unfortunately at the moment, there s about 10% of the stores every day that we can t deliver to and at the weekend, it s worse. last saturday, there were 600 stores that we couldn t deliver milk to. that s a lot of milk. that s a lot of milk and it s very worrying for customers when they go into shops and it s notjust milk, it s an industry issue it s worrying for customers when they go into shops and find that the shelves are empty. what do you want to see happen here? i think it s a structural issue of a shortage of drivers in the uk, and it needs a structural solution. however, going into the summer with lots more holidays coming up, there s a short term crisis that we need to make sure that we don t have food shortages in the summer and therefore, we would like to work with the government first to recognise that it s a crisis. secondly, there s a backlog of tests for hgv drivers. we predict about 30,000 drivers are waiting to be tested. we want the government to work
in fact, this week we have announced a 2000 signing on bonus for the drivers tojoin and work on weekends. and we ve introduced an academy to make sure that we re growing the home talent, because what we really want in the long term is for british young people to come into the industry as well. how serious is this? well, i think when you re not able to supply 10% of the stores that would be expecting to get milk every day, i think that s quite worrying for a customer walking into a store and not being able to have milk for their teas and coffees, so we re taking it very seriously. so a summer of disruption, potentially? well, that s what we re trying to avoid. emma simpson speaking to arla s managing director, ash amirahmadi. now it s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello there. storm evert is producing gale force winds across some southern coasts of england and wales. we ve seen gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour in the most exposed areas. and the winds are still g
with at least one dose, and over 70% of adults who have had both doses that i consider double jab. we have a significant contingent of the population who are, let s face it, when you are younger, probably more likely to be at work or at school, more likely to be in places like public gatherings or public transport, and therefore more likely to have a bigger network of friends and contacts through which the virus could transmit. so that represents a group who, if they are vaccinated, we can significantly rein in the ability of the virus to spread, and notjust spread to other young people, of course, because some people, of course, because some people who are double vaccinated will still catch the infection and still could become seriously unwell. so we can all do our bit in order to rein it in and hopefully maintain this trend towards lower levels and therefore better control, particularly as we go into the autumn, because the thing that s really worrying a number of people, including m