will place a face a growing backlash for revealing she had going issue with alcohol. there send the family would not i want it released. here is some of the family statement. we as a family believe the public focus has become distracted from finding nikki and more about speculation and rumours into her private life. as a family, we were aware that lancashire police, last night, released a statement with some personal details. although we know that nikki would not have wanted this. thereare people out there threatening to sell stories about her. this is appalling and needs to stop. the police know the truth about nikki and now the public need to focus on finding her. the statement continued on to discuss the menopause. due to the perimenopause nikki suffered with significant side effects such as brain fog, restless sleep and was taking hrt to help but this was giving her intense headaches. the headaches caused nikki to stop taking the hrt thinking that may have helped her bu
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to curb rising prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage isjumping, because of interest rates. stu is used to saving after spending much of his life on a minimum wage. he got a better paying job as a librarian, but like many, his wages have stagnated. when his mortgage expired his payments went from £90 a month to £360. i thought the days of checking the bank balance were gone. but they re back with a vengeance now. it is
the morning, a chance of flooding and disruption. the winds are strengthening come up with coastal gales in the west. these are temperatures which we might normally see by day at this time of year. that is how we start the day tomorrow. so windy, wet, rain pushing across northern england, weakening further east across towards east anglia and the south east. by the afternoon, away from the far north of scotland and northern isles, a lot of dry weather around. broken cloud, sunny spells, chance of a shower. it is a windy day and from north wales northwards, costs of 50 mph, may be for a time in northern scotland, 60 mph. take pictures take a step backwards, but they come back up on saturday to similar levels today. friday evening, it is looking fine. overnight into saturday morning, another weather system coming in so northern and western parts on saturday with rain, mainly north and west for showers on sunday, some sunny spells, mild, windy, gradually turning cooler next week.