today at 5pm. condemnation after another atrocity in ukraine. ukrainian officials say 50 people were killed and 300 injured after a rocket hit a train station in the eastern city of kramatorsk. thousands were there at the time. this is a war crime indiscriminately to attack civilians and russia s crimes in ukraine will not go unnoticed or unpunished. meanwhile, the home secretary, priti patel, apologises for what she called the frustrating delays in the uk s visa schemes for ukrainian refugees. we ll speak to the shadow home secretary yvette cooper in this programme uk was sent off further £100 million worth of high grade military
visa schemes like seasonal workers scheme for agriculture will now be allowed to bring over extended members of theirfamily allowed to bring over extended members of their family from ukraine as well which will bring a few thousand more people into the scope of the scheme, but i expect priti patel to be in parliament in the next couple of hours and i think she will potentially get a rough ride from the opposition and from her own backbenchers because concern about the speed of the system and just how difficult it is for people to operate is definitely mounting. one thing that will not change though is that the government is insisting will still require these biometric details from everyone so people will have to go to a centre and get the fingerprints taken to get access to the uk. 4 ., . , the uk. and i think the armed forces minister was the uk. and i think the armed forces minister was axed the uk. and i think the armed forces minister was axed with the uk. and i think th
and for the first time, in some areas where there is the biggest battle for workers, they will be offering £1000 signing on bonuses for these temps to make sure they get all their parcels out. experts reckon there is going to be even more parcels this christmas than last, and that could come at a cost. we are seeing carriers having to look at potentially adding i i surcharges, in terms of delivery. surcharges, to consumers in order to pay for the staff that they need i to have on their books for this l christmas to meet that peak demand. more people are needed than ever before in this fast growing part of logistics. the government says it will not introduce visa schemes for any other sector facing staff shortages. the pressure is now on to deliver for christmas. emma simpson, bbc news. an off duty nurse has
the economy have been seeking similar arrangements to deal with the shortage of workers. our political correspondent is in westminster, bring us up to date with the story. we westminster, bring us up-to-date with the story- westminster, bring us up-to-date with the story. we have been putting in calls to various with the story. we have been putting in calls to various different in calls to various different government sources for the past 24 hours in meetings have been taking place in lots of calls from within the hospitality industry and 65 businesses a letter to the government in yesterday s financial times calling for new fresh visa schemes similar to the ones that were announced on the weekend around 5,000 hgv drivers and other poultry workers are coming into the uk from overseas starting from next month for strictly period and for different labour shortages and as far as far as this government sources are concerned, that is it. in terms of those visa schemes in particular ind
introduce visa schemes for any other sector facing staff shortages. the pressure is now on to deliver for christmas. emma simpson, bbc news. potential staffing shortages came as the company did report a strong set of results. i m joined by a reporter. bad news on the runway but good news on the other way. some ha iness good news on the other way. some happiness for good news on the other way. some happiness for the good news on the other way. some happiness for the high good news on the other way. ”he happiness for the high street for once, as you can say. and it has been pretty tough time but we had those results in the fashion and a pretty strong set and see look at the numbers, the tax profits were up 16% compared to 2019 levels. it may not suppression that a lot of this was driven by online revenues and this had 52% compared to other pandemic levels and many are