Change Interest Rates from five percent. The decision, expected at midday, comes after inflation, showing the rise in consumer prices, remained at 2. 2 Per Cent last month. The Central Bank in the united states lowered Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point Yesterday the first cut for more than four years. Lets speak to our Business Correspondent peter ruddick. What is the expectation with the Bank Of England . I knew you will ask me that. I am not a betting man but the one thing we can predict is it is going to be a close decision. The last time the nine Person Committee voted five to four, as close as you can get to cut Interest Rates last time to the 5 level they are now, a quarter of a Percentage Point change. Why will it be so although there is disagreement really among the committee and economic experts about how sticky, how stubborn Inflation Price rises are, there is agreement that the trend is Price Rises and the rate of inflation is coming down but relatively slowly, relat
soldiers. more than 85 targets in seven locations across iraq and syria were ahead. president biden has stressed he is not seeking a conflict with iran, but that the retaliation would continue. our north american correspondent will burn and has the latest. american bombers carried out airstrikes on more than 85 targets. the us military said they included the personnel and facilities of iran s revolutionary guard, and the militant groups it backs. but the abstract set locations only in iraq and syria. iranian territory was not targeted. the message from the white house, the us doesn t want a war with tehran. house, the us doesn t want a war with tehmn- house, the us doesn t want a war with tehran. , ., with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. this - with tehran. the goal here is to get the
scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right of things turning colder this week. right here of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. it s sunday, the 4th of february. our top story: the uk hasjoined the us in striking houthi targets in yemen for a third time. last night, british and american forces launched strikes on 36 targets across 13 locations, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, claimed the action was needed to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation but said it did not mark an escalation in the uk s involvement in the conflict. louisa pilbeam reports. british fighterjets taking off
stockholm, capital of sweden and the city of islands, 1a of them to be precise which makes water transport a big thing around these parts. so today i have decided to take the ferry. but this is no ordinary ferry. because this ferry can fly! this is the candela p 12, the prototype of a ferry which should go into service injuly 2024 and its cruising speed of 25 knots and wings called hydrofoils provide huge amounts of lift in the same way that aircraft wings can get a plane off the ground, these wings can raise the whole hull above the surface. i ve started to notice more and more boats and even windsurfing and kite surfing having these foils underneath the board so the entire thing can lift out of the water. because hardly any of the boat is having to push through the water, it does not need as powerful a motorcar. that means there is something else that is very special about this craft. it is electric. these small propellers are all that are needed to get the ferry up to spee
school in london and i didn t get in, which was just as well, because i d have been way in the back stage of the corps de ballet, kind of ideally out of the set. but i ve wanted to meet you for so long. oh, wow. ..so that s great. so, when you come onto a stage, misty. ..having not danced since 2019. mm hm. ..how are we feeling? how s your body doing? erm. ..i mean, it s like different air up here. yeah. you know, like i say. rarified. yeah, it s. ..like this very sacred space to be in. it s magic, you know, what we get to do up here? one of my favourite things to do is to be on the stage before the.you know, ..they let the house, they open the house, they let the audience in, i always am on the stage by myself. it s a different, very different feeling than being in a studio. the mirrors, you know, it s a completely different depth that you have to get used to. it changes your centre of gravity, your balance, everything. yeah. so it s something that i always do just to kind o