内容摘要：Rising food prices last month mean, on average, the cost of buying groceries is 3.3% more expensive than it was a year ago.

Rising food prices last month mean, on average, the cost of buying groceries is 3.3% more expensive than it was a year ago.

The inflation decrease was also driven by a drop in recreation and culture prices, with toys, games, and hobbies falling particularly sharply.The fall in inflation means that, although prices continue to rise, the pace is slowing. Price rises have slowed from highs seen in recent years.

Wages continue to outpace inflation with salary raises for public sector workers growing more than those in the private sector.The average rise in wages was 5.9%,In May, the inflation figure for April will likely be pushed to around 3% due to increases in gas prices, electricity prices, and water charges, said Michael Saunders, senior advisor at Oxford Economics.

The former member of the Bank of England's interest rate setting Monetary Policy Committee told Radio 4's Today Programme the effect of Trump's trade wars will also be felt in exports and investment in the UK."We may get a diversion of cheap exports which might have otherwise gone to the US, will start to come to Europe and the UK," he said.

"Perhaps not as high as the Bank of England had feared a few months ago, but the economy will be weaker, with exports and investment and consumer spending all hit and unemployment starting to rise".

He added that another side-effect of Trump's trade war is hitting global growth, which causes oil prices to fall, which will feed through to lower petrol prices here in the UK.While the group gave space to walkers to open up about specific events or experiences, Mr Winterson explained it was also an opportunity to escape the pressures of day-to-day life.

"Men tend to bottle everything up - 'pull your socks up', 'stiff upper lip', 'man up,' - which is a phrase I think we've all used over the years but the world's a changing place."Just being there for each other, being there to listen, being there to support is really important and that's why we come out every week."

A paedophile who stole a terminally ill man's identity and spent almost three decades on the run has been convicted of 54 child sex abuse charges.Richard Burrows "acted like a coward and fled the country" leaving his victims to suffer, police said after he was convicted at Chester Crown Court.