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,
Death threats against President Joe Biden ahead of bidens visit to utah was shot and killed by fbi agents. The fbi said the men refused commands to drop his weapon as agents were Serving Arrest and search warrants. The man had also posted online threats against other top officials as well as prosecutors who charged former President Trump. Also tonight, devastating wildfires in hawaii, ravaging parts of maui, one resident calls the scene apocalyptic. The Flames Burning Homes and businesses to the ground and at least six people have died. Others are still missing tonight. Complete coverage of that, just ahead. And, Court Documents show that an eyewitness to the chaotic brawl on that dock in montgomery and alabama says a racial slur was aimed at the black bowed cocaptain just before punches were thrown. Heres what the citys police chief just told cnn moments ago. If more evidence come forward, if there is more proof that this leads towards more of a hate crime we will amend those charges
The july Producer Price index out at 8 30 a. M. Eastern on the heels of a muted day yesterday. The do nasdaq is down 45, s p lr by 7 and a quarter after the july Consumer Price index showed a higher yearly rate than last month, we brought you the numbers yesterday. Yesterday markets were down by the closing bell. Some on will street say inflation levels could signal no rate hike at the september Federal Reserve meeting but President Biden is pushing for more stimulus, requesting congress approve an additional 40 billion to address what he calls Climate Change and a need for more aid to ukraine and disaster relief. Were talking about it coming up. European markets are in the red, the ft 100 in london currently down 83, the cac quarante in paris down 62, dax lower by 76. And in asia overnight markets finished mostly lower, take a look. Shanghai composite down better than 2 overnight, hang seng in hong kong down about 1 . The one bright spot, japan, was up a fraction. P meanwhile, the dea
This afternoon. The threat tracker shows that there is moderate threat of any kind of localized flooding or lightning. The highest threat is for highs, strong gusty winds. A severe thunderstorm watch out already. This is the line of showers back in central pennsylvania that is approaching. This is the excessive heat warning today and tomorrow. Once the line of showers comes through thats it for the dangerous heat at least for several days. 86 right now. Wilmington, dover, millville, georgetown, a lot of places in the mid 80s. The humidity is high. It already feels like its getting close to the mid 90s. Weve got at least a couple more hours of heating. Back to the north and west showers are going to come in before we get a chance to have that feels like temperature triple digits. We have a lot of rain and showers and thunderstorms. And then it comes through the area so just about everybody is going to get rain. And then everybody is going to get significant relief from the high humidity