Rates have gone up again, for the 14th time in a row. The Bank Of England has put up its main rate from 5 to 5. 25 . That will mean higher mortgages for some people, but its also good news for savers. The Bank Of England is using Interest Rate rises to fight inflation, which has slowed recently, but which is still nearly 8 . Our economics correspondent andy verity reports the father of two, peter, keeping up the payments for his familys mortgages looking like anything but childs play. They bought their home under the governments help to buy scheme, but since then Interest Rates have risen 1a times. When his fixed rate deal expires early next year, the payments willjump. Somehow we are supposed to spend less and find an extra £750 per month to pay for that. For many families it is a terrifying situation, but if you have a young family like ourselves, who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government who has advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things bec
Tried to investigate. Hes been talking to the bbc s amol rajan. Phillip, come on in. Good to see you. Thank you. Phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the Public Domain over the past week. Are you feeling 0k to do this . Are you feeling Strong Enough to do this interview . Yeah, i have to. Schofield described the enormous toll recent days have taken on him. It is relentless. It is day after day after day after day. If you do that. If you dont think that is going to have the most catastrophic effect on someone s mind. Do you want me to die . Because thats where i am. I have lost everything. Schofield says he is extremely concerned for the welfare of the young man with whom he had an extramarital affair. There is an innocent person here who didnt do anything wrong. When did you first meet this young man in question . What were the circumstances . I was
tried to investigate. he s been talking to the bbc s amol rajan. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll recent days have taken on him. it is relentless. it is day after day after day after day. if you do that. if you don t think that is going to have the most catastrophic effect on someone s mind. do you want me to die? because that s where i am. i have lost everything. schofield says he is extremely concerned for the welfare of the young man with whom he had an extramarital affair. there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. when did you first meet this young man in question? what were the circumstance
after he first met the young man, who was 15 at the time. mr schofield strongly denies grooming him, but says he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he s been talking to the bbc s amol rajan. last week, if my. ..daughters hadn t been there. ..then.i wouldn t be here. and they ve. .. ..guarded me. um. and won t let me out of their sight. it s like a weird.numbness. i know that s a selfish point of view. but you come to a point where you just think, how much are you supposed to take? if all of those people that write all of that stuff. do they ever think that there s actually. ..a person at the other end? and so. ..hereiam, um. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. why? why do you want to do this interview? because there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. who is.vulnerable. ..and probably feels like i do. and. ..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, wi
stun brighton 5 1 to move out of the bottom three, but it was a grim day for leicester and southampton. with the first eurovision semifinal tonight, we look at how liverpool has embraced the joy. good morning. the next few days, we are looking at the forecast of sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and thundery and some will be slow moving. by friday, things will be more settled. it s tuesday the 9th of may. the metropolitan police has expressed regret for arresting six anti monarchy protestors before the king s coronation on saturday. the six, who included the head of the campaign group republic, were held on suspicion of planning to disrupt the event but released without charge when the arresting officers failed to provide sufficient evidence. the met police insists it did not intend to prevent protests, as aruna iyengar reports. not my king! the coronation pleased many but not everyone. graham smith, the leader of anti monarchy group republic, seen on the ground here