People Into engIneerIng. Good MornIng from the great YorkshIre Show here In harrogate. The celebratIon of all ThIngs FarmIng and rural lIfe. There are growIng concerns about the shortage of Farm Workers and what that could mean for prIces In the shops. After yesterdays severe storms and floodIng some comIc today If you wIsh I was, a bIt more sunshIne and It Is set to turn warmer as we head through the week. The full forecast here on breakfast. Its Tuesday 13th july. SenIor doctors have crItIcIsed the prIme MInIsters DecIsIon to relax CoronavIrus RestrIctIons In england next week callIng the move IrresponsIble. In england next Week BorIsjohnson has confIrmed that most remaInIng measures IncludIng SocIal DIstancIng would be dropped from the 19th of july. But the BrItIsh MedIcal AssocIatIon has warned It could have potentIally devastatIng consequences. Aru na Iyengar reports. In under a weeks tIme, lIfe In england wIll look very dIfferent. No more SocIal DIstancIng, nIghtclubs wIll reopen
good morning. we have got a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow. quite a lot of ice around. slippery surfaces and the potential for a travel disruption. more details in ten minutes. good morning. it s tuesday, 29th december. our top story. hospitals in england are now treating more coronavirus patients than at any other point in the pandemic, as numbers surpass the peak that was seen in april. it once again shows the strain that the nhs is under, with the head of nhs england saying health workers are back in the eye of the storm . keith doyle reports. health services across the uk are being stretched as they deal with increasing numbers of patients with covid. in london, accident and emergency departments are reporting intense pressure. in scotland, doctors say there is a danger that services will be overwhelmed. in wales, the situation in hospitals is described as incredibly challenging. and in northern ireland, the health minister said the next few days is a crucial period.
well, it s true that the uk has suffered a little bit more by comparison to some other countries in terms of higher inflation and also concerns about interest rates needing to stay higherfor longer in the uk than perhaps will be the case elsewhere because we have a little bit of a sticky inflation problem, with wages having increased a bit faster than perhaps in some other countries. and it s very, very difficult to control that once that starts happening. so there have been perhaps some policy measures which have not helped hugely, particularly not adjusting inflationary expectations early on in the uk, not enough subsidies for energy when they started going up, prices started going up so much, and being a little bit late when we intervened. so there s that. plus, of course, in terms of consumer spending and the fall in real incomes of people, we ve had the increase in taxes, which has happened because personal allowances have been frozen. so a lot more money has been taken