putting it down to gb news cats are safe for now from an snp ban, as the scottish first minister, john swinney, rules out a crackdown. so inflation is currently 2.7%. some of these inflation council tax increases 10%. yeah. all because the deputy prime minister agreed it. the law before labour got in was you had to have a referendum locally if they wanted to raise it more than 5%. so now 10% because jhon duran ssafa. >> everything is just so much more expensive though isn't it? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the trouble is, councils have spent wastefully . they haven't spent wastefully. they haven't forward planned all of these extra expenses. and now it's us, the taxpayer. it is you at home who are going to have to foot the bill. let us know your thoughts. >> and you think in bristol you're going to get one bin collection a month. >> what? >> what? >> yeah, one a month. >> yeah, one a month. >> gbnews.com/yoursay to get in touch with us this morning. first, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you very much. the top stories. police are continuing to question a teenager after a 15 y