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
but even before the game kicks off, there s been trouble. hammers fans have been attacked by fiorentina supporters in the city. three people were injured in a bar. police also confirmed an officer had also been attacked during the incident. czech police released this image of the supporters from the italian club who had been detained. they said in all 16 people were held after the incident. live now to bbc sport centre in salford, where i am joined by marc edwards. we will talk about the significance of the game, but first of we will talk about the significance of the game, but first of all, we will talk about the significance of the game, but first of all, what can you tell us about this trouble, particularly problematic after the semifinal as well. . particularly problematic after the semifinal as well. semifinal as well. , and it was a lot of fans semifinal as well. , and it was a lot of fans congregating - semifinal as well. , and it was a lot of fans congregating in -
captain is said to have rejected a more lucrative offer from the saudi arabian side al hilal to move to major league soccer. it s thought messi wanted to stay in europe but there were no satista ctory offers. messi already owns a house in florida and his contract with inter miami includes sponsorship deals with adidas and apple. elsewhere, real madrid have agreed a deal with borussia dortmund to sign the england midfielder jude bellingham for $ 107 million dollars or £86 million pounds. 19 year old bellingham, who joined dortmund only three years ago from birmingham city, was one of england s top performers at last year s world cup in qatar and was recently voted player of the year in the bundesliga. bellingham who s agreed a six year deal with real madrid is due to have medical in the next few days. staying with football, the final of the europa conference league is well under way in prague where fiorentina are playing west ham united. west ham are looking to