i never thought of before. how do we get out of here? if we have to get out somewhere other than where we came in, and i don t think we thought about our grocery stores that way before. you know, i was thinking along the same lines when i was reading the initial eyewitness accounts yesterday, before we really knew the full scale of what had happened. people talked about finding the ways to the staff areas of the floor, off the floor, people running through the stock areas and jumps off the loading docks. to try to get away yesterday, and reading those eyewitness accounts yesterday, i realized, i worked stocking shelves. i have been in those sorts of places in stores. but in a panic, would you know to do that? would i have my wits about me? we shouldn t have to think about these things in civilian life. that is how we have to live as americans. the political system is broken. yeah, we have to think about all the different things wherever we go, and the list of places we ha
along the same lines when i was reading the initial eyewitness accounts yesterday, before we really knew the full scale of what had happened. people talked about finding the ways to the staff areas of the floor, off the floor, people running through the stock areas and jumping off the loading docks to try to get away yesterday, and reading those eyewitness accounts yesterday, i realized, i worked stocking shelves. i have been in those sorts of places in stores. but in a panic, would i know to do that? would i have my wits about me? we shouldn t have to think about these things in civilian life. that is how we have to live as americans. in part because our political system is broken. yeah, we have to think about all the different things wherever we go, and the list of places we have to worry about expands. it constantly expands. yeah. indeed. thanks. thank you, rachel. thank you. well, american mass murder came to the grocery store yesterday. and now we know, when we e
good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the government is due to formally announce a visa scheme that will make it easier for foreign drivers to work in the uk. details of the plan will be set out tomorrow. it s expected the temporary plan will allow visas for about 5,000 drivers to tackle the hgv driver shortage, which has led to supply problems at some petrol stations and other businesses. the road haulage association estimates that the uk is short of about 100,000 hgv drivers in total with existing shortages made worse by a number of factors, including the pandemic and brexit. here s our business correspondent, katy austin. people have been told not to panic buy, there is no shortage of fuel itself. but again this morning, there were queues at petrol stations. absolute mayhem, nobody can get past, nobody can get in. eg group, which operates 400 sites, has set a £30 per customer limit. the initial problems experienced by bp were due to a shortage of lorry drivers. it is tho
good afternoon. the government will set out tomorrow more details of a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the uk. it comes after a frustrating day for some motorists, with queues and congestion around some petrol stations following a disruption to fuel deliveries because of a shortage of hauliers. the visa scheme could bring in around 5,000 drivers, but the haulage industry says it needs 100,000. here s katy austin. people have been told not to panic buy, there is no shortage of fuel itself. but again today, motorists were queueing at petrol stations. in some areas, there s been traffic chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i m not going to make it. people have half a tank and they are going in there to fill up. three hours, it is ridiculous. you pass these two petrol stations, go up the road and it s the same again. i m on red and i need to get petrol asap. eg group, which operates 400 sites, has set a £30 per customer limit. the