For the National Living wage. Previously you had to be 23 years old to qualify, but thats been reduced to 21. It has been just over £10 an hour just over £12. Its going up to just over £11 an hour. Our Business Correspondent marc ashdown has the details. Barista sam loves hisjob, but after paying his essential bills hes often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. Pay rises just help him stay afloat. I think they balance, because obviously Everything Else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. Maybe for, like, a month youll be like, ooh, ive got money this month and then itlljust be, like the next month will be a bit of a rough one. Workers across the uk in some of the lowest paid jobs are about to get a boost in their pay. From tomorrow, the National Living wage is going up from £10. 42 an hour to £11. 44 an hour. Thats an increase of 9. 8 . The age at which a worker qualifies has also been reduced from 23 to 21 years old. The treasury says a
Who had lined up to see them. This is the kings most significant public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. He wasnt expected to mingle but he did, Greeting Well Wishers and thanking them for waiting out in the cold. The prince and princess of wales did not attend, as catherine is receiving Cancer Treatment. The king has continued some work since his diagnosis, but all engagements so far have taken place in private. So this attendance at the Easter Morning Church Service at st georges chapel will be seen as an encouraging sign about his health. Our correspondent Sarah Campbell is at Windsor Castle and said nobody was expecting the king to mingle. King charles, in his first significant appearance since his cancer diagnosis, and as you saw there, taking the opportunity for a walkabout. Shaking hands with many members of the public, who had been queueing up here since early morning. I spoke to quite a lot of them, i dont think any of them expected that. So, again, i think we hav
The king is to make his first formal public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. Hes due to attend the Easter Sunday service at st georges chapel in windsor, along with other royals. But Prince William and his wife, the princess of wales whos also receiving treatment for cancer will not be there. Heres our royal correspondentjonny dymond. To the Family Church and that of many monarchs, the king is expected to walk today, in what will be his first public sighting since the announcement of his Cancer Diagnosis. It was after a procedure in january that cancer was found. Since then, the king has continued with constitutional duties, but avoided all public engagements. Messages and images there have been a plenty, most recently an Audio Message on maundy thursday. May god bless ou all message on maundy thursday. May god bless you all this message on maundy thursday. May god bless you all this easter. Message on maundy thursday. May god bless you all this easter. What message on mau
Hoping to regain control of cities it lost five years ago. And well bring you a Special Report on seagulls as conservationists warn of dwindling populations across the uk. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start with Easter Celebrations taking place across the christian world. Tens of thousands of worshippers have gathered in st Peters Square to hear pope francis lead Easter Sunday mass and give the traditional urbi et orbi blessing. These are live pictures from vatican city, where pope speaks italian. Studio that is the vatican city, where the Easter Celebrations are under way. We will continue to watch the mass coming to us from the vatican. First we will take you to windsor, where king charles is expected to make his first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. Our colleague is at windsor. Good morning to you from this rather lovely sunny Easter Sunday here in windsor. You can see a queue behind me i think stretching down the street. These are people who are queueing t