interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3%, as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longest recession since reliable records began, over a century ago. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. it is the biggest interest rate rise in a third of a century. the cost of living has been rising at its fastest rate for a0 years for global reasons but the bank of england is trying to prevent runaway inflation from becoming embedded in the domestic economy. these are big changes, they have a real impact on people s lives, so why are we doing it? and why are we doing it now when so many people are already struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? quite simply we are increasing the bank rate bec
they can no longer go forward, and they dare not go back. 0rla guerin, bbc news, on the turkish iranian border. the family of a healthcare worker who died after the manchester arena bombing have criticised some emergency services. the inquiry into the bombing has heard thatjohn atkinson might have survived had he been treated more quickly. today his family refused to accept an apology from the ambulance service s operational commander on the night. the royal society the learned society founded in 1660 which includes some of the world s most eminent scientists says it s looking at every possible option for improving the number of black scientific researchers. eminent black scientists have told bbc news that they believe the field of research is institutionally racist and suffers from systemic bias. black people account forjust 1.7% of research staff in the uk. 0ur science correspondent
judith moritz has been in court. what has been happening? as you said, we what has been happening? as you said. we have what has been happening? as you said, we have learnt what has been happening? as you said, we have learnt that - what has been happening? as you said, we have learnt that john - said, we have learnt thatjohn atkinson died as a result of severe bleeding from his leg injuries. a member of the public tried to help, gave him a tourniquet he had made from a belt but no paramedics were with mr atkinson for nearly an hour and it was more than an hour and a half before he was taken to hospital. there had been problems lifting him out of the poyet where the explosion happened, there were not any stretchers and there were difficulties getting him onto a display board out of the foyer open to a police officer asked the operational commander, darren smith, for help but mr smith said to him he should leave mr atkinson where he was four now and blanket him up. today, the cha
judith moritz has been in court. in what we did out there. if i could make a deal tomorrow we ve learned that john we ve learned thatjohn atkinson died from severe bleeding from his and get my legs back, i would. i when the first british troops went leg injuries. a member of the public into helmand in 2006, try to help, but no paramedics were it was supposed to be a simple peace support operation but it soon turned with john atkinson for nearly an into a bloody counterinsurgency war. withjohn atkinson for nearly an hour, and it was more than an hour stuart, who led the first deployment, believes and a half before he was taken to it was all too little, hospital. there had been problems lifting him out of the fourier where too late, and ended too soon. the explosion happened. there were not any stretchers and there were we can be proud of what we difficulties getting him onto a try to do as soldiers. display board. a police officer but in terms of those responsible for the strategic deci
was injured himself and he did not know where his daughter was and he had no first aid training. we discovered there was nobody from the ambulance service who helped at any time thatjohn atkinson was in the fourier and it was about an hour before ronald blake left him, thinking that he was going to be ok and that he was somebody who could survive. john atkinson was carried out on an advertising hoarding and a metal barrier and the court has heard he was gripping onto it, try to stop himself falling off and he was alert and speaking to people, but it was something which is now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and thatis whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will discuss over the next few days. thank you. a court s heard that a group including at least four teenagers launched a short and brutal attack during which 15 year old keon lincoln was killed outside his home in birmingham injanuary. the prosecution say the fatal shot was