and millions like her is that things are predicted to get worse. two and a half million people are being moved off their old benefits from today, onto universal credit a process which will be complicated to navigate and could leave some worse off. then there s the national insurance rise and tax changes. the problem has reached such a scale now, the problem has reached such a scale now. that the problem has reached such a scale now. that we the problem has reached such a scale now, that we cannot knowjust leave this to now, that we cannot knowjust leave this to food now, that we cannot knowjust leave this to food banks. we really need somem this to food banks. we really need somem if this to food banks. we really need some. if you imagine the boat is sinking some. if you imagine the boat is sinking from some. if you imagine the boat is sinking from many families. emergency food parcels are kind of like a emergency food parcels are kind of like a bail emergency foo
in the past six months. the trust s figures show it provided more than 280,000 emergency food parcels to families in london in the last year, up by almost 40% compared to the year before the pandemic. it said parents are skipping meals and going without heating to afford the internet so their children can do their homework. it was one of the worst roller coaster disasters in history when the big dipper at battersea park crashed in 1972, killing five children. now 50 years on, survivors say the tragedy has been forgotten and are calling for a permanent memorial at the site of the ride. my hope is that it will stop being the forgotten accident of battersea, and be something that people acknowledge was a terrible tragedy and a terrible loss of young life. wandsworth council said a memorial tree will be planted and a further memorial could be installed in the future. a new study s being carried out
i m alice salfield. the food bank charity the trussell trust says there s been a dramatic increase in demand in the past six months. figures show it provided more than 280,000 emergency food parcels to londoners in the past year up by almost 40% compared to the year before the pandemic. the trust says it s seen parents skipping meals and going without heating to be able to afford the internet so their children can do their homework. it is one of the worst roller coaster disasters in history when the big dipper at battersea park crashed in 1972, killing five children. now, 50 years on, survivors say the tragedy has been forgotten and are calling for a permanent memorial at the site of the ride. my hope is that it will stop being the forgotten accident of battersea, and be something that people acknowledge was a terrible tragedy and a terrible loss of young life. wandsworth council said a memorial tree will be planted and a further memorial could be installed
will go to the trussell trust food banks, and the single features appearances from a few well known faces as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn! # it s christmas time. two of music s biggest names helping ladbaby cover one of their songs and helping him make history with his fourth christmas number one in a row. it s amazing that once again the great british public have backed us this year and our song and raised an incredible amount of money and shone a light on the trussel trust and the food banks of the uk. and just thank you, i genuinely can t believe that we ve been able to do it again, it s incredible! the trussel trust s network of food banks provides thousands of emergency food parcels every day to people living in crisis. they ll receive all the profits from the single, something that started back in 2018 when ladbaby and his wife had the idea of giving
we set you up a box on the end of the tables. ed sheeran and lad baby, an unlikely christmas collaboration. some macaroni. the waveney food bank in suffolk distributed almost 12,000 emergency food parcels last year. so some extra help from the christmas number one contenders is very much appreciated. here we go. for three years in a row, lad baby s sausage roll themed songs have topped the charts at christmas raising money forfood banks. this year, there is all start support. ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn. no pressure. the two musical heavyweights helped give their current number one single, merry christmas, a pastry snack makeover. # it s christmas time # sausage rolls and wine # we ll have a good time # and a merry christmas.# well, it came about because ed messaged us last year on instagram. yeah, i. well, what i love about christmas is