we can t wake up in 20 years with 2 million andrew tates. teenage girls tell the bbc how they were contacted online by the influencer andew tate and his brother. and fright night on sea how southend is becoming something of a global capital for amateur horror movies. 0n the bbc news channel, britain s number one is knocked out of the australian open, beaten in the third round by a rising star. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than 50 countries have been meeting today to discuss sending aid, and weapons, to ukraine. there have been pledges of missiles, armour and combat vehicles, but the allies weren t able to agree on sending heavy tanks, that ukraine s government says it needs to break the deadlock in the war. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have. german made leopard 2 tanks, as part of hopes for hundreds of weste
definitely. we did a big thing this year where we only bought one present for one person. here s the real christmas story today on retail sales. this line shows our spending over the last three years. but look at this line, showing how much we bought. there s a big gap now. 0n the whole, we are spending more but buying less. 2022 saw the biggest annual drop in volumes on record. some of the trading updates have obviously been really positive with some of the bigger retailers. but i think what these figures are telling us is that consumers are voting with how tight they are feeling that pound in the pocket is at the moment. so, i think they are actually really reluctant to spend it, as they feel the very real pressures of not only inflation rates that we ve seen, but also the cost of living crisis that is pressing very hard on consumers at the moment. we did hit the shops. they had a bounce back over christmas, helped by postal strikes hitting online sales. the boss of this jewelry chai
And we’re back! You may have noticed we skipped a month, but rest assured the Climate Commitment Act Implementation Group’s (CCA) work never stops! In fact,