coletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear.ening. bank holiday weekend is coming to a close. it has been a cloudy affair for many. still stunning at times. take a look at this amazing weather watcher picture sent in from edinburgh. but you can see the cloud at times was fairly threatening. there were a few isolated showers in eastern scotland. best of the sunshine through lincolnshire and cambridgeshire throughout monday afternoon, and in fact, temperatures here around 16 or 17, but you can see it was the exception, rather than the rule. the emphasis with the cloud and a few scattered showers from time to time. now, through this evening and overnight, we keep the cloud going and the risk of a few showers as well. a northerly breeze and slightly clearer skies into the far north—east of scotland. here, temperatures will fall down to low single figures, but elsewhere, it's going to be a mild start to tuesday, frost—free here. so, another grey start as well. and the cloud will be thick enough for a few showers first thing in the mo

coletta smith, bbc news. the instiute for fiscal studies, a leading economic research group. good morning, peter. can you talk us through this figure. put it into a bit of historical context, if you would, and what it means. well, exactl . would, and what it means. well, exactly. these _ would, and what it means. well, exactly. these are _ would, and what it means. well, exactly. these are very - would, and what it means. well, exactly. these are very serious l exactly. these are very serious figures. the cpi rose by 9% relative to the previous april, so over the year prices have risen by about 9% on average. that's around the highest price increase since we think, 1982. we had to reconstruct previous pricing to try to work out what happened. but these are absolutely historic price increases. the largest price increase we have seen for energy again since records began, 1989. is it seen for energy again since records began. 1989.— began, 1989. is it predominantly ener: began, 1989. is it predominantly energy t

coletta smith, bbc news, in leeds.ry — more attempts are expected to be made today to rescue ukrainian civilians who've been trapped in an industrical complex in the beseiged city of mariupol for weeks. they're expected to arrive in the nearby city of zaporizhzhia today, and the un refugee agency has confirmed that more than 5.5 million people have now fled ukraine. let's speak to joe inwood, who is in lviv. what is the latest you are hearing on the evacuation from mariupol? 10c! on the evacuation from mariupol? 100 --eole, on the evacuation from mariupol? 10131 people, as on the evacuation from mariupol? 1122 people, as we on the evacuation from mariupol? 122 people, as we have been reported, who were brought out yesterday, in a number of different processes. the first news we got was that they were being taken to a town on the russian border. that caused some concern at first, because we were told we were going to a separatist processing station, and we thought maybe that would be seen as a breach of the agreement th

coletta smith, bbc news. hannah, i know that you supply butchers because you are a meat supplier, just to explain to our viewers what you do. it is good to have you with us. we are discussing this headline, an inflation rate of 9%. i wondered what your inflation rate was, how much it costs —— mark how much our cost going up for you. at the minute in agriculture is estimated that inflation is at about 30%. of the sea, that is just a crazy amount and it is becoming very difficult forfarmers to crazy amount and it is becoming very difficult for farmers to produce a product that we are used to, and their margins are being squeezed very tightly. 0bviously with that becomes many difficulties. in the future we are going to see a definite reduction of uk producers because they margins are just so small, it's starting to get to a point where it is not ready worth it for them. and obviously, i think something that you have got to take into consideration in terms of meat is it is notjust an on or off product. 0nce is it

coletta smith, bbc news, in leeds.n the last year following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals but warned of the devastating impact the covid backlog has had on cancer care. with me now is shaun walsh, head of public affairs and campaigning at cancer research uk. welcome, thank you forjoining us. so the numbers of referrals are up by 250,000 since before the pandemic. presumably, that is people who, if there had not been a pandemic, in normaltimes, who, if there had not been a pandemic, in normal times, would have been referred earlier? weill. have been referred earlier? well, eah, have been referred earlier? well, yeah. these _ have been referred earlier? well, yeah, these are _ have been referred earlier? well, yeah, these are very _ have been referred earlier? well, yeah, these are very welcome - have been referred earlier? in yeah, these are very welcome numbers that we are hearing today from

coletta smith, bbc news.r to you. have a look at these boys, fresh in from iceland. trays of card. it isjohn�*s job to oversee the market. he is the chief executive. you have felt the inflationary pressure. sorry, martin. martin and john. you have been feeling the inflationary pressure. what are your energy bills like? , , , ., like? the energy bills have rocketed- _ like? the energy bills have rocketed. we _ like? the energy bills have rocketed. we are - like? the energy bills have rocketed. we are paying i like? the energy bills have - rocketed. we are paying nearly twice as much as we used to. when you have as much as we used to. when you have a refrigerated market and you need ice making machines, lighting etc, there is a cost involved. some of there is a cost involved. some of the cast we pass on to clients and customers, but effectively a lot of that we pick up ourselves to keep the fish market operational. you are havin: to the fish market operational. you are having to absorb _ the fish market operati

coletta smith, bbc news, in leeds.lves as measures which were introduced to curb bird flu cases are being dropped from today. farmers and egg producers have been forced to keep chickens inside since november, because of the worst outbreak of avian flu the uk has ever seen. sarah rogers is at a farm in north wales for us. good morning. this sounds like good news forfarmers this good morning. this sounds like good news for farmers this morning? absolutely, and welcome to this lovely rolling countryside where that hen lockdown has been lifted. you're probably wondering, where are they? and also, why you wearing that? there is still a lot of bio—security in place even though it has been lifted so i have to wear this bio—security overall suit. also we are going to dip their feet, this bio—security overall suit. also we are going to dip theirfeet, one at a time, i we are going to dip their feet, one at a time, i am we are going to dip theirfeet, one at a time, i am worried about falling over on tv. that is all done. now i ca