or more if the going rate for theirjob is higher than that. now, from next spring, as we ve been hearing, that minimum salary threshold will rise to £38,700. but there are exceptions in what are called shortage occupations, jobs where there are lots of vacancies which can t be filled by local people. well, not easily, anyway. and since last year, the sector which has seen the most workers come in by that route is, of course, health and social care. the numbers are remarkable. in the year to september, 66,000 people got a conventional skilled worker visa, but in the same period, 144,000 people got a health and care visa, mostly to work in care homes. but many of the foreign workers bring close family with them, too. so if you add dependents to the skilled workers, and the numbers rises to 117,000. but in health and care, the combined figure goes up to 318,000. now that s an additional 174,000 dependants who d no longer be able to come unless the worker earns more than £38,70
temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting events in adults who d received the jab in norway. coronavirus cases increase in many european union countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers speed. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys they re being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. there are calls for the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, to resign after fierce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard the 33 year old woman whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. good afternoon. police were seen scuffling with women at the event on clapham common, in south london, close to where sarah was last seen alive. some of them were handcuffed. the met has defended its actions, saying that with hundreds of people packed together, there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. the home secretary says she
more of a south westerly breeze, where we still have a bit of sunshine across eastern areas, temperatures higher than today and could make 2a degrees. a south westerly breeze bringing the cloud and rain. that moves its way through overnight. low pressure continues to shape our weather through hello and welcome to sportsday. the philippines put the boot in, in wellington, as they shock co hosts new zealand at the women s world cup. we arejust going we are just going to keep going we arejust going to keep going up from here, it is the fighting spirit of the philippines and we just keep fighting the matter what. kylian mbappe, with take the path to riches in the saudi arabian pro week the ashes may be gone but england made a level of the series at the oval, that could be a moral victory over australia. so entered that swimming was banned