shrank unexpectedly by 0.3% in august. manchester crown court hears how a nurse, accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward, tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. blood supplies fall to a critically low level in england, prompting nhs blood and transplant to declare its first ever amber alert hospitals may have to postpone some elective surgery. and scientists successfully transplant tissue from a human brain to that of a newborn rat and say the hybrid organoids can not only play the 1970s video game, pong, but will also help with research into brain disorders. but will also help with research we but will also help with research will be talking live the we will be talking live to one of the experts involved. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public
sunshine and showers, with the wind picking up in the south west later. details later. good morning. it s thursday, the 3rd of november. the bank of england is expected to increase interest rates to at least 3% today the highest level for 14 years. the decision could push up mortgage payments further for millions of customers. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago, and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk, and it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may leave the country?
good morning from the cooper box arena, where the stage is set for the wheelchair rugby league world cup. elsewhere, champions league history is made by the 17 year old manchester city player rico lewis, on the final night of group stage matches. good morning. we have had some heavy overnight rain pushing southwards and eastwards. it will take its time to clear from the far south east today, but behind it we are looking at sunshine and showers. strong winds in the north of scotland, and the winds are strengthening later in the south west. details coming up. good morning. it s thursday, the 3rd of november. our main story. the bank of england is expected to increase interest rates to at least 3% today the highest level for 1h years. the decision could push up mortgage payments further for millions of customers. our correspondent navtej
their green credentials. footballers supporting front line workers. premier league starjordan henderson shows us how players donations are helping nhs staff. late drama and a late goal from cristano ronaldo salvages manchester united a point in the champions league against atalanta. it s a chilly start to the day and it will be chilly generally, a day of sunshine and showers, some showers will be heavy and thundery with some hail and gusty winds especially down the north sea coastline. i will have the details later. it s wednesday the 3rd of november. our top story: a four year old girl who went missing from a remote australian campsite nearly three weeks ago has been found alive and well following a huge search operation. cleo smith was discovered by police in a locked house and has now been reunited with her parents. a 36 year old man is being questioned by police.