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feeling the pinch. the first day of spring is often a turning point of renewal. but at this farm shop near crewe, the rebirth of the economy as inflation falls to more normal levels isn t yet hitting home. the energy bills should be coming down by now. not from what i ve seen. they keep putting the standard charge for electricity up and gas. but it doesn t feel like. the cost to go out for the day and eating and drink seems to be going up as well. sometimes ijust don t even, like, | pay for my wi fi because i can t,| so we have to go without. everything isjust going up, isn t it? everything. and you don t think that that s starting to calm down or stabilise? anything you can see in your own bills? maybe our gas and electric is slightly better than it was or not as bad as it was getting, but apart from that, no, not really. the latest figures show food costs and prices in cafes and restaurants helping drive inflation down to 3.4% last month the lowest level for two and ....
and pay compensation to women affected by the increase in their retirement age. that s the recommendation from the parliamentary ombudsman, which has been been looking at the impact of raising women s retirement age to bring it in line with men s. the report says the department for work and pensions hasn t acknowledged its failings, or put things right for those affected. campaigners say millions of women born in the 1950s have suffered financially because they weren t properly warned in advance about the changes. sanchia berg has the story. # it s off the court we go. after years of protesting, a victory for women born in the 1950s. the government changed the age they would get their state pension, and didn t let them know in time to plan. didn t let them know in time to ian. ~ , didn t let them know in time to ian, ~ , ., . ., didn t let them know in time to ian, ~y ., , didn t let them know in time to plan. my reaction is today is glad the re ort plan. my reaction is ....
my angle in moments. first, we go live to the site of the baltimore bridge clasp where a search and rescue mission is still underway. joining us now fox news senior national correspondent kevin corke. kevin, what can you tell us? laura, first things first, the fbi tells us tonight they have seen no evidence to suggest that there was any foul play by way of terrorism involved in this tragedy here: however, in search and rescue is ongoing and incredibly, incredibly long odds as we show you live pictures here. we are talking about frigid waters last night. six people still missing. belonging to a construction crew. of course, that owing to that clasp thanks to the cargo ship hitting the bridge the francis scott key bridge leading to the clasp and likely, sadly, the death of at least six and possibly many, many more; however, the governor has been here. part of a sizeable cadre, laura of state and federal lawmakers here on hand to a person vowing to work quickly to restor ....
that £400 we all got from the government last winter that s gone. standing charges the kind of line rental for your energy supply is going up. so most people won t see much difference and some analysts say the worst off amongst us will, again, be disproportionately hardest hit. the government say they have provided unprecendented support to families, £40 billion worth and that help now is more targeted. labour has accused them of siding with oil and gas companies to the detriment of consumers. so we can get into the politics, how we got here and what next for our energy market. we ll have various experts on hand, eager to answer your questions on that. but more importantly, it s getting darker out there, so what are you making of the months ahead? how did you cope last winter? are you dreading facing up to that again particularly if you re already struggling? the debt charity stepchange says the trouble is you can count the pennies as much as you like ....
of today s noon deadline. we will ask tonight where the case in georgia goes from here and how quickly it will come to trial. also tonight, energy prices in the uk are coming down ahead of the winter surge, but will we feel any benefit in our pockets? and the president of the spanish fa defies calls for him to resign over his behaviour at the women s world cup. in response, members of the senior men s team are boycotting the national side. good evening. donald trump is the only us president to have ever posed for a mugshot an image that becomes instantly iconic. in short order, he had posted it on x, the site formerly known as twitter, with the words election interference. never surrender! which is, of course, richly ironic given that he has now surrendered to the authorities in four differentjurisdictions. what has taken place here is a travesty ofjustice. we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong, and everybody knows it. i ve never had such support. mr trump and his ....