and coming up apprenticeships with a difference in one seaside town in devon. coming up on the bbc news channel, andy murray says he feels good as he moves into the second round of the cincinnati open. it s a first singles success on hard court since having his metal hip surgery. the uk economy is continuing to bounce back from lockdown with job vacancies hitting a record high of almosti million and wages ticking up. unemployment also fell in the three months tojune. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. at this construction site in huddersfield, 18 houses are being built but only four have been completed so far. the amount of work in the construction industry has
here in the uk. the uk economy is continuing to bounce back from lockdown with job vacancies hitting a record high of almost one million and wages ticking up. unemployment also fell in the three months tojune. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. at this construction site in huddersfield, 18 houses are being built but so far only four have been completed. the amount of work getting done in the construction industry has been slowing down across the country, not because of covid but two shortages, raw materials and workers. in this sector alone there are now 38,000 vacancies being advertised. there is a shortage of young people coming into the industry, without a shadow of a doubt. we need more young people of all trades, bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and there is an acute shortage. this site has kept on workers into their 60s and across the industry they are being forced to pay more, with the average wage up by i2% in the last year. and it s notjust this i
that s likely to put increased upward pressure on inflation, notjust in rising prices but lengthening queues and waiting times. andy verity, bbc news. a tropical storm that hit haiti overnight is hampering rescue work in the aftermath of the earthquake on the weekend. more than 1,400 people have been killed. thousands more are injured. our correspondent james clayton reports from the town of le cai, which is in the path off the storm. the church behind me is called l eglise du sacre coeur, and as you can see, it s been hugely impacted by this earthquake. you can see right the way through it. there is a statue of the virgin mary completely smashed, there are these huge lines that cut across the church that is structurally unsound, and actually the locals have told me they are worried about that spire up there could fall at any moment because there are these huge cracks down the side of it. up across the road, you have the local coffin maker, a small business trying
now. the hopi space to begin to shape the debate and forcing the pachinko to start the negotiations of political opponents. we don t see any evidence of that. of political opponents. we don t see any evidence of that. thank you very much. david cameron made over £7 million for his work for the collapsed finance company greensill capital. greensill was at the centre of controversy when it emerged the former prime minister had lobbied the government on behalf of the company during the pandemic. documents obtained by bbc panorama show he received over £3 million from shares and was paid a salary of £1 million a year. a spokesman for mr cameron said his remuneration was a private matter. our business correspondent andy verity reports. lex greensill was the banker at the heart of david cameron s government. he had his own office at number 10. lex greensill, where are you? give us a wave.