but he doesn t apologise. the committee will agree that i ve accepted that it was a mistake and that it was my mistake. everybody else has apologised for him, but he won t apologise for himself. a coward, not a leader! we talk to the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq about racist abuse, and what he hopes to achieve by going public. and a year in the life of northern ireland we ask people to share their experiences, in a changing landscape. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. a big night of action in the women s champions league arsenal are looking to take a big step towards the knockouts with a win over danish side koge. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes tonight from the heart of belfast at a critical time in the history of northern ireland. there s growing uncertainty here about the future of trading arrangements with the rest of the united kingdom, not to mention the links with its close neighbour, the republic of ireland, and the european uni
of half of 1% is expected to try and team inflation. and the actor amber heard is about to take to the stand in the definition trial that her ex husband johnny depp. in a moment we ll bring you all the latest from the war in ukraine. but first some breaking news from the united states. the us federal reserve has been meeting to set interest rates. the fed has a brief to keep price stable but its fighting soaring inflation driven by rising energy prices. we are expecting federal reserve to decide on interest rates and let me get that figure whatever the decision is of course we will bring it straight to you. michelle fleury is in washington. the federal reserve has just raised rates by half a percentage point as expected bringing its key benchmark rate to the range of 0.75 and 1%. this was a big move designed to try and manage soaring information which is now currently at a a0 year high. it is a step up in efforts that began a month ago. but even when the federal reserve rai
chancellor announced a cut of 2p in a national insurance. that takes effect from saturday. that, and lower energy bills that we have talked about, is good news. on the other hand, water bills are going up in england and wales. there is an even bigger increase in scotland. those percentages work out at an average of £30 or more each year. it is a similar story when it comes to council tax. three quarters of local authorities are expected to put bills up by the maximum possible amount this year. it is worth seeing in scotland the charges there have been frozen. after being frozen, the tv licence will go up to nearly £170 for people. lots of mobile phone and broadband providers will be charging more, evenif providers will be charging more, even if you are in the middle of a contract. vehicle tax, nhs dentist fees, and the cost of a new passport are also going up. that is before we talk about rent and mortgage costs. the advice that now is a good time to do an audit of your inc
the good news falling energy prices. the annual energy bill for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall to £1,690, which is the lowest for two years. let s get more on this from our money and work reporter, peter ruddick. there is a mixed picture there, but a lot of bills going up? yes. there is a mixed picture there, but a lot of bills going up? a lot of bills going up? yes. you alwa s a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get winners a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get winners and - a lot of bills going up? yes. you always get winners and losers i a lot of bills going up? yes. you i always get winners and losers at this time of year, the start of the new financial year and we work out what is coming in and what is going out and how those things have changed. i think there will be some crucial things going up that will off set the headlines. the government are keen to talk of the com
instance, back in december, he won £140,600 from mirror group newspapers for 15 unlawful instances of information gathering and he settled a further 115 two months later in february. that is not what this one is about. behind me at the high court, these photographers are not particularly expecting prince harry, norare not particularly expecting prince harry, nor are we, not particularly expecting prince harry, norare we, to not particularly expecting prince harry, nor are we, to turn up, but there are some high profile celebrities involved in the general claim including hugh grant. what is today about? it is an amendment proceeding. remember, this is a civil case. the actual trial as to potentially whether there has been unlawful interceptions of information against harry would not be due to take place until next year. in this instance, we don t yet know until it is presented in court what the documents are going to say. but you would imagine that the prince s lawyers are go