for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
just how long the cold air is set to last so do keep tuned to the forecast. now, lyons is happening? the area of high pressure is moving towards the west allowing for a northerly wind and some cold fronts to sink southwards. introducing that really cold, acted feeling air mostly on sunday night and into the start of next week. let s backtrack to now and there is a bit of sunshine out towards the south coast. this is gosport. it is the exception rather than the rule this afternoon because for most of us it is rather cloudy and really very dull. there will be some brighter spells developing, mostly for north eastern areas of scotland, aberdeenshire, angus and east anglia, some brighter spells here. for most of us, cloud and drizzle. some showers across the northern ireland. elsewhere, dry. temperatures around the seasonal average. it is the wind that keeps going overnight tonight. it is feeding in all of the cloud from the north sea so always cloudier towards eastern areas. tem
most part, a lot of cloud around and some showers, particularly in the north east of scotland and down the east of england. temperatures where they have been, 6 9. a little colder in shetland. as i nothing is to come. into sunday, more showers at this stage. again, quite a lot of cloud. if you look closely, i can see some of the showers over high ground in the north of the uk could contain sleet and snow is temperatures very subtly start to drop. then let s turn our eyes to the north of scotland through sunday night into monday because he comes a more dramatic change. this band of wet weather but wintry weather on the package with a cold front sinking southwards. through monday and into tuesday, plenty of snow showers pushing on, particularly to parts of northern scotland and down the eastern side of england. that is where we already have yellow warnings for snow and ice. if you live somewhere else, you may not be out of the woods because it will be cold enough for snow to fu
according to the imf. they were made ahead of the spring meetings which kicked off on monday in washington. from there, we have more. high inflation continues to play countries around the world. central bankers are raising interest rates to try and slow down those price increases. as a result, however, we have some of the week growth projections by the international monetary fund since the 1990s. meeting in washington this week, the increasingly fragile global economy will certainly be the focus along with ways for countries to try and mitigate some of the negative impacts of those interest rate rises. high inflation is already having an impact on poorer countries, pushing them further into financial distress. given the uncertain economic outlook, the imf believes more countries will be looking towards it for help. earlier i spoke withjohn lipsky the chair of the national bureau of economic research who is also in washington for the meeting and he told me cost of living will
the global economy is expected to grow a paltry 3% over the next five years, according to the head of the international monetary fund. her comments were made ahead of the imf and world bank s spring meetings, which kick off today in washington. our north america business correspondent samira hussain is there. high inflation continues to plague countries around the world. central bankers are raising interest rates to try and slow down those price increases. as a result, however, is we have some of the weakest growth projections by the international monetary fund since the 1990s. now, with the world s finance ministers and central bankers all meeting in washington this week, the increasingly fragile global economy will certainly be the focus, along with ways for countries to try and mitigate some of the negative impacts of those interest rate rises. now the high inflation, however, is already having an impact on poorer countries, pushing them further into financial distress. gi