in the premier league title race starts in earnest today, as it returns from the final international break of the season with manchester city hosting liverpool this lunchtime. 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 too. i ll have all the details here on bbc breakfast. it s saturday 1 april. 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 s got five children, and little vince is the youngest.
this is the picture this morning in scarborough, so some outbreaks of rain. not a particularly pleasant day ahead there. we have quite a bit of drizzly cloud and an easterly breeze, but much has been a really wet month across many parts of the uk. in england it has been the wettest march since 1981, more than a0 years, and for some areas there has been three times the expected much rainfall. so we needed some rainfall and much certainly delivered it. but heading through into april, through the weekend, eventually things are becoming drier and brighter as well, so some optimistic weather on the way over the next couple of days. today a bit of a mixed picture because we have got this weather front sitting across western parts of the uk, and that s still bringing some outbreaks of rain. this is the radar over the past few hours. it s been raining across northern ireland, through wales, down towards central and southern england. eastern areas also seeing some drizzly rain with that breeze
pope francis is expected to be discharged from hospital today, the vatican has said. he was admitted on wednesday with breathing difficulties and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the vatican says the pontiff responded well to antibiotics and is now expected in st peter s square for palm sunday mass this weekend. good morning, if you havejust joined us. those are the main stories this morning. let s have a first look at the weather. sarah is with us this morning. good morning. you are saying at the start of the programme we have just come out of a rather wet month, so people will be hoping not to many april showers, maybe. hoping not to many april showers, ma be. , ~ ., ., ., maybe. yes, i think we had all of our aril maybe. yes, i think we had all of our april showers maybe. yes, i think we had all of our april showers back maybe. yes, i think we had all of our april showers back in - maybe. yes, i think we had all of our april showers back in march, | our april showers back in mar
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.