i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. the supreme court comprised by appoint east of former president donald trump ended a most consequential term. scotus on voting rights, affirmative action, student loans and adoption. this on top of last year s rulings concerns abortion, guns, religion and climate change. yesterday, the court released a much anticipated opinion concerning speech and gay rights. at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasn t the baker. this case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. then the court decided for the baker, but didn t determine whether a business owner s speech writes can justify refusing service to gay couples. well, five miles from the colorado baker is a graphic artist named lorie smith who will join me momentarily. she said she didn t want to create any same-sex wedding message at odds with her religious beliefs. she neve
interest rates are expected to rise sharply today, as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base rate by three quarters of a percentage point from 2.25% to 3%. that would be its eighth consecutive increase since december, pushing the rate to its highest level for m years. it would also mark the biggest single increase since 1989, and could have a big impact on the cost of living and people s finances. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk. it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may lea
Me. This Weakening Band of rain will introduce a lot of low cloud. It will become more the norm by morning. Nine and ten, higher than oui morning. Nine and ten, higher than our Daytime Temperatures at this time of the year. But it will be quite blustery if you are travelling in Northern England tomorrow and gcioss in Northern England tomorrow and across the eastern side of the grampians. 11 and 12 in Northern Ireland and england, but in the south we could see 16 or 17 tomorrow. Really mild for this time of the year. It stays mild in the south, but the potential is there for some very wet and windy weather on tuesday and wednesday. This is bbc news, the headlines iraqi forces have taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from so called Islamic State militants. The American Company kraft heinz withdraws its proposed takeover of marmite maker unilever. The deal would have been one of the biggest in corpora
Me. This Weakening Band of rain will introduce a lot of low cloud. It will become more the norm by morning. Nine and ten, higher than oui morning. Nine and ten, higher than our Daytime Temperatures at this time of the year. But it will be quite blustery if you are travelling in Northern England tomorrow and gcioss in Northern England tomorrow and across the eastern side of the grampians. 11 and 12 in Northern Ireland and england, but in the south we could see 16 or 17 tomorrow. Really mild for this time of the year. It stays mild in the south, but the potential is there for some very wet and windy weather on tuesday and wednesday. This is bbc news, the headlines iraqi forces have taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from so called Islamic State militants. The American Company kraft heinz withdraws its proposed takeover of marmite maker unilever. The deal would have been one of the biggest in corpora
Me. This Weakening Band of rain will introduce a lot of low cloud. It will become more the norm by morning. Nine and ten, higher than oui morning. Nine and ten, higher than our Daytime Temperatures at this time of the year. But it will be quite blustery if you are travelling in Northern England tomorrow and gcioss in Northern England tomorrow and across the eastern side of the grampians. 11 and 12 in Northern Ireland and england, but in the south we could see 16 or 17 tomorrow. Really mild for this time of the year. It stays mild in the south, but the potential is there for some very wet and windy weather on tuesday and wednesday. This is bbc news, the headlines iraqi forces have taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from so called Islamic State militants. The American Company kraft heinz withdraws its proposed takeover of marmite maker unilever. The deal would have been one of the biggest in corpora