16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
taking centre stage rebecca welch will become the first female referee of a premier league game. brighton and west ham are hoping tojoin liverpool in bypassing the europa league playoff round with an immediate place in the last 16 a possible prize tonight. seven wickets, but a bit of sunburn england s bowlers have a tough first day of the women s test against india. also coming up on sportsday a world champion, an olympic champion and pete the horse they re all part of the international horse show in london this week. hello again. will come along to sportsday this evening. the premier league will have a female referee take charge of one of its matches for the first time. it represents another landmark along a path of growing influence of female officials in men s sport. joy neville has been doing it in rugby union since 2016. while at the last men s rugby league world cup, kasey badger made history by taking charge of a game. this summer, sue redfern made the breakt
Hesitation in bringing further charges against Owner Dai Yongge after their match against Port Vale was abandoned when fans invaded the pitch, protesting dais ownership. The efl implored Mr Dai to fund the club adequately or sell. Toto wolff has signed a three Year Deal to remain team joy neville, who was the first woman to officiate at a mens rugby World Cup, will retire at the end of the season. The former Ireland Player was a Tv Match Official for last Years Tournament in france. She also refereed the 2017 womens rugby World Cup final. Great britains Mens Hockey Team made the perfect start to their competition. They thrash pakistan 61. Competition. They thrash pakistan 6 1. They are looking to confirm their place in ii 6 1. They are looking to confirm their place in 11 consecutive games. They will be back tomorrow against malaysia. Anthonyjoshua and Francis Ngannou have faced the media ahead of their heavyweight fight in march this year in saudi arabia. Joshua has previously describ
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