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
crash in february 2021 left him with severe leg injuries, and he played just three competitive events last year. woods will be hoping to recover in time for the next major the us open which starts in mid june. a stray dog and rain meant a straight forward looking day for the riders on stage five of the giro d italia was anything but, as the slippery roads led to multiple crashes. one of those came just before the finish line, after british rider mark cavendish was knocked off balance and slid his way across. former race leader and world champion remco evenepoel hit the deck twice the first time after a stray dog ran into the peloton. he later gave a thumbs up to the tv cameras he s still second overall. the stage was won by australia s kaden groves. 0ne one of the things that makes this event or the tour de france so exciting is unpredictable things can happen stuck you but not a straight
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