May 1979 News Today

heres louise lear. the weather in the uk has been quite recently but we have seen rain today for the debris so far has been quite dry but this was highland a few hours ago the you can see how heavy and persistent rain is. if we take a look, you can see how widespread it was across scotland today, accompanied by gales and severe gales at times. the white stuff is snow across the mountains, but if we push sequence on over the last couple of hours, you can see how quickly it fragments and...

hello, good evening and welcome to your sports update from bbc news. non league wrexham are out of the fa cup after losing 3—1 at sheffield united. sheffield united managed to get the breakthrough in the second half through anel ahmedhodzic. but wrexham and striker paul mullin hit back. he equalised from the spot but then missed the chance to put them 2—1 up with less than 20 minutes to go. and the championship side made them pay, billy sharp put the blades ahead in the 94th minute...

cold. patchy rain and drizzle coming to scotland and northern ireland through the day tomorrow. it would tend to fizzle out and allow some sunshine to develop that further south after a cold and frosty start with the mist and fog, it will be a lovely sunny day. after the cold start, temperatures are are reaching 7-9 but it start, temperatures are are reaching 7—9 but it could be colder weather mist and fog hold on. a repeat performance to wednesday. a cold and frosty start. i put the...

edinburgh so no frost tonight. this is tomorrow a lot of cloud to start with, it will break up through the afternoon. are suspect to the east of the mountains in scotland and the east of the pennines and elsewhere, sunny spells possible as well. temperatures of 11—13 so just above the average point of the high pressure still close by around the near continent opened at the shape of it is still the same so that means the weather will be more or less the same. its all to do with the wi...

beside esl wanted to have up to 80 teams with entry based on merit, it would still be run by the clubs. what we see today is a pretty desperate rehashing of the original concept by the three clubs, effectively, who remained in what was the european super league who seemed to be in denial that the project is dead. it was far too important to allow its future — it was far too important to allow its future to be determined on the basis _ its future to be determined on the basis of profi...

and there, temperatures will be closer to around 2—3. through the weekend, if any fog lingers, which may form during the course of the night, it could be closer to around freezing. here is the forecast into monday, a large high—pressure spread across the continent. that means generally settled weather across the uk and perhaps those temperatures recovering as we go over the next few days. back to you. thanks, tomasz. and thats bbc news at ten. theres more analysis of the days main ...

moving southwards and westwards and many are falling as snow put it right now theres a band of heavy snow in northern ireland and i reckon the roads will be a mess heading into wednesday morning. later on the showers moving to wales and south—west england, many falling as snow. still seepage coming off the field in the south, another sharp frost so again, dangerous and icy condition on the roads and pavements. in hillier areas in the west we could see another 55 ten centimetres of sn...

insisting he is brain dead. barristers will take industrial action in england and wales in protest at pay and conditions. a report into grooming and child sexual exploitation between 201! at 2014 fights that sexual exploitation between 2011 at 2014 fights that there were serious failings from the handling of some cases by the council and police. good afternoon. the transport secretary grant shapps says the government is doing everything it can to minimise disruption after its confirmed...

On their cost of living and they were on strike because many of them worked in the public sector and their wages were being controlled downwards by the then labour government that was trying to seek a way out of the high levels of inflation in britain in the 19705, very similar to the 20205 where we are today. the disruption then was the biggest in modern times, with 29—million working days lost. estimates for todays strike suggest the total for 2022 could be 2—million. in may 1979, a conser...

And the so—called winter of discontent, rolling strikes across lots of industries stopped work. rubbish piled up in the streets as refuse collectors joined the walk—outs. workers were attempting to protect themselves against attacks on their cost of living and they were on strike because many of them worked in the public sector and their wages were being controlled downwards by the then labour government that was trying to seek a way out of the high levels of inflation in britain in the 1970...