothing seems to be stopping at the moment for us. we get this delivered in daily from the dairy~ — milk was singled out today as one reason why inflation, the rise in the cost of living, defied optimistic forecasts by most economists that it would drop down back to single digits, staying just above 10%. the price of food and soft drinks shot up faster than 1977 when most

milk was delivered in the morning. at this firm, the milkman is staging a comeback amid food and drinks inflation at 19.2%. what has recently happened has highlighted the problems we have with these big international supply chains. they have shown they are very fragile and have fallen over and that has impacted users' ability to get groceries consistently. in march the uk was the only advanced economy with double digit inflation, while in the united states, less hard—hit by energy price rises than europe, price inflation is running at barely half the rate british consumers are enduring. there is no such thing as an automatic fall in the headline rate of inflation and that is why we have a plan, and if we're going to reduce pressures on families, it is essential that we stick to that plan and see it through so that we halve inflation this year as the prime minister has promised. but what forced inflation up, energy prices, and what is keeping it up, food prices, are not the result

of any single government policy but of global economic factors from avian flu forcing up the price of eggs to bad harvests worsening a shortage of tomatoes. some key essentials like pasta rising much more quickly than the overall food price inflation. and what this basically means is that inflation for those on low incomes as much, much higher than for those on high incomes. labour said that prices were out of control and never had people paid so much to get so little in return. this chart shows you raw 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 the 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.

today's higher than expected inflation rate will embolden those on the bank of england monetary policy committee who want to raise interest rates for the 12th time in a row to head off inflation. others, though, think interest rate rises have already gone too far. the sacked boss of the cbi has been told he's been made the... —— "the fall guy" for the crisis engulfing the business lobbying group. tony danker apologised to anyone at the organisation that he had upset or made uncomfortable, but said his reputation has been destroyed as the public have wrongly connected allegations against him of sexual harassment with separate charges of serious misconduct that occurred before he joined the cbi. he has been talking to our business editor simonjack well, love, simon, iwant to apologise to anybody at the cbi that i upset, that i made him comfortable. that's on me. that's on me. but i have had a week of

coverage saying tony danker sacked in rape scandal, and these seem to take next rays have been about rape and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and it was all before my time. 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've 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've been made the fall guy. not did theyjust throw me under the bus, they reversed the bus back over me. i

didn't want to come in on the media after what has happened, but i feel i have to clear my name stop at 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, something she —— suggests —— sexually suggestive language over a year. the complaints the investigator raised with me and perhaps more helpfully i can tell you which ones the cbi then said merited my dismissal. the first one was that i organised the secret and private karaoke party. so what was this? at the christmas party in 2021, everybody was walking around saying let's go to karaoke. i said ok. i booked a room for 15 people was the largest i could get, and i walked around the party saying who wants to come to karaoke? and we got

15 people and we went to. the second one was my use of instagram. during the pandemic and beyond, i viewed the pandemic and beyond, i viewed the stories and profiles of a very small number of cbi staff, men and women, who have public instagram profiles, not private, public, so they broadcast to the world. nobody complains, but the investigator raised with me and the cbi already knew that some people thought that that was intrusive. and i get that. that third thing is this supposed barrage of messages that was raised with me, which was that i send people, junior staff, loads of messages on teams very often talking about non—work and stuff, and they are right, i have on teams message to probably 200 people to say hi, how are you, how was your weekend? show me pictures of your dogs are your babies, and so what has

happened here is some people have receive these messages and gone this is totally inappropriate. and they have and realise that i've been doing this to everyone to try to build rapport. in the fourth when i was accused of and was mentioned again in my dismissal letter was inviting junior staff, again in my dismissal letter was invitingjuniorstaff, in again in my dismissal letter was inviting junior staff, in this case juniorfemales, to breakfast or lunch or coffee outside the office. and i did. junior staff, female and male, i invited them to coffees and breakfasts and lunches across the road from the office to talk about their career as part of a mentoring programme. the cbi knew about all of these things and never ones to raise them with me as a disciplinary issue until suddenly they all became grounds for immediate dismissal. here i am on the news telling you things that i recognise don't sound great, but they are not to misconduct and they are not the things i'm being accused of. not in our things i'm being accused of. not in your opinion. _ things i'm being accused of. not in your opinion, but _ things i'm being accused of. not in your opinion, but let _ things i'm being accused of. not in your opinion, but let me _ things i'm being accused of. not in your opinion, but let me give - things i'm being accused of. not in your opinion, but let me give you | things i'm being accused of. not inj your opinion, but let me give you a reminder of what the definition of

sexual harassment is, creating an intimidating hostile degrading humiliating or offensive environment for people, whether it was intended or not. the fact that it wasn't intentional isn't good enough. it also talks about them having reasonable basis on which to believe that that is what was going on. with just saying that speaking today in response to that interview, the president of the cbi has described the former ceo of why he had been dismissed as selective. brian mcbride said there would be a deeper root and branch examination of the culture at the business group, but there's plenty more detail on that story on the bbc website, so just go and have a look, details about the interview and reaction to it. you are watching bbc news. let's turn to an extraordinary story that has developed over the last couple of hours and has been emerging,

because rebecca vardy, the wife of an english footballer who lost a libel case after a row over leaked stories to the press has trademarked the phrase �*wagatha christie' , the term which her court case widely became known as. it's a reference to vardy and the woman she sued, live now to our enterntainment correspondent colin paterson. the story that does not stop giving, does that? i the story that does not stop giving, does that? ., , , ., , the story that does not stop giving, does that? . , , ._ ., does that? i was there every day for the hiuh does that? i was there every day for the high court _ does that? i was there every day for the high court case _ does that? i was there every day for the high court case last _ does that? i was there every day for the high court case last year, - does that? i was there every day for the high court case last year, but i the high court case last year, but here i am still reporting on its almost a year after it all started, and boy it was this one unexpected. the person who lost the libel trial, remember, she was suing colleen rooney, but thejudge ruled remember, she was suing colleen rooney, but the judge ruled that their original allegation that rebecca had been leaking stories was substantially true, and she ended up having to pay almost £1.5 million in legal costs, and today, it is rebekah who has emerged in trademark

that when agatha christie nicknamed. she did not come up with upon, but she is able to do because no one else had done it. we looked through the records, it was three weeks after the judgment that she lost the libel trial that she decided to trade mark the phrase. that's incredible. _ trade mark the phrase. that's incredible. she _ trade mark the phrase. that's incredible. she must've - trade mark the phrase. that's incredible. she must've seen| trade mark the phrase. that's. incredible. she must've seen it trade mark the phrase. that's - incredible. she must've seen it and spotted the gap and done it exactly as you are describing. i suppose on as you are describing. i suppose on a serious point, the question is why would she do it?— would she do it? well, there is a lot of talk _ would she do it? well, there is a lot of talk about _ would she do it? well, there is a lot of talk about this _ would she do it? well, there is a lot of talk about this today - would she do it? well, there is a i lot of talk about this today and one theory is that she could believe that she could still make a lot of money from it, and to matthew, what is extraordinary about that says you can go on to the intellectual property website, government website and see what products that she has trademarked this against. now, obviously it is a lot more general than she will plan to use, because if you do certain products can you get other ones thrown in, but let me

just redo some of the products that she has trademarked this against. dog feeding bowls, cheese grater is, dolls clothing meet tenderized areas risks, household shares, electrically heated mugs, i didn't even know they existed, seaweed glue, horse glass and napkin dispensers. the list is on the website. i thoroughly recommend you go and look at it. it is... i website. i thoroughly recommend you go and look at it. it is...— go and look at it. it is... i was auoin go and look at it. it is... i was going to _ go and look at it. it is... i was going to ask— go and look at it. it is... i was going to ask you _ go and look at it. it is... i was going to ask you how- go and look at it. it is... i was going to ask you how you - go and look at it. it is... i was| going to ask you how you know go and look at it. it is... i was- going to ask you how you know all these things, but it is all they are, is that, in black—and—white. intellectual property office website, i have never been on it in my life. now if you hours rummaging around it and seeing just what she has been trademarking. quite extraordinary. a couple of interesting points the english comedian who _ interesting points the english comedian who first _ interesting points the english comedian who first came - interesting points the english comedian who first came up | interesting points the english . comedian who first came up with interesting points the english - comedian who first came up with the joke, he missed typed it when he originally typed it, so another lady

who lived in belgium did it 20 minutes later. they always argue as to who did it first. i got in contact with him today and he said he cannot speak because he is working out what he should do next, but the incredible thing is anyone could've trademarked that phrase, it was rebekah who decided to do it. that is really quite something. great to talk to you. thanks for being here on the programme. lucas is the crowns the best young surfer on the planet. have a look at this. looks pretty impressive. he won the other 16 surround title in melbourne in australia, the first briton to do it. he is from cornwall, and the last european federation described his performance as some of the most electrifying displays they have ever seen. i spoke to him just a little

earlier on the programme and he spoke to me about winning that title and how he felt. it spoke to me about winning that title and how he felt.— and how he felt. it was pretty cra . and how he felt. it was pretty crazy. nothing _ and how he felt. it was pretty crazy. nothing has _ and how he felt. it was pretty crazy. nothing has really - and how he felt. it was pretty l crazy. nothing has really kicked and how he felt. it was pretty - crazy. nothing has really kicked in yet. but it feels insane. you crazy. nothing has really kicked in yet. but it feels insane.— yet. but it feels insane. you are up auainst yet. but it feels insane. you are up against others _ yet. but it feels insane. you are up against others who _ yet. but it feels insane. you are up against others who are _ yet. but it feels insane. you are up against others who are the - yet. but it feels insane. you are up| against others who are the absolute best in this sport. i read that you are worried about sharks. how do you keep, and the board? because your dad tells you always that that is the key, isn't it? for dad tells you always that that is the key, isn't it?— dad tells you always that that is the key, isn't it? for sure. it was re the key, isn't it? for sure. it was pretty nerve-racking. _ the key, isn't it? for sure. it was pretty nerve-racking. i _ the key, isn't it? for sure. it was pretty nerve-racking. i had - the key, isn't it? for sure. it wasj pretty nerve-racking. i had never pretty nerve—racking. i had never been to australia before. so i did have some sharks in the back of my head, ijust knew that if i stayed calm and did my best i could do it. and i made some amazing friends as well. i and i made some amazing friends as well. ., , ., ., , ., well. i mentioned your dad 'ust now. i mean, well. i mentioned your dad 'ust now. i mean. he — well. i mentioned your dad 'ust now. i mean. he hash well. i mentioned your dad 'ust now. i mean, he has an t well. i mentioned your dad 'ust now. i mean, he has an 11 h well. i mentioned your dad 'ust now. i mean, he has an 11 time h well. i mentioned your dad just now. i mean, he has an 11 time european i i mean, he has an 11 time european champion. your mum is a great surfer as well. just tell me, in terms of you first being on a board, how old were you? you first being on a board, how old

were ou? ., , you first being on a board, how old were you?— you first being on a board, how old were ou? . , , ., , were you? yeah, they brought me up surfing since — were you? yeah, they brought me up surfing since i — were you? yeah, they brought me up surfing since i was _ were you? yeah, they brought me up surfing since i was probably - were you? yeah, they brought me up surfing since i was probably like - surfing since i was probably like two or three, so it's been really good to have them. my dad is one of the best in the world. my mum serves all the time with me as well. it's been so crazy. irate all the time with me as well. it's been so crazy-— all the time with me as well. it's been so crazy. we are seeing you absolutely _ been so crazy. we are seeing you absolutely in _ been so crazy. we are seeing you absolutely in your— been so crazy. we are seeing you absolutely in your prime. - been so crazy. we are seeing you absolutely in your prime. for - been so crazy. we are seeing you i absolutely in your prime. for people who don't know this sport, staying on the board is one thing, butjust tell me, technically, what are you actually doing, what is it that gives you marks, what is it that makes you stand out from other people? makes you stand out from other --eole? ., , makes you stand out from other eo le? ., , ., makes you stand out from other neale? ., , ., 4' makes you stand out from other --eole? ., , ., ~ , people? really doing like better stuff than other _ people? really doing like better stuff than other people, - people? really doing like better stuff than other people, you - people? really doing like better i stuff than other people, you know? and, yeah, just competing your way, surfing strong, doing big turns and big sections, just competing smart. i mean, just surfing to your best. you've just got to hope that they like your surfing. brute you've just got to hope that they like your surfing.— like your surfing. we lost you sli . htl like your surfing. we lost you slightly there. _ like your surfing. we lost you slightly there. i _ like your surfing. we lost you slightly there. i know - like your surfing. we lost you slightly there. i know since . like your surfing. we lost you i slightly there. i know since you came back from australia, i mean,

what a welcome you got. what was that like? it what a welcome you got. what was that like? ., , ,., what a welcome you got. what was that like? .,, ,., . ., , .,, that like? it was so crazy. it was really cool- _ that like? it was so crazy. it was really cool. it was _ that like? it was so crazy. it was really cool. it was just _ that like? it was so crazy. it was really cool. it wasjust nice - that like? it was so crazy. it was really cool. it wasjust nice to i really cool. it was just nice to know that everyone was so supportive of me most of it was just the best feeling i could ever ask for. i would just like to thank everyone who did that for me.— would just like to thank everyone who did that for me. straight back into schoolwork. _ who did that for me. straight back into schoolwork. how _ who did that for me. straight back into schoolwork. how does - who did that for me. straight back into schoolwork. how does it - who did that for me. straight back into schoolwork. how does it go? | into schoolwork. how does it go? because we are now in the spring. i was reading that the winter is the toughest time for training. tell me about that. ., , toughest time for training. tell me about that. . , , , about that. yeah, it is super cold, but the waves _ about that. yeah, it is super cold, but the waves are _ about that. yeah, it is super cold, but the waves are the _ about that. yeah, it is super cold, but the waves are the best - about that. yeah, it is super cold, but the waves are the best that i about that. yeah, it is super cold, | but the waves are the best that we get all year round. so you've just got to push through the cold. the surf gets that good, you don't even want to get out. it's super good, and i have some really good coaches around. it'sjust been really and i have some really good coaches around. it's just been really cool, it's been a good winter. i around. it'sjust been really cool, it's been a good winter. i mentioned a little earlier, _ it's been a good winter. i mentioned a little earlier, you're _ it's been a good winter. i mentioned a little earlier, you're three - it's been a good winter. i mentioned a little earlier, you're three years i a little earlier, you're three years old when he first got on a board. but in terms of adult world champions, they have all done what you have done, which is when at

under 16 stage. what is next? what have you got in your sites?- have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure. have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure- it _ have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure. it is _ have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure. it is pretty _ have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure. it is pretty cool- have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure. it is pretty cool to - have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure. it is pretty cool to be i have you got in your sites? yeah, for sure. it is pretty cool to be on j for sure. it is pretty cool to be on those lists. just hopefully if i worked hard enough i can go to those extremes that other servers have in my topical are the olympics and the top of my mind. i mean, as long as i work hard, ifeel like it will, if i just put 150% into everything. abs, just put 150% into everything. a quick question that you had a serious injury not that long ago. it's incredible to see you win this, after all of isn't it? i it's incredible to see you win this, after all of isn't it?— after all of isn't it? i mean, i tore my spleen _ after all of isn't it? i mean, i tore my spleen when - after all of isn't it? i mean, i tore my spleen when i - after all of isn't it? i mean, i tore my spleen when i was l after all of isn't it? i mean, ij tore my spleen when i was 11 after all of isn't it? i mean, i- tore my spleen when i was 11 years old. so ijust had to work as hard as they could to get back a stop skating now, so i'm just working on surfing. skating now, so i'm 'ust working on surfina. ~ ., _, �* ., ,, surfing. well done, he couldn't take that's smile — surfing. well done, he couldn't take that's smile off— surfing. well done, he couldn't take that's smile off his _ surfing. well done, he couldn't take that's smile off his face. _ a coroner has agreed to change

the death certificate of a man who died ten days after receiving the astrazeneca covid vaccine to a cause of "unintended complications of the vaccine stephen wright a father of two from kent was 32 years old when he died injanuary 2021 of a blood clot in the brain. update you in terms of that industrial action we have been looking after the course of the last few hours, because security workers at heathrow airport will strike for another eight days next month as part of their dispute about pay. the walk—outs by members of the unite union will begin on the ath of may and on the 27th. 1a00 security officers took part in the previous strikes over easter, also going on strikes over easter, also going on strike will be 2000 ambulance workers in britain. they will stage fresh strikes next month. unite says many of its members were unhappy with the government's latest pay offer. they will now walk out alongside teachers and nurses. many

members are still voting on the government pay offer of a 5% rise and a one—time bonus with a ballot to closing on april the 28th. just a snippet of music news. the kate bush single running up that hill has been nominated for a prestigious song—writing award — 38 years after it was released. it's in the running #be # be running up that road, be running up that hill, be running up the building #. it's in the running for the "most performed song" at the ivor novello awards. the track was first released in 1985 but had a resurgence last summer after it was used in the netflix show stranger things. i went to number one in the uk charts and gave kate that her first top ten hit in the us. she's previously won two awards back in 1979 and 1987. we are nearly at the

end of a really busy programme. the latest raid from sudan, because the un secretary—general to take part in a virtual meeting on sudan tomorrow with the heads of the au, arab league and other relevant groups. we will have more on that up next. see you next time. hello, today is not quite as warm across wales as it was yesterday. we have seen more cloud coming in here. scotland has been faring nicely, particularly across western scotland and this is where we will see the highest temperatures once again. we have high pressure dominating our weather, centred to the north—east of the uk and this weather front is taking some showers away from the south—west of england but we are left with this easterly wind which is quite strong and gusty and it will make it feel chilly, especially if you haven't got the sunshine. cooler around some eastern coastal areas of the uk with the wind off the north sea, higher temperatures around the western coast but more cloud

to end the afternoon across wales, the south—west and northern ireland. that will get pushed away, a bit of upslope cloud coming into the pennines, the welsh hills. otherwise clear skies, the winds will drop a bit as well. it will be chilly overnight. those are the temperatures in towns and cities, could below freezing in grampian in the morning. heading into tomorrow, any cloud will move away and there will be a lot of sunshine around tomorrow, the winds picking up once again and dragging in some cloud from the near continent into east anglia, the south—east of england in the afternoon. that will bring some patchy rain and here it will be particularly chilly. the winds similar to what we have seen today, strongest winds across england and wales, that will make it feel chilly but at least many places will see some sunshine and in western scotland we could see temperatures as high as 18 degrees. pollen levels are still high or even very high in wales and the south—west, tree pollen at this time of the year, the grass pollen season starts next month. heading towards the end of the week, we have got high pressure sitting more to the north of the uk, keeping in that run of east or north—easterly wind but we have

got some weather fronts on the scene, that means thicker cloud and some patchy rain on friday across england and wales, if it brightens up in the south that could trigger some sharp showers and we will have a strong wind across northern england and southern scotland. scotland and northern ireland should stay dry, the best of the sunshine and highest temperatures, reasonably warm in that sunshine but much more cloud will drop the temperatures in england or wales, perhaps only ten or 11 degrees. as we head into the weekend, the chance of some rain on saturday, looks drier on sunday, but showers in northern scotland on sunday will be turning wintry in the hills. it will get colder with a northerly wind by the end of the weekend.

today at six... concern as the cost of living remains stubbornly high in the uk. the soaring cost of food and drink meant inflation hardly fell last month — it remains above 10%. for me, never mind my children to be in this position. i'd love to put a biscuit in my tea, but i can't because a biscuit�*s a massive treat. we'll be asking what it means for interest rates. also on the programme... the ex cbi boss tony danker tells us he was made a fall guy for a wider crisis at the business group — it says it had strong legal grounds to sack him. rupert murdoch's us network fox news pays out more than £630 million in lawsuit over its coverage

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