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breakfast. it s thursday the 7th of december. our main story. rishi sunak is considering who to appoint as immigration minister following robertjenrick s dramatic resignation. he left in protest against new legislation designed to give the government the power to send migrants to rwanda. mrjenrick says the bill, which will be presented to parliament today, doesn t go far enough, because people arriving in small boats can still challenge their deportation to rwanda at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. it s nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes this a moment of perilfor rishi sunak. do you think the prime minister will be able to stop the boats, mr jenrick? as immigration minister, robertjenrick had vowed to see asylum seekers deported to rwanda even after the supreme court ruled the plan unlawful. this was tues ....
good morning. a frosty and foggy start to the day to day. some freezing fog will linger for much of the day. the sunnier skies will be the day. the sunnier skies will be the further east you travel. a return to wet and windy conditions in the west. all the details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 6th of december. our main story. the former prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and face two days of questions about his time leading the uk during the pandemic. he s expected to apologise to people who lost loved ones but claim that he and his government got the big decisions right. our correspondent ellie price reports. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. in the end, it was his call. he was responsible for the biggest decisions made during the pandemic. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home. but how he came to make those decisions will be ....
just. close in ohio, mayors on marijuana and abortion rights are on the ballot. reproductive rights are also the center the ballot for control of the state legislature, both houses in virginia. in all of tonight s elections will be a test of a fascinating and defining political dynamic of the biden era, where we have seen democrats reliably outperforming against all odds. first, the incumbent party controlling the white house is usually at a disadvantage. boaters nationally react against swimming back in the other direction, that s why midterm elections tend to favor the party that s out of power. then of course there are conditions joe biden democrats but up, against coming out of the covid pandemic. they have dealt with serious economic headwinds that have racked most of the economies of the world. chief among them, high in inflation, which peak last year in a stunning 9.1%. the president s approval rating has suffered, to say the least. he has been underwater since h ....
means the bank has at this stage opted not to raise them any further. this raises lots of questions, does the bank of england think we have hit peak inflation and therefore as a result, we have hit peak interest rates? how long will it take for the rest of the economy to fair and how long will it take for that to filter through until we start to feel a bit better off? as we know, rising interest rates mean it is more expensive on your mortgage and any borrowing. saving rates have been rising but the bank of england has been raising them pretty sharply, iii times from their record low. that was after the financial crisis. up to 5.5 5.25% of the was after the financial crisis. up to 5.5 5.25% of the opting today to 5.5 5.25% of the opting today to keep them on hold. some relief for mortgage holders right now of the big question, whether this is as high as they will go or indeed the bank will decide later on that it needs to keep raising them to keep a lid on infla ....
the boats there. and we have some pictures this morning from milford on sea on the hampshire coast. you can see the swell the system is creating which has forced the closure of the beach there. the system has already been over north west france, bringing gale force winds. the company s transport minister says a lorry driver was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle, and our reporter has the very latest from there. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is heavy rainfall and flooding across the country. areas of northern ireland have been flooded. this is the scene in. newry. many schools are putting safety first and will be shut in southampton, hampshire and devon. amber wind warnings, the second highest level of alert, are in place for parts of the south coast. gusts are expected to reach 70 80 mph in the south, and 20-30 to reach 70 80 mph in the south, and 20 30 millimetres of rain is expected to fa ....