miserable. the staff are doing their best to keep things miserable. the staff are doing their best to keep things normal, - miserable. the staff are doing their best to keep things normal, but it i best to keep things normal, but it is anything but that. they even have to store water now to flush the toilet. translation: it is to store water now to flush the toilet. translation: it is pretty hard, but toilet. translation: it is pretty hard. but we toilet. translation: it is pretty hard, but we will toilet. translation: it is pretty hard, but we will get toilet. translation: it is pretty hard, but we will get through. i hard, but we will get through. tonight there are no traffic lights and much of kyiv, no lights at all in large parts in the capital. russia tries to force his country into surrender, but somehow life goes on. now a look at some other stories making the news today. retail sales saw a surprise fall last month after black friday failed boost online shopping. with ho
me that they remained defiant, yes, they don t have electricity and perhaps this is the price to be paid to keep the russians away.- to keep the russians away. hugo, thank ou to keep the russians away. hugo, thank you very to keep the russians away. hugo, thank you very much. retail sales saw a surprise fall last month after black friday failed to give its expected boost to online shopping. with household budgets still under pressure from rising prices, sales volumes dropped 0.4% in november, according to official figures. they had been forecast to rise. as the cost of living crisis continues to bite, it s also making it harder for charities to provide vital support to those in need. there are concerns many may even be forced to close in the new year, because of a fall in donations and a steep rise in energy costs all of which is making it harder for charities to stay afloat, as caroline bilton reports. that s amazing. thank you so much.
this is bbc news. the headlines: empty tracks and empty stations with four out five trains cancelled leaving passengers frustrated. they need to sit down and talk to each other and stop being a pain to everyone else. meanwhile, the nurses union is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re open pay talks. three people are critically ill in hospital after a crash last night outside a concert in south london. latest government figures show rivers in england are polluted by livestock farms 300 times last year and 20 of them were major spills. retail sales saw a surprise fall
this is bbc news. the headlines: empty tracks and empty stations with four out five trains cancelled leaving passengers frustrated. they need to sit down and talk to each other and stop being a pain to everyone else. meanwhile, the nurses union is planning a fresh wave of strikes in the new year unless the uk government agrees to re open pay talks. three people are critically ill in hospital after a crash last night outside a concert in south london. latest government figures show rivers in england are polluted by livestock farms 300 times last year and 20 of them were major spills. retail sales saw a surprise fall