Christmas is nearly here and theres still a bit of time left to get last minute gifts before the holiday begins. But how much are we spending on it all . Lets take a look. Research by the bank of england has found that during the christmas period, a typical uk household spends around £800 on top of its usual spending. So thats around 1050. That figure also happens to be about the same amount spent per person in the us according to the National Retail federation. Taken together, americans are expected to spend around 730 billion over the Holiday Season this year, which is an increase on previous years. In the us, more than half of shoppers 56 say they prefer to shop online, with amazon and walmart looking to benefit. Meanwhile, there is a similar figure in the uk 54 who say they prefer to shop in bricks and mortar stores. Toymakers in particular have been looking forward to the festive season. But many firms are wary of what Impact Global trade tensions could have on their businesses.
Shocking story on the front page of the times, of goings on within britains prisons. It is talking about the fact that there are probably a lot of, sort of influence and conversion to islamic extremism in prisons, and it follows of the back of a review in 2016 looking at how this could be approached, and pa rt how this could be approached, and part of the problem, when i was looking at this, is we havent had a consistent justice secretary for more than 18 months since 2015, so over the past four and a half years we have had five different secretaries, and we dont have consistency in looking to address the problem, even though this has been widely researched and there we re been widely researched and there were a whole suite of recommendations made in 2016, but it will clearly be a growing problem, and prisons will be a natural cultivating ground for extremism, and views of every type because of the close contact, the close quarters, and how disenfranchised people will be feeling within
Spending your money this year. Good morning from Blenheim Palace and youre listening to the oxford gospel event choir. Alice in the palace here, some wet weather but mild compared to as of late. More details later. Its monday, december 23rd. Our top story there are calls for a government inquiry into racism in football. Its after the Chelsea Player, Antonio Rudiger, complained of racist chanting during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. Heres our sports correspondent, andy swiss. It was a day english football was once again overshadowed by racism. Chelseas Antonio Rudiger clearly showing hed heard abuse from the crowd an hour into his teams game against tottenham. He informed his captain, who in turn told the referee, and after he spoke to both managers, for the first time in the premier league, a warning was made over the public address system, twice repeate
That has already also been lost. At this point in time, the Opposition Labor Party says, we might go foran Opposition Labor Party says, we might go for an election but not just yet. What they want is for the bill to pass. That will take and no deal brexit of the table and then maybe they would go for the election. Its really interesting. The way things can be perceived. Supporters of Boris Johnson the way things can be perceived. Supporters of borisjohnson would say the decision to kick out members of his party who rebelled against his government, it shows a sign of strength, that is not going to tolerate that sort of rebellion. Others would say its too much and he has harmed, hes lost his majority even more than the one defection. We will find out if there really has been damaged to the party oi really has been damaged to the party or not. Its likely the 21 mps that could now face d selection will be replaced by candidates who will be ha rd replaced by candidates who will be hard brex
As the death toll rises to 20. The weather gets in the way of the first day of the fourth ashes test. But not even a stray beach ball could stop steve smith, as he helps australia into a strong start at old trafford. The wind will not be quite as strong today there. But also it will be a dry day by and large with few showers around. The full forecast here on brea kfast. Its thursday september 5. Our top story another night of drama here in westminster. The bill designed to stop a no deal brexit could become law on monday after the government announced it will complete its passage through the lords by the end of tomorrow. Labour rejected borisjohnsons plea for an earlier election saying they will only agree to go to the country once the legislation has been passed. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Chris mason. What do we know now . The house of lords were discussing until 20 minutes past one. Some even turned up minutes past one. Some even turned up with blankets expe