while fighting in ukraine. and the blanket bog in scotland that is aiming to become a world heritage site. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the countdown is on for this weekends s six nations. scotland have named their tieam to face egland. we ll bring you the latest. good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to 4% meaning they remain at their highest level since 2008. the increase could add nearly £50 a month to the average mortgage payment at a time when many people are already struggling with crippling energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase should help to control rising prices reflected in the high rate of inflation. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage is jumpi
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to curb rising prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage isjumping, because of interest rates. stu is used to saving after spending much of his life on a minimum wage. he got a better paying job as a librarian, but like many, his wages have stagnated. when his mortgage expired his payments went from £90 a month to £360. i thought the days of checking the bank balance were gone. but they re back with a vengeance now. it is
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edinburgh so no frost tonight. this is tomorrow a lot of cloud to start with, it will break up through the afternoon. are suspect to the east of the mountains in scotland and the east of the pennines and elsewhere, sunny spells possible as well. temperatures of 11 13 so just above the average point of the high pressure still close by around the near continent opened at the shape of it is still the same so that means the weather will be more or less the same. it s all to do with the wind direction. where the cloud breaks, temperatures about the same, it may be a degree lower on sunday, not that you will notice the difference. the next spell of weather or rain is expected around mid week, probably reaching western parts of the uk on wednesday and wednesday night into thursday spreading a little further to the east. that is still a bit of a question but certainly a monday and tuesday are looking to dry across the bulk of the uk, perhaps a little cloudy at times but wherever you
beside esl wanted to have up to 80 teams with entry based on merit, it would still be run by the clubs. what we see today is a pretty desperate rehashing of the original concept by the three clubs, effectively, who remained in what was the european super league who seemed to be in denial that the project is dead. it was far too important to allow its future it was far too important to allow its future to be determined on the basis its future to be determined on the basis of profit sheets or individual clubs spain s top flight tweeted this. new plans have addressed some points of concern and say funds will trickle down, but the esl faced a backlash football has really seen before to win this sport round it would be some come back. chelsea will face arsenal in the women s league cup final after thrashing west ham 7 0 in tonight s semi final. sam kerr was the star of the show scoring four, including a first half hat trick. there were further goals from fran kirby, lauren