are, sort of, and a lot ofjob vacancies out there at the moment, and it s really hard to recruit. particularly, what we need are skilled butchers to do this. this is notjust something we can pull people off the street. wages for meat processing have been rising steadily. a year ago, the starting salary for a basic processing job was around £18,500. that s now risen to around £22,000. starting as a butcher, you d earn around £23,000 last year that s now up to around £26,500. the government says it s keeping the market under review and says its continuing to work closely with the industry to try and find ways of addressing the pressures facing it. for this farmer and others, there s growing urgency the animals here will need to be destroyed by the end of the month unless the situation improves soon. luxmy gopal, bbc news. the green party has elected two new leaders. carla denyer and adrian ramsay are now the co leaders
afterjonathan bartley stood down, and sian berry chose not to seek re election. red hot lava from a volcano erupting on the spanish island of la palma has reached the sea, sending out vast clouds of steam and toxic gases. many homes and crops have been destroyed and thousands of people forced to flee, since the eruption began 11 days ago. 0ur correspondent danjohnson joins us from la palma. yes, the volcano just keeps on erupting. it keeps rumbling, this thundering, echoing sound around the island. and the larva has reached the sea. that is what is happening on the edge of the coast, where that steam is rising from the red hot lava as it touches the cold water, and that is where the concern is that toxic gas is being released. fortunately, the wind direction
and you can see more on this tomorrow in the documentary, hidden girls, that s on the bbc news channel. it ll also be available on the iplayer. the green party has elected two new leaders. carla denyer and adrian ramsay will share responsibilites, afterjonathan bartley stood down, and sian berry chose not to seek re election. lava from a volcano erupting on the spanish island of la palma has reached the sea, sending out vast clouds of steam, and toxic gases. many homes and crops have been destroyed and thousands of people forced to flee, since the eruption began 11 days ago. our correspondent danjohnson joins us from la palma. evening, dan. good evening. that volcano is still evening, dan. good evening. that volcano is still really evening, dan. good evening. that volcano is still really active, - evening, dan. good evening. that volcano is still really active, and l volcano is still really active, and there is fresh lava flowing from the