sorted, it ll get done. you know, we obviously have to sit here and talk about this, but in the grand scheme of things, it s not really as important as other stuff that s going on in the world. you know, a lot of famine everywhere. a lot of starvation. to me, they are very, very important issues. what we re talking about is a sport, it sjust a game. snooker s authorities know that if they find evidence of corruption in this investigation, the action that they take must be sufficient to reassure players and fans alike of the integrity of the sport. it s put a little bit of a dampener on the season so far, yeah. i think it s a shame. itjust puts you off and obviously we ve just got the programme, i we paid for expensive seats, get the programme, and the programme is wrong because obviously it s got one of the young lads in it who s i now unable to play. while the sport s stars will try to provide some much needed light this week, for as long as the biggest corruption investigation in s
but in the grand scheme of things, it s not really as important as other stuff that s going on in the world. you know, a lot of famine everywhere. a lot of starvation. to me, they are very, very important issues. what we re talking about is a sport, it sjust a game. snooker s authorities know that if they find evidence of corruption in this investigation, the action that they take must be sufficient to reassure players and fans alike of the integrity of the sport. it s put a little bit of a dampener on the season so far, yeah. i think it s a shame. itjust puts you off and obviously we ve just got the programme, i we paid for expensive seats, get the programme, and the programme is wrong because obviously it s got one of the young lads in it who s . unable to play. while the sport s stars will try to provide some much needed light this week, for as long as the biggest corruption investigation in snooker s history is ongoing, there will remain a persistent shadow. laura scott, bbc news
compared to last year, when covid badly affected trading, it s an optimistic picture, numbers are up. however, footfall hasn t recovered to what it was before the pandemic. it s 30% lower than it was on boxing day 2019, so it is significantly lower. but we mustn t forget that there is a train strike. and it s also attached obviously to the cost of living crisis, people are a bit more cautious. these days, not all retailers open on boxing day. some started their sales well before christmas, and more and more customers choose to buy online. but for this big shopping centre in liverpool, it s still a crucial week. cost of living pressures are expected to put a dampener on spending, but the manager of this store is optimistic. i think people are now looking into what they re buying a lot more than what they used to be, but we are still trading quite well. there s a lot of retailers when you look around, you actually see a large amount of people around spending money as well. after a tricky
cost of living pressures are expected to put a dampener on spending, but the manager of this store is optimistic. i think people are now looking into what they re buying a lot more than what they used to be, but we are still trading quite well. there s a lot of retailers when you look around, you actually see a large amount of people around spending money as well. after a tricky year, retailers hope that the big discounts can draw in much needed customers. katy austin, bbc news. and let s show you some pictures from prague now, where hundreds of winter swimmers have braved the chilly waters of the vltava river for the annual boxing day swimming races. the water temperature this year was around 5 degrees celsius. that s 41 degrees fahrenheit. this boxing day winter swim is held in honour of albert nikodem a prague goldsmith who popularised winter swimming in what was then czechoslovakia in the 1920s. there is plenty more of all the
shops so far are the shops have started giving sales maybe a bit earlier than usual that s what we heard but there are still quite a few discounts. a company that tracks how many people are out at shopping destinations says compared to last year, when covid badly affected trading, it s an optimistic picture, numbers are up. however, footfall hasn t recovered to what it was before the pandemic. it s 30% lower than it was on boxing day 2019, so it is significantly lower. but we mustn t forget that there is a train strike. and it s also attached obviously to the cost of living crisis, people are a bit more cautious. these days, not all retailers open on boxing day. some started their sales well before christmas, and more and more customers choose to buy online. but for this big shopping centre in liverpool, it s still a crucial week. it s very important for retailers and ourselves. boxing day gives the retailers the chance to clear some of that stock that they perhaps didn t sell befo