ben for her. ben stokes will be back in the reckoning, playing for england next month on their tour of new zealand. we will be across all those on bbc news. for now, from us, that's all for this sportsday. good night. thousands of people working on private sector contracts for carillion have been told they will continue to be paid. they have been told that suppliers will provide funding so staff can be kept on. with me is brian berry for the federation of master builders. they explained to me and our viewers how some of your members have been

affected. i represent small building companies across the uk and they are at the tail end of the supply chain, it's not just carillion at the tail end of the supply chain, it's notjust carillion but hundreds of other companies affected. one of oui’ of other companies affected. one of our companies is owed £230,000 and their tools are a lot on site so they cannot get the tools to work on other sites. another company is owed £20,000 but the real tragedy is that there are a number of apprentices who now find themselves not knowing what to do and we will have a meeting tomorrow across the industry to work out with the training board placements, what we can do for those young people because they are innocent victims of this. some good news today, banks have said they will try to continue to make sure funds are available so people get

paid for those sites who continued to work. yes, because on monday the industry met with the secretary of state, we were aware that banks were taking a small line toward small companies, today we heard that they would be more relaxed with the interest payments and overdraft facilities and also good news from revenue and customs that they would adopt a more lenient approach, but we wa nt adopt a more lenient approach, but we want to see this ruled out because a lot of companies want to know what to do now and it's another day in, so the government is moving quite swiftly, there were positive announcements today but still much to do with the industry and government working together. did you see this coming, with those profit warnings last year? it does surprise me, with the profit warnings issued

last year, i suspect the government was trying to keep carillion going and not understanding the full situation. i understand there are other factors, situation. i understand there are otherfactors, carillion are situation. i understand there are other factors, carillion are owed money as well and there seems to have been an issue of poor governance so it's perfect storm, but it has affected thousands of construction workers, the ones least able to respond and adapt to this crisis. is there a fear that there may be other insolvencies in the pipeline? we heard suggestions that other companies are having problems. the concern about the procurement regime relying on these major contractors, the government ought to open up procurement to smaller companies which could reduce the risk. brian berry, thank you for coming in. a piece of flag believed to have

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weather makes news, it's in the headlines because of the snow, there is more under way for some of us, a deepening area of low pressure for atla ntic deepening area of low pressure for atlantic while the further south you are there will be rain and wind, especially in two parts of southern scotla nd especially in two parts of southern scotland and northern england, so we will see some higher accumulations and theirs are met office amber warning but rain, sleet and snow across northern ireland this evening that as it lingers through southern scotla nd that as it lingers through southern scotland into the plans, 20 centimetres of fresh snow here. went to the south with gusts of 50—60 mph, some big gusts around the coast and tomorrow morning although the bulk of the weather system has cleared away, there will be after effects and the risk of disruption for the thursday pressure are. icy an untreated services, further rain,

sleet and snow showers for some of us. sleet and snow showers for some of us. rain, sleetand sleet and snow showers for some of us. rain, sleet and snow pulling away from northern england but that risk of disruption over and further hail showers in north—west england into the midlands. in southern areas, the wind easing a little bit, showers dotted about through south—west england and south wales, but for many of us, they'll is to begin with but what follows will be a largely fine and dry day but showers continue in northern ireland, scotland and north west england, and increasingly snow for lower levels as we go through the day. a brisk and chilly north westerly wind especially across the northern half of the uk. a similar pattern on friday, some sunny spells but across the north—west of the uk there will be further sleet and snow showers. it's a lot quieter as the

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