could the emergency services have done more to save lives after the manchester arena bombing? a report is due out shortly. the migrant crisis in kent the home secretary visits dover and manston to see for herself what s happening there. and why soaring energy bills mean many swimming pools and fitness centres could be forced to close this winter. i ve been going, what, ten years or more. peter has been coming 16. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s crunch time in the t20 world cup group stages as pakistan dig deep to claim a vital victory over south africa to avoid elimination. good afternoon. within the last hour, interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3% as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile, the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longes
interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3%, as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longest recession since reliable records began, over a century ago. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. it is the biggest interest rate rise in a third of a century. the cost of living has been rising at its fastest rate for a0 years for global reasons but the bank of england is trying to prevent runaway inflation from becoming embedded in the domestic economy. these are big changes, they have a real impact on people s lives, so why are we doing it? and why are we doing it now when so many people are already struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? quite simply we are increasing the bank rate bec
Them in leeds. But i decided to go pick them up, and im just so glad i was there to get them. You know, whats going around in our head now is what if. And it shouldnt be like that, but it is, unfortunately. Imran, what did your partner say she experienced when she was rushing out . What was it like, what was the explosion like from her perspective . She just said she just heard this bang, and she just literally grabbed hold of my daughters hand and just run down the stairs. Thats it, thats all she said. She was literally feet away from me. She got to the top of the stairs, where the exit was, and the explosion happened. And we just heard one explosion. Definitely, definitely heard one explosion. And, like i say, i were from when the explosion, and when she heard it, to getting in my car, it were seconds. Because i was parked literally ten foot from the exit, from the door, on the old Bridge Street drive, right, parked across the road from the door. So there were you know, she didnt hav