good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to curb rising prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage isjumping, because of interest rates. stu is used to saving after spending much of his life on a minimum wage. he got a better paying job as a librarian, but like many, his wages have stagnated. when his mortgage expired his payments went from £90 a month to £360. i thought the days of checking the bank balance were gone. but they re back with a vengeance now. it is
Russell brand organised a car through what seems to be, as they say, a bbc account. This car then went to the 16 year olds school and then delivered that girl to Russell Brands house, she says. The bbc have said they will look into that. Tim davey told bbc staff at an all Staff Briefing that peterjohnston will report to the Executive Committee and the board and he said he will report as swiftly as possible. The Director General says he is hoping for an initial report on this within weeks, not months. There bbc Director General saying he will move swiftly on this. Just a reminder, this has been across the headlines, across the last couple of days, Russell Brand is accused of a series of sexual assaults and Emotional Abuse over a seven year period. The actor and comedian is also said to have behaved in an appropriate inappropriate way at work. He did work at different points for the bbc. Russell brand denies all of these allegations. I denies all of these allegations. I should say to vie
investigation opened injanuary last year, no longerfaces criminal proceedings in relation to this, they said. the statement continues, they said. the statement continues, the investigation team has remained in regular contact with legal team providing any updates of note and understand the rationale for the discontinuation of proceedings at this stage and the decision has not been taken lightly. the statement continues, we would like to use this opportunity to reiterate greater manchester police s commitment to investigate allegations of violence against women and girls, supporting those affected regardless of their circumstances throughout what can be a hard and upsetting time for them. just to recap that greater manchester police are saying that charges including attempted rape and assault against manchester united footballer mason greenwood, one of the brightest stars in the manchester united youth setup and
historian of the club: we had a youth setup, the chelsea juniors that was in its infancy and he was the first great star of that and as a youth player he scored 114 goals, that is phenomenal and he carried out into the first time, 132 goals in 169 performances, it is mind blowing. this was a player who did not run plus players, he drifted past them, he did not whack the ball into the net, he stroked it, he was full of grace, beautiful player, i only saw him after he left chelsea, but the older supporters that i talk to always rate him as probably the greatest youth product from chelsea. there are more tributes on the bbc sport website, tojimmy greaves who s died at the age of 81. there ll no doubt be an emotional atmosphere in north
the fun that could be had. he did overcome that and that is the great part of his story, there was a brief separation from his wife, unemotional and turbulent time in his life, but he came back to her, they renewed their vows and although he was ill for the last few years, the work that he did, charity work in particular, in football and broadcasting, will live on. thank ou ve broadcasting, will live on. thank you very much- before becoming tottenham s record goal scorer, jimmy greaves was breaking records at chelsea the club where he started his career as a teenager. let s talk to chelsea historian rick glanvill who will be going to the match this afternoon between chelsea and spurs. hello. how would you assess his contribution to chelsea? he hello. how would you assess his contribution to chelsea?- hello. how would you assess his contribution to chelsea? he is very much considered contribution to chelsea? he is very much considered one contribution to chelsea? he is very mu