power, but some residents in remote areas may be cut off for 48 hours. aruna iyengar has the latest. storm gerrit swept across much of scotland, bringing heavy snow, flooding homes, causing power cuts and travel misery for many. the major a9 route has reopened after it closed in the highlands for several hours. meanwhile, thousands of homes across scotland have suffered power cuts. scottish and southern electricity networks said they d restored power to more than 25,000 homes but at least 16,000 are still cut off. for some customers especially those in rural areas it could be up until friday before power supplies are reconnected. but it is far too early for us to say at the moment, with scottish and southern electricity continuing to cause damage to the power network. 0n the railways, lner which runs services up the east coast from london to scotland is warning of major disruption this morning, with some services arriving several hours late. this tree fell on the li
hallowe en on record, that was nearly 2a degrees but 18 is still round five degrees above where we should be. it is warmer there this evening but there will be be many a hallowe en costume needing waterproof. heavy shower, pushing northwards, that could give minor flooding, that will continue to work northwards but on the southern edge we could sigh strong winds, tighter s bars through the english channel. it will be a wild night there. but another mild night, nine to round 13 celsius as we start tomorrow morning. so into tuesday we go. start with cloud, rain, scotland, northern, eastern england, thenit scotland, northern, eastern england, then it will be a case of ever changing skies through wales, the midlands and southern england, a blustery day with a mixture of sunshine and shower, northern ireland a better day, a lot for in the way of drier weather. some of the way of drier weather. some of the driest conditions through the afternoon, temperatures down on today, but sti
wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, we have seen lots of massive disruptions to the global economy in the last few years. the pandemic shut the world down and now war and sanctions are driving prices up. but before covid, the world of workers was going through another disruption and a digital one at that. technology companies were launching platforms like uber, justeat and deliveroo where people could work for less than an hour if they chose, rather than sign contracts for work for years. companies worth billions have been created leaving regulators and competitors running to catch up. statistics in this sector are difficult to come by. one american survey found that one in three workers in the united states are now freelance and their numbers the great resignation, following the pandemic. in india an official government think tank thinks there will be more than 23 million workers in the gig econom
the boss of the australian based work platform, airtasker and the man leading the policy to regulate the sector, european commissioner, nicholas schmit. also on the show i am going to be talking about supply chains, and the economic pressures of doing business in turkey where inflation is running at 80%. companies. i have got the big bosses of the company which owns companies. where ever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, we have seen lots of massive disruptions to the global economy in the last few years. the pandemic shut the world down and now war and sanctions are driving prices up. but before covid, the world of workers was going through another disruption and digital one at that. technology companies were launching platforms like uber, just eat and deliveroo where people can work for less than an hour if they chose, rather than sign contracts for work for years. companies work millions left regulator
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