but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more details. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it has been consistently inconsistent. one day we are super busy, we can t keep up. the next day we don t have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand design style renovations, based near heathrow airport, were struggling to cope with the surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and the shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it is difficult to meet demand when there is also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning, like, two and a half, three years ago. but everybody wants the job to be cheaper because they have no certainty and the
there is now a full-court press to abolish the legislative filibuster in the united states senate. they want to blow through the norms of his country and they want to bypass what the founders envisioned. brian: straight to a fox news alert. but first this, a man arrested after eight people killed in a string of shootings in atlanta spas. police say the shootings happened last night at three different massage parlors and all in the span of one hour. ainsley: police tracked down the suspect, he s 21 years old and his name is robert long. they tracked them down through surveillance footage capturing his car near each of these crime scenes, lawrence. lawrence: police say he was arrested after taking office on a car chase that ended in a crash. police are investigating the motive for the shooting and we will continue to follow this story with new developments throughout the morning. brian: meanwhile, good morning everyone. happy st. patrick s day. ainsley: lawrence, look at lawr
bottles and free drinking water fountains, to protect the seas from plastic debris. millions are expected to be on the move today as the christmas getaway begins. music and in the race to christmas number one can ed sheeran hold off competition from eminem and wham to make it a perfect christmas? we ll speak to a music journalist later this hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has acknowledged there are serious difficulties in the relationship between russia and the uk he s on the first visit to moscow by a british foreign secretary for more than five years. in a tense press conference, the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov rejected suggestions that russia had behaved aggressively towards the uk, but agreed that relations are at a very low level . our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. the first handshake looked warm enough, but borisjohnson came here promising to talk tough, to warn russia to stop what he cal
this is real money. you are the most important part of the show, tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me or hitting me up on facebook. tensions in ferguson missouri appear to be calming tonight. that after two nights of cr kr few. two people were rounded from gunshots as the police used tear gas to disperse crowds. a grand jury has convened to consider criminal charges relating to the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. he is the young african american who was fatally shot by a white police officer one week ago. his death is what set off a week of sometimes violent protests in the town. it the issue is race and economic activetive in the area. according to the census bureau numbers, the city s unemployment rate rose from less than 5% in 2000 to 13% in 2012. now for those who were employed, average earnings adjusted for inflation fell by a third and neighborhoods there now have poverty rates at or above 20%. now this is important. 20% is the threshold at whic
this is real money. you are the most important part of the show, tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me or hitting me up on facebook. tensions in ferguson missouri appear to be calming tonight. that after two nights of cr krur few. two people were rounded from gunshots as the police used tear gas to disperse crowds. a grand jury has convened to consider criminal charges relating to the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. he is the young african american who was fatally shot by a white police officer one week ago. his death is what set off a week of sometimes violent protests in the town. it the issue is race and economic activetive in the area. according to the census bureau numbers, the city s unemployment rate rose from less than 5% in 2000 to 13% in 2012. now for those who were employed, average earnings adjusted for inflation fell by a third and neighborhoods there now have poverty rates at or above 20%. now this is important. 20% is the threshold at wh