Mortgage holders as its hiked Interest Rates for the 14th consecutive time. Well is this the peak and when will they start to come down . Well find out. Out. And the gb news exclusive, Charlie Peters has been investigating the London Hospital chaplain who used his annual leave to visit taliban leaders in afghanistan. Leaders in afghanistan. So today were asking you what do you think about greenpeace scaling the roof of the Prime Ministers house . What do you make of it . Do let us know. Gb views at cbnnews. Com. But first, lets cbnnews. Com. But first, lets get a news bulletin with Rhiannon Jones. Get a news bulletin with Rhiannon Jones. Thank you, ellie. Good morning. Its 931. Your top stories from the newsroom. Top stories from the newsroom. The private sector is being called on to help clear the nhs backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new Community Diagnostic Centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans, checks and tests. Eight of the n
the economy is coping with the cost of living crisis when we get first quarter gdp figures in just over an hour s time. it s expected to have continued growing by 0.2% in the first three months of the year. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts, saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. but it warned that the battle to get soaring prices under control is taking much longer than expected. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by 0.25%, to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row, and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. the bank is trying to take spending power out of the economy to stop prices rising so fast. inflation is currently running at over 10% a year. that s the highest rate in a0 years, and five times the bank s target of 2%. our economics editor faisal islam reports. red gr
success welcome to the programme. in the us, just hours to go until donald trump s controversial immigration legislation title 42 expires. the us homeland security secretary says their borders are not open and warns of tougher consequences for those who try to cross illegally. we ll look at what will it mean for people waiting to cross the us mexico border. also in the programme. the uk is to supply ukraine with long range cruise missiles to help push back russian forces. we ll look at exactly what these missiles are. interest rates in the uk go up again. now at their highest level in the uk for nearly 15 years. what does that mean for the economy? and it s eurovision the second semifinal is getting under way right now in liverpool. we ll be live with the latest from the contest. we re going to start in the us with title a2. that s the name of the legislation that makes it easier to expel people he who cross the border from mexico. it was introduced in covid times, on pub
concerns of a potential surge of migrants on the us mexico border, is a controversial policy expires. arrested and detained for 13 hours the bbc speaks to a royal super fan who missed the coronation because of a police mix up. and another colourful night at the eurovision song contest as the line up for the grand final is confirmed. this turkey is holding both parliamentary and presidential elections this sunday and the race is expected to be very tight. president recep tayyip erdogan faces his biggest challenge yet from the main opposition candidate kemal kilichdarolu. the elections could put an end to mr erdogan s two decades of rule in the country. let s go live now to ankara. this race has gotten a bit more interesting, because one of the candidates has pulled out. indeed, that was yesterday, candidates has pulled out. indeed, that was yesterday, where - candidates has pulled out. indeed, that was yesterday, where a - that was yesterday, where a nationalist centre lef