you can see how widespread average temperatures have been. temperatures way above where they should be and not just way above where they should be and notjust by day but also through the night. take a look at the uk first thing this morning, the second column is the average overnight low so you can just see how incredibly mild it was first thing this morning and that mild air is going to stay with us for the remainder of the day. not as wet as yesterday, still some rain around across southern scotland. western fringes seeing some showers. cloud the channel coasts producing some drizzle. sheltered eastern areas having the best of any brightness. a blustery afternoon with gusts of wind up to 40 afternoon with gusts of wind up to a0 miles an hour on land. temperatures will peak at around 15 degrees. not surprising when you saw those temperatures first thing this morning. 0vernight tonight the cloud and rain tends to fizzle away and we will see clearer skies so that allows temper
Borrowing in the us could mean for the rest of the world, and the car industrys big problems with the testing, Business Editor simon jack will be here to explain all. And today we want to know what is you from getting a good stopping you from getting a good nights sleep, and does it affect your work . Let us know on twitter. We start in the us where President Trump will be hosting german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house later. Relationship is simply not fair. The rhetoric has raised fears of a damaging trade war. Let me show you why. Last year, the us sold 49 billion worth of goods to germany, everything from Boeing Airliners to pfizer medicines. That sounds like a healthy figure until you look at this one, age. ee ; g. Germany sold to the us. Thats a lot of bmws, not to mention everything from industrial machinery to medicines. Its more than double. And it puts the difference, known as americas trade deficit with germany, at 65 billion. Thats a bigger deficit than the us ha
it s friday the 17th of march. doctors leaders and government ministers are being urged to start formal pay talks after a breakthrough on a deal with other nhs staff in england. unions representing health workers including nurses, ambulance staff and paramedics, are recommending their members back a 5% pay rise following months of industrial action. with more detail here s our health editor hugh pym. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! it was an unprecedented series of strikes by nhs staff, starting in december. two weeks ago, intensive talks with ministers began in england and now health union leaders have agreed to put a new pay offer to members in a ballot. for this financial year, there ll be a one off payment of at least £1655, for the lowest paid workers, with larger amounts for more experienced nhs staff. and there will be a pay rise of 5% in the next financial year, beginning in april. this offer that is on the table has been hard won by health workers.
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