Competition for borrowers at the moment because of a bit of a lack of activity in the housing market so that may be bringing rates down a bit. in the end ultimately i think we are not going to see a return to those ultra low rates many people enjoyed over the course of a decade or so. kevin peachey, thank you. our top story this afternoon. at least 36 people have been killed as wildfires sweep through islands in hawaii. and still to come, preparing for blast off the 80 year old who isn t letting his parkinson s stop him from heading into space. and coming up on bbc news, we are building up to the quarterfinals of the women s world cup. england face colombia and a boost for co hosts australia captain sam kerr is back in the frame.
But that 78 he scored in the first test at edgbaston feels a long time ago now. my instinct, though, is we ll seejonny bairstow playing again for england in that fourth test. we know there s no ollie pope playing at three. where do they turn to at old trafford? there is absolutely an argument to say we will see a repeat of england s batting line up. and because moeen ali came into this series with so little to lose, he answered england s call whenjack leach was ruled out of the series with injury. he isn t looking towards his test future necessarily. he s playing this selfless role where he s quite happy to go in and do his bit. and if that responsibility is to bat at three and try and see off the new ball if there is an early wicket, he s happy to do it and i think that it s quite likely we re going to see the same thing once again. now the australia captain, pat cummins, he was trying to put on a brave face. he says look, the momentum is still with them because they re 2 1 in the series. they ve got some decisions to make as well. of course, going into the fourth test and the big one, this would seem unthinkable.
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