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
northern england, more cloud and the odd shower or a splash of rain. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 25th june. the bbc has been told that the gambling commission is considering whether more police officers are involved in alleged betting on the date of the general election. four conservatives and a police officer assigned to the protection of rishi sunak are known to be facing inquiries. scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it s been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister who s also a conservative candidate said he d made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewe
Two dogs were seized by British Transport Police after a commuter was bitten in a suspected XL Bully attack on a train platform at London Stratford station.
And the platform edge. her injuries were so severe her arm and leg needed to be amputated. now, she s been fitted with a bionic arm and hand with individual working fingers. i love the sound it makes when you make a movement. it sounds like a real robot. i can t tell you how excited i am. i ve been waiting for nine months to get this arm fitted. perfect. and next one, as palm facing down. the technology is absolutely incredible. i mean, this is straight out of science fiction. let s take a look at the tubes now. the bakerloo line has a partial planned closure between stonebridge park and harrow & wealdstone. london overground has no service between willesden junction and watford junction. and there are minor delays on the picadilly line. now on to the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there. good morning. it s a much quieter day of weather today than we saw yesterday. it won t be as wet or as windy, but still a few showers around at times.
Northumberland estates says the scheme on part of the duke s grade i listed syon park estate would help fund conservation works there. a mother who lost an arm and a leg when she was run over by two tube trains has been fitted with an ai bionic arm that can learn repeated muscle movements. sarah de lagarde from camden was travelling home from work when she fell down the gap between the train and the platform edge. her injuries were so severe her arm and leg needed to be amputated. now, she s been fitted with a bionic arm and hand with individual working fingers. i love the sound it makes when you make a movement. it sounds like a real robot. i can t tell you how excited i am. i ve been waiting for nine months to get this arm fitted. perfect. and next one, as palm facing down. the technology is absolutely incredible. i mean, this is straight out of science fiction. let s take a look at the tubes now.