flanders and claire barrett. we have got stephanie flanders from bloomberg economics on the podcast. hello. hello, hello. and another friend of the podcast, claer barrett, from the financial times. thank you for having me. i m glad you re here, so, interest rates at 3%, stephanie. gives a sense of how that feeds into real lives. in gives a sense of how that feeds into real lives. into real lives. in terms of money that into real lives. in terms of money that is into real lives. in terms of money that is about - into real lives. in terms of money that is about 2 - into real lives. in terms of. money that is about 2 million people in the country who are on a variable rate the biggest since the 80s or 90s depending on who you believe. and for somebody with the average size mortgage, that is going to add nearly £80 a month or £1000 a year, just from today s rise, but of course, that is the eighth rise we have had in succession from the bank of england. there is more pain t
She seems extremely intelligent and she just let other people know about it, which was smart, because not too many kids would say anything about it. The girl turned around, the man apologized and walked away. They say theres no way the man thought the girl was older than a child. Its concerning for your children because now youre concerned that something is going to happen. Reporter parents are concerned not only is the man not still out there, but he went after the girl when people were around. To come out here when theyre going to school and do Something Like that its scary. I cant say what i want to say on camera, but i really hope they find the guy. Reporter and the girl says light skinned about 57 to 58. We have more breaking news a gymnastics coach is accused of assaulting a child at usa ninja challenge. A spokesperson for the gym believes this centers around him to help a child. Parents tell us they are shocked. And beaten the instructor is on leave. Beaten posted bail and he is
Warnings are on the website. The showers will get going in southern areas more quickly tomorrow. It will be the north and west once again bearing the brunt of the snow showers, just over 200 metres over the hills, hail and thunder about anywhere. Sunshine in between, but a more brisk wind. As a result of a cold start and cold air, temperatures will be two or three degrees down, it will turn windy through the day, severe gales through the day, severe gales through southern scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england. That low pressure whisks away quite quickly, bringing strong wind into the north sea. Then we have a ridge of High Pressure building on friday. A quieter window of weather. It is worth pointing out that at the moment we still have over 100 flood warnings in force for scotland, england and wales. Even the showers we are seeing today and tomorrow are not good news. More rain to come friday night. For the majority on friday, a drier day with lighter wind. Not especially wa
The impact of the pandemic. The number of dead in spain passes 4,000 as the countrys lockdown is extended for at least another two weeks. In america theres a Record Number of unemployed, as more than three Million People claim benefits. Nearly 70,000 people in the us, have now been infected. Good afternoon and we are waiting for the chancellor to unveil a package of emergency measures. The chancellor, rishi sunak, is preparing to unveil a package of emergency measures for self employed people, many of whose income has dried up because of the economic shutdown caused by coronavirus. The press conference is due within the hour, so stay with us for that. There are more than 5 million self employed people in the uk, though there are suggestions that not all of them will be eligible for the help. Last week, the chancellor promised to cover up to 80 of the wages of employees to stop them being laid off. This afternoon, leaders of the 620 industrialised nations have agreed to inject 5 trillio