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
For a mugshot, but he did have his fingerprints taken. His Court Appearance took place just blocks from the us Capitol Building, where the events of january 6th played out. The Special Prosecutor alleges in his indictment that the former president fuelled the attack by Sowing Distrust in the 2020 election. The charges mr trump is facing include conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, namely his attempt to stop the counting of the vote. Protests took place outside the District Court in washington, dc on thursday, as the former president faced the charges inside. Some were anti trump demonstrators, and some were his supporters, who waved the american flag. Before boaring his plane to travel back to newjersey, mr trump spoke briefly to reporters. He described the charges as the persecution of a political opponent. This is a very sad day for america. And it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay
and residents watched the inferno building in front of them. the wildfire is still growing, but at least for now it s expanding away from town. crews like these water bombers have been working relentlessly over the last few days to try to contain this fire. but despite that, they have still classified this eagle bluff wildfire as out of control. we ve seen some significant growth on that west side of the fire. the fire is estimated at 3,044 hectares in size, and we re working with the incident management team on the us portion of the fires and looking at objectives that we can identify and assess along that west flank. this small desert town of 5,500 people is a popular summer destination for canadians because of its natural beauty and lakes. it s also well known for its wineries. there s a pile of dead standing timberthere with no needles on it. that is a result of a 2003 fire. for matt mavety, wildfires
but despite that, they have still classified this eagle bluff wildfire as out of control. we ve seen some significant growth on that west side of the fire. the fire is estimated at 3,044 hectares in size, and we re working with the incident management team on the us portion of the fires and looking at objectives that we can identify and assess along that west flank. this small desert town of 5,500 people is a popular summer destination for canadians because of its natural beauty and lakes. it s also well known for its wineries. there s a pile of dead standing timber there with no needles on it. that is a result of a 2003 fire. for matt mavety, wildfires are not new, but some are costlier than others. his family vineyard lost 80% of its sales in 2021 because of smoke damage to the grapes. smoked damaged wines are basically of low, low value. farming here, we don t aim for low value wines. 0ur wines have to be premium.