Retailers have been fair to customers amid accusations they profiteered from the rising Cost Of Living. Good morning from old trafford where englands cricketers have work to do and fast on day two of their must win ashes fourth test. Whilst in new zealand, kick off is not far away now for the womens world cup can anyone stop defending champions the usa . Can anyone stop defending many can anyone stop defending will get a dry day today there many will get a dry day today but there will be showers to dodge. I will have the forecast here. Its thursday the 20th ofjuly. In an hour, senior Hospital Doctors in england will go on strike for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. Nhs bosses have warned of severe disruption, with thousands of appointments postponed. Its the first time consultants have taken part in Industrial Action in more than a decade. 0ur Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. We locked ourselves away. We did everything we should have done in covid to protect the nhs and n
the 528 employees who were sacked join a much larger group of tech workers across the industry who ve lost their jobs since the end of the pandemic. earlier, i spoke to tech sector expert, dan ives, who told me snap s quarterly results look rather bleak. if you looked up disaster in the dictionary, you d see snap s earnings. and this just continues to be the trouble. they re on the outside looking in another black eye quarter for snap, especially this the advertising team. the surge in tech lay offs in 2024 would suggest that there s trouble in the industry, perhaps, but that may not necessarily be the case if we look at other key measures? i think it s a tale of two cities. the strong are getting stronger. the ai revolution s here. you re seeing more spending in areas like that. but then you see non strategic areas get cut across path. i think most of these job cuts are in the rear review mirror, but itjust shows we re going into a fork in the road period for tech wher
it s wednesday, 28th april. the risk of pupils in england suffering serious injury or dying because of a collapsing school building, is both critical and highly likely, according to a new report. the national audit office also found that around 700,000 children are attending schools that need major rebuilding work, and it s taking a toll on their education. the government says it has been significantly investing in transforming schools. hazel shearing reports. that one is still on the list to do. every year at kingsley stjohn s primary school in cheshire, head teacher racheljones to do list gets longer. here you can see they are going to need replacing because there is a significant amount of moisture loss and heating loss. this victorian building has an ageing heating system and thick stone walls, posing a real challenges. in the autumn term what we had in here was condensation, because we were trying to delay putting the heating on, the condensation turned so bad we actual
england and wales, wintry showers clipping the far west of wales and a few snow showers down the north sea coast. the heaviest snow will continue to be focused across the north of scotland and northern ireland. it will stay cold in places, temperature is not expected to get above freezing. tomorrow evening, a line of snow showers forms across the irish sea affecting parts of north wales, merseyside, cheshire and the north midlands. the amount of snow will vary, but you could get a bit in a few areas. into friday, temperatures come up a little, and the showers piling into scotland will turn to rain or sleet, leaving the snow confined to hilly parts of the country. temperatures on the face of it a degree or to hire, not much in the way of change until we get to the weekend, when the south westerly winds will bring much milder air across the uk, but it won t only be mild but it will also be wild with gusts up to 70 mph. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. 0n bbc one, it s