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Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Interest rates have gone up for the first time in a decade. The bank of england has increased the rate by a quarter of 1 , to 0. 5 , as it tries to control inflation. The banks governor mark carney said households across the uk are generally well positioned to deal with the rate increase. The decision will mean higher Monthly Payments for millions with variable rate mortgages. But its good news at last for savers. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. One small step upwards for Interest Rates, affect millions of savers and millions of borrowers. Its more...

Theres lots of underfunding in the north of england. And we getting a raw deal . Absolutely not. Lets be clear, london is an incredible centre and we should be very proud but we have to make sure we have the vibrancy and exciting cultural opportunities across the whole country. There is a track record of the government putting its money where its mouth is and making sure cultures across the whole country and everyone gets to enjoy it. That will be the challenge, to make sure the nations Cultural Centre of gravity doesnt automatically migrate to the south. Time for the latest headlines. The ban...

Decided ive got to leave the house with a knife . 11. And the most endangered ape in the world the new species of orangutan, discovered in indonesia. Later in the hour well have sportsday on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. Good evening. For the first time in over a decade the bank of england has increased Interest Rates and there could be more to follow. Its raising the official bank rate from a record low of 0. 25 to 0. 5 . Its part of the banks attempt to restrain inflation, which is well above the governments ta...

In the dense forests of indonesia, a new species of great ape has been discovered by a team of international scientists. Its the tapanuli orang utan, and there are just 800 of them, which makes them the most endangered great ape in the world. Our science reporter victoria gill has the story. The remote mountain forests of sumatra are home to some of our closest ape relatives. And a small population here, first discovered just 20 years ago, has been hiding a scientific secret. This is the tapanuli orangutan, a species new to science. Until now, it was thought that there were just two distinct s...

Michael had the goal. Some people are seeing machiavellian views on the job at such as politics. Politics to an extent is about rewarding loyalty. Is this not an example of that . I do think people are seeing agency on williamsons part. This is a classic theresa may promotion, someone who has worked ha rd promotion, someone who has worked hard and who she trusts and who is not from a private school and we saw that from Karen Bradley and james broken shower with northern ireland. I remember when people spoke about him being the preferred successor rolled all that seems to have died a death alon...