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ever quarterly profits making over £7 billion in the first 3 months of the year. that s almost three times the amount it reported this time last year. interest rates are expected to rise again. analysts believe the bank of england, could increase the base rate to 1% the highest level in 13 years. the japanese prime minister is visiting the uk, with the crisis in ukraine and a new defence partnership high on the agenda. fumio kishida is due to speak in the next few minutes, before government meetings later today. and coming up this hour. meeting some of nature s newest arrivals. a new study, following great tits near oxford, suggests spring is starting sooner. and manchester city are out of the champions league after a dramatic semifinal comeback by real madrid securing victory with two injury time goals. ukrainian officials say russian forces have launched an all out assault on the azovstal steelworks in the besieged city of mariupol. around 200 civilians are s ....
a tearful amber heard takes the stand for the first time in the defamation trial brought by her former husband johnny depp she alleges domestic abuse. he was the love of my life, but he was also this other thing. and the other thing was awful. iam in i am in coventry with the queen s favourite and a pack of corgis. these puppets have been revealed for the first time to celebrate the queen sjubilee pageant. good queen s jubilee pageant. good morning, queen sjubilee pageant. good morning, sam fog to watch out for especially in the south. in england and wales, largely dry and warm. in scotland and northern ireland, you have more cloud and also rain. all the details throughout the programme. it s thursday, 5th of may. our main story. ukrainian officials say there s been heavy fighting with russian forces who have entered a steelworks plant in mariupol the last holdout in the city. about 200 civilians are believed to be sheltering inside the plant, including children. ukraine ....
might be something half decent running into east anglia, but in southern england where it has been southern england where it has been so dry, a lot of dry weather again for the weekend. a few showers for saturday, parts of scotland, northern and eastern areas of england. a cooler feel to things around the north eastern coast. by sunday, a little rain may fall in parts of scotland and northern ireland, but a parts of scotland and northern ireland, buta hint parts of scotland and northern ireland, but a hint of things to come next week, across northern areas there may be little change at times, temp is not changing too much. there is a chance that the further south you are, you see some weather of the year so far living in. though i have to say, that combined and it spread has been so dry, may not be to everyone s taste. thanks, nick. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welc ....
spring now comes three weeks earlier than it used to in the 1940s. hello to you, a warm welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, to 1%, as it tries to damp down rising prices. it predicts inflation will rise to more than 10% this year the highest rate since 1982. in a gloomy assessment, the bank has also forecast the economy will contract next year, leaving the uk facing a period of so called stagflation when prices rise quickly, but economic growth is slow. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. the global economy reopening after a pandemic and a war in ukraine don t ask what that has got to do with the price of cheese. the answer is everything. prices are going up weekly, you know? milk prices have gone up vastly in the last three or four months, butter is going up £5 a case, and then it has gone up another £5 a case. which 0k, it is good forfarmers, they are getting a decent price for ....
ukraine says russia is trying to destroy the last group of soldiers holding the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. but the kremlin denies storming the complex. the coronavirus pandemic caused 15 million excess deaths around the world. that s according to new research by the world health organization, which reveals the true death toll from covid 19. if you don t count it, then it doesn t matter and i think here what we are trying to do is put numbers to this that we can see that each life matters. how many of these deaths could have been prevented, how do we do better next time? and scientists monitoring birds in an oxford woodland say they think spring now comes three weeks earlier than it used to in the 1940s. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, taking them to 1%, as it tries to slow the rise in prices. it predicts inflation will rise to more than 10% this year the highest rate since 1982 ....