high. iwill average monthly payment hit a record high. i will be looking at why and whether there is an end inside to rising housing gusts. newcastle are edging closer to the champions league with a win at goodison park. that leaves everton deep in relegation trouble. good morning. a bit of a grey and drizzly start. the weather will brighten up today and it will be warmer than recent days. all the details for today and the bank holiday weekend throughout the programme. good morning. it s friday, the 28th of april. our main story. head teachers in england will be balloted for strike action, in a move which could see further disruption for schools and parents. the union last held a strike vote injanuary, which supported taking action but did not reach the required 50% turnout. ministers say the pay deal is fair and reasonable. our reporter frances read has the latest. empty hallways, empty desks, children at home, because the teachers say they aren t getting paid what they need
the rain yesterday. we are seeing sunshine come through and we will see it brighten up across a good part of england, wales and northern ireland with one or two showers in northern ireland but a warmer day pretty much everywhere. temperatures a bit lower where we keep cloud across parts of scotland, but it could make 18 in the south east of england. stilla could make 18 in the south east of england. still a few showers this evening but many places overnight will turn dry, a quiet night with breaks in the cloud leading to mist and fog patches. keeping more cloud in scotland away from the far north of the country where it will be quite chilly. maybe rain across mainland scotland and temperatures similar to last night, 4 7. tomorrow, staying cloudy across much of scotland away from the far north and north eastern england as well with the chance of rain. elsewhere across the uk, we will see the cloud break with sunshine coming through and maybe a few more showers coming in the af
the united states where inflation remains stubbornly high. it still a problem for the world s biggest economy and that s because in the last hour or so we ve had the latest number of key measure of the central banks follows closely which is the personal consumption expenditures. it excludes volatile food and energy prices. as you can see, pc came in at an annualised rate of 4.6% in march which will maintain the pressure on the fed to increase interest rates when it meets next week. let s pick up with our correspondent in new york. just give us a bit more, what does it tell us about the health of the economy in america? it says those price increases that americans have been facing for many months now continue. that inflation number is starting to come down but inflation is still running much higher than the federal reserve s ideal target of somewhere around 2%. what it also shows is that despite the measures the us federal reserve is taking to try and cool down the us economy
purcell. the 20 year old chinese debutant is above the five sessions. the belgian who knocked out ronnie o sullivan in the court is really lost his cool in the ninth frame. look at that. he is well on course for the final. from the returns this weekend after a four week break. qualifying is currently under way for sunday s azerbaijan grand prix. there is also a sprint race on saturday with qualifying for that on the same day. away from the track there has been driver speculation with ferrari shallow clay has refused to rule out a move to mercedes next year but that could depend on how they contract talks go with the seven time world champion lewis hamilton. he says he loves his team and has been reassured by the progress mercedes have made since he finished second at the australian grand prix at the start of the month. it grand prix at the start of the month. , , ., ., ., month. it will be the start of a new ath for month. it will be the start of a new path for us- month. i
the coronation of king charles. stay with us for a sneak preview of how it looks. time now for a round up of all the latest sport. the world snooker championships semifinal continue in sheffield. mark selby has resumed his match against mark allen. let s take you live to the crucible. that is mark allen at the table. mark selby got himself in a pickle with the last shot. mark allen was 5 3 up after thursday s first session. the first frame of this session took an absolute age. mark allen pinching that in the end to go 6 3 up. it s the first to 17 at this stage. a lot of snooker still to be played in that semifinal. on the other semifinal, siege are we is well under way against luca brazil. he is 11-5 under way against luca brazil. he is 11 5 up in that one. the belgian lost his composure at the end of the ninth frame after failing to get out of the snooker. have a look at this. he was warned for that. he hasn t come close to the form that s done ronnie o sullivan. if that