Rates have gone up again, for the 14th time in a row. The Bank Of England has put up its main rate from 5 to 5. 25 . That will mean higher mortgages for some people, but its also good news for savers. The Bank Of England is using Interest Rate rises to fight inflation, which has slowed recently, but which is still nearly 8 . Our economics correspondent andy verity reports the father of two, peter, keeping up the payments for his familys mortgages looking like anything but childs play. They bought their home under the governments help to buy scheme, but since then Interest Rates have risen 1a times. When his fixed rate deal expires early next year, the payments willjump. Somehow we are supposed to spend less and find an extra £750 per month to pay for that. For many families it is a terrifying situation, but if you have a young family like ourselves, who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government who has advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things bec
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Thank you very much, nana. Thank you very much, nana. Im rory smith in the gb newsroom. Newsroom. The met office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony batters parts of the uk. An amber warning is in place for southwestern parts of england and wales until 7 00 this evening. Strong winds could cause flying debris , power cuts cause flying debris, power cuts and travel disruption. And travel disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland with flooding possible. Weather journalist possible. Weather journalist nathan rao explains. And the nathan rao explains. And the conditions wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony , are expected storm anthony, are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55mph inland. Its not the strongest storm that weve seen , but storm that weve seen, but because of the time of year , the because of the time of year, the leaves, the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The
Mother have been found guilty of murdering two men in a high speed car chase near leicester. Mahek bukhari and her mother and sareen ambushed Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim aijazuddin and Mohammed Hashim aijazuddin and rammed their car off the road. It happened after mr hussain threatened to use explicit material to expose an affair he was having with ms bukharis mother. Two further defendants were also found guilty of murder , while three guilty of murder, while three others were found guilty of manslaughter. For Emergency Services in birmingham have been deaung services in birmingham have been dealing with a fire outside a factory following a number of explosions earlier. And west explosions earlier. And West Midlands fire service responded to a huge blaze in the hall green area of the city after residents on serralde road reported hearing several loud bangsin reported hearing several loud bangs in the early evening. Authorities say the fire is now under control and no injuries ha
Also get some very interesting comments. The chancellor, jeremy hunt has made to gb news his Liam Halligan don trump is due to appear in court in washington , dc at 9 pm. Uk time facing four serious charges. And four serious charges. And joining me tonight on talking pints, star of radio and tv pat sharp will be here. But before all of that, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. With polly middlehurst. Nigel, thank you. Good evening. The top story tonight from the gb news room is that the bank of england has raised its Interest Rate for the 14th time row. Its increasing time in a row. Its increasing from 5 to 5. 25. Thats the highest base rate since 2008. The bank says it expects inflation to be halved by the end of the year. Thats one of the governments key targets. The increase puts pressure on borrowers , mortgage holders and borrowers, mortgage holders and households struggling with budgets. The chancellor, jeremy hunt , told the hunt, told gb news the governments plan, though,