The eu. What do you make to that . And from attitudes to gay sex and single parent thing to views on abortion and the role of women in the home . Britain is now more liberal than ever. Yes, thatis now more liberal than ever. Yes, that is good news. But is it always a good thing . Is Society Better for you . Tell me. Well have it to all come and more. But before we get into it, lets grab tonights latest headlines. Michelle thank you. Good evening. Well, as youve been hearing, the bank of england has left its Interest Rate unchanged at 5. 25. Our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan has more. Were a couple of hours on now, but at 12 noon today, the bank of england behind me, their Monetary Policy committee, did make the really important decision Interest Rates decision to hold Interest Rates at 5. 25. Finally, finally , at 5. 25. Finally, finally, finally, after 14 successive rate rises from 0. 1 at the end of 2001, all the way up to 5. 25, the bank of england has finally decided
Conservatives. Conservatives. I think there will be a sense of relief, particularly for those who are coming up to the end of their mortgage deals. But lets look at where we are in the Bigger Picture because somebody coming up to remove mortgage their house today is looking at paying £220 more a month than they would have done if they had a remortgaged a year ago. So this is still a very challenging time for families and businesses with the cost of living crisis, which continues to bite. Well borrowers may start to feel the benefits of the bank of englands announcement shortly after it was made nationwide said it will be cutting the majority of its fixed rate mortgages. Fixed rate mortgages. The countrys biggest Building Society , saying theyll Building Society, saying theyll now offer five and ten year fixed rate mortgages of below 5 for First Time Buyers and home movers is away from the economy , the Prime Minister says hard pressed families shouldnt have to pay an unaffordable pric
4. 651 . Taking a look at crude prices and how they are digesting in the middle east. Wti is down. 50 . 85 a barrel. Brent is tame this morning at 89. 75. A check on bitcoin days ahead of the halving. We are down fractionally. 63,352. New data from china overnight. First quarter gdp grew 5. 3 year on year beating the estimate of 4 growth. Export volumes rose 14 from a year ago. Back here at home, United Health is out with Quarterly Results. Bertha coombs is here with more. Everybody is looking at the medical loss ratio from the cyber attack there. The change cyber attack is being looked at or accounted for in two buckets. United Health Revenue coming in at 99. 8 billion. Beating estimates. It is unclear if the adjusted 6. 91 per share is comparable to the consensus number. It includes 25 Cents Per Share impact for business disruption costs from the change cyber attack in february. It excludes the costs of advanced payments and interestfree loans due to the o outage which amounts to 6 b
Today in the bay continues right now. A very good wednesday morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. One day before thanksgiving. I have my pies ready. The weather is going to be nice. It is going to be nice. Yesterday, we were cooking greens and that needs to be ventilated, right. Open the doors and windows while you are cooking. Its a great day for that. Here is a heads up. We have seen dense fog developing. This is really going to cause a lot of problems for people heading out on the roads and in the trivalley, moving up toward the delta and the north bay. Fog advisory until 8 00. All clear in the south bay as you go for the drive. A mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. Look how nice the temperatures warm up. We will take a look at more of the bay area coming up in a few minutes. Mike, you have a new crash at sfo . We are worried because a lot of folks are headed to the harpt. This is a crash off the lane. In fact, so far off the lane, the c
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