more normal have been replaced by a realisation that covid will be around for much longer than we first thought. its impact on how we live and how we work has been far more significant than feared and our social lives and shopping habits in our travel plans all changed by this pandemic. and now we are learning to live with this virus, but learning to live with it and its consequences will be harder, the lostjobs and the rising prices, and a big covid bill still to pay. getting back to where we were will take time and the big question is, just how long will it take? since the pandemic began last year, the whole united kingdom. the start of 2021, it was not a happy new year. but we now have a new variant of the virus. we must therefore go into a national lockdown which is tough enough to contain this variant. that means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. a rise in cases plunged the country back into a national lockdown. shops are bars and restaurants
thank you for your company during the course of today. now on bbc news, review 2021, the business year. ben thompson reflects on how the uk economy, businesses and jobs have changed amidst the coronavirus pandemic and in the wake of brexit. 2021 has, for many people, been a long and difficult year. a year of change and uncertainty. and worry about lives and livelihoods and jobs and prospects. and early hopes of a return to something more normal have been replaced by a realisation that covid will be around for much longer than we first thought. its impact on how we live and how we work has been far more significant than feared. 0ur social lives, shopping habits and our travel plans all changed by this pandemic. and now, we are learning to live with this virus, but learning to live with its consequences will be harder the lostjobs and the rising prices, and a big covid bill still to pay. getting back to where we were will take time and the question is, just how long will it t
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a tax cut to bankers or indeed to reduce air passenger duty on domestic flights when we should be encouraging people to use trains for those journeys. tension over post brexit fishing rights in the channel as france says it s detained a british boat caught fishing in french waters without a licence. the uk s chief scientific advisor says plans to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees are an urgent call for action on climate change. 1.5 is achievable but not achievable without 1.5 is achievable but not achievable without significant action and reduction in emissions over the period reduction in emissions over the period until 2030. police in the united states investigating the accidental killing of a cinematographer on a film set in new mexico say they believe the gun used by the actor alec baldwin contained a live round. and britain s newest polar research ship the rrs sir david attenborough prepares to set sail for its maiden voyage to antarctica. good morning and
in the wake of the first world war. the 1921 census is finally about to be published. hello. the weapon fired by actor alec baldwin on a film set in new mexico last week contained a live round that killed crew member halyna hutchins. the santa fe s county sheriff s office investigating the cinematographer s death said today they have recovered that bullet from the shoulder of directorjoel souza, who was also wounded. three weapons and 500 rounds of ammunition have also been recovered from the set, some of which the sheriff suspects are further live rounds. sophie long sent this report from santa fe. it is now nearly a week since 42 year old halyna hutchins was shot dead whilst she was doing herjob. this is believed to be the last photograph of her alive on the set of rust. she s in the blue coat and headphones. you can see alec baldwin beyond the camera. he was holding the gun that discharged the fatal shot and severely injured directorjoel souza. we believe that we have in o