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, theyll have to find an extra £750 a month in repayments. Somehow were supposed to spend less and find £750 extra a month to pay for that. So, you know, for many families, its 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 cant simply turn around and say, thats your problem. A rise of 0. 25 Percentage Points would take the Bank Of Englands base rate to 5. 25 , the highest since april 2008. For someone with an average Tracker Mortgage of £200,000, tha
to save the planet. and taking the battle for a cleaner climate into outer space. can the final frontier help us breathe easier down here on earth? wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, the climate emergency, it s not new. but as global leaders gather for this year s united nations climate change conference or known as cop 28, it s in dubai. we wanted to see how business and innovators are tackling the climate emergency. so we ve sent our crews and reporters around the world to find the cutting edge technology that could literally save the planet. we begin on a set of islands off the far north of scotland where theo leggett is exploring under the sea. bleak but beautiful. this is the pentland firth, the channel that runs between the north coast of scotland and the orkney islands. it s an area well known for vicious winds and ripping tides and that makes it the perfect location for developing new form