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welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future — and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high afte...

There is improvement this morning so again, literally, today we may get that in. Felt will be wet. We are coming off 2 inches of rain for the philadelphia airport, over an inch and a half in wilmington, dover, delaware. 87 is he far, mount holly over a half inch of rain, and lesser toward Lehigh Valley as expect. Only a quarter inch. But we will add to those, tallies today, and still coming down a little bit. Today mostly cloudy skies. We could get a peak of sun, still a few scattered showers ar...

It took fourteen innings, but in the end, the Pirates fell to the Toronto Blue Jays last night in Toronto. Joe Block reports. The Pirates and Blue Jay...

It had been 589 games since the Pirates won after trailing by four or more runs in the 9th inning, a streak that went all the way back to 2008. But th...

The Pirates come home from a successful road trip, winners of three out of four games against the Cubs over the weekend. Tonight, they open a 6-game h...

With a win in Chicago yesterday, the Pirates completed an over-.500 two-city road trip. Joe Block recaps the Bucs' win.   Relief pitcher Josh Fle...

The Pirates' Bailey Falter was outstanding on the mound, but David Bednar's struggles continued as the All-Star closer surrendered the winning run on ...

Paul Skenes had an amazing outing on Friday afternoon as the Pirates beat the Cubs in the second of their four-game series. Joe Block reports The two ...

Martn Perez couldn't control his changeup and the Milwaukee Brewers made him pay for it yesterday. Joe Block has a recap of another Pirates loss. &nbs...

The Pirates offense isn't moving at top speed yet, but it woke up a bit yesterday in a comeback win over the Rockies. Joe Block has the recap.   ...