historical rate hiking campaign hours the time to take a break and give the time to adjust to its actions that have pushed up the cost of borrowing for things like mortgages, business loans, and credit cards. the decision left the fed s benchmark at between 5% and 525%. for companies and consumers alike the pain may not be over. as fed chair jerome powell meekly during his press conference, with us inflation running above the bank s 2% target its job is not yet done. i bank s 2% target its “ob is not et done. ~ . , bank s 296 target its “ob is not yet amt yet done. i think, as anyone can see. yet done. i think, as anyone can see. not yet done. i think, as anyone can see, not a yet done. i think, as anyone can see, not a single - yet done. i think, as anyone j can see, not a single person yet done. i think, as anyone i can see, not a single person on the committee wrote down a rate cut this year. nor is it likely to be appropriate, if you think about it, inflation ha
as wales and england prepare to clash in the six nations, final preparations are being made to the starting line ups. wing george north and fly half dan biggar have won their fitness battles and are named in wales‘ team to play england on saturday. and an australian man who fell into a trench survives for hours with his nose just above the water. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. an independent report published in the last few minutes looking at the safety failures that forced seventeen edinburgh schools to close has blamed the council and the partnership which managed the building contracts. the report s author says there was a lack of proper scrutiny of the construction work. the crisis began injanuary 2016, when a structural wall at 0xgangs primary school collapsed during a storm. 17 schools, including ten primaries, five secondaries and two additional support needs schools were then shut because of concerns over the standard of construction. around 7,600 pup
also coming up this hour:. the multi million pound cocaine haul washed up on two norfolk beachs. about 360 kilos of the class a drug were found stashed in holdalls by a passer by. officers are continuing to search the area. a self employed plumber wins his battle for basic workers‘ rights at the court of appeal. the ruling could affect thousands of others. and, first it was beyonce and jay z, now the clooneys celebrate as well, as george and amal announce they re expecting twins. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the government s £60 million investigation into british troops in iraq has been a failure and must be shut immediately, according to a new report by a parliamentary committee. the iraq historic allegations team, which was set up in march 2010 by the government to investigate allegations of abuse and torture by british soldiers in iraq, but the mps say the unit is unfit for purpose. it has been criticised as a steaming the unstoppable seemingly unstoppa
and there are huge commitments in the nhs to sort out those negative things. it is a very, very serious situation, so we look forward, as ijust said, to seeing them in court. president trump s tussle with his judiciary continues, after an appeals court rejects his attempt to re instate a travel ban on seven mainly muslim countries. cocaine with a street value of £50 million is washed up on the norfolk coast. it is not easy for me to admit i have been standing in the same place for 18 years. i have been standing with you! and coming up on the film review, we ll take a look at denzel washington s oscar nominated drama, fences. a government investigation into the alleged abuse of iraqi civilians by british soldiers is to be closed, after strong criticism from a committee of mps which called it an unmitigated failure . the commons defence committee has accused the iraq historic allegations team of acting with almost total disregard for the welfare of soldiers and their families