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 bought their home under the governments help to buy scheme, but since then Interest Rates have risen 1a times. When his fixed rate deal expires early next year, the payments willjump. Somehow we are supposed to spend less and find an extra £750 per month to pay for that. For many families it is a terrifying situation, but if you have a young family like ourselves, who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government who has advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right, when things bec
Team coming into the world cup. To come out of a group where nobody gave them hope, they lost 6 0 in the opening game to germany. What was so impressive about that was the togetherness they showed. I also like the fact that the girl that wore the hijab, for the growth of the game, i think for muslim women and young girls to see a female play in a major tournament, on such a big stage, i think that visibility is crucial moving forward. So here they are taking their place in the Knockout Stage where theyll play france. Thatll be the final last 16 match. It all starts on saturday with spain against switzerland. Holders the usa meet sweden on sunday. While european champions england face nigeria, one of the now three teams from africa whove qualified from the groups. That is on monday. Seven time super bowl champion tom brady has become the latest High Profile Sports star to get involved with an English Football Club. Lebronjames has a small share in liverpool, jj watt is a burnley shareho
so bohemian rhapsody was originally mongolian rhapsody. so it seems, yeah. # but now the party s over. and even those who knew freddie well, there are surprises, as we discovered with one regular visitor to freddie s home back in the 80s songwriter tim rice. do you know what you were doing on the 14th ofjune, 1987? no. let me go. i ve got something here for you. freddie, you see, was very organised. and there is a book with a record of every dinner party. oh, wow. good heavens. so you were having cold tomato soup, lamb in puff pastry, new potatoes, carrots, salad. with a rather nice white chateauneuf du pape. and a red volnay. wow. just four of us round that magnificent table. wow. i mean, i rememberthe evening. he was very civilised.
was originally mongolian rhapsody. so it seems, yeah. # but now the party s over. and even those who knew freddie well, there are surprises, as we discovered with one regular visitor to freddie s home back in the 80s songwriter tim rice. do you know what you were doing on the 14th ofjune, 1987? no. let me go. i ve got something here for you. freddie, you see, was very organised. and there is a book with a record of every dinner party. oh, wow. good heavens. so you were having cold tomato soup, lamb in puff pastry, new potatoes, carrots, salad. with a rather nice white chateauneuf du pape. and a red volnay. wow. just four of us round that magnificent table. wow. i mean, i rememberthe evening. he was very civilised. and, if you didn t know