that britain and the eu finally managed to seal the trade and cooperation agreement that now governs most post brexit trade. a year on, our economics editor faisal islam has been speaking to a number of business owners. a battle of wills, a precision wrestle. at times during the first year of the post brexit trade deal it has felt like the uk and the eu have not stopped the fight. but it s exporters, such as thisjudo equipment and video producer in bristol, feel like they are the ones left on the floor. rubbish. it is bad on every level and i would like someone to say to me there was some kind of upside but there isn t one. overall, uk exports to the eu are down 12% in the first ten months of the year on pre pandemic levels in 2019. uk imports from the eu are down further, 20% on that year. some of both these numbers is down to the pandemic as well. in addition, eu figures show tariffs have been paid on over £10 billion of british exports to the eu over the past year. this m
is likely to increase as many of the passengers have severe burns. and the queen is expected to give a very personal christmas message this year, her first since the death of her husband prince philip. the annual broadcast was recorded last week, before the queen s decision to stay in windsor castle because of concerns about the pandemic. now on bbc news, injanuary, something very strange happened on the us stock market. the shares of gamestop, an unfashionable high street games store, suddenly went through the roof and kept rising. james clayton met the investors who made a fortune trading from their bedrooms, the tech supremos who were watching on astonished and the hedge fund giants who are now nursing their losses. there s this narrative that this was a david and goliath story. it was all of these hedge funds, like yours, against the people and the people won. i ll put it this way. if a five year old walked into this room right now, i could probably kick his ass. if 1,0
a year ago theatres in england closed their doors because of the pandemic. in that time the theatre world has lost income of around 200 million pounds. many theatre workers are freelancers and a quarter of them have gone out of business. our arts editor will gompertz has spoken to four performers who ve had to change jobs to make ends meet. music: there s no business like showbusiness theatre, one of the great success stories of britain s creative industries but this time last year the bright lights of the west end went dark. theatreland s professionals suddenly found themselves unemployed and needing a plan b. i am a freelance and as well as the show, i also do a range of other kinds of playing such as concerts and recording sessions and tourism things like that. as well as the show closing, all of that went up in smoke. so all of your income has disappeared? yes, exactly. these guys here were looking for an extra pair of hands and they kindly agreed to take me on. in fact
petrol or diesel car, would you be prepared to swap it for a bike or take the bus instead 7 a scheme s begun in coventry where people can hand their vehicles over to be recycled in exchange for credit to spend on more sustainable modes of transport. our business correspondent katy austin has the details. it s the end of the road for this car. it was sent here deliberately by its former owner. but why? let s reverse a few days. we met mohammed, who owned that 15 year old diesel for four years. after, you know, the lockdown has kicked in, i have been mainly working from home, five days a week. so, i m not using the car as much. he decided tojoin a trial in coventry. owners of cars over ten years old can give them up and get cash for other forms of travel. they are offering £3000 worth of credits, which you can use to travel by bus, train, taxi. authorities in the west midlands are behind this scheme, using funding from a government grant. the idea is to get 250 cars off the