Food is getting more expensive in the shops.

The cost of groceries went up by just over half a percent in June when
compared with May.

That contributes to a 5 point 7 percent price increase since last year.

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New car sales have fallen for the twelfth month in a row.

There were just over 183-thousand new registrations last month
- 6 percent down on the June 2010 total.