there s a few hours left but is any festive cheer for retailers this year? after covid, brexit and chain disruptions, have shoppers got what they need? disruptions, have shoppers got what the need? ., talk of a player strike in the premier league. manager pep guardiola says the threat might make football authorities listen to players over their welfare. ready for launch the space telescope that could change our understanding of the universe. good morning. if you re heading out early, watch out for fog. there good morning. if you re heading out early, watch out forfog. there is some dense patches around. today s forecast is cloudy with patchy light rain. with snow flurries mostly on higher ground and heavier rain coming in from the south west through the day. i will have all the details later on in the programme. good morning. it s christmas eve, friday 24th december. our main story. covid vaccination clinics will remain open tomorrow and throughout the holiday weekend, as t
it has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. right now in certain regions of the country, 50% of the isolates are omicron, which means it s going to take over. so here s some of the good news. so far, data shows that cases of omicron may be less severe, especially and this is important for those who are vaccinated and boosted. get those three shots. but hospitals are already stressed. in ohio, more than 1,000 members of the national guard have been dispatched to help nurses and doctors deliver care. the demand for covid tests is spiking as well with hours-long lines at some sites. the latest surge in infections has been canceling some sporting events, live shows, holiday parties, but other things are going on and the tsa says that air travel is up by nearly double from a year ago. new york state the original epicenter you ll remember of this virus back in 2020 is reporting a third straight day of record cases, that is they haven t seen anything this high throu
passed so they don t snap victory from the jaws of defeat. or defeat from the jaws of victory. it s the craziest thing. they re in power, they can get this through. there should be some compromising as there always is, and, listen, meet somewhere, do some things, do what the alligator guy did. get it together, people. that guy has seven daughters. we said the same thing. as i was rushing up to get here, that was the last thing i heard you say. he said, i have seven daughters, and i said, seven daughters. as soon as i said that, you said, seven daughters? that s the heroic thing he s done in his life. he said, this thing is not going to be around my kids, and then he released it, which was probably a better lesson to the kids than him even capturing it in the first place. but it is an interesting dynamic. i ve never seen the likes of it with the democrats. this will be an historic achievement no matter what the number is. and i wonder if they get that? it s also, i b
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