The television on horse racing for 40 years. Hes negotiated with the ira , believe it or not, with the ira, believe it or not, and hes going to have some top tips for us for the national in a couple of weeks time. Derek thompson joins me on talking pints before all of that, pints but before all of that, lets get news with polly lets get the news with polly middlehurst. Nigel, thank you and good evening to you. Well the bank of england has held the Interest Rate at 5. 25 for the fifth time in a row today. The bank of england governor, andrew bailey, saying the economy is not yet at the point where rates can be lowered. But he said things are moving in the right direction. Inflation is expected to fall below 2 by the summer, but the bank of england said the conflict in the middle east and disruption to commercial shipping in the red sea risked further price surging. The work further price surging. The work and pensions secretary is warning that britains acceptance of a Mental Health cult
Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. A bit of spring sunshine. Of us. This is the picture in east sussex. A little bit hazy if you have blue skies. For most, sky is a little bit more like this, the picture in cumbria. A lot of cloud and for the rest of the day producing showery outbreaks of rain drifting east, but quite mild. Particularly in the south and south east. We could see 17 degrees this afternoon, down to the fact the winds are coming from the fact the winds are coming from the south westerly direction, so we have the warmer air mass and weather fronts continuing to produce rain particularly across parts of Central Scotland, quite persistent here, and Northern Ireland. Heavy showers across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly i7 across parts of england and wales. Temperatures, 16, possibly 17 in the east of england. Typically single figures in Central Scotland with more persistent rainfall. This evening, still got the rain in Central Scotl
Last season, it was an honour to win a game here. We are winning games now. We are solid. We need to keep solid. That is a new thing but decided to be back, and of course, that is not any more. The chelsea years ago. But we are building something different. That was a game i thought was in the balance. I thought there was a lot between the two teams. It was quite an open game. But the game got away from us, with the goals we conceded, which were really poor from our perspective. They werent necessarily coming. Sometimes you can feel the goals coming against you away from home. I didnt feel we were. But they were self induced mistake from us. Manchester city Goalkeeper Ederson is set to miss up to four weeks, after suffering a Muscle Injury in the Premier League draw with liverpool yesterday. Ederson was hurt after kicking reds striker darwin nunez conceding the penalty where liverpool scored their equaliser, in the 1 1 draw at anfield. He had treatment at the time, but was later replac
Begins, cheltenham roar, is the festival begins, kicking off four days of racing. Begins, kicking off four days of racing, culminating in the gold cup on friday on friday. Good morning. A fairly on friday. Good morning. A fairly cloudy day for most of us today. Patchy light rain in the north. Heavy rain in the south. The temperature continues to climb in the next few days. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its tuesday, 12th march. A long awaited report into Veterinary Services will be published this morning, after concerns pet owners are facing expensive bills when paying for treatments. The Competition And Markets Authority launched the review last year, and has previously said that fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis. Nina has the details. Good morning. Are you paying too much to care for your furry friend . Why have vet costs been rising faster than general inflation . Are you getting a fair deal when it comes to costing