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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 an ....
and raindrops keep falling on my head, has died at the age of 94. just crucial, he has influenced so many people. i think it s amazing that he could see people as diverse as elvis costello and the hip hop producer, dr. dre. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky takes his plea for fighter jets to european union leaders after his surprise visit to the uk yesterday. planned strike action by firefighters is postponed after employers make a new pay offer to be considered by union members. and in wales, a planned strike by teachers has also been postponed following an improved pay offer by the welsh government. hello. good afternoon. the number of people killed in monday s earthquake in turkey and syria has passed 19,000. rescuers are still trying to save people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings but there s concern too for survivors made homeless by the tremors. many have spent a third night outdoors in freezing conditions some rummaging in the ruins of buildings to ....
light. the dazzling display that can be seen a little farther south than usual. hello and welcome. the premise to rishi sunak is on his way to belfast and he calls for mps to back his new deal on postgraduate training arrangements for northern ireland. the agreement removes most checks on goods destined only for northern ireland from the rest of the uk and creates new powers ministers at stormont to fend off changes to eu regulations. however, the democratic unionist party says it still has concerns and will study the legal text before giving it support. a little corresponded helen catt has the latest. it was a big moment with big smiles to match. after years of wrangling, deal with the eu has finally been sealed. wrangling, dealwith the eu has finally been sealed. finally been sealed. today s agreement finally been sealed. today s agreement delivers - finally been sealed. today s agreement delivers smooth | agreement delivers smooth flowing trade within the whole un ....
hello and welcome. police in northern ireland have warned that some republicans could try to provoke street violence over the easter weekend as the country marks the 25th anniversary since the signing of the good friday agreement that largely ended 30 years of sectarian violence. hundreds of extra police have been brought in for events which culminate with a visit to belfast by us president biden on wednesday. vincent mcavinney reports. final preparations are under way in northern ireland for a week of notjust religious observation, but also a commemoration of the end of this nation s darkest chap. events are being held to mark monday s 25th anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement in 1998. the deal ended 30 years of violent conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles, which cost the lives of more than 3500 people. cost the lives of more than 3500 maple- cost the lives of more than 3500 eole. ., ., ., 3500 people. today i want to. while there 3 ....
more now on one of our top stories and police in northern ireland are warning of the possibility of public disorder linked to the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement over this easter weekend and into next week. events begin today, and wednesday sees the us presidentjoe biden visiting belfast. he won t address lawmakers there, as the government assembly is still suspended. so a quarter of a century after the agreement, political tensions and obstacles are still present, as emma vardy reports. news of the troubles in northern ireland became a nightly refrain during the decades of bloodshed. a huge ira bomb rocked central belfast. the aftermath of another bombing in northern ireland high street. 27 soldiers are still in hospital. i rememberjust being struck by the sense of tension in the city, with barbed wire everywhere and soldiers everywhere. when you went there, you felt the presence of conflict. republican armed groups waged a campaign of violence to try t ....