Speaking before squeezed by massive bills, there is still Spending Power out there. A lot of our customers are probably a bit older, so we dont feel the mortgage rate, although it creates uncertainty for them and that does and we do notice when there is a rate rise, everyone gets a bitjittery. Does it feel like we are getting green shoots . I dont feel that there is green shoots, no, no. I dont feel that there is green shoots, no, no. I feel we are in a holding pattern. It could go either way. Today, the Bank Of England said the tough medicine was beginning to work. Less tha n less than two years they have over 14 steps raised Interest Rates to the highest level in 15 years in an attempt to drain Spending Powerfrom the Spending Power from the economy. The period of near zero Interest Rates now consigned to history with the bank warning that rates could remain at this level for some time. If you asked the question, yes, and when are rates going to come down . My answer is we are going t
I will bring you some breaking news concerning that escaped individual. He was re captured yesterday. They are telling us that he has now been charged following his escape and rearrest. They said he will appear in West Manchester court. Hes charge escaping from prison contrary to prison law. He was arrested in west london yesterday morning following a huge policing operation. He escaped from prison on wednesday morning. He clung onto the underside of a vehicle and for some time, the police were not sure if he had left the country. He was recaptured. Police say with thanks to them members of the public. 100 people called in to give information. He will appear at westminster magistrates court on monday the 11th of september. Now on bbc news. The travel show. Thailand s landscapes are like something from a dream. Ah imean. I mean, look at this. This is absolutely stunning . From Dazzling Coastlines to Lush Countryside and wildlife that will take your breath away. Visions of paradise that
Storms ever recorded in the country. Authorities in the central city of larissa have ordered the evacuation of a District Threatened by floodwaters. Ten people are known to have died in the flooding, though some villages have yet to be reached by emergency services. Now on bbc news, the travel show. Thailands landscapes are like something from a dream. Ah imean. I mean, look at this. This is absolutely stunning . From Dazzling Coastlines to Lush Countryside and wildlife that will take your breath away. Visions of paradise that in normal times attract more than 30 million of us every year. But that weight of numbers isnt necessarily good news for this countrys fragile natural heritage. The boats are disturbing the sediment and that also harms a lot of the coral reef in this area. As far as caves go, this one is very impressive. Oh, its like paradise. Theres so much to explore. We should preserve this. This week, im in thailand, one of asias most visited destinations, to ask might its st
For 17yearold taylor white of jackson, mississippi people have it on their houses. Its everywhere. Reporter and rose kenney i dont know of any other, you know any other place when you have a war and the loser gets to fly their flag. Reporter witnessing this historic fall of the Confederate Flag over South Carolinas capitol is a moment they will forever embrace. Even watching it on a tv screen from the Pennsylvania Convention center. I had a great great uncle who was lynched under the flag and my great grandmother had to take care of him. Reporter kenny and his sister are united having felt the divide and hatred they say associated with the symbolic battle flag in their native north carolina. Even running into the woods from the ku klux klan. People used to throw things at us and use the n word go home and we were only third and fourth graders at the time. Reporter as young girls they crossed the Railroad Tracks among the first black students to attend a white school. So for those of us
To let the investigation take its course. We are doing business as usual here in the city and im continuing to be mayor. Reporter the fbi would not confirm whether these two cases are connected but both mayors have much in common. Both are democrats, both preside over Lehigh Valley cities on the economic rebound and both notably hired Campaign Consultant michael fleck, who sources say recently shuttered his Consulting Firm and left town. Meantime citizens in reading are left asking questions. H anybody was looking up to him and now this is a shock for us. Reporter as this investigation moves forward, we have learned allentowns mayor has suspended his campaign for the United States senate and readings mayor recently lost a primary election to democrat wally scott. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Local politicians weighed in on the raids that rocked both these cities. The state representative had this to say. Reading is having problems. Does it make allentown look better or worse. This is