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across the united states. good morning. the premier league returns today with a huge game at lunchtime as manchester city host liverpool, knowing their title chase can t afford an april fool s day slip up. good morning. it s been the wettest march in over a0 years for parts of the uk, but thankfully the weekend is bringing us something drier and eventually something brighter as well. i ll have all the details here on bbc breakfast. it s saturday 1 april. our top story: households already struggling with the rising cost of living will see many of their bills increase from today. council tax, water charges and some mobile phone costs are going up, but there will also be a big increase in the national minimum wage. as part of the bbc news tackling it together series, 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith has been looking at what is going up and what you can do about it. good morning, vincent. catherine has not five good morning, vincent. catherine has got five children ....
nec talking about the billions being invested in electric transport vehicles. but experts are asking, what good is all of this if investment isn t also going into infrastructure? crucible chaos. protesters disrupt play on day three of the world snooker championship in sheffield. good morning. yesterday temperatures reached 21.2 celsius in northern scotland. as we go through the rest of the week, temperatures will slide down. the first half of the week is staying fairly subtle for most, all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 18th of april. our main story. the energy watchdog ofgem will ban suppliers from forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of customers over the age of 85 as part of a new code of practice. there s been a temporary halt on forced installations since february after it was revealed that some british gas agents were breaking into properties to fit them. here s our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. for the last two months ....
in the city and growth deals, northern ireland is increasingly a byword for an economy on the cutting edge of technology, connection and innovation, but we cannot, we must not sit back thinking thejob is done. the abhorrent shooting of dci john caldwell, the disturbances over the easter weekend and the ongoing paramilitary activity in too many communities across this nation illustrates that a tiny minority seek to drag northern ireland back to its darkest days. but i know for every person who wants to drag northern ireland down, there are thousands determined to lift it up. applause. to those who pursue violence i ll say only this you ll never succeed. it s hopeless. not because i say so, though, or because the government says so, but because the wonderful, strong and proud people of northern ireland say so. they reject your violence, which has no place in this society and that so many have strived. the peace that so many have strived so hard to create. to safeguard t ....
millions face hunger in 31 degree temperatures. it s in! and the marvel of darvel how the sixth tier side felled a scottish premiership giant. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: ten years after she won her last grand slam title, victoria azarenka reaches the semi finals of the australian open, where the wimbledon champion awaits. after the organisers go bust. another borough. good evening. a bbc investigation into abuse and neglect at three children s homes and schools in doncaster has found that more than 100 reports of concern were made before they were closed. leaked documents show that children were said to have been badly mistreated, yet the regulator, 0fsted, continued to rate the homes as good, and there d been a0 separate alerts over three years. 0fsted s chief inspector says she s deeply sorry, and the hesley group, which ran the homes, has also apologised. some of the details in this report from noel titheridge you may find distressing. ....
coldest winter in a decade. we will have extensive coverage. and we find out out how this 170 year old indigenous canadian jacket ended up at a vintage store in northern england. we start with the issue dominating discussions among ukraine s allies sending leopard ii tanks to kyiv. the german chancellor 0laf scholz has decided to send leopard ii tanks to ukraine. we should know we haven t had any direct comment from the german governmentjust yet, when we hearfrom them the german governmentjust yet, when we hear from them we will pass on immediately. 0ne we hear from them we will pass on immediately. one of the countries at the heart of this has been poland. poland has said it will send the german made battle tanks to ukraine within two weeks, whether or not germany gives its approval. the polish prime minister, speaking to the bbc, had this message for germany. i hope this reply can come as quickly as possible. well, germany played a key role in building up the huge r ....