Says the boss of the clothing firm next. We will inevitably and have already reduced the number of people working in our shops. And i expect that to continue over the coming five or six years as the demand for retail goes down. But we are taking on people in our call centre, we are training new recruits in our call centres and warehouses. As royal finances are hit by the pandemic, new figures show harry and meghans last royal visit cost almost a quarter of a Million Pounds. And a warning from shops to stuff your christmas stockings early as more people than ever are expected to buy online. A Police Officer has been shot dead at a Custody Centre in croydon in south london by a man who was being detained. It is thought the suspect was searched at the Custody Centre, before producing a weapon and firing it at an officer. Its understood he then turned the gun on himself. The officer, who has not yet been identified, was treated at the scene but later died in hospital of gunshot wounds. The
And it is a cold start to 2021. 7 in parts of wiltshire. Will things warm up . Full forecast here. Good morning. Its friday, the 1st ofjanuary. Our top story. As most people across the uk seem to have heeded calls to stay at home on new years eve, some hospitals in london and the south east of england say they are now under extreme pressure because of rising coronavirus cases. They say some seriously ill patients are being moved to intensive care units in other parts of the country, as our health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. Like several major hospitals in the capital, University College london has had to rapidly increase Critical Care capacity to cope with the surge in covid patients. Its caring for more than 200, with numbers rising by the day. Staff cant always provide one to one care. What were having to know do is stretch those ratios. So one intensive care nurse is finding themselves looking after two, three. In some places at the peak they were looking after four
Tribute to the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Tributes are paid to tommy docherty. The former Manchester United and scotland manager who has died at the age of 92. And in half an hours time well be taking a look back at some of the people whose lives we celebrated over the past year in we remember. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. A new era has begun for the United Kingdom, after completing its formal separation from the european union, leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union at the end of the brexit transition period. Under the new arrangements, there will be no import taxes on goods crossing between britain and the continent. The government has warned there will be some disruption in the coming weeks as new rules bed in for travel, trade, immigration and security co operation. Borisjohnson said the uk had freedom in our hands and the ability to do things differently and better. This report from jessica parker. Big ben chimes. Big ben marking the hour last nig
The Park Rapids City Council on May 14 received its first public report on the Armory Arts & Events Center since taking possession of the facility in May 2022.