an emotional appeal to the public from the family of nicola bulley to help find her. and a warning that mammals such as foxes and otters are contracting avian flu after eating dead birds. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the countdown is on to the six nations, as england s new coach steve borthwick goes for a more youthful side. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the bank of england has rasied interest rates to 4%, their highest level for m years, as it continues its attempts to curb soaring inflation. the latest rise, the tenth in a row, will mean higher mortgage payments for homeowners with a typical tracker mortgage. but people with savings should benefit. the bank also said that the uk is set to enter recession this year though it could be shorter than was previously forecast. and it also predicted a significant fall in inflation by the end of this year. our economics editor, faisal islam, has all the details. sophie, rates have been raised consistentl
Still one we are tracking Tropical Storm ophelia as it barreled up the east coast with strong winds and heavy rain. How it will impact your weekend plans. More autoworkers walk out on the job and onto the picket line. What we are learning tonight about the investigation into that deadly bus crash involving a High School Marching band, as t scene. Migrant crossings of the u. S. Southern border have risen to near record levels this month. As thousands continue to make the dangerous journey to the u. S. Border, communities on the side say their resources are stretched thin. Call in South Carolina after a u. S. Marine pilot ejected from an f35 Fighter Jet Sunday leaving the plane to fly on autopilot until the crash. Im sorry, what happened . Think on the pilot. We need to get rescue ruling. Im not sure where the aircraft is. If you have a costco mattress, listen up. About 40,000 mattresses sold at costco are now under recall after customers reported mold growing on them. Norah and an Out O
the violence before aston villa s europa conference league win over legia warsaw, where the polish side s fans clashed with police, leaving four officers injured. good afternoon. the king has warned leaders at the cop28 climate summit in dubai that the world is far off track from meeting key climate targets. in his speech he said he prayed the summit would be a critical turning point for genuine transformational action. this year s cop will focus on speeding up the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy but there is likely to be disagreement on how that is done, as our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. it was an autograph hunter s dream 167 world leaders, including rishi sunak. .. ..prime minister modi of india. ..and president macron of france, as well as any number of other notables, including a cgi representation of the uae s first president, sheikh zayed bin nahyan. but top of the bill was king charles, rallying the world to action. i pray with all my heart
snowfall and fog on the way into work, but these yorkshire residents took full advantage of the conditions and had a snowball fight, while aberdeenshire was covered in a layer of frost. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. have we taken your best snow pictures? the big frits is set to continue. it was a case of white cars in redcar, is heavy snow in the eastern area, meanwhile flakes of o snow fall in south east england. this didn t result in gridlock on the roads. looking at the weather pictures, temperatures above freezing and many of the showers draped round the coastal areas are coming in as rain and sleet. most inland parts of the uk dry with sunshine, but the sunshine not doing very much for the temperatures we are still below freezing in a number of spots and we might squeak above freezing for some. it will stay really cold. overnights tonight, the showers will turn back to snow and we have some particularly showers to come across dumfries and galloway,