approval to be released. right there is another conspiracy theory. i guarantee you. that is a book. just want to bring you a bit of breaking news because rescue teams in malaysia say as many as 100 people may have been trapped following a landslide at a campsite. it happened about forty miles from kuala lumpur, at batang kali. officials say more than 30 people have been rescued so far. it s being reported that landslip about an acre in size fell onto the campers. rescue efforts are still ongoing, and we ll bring you more details when we have them. it s been called the new winter of discontent in the uk. workers have been going on strike across multiple industries in the run up to christmas and the new year. in recent weeks, rail workers, airport staff and postal employees have all walked off the job. they re angry about pay and working conditions. that s meant fewer trains,
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age uk told us that there just aren t enough people doing this job, like social care generally. it s a vital service in these cold and challenging times. guy lynn, bbc london. for many small independent retailers the run up to christmas can be make or break time. exeter chamber of commerce says there are mixed messages from the high street with visitor numbers up but spending down. kevin hay has been to exeter to talk to some independent shop keepers and shoppers about how the cost of living crisis is impacting their christmas plans. stocking up for christmas. chris harper runs a specialist beer shop on fore street. he says sales are down by around 30% on last year. 2021 was was really good. i think still coming, the bounce back from covid was in effect. but this year, this year has been a lot harder than any of the covid years.
0ur employment correspondent zoe conway is at one of the busiest sorting offices in the country. i m at mount pleasant in north london, the biggest sorting office in the uk. workers here who are members of the cwu union are staging their 13th day of strike action. there will also be another five days of strike action between now and christmas, on the 11th, 14th, 15th, 23rd and 24th of december. 115,000 workers will be walking out and because of this disruption royal mail has brought forward final christmas posting dates to the 12th of december for second class, christmas posting dates to the 12th of decemberfor second class, and the 16th of december for first class. i have been spending the morning talking to people out on the picket line and also here in the sorting office about how they are trying to cope with all this christmas post.
police in bangladesh say two leaders of the main opposition party have been charged with inciting attacks on the police. mirza fakhrul islam alamgir and mirza abbas were questioned in connection with clashes with police on wednesday. you are watching bbc news. more than a hundred thousand postal workers have begun a fresh wave of strikes in the run up to christmas, in a long running dispute over pay and conditions. the walk outs will hit deliveries across the uk, with people being urged to post their christmas cards and parcels earlier than usual. further strikes are planned this month, including on the 23rd and 24th and the cwu union is preparing to ballot over more action injanuary. 0ur employment correspondent zoe conway reports. in parliament square, striking postal workers are calling on the chief executive of royal mail, simon thompson, to resign.