experts and commentators to guidance through the day. welcome to viewers on bbc one northern ireland and viewers on bbc news, this is a stormont special, in which history is about to be made. let s cross to parliament buildings. talk is through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. i through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. it as to what will happen. i don t think ou it as to what will happen. i don t think you could it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate - it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate the l think you could understate the symbolic significance today here after 100 years of northern ireland, we are going to get our first nationalist republican first minister here and we have had 11 other leaders in northern ireland, so this will be a significant moment is notjust because titles matter, michelle o neill will have a new title, but we will see within the assembly chamber that visual
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still, these initiatives have failed to bring many back to the work fold. my next guest recently told the wall street journal this isn t all about the pandemic. that the decline in the american workforce during their prime working years, men, 25 to 54, that it began decades ago. in 1961, labor force participation for prime age men was at 96.9%. by november 2021, the seasonally adjusted rate had dipped to 88.2%. so, right now, nearly 1 out of 8 men in their prime is not working. in other words, staying out of work even during good times has become somewhat of an american tradition. as the wall street journal put it, the sum of these trends is a lot of missing workers. if the u.s. maintained its employment to population ratio from the year 2000, we d have more than 13 million more workers today. that would be more than enough to fill the record number of open jobs. and that s why i want to know,
into new 0rlea ns small towns and villages. either into new orleans or further, small towns and villages. either into new orleans orfurther, where the elevation is a little bit higher. the elevation is a little bit hiaher. . ~ the elevation is a little bit hiaher. ., ~ i. ~ ., higher. tim, thank you. tim milnar from the cyclone higher. tim, thank you. tim milnar from the cyclone research - higher. tim, thank you. tim milnar from the cyclone research group. l you re watching bbc news. meanwhile, here in the uk, the latest coronavirus figures from the government show there were 32,406 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, which means on average, there were 34,226 new cases per day in the last week. 133 deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours, with an average of 112 deaths a day in the past week. 0n vaccinations, 88.2% of adults in the uk have now had their firstjab, and 78.2% have had both doses now.
a day in the past week. 0n vaccinations, 88.2% of adults in the uk have now had their firstjab, and 78.2% have had both doses now. with large crowds expected to flock to beaches and festivals over the bank holiday weekend, there are concerns about rising covid infection rates. public health officials in some areas are calling on holidaymakers to take lateral flow tests before travelling. phillip norton reports from scarborough. ice creams and sand castles. with a strong message of hands, face, space, and take a test. the temperature was well into the 20s in scarborough today. the first bank holiday weekend in england since coronavirus restrictions were lifted. i ve got one vaccination you re doubled, aren t you? yeah. we take all the precautions we can. but we know the sun is good for everybody, so it s nice to be out and about. like many areas, north yorkshire