clear dark skies by night translate to blue sunny skies by day. it s not the start of the meteorological spring just yet but still some springlike weather watch pictures coming in. this one from the scottish borders, a touch of frost on the grass and some snowdrops basking in all of that sunshine we are seeing at the moment in leicester and it s across the central swathes of the uk were so for the midlands, wales, much of northern england, particularly north west england, as you can see from the satellite picture we have a bit of a sunshine sandwich going on so more cloud towards the nous, some cloud across southern counties as well. this cloud is set to retreat further southwards and eastwards through the afternoon, so the drizzle clearing up, brighter skies, rain moving into north west england pushing southwards and eastwards. these are round about the average temperatures for the time of year but it will feel a bit cooler than that with the added wind chill and we are expe
A supermarket giant is axing the now-common self-checkouts and bringing back fully-staffed checkouts, with the CEO saying “we like to talk to people”..
77% of the facilities are below 85% staffed. so the new hires are important, but training can take 18 months to 3 years. it s going to be awhile before we see all these people fully deployed. but that s a huge improvement. as you say, hiring will take time. technology will take time. how about next best steps? what can be put in place quickly? two things should be done immediately. they are both within the control of federal aviation administration. one is they are going to have to increase separations between aircraft. separation is safety. now they asked the airports to help by cutting back on some of their flights and using larger planes, not doing as many takeoffs and landings. and the airlines did for awhile agree to help, but during the busy summer season, that kind of slipped away. so they have to enforce increased separation between aircraft. and the other thing they can do,