The city council has agreed to settle. We were on this road, i wanted to sing the song 500 miles. Were here, and we would have walked 500 more to get our equal pay. Yeah the citys now facing a massive bill half a billion pounds in compensation. The headlines would have you believe that the battles over. Music every 1s a winner by hot chocolate in june this year, the cheques began to arrive in the post. Some receiving offers of up to £200,000. For many, its been life changing. Frances. Sam from the bbc. Nice to meet you. How are you doing . Hi. Im good. Oh, my goodness thats my tv wall. Thats where the tvs going up. Right, ive just spotted the. What size is that television . 75 inches. 75 . Yeah. Thats going to go up here. Itll be like sitting in the cinema. Right. Thats going to be up here. Thats my kitchen. Fridge freezer. Fantastic. And thats going to be an island. Bar stools. Thats the machine. Thats the dishwasher. Theres going to be a big chimney there as well. Cannae wait im goi
Theres no question. Im on my way to meet a woman i havent seen in almost 15 years. Hers was a landmark case. It was the case that i think everybody was watching and waiting for. So it will be interesting to see. Find out what actually happened. That case was evelyn imries. A schooljanitor in edinburgh, i first met her in 2005 when i was investigating equal pay. I de litter the grounds on this side of the hedge and the janitor from the Primary School next door de litters at this side of the hedge. And we dont get the same rate of pay. Evelyn earned a lower hourly rate and was denied the same perks as the men doing exactly the samejob. A clear cut example of a council flouting the principles of the equal pay act. Equal pay for work of equal value. Evelyn launched legal action and won. Oh, my goodness. Youve not changed at all neither have you, sam. You havent changed at all either. How nice to see you. How are you doing . Oh, its lovely to see you. I remember talking to you at the time,
Least. Would you welcome a freeze or do you worry about the quality of your local services . Do let us know. And what do the met police need to do to regain your trust . Six former officers have been charged with sending, quote, grossly offensive, racist messages on whatsapp. Well get the insider opinion from a former met detective. Former met detective. Were also going to be talking about cuddles today. Do you like a cuddle . Would you pay for a cuddle from a stranger . For a cuddle from a stranger . Yes, were going to be talking about that a little bit later on. This is a lady who charges significant, not just a stranger, a licenced cuddle therapist for a cuddle. Yes. Is that something you find yourself doing . Do let us know. Gb views at gb news. But first, lets get at gb news. But first, lets get a bulletin round up with paul. A bulletin round up with paul. Good morning. Its 931. Im paul hawkins with the latest from the gb newsroom. Price from the gb newsroom. Price rises are conti
low pressure bringing strong wind. and now cloud rolling in from the atlantic bringing cloud and rain for some of us already today. this was county down earlier on with grey skies overhead but it could turn brighter in parts of northern ireland to the afternoon. some rain around and ahead of that, north east scotland holding on to some sunshine and further south across england and the south of wales increasing amounts of cloud but it should stay pretty much dry. temperatures between eight and ii pretty much dry. temperatures between eight and 11 degrees and on the night the rain continues north and east, some heavier rain racing into the north west of scotland by the end of the night. but we will see milder air working in from the atlantic so temperatures for some climbing as the night wears on. 5 degrees for aberdeen and ten in belfast tomorrow morning. i pressure to the south tomorrow, southern largely dry. further north the string of weather fronts waxing in the next few d