it almost used to be that we were competing amongst other care homes for our care workers but suddenly, we are competing with amazon and the nhs and supermarkets in a way that we have never had to before. with the minimum wage up by 9.7% to £10.a2 an hour, supermarkets like tesco have been forced to boost pay beyond that to attract the new workers they need from a pool of available workers that s smaller than expected, partly because of record rates of long term sickness. and lidl has given three pay rises in a year to £13.15 an hour. that demand for people in health and care and many other industries continues. that s going to push up wages, and you have to think about, how does that work in concert with everything else that businesses have to afford right now, including rising energy prices, and the rising cost of living? wages are now rising faster than they have for two decades, especially in the private sector,
what does it look like, craig, there. it looks okay for the first part of the afternoon. it s later in the evening, closer to 11:00 this evening, where you have the chance for showers and thunderstorms. temperatures into the 70 s. the wind s going to come out of south about 10 miles per hour. we basically have a cap in place and a cap is about warm where the warm weather, warm temperatures that s preventing some storms from building in the area. that cap will be gone by this evening and later this evening, 11:00 is when we have the best chance to see some thunderstorms popping up in and around for the derby. take a look at this. we ve got the warmest the hottest and the coldest back in 1940, and in 1957, and the wettest, they had 3.15 inches of rain that goes back to may 5th of 2018. not long ago. by the way a couple of horses in there verified, like the forecast and we ve got sun thunder and cyclone mischief,
those critical areas. here is the health secretary. those critical areas. here is the health secretary. we welcome that exemptions health secretary. we welcome that exemptions have been health secretary. we welcome that exemptions have been put - health secretary. we welcome that exemptions have been put in - health secretary. we welcome that exemptions have been put in place| exemptions have been put in place for intensive care and for the emergency department, but it s still the case emergency department, but it s still the case there will be significant disruption to patients and i think that is disruption to patients and i think that is disrespectful to the other trade that is disrespectful to the other trade unions that are part of the nhs staff trade unions that are part of the nhs staff council who will be meeting on tuesday in order to vote on the meeting on tuesday in order to vote on the fair meeting on tuesday in order to vote on the fairand meeting on tuesday
including intensive care units, emergency departments, neo natal units, paediatric intensive care and others, so let s not scare the public this morning by saying nursing is being reckless on this one day of strike. they most certainly are not. later this week, the main health care unions will decide on what the next steps are in this long running series of industrial disputes. some union members have accepted the pay offer, others have rejected it. it s not yet clear what that will mean for future strikes. dominic hughes, bbc news. a man has died and several other people have been stabbed in a brawl in bodmin in cornwall in the uk. police were called to the scene at around 3.15 this morning. the victim, who was in his 30s, died at the scene. at least seven other men and women were taken to hospital. a 24 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. the bbc s alex green sent this
trusts that were facing industrial action had to negotiate local deals with the union. following discussions with nhs england, they have now agreed to some national exemptions and that will provide limited cover for major emergencies and intensive care. the union stresses that staffing will not be normal levels and the strike will still be more intense than previous walk outs. the mitigations have been welcome, but healthily to say the disruption has a knock on effect in tackling backlogs and they want to see ultimately a deal to end this dispute. a man has died and several other people have been stabbed in a brawl in bodmin in cornwall in the uk. police were called to the scene at around 3.15 this morning. the victim, who was in his 30s, died at the scene. at least seven other men and women were taken to hospital. a 24 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. the bbc s alex green sent this report from the sce