Responsibility for the fact that inflation in the uk is much higher than it is in comparable countries. In the us, it is 3 . In the eurozone it is 5. 3 . And yet, here in britain, inflation remains stubbornly at 7. 9 because of a decade or more of mismanagement by the conservative party. Lets talk to our work and money reporter peter ruddick. What does this mean for people with mortgages . It what does this mean for people with mortua. Es . , what does this mean for people with mortua. Es . , , what does this mean for people with mortauaes . ,. Mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that will mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that will not but unfortunately that will not prevent the pain from hurting. Lets break this down, for people on a variable or a tracker rate mortgage, which tracks the Bank Of England base rate, they will see immediate im
Tom brady has become the latest High Profile Sports star to get involved with an english football club. Lebronjames has a small share in liverpool. Jj watt is a burnley shareholder. And now brady has become a minority owner at a second tier team. Heroes the deal. I am officially coming on board at birmingham football club. Birminghams new owners say theyve entered into a partnership with the nfl legend, who will become the chair of an advisory board, offering up his expertise on nutrition and opening up possible new commercial deals. Brady retired from playing earlier this year, while birmingham finished 17th in the championship and havent been in the Premier League since 2011. Well, theres another world cup going on right now, and there was a significant win for england Over Australia in the Netball Tournament in cape town. Both had qualified for the semi finals before their meeting, but englands 56 55 victory is their first over the world number ones in this competition. Jamaicas win
Is a rate rise good for you . Really looking forward to speaking to you, to hearing from you this morning, by telephone, by text or social media. Lets get the neatest News Headlines from karishma patel. The Bank Of England is expected to raise its main Interest Rate to 5. 25 at lunchtime. It will be the 14th time in a row its gone up. Inflation has slowed down in the past few months, but is still at nearly 8 four times higher than the official target. Deputy Prime Minister, oliver dowden, says migrants will start to be housed on a barge in dorset in the coming weeks and that inspections are being carried out. They were meant to move in earlier this week but there have been concerns over fire safety and port staff. Ofcom says older viewers are switching away from live tv as part of a record drop in people watching traditional television. The Broadcasting Watchdog says audiences now have an all you can eat buffet of broadcast and online content to choose from. Scientists say a Prehistori
Through to the last 16. I think theyre the lowest ranked team coming into the world cup. To come out of a group where nobody gave them hope, they lost 6 0 in the opening game to germany. What was so impressive about that was the togetherness they showed. I also like the fact that the girl that wore the hijab, for the growth of the game, i think for muslim women and young girls to see a female play in a major tournament, on such a big stage, i think that visibility is crucial moving forward. So here they are taking their place in the knockout stage, where theyll play france. Thatll be the final last 16 match. It all starts on saturday with spain against switzerland. Holders the usa meet sweden on sunday, while european champions england face nigeria one of the now three teams from africa whove qualified from the groups. Both had already qualified for the semi finals, but englands victory over australia at the Netball World Cup was a historic one nonetheless. The roses had never beaten t
to return to offices. last year was the first year that the app, which has become synonymous with ride hailing in many markets, became profitable. let s talk about this more now with our north america business correspondent, erin delmore. is this a simple case of more people getting out there and calling ubers? or is there more to it than that? there is a little bit more to it than that. the number of people hailing right and the rights to hailing right and the rights to hailing app. the other component is food delivery. we are measuring all the many that comes into drivers, whether it s from people wanting cards or food to getting cars, and get over to them. this is notable because not only was the holiday season very kind to cuba with great results in the fourth quarter of the year, but they were showing operating profits over the last three consecutive quarters. let s contrast that with other tech companies and what we have seen in their rebound since the pandemic. a lot o