latest project launching the see monster, the latest in a creativity festival costing millions of pounds. with over 2000 football related arrests last season. good evening. interest rates have risen to their highest level for m years, heaping extra costs on mortgage holders, credit card users and businesses. the governor of the bank of england warned that the uk economy may already be in recession. rates have risen by 0.5% today the seventh hike in a row, as the bank tries to curb inflation. interest rates now stand at 2.25%. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the details. for islam has the details. nearly a decade and a half, british for nearly a decade and a half, british interest rates have been extremely low. forthe british interest rates have been extremely low. for the homeowners, high street businesses and corporations, it had become used to very low base interest rates, this is now at an end. in nantwich in cheshire, the ice cream farm has benefited from inve
more money for social care in england to help free up nhs beds, but critics say it s just tinkering around the edges. iranian police and anti government protesters clash in tehran for a seventh day in the worst unrest for years after the death of a young woman in police custody. and launching the see monster, the latest project in a festival of creativity in the uk, costing the taxpayer £120 million. is it worth it? and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel england s cricketers convincingly crushed in karachi as pakistan level the t20 series with a ten wicket win. good evening. interest rates have risen to their highest level for 14 years, heaping extra costs on mortgage holders, credit card users and businesses. the governor of the bank of england warned that the uk economy may already be in recession. rates have risen by 0.5% today the seventh hike in a row as the bank tries to curb inflation. interest rates now stand at 2.25%. our economics editor faisal isla
from environmental groups for watering down his initial targets. our business editor simonjack reports on what we know about this situation. this is a bombshell announcement at the very top of one of britain s biggest business and most globally recognised businesses. bernard looney has been at bp all of his professional life since the early 90s. he spentjust underfour in the top corner office behind me at bp s global headquarters. what s emerged is that, in may of last year, an anonymous source informed the board about allegations about his personal conduct with colleagues. now, the board looked into that at the time. mr looney admitted he d had a small number of personal relationships. they looked into that and found there had been no breach of their compa ny s conduct. however, in the last couple of days, it s emerged that very recent allegations of a similar nature have emerged, and mr looney has admitted that he wasn t fully transparent with the board at the time of that
in sport. an historic night at hampden. but it s england who are celebrating, as they beat scotland to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first fixture between the two nations. and a dry and sunny day to come for many and a dry and sunny day to come for many of and a dry and sunny day to come for many of you and a dry and sunny day to come for many of you today. if you are in parts many of you today. if you are in parts of many of you today. if you are in parts of west scotland and northern ireland, parts of west scotland and northern ireland, they will be wet and windy weather ireland, they will be wet and windy weather later on. the full full cast here on weather later on. the full full cast here on breakfast. full forecast. it s wednesday, the 13th of september. aid organisations say around 10,000 people are missing after parts of libya were hit by devastating floods. more than 2,000 people are known to have died. in one of the worst affected areas, the