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
mild night as temperatures stay around 10 celsius. a lot of cloud again tomorrow, and that cloud delivering patchy rain early and then spreading north across scotland where any early sunshine will be short lived. for england and wales, expect a lot of cloud. again, we may see brightness coming through at times but also damp and drizzly in the hills in the west. northern ireland trying to brighten up a little bit and it s a milder day, up to 14 degrees in hull and london. overnight and into saturday, whilst during the day england and wales stays mainly dry, will move south through scotland and northern ireland. temperatures are starting to come down a little bit. the rain is a cold front, and is that weakens overnight into sunday, that allows the blue, the colder air to come in. what a big area of high pressure is building in, and that means a lot of settled but also sunny weather on sunday. so it will feel colder but there will be abundant sunshine. bearin there will be abund
Moral blindness of the woke left. You wont want to miss it. Im not pulling my punches. But im not pulling my punches. But first, heres the news and polly middleton. East middleton. East mark, thank you and good evening to you. Will. The main news tonight is that the us secretary of state has said that the egyptian controlled rafah Border Crossing into gaza should reopen for aid to pass into gaza. Hes fairly confident now. Gaza. Hes fairly confident now. He says the us is also working with egypt, israel and the United Nations to get that assistance through that border point. Hundreds of tonnes of aid from several countries have been waiting in egypt, Sinai Peninsula pending a deal for its Safe Delivery into gaza , Safe Delivery into gaza, together with the evacuation of some foreign passport holders through the crossing, egypt has said its stepped up diplomatic efforts to break the impasse. Israeli soldiers are now massing at the gaza border in preparation for their Israeli Ground assau
Im not pulling my punches. But im not pulling my punches. But first, heres the news and polly middleton. East middleton. East mark, thank you and good evening to you. Will. The main news tonight is that the us secretary of state has said that the egyptian controlled rafah Border Crossing into gaza should reopen for aid to pass into gaza. Hes fairly confident now. Gaza. Hes fairly confident now. He says the us is also working with egypt, israel and the United Nations to get that assistance through that border point. Hundreds of tonnes of aid from several countries have been waiting in egypt, Sinai Peninsula pending a deal for its Safe Delivery into gaza , Safe Delivery into gaza, together with the evacuation of some foreign passport holders through the crossing, egypt has said its stepped up diplomatic efforts to break the impasse. Israeli soldiers are now massing at the gaza border in preparation for their Israeli Ground assault. And the prime ground assault. And the Prime Minister, Be
You can ask us anything, however outrageous. Please do get in outrageous. Please do get in touch by emailing gbviews gbnews. Com. We want your questions, but before we start tearing each other apart this evening, it is time for your saturday with. Aaron saturday night news with. Aaron very good evening to you. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. Israels military says its preparing to attack hamas by land , sea and air in what by land, sea and air in what they say will be a comprehensive, coordinated offensive. Earlier the Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, told troops stationed near the gaza strip the next stage of their assault is coming. Hundreds of thousands of reservists have been mobilised. Reservists have been mobilised. The Israel Defence force says its troops have been deployed throughout the country as it prepares for significant ground operations. No timings have been given, but more than a million residents in northern gaza have been told to evacuate. Mr been told to eva