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
recover back to the seasonal average as we go through the course of the weekend. but it is going to be rather wet and windy at times. until then, still chilly for the time of year. bye bye. this is bbc news, the headlines after refusing to resign over leaving d day commemorations early in an interview with the bbc the prime minister insists he is the person to lead the country so, the choice for everybody, only one or two people, keir starmer or myself, a vote for anyone who is not a conservative candidate makes it more likely keir starmer is that person. the liberal democrats launch their manifesto, with the focus on the nhs and social care. the party is promising to spend, an extra nine billion pounds. us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in tel aviv to push for a gaza ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. and initial autopsy results on the body of television presenter michael mosley, who died on the greek island of symi, show he died of natural causes. at the
your vote, and time and again, housing came up. we ll hear one couple s story shortly, but first tonight, rishi sunak admitted it is now harderfor people to have their own home under a conservative government. in a bbc interview with nick robinson, he was also asked about leaving the d day commemorations early and his party s tax plans. our political editor chris mason reports. one of the key things we want to do in this election is put your questions to those seeking your support. we are calling it your voice, your vote. you told us how much housing matters to you so we put that directly to the prime minister tonight. put that directly to the prime minister tonight. having your own home has got minister tonight. having your own home has got harder minister tonight. having your own home has got harder under - minister tonight. having your own home has got harder under the i home has got harder under the conservative home has got harder under the conservative government
Looking at i440, you can see some of the roads are still a little wet around the area as the showers move in. So far, no major issues to tell us about this morning. The traffic map shows the Community Still looking good. Were all green at 440 and 540 this morning. If you are planning to head southbound into raleigh on u. S. 1 from 540 to downtown, that should take about you five minutes. On 70, you are looking about a 13minute drive to downtown. More updates coming up in a few minutes. This morning, Community Members and officials are looking to learn more about just what led up to a deadly policeinvolved shooting in raleigh. We are learning more about those tense moments when officer d. C. Twiddy shot akiel denkins. We have radio dispatch calls. Shots fired in the back of the house on east street. I got the male. [unintelligible] emma wright joins us live from the Police Department with whats next. Emma . Reporter the police chief says they plan to issue a report about that and the fb