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Rates have gone up again, for the 14th time in a row. The Bank Of England has put up its main rate from 5 to 5. 25 . That will mean higher mortgages for some people, but its also good news for savers. The Bank Of England is using Interest Rate rises to fight inflation, which has slowed recently, but which is still nearly 8 . Our economics correspondent andy verity reports the father of two, peter, keeping up the payments for his familys mortgages looking like anything but childs play. They bough...

and it could have been you — the lucky couple whove scooped £181; million. he was like, ive got a secret to tell you. ive got a secret to tell you. yeah. and then he told me and i was like, dont be stupid! and coming up on the bbc news channel... england starjofra archers injury nightmare continues. hell miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his lower back. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the metropolitan police has completed its investigation into...

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Take effect straightaway, so while people are grappling with higherfood prices and energy bills now, they wont see higher incomes until next april, and there are growing calls for that to change. our economy is driven by consumer spending. without people having pounds in their pockets to go out and buy products for the businesses, we will risk getting into that terrible recessionary spiral, and we have got to avoid that. wage rises, support forfamilies, is what we need now. the chancellor has ma...

One big problem is that rising prices affect the poorest people the most and, although things like state benefits and state pensions do go up in line with inflation, the increase doesnt take effect straightaway, so while people are grappling with higherfood prices and energy bills now, they wont see higher incomes until next april, and there are growing calls for that to change. our economy is driven by consumer spending. without people having pounds in their pockets to go out and buy products f...