island of hokkaido. downing street confirms the prime minister has not received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy. supplies have been hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. four goals forjesus and manchester city are four points clear in the premier league. we re getting closer to huge all british world title fight as tyson fury defends his heavyweight crown against dillian whyte. verstappen wins the sprint to start on pole for tomorrow s grand prix at imola. good evening. we ll get to wembley later in sportsday and that huge heavyweight title fight, but let s start with the football and the premier league title race. with liverpool playing in
ukraine says at least five people have been killed and 18 injured by a series of russian missile strikes on the strategic port city of odessa. america s most senior diplomat antony blinken will visit kyiv on sunday, according to ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, campaigning ends in france s hard fought presidential election with emmanuel macron and his far right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello, i m olly fos
Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jessica. Englands cricketers are dreaming the impossible dream after the penultimate day of the second ashes test against australia. Englands bowlers performed, and the batsmen are within reach of an historic turn around. More at half past. We have got the weather as well. Storm caroline has been named by the met office. It will bring us some wet and windy disruptive weather through the middle of the week, then it is a return to winter. I will bring you all the details through the afternoon. Also coming up. A new Clinical Trial that doctors are calling a watershed moment. Well have the test results which bring fresh hope for millions of people with type 2 diabetes. Hello everyone. This is afternoon live im simon mccoy. We will have plenty more with that mis we will have plenty more with that mi5 report coming out. First we will go to the house of commons. Mi5 report coming out. First we will go to the house of commonsm mi5 report coming o
In westminsters elizabeth tower, better known as the home of big ben. And at 10. 35 well be taking our nightly look ahead to tomorrows papers, with the new statesmans stephen bush, and david wooding, Political Editor of the sun on sunday. Thats all i heard on bbc news. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. Coming up tonight new names in the england frame. Is it time for englands seniors to build on the success of its youth teams . Two games to stake his claim David Unsworth leads everton in europe for the first time. Everton eve rto n fa ce everton face lyon. Also coming up in the programme philippa york, the former Tour De France rider Robert Millar, revisits her home town of glasgow, as she gives us her first tv interview since her gender change. And if you could make the choice, would you have transitioned before . Yes. I would would you have transitioned before . Yes. Iwould have would you have transitione
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Interest rates have gone up for the first time in a decade. The bank of england has increased the rate by a quarter of 1 , to 0. 5 , as it tries to control inflation. The banks governor mark carney said households across the uk are generally well positioned to deal with the rate increase. The decision will mean higher Monthly Payments for millions with variable rate mortgages. But its good news at last for savers. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. One small step upwards for Interest Rates, affect millions of savers and millions of borrowers. Its more expensive if you have a mortgage, and forjames in south london, its time to cut costs. Weve been very lucky without realising it. I think its going to start, it will probably bite more from now on. For so long we thought, its always going to be like this, but its got to end sometime and we never realised it was going to be this soon. The governor of the bank of england knew it was a delicate bala