Over 65 are less likely to shop in sales and if they are going to go to the sales, they will go to the shops the sales, they will go to the shops the way they traditionally always have done. Younger people and those under 35, they are going to be the ones doing most of the sales shopping and they will be doing it online. Even if there are sales and transactions going through today, they are probably going through ta blets, la pto ps, they are probably going through tablets, laptops, using your mobile phone. There are people going and queueing outside. Those archive shots of people queueing up with cups of tea and having a jolly old time, that might be a time of the past. They used to be legendary queues. Brown paper on the walls. It was more of an event. As you say, sales are on all year round. Its not so special any more. Lovely to have you on the sale. On the sofar. Sofa. Hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern. Good morning, heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news.
To take wickets on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The family of a british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt says shes been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller tramadol, which is banned in egypt. She says she was carrying them for her egyptian partners back pain, and didnt realise they were illegal. Ms plummer is to appeal. We will be live with our correspondent in egypt in the next little while. The universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to warn that academic institutions must protect free speech. Hell say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. Some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, as Edward Curwen reports. Time spent at University Must open minds, not close them. Thats the view ofjojohnson, the universities minister, who wil
He hits his eighth hat trick of 2017 and breaks the record for the most premier League Goals Scored in a calendar year as tottenham thrash southampton. Englands misery continues down under. They have it all to do after david warner hits a century on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. And might bite wins the days feature race, the king george the sixth, to give trainer Nicky Henderson a big race double at kempton. Hello and welcome to sportsday. What a year its been for harry kane, his hattrick helping Tottenham Hotspur thrash southampton 5 2 at wembley today. And it sees the spurs striker breaking records both at home and across europe. Our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks was watching. Boxing day is a time when most struggle to move from our sofas, but there was no such christmas slump for harry kane. When danny rose was fouled just outside the box, Christian Eriksens ensuing free kick landed plumb on harrys head. Here goes eriksen. Its in alan shearers premier league goals r
The car he was driving was in collision with another on the a 57 in sheffield. Now it has been a memorable year in the sport from the world athletics championships to the rise to the top of world boxing for anthonyjoshua. We go on a trip through the sporting highlights of the year. Hello, and welcome along to a look back at what has been another fantastic year in sport. Yes, from the womens cricket world cup to the british and irish lions tour of new zealand and Everything Else in between. Well have it all over the next half an hour. Some huge nights across the world, and plenty of them in this stadium behind us. The world athletics and para athletics championships came to london this summer. The quickest, the strongest, the best in the business. And for us, the last chance to see some of them compete. Hes stood like a colossus over this sport for so long. The cameras trained on one man. A moment of history, they hope. One more time for mo farah. Two of the sports most iconic faces bid
Oh, theyve gone down, theyve all gone down i cant believe it christies been penalised again. Its been tough. I cant even describe how hard it was. I suffered a lot after it, in my normal life too. I had a crash at the game. I received a lot of Death Threats and online abuse from the South Koreans. It changed me as a person. You know, i lost a lot of confidence from it. But since then i have actually had a massive turnaround. Christie, the first british woman to win a short track world title people became fans and they were really sorry for how people had treated me. And actually the majority of the South Koreans really support me. I think its nice to see how much ive moved forward since then. Im a totally different skater. Ive developed so much. I dont know how ill survive if it happens again and i have a terrible olympics and i mess it up. When i go to the olympics, im hoping to win a gold medal. I definitely want it more than anything else. But at the same time, part of me does need