or 25 celsius in cardiff. much the same on sunday again, a breeze in the south east along the north sea coast, out towards the west a lot of fine weather, bar the odd shower. on the whole, a fine weekend on the way, and similar weather expected on monday. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 25th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the champions league draw has just been made. we will have the latest on some tantalising ties. england pull out all the stops. early wickets, but can they gain the edge as they look for revenge? and northern irish side linfield are on the brink of history. can they get the job done tonight and qualify for a major european competition? also coming up in the programme: no women drive
applications. companies and sales say they re being able to employ the right skill peel people but it s one of the biggest problems. in particular, they need more people with technical communication skills. in america, the unemployment rate is at under 4% and 74% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. that s i4% more than two years ago. in europe, they are calling the year 2023 the so called year of skills because more than three quarters of companies report difficulties finding workers with the right skill set and a quarter of medium size companies say that the biggest problem. here in the uk it s a similar picture. unemployment is hovering just under 4% and a new report shows that more than seven out of ten companies are reporting a so called skills gap. that report is fresh out from the british chambers of commerce and one of its recommendations is that companies work harder to fill the skills gap by recruiting from underrepresented groups.