but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more details. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it has been consistently inconsistent. one day we are super busy, we can t keep up. the next day we don t have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand design style renovations, based near heathrow airport, were struggling to cope with the surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and the shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it is difficult to meet demand when there is also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning, like, two and a half, three years ago. but everybody wants the job to be cheaper because they have no certainty and the
the cold air is firmly in place and will be difficult to shift. we start with a frost in scotland and northern england on wednesday, much more cloud further south. some sunshine around but again cloud building up. some showers across northern england. at thick enough to bring some light rain or drizzle and temperature is not really changing much on wednesday. for the rest of the week, it is going to be dull with a lot of cloud around. an increasing chance of some rain especially across southern parts of uk but slowly it becomes a little less cold. and that s bbc news at six you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website from the six team it s goodbye. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. the challenge cup draw will be taking place here injust a few moments time. keep watching to find out who plays whom in the sixth round of rugby league s most prestigious cup competition. after tottenham s most humiliating defeat in a decade, will they lose
jury acquitting pro-life activist mark houck. he throws all sorts of insults and vulgarity of me and my son really overstepped his bounds. behind the wheel of a flashy electric car reminding of tax credit. posing in a ev hummer truck which costs more than $86,000. throw my hands up playing my song butterfly got away nodding my head like yeah moving my hips like yeah hands up playing my song. ainsley: good morning, washington, d.c. dark out there, still. brian: in the morning before the sun comes up. steve: sing it miley in the u.s.a. ainsley: how are you feeling? your team won. steve: i m feeling great. i said this in a text message string we had yesterday. i just hope that the super bowl is as thrilling as that game was on sunday night. it was fantastic. ainsley: it was. steve: kansas city came out on top. ainsley: did you watch until the end 20-20 you had to watch. steve: drove me crazy and i took the next day off. slept it off. then
cold. joe: was that new jersey that s sunrise. griff: look at that gorgeous sky. that is what we call dawn patrol. [splash] griff: have enough light to see the waves out there. you can see them come in. i think i looked at the surf report. it s about 2 to 3 feet. the wind is not strong right now. i have surfed there. a fantastic place to go and surf. we now have gotten the video of your skills to demonstrate to americans of how good you are. now, you were thrown into this by the producers. and you absolutely right. perfect balance. arms out. maintaining your center of gravity and then it threw you off. you were in there for a second. on the east coast, the waves are very short, very quickly they don t last forever we would have got been a great wave. that s what i look like standing, just standing, that s me just standing. lisa: do you know what is absolutely first of all it got started before the clock. i started moving before the clock. buy but anyways i felt li
majority in the house. so, it s understandable that and almost justified that mccarthy is not wanting to ruffle any feathers before this important vote on january 3rd. all right. nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie raffa thank you so much. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. and there it is, the u.s. capitol. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 29th. and we re going to get right to the news. prosecutors are turning up the heat on congressman-elect george santos, after the revelations he lied about his resume. we re going to have more on the investigation by a fellow republican district attorney. plus, the very latest on the weather emergency in buffalo, new york. first, the snow, and now concerns about flooding and questions about the response to the deadly blizzard. and we re following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays