for millions of homeowners if the government stuck to its plan. here s our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. soaring food prices, sky high energy bills, rents and mortgages going through the roof. today the prime minister again sought to calm growing fears about the state of the economy. this week you have told people it is going to be ok. do you understand why people looking at their mortgage bills, shopping bills, worrying about keeping the roof over their heads, they will listen to you and think, it is not going to be ok for me ? i have never said it is not challenging, i have never said it will not be a difficult time to get through, but i want to give people the reassurance and confidence we have a plan, the plan will work and we will get through this. that is exactly what people should be hearing from their prime minister and government. but with interest rates already at a 15 year high and more rate rises likely from the bank of england, there are fears this c
They were landing on the beaches. And i could hear it, i could hear it all. You suddenly thought. This is a war i really had the war in my ears. We had responsiblejobs at a very young age like 19, 18 years old. And we did feel good about the fact we could contribute. Civilians and Service People got together, helped one another. You couldnt look far into the future, you might only have had a fortnights leave and then he might be killedi at the end of it. You had no idea whati was going to happen, so you just put up with it. The advertisement said join the wrens so that you could free a sailor to go to sea, meaning that obvioiusly to sea, meaning that obviously you could free a sailor to go to sea, meaning that obviously a lot of the work that men did could be done by girls, so that was how it started. When i got to belfast, i found that our headquarters was in the belfast castle, above the river, and we could see ships coming in and out. And sometimes they sent ships who had been in th
when i got to belfast, i found that our headquarters was in the belfast castle, above the river, and we could see ships coming in and out. and sometimes they sent ships who had been in the atlantic to be repaired in the dockyard. meanwhile, we wrens ran the plot up in belfast and had the whole of the west coast and particularly the whole atlantic in a plot on the wall. one day, i was watching the ships come in from our castle office, and i saw a ship, a destroyer coming in, hms oribi she was called, and she was involved in various battles in the atlantic and needed some repairs, so she had her repairs done in belfast. so the first opportunity, the first thing the wrens did
in a plot on the wall. one day, i was watching the ships come in from our castle office, and i saw a ship, a destroyer coming in, hms oribi she was called, and she was involved in various battles in the atlantic and needed some repairs, so she had her repairs done in belfast. so the first opportunity, the first thing the wrens did on their arrival was to send a message to the ward room, asking us down to have a drink on board. they had their priorities obviously right. so half a dozen of us went down to have a drink on board and there i metjohn lamb, my future husband, and in ten days we decided to get married. the next morning they sailed off to join this convoy