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but that the majority of the network was now running as usual for this time of year. the pressure is now on a business that s flat out trying to deliver christmas mail as quickly as it can. emma simpson, bbc news. there s just a week to go until christmas day. despite the rising number of covid infections, up to three households are being allowed to mix in england, scotland and northern ireland, with slightly tighter rules in wales. around half the population is planning to form a bubble with friends or relatives for christmas, according to research by the office for national statistics. our home editor mark easton has been talking to people from all walks of life about their plans and whether they‘ re now thinking of changing them. ‘tis the season to be jolly careful, says the prime minister. so how will britons celebrate christmas in this strangest of years? and what s people s reaction to the decision to relax the regulations on festive
to one of them. and now for some news here in the uk. northern ireland is to begin a six week lockdown from boxing day to stop the health service from being overwhelmed. in the toughest measures anywhere in the uk during the coronavirus pandemic, supermarkets will be ordered to close at eight o clock in the evening for the first week. hair salons will shut, pubs and restaurants will be restricted to takeaways. royal mail has admitted that some parts of the uk may be experiencing a reduction in service levels as it deals with an unprecedented volume of parcels thanks to the rise in online shopping. the union representing postal workers says they re doing their very best. it seems to be intensifying every day. and that, coupled with the arrangements we got in place to keep workers safe, because of covid i9, and the spread of covid, and the
what is already a strategical nightmare, really. all our big couriers are up against it right now. the royal mail has taken on around 33,000 seasonal workers to help out, way more than normal. in a statement, royal mail said some areas were experiencing a reduction in service levels due to covid related absences and social distancing measures. but the majority of the network was now running as usual for this time of the year. the pressure is now on. a business that is flat out trying to deliver christmas mail as quickly as it can. emma simpson, bbc news. more than 300 schoolboys, kidnapped by gunmen in northern nigeria a week ago, are reported to have arrived back in the state capital after their release. the boys had been located by the security forces in zamfara forest, where they were left by their kidnappers. president muhammadu buhari has
it seems to be intensifying every day. and that, coupled with the arrangements that have got to be in place to keep key workers safe because of covid, and the spread of covid and the figures going up again, all of those are complicating what is already a strategical nightmare, really. all our big couriers are up against it right now. the royal mail has taken on around 33,000 seasonal workers to help out, way more than normal. in a statement, royal mail said some areas were experiencing a reduction in service levels due to covid related absences and social distancing measures, but the majority of the network was now running as usual for this time of the year. the pressure is now on. a business that is flat out trying to deliver christmas mail as quickly as it can. emma simpson, bbc news.