awaiting visual confirmation. bullseye! nasa successfully crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it can push it off course in its first planetary defence mission. not quite lift off for england, but a second half comeback against germany sees gareth southgate s side produce a confidence boosting 3 3 draw in their world cup send off. good morning. another day of sunshine and showers. some of the shower especially in the north and north east will be heavy and thundery, windy again, and it will feel cool for the time of year. all the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 27th september. our main story. banks and building societies have withdrawn some of their mortgage deals because of the volatility on global markets. interest rates are expected to rise significantly over the coming months with analysts predicting they could edge up towards 6% next year. vincent mcaviney reports. a volatile start to the week for the pound and the uk. the early morning plu
for the imperialfamily this state funeral, which is usually for the imperial family members. also others are questioning the huge amount of money being spent, some £10 million, on it. a protester we spoke to eliezer that kind of money should be spent on other things, including the typhoon hitting the area in centraljapan and how people have been really struggling with the lack of water and so on. at the same time there was a long queue of people wanting to pay respect, offering flowers and so on and it goes to show how opinions are still split after his death. of course he was a very divisive figure as a prime minister, but even after his death opinions are split. at the moment we are seeing pictures from inside budokan where family members have been paying respect, as well. thank you very much. that is mariko oi from tokyo. nasa has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid.
we ll find out how the nasa mission went, in the next half an hour. the role of a lifetime that s howjuliette stevenson has described her latest theatre role. she ll bejoining us just before 8.00. and the stardust doesn t stop there gary neville will be here to talk about his latest book and we ll get his take on the world cup. let s return now to our top story and analysts are warning that interest rates could hit 6% by next spring, as the markets and the pound continue to react to the chancellor s promise of huge tax cuts. ben is at the bank of england for us. morning, ben. this is where the decisions that will be made that will affect lots of people watching this morning.
overnight, scientists at nasa have deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid, aiming to push it off course. and apparently it has all worked. the dart mission is the first test of the technique, and it s hoped that it ll teach us how to change the speed and path of future asteroids and planets. it doesn t even sound real, does it? it doesn t even sound real, does it? i know! our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been taking a look at what happened. closing in on the target. images beamed back from seven million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed, but this probe isn t here to study it. its job is to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it. ..two.one! oh, wow. and this was the reaction from mission control. cheering. this space rock poses no threat. this is a test to see how we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. i definitely think that, as far as we can tell, our first pla
making it back with them. i think that s the most important thing at the moment, is tojust bring him home and make sure he s is not suffering. he s died. he s died now and i don t want him to still be suffering. i want to lay him to rest. paul urey s family say his repatriation will help to give them closure. ian haslam, bbc news. much more coming up throughout the programme from the bank of england this morning, we will be there alive just after seven o clock, people watching very closely, particularly people with mortgages, savings, trying to get a mortgage buy or sell a house, a big day for people doing those sort of things. how do you stop an asteroid from hitting the earth? well, now we know. last night nasa crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to knock it off course. it was just a practice run