Growing at a slower rate for the past two months, but inflation remains at nearly 8 , four times higher than the official target. Hannah miller has this report. For father of two peter, sorting out the Family Finances is proving hard. He and his wife bought their first home using the help to buy scheme. But when their mortgage comes up for renewal early next year, theyll have to find an extra £750 a month in repayments. Somehow were supposed to spend less and find £750 extra a month to pay for that. So, you know, for many families, its a terrifying situation. If you have young families like ourselves who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government, whose advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things become unaffordable, you cant simply turn around and say, thats your problem. A rise of 0. 25 Percentage Points would take the Bank Of Englands base rate to 5. 25 , the highest since april 2008. For someone with an average Tracker Mortgage of £200,000, tha
to estimate that the number of people in temporary accommodation has risen to almost 170,000, almost half of which are children. london councils warns that the housing crisis is increasingly unmanageable. the government says it is giving councils across london £350 million through the homelessness prevention grant. a bid by the duke of northumberland to replace allotments with dozens of flats in west london have been called cynical and greedy at a planning inquiry. councillors, mps and residents voiced their opposition to the proposals to build 80 flats on park road allotments in isleworth. northumberland estates says the scheme on part of the duke s grade i listed syon park estate would help fund conservation works there. a mother who lost an arm and a leg when she was run over by two tube trains has been fitted with an ai bionic arm that can learn repeated muscle movements. sarah de lagarde from camden was travelling home from work when she fell down the gap between the train
northumberland estates says the scheme on part of the duke s grade i listed syon park estate would help fund conservation works there. a mother who lost an arm and a leg when she was run over by two tube trains has been fitted with an ai bionic arm that can learn repeated muscle movements. sarah de lagarde from camden was travelling home from work when she fell down the gap between the train and the platform edge. her injuries were so severe her arm and leg needed to be amputated. now, she s been fitted with a bionic arm and hand with individual working fingers. i love the sound it makes when you make a movement. it sounds like a real robot. i can t tell you how excited i am. i ve been waiting for nine months to get this arm fitted. perfect. and next one, as palm facing down. the technology is absolutely incredible. i mean, this is straight out of science fiction. let s take a look at the tubes now.