issueis and also, to be fair, this issue is notjust below skill. have shortages of high skill specialist skills in the uk as well. so having access to a smaller labour force doesn t help us here. in so we start with the energy smaller labour force doesn t help us here. smaller labour force doesn t help us here. in the short-term we have a help us here. in the short-term we have a crisis help us here. in the short-term crisis following another we have a crisis right help us here. in the short-term we have a crisis right now- help us here. in the short-term we have a crisis right now with l we have a crisis right now with regards to lack of workers, chaotic day on your s energy markets. the wholesale price of whether it be drivers, working natural gas here in the uk in the farming sector, lots of set is desperately in need. sword almost 14%. just your thoughts on the impact yesterday, wednesday, to a new this is going to have on the uk economy in the short term? record.
at this stadium were canada and brazil and the united states were eliminated, colombia and jamaica help to avoid a similarfate. for the winners, england await. the first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. there was nothing new forjamaica s defence, who have been impenetrable in this tournament. when catalina usme brought a long time ball in the area perfectly, she ended that run. the second goal for columbia s captain on the night. it sends the colombians in the stands into raptures! over 300 minutes had gone by before jamaica conceded their first goal of the tournament, and it brought them to live. moments later they struck the woodwork. colombia spotted an opportunity and immediately hit on the counter. a chance to double their lead to no avail. england will watch this cautiously, something for them to keep in mind for the next round. jamaica came this close to an equaliser. a cross, a free header, agonisingly wide. the fairy tale for jamaica ends here. c
coming up on bbc news, england quarterfinal opponents will be columbia who got the better of jamaica and the women s world cup of a i jamaica and the women s world cup of a i- 01 jamaica and the women s world cup of a i 01 victory. hello. thousands of people, including politicians and pop stars have turned out, to pay tribute to the singer, sinead o connor. the private funeral service took place in her hometown of bray in county wicklow, with well wishers lining the streets, as the cortege passed by. she died in london last month, at the age of 56. colin paterson has the story. they had come in their thousands to pay tribute to that woman they loved. my mother is 93 and she wanted to come out here. it was your mum s idea? yes. she was a woman that spoke what she wanted, you know? yeah. for the people. she was a warrior - and a weapon standing up to the powers that be before anyone else was. i sinead o connor lived on the sea front in bray county wicklow for 15 years. she lo
the bbc can t verify that figure, but understands many children have gone from care homes and residential schools. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has followed the story of parents desperate attempts to bring their children home. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they d been separated from for six months. ukrainian children, sent to summer camps run by russia, and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles, from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. translation: i should never have let him go but we didn t know. - theyjust took him and that was that. my son had seen explosions. i wanted him to relax from the war, and then this happened. ijust hope we make it in time. russia has been removing children from parts of ukraine it occupi
good afternoon. rail passengers are facing fresh disruption with the start of another wave of strikes in long running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. today it s train drivers from the aslef union, taking strike action at 15 rail companies some of which won t be running any services at all. tomorrow an aslef overtime ban could mean more disruption. then, on friday, other rail workers, from the rmt union, will go on strike. before more action by aslef drivers on saturday, affecting travel to events such as the fa cup final. our correspondent ben king reports. busy rail hubs were unusually calm as train drivers at the aslef union walked out over pay and working conditions. here at manchester piccadilly, there were no trains from avanti piccadilly, there were no trains from ava nti west piccadilly, there were no trains from avanti west coast, no east midlands. great western, south coast and cross country are also affected as well. aslef has rejected a pay rise of 4% for