and 18,000 miles in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter claim have been flying around today. the prime minister insisted he s taking the allegations against michelle mone extremely seriously. she replied, what s the pm talking about, he knew about her involvement all along. a former tory health minister thenjoined in, saying she didn t tell him about it. the company run by baroness mone s husband, ppe medpro, made £60 million profit from its contract with the government. 0ur political editor, chris mason, has the latest. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks personal protective equipment, pp
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
the lowest incomes. a manchester city masterclass. they dominate real madrid to reach the champions league final in their pursuit for a remarkable treble. good morning. a cloudier start to the day to day that we will see sunny spells developing. a few showers across southern, eastern and central england. another front bringing rain across western scotland and northern ireland later. all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday, the 18th of may. water companies in england have made an unprecedented apology for failing to do enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. water uk says it will invest £10 billion over the next decade to put things right, promising the biggest modernisation of sewers since the victorian era. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, reports. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways, and that profit has been put before the health of our rivers and beaches.
are under way. ahead of the biggest state occasion in decades, a lighter note from the king and queen consort this special announcement for rail passengers travelling this weekend. my wife and i wish you and your families a wonderful coronation weekend. wherever you are travelling, we hope you have a safe and pleasant journey. and, remember, please mind the gap. injust 28 hours, the in just 28 hours, the crowds thronging into the sides of the now will witness the combination procession coming past for the first time. ~ ., ., , time. when it rain on the king s arade? time. when it rain on the king s parade? that time. when it rain on the king s parade? that is time. when it rain on the king s parade? that is the time. when it rain on the king s parade? that is the crucial - parade? that is the crucial question parade? that is the crucial question. i had the full cast and the extended bank holiday weekend weather the extended bank holiday weekend weather all comin