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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 mortga ....
it will be mild. all the details later. it s thursday the 25th of january. our main story. the families of the victims of the nottingham attacks will find out today what sentence the killer will receive. valdo calocane stabbed university students grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, both 19, before attacking 65 year old school caretaker ian coates. his guilty plea to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted by the court earlier this week. our reporter navtej johal has spoken exclusively to ian s family ahead of today s sentencing. stubborn. yeah. taught me to fish, but said i was absolutely rubbish. same. fishing, football, family. the things that ian coates loved most. he wasn t the one to constantly say i love you. but we felt that love in the family household. on the 13th ofjune last year, ian, a 65 year old caretaker, was taken from his family in a morning of horror in nottingham that left three people dead. they can t forget the mom ....
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but s ....
good morning from the london stadium, which has been transformed as major league baseball comes to the uk for only the second time. two games this weekend. many people believe the sport first started near here, baseball is coming home. a bit of rain and when the sun comes out it will feel quite humid and hot. more details coming up here on breakfast. it s friday, the 23rd ofjune. tributes are being paid to five men, who died on board the titan submersible after it imploded near the wreck of the titanic. the five day search ended after debris was found on the sea bed. our correspondent, jessica parker, joins us now from boston, where the rescue efforts were being coordinated. let s speak to jessica now. let s speak tojessica now. good morning. we had that moment of course yesterday evening uk time when the news was broken that this debris had been found and the assumption made that all five on board were killed. my apologies. as he can see, we have one or two problems wi ....
living where i will be. in sport, a missed opportunity for manchester united, as they throw away a two goal lead to put their europa league hopes injeopardy. and we find out about how donating something usually discarded after childbirth the umbilical cord can save lives. and here at aintree, it is ladies day in the grand national festival. looking promising behind me at the moment, but rain and the focus for many of you today. all the detail on that and your weekend forecast all coming up here on breakfast. good morning. it s friday 14th april. our main story the royal college of nursing will announce whether its members in england have voted to accept the government s new pay offer later today. the union, which represents nurses and other health workers, has recommended that its members accept the deal, which includes a 5% pay rise for this year. it comes as junior doctors in england start the final full day of a 96 hour walkout over a separate pay dispute. o ....