to do if you fall into the sea or you fall into a lake? the answer is wrote to. as the cost of the weekly shop continues to go up, the boss of one of the uk s biggest supermarkets denies they are profiting unfairly from rising food prices. the title may be city s but manchester united can celebrate champions league football next season. a thumping win over chelsea secures their spot in the premier league s top four with a game to spare. as we head into the bank holiday weekend, you will want to dry and sunny. i have got all the details from the session. from gloucestershire. it s friday the 26th of may. our main story. health inspectors have found that maternity care at two hospitals in east kent has got worse since a damning review was published in october. last year the kirkup review found that 45 babies might have survived if they d received better care at the hospitals in margate and ashford but a new inspection by the care quality commission found significant problems
programme. there will no be default. those were the words of president biden on thursday as he hailed what he called productive talks with his political rivals as the clock ticks on the country s finances. he is trying to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. the us government is set to hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion next week, raising fears it could run out of money to pay its bills without a deal to increase the debt ceiling. from new york, michelle fleury reports. with just one week left until treasury officials say the us will run out of cash to pay its bills, the mood music from washington was upbeat that a deal can be done to avoid default. i want to be clear that the negotiations we re having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like not about default. it s about competing visions for america. nothing will be resolved till we solve them all. we know where our differences lie. we worked well past midnight last night, we r
french police fired tear gas at climate protestors in the french capital paris outside french oil giant total energies general assembly meeting. hundreds of protesters gathered outside as they tried to stop the event from happening. images on social media show totalenergies shareholders and activists arguing before the event. the meeting started an hour ago, as shareholders have to vote on a motion in regards to the company s carbon emission. they plan to allocate a third of its investment to low carbon sources and reach 100 gigawatts of renewable by the 2030. but france s energy transmission minister has urged the company speed things up. but obligations are that it provides. it has come under fire for a pipeline project that activists say is threatened ecosystem. live now to manon aubry, a french european mp for the leftist party france unbowed, joining me now from paris. you joining me now from paris. were at that protest toi explain you were at that protest today. just ex
used to. the fork to farm summit, the prime minister at meeting stakeholders, cheaper cuts, needs must and they will be discussing how we improve food security and production. we ve also got new figues from which? that put food inflation for april at over i7% the consumer group says prices ofjuice, chocolate, water, fish, chilled ready meals and cheese are continuing to rise. the british retail consortium saying it is confident that supermarkets are doing all they can to keep food prices low. get in touch with us this morning. food prices, reality or rip off? here is the news from karishma patel. thank you. the latest figures show the number of people not working due to long term illness is at a record high. the office for national statistics also found wages are rising at their fastest rate for 20 years but that those increases are being outstripped by inflation. vodafone is to cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years which is about a tenth of its workforce. this w