let s start here in the uk, where chancellor rishi sunak has set out a £1 billion fund to help businesses hit by the rise in covid cases. pubs, restaurants and theatres have welcomed the new government grants. under the plans, hospitality and leisure firms can apply for grants of up to £6,000 per premises. but others, including beauty salons and nightclubs, say the package is merely scratching the surface. the national hair and beauty federation said, in response to the latest funding, that over 70% of salons are experiencing unprecedented cancellations which will have a huge impact on their turnover. it s also not clear whether they can apply for financial assistance. let s talk this through with lesley blair, chief executive of the british association of beauty therapy and cosmetology. a warm welcome to the programme. do you know yet whether you are able to access the billion pound funding? unfortunately not. by looking at it and quite in depth, i do believe we have nothi
i ve been here about nearly 41 years. probably spent more time here than at home. me sister only works down the bottom of the line. she puts your pockets on, me sister. me niece danielle works in the warehouse. daughter georgia works over there. people say, why don t you go to london? . and i said i wouldn t give up my | geordie girls, i really wouldn t.| they are fantastic. you know now that the clothing trade has gone in this area, and it s not like it was years and years ago. it s something that ll disappear and you ll not be able to get it back. i ve definitely got the hardest job. well, i wouldn t say that. are you coming for tea tonight? yes, i think i am, yes. yeah, we ll walk the dog, won t we? i m going to text dad and tell him to get me washing line or even grab it for us. i get a text message every day at like seven minutes past seven saying that she s on the bridge and she ll be like literally in me street. she s just me best friend. she s always at my house, i m
in the anglican church, condemns uk government plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda. now, we are england. when i came in this factory, i was absolutely gobsmacked at what everyone was doing, how loud it was, crazy. it s nice when you see the finished product coming off the line. you see celebrities in them and you think we ve made them. i ve been here about nearly 41 years. probably spent more time here than at home. me sister only works down the bottom of the line. she puts your pockets on, me sister. me niece danielle works in the warehouse. daughter georgia works over there. people say, why don t you go to london? . and i said i wouldn t give up my | geordie girls, i really wouldn t.| they are fantastic. you know now that the clothing trade has gone in this area, and it s not like it was years and years ago. it s something that ll disappear and you ll not be able to get it back. i ve definitely got the hardest job. well, i wouldn t say that. are you coming for tea tonigh
and events costs are set to climb higher through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024, due to inflationary pressures. joining me now is suzanne neufang, who s the ceo of the global business travel association. welcome, good morning. is this a surprise? it s been awhile since pandemic now. i a surprise? it s been awhile since pandemic now.- a surprise? it s been awhile since pandemic now. i wish it were. since pandemic now. i wish it were- but since pandemic now. i wish it were. but in since pandemic now. i wish it were. but in short-term - since pandemic now. i wish it - were. but in short-term memory, were. but in short term memory, just a year ago we were still really from omicron variant s. so we did expect last year that it would be a slower recovery so we were delighted at this time time last a great deal of this you will show another 32%. we added last year at about a trillion us dollars and we should get about 1.4 trillion as you say by the end of 2024. are there a
and there s a difference that happens. in sport, jordan spieth leads the open championship. prince george at four a new official portrait is released to mark his birthday. good morning, it s looking like ace sunshine and showers we can for most of us, sunday probably looking like the better day of the two. all the details in 15 minutes. good morning. first our main story. almost 1,000 children are being forced into temporary accommodation every month because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. the local government association says the number has increased by a third in three years. it wants more powers to build what are described as genuinely affordable homes . 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports councils say more than 900 children, what they describe as the equivalent of a secondary school, are becoming homeless each month. in total, they say more than 120,000 children and their families are being supported in tempo