hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of murdering a seven year old girl in sunderland in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allen was beaten and stabbed before her body was dumped in a derelict building. this afternoon a jury convicted david boyd of her murder. danny savage reports. a little seven year old girl brutally murdered more than 30 years ago. last seen skipping after a man she was being lured to her death by the river wear. we now know who that man was. david boyd, 25 years old at the time, now 55. pa rt part of the team investigating the murder of nikki allen. advances in dna evidence found traces of him on nikki allan s clothes. nikki lived in a ground floorflat on this estate in sunderland. her killer lived on the third floor of the block. the whole estate has since been demolished. sharon is nikki s mum. it s hard to comprehend the effect this has had on her life. your life just changed and nobody.
a bit more persistent. so, in general the market s expecting maybe one or two more interest rate rises, up to about 5%. the fact we are not in recession probably doesn t change that thinking. the man in charge of the uk s economy has welcomed the rise. here s chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt. these are much better figures than anyone would possibly have predicted even three months ago. that is partly because what the governor of the bank of england said yesterday. measures in the budget that are helping to help companies to recruit and tackle some of the underlying problems in the economy. but there is still much work to do. we still have inflation that is much too high, that is causing a lot of pressure forfamilies up and down the country. that is why we have to stick to our plan to get inflation down, to get growth up, and to get the economy motoring in the way that we all want. the uk remains the only g7 country in which the quarterly measure of gdp has not recover
Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo