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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 13th April 2022
5. A former US researcher at a cryptocurrency group has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for conspiring to help North Korea evade US sanctions using cryptocurrency.
Virgil Griffith had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate US law.
4. A major producer of Apple's iPhone has become the latest manufacturer to halt operations because of the covid lockdown in Shanghai.
Technology company Pegatron says it has temporarily suspended production at two of its factories in China.
3. Another P&O Ferries vessel has been detained after inspectors found a "number of deficiencies", the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) confirmed.
The Spirit of Britain ship cannot set sail until the issues have been addressed, and surveyors said they did not know when this would happen.
2. Worker shortages mean airports and ports are facing a "very difficult summer", Lucy Moreton, from the Immigration Services Union has said.
Meanwhile, one aviation recruitment expert said it would take at least 12 months for shortages to settle down.
1. Public sector pay for jobs such as NHS workers, teachers and civil servants fell further behind price rises in the three months to February.
While wages rose for public sector workers, price rises outpaced them meaning a 3% drop in spending power, the biggest fall in 20 years.