that report from chris buckler. the bank of england has kept interest rates unchanged at 0.25%.pects. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is with me. they have been very low for a very, very long time now. they have, in fa ct very long time now. they have, in fact the last time there was a rate rise was more than ten years ago, the date wasjuly rise was more than ten years ago, the date was july 2007, rise was more than ten years ago, the date wasjuly 2007, so before northern rock, before anyone, or before most people had an inkling there was a great crash coming. that was the last time they rose, the last time they felt to the emergency level was march 2009 and the last time they moved was august last year, august 2016 when they dropped. people have been anticipating over 97 meetings a rise in interest rates and it hasn‘t happened. so, when will it happen? the speculation in the city this morning before the bank of england came out with its statement was february, rant about them is when rates would rise. but this statement, as you mentioned, hints it might be sooner than t

the parents of lewis keogh speaking to our correspondent, chris buckler.ricane irma. ten million people in the states of florida, georgia and north and south carolina are still without power, and thousands more have lost their homes. more than 20 people were killed in the us — and nearly a0 more who lost their lives in the caribbean. it's ten years since the collapse of northern rock. as word spread that the bank was in trouble queues sna ked round branches up—and—down the country. it was the first run on a british bank in more than a century. our business editor simon jack looks back at the collapse, which became a symbol of the financial crisis in the uk. it was the moment a financial crisis born miles away in america arrived at the door of northern rock. ten years ago this week we saw the first run on a high street bank in over 1a0 years. this is where i started. romilly turton had just retired. he had his life savings in the bank and was in one of those queues. i was desperately worried that i was going to lose, effectively, my life savings and i felt

that's the northern ireland secretary, let's talk to chris buckler, our northern ireland's correspondentw close is the government to stepping in? the problem for them is that really, something ‘s got to be done soon. it's worth putting it in context. there's been no power—sharing executive here since january and the government is limping along. civil serva nts government is limping along. civil servants are doing some business but they cannot make any decisions which has a real impact on budgets and public services, especially the health service. that is causing some public concern, maybe even some public concern, maybe even some public anger. while the dup want to get back into government with each other, mainly over the deadlock, there does not seem to be a practical way out of it, because the dup and sinn fein do not agree on these issues. this key issue is from sinn fein, the call for an irish language act to give it an official status. the union are deeply against it and status. the union are deeply against itand sinn status. the union are deeply against it and sinn fein sevigny to

. >> we were not going to try squash bucklers.said we should be called boyington's bastards. and the press people came around and said, you won't get the publicity you want. somehow it evolved that we would be called the black sheep unit. >> and boyington got a new name, too. where did pappy boyington get the name pappy? >> we were calling him pappy and grandpa. all kinds of derogatory names and finally settled with pappy. >> in the next three months, under pappy boyington's adepress save leadership, the black sheep claimed 94 enemy aircraft shot down. >> he preached when you see a japanese, pick out one and kill it. that's our mission. >>> next, the black sheep draw first blood ♪ >>> what became the them sils of the japanese sow row, the corsair wasn't without its problems. with pappy and the men of the black sheep squadron had barely a month to learn to fly it. the first time you see the f-4-u. >> the i saw one once on an air station been i went overseaed. but i only saw one one time before i got to the south pacific. >> what di

studio: chris buckler, thank you.e queen was accompanied by the duke of edinburgh — making his first official appearance alongside her since retiring from solo engagements. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. this newest of bridges across the forth has had plenty of attention and visitors since it was completed. today it was the turn of the queen as she arrived to officially open the new queensferry crossing. alongside her was the duke of edinburgh making his first official appearance since retiring from solo engagements. hundreds of local schoolchildren, who have grown up watching as the bridge has stretched across the forth, were there to welcome them to scotland‘s £1 billion bridge. this is a bridge that celebrates the skills of hand, heartand mind. many thousands of people were involved in the bridge‘s construction. a small group of those workers on hand as the queen cut her commemorative ribbon. then, for the royal visitors, a short drive over to fife — one a little quicker than the journey made by m

chris buckler, bbc news, on the irish border.t are quite a lot of cans being kicked down the road in the brexit negotiation and this border is one of them. who will have to do something to get this sorted? on monday we said the main focus for the government is getting to the future trade relationship and for those who want the brexit negotiations to advance more quickly, the one advantage of this is the irish are pushing just as hard, they are having weekly if not daily meetings with the european commission because their economy depends on it as much as the british economy does. two thirds of their exports will not go to the 27 other eu countries, they will go to britain and the united states so they have the scoping exercise is at they have the scoping exercise is at the moment with brussels, which will ta ke the moment with brussels, which will take weeks if not months to get through. i do have some sympathy with david davis on this one issue. he is saying we can'tjust deal with these first three first phase issues before we ge

market as well look forward to working together through strength in europe and for a strong europe buckler self of course as we heard in that clip earlier she was here but a very big cheer from my supporters she went on stage expressing a pretty pragmatic standpoint saying there's no rush to form a new government they have several weeks to do that saying the surge that they have to win back that a.f.d. that has been merkel's very much weak points if she has been popular with voters because of germany's stability the economy forgot appointments immigration has no real border her side that market crisis back to twenty or fifteen. that really opened the door to the a.f.p. becoming well joining effectively mainstream political discourse something unthinkable before then the terror attacks as well that in twenty six the multiple terror attacks in germany i think that was something else that made voters go over to the a.f.p. the fact one poll just in front of me says hoff of all german votes is not just for the german voters say that but only pausing to consider the safety a priority on the peop

harris buckler takes over for live coverage of hurricane burma continues, right now. >> you need to listention orders. i am a dad and grandfather. i love my family more than anything and i cannot imagine life without them. do not put your life for your family life at risk. right now is the right time to do the right thing for your family. >> hearing from paul muller governor urging the state to stay safe is working irma nears landfall now. this is it. the time for making sandbags is over and driving miles and miles out of the hurricanes reach is over

that was chris buckler speaking to peter and sadie keogh, the parents of lewis.th physical disabilities and big personalities embark on a 900 mile journey through vietnam for a new tv show. we're talking to two of them later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. detectives investigating a series of phone scams across the capital and the south east, where elderly victims were conned out of hundreds of thousands of pounds, have charged 11 men. the gang are alleged to have committed nearly 40 offences of fraud including posing as police officers. the mp for slough, has added his voice to the 100 mp5 who are calling for sikhism to be treated as a separate ethnicity in future national census. there are around 85,000 sikhs living in london. tan dhesi is among 100 mp5 concerned that public bodies are not addressing certain issues, such as hate crime, that affect the sikh community. london's mayor has written to wandsworth council asking them to halt the replacement of 51 trees on tooting common.

to explain more, our ireland correspondent, chris buckler explains.s of support of investment. since then the c—series jethas managed to sell those planes to delta. the c—series is looking much more promising. but, of course, that has ruffled the feathers of some of its opponents, including boeing, who is one of its major rivals in the market. and it has complained that it feels that that money that was given by the regional govenrnment of quebec amounts and as a result, it has made a complaint to the department of commerce saying that it shouldn't be allowed. now the big worry here is that that could mean that punitive tariffs are put in place, basically they would try and punish in some way by putting in place extra duty or extra taxes, to stop the plane from being, as boeing feels, unfairly positioned because of the extra money that came from the government in canada. this has been a big dispute going on for some time. but theresa may has stepped in because the wings of the c—series are made in belfast. bombardier is a very significant employer her

harris buckler takes over for live coverage of hurricane burma continues, right now. >> you need to listen to local evacuation orders. i am a dad and grandfather. i love my family more than anything and i cannot imagine life without them. do not put your life for your family life at risk. right now is the right time to do the right thing for your family. >> hearing from paul muller governor urging the state to stay safe is working irma nears landfall now. this is it. the time for making sandbags is over and driving miles and miles out of the hurricanes reach is over. florida's top leadership is saying if you are in an evacuation zone you need to get to a shelter now. this begins those late-night hours that irma will likely do her worst. forecasters are making it pretty clear, as we look at the size of our members is the size of the state of florida. no matter which side takes it most, east or west coast, barring a miracle moved by this beast of a storm you are pretty much would have to move the state of florida to grab it from irma. from box, america's news headquarters, i'm harris. on its

2 million people in england, scotland and wales have a gambling problem. 0ur correspondent chris buckler his addiction. sport was one of the loves of lewis keogh‘s life. but hidden from family and friends it was gambling which was an obsession and an addiction. four years ago, lewis killed himself after running up gambling debts well in excess of £50,000. he left a note. itjust said — addiction is cruel. and that just. .. he hid it from everybody and he must have been absolutely going through torture and that's the thing that hurts the most. much of lewis's debts were from gambling online. a long delayed government review of the law surrounding the industry throughout great britain is due to be published soon. it's looking at advertising and also what are known as fixed odds betting terminals, or fost for short. they are much like fruit machines, available in high street bookmakers with games like roulette, in which people can spend up to £100 in a single spin. there are three areas, the fost — fixed odds betting terminals, are just insidious, they are in every bookmaking shop in the uk.

our ireland correspondent chris buckler explained more about the complexity of the negotiations.gotiations to get to this next step of talks and negotiations. we spoke earlier this week, we had the secretary of state for northern ireland, james brokenshire, meeting each of the individual parties. today's statement by sinn fein does indicate that they want to get back into the proper talks, to try to restore power sharing here in northern ireland. there has been no power sharing government now for a matter of months. since january, there's been no real government. as a result, they've said, listen, we have been talking to the dup behind—the—scenes and we think some kind of progress has been made there, or that some kind of agreement could be possible. that is agreement could be possible. that is a big statement for them, it does indicate some of the party negotiations that have been going on behind—the—scenes have been to an extent successful. another indication of that is the fact that as soon as michelle o'neill, the stormont leader stops speaking, there was a statement from the

our ireland correspondent chris buckler is in belfast.hey are heavily involved in the reasons it has not happened? i am aware it does feel like politics in northern ireland is a series of talks and appreciation is to get to this next step of talks and negotiations. we spoke earlier this week, we had the secretary of state for not and james brokenshire meeting each individual party. the irish foreign minister beenjerked, he was having the same kind of conversations. today's statement by sinn fein indicates they want to get backin sinn fein indicates they want to get back in to proper talks to try to restore power—sharing cure in northern ireland. there has been no power—sharing government now for a matter of months, since january there has been no real government. asa there has been no real government. as a result they have said we have been talking to the dup behind the scenes of last week and we think some kind of progress has been made there. some kind of agreement could be possible. that is a big statement for them, it indicates some o

our ireland correspondent chris buckler explained more about the complexity of the negotiations.secretary of state for northern ireland meeting each of the individual parties. irish foreign minister has been here since then. he was here yesterday having the same conversations, but today's statement by sinn fein does indicate they want to get into the proper talks. to try to restore power sharing in northern ireland. there has been no power sharing government for a matter of months, i mean since january there has been no real government and as a result they have said listen, we have been talking to the dup behind the scenes over the last week and we think some kind of progress has been made there or that some kind of an agreement could be possible. that is a big statement for them. it does indicate that some of the party negotiations that have been going on behind the scenes have been going on behind the scenes have been to an extent successful and another indication of that is the fa ct another indication of that is the fact that as soon as michelle o'neill, the stormont leader o