Does happen, if youve got a £200,000 mortgage on a 25 year repayment term , thats going to repayment term, thats going to add about £30 a month, 3 to £400 add about £30 a month, 3 to £400 a year to your mortgage payments just from that quarter point Interest Rate rise, if indeed thatis Interest Rate rise, if indeed that is what happens. Yeah. And of course, the other thing is that theyre going to give indication going to give an indication their as where they see their forecast as where they see things going and whether well have rates. It is have more Interest Rates. It is 5. 25. Just getting out 5. 25. Were just getting out through 5. 25, up another quarter of a as expected for many economists , thats really economists, thats really interesting, mark, you know, because just a couple of weeks ago, a lot of people would have said that the bank of england needs half point rise needs to do a half point rise from 5 to 5. 5, given that inflation in the uk is unusually high. Were at 7.
Record for the most premier league goals in a calendar year, as he scores against southampton this lunchtime. And in half an hour, we will be taking a look back at an incredible year here in hull, the uk city of culture. From the royal ballet to world class theatre and the most talked about artists. We will have all the highlights. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt says shes been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller tramadol, which is banned in egypt. Our cairo correspondent hanan razek explained the latest a short while ago. We know that Laura Plummer has been sentenced to three years in prison here in egypt for bringing tramadol and naproxen into the country as she entered in october. She has been sentenced for smuggling drugs. What we understand is that this is a first degree verdict, so we do expect an appeal. What is known about
In half an hour i will be looking back on a momentous year for science. One that sort of spectacular finale science. One that sort of spectacularfinale on a science. One that sort of spectacular finale on a 20 year mission to saturn. That is a review 2017 the year in science. With me. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, which is banned in egypt. Our cairo correspondent hanan razek explained the latest a short while ago. A bit of background, what happened . I have just a bit of background, what happened . I havejust spoken a bit of background, what happened . I have just spoken to lauras mother, she is very shocked after what happened, after waiting two months and getting this verdict. Laura was arrested in october trying to enter the country and they found around 300 tramadol tabl
Welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, which is banned in egypt. A spokesman from the Foreign Office says they will continue to provide assistance to the family. My colleague in cairo, hanan razek, has been speaking to laura plummers family who say they are shocked by todays sentencing. I was just speaking to lauras mother and she tells me she is still shocked after the verdict. She says she cannot believe it after waiting the two months and then having this verdict. Back in october laura was arrested as she tried to enter the country and they found around 300 tramadol tablets in her suitcase. Laura said she brought those tablets for her boyfriend, as he suffers from severe back pain. This is a painkiller that is prescribed and its fine to get it in the uk. But its fine to get it in the uk. But it is b
Millions of shoppers across the country have headed to the high street today for the traditional boxing day sales. In some places the queues began to form outside stores in the early hours of the morning, with Research Suggesting that one in three people went in search of a bargain today. But some retailers have reported large numbers of people deciding to look for bargains online today instead. And analysts say that footfall in high streets and Shopping Centres across the uk has been lower than expected. Duncan kennedy is in southampton. It is looking rather quiet tonight, duncan. Yes, its around about six oclock, things are starting to wind down but managers in centres like this one are saying they had the high footfall day, in other words there are plenty of people coming into Shopping Centres like this one across the country, but have they been spending . It is raining here in the south and other parts of the country but we are told that has not stopped millions of people coming ou