happened over the last couple - of years. i have had a lot of- brides have to postpone. and they have been pushed back and pushed back. - and now we are coming into spring, which is peak wedding season, i m dealing with all the, - all the postponements, as well as my normal spring. so i m maybe up to two or three weddings a week, which - is quite a push. i don t expect much sleep before the end of may! i it s been unsettling for many and a relief for those when the wedding finally happens. it s probably something if we are both honest in the beginning we didn t want. we never would have planned to do this in the same year, we kind of wanted our separate moment. but i think definitely having two very different weddings has made it even nicer, because it is very different. and the south west is having its own moment as people want to get married in such a beautiful place. i think we don t always appreciate what s on our doorstep and people from out of county obviously see this a very d
to just telling us with a week s notice that weddings could go ahead is why they didn t all the wedding season s just begun and with it a boost. so there is probably another 10,000, 15,000 due on top of those. couples have come from as far afield as canada to marry here in this beautiful setting. we have got some days, where we have got two or the three weddings, but actually that s very unusual, we try not to do that, because we want each wedding to be very special to that couple. so we will say to them, we have got these already, so choose another day and actually that works really well. so, it sounds like there is the demand? 0h, definitely, yes, yeah, there is. that demand means wedding suppliers have a lot on their plate and juggling clients isn t always a piece of cake. so, it sounds like there is the demand? i m still catching. up with the backlog of all of postponements that have
within a few weeks, the nursery voluntarily closed itself down. meanwhile, the police investigation into oliver s death is ongoing. josie hannett, bbc south east today. the weddings sector is worth an estimated 1.5 billion to the economy of south west england and this summer it s seeing a boom. thousands of weddings are due to go ahead after many couples had to repeatedly delay their plans because of covid restrictions. despite the rise in the cost of living, there are plenty of brides and grooms not prepared to put off their big day any further. clare woodling has been speaking to suppliers getting ready for the rush. the wedding season s just begun and with it a boost. while curbs were were cut last year, the industry s working with a backlog of postponed events. summer weddings are always popular, but now there are deferred celebrations in the mix too. it means a bumper run for many suppliers who have had a lean couple of years. weddings have a ramp up time
date for the first time in three years following cancellations and postponements due to the coronavirus pandemic. the finish to the women s race was one of the most dramatic in years with the lead changing six times in the final mile. eventually the olympic and new york marathon champion from kenya peresjepchirchir got the better of ethiopia s ababel yeshana to claim the victory in a time of two hours, 20 one minutes and one second. britain s charlotte purdue was ninth. there was much less drama in the 126th men s race which was also won by a kenyan, evans chebet in a time of two hours, six minutes and 51 seconds. it s his first major marathon win, his previous best was fourth in london last year. there was late drama in the nba last night as boston celtics beat the brooklyn nets by a point jayson tatum scored on the buzzer
they have now postponed nine more games yesterday. so what s their reasoning? the nhl s initial decision to pause the season was because of the spread of the virus around the league. these latest postponements about economics and a lack of fans in the stands. eight of the nine games postponed yesterday and a vast majority of those caught up since play restarted this week have involved canadian teams where fan attendance has been capped after stricter guidelines were put in place a few weeks ago. as it stands 91 games have been postponed so far this season. the plan is to play those games later in the season when hopefully restrictions are lifted. as for the games that are being played, the winter classic is today, blues and wild playing outdoors in minneapolis. forecast has temperatures at minus 5 at game time with wind chills at minus 20 which would make the coldest nhl game, outdoor game, in history. that s on our sister channel tnt. they re even going to have to heat the ice at ga