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Even the keenest long-term investors are more than likely scouring the best buy savings rate tables right now.

Tomorrow, barring a U-turn to end all U-turns, the Bank of England will sanction another rise in interest rates to 4.75% or 5%.

For many homeowners with mortgages to pay, it's tin-hat time.

Homeowners seeking a new loan today face paying a rate above 6% on a two-year fix on average - more than double average rates just two years ago.

The inflation figures piled more misery on for a mortgage market, as anaylysts suggested the Bank will have to raise rates faster and further.

Santander has announced that it has withdrawn its 123 current account from sale as of today and replaced it with a new deal - but is it any good?

Why have mortgage rates suddenly risen by so much, will they keep going up, and what can borrowers do if they need a home loan. We explain

The podcast team dive in and try to explain why the sudden inflation-driven chaos has kicked off and what borrowers and savers can do.

Workington Comets have plenty of interest in the British Under-19s final at Birmingham on Wednesday, June 28.

Richard Hunter and Simon Lambert discuss what interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic may mean for investors and look at the shares that could do badly and those that could do well.