each to about 9p each, more than double. and a block of cheddar cheese increasing in price from £1.60 to £2.25 at least today. shoppers in birmingham today say they have been tightening their belts. definitely shopping more carefully, yeah. i m still buying treats and stuff, but it s less often. quality is important, but i think cost as well, also very important. sometimes it s cheaperl to buy things en masse, rather than buying smaller- quantities of things, but, yes, definitely increased recently. the government has ruled out introducing price caps on some of our shopping basket essentials but confirmed that the regulator is actively investigating food pricing and will report back injuly. and the chancellor has been meeting mortgage lenders to discuss ways of helping those struggling with high interest rates. marc s here. with the bank of england base rate
of the overall inflation picture. even today, prices are rising by 18.3% year on year. that is down a tiny bit on last month, though. what we re paying at the checkout does seem to reflect this. let s take two pints of semi skim milk. back in april last year, it cost about 95p. today, it s £1.25 5p cheaper, though, than last month. eggs too. six of them cost about 95p last april. now, that ll set you back £1.45. and fresh veg like carrots, they ve gone from 4p each to about 9p each, more than double. and a block of cheddar cheese increasing in price from £1.60 to £2.25 at least today. shoppers in birmingham today say they have been tightening their belts. definitely shopping more carefully, yeah. i m still buying treats and stuff, but it s less often. quality is important, but i think cost as well, also very important.
inclusion. joe wilson reports. sport fills berlin. a basketball alone at the special 0lympics there are over 500 competitors from across the nation. it s one of the original special olympics ports dating back to the first games in 1968. this is also a huge social event, as a space, a fun space for people with intellectual disabilities. when it comes to the sport the motivation is to win. this is the gold medal routine from amy clark of glasgow and rhythmic gymnastics with them she had the honour of becoming great britain s first champion at this event. cheering. 0n the track 200 metres rose imported from hertfordshire, her preliminary race, orfor special olympics world games and she runs very close to her personal best time. it’s and she runs very close to her personal best time. personal best time. it s good, i personal best time. it s good, i enjoyed personal best time. it s good, i enjoyed it- personal best time. it s good, i enjoyed it. it personal best time. it s good, i
would support abolishing the monarchy. there s no real rule about how the uk would go about abolishing the monarchy? we have no constitution. this is one of our questions. unlike so many countries that have heads of state, they have constitutions. that political will has to be there to abolish the monarchy. the monarchy depends on taxpayer money. every year, that goes through a parliamentary process. last year, the royal family cost each uk taxpayer roughly $1.60. while that number is admittedly low, amid rising inflation, it s the optics that really add up. the current generation are about to go through a cost of living crisis. it s his problem right now in the future it might be william s problem. everybody with the economy and the cost of living to see
public. consent needs to be informed and accountable and ongoing. if that s going to require some change, then it may be the only option they ve got. when all is said and done on the money front, a sovereign grant costs each u.k. taxpayer about $1.60 in 2021 for a family firm that in 2017 was estimated to boost the british economy by around $2 billion a year. in the end, this isn t about hard numbers. it s a battle over whether this is good value for money or a giant waste and it will be very much on the king s mind in the years ahead. richard quest, cnn, london. we ll have more coronation coverage straight ahead. first, donald trump s video deposition is now public. when we come back, we ll hear how he responded to the accusations that he raped a woman in a new york department