you want the bbc to cover, and time and again, housing came up. peter felix, who lives locally, was one of the many who contacted us through your voice, your vote. he and his partner are both in their 40s. they would love to buy a home together, but can t get onto the housing ladder. the average price paid by a first time buyer in the uk last year was just over quarter of a million pounds. that s up from £109,000 20 years earlier. the average age of a first time buyer in the uk is now 33. at the same time, private rental costs have gone up more than 9% in just the last year. so tonight, we re here in the black country to the west of birmingham, where peter now lives with his partner rebecca. 0ur midlands correspondent navtej johal has been to meet them. there s nothing, there s no help. we just want a home. we just want to have our own home. that s what we d probably like. peter paints and decorates homes. do you want to hand, pete? please. but he and his partner rebecca are
start to develop down through eastern scotland, eastern england, fewer showers out to the west, here is where we are likely to see the best of the sunshine, just like today. top temperatures around 17, which is still below par for this point injune. as we move into wednesday, the driest day of the week, and we are killing off the showers with a ridge of high pressure building from the west. temperatures again peaking at around 13-17 but temperatures again peaking at around 13 17 but a temperatures again peaking at around 13-17 but a bit temperatures again peaking at around 13 17 but a bit like the football results, look away now if you don t want to see what is coming thursday, it turns increasingly wet once again and yes, we close out the week with more showers and longer spells of rain i m afraid. you will have to do better than that, louise! and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two with kirsty wark. on bbc one, it s time tojoin our colleag
to supporting our armed forces. there are difficult battles to fight, and then there are campaigns that are going so badly your are going so badly, your own ministers are being asked whether you might resign. has that crossed your mind? i m energised about the vision we re putting forward for the country. this campaign is only.not even halfway through yet. for the last few weeks now, the party leaders have been dashing around the country. now, they don t go to places by accident or on a whim in election campaigns. most of the time, they are going to places that they think are on the front line, where a visit from them might just make a difference. here is a look at the geography of rishi sunak s scampering around the uk. now, nearly all of these places on the map here are places that elected a conservative mp last time in other words, he is on the defensive. now, that isn t that much of a surprise given the tories won big time last time. but he s also been popping up in a f