a precious cargo hasjust arrived from london. each of these nest boxes contains two or three hazel dormice. these volunteers at calke abbey are taking them to their new woodland home. there we are. all right. dormice can catch bugs from humans, hence the gloves and masks. ian white has a special dormouse handling licence. so welcome to your new home. welcome to derbyshire. so this is twiglet who s the first of the dormice who s going to see his new home. he s got a partner. that s flora. she s still in a box around the corner. she s a little bit shy, but hopefully by the end of the day,
125,000 if it goes five days. and all of the cakes have been baked for the hospitality service. they grow their own lettuces and strawberries here as well. very self sufficient! what excellent trivia, mike! he always has good trivia. excellent, i like that. we will see you later. 6.45. we are talking about working from home which became the norm during the pandemic for obvious reasons, there were restrictions. and then work offices and workplaces were urged to become more flexible because so many people found it easier to work from home with flexible living. hannah has taken a look at this because i think many people assumed that as soon as the pandemic was over people would be dashing back to the office, the office buildings, workplaces, wanting to have a chat but not necessarily the case. hot necessarily the case. not necessarily necessarily the case. not necessarily the necessarily the case. not necessarily the case -
necessarily the case. not necessarily the case at i necessarily the case. iirrt necessarily the case at all and finish early fridays, another thing some employers are offering now because they are so desperate to fill vacancies, they want to get people wishing early on a friday which is another thing people are keen to see. let s take a look. the way people work has changed. before lockdown, just one in eight people reported that they were able to work from a home office. but of course offices became empty once the pandemic struck during the week in the first half of 2020. and based on the latest information, some of that has continued. four out of ten people now do some work from home, often with friday being the day not to come in. so which works better the office or home? our business correspondent emma simpson has been finding out. lunchtime at a0 hq in bolton. lunchtime at a0.com hq in bolton. it s buzzing, just how the boss likes it.
yes, i m actually more productive at home than i am in the office. it s beneficial for the firm. it s beneficial for us. and i just think the world has hugely changed. not everyone can work from home. freya s managing it, but the debate is hotting up on how hybrid working is playing out. emma simpson, bbc news, nottingham. so is your boss trying to get you to come into the office? or have you got a perfect work life balance being able to do both? we d love to hear how you work now. you can scan the qr code and it will start a chat with us. you can also get in touch by e mail and on twitter. there is also debate about what careers can be chosen by young people, can they work from home, will they have to go into city centres? but it is too soon to fully
are you heading to the office this morning or working from home? research shows more of us are taking a flexible approach to ourjobs but is it working? i ll take a look. good morning from edgbaston where the most anticipated ashes series in years gets under way in just a few hours. can england s new style of test cricket led by ben stokes beat australia in a series for the first time since 2015 and win back the famous urn? for many today, grey clouds will gather this weekend and many could see sundry rain. i will have the full forecast right here. it s friday, the 16th ofjune. the families of all three victims