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
Great to have you with us. How do you think this is going to impact already difficult relations with china . , already difficult relations with china . V. Already difficult relations with china . ,. ,. , already difficult relations with china . ,. ,. ,. ,. China . Thats a great question. We have been playing china . Thats a great question. We have been playing pingpong china . Thats a great question. We have been playing pingpong withl have been playing ping pong with china fork some time now between us export control measures, weve seen china taking matches against us Companies Like macron, and it has imposed recent Export Controls on gallium and germanium, which we need for some of our Technology Sector is. I think that we are already at an increasingly fraught relationship with china. That being said, china in the broader Business Community have been on notice that this measure is likely to come down the pipe and we watch this plant a tenant legislative and administrative disgrac
Hi there, thank you for being with us. We begin with an ongoing tragedy in hawaii. At least 36 people have died in wildfires and President Joe Biden has issued a major Disaster Declaration. Hawaiis governor says it was the deadliest Natural Disaster for hawaii for generations and he expects the number of deaths to go up significantly. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals are treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. Much of the Hawaiian Island of maui is now scorched earth. A pilot can hardly believe what hes seeing. Oh, my gosh, look at the harbour this looks like baghdad or something. The Historic Town of lahaina barely exists any more. Since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by Hurricane Force winds, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets, and instead of historic buildings, there are Smoking Piles of rubble. Everybody still out here, its time to go for
Story from the newsroom tonight is that the former american footballer, oj simpson, has died of cancer at the age of 76, his family said in an announcement this afternoon. He died this afternoon. He died surrounded by his children and his grandchildren. Oj simpson his grandchildren. Oj simpson was acquitted of killing his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend ron goldman in 1994, in a trial that gripped america and almost 100 Million People watched Live Television coverage of the now famous pursuit of oj simpson driving a white ford bronco, followed by multiple police cars across l. A. After his record breaking career in the nfl , he became his record breaking career in the nfl, he became an his record breaking career in the nfl , he became an actor his record breaking career in the nfl, he became an actor and had roles in naked gun. But in 2008, he was convicted for his role in a las vegas Armed Robbery and served almost nine years in prison here at home. Institutional bias prev
Smith apologised today for a 2010 email hed sent, saying a pregnant subpostmistresses prison sentence was brilliant. Prison sentence was brilliant. News. A moroccan Asylum Seeker on trial for the murder of a pensioner in hartlepool told police he was motivated by the conflict in gaza. 45 year old ahmed ali denies murdering 70 year old Terence Carney as well as the attempted murder of his housemate javid nouri last october. He says he carried out the attacks as an act of revenge for what he called israels killing of children in the palestinian conflict. He also accused. Hes also accused , accused. Hes also accused, rather of assaulting two female Police Officers whod interviewed him after his arrest. A change to family visa rules comes into force today as part of the governments plan to reduce immigration in its part of the home secretarys promise to transform the uks immigration system. Cut off unfair levels of migration and ensure those arriving here dont burden the taxpayer. The meas