Rates have gone up again, for the 14th time in a row. The Bank Of England has put up its main rate from 5 to 5. 25 . That will mean higher mortgages for some people, but its also good news for savers. The Bank Of England is using Interest Rate rises to fight inflation, which has slowed recently, but which is still nearly 8 . Our economics correspondent andy verity reports the father of two, peter, keeping up the payments for his familys mortgages looking like anything but childs play. They bought their home under the governments help to buy scheme, but since then Interest Rates have risen 1a times. When his fixed rate deal expires early next year, the payments willjump. Somehow we are supposed to spend less and find an extra £750 per month to pay for that. For many families it is a terrifying situation, but if you have a young family like ourselves, who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government who has advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things bec
Bit better, a few showers around but still disappointing in terms of temperatures. Jane. Thanks, louise. And thats bbc news at six, you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Goodnight. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes, heres whats coming up. Heartbreakfor germany at the womens world cup theyre out in the group stages. Instead, celebrations for morocco who go through to the last 16 for the first time in their history. At the Netball World Cup england are full of confidence after a stunning win over top side australia. I dont think you can underestimate mentally what that tells me about where the group are at. I think thats a scary thing and something to really look forward to. And defending champions Great Britain crash out of the team pursuit at the cycling World Champi
But it could be good news for teams like england, as Katie Gornall explains. What this means for england potentially is that it opens up that side of the draw for them because they were on course to meet germany in either the quarterfinals or the semi finals if they got that far. And like it or not, for the players and the manager, this is now going to increase the expectations around this england team that they can go all the way in this tournament. Of course, for the england camp, they are very much focused on the next game. They are taking it one game at a time. They wont want to look past nigeria. There has been so many shocks and upset in this tournament well, the round of tournament 16 gets underway tomorrow. So so far, england will be determined to avoid another one in brisbane on monday. Maz farookhi looks ahead to the first day of knock out games. Auckland is going to her spain against saints land. We are here in wellington where we have an eating beef between two former World
Hello. We start with breaking news imran khan, pakistan s former Prime Minister, has been arrested, after being sentenced to three years in prison. His team say they will file an appeal against the ruling. Thejudge found him guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. As the decision was announced in islamabad a crowd, including some prosecuting lawyers, began chanting, Imran Khan Is A Thief outside court. Multiple cases have been filed against mr khan in the last 16 months. In may, he was detained for not appearing at court as requested but was subsequently released after the arrest was declared illegal. Since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khans arrest. The Pakistan Parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a Caretaker Government will take over in the run up to the elections. No elec
Saying much. Thanks, ben. And thats bbc news at six. Its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Good night. Hello, and welcome to sportsday im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Heres a quick look at what we have coming up tonight. From crowdfunding to the world cup knock out stages jamaicas reggae girlz show brazil how its done. South africa are also through to the last 16 for the first time in their history, after an emotional win over italy. And scotland is set to put cycling in a spin, as it hosts the sports biggest World Championships. Also coming up on sportsday. We look ahead to englands final group game at the Netball World Cup against the top side, australia. So, welcome to sportsday, and lots more to come. But were starting at the womens world cup, where its been an extraordinary day as teams jostle for the final few places in the knock out stages, and the headline today is that two teams that have never made the last 16, jamaica and sout