Breathing a big sigh of relief. Find out more with me after 6 00. Meanwhile in an exclusive gb news poll , half of you, our gb news poll, half of you, our viewers and listeners oppose a ban on petrol and diesel cars. Well bring you all the details in just a moment. The bank of england will decide today whether to raise Interest Rates for a 15th consecutive time. Well bring you all the analysis on what this means for all of us. And well have full coverage on gb news at midday. We can rely on our firm friendship king charles and the french president , Emmanuel Macron , to toast the uk and macron, to toast the uk and French Friendship at a banquet. Well have also the weather updates for you with alex burkill. Good morning. Whilst its going to be a sunnier day for many of us, there is still some showery rain and strong winds around. Ill have more shortly. Have more shortly. And of course, paul coyte will have all the support for us this yes, i will. This morning. Yes, i will. An nana disas
Future. Similar thoughts from the shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth , too. Jonathan ashworth, too. This is a set of announcements which is undermining Business Investment in in this country is undermining the stability of our economy. And its actually going to cost consumers more. To cost consumers more. Royal state visit. King charles and Queen Camilla continue their three day trip to france. Our royal reporter, france. Our royal reporter, Cameron Walker , is there. Cameron walker, is there. The queen and the first lady of france this morning will be launching a new franco British Literary prize. And as for the king, he will be doing something no british monarch has ever done before. Find out shortly. Before. Find out shortly. My mind is spinning. Its nothing. Its not a sexy sensation, as you may think. Its not a sexy sensation, as you may think. Im not going to you may think. Im not going to give the prize away. They will let cameron. I have no idea all about it. I have no i
Or two if they do hold rates and that decision is expected any second now. Liam, if they do hold them, could we start seeing rates starting to come down maybe towards the 4 area in the near future. 7 future . Im literally checking my phone here, pip, as we speak. You keep your eyes if you. Liam we are being told now it has been held. Its been held. At 5. 25. Your its been held. At 5. 25. Your reaction . Thats thats very, reaction . Thats thats very, very interesting. Whats going to happen now is that the pound will likely fall because traders were expecting an Interest Rate rise. On balance, what will happen now is so called two year swap rates will change. So Mortgage Companies quite quickly will start competing and offering cheaper loans. Weve already had Mortgage Rates coming down over recent weeks because of an expectation that this would be the peak in Interest Rates if indeed there was a rate rise. If we look at my graphic now, i hope its on the screen. You can hope its on the sc
The powerful storms hitting california now sweeping north. In sport. Lincoln city will find out this evening who they will face in the quarterfinals of the fa cup. They are the first non league side to reach the last eight of the fa cup for over a century after knocking out Premier League Side only. Burnley. How much physical contact should a teacher have with a pupil . Well hear why psychologists believe that staff who refuse to touch pupils during everyday Classroom Activities could be harming their development. And darren has the weather. Good morning. As well as a giant snowdrop, we have springlike temperatures in the next few days but it comes with a lot of cloud. The best of the sunshine is in the east. More details little bit later. Thank you, darren. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of Prison Officers in london and South East England are getting an immediate pay increase of between three and Five Thousand pounds. Ministers have made the decision to try to boost re
The powerful storms hitting california now sweeping north. In sport. Lincoln city will find out this evening who they will face in the quarterfinals of the fa cup. They are the first non league side to reach the last eight of the fa cup for over a century after knocking out Premier League Side only. Burnley. How much physical contact should a teacher have with a pupil . Well hear why psychologists believe that staff who refuse to touch pupils during everyday Classroom Activities could be harming their development. And darren has the weather. Good morning. As well as a giant snowdrop, we have springlike temperatures in the next few days but it comes with a lot of cloud. The best of the sunshine is in the east. More details little bit later. Thank you, darren. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of Prison Officers in london and South East England are getting an immediate pay increase of between three and Five Thousand pounds. Ministers have made the decision to try to boost re