Food inflation continues to hit new records with the latest figures out today (April 19) showing that overall inflation has fallen only slightly since February's 10.4 per cent.

UK inflation in March was 10.1%, but price rises for food, power and fuel, and clothing were much higher. The breakdown.

• Food and non-alcoholic beverages: 19.1%
• Alcoholic beverages and tobacco: 5.3%
• Clothing and footwear: 7.2%
• Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels: 26.1%
• Furniture, household equipment and maintenance: 8.0%
• Health: 7.1%
• Transport: 0.8%
• Communication: 3.7%

Earlier this week the big supermarkets announced that they were dropping the price of milk, by at least 5p because the cost of buying in supplies was falling.

But in turn local dairy farmers say that the costs of producing milk and energy costs were increasing or staying the same, leading to them making big losses. A report on a farm near Shepton Mallet from the BBC here