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it's down from just over 10% in march to 8.7% in the year to april. but the drop is less than many expected, driven by food prices which have continued to surge at their fastest rate in nearly 45 years. the uk looks poised to win a battle with spain and host a multi—billion pound electric car battery plant in somerset. and a life—changing medical breakthrough, as a man paralysed in a cycling accident walks again thanks to implants in his brain. later in the hour we was discussed bbc sport. good evening. there have been more details from south wales police about the events leading...

with new listings falling far behind those in the us and the rest of europe. in particular there are measures to make it easierfor new companies to join the stock market. the city minister says it would improve london's international competitiveness i'm joined by clare cole, director of market oversight at the the financial conduct authority. thank you for being with me, let's talk first about these changes. what a different —— what difference will be make in practice? a different -- what difference will be make in practice?— a different -- what difference will be make in pract...

the first working day in serbia after a two—day labour day holiday so the kids had a short spring break and basically today at 8am they were back into the classroom. everything seemed like a very normal start of a school day until at around 840 local time, close to the end of the first class, the student with the initials, k k, that is how police have identified him, entered the school with a gun and started a shooting spree in the primary school. . ~' , ., shooting spree in the primary school. ., ~ , ., ., shooting spree in the primary school. . ~' , ., ., . shooting spree in the ...

as they come in on this, the most crucial of election nights. and i'm lucy grey with the other main stories this hour. the iranian president threatens "decisive action" to stop the wave of anti—government protests sweeping the country. super typhoon noru has hit the philippines and is set to sweep through the capital manila with winds of up to 175 kilometres an hour. hello and welcome to rome where in the last few minutes polls have closed in an election which many predict could be a political turning—point for the country. polling suggests italy will choose its first female prim...

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. five bulgarian nationals have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison after being convicted of the biggest benefit fraud ever in britain. the gang stole almost £54 million by making thousands of fraudulent claims for universal credit. the judge said they'd "systemically plundered the state's "support mechanism" to steal "eye—watering sums." our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. taxpayers�* money thrown around like confetti by a multi—million pound fraudster. the scale of the scam astonished investi...