Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Interest rates have gone up for the first time in a decade. The bank of england has increased the rate by a quarter of 1 , to 0. 5 , as it tries to control inflation. The banks governor mark carney said households across the uk are generally well positioned to deal with the rate increase. The decision will mean higher Monthly Payments for millions with variable rate mortgages. But its good news at last for savers. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. One small step upwards for Interest Rates, affect millions of savers and millions of borrowers. Its more expensive if you have a mortgage, and forjames in south london, its time to cut costs. Weve been very lucky without realising it. I think its going to start, it will probably bite more from now on. For so long we thought, its always going to be like this, but its got to end sometime and we never realised it was going to be this soon. The governor of the bank of england knew it was a delicate bala
Who wins and who loses from the first rate rise in a decade . Its a little boost for savers, but an extra cost for borrowers, but only if your bank passes on the rise. Ill have the details. In sport, everton are out of the Europa League, as arsenal progress, but its a former Manchester United player making headlines. Patrice evra was sent off before his match for marseille, after apparently kicking a fan in the head. And matt has the weather. Good morning. A faulty start full time of us, but Clear Conditions at Alexandra Palace. It is of course a weekend of fireworks. Will you get Clear Conditions . All of the details in 15 minutes. First, our main story. Labour has suspended a former shadow minister from the party because of an allegation of Sexual Harassment. A Party Activist claims that Kelvin Hopkins, the mp for luton north, touched her inappropriately after a political event. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent iain watson. What are the allegations against mr hopkins . The a
But i had good support. I had great mentors, but i do feel for sort of the young models today, who dont have the chaperons or dont have their mothers with them. I was very luck. Lucky. And how exposed are they . I feel theyre pretty exposed, but were doing what we can. What about this issue of nudity . I mean, kate moss was speaking about it recently, saying that she was uncomfortable in her body, but had to strip off and couldnt see why, as a very young girl. Does that need to change . Well, i dont believe in sort of very young girls being nude. What limit on age would you put . 18. So what are we going to see less of in an Edward Enninful vogue . Not what well we see more of, what will we see less of . What are we going to see less of, thats a really interesting question so youre going to see less of. What do you want me to say . What are we going to see less of . 0k. Yeah, youre going to see less of sort of models who dont look so healthy, maybe. Edward enninful talking to will gomp
The governors signature plan. Hed take some future growth of the penny sales tax away from schools and use it to improve Water Quality efforts. The governor also wants the Lieutenant Governor to head a statewide effort to expand renewable energy. And he wants both parties to look at improvements for the in about two hours, president obama will give his final state of the union address. The white house says the president will discuss the economic recovery, the fight against terrorism and gun reform. The president will keep a seat empty next to the first lady to represent all of the victims of gun violence. You can watch the president s speech right here on channel 13. It starts at eight tonight. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will deliver the republican response. A big move for Bernie Sanders in iowa. Hes overtaken Hillary Clinton in the latest Quinnipiac University poll. Sanders wins support of 49 percent of likely iowa caucus participants. Clinton earns 44percent. Martin omalley
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