i ll try to give you a fascinating snapshot of all the world of business and money. let s start here in the uk, where the economy in the first three months of this year recorded growth ofjust 0.1%. output in consumer facing services fell by 0.8% in march underscoring the impact of ongoing strikes and the cost of living crisis. hardly booming but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. of course, talking about interest rates. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by a quarter of a percent to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. here s dr steve nolan, senior lecturer in economics at liverpool john moores university. good to see you. hardly the doom and gloom of the recession that was predicted, but let s be fr
the weather is pretty overcast for some of us, but there have been lengthy spells of sunshine in the south west of the uk. high pressure is in charge and you would think it would give us sunnier skies, but here is the extent of the cloud across most of the uk. what we have got right now is more or less or you will have four most of the afternoon. still a few glimmers of brightness possible in one or two locations, but on the whole it is on the cloudy site. how about the temperatures? quite a spread on the north sea coast from newcastle to aberdeen, but out towards the west 17, even 18 degrees in northern ireland. this evening and overnight not much changes. broadly speaking the southern half of the country has plenty of clear spells. the northern half has cloudy skies. around east anglia and parts of scotland it will be quite chilly in the morning, but out towards the west should be relatively mild. here is the forecast for tomorrow. in northern parts of the uk, certainly in
for the bbc, not the government. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about tha
khartoum. there are reports of heavy fighting in the city. the army says it s attacking from all directions, despite a ceasefire being in place. it s part of an effort to recapture areas held by the rival, rapid support forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and to stay away from windows. south sudan says it s still trying to convene peace talks between representatives of the two sides. the uk s last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. our correspondent lyse doucet took the boat the other way and has sent this report from port sudan. every face, every person on this waiting tug boat tells you a story they tell us that they made a dangerous journey to get here. the violence in their neighborhoods, they ve wa