for french hoteliers, cancelled city breaks and ski trips are hard to swallow. we had a lot of cancellations since this morning. almost 80% of the guests from england had cancelled their booking, so it's a very big change for us and quite dramatic economically. flights and ferries are expected to be busy tomorrow as passengers who can try to beat the friday night deadline. for others, long awaited festivities just lost their sparkle. katie austin, bbc news. the bank of england has announced an unexpected increase in its main interest rate to a quarter of one per cent. the move surprised many economists and will add to the costs of homeowners with tracker or standard variable rate mortgages. here's our economics correspondent, andy verity. with correspondent, andy verity. gas bills up by 28%, ii