16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
showers around on sunday. pretty much anywhere. the best sunshine across the extreme south and west but even here, there will be more cloud around at times and the keen northerly wind will be quite strong over northern and eastern areas, taking the edge off temperatures. in the north and east, pretty disappointing temperatures for the time of year, 10 13 degrees, at best 15 or 16 across the south and west. next week, looks like the low pressure holding on so variable cloud, some sunshine and the chance of some showers which will be slow moving because the wind will be liked. thank you. that s it. goodbye from me. hello i m olly fsoter live in moscow, this is sportsday at the world cup, these are our headlines on day seven. good evening from paris, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday tonight. paris is turning red, with or without tickets, 10 s of thousands of liverpool fans are arriving in the city for tomorrows champions league final against real madrid it