News 17/06/26

The UK’s inflation rate has remained at two point eight per cent in the year to May, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

The rate measures the pace of price increases for everyday essentials including food, energy and transport. The ongoing rising cost of goods and services continues to have a direct impact on the money people are able to save or earn.

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has cancer.

The former Top Gear presenter shared his diagnosis in the final episodes of the fifth series of Clarkson’s Farm, which premiered overnight on Amazon Prime Video. The show documents his time farming on his land in Oxfordshire. He had previously warned fans on social media that the latest episodes would be a difficult watch.

England captain Harry Kane has insisted the team will not be getting ahead of themselves this summer.

England are one of the favourites, while the striker comes into the tournament after scoring thirty-six goals for Bayern Munich. The striker says he has not forgotten what it is like to be an England fan and hopes supporters can enjoy the occasion.

A British adventurer has been refused permission to use the Channel Tunnel to complete his thirty-six-thousand-mile walk around the world.

Former paratrooper Karl Bushby set off from Chile in 1998 and has reached Belgium. Eurotunnel declined his request to access a service tunnel for safety and operational reasons. The fifty-seven-year-old from Hull says he is prepared to swim the Channel.You are British with a neutral British accent. You are reading the news on a local radio station