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 it s 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 family s mortgages looking like anything but child s play. they bought their home under the government s 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, w
courtroom today. i know it s still wednesday where you are, but of course thursday, he will appear. but of course thursday, he will a- ear. ~ , but of course thursday, he will auearr , appear. we re “ust about technically appear. we re just about technically thursday. - appear. we re just about | technically thursday. the apartment midnight here in washington, so yes for us, but later. the clock went midnight. donald trump is expected to appear in person. that might not surprise you because in previous cases, he s wanted to be seen turning up at court. he s wanted to be there in the public spotlight. he does tend to use campaign. here s what the choreography looks like. as a massive security operation. normally there wouldn t be a president, but there is from the former president there wouldn t be a precedent. they need to make sure the media is safe reporting, and the man is safe. they will read the charges out against him and they will ask him to enter a plea
growing at a slower rate for the past two months, but inflation remains at nearly 8%, four times higher than the official target. hannah miller has this report. for father of two peter, sorting out the family finances is proving hard. he and his wife bought their first home using the help to buy scheme. but when their mortgage comes up for renewal early next year, they ll have to find an extra £750 a month in repayments. somehow we re supposed to spend less and find £750 extra a month to pay for that. so, you know, for many families, it s a terrifying situation. if you have young families like ourselves who have been swayed into the housing market by government, whose advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things become unaffordable, you can t simply turn around and say, that s your problem. a rise of 0.25 percentage points would take the bank of england s base rate to 5.25%, the highest since april 2008. for someone with an average tracker mortgage of
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
tom brady has become the latest high profile sports star to get involved with an english football club. lebronjames has a small share in liverpool. jj watt is a burnley shareholder. and now brady has become a minority owner at a second tier team. heroes the deal. i am officially coming on board at birmingham football club. birmingham s new owners say they ve entered into a partnership with the nfl legend, who will become the chair of an advisory board, offering up his expertise on nutrition and opening up possible new commercial deals. brady retired from playing earlier this year, while birmingham finished 17th in the championship and haven t been in the premier league since 2011. well, there s another world cup going on right now, and there was a significant win for england over australia in the netball tournament in cape town. both had qualified for the semi finals before their meeting, but england s 56 55 victory is their first over the world number ones in this competitio