Is a rate rise good for you . Really looking forward to speaking to you, to hearing from you this morning, by telephone, by text or social media. Lets get the neatest News Headlines from karishma patel. The Bank Of England is expected to raise its main Interest Rate to 5. 25 at lunchtime. It will be the 14th time in a row its gone up. Inflation has slowed down in the past few months, but is still at nearly 8 four times higher than the official target. Deputy Prime Minister, oliver dowden, says migrants will start to be housed on a barge in dorset in the coming weeks and that inspections are being carried out. They were meant to move in earlier this week but there have been concerns over fire safety and port staff. Ofcom says older viewers are switching away from live tv as part of a record drop in people watching traditional television. The Broadcasting Watchdog says audiences now have an all you can eat buffet of broadcast and online content to choose from. Scientists say a Prehistori
For the headlines. as we have been hearing on the show, the bank of england is expecting to hear its dutchman raised its main interest rate later for the 14th time in a row. it s hoping to tackle high inflation which is currently four times higher than the official target. most analysts predict the rate will go up by a 0.25%. higher interest rates have been cited as one reason for the drop in high street footfall. the analysis firm, springboard, says this is the first time it s recorded fewer high street shoppers betweenjune and july, since it started monitoring shopping habits in 2009. official figures show that 20% of people arrested for terror related offences last year were under 18. that s up from 4% in 2020.