world championship match. hello, i m mark lobel. here in the uk the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield is to step down from the programme this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, thatis that is according to the broadcaster. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. this is the statement mr schofield has posted on his instagram a short time ago: his long time co host, holly willoughby, posted a statement on instagram, saying: with more on this, we canjoin robin brant in the newsroom. give us a contact for what has happened here. give us a contact for what has ha ened here. ~ . , . ., happened
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
on all the preperation and plans for the day. hello, i m lukwesa burak. ukraine s president zelensky is visiting the hague where he s just given an impassioned speech, calling for president putin to be sentenced for his criminal actions over the invasion of ukraine. earlier, he visited the international criminal court in the hague for talks with court officials. it has symbolic importance, coming less than two months after the icc issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin on war crimes charges. before we listen in to what he had to say i m just going to show you the residence of the dutch minister, mark rutte, and we also heard from the deputy prime minister speaking earlier, introducing president zelensky. also the minister of foreign affairs. mr zelensky has been speaking to a number of key officials while he is at the hague, both within the icc and also dutch ministers. this is margretheofficial residence you can see here. mark bridger. these visits will continue thro