The Bank of England governor was at pains to explain the role of soaring energy prices in driving inflation, with the regulator Ofgem confirming it will now update its price cap more frequently. 

One area already hit by the cost-of-living crisis is the social care sector. 

The atmospheric call of the curlew is a well-loved sound that echoes across our landscape. 

The conduct of former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood is to be investigated by an independent BBC inquiry led by a barrister.  

We were told that no-one from the Treasury was available to appear on the programme tonight. 

As we've been hearing, the Prime Minister is away on holiday, as is the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Has the Bank's Monetary Policy committee made the right call in forcing us to swallow the bitter pill of raising interest rates to tackle inflation? 

Our Economics reporter Neil Macdonald joins Jackie in the studio.

The Bank of England has come under fire from politicians for failing to deal with inflation. And senior Conservative MPs have accused it of 'fairytale forecasting'.

Normally you'd expect the biggest single hike in interest rates for 27 years would make the biggest headline. 

In 1963, it was entirely legal for the Bristol Omnibus Company to have a ban on employing Black and Asian drivers and conductors.

We spoke to Lee Wilson from Humankind, which runs drug and alcohol support services, and began by asking him why society does not pay more attention to substance abuse.

Drug-related deaths have reached record levels in England and Wales.

It's been a year since Kabul fell and the Taliban took complete control of Afghanistan. 

Alicia Kearns is co-chair of the China Research Group of Tory MPs and asked her about those CCTV cameras made by Chinese-owned tech giant Hikvision.