i m constantly working from home at the moment and i will be, sort of as of next month, starting to go back into the office one to two days a week to start with but that may increase to sort of three as time goes on and obviously restrictions lift further. and how are you feeling about that? yeah, ok. but really not! yeah, yeah! the options are that sort of doggy daycare when we re all out of the house or actually getting a dog walker to come in. can you afford those options? they weren t in the plan, but you do what you need to at the end of the day it s a family member. # it s been a long, a long time coming. # but i know a change is gonna come. for so many pets, big change is just around the corner. the advice is, prepare now
for so many pets, big change is just around the corner. the advice is, prepare now to avoid tears then. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt. first, i will bring you a few comments from the uefa presidents, who says that proposals for a european super league or a spit in the face of all football lovers, so some strong words there. so, now the weather. so, now the weather. hello. the ground across many parts of the uk continuing to dry out under strong april sunshine. clear blue skies like we saw earlier in warwickshire. there has been a little bit of rain around so far today. a rather bleak looking scene in the western isles of grey skies,
their non furry friends around. now more and more find themselves in doggy daycare getting un used to it. the last month i d say it s gone up by at least 40% to 50% of people phoning up, asking for daycare. i m going back to work, i need help. i need help and i need it now. and now is a big problem if a little puppy hasn t been properly socialised because they ve been in isolation. we want people to say, i m going to work in three weeks, four weeks, five weeks time, not, i m going to work tomorrow. we are getting that people are ringing up, saying, can i do an assessment today and bring the dog, full 12 hours tomorrow? jayne gasps. which is not possible. we re working with a living creature here at the minute we need to think about the dog s feelings, notjust us getting back to work. that s exactly what heather is doing as she prepares for the sad but inevitable separation from luna. heather, tell me about your situation. i m constantly working from home at the moment and
to avoid tears then. abba s bjorn ulvaeus is one of the most successful music writers in history, but now he s appealing for help for other songwriters. he says they re not being paid a fair share by streaming platforms. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been speaking to him. # knowing me, knowing you.# abba s bjorn ulvaeus on the left without the beard and benny andersson are one of the most successful songwriting duos of all time. # breaking up is never easy, i know# now bjorn wants to do his part to help those at a different stage of their career. # knowing me, knowing you is the best i can do.# the pandemic has been very, very bad in many, many ways, but it s been good in putting the spotlight on the plight of the songwriter, i think. # money, money, money.#
you one to two days a week to start with but that may increase to sort of three as time goes on and obviously restrictions lift further. and how are you feeling about that? yeah, ok. but really not! yeah, yeah! the options are that sort of doggy daycare when we re all out of the house or actually getting a dog walker to come in. can you afford those options? they weren t in the plan, but you do what you need to at the end of the day it s a family member. # it s been a long, long time coming. # but i know the day will come. for so many pets, big change is just around the corner. the advice is, prepare now to avoid tears then.