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a police officer is shot dead at a custody centre in south london by a man who was being detained. the unnamed officer was treated at the scene but died overnight. it's understood the suspect turned the gun on himself — he's now in a critical condition. the home secretary paid tribute. this is a sad day for our country as, once again, we see the tragic killing of a police officer in the line of duty as they are trying to protect us and keep us safe. we'll bring you all the latest from our correspondent at the scene. also this lunchtime: cardiff, swansea and llanelli are put into local lockdown from this weekend — it comes as concerns grow over the rapid increase in the number of coronavirus cases. hundreds of thousands of high street jobs may not survive because of the pandemic, says the boss of the clothing firm next.
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we will inevitably have already reduced the number of people working in our shops reduced the number of people working in ourshops and reduced the number of people working in our shops and expect that to continue over the next five or six yea rs continue over the next five or six years as the demand for retail goes down but we are taking on people in oui’ down but we are taking on people in our call centre, training new recruits and our call centres and warehousing. shoppers could face higher prices at the tills in the event of no brexit trade deal with the eu, according to a leading retail group. as royal finances are hit by the pandemic, new figures show harry and meghan‘s last royal visit cost almost a £0.25 million. and coming up on bbc news: second practice is just starting, ahead of sunday's russian grand prix. valtteri bottas was found fastest in the first session, with lewis hamilton 19th.
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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a police officer has been shot dead at a custody centre in croydon in south london by a man who was being detained. it is thought the suspect was searched at the custody centre, before producing a weapon and firing it at an officer. it's understood he then turned the gun on himself. the officer, who has not yet been identified, was treated at the scene but later died in hospital of gunshot wounds. the 23—year—old suspect is in a critical condition. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. investigating the murder of one of their own colleagues, forensics officers poring over the scene at croydon custody centre in south london. it appears that a suspect was brought into the centre in a police vehicle at around 2:15am and then shot a custody sergeant in the chest before shooting himself. the
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officer who was only a few weeks when retirement died in st george's hospital in tooting. he has not yet been named as his family overseas are still being contacted. this is a sad day for our country is once again we see the track to killing of again we see the track to killing of a police officer in the light that line of duty as they are trying to protect us and keep us safe. i will be meeting with the police commissioner to discuss the investigation currently taking place and of course the police service now neither time and space to get on with the enquiry that i need to follow. i know the house will offer their condolences to his family and friends and colleagues. may he rest in peace. and mayjustice follow this heinous crime. as well as investigating the murder, the metropolitan police has referred the case to the independent office for police conduct. there is deep concern that a suspect under arrest ina concern that a suspect under arrest in a police vehicle was able to bring a loaded gun into a police station. the prime minister said his
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deepest condolences go to the custody sergeant‘s deepest condolences go to the custody sergea nt‘s family. deepest condolences go to the custody sergeant‘s family. the police federation said the news was utterly devastating and heartbreaking. i know the met police service is like a family and many of his colleagues not just service is like a family and many of his colleagues notjust in croydon but across the met and across the country will be grieving and feeling the loss of this brave police officer. the suspect in the shooting is in critical condition in hospital after having surgery. the investigation will focus on whether the suspect had already been searched before he arrived at the custody centre and whether he was in handcuffs. but above all today, all those involved in policing are in deep shock as once again an officer has been killed on duty. and daniel joins us live from croydon now. bring us date with events there. bring us date with events therei think there isjust bring us date with events there.|j think there is just a huge shock, huge grief both and the croydon custody centre and the community
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around here. the officer was well known beyond his work in the police force and deep shock running through the entire police service. there are some difficult questions for people to answer. i understand that the suspect had been arrested because of some ammunition that had been found so some ammunition that had been found so clearly a firearms link had been drawn and yet still he was able to pull a gun drawn and yet still he was able to pulla gun and drawn and yet still he was able to pull a gun and shoot dead the custody sergeant here at croydon custody centre. his death brings to 73 the number of offices that have been shot dead since the beginning of the 20th century in england, wales and scotland. that is a tragic number but it is, of course, much, much lower than in places where firearms legislation is much lax, for example the united states. this is thankfully still very rare in the uk but something that still is incredibly shocking for the policing
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family it happens. many thanks. daniel sandford there. in the past half hour, the welsh government has announced new coronavirus restrictions in cardiff, swansea and llanelli. let's go to our correspondent hywel griffith, who's in cardiff for us now. what has been said? these restrictions will come into force over the weekend. there are already six council areas in wales under local lockdown measures. this adds three more, cardiff the capital and swa nsea three more, cardiff the capital and swansea the second largest city in wales will both come at a local lockdown measures as of 6p on sunday, but before that, the west wales town of llanelli will come into measures at 6pm tomorrow. what does it mean? they can no longer travel in or out of the council area without good reason like going to work or travelling for education. vitally, people should not go into anyone else's house so extended households our bubbles come to an end in those areas at those times. already closing time has been fast
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forwarded to 10pm here in wales and across the uk so the other restrictions that we saw in other areas aren't so relevant. it will now mean, once those measures are in place, that almost half the welsh population, 1.5 million people, will be under local lockdown measures. they were announced earlier on by the welsh government's health minister. this is what he had to say. the local restrictions mean that when in force, people living in llanelli, cardiff and swansea will not be able to enter or leave the area without a reasonable excuse. they will not be able to meet indoors with anyone they do not live with for the time being, so extended households, sometimes called bubbles, will be suspended for the time being. there was questions why the rest of wales isn't being put under similar measures. if we wales isn't being put under similar measures. if we are wales isn't being put under similar measures. if we are seeing the virus spread. the answer was local intelligence suggesting north and
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west wales, that rates are far lower, however this will be a warning to people there that rates are rising across the country. hywel, thank you. leeds is expected to be the next city in england to face new coronavirus restrictions. phil bodmer is there. tell us more. leads is home to more than three quarters of a million people with a substantial student population. it has been an area of concern for some weeks now. later todayit concern for some weeks now. later today it is expected to become an area of intervention. this will bring it into line with other areas in yorkshire which have been under similar restrictions, bradford, calderdale and kirklees. we think this is likely to be introduced from midnight tonight and this means no mixing between different households in homes and gardens and the advice is not to socialise with people outside of public venues. communities here are being urged to protect themselves. in the last hour
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orso, protect themselves. in the last hour or so, the council has been giving a briefing to journalists in which the chief executive, leader of the public health saying cases are high and they are rising. there will be exemptions for those with caring responsibilities but, as i say, we are expecting more details later this afternoon from the government. phil, thank you. what's the picture overall in england? our head of statistics robert cuffe is here. we've had more figures today from the office for national statistics? they are showing that infections are rising pretty quickly. about 100,000 people, they estimate, currently have coronavirus in homes and england's and just under 10,000 new infections every day. both of those numbers, they are quite a bit on last week, nearly doubled, or by about 60% for the incidents, and if you look over the longer term, those figures are doubling not quite every
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week but not far off it. now, we can't tell you exactly whether it is every eight days or every nine days that it every eight days or every nine days thatitis every eight days or every nine days that it is doubling, this is a survey, it is only capturing a subset of the population. it swaps people at random —— it swaps people at random so we can't get at that precise but it is picking up many of the infections the testing system is missing, about three times as many. also we can start to get a picture across the uk. it is very different if you go to the north—west or yorkshire and humber where figures are highest and raising the quickest. and the picture we are hearing about age, young people are more likely to have coronavirus at the moment but the gap between the very old est the moment but the gap between the very oldest in the very youngest does look like it is starting to narrow. slight differences across the country but everywhere it is on the country but everywhere it is on the up. robert, many thanks. the boss of the clothing store next has warned that thousands of retail jobs may become unviable because the coronavirus pandemic may have caused a permanent
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shift to online shopping. lord wolfson welcomed the newjob support scheme announced yesterday by the chancellor, which will see the government top up the pay of people unable to work full—time. but he said it was important that businesses eventually learn to live without government support. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. in better times, the gulf bar in central london were being thronging with people but the new realities of social distancing, limited group sizes and curbs on opening hours are taking a heavy toll on its finances and the boss says the latest government help doesn't go far enough. now we are reopened, we are not getting that much in the way of support. the bat cut is going to help us a bit and it will free up a little bit of cash but the job support scheme is coming too late, frankly. we have already had to make staff redundant and we didn't know what the future look like in the government was giving very little clarity. they will be bits of money that we say from it but overall the industry needs a lot more support.
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the newjob support scheme comes with strict conditions. for example, staff will have to work at least one third of their normal hours in order to be eligible. it is much less generous than the furlough scheme it replaces and employs themselves will have to make a bigger contribution. even so, it is expected to cost the taxpayer £1.2 billion every month. many businesses are now facing the prospect of a very bleak winter. pubs, clubs, theatres and restau ra nts pubs, clubs, theatres and restaurants have already been badly hit. airlines and travel firm say they are haemorrhaging money. and high street retailers are losing out too as customers move online. we will inevitably already have reduced the number of people working in our shops and expect that to continue over the coming five or six years as the demand for retail goes down. but we are taking people on in our call centre, we are training new recruits in ourcall centre, we are training new recruits in our call centres and warehousing, our distribution networks are taking on new employees. tackling the pandemic has been an expensive
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process for the chancellor rishi sunak. in august, government borrowing was more than £30 billion higher than the same month last year. the government insists the furlough scheme has to end because it simply cannot afford to continue paying most of the wages of millions of workers indefinitely. it is about striking a balance between both the protection of jobs but striking a balance between both the protection ofjobs but the longer term affordability from a wider economic perspective and that is why the chancellor set out more targeted measures at those jobs that are viable that alongside the other package of plan forjobs to enable us package of plan forjobs to enable us to retrain, get the skill support in to boost those sectors of the economy that can grow. the chancellor insists his newjob support scheme will benefit large numbers of workers but critics believe it will only slow job losses rather than preventing them. what has done will help but it won't com pletely has done will help but it won't completely halt the rising unemployment. the big worry here is that what we will see is a large
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rise in the months and particularly worrying is that it could happen in january when the virus look set to still be around. the government believes that by targeting its approach towards viable jobs and businesses, it can sow the seeds of a strong recovery when the pandemic is over. but for many, the withdrawal of the furlough scheme has left them facing a struggle simply to survive. theo leggett, bbc news. you have been sending in lots of questions about the chancellor's announcements yesterday, and our economics correspondent andy verity is here to answer some of them. andy... we have had a question from phil who asks how does this affect those in the entertainment industry? really interesting question. the entertainment industry has had a helluva time in a particular nightclubs, anyone in the events industry has had a really difficult time for the last six months. at least they have had, for example, the furlough scheme but that is going away. the question is whether they can access this new scheme. the a nswer they can access this new scheme. the answer from the government is, well,
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if you are viable. what does that mean? it is up to the employer to decide. if you are firm and entertainment industry, you have got to work out whether you can make enough income to cover more than half of your employees normal hours because you have to pay 55% even if they only do one third of their normal hours. the question is, can you get more than half of your normal revenues because if you can't, then this job support scheme isn't really going to help you. the a nswer isn't really going to help you. the answer is that if you can do something creative perhaps like say you are a nightclub when you turn yourself into a bar temporarily, you get some incoming, then you can access this scheme, but if it is not realistic for you to be able to make half of your income on more, it is not really going to help you much. 0k. not really going to help you much. ok. david asks, "i am a self—employed taxi driver, how will this work for me?" you could access, if you are a sole trading taxi driver, you could access the self employed support grant which is an extension of the last one although not half as generous. the previous paid up to 80% of your income and
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this one will pay up to 20% of your income and by income it means your average net profits. if you can show average net profits. if you can show average net profits have been affected by the pandemic, then you will be entitled to this grant and it pays up to, i think, £1875 limit. you can also collected it if you have got a self—employed paye arrangement but there is a problem if you are taking dividends. and a third question, what support is there for contractors? this is a very vexed question because contractors who set themselves up as limited companies and pay themselves in dividends have been excluded from the schemes for the last six months. many of them having a desperate time with almost no income, many can't claim benefits even. these contractors, if they are set up a sole traders or paye and pay themselves on a normal paye basis, they can still enjoy the support but if they pay themselves in dividends, once again they are excluded. andy, many thanks.
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students at universities in scotland are being told not to go to pubs or parties this weekend, to try to stem a wave of covid—19 infections. hundreds of students have tested positive, and many more are self—isolating. the body that represents universities across the uk has urged the government to increase testing capacity. shamaan freeman powell reports. glasgow, dundee, edinburgh and aberdeen have all seen substantial numbers of students forced into self—isolation and pubs and parties are off—limits. but life for the time being at least is very different across the border. wednesday night in sheffield. social distancing and the rule of six are difficult to enforce. this is despite licensed venues doing what they can to follow the government's advice. freshers' week is a rite of passage. for many students, it is their first taste of freedom. it is
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a chance to socialise, meet new people and have fun, but this year, fun could come at a cost. students across the country are being fined for breaking the rules and more and more of them are testing positive for coronavirus. as well as the numbers seen in universities across scotland, there have been reported outbreaks at liverpool, oxford brookes and swansea universities. but as cases rise, more rules are introduced, meaning less freedom for students. we are working in restau ra nts, students. we are working in restaurants, working in pubs, i work in care, so i am on the front line working for that. but it is our age group getting blamed when people are not appreciating what we are doing for the country. one of those working is kendra. she has asthma and a weakened immune system but still decided to start her masters whilst working part—time in a bar. you have to learn to live with it. it is scary. i have just had to be careful with my masks and keeping hand sanitiser with me at all times
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and keeping your distance, but also, i have to live my life. i still go out and see my friends. my experience of going back to university i would say has been pretty unique. a lot less people than i would have expected. we are not allowed to have parties, but we are not allowed to have parties, but we a re allowed not allowed to have parties, but we are allowed to gather in small groups. as cases well in scotland, stu d e nts groups. as cases well in scotland, students across the uk for more restrictions are all they have to look forward to. —— cases swell. shamaan freeman powell, bbc news. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow. not everyone is happy with the latest restrictions? that is fair to say, these new restrictions have not gone down well in some quarters. opposition parties in scotland say the situation has been handled disgracefully, but the scottish government is sending out mixed messages. the children's commissioner has raised concerns about potential human rights implications of the new restrictions, the national union of
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stu d e nts restrictions, the national union of students says students are being singled out. there are a quarter of a million students in scotland who are being told they can't go to pubs, are being told they can't go to pu bs, restau ra nts are being told they can't go to pubs, restaurants and cafe is this weekend, that is what they are being asked to do, they can't have parties and if they want to go home, and they can't do that either because there are these restrictions about not visiting other households inside for social reasons. so going to visit mum and dad is now out. nicola sturgeon, first minister, spoke directly to students in her briefing earlier, she apologised to them that their lives were being made tough, but she said everyone, including students, had a part to play getting this virus under control. interesting that she said the scottish government was looking at perhaps issuing more guidance over the weekend about whether there are circumstances under which students can return home if they are self—isolating or perhaps new to university and finding it particularly tough. and she also said she had spoken directly to university principals, to underline
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that universities have a big responsibility to look after students, and their welfare. the universities say they have more stuff on campuses at the moment to look after students both practically and emotionally. thanks very much, lorna gordon, in glasgow. the time is 13:20pm. our top story this lunchtime: a police officer is shot dead at a custody centre in south london by a man who was being detained. the home secretary paid tribute. this is a sad day for our country as, once again, we see the tragic killing of a police officer in the line of duty, as they're trying to protect us and keep us safe. coming up on bbc news: american chloe dygert is expected to make a full recovery, after a horrible crash at cycling's road world championships. she's had surgery on her leg. the income of the royal family has been hit by coronavirus,
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with a drop in the number of visitors to buckingham palace and windsor castle. the latest palace accounts show a potential £35 million shortfall. the figures also show that harry and meghan's final royal visit to southern africa cost nearly a quarter of a million pounds. our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, has more. cheering the most expensive royal tour of the accounting period was the duke and duchess of sussex's trip to southern africa. along with baby archie, they visited south africa, and harry travelled on to botswana, angola and malawi. it would prove to be their last tour as working royals, and cost almost a quarter of a million pounds. injanuary, unable to secure a last—minute scheduled flight, the prince of wales travelled by charter to oman to offer his condolences after the death of the sultan — at a cost of more than £200,000. and sporting patronages proved expensive for both the princess royal and prince andrew.
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princess anne flew to rome to watch a six nations rugby match — cost £16,000, and the duke racked up a similar amount watching the open in portrush, northern ireland. in total, the sovereign grant for the year 2019—2020 totalled £82.4 million. that's the amount of taxpayers' money used to fund the monarchy, minus things like security. the biggest overall cost was the ongoing refurbishment of buckingham palace which, over the same period, cost £33 million. the coronavirus is expected to impact future accounts, with an expected £20 million shortfall in funds to pay for palace improvements and a £15 million drop in income, with the reduced openings of royal galleries and palaces. addressing the potential shortfall, the keeper of the privy purse, sir michael stevens, said there was no intention of asking for extra funding and they will look
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to manage the impact of the pandemic through their own efforts and efficiencies. the duke and duchess of sussex now live in los angeles, but as for their uk home, the palace has confirmed that they paid a lump sum to the sovereign grant to cover the £2.11 million refurbishment, as well as rent at a commercial rate for frogmore cottage in windsor. exactly how much rent they're being charged may, or may not, be revealed in next year's accounts. sarah campbell, bbc news. it's been announced that princess eugenie and her husband, jack brooksbank, are expecting a baby in early 2021. princess eugenie, who is tenth in line to the throne, has been married to mr brooksbank forjust under two years. the baby will be a ninth great—grandchild for the queen and the duke of edinburgh. at least two people have been injured in a knife attack in paris this morning. let's talk to our correspondent, hugh schofield. just tell us more about what we know. well, this significant thing about this attack is it took place
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in exactly the same place as the attack, the massacre that started at charlie hebdo five years ago. the officers, the former officers now of charlie hebdo are in a small street neil bastille and it was on the road, the street just neil bastille and it was on the road, the streetjust outside the office that around two hours ago now, a man with a machete or an x or a knife, not entirely clear, attacked two members, staff members ofa tv attacked two members, staff members of a tv production company based in the same building. they were having a cigarette on the street and he attacked them and stabbed them both, injured them, not clear how seriously, before running away. it seems there were two men involved in the attack as two were seen running away and there have been two arrests now. a bloodied man, a man with blood on him was arrested just on the steps of the opera at bastille and a short time later, another man was arrested on the metro. the anti—terrorist prosecutor has taken
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control of the investigation, which suggests the police do believe there isa suggests the police do believe there is a terrorist link and on the minds of everyone is the likelihood that this is linked with the original charlie hebdo attack and the trail which is under way right now of alleged accomplices in attack. thanks very much. the liberal democrats begin their annual party conference today. during the event — which will mainly be held online — their new leader, sir ed davey, will urge the lib dems to listen to communities across the country, and build a "positive post—covid future by embracing a caring, greener and fairer approach". supermarkets have warned that shoppers could face larger food bills next year, if the government fails to agree a post—brexit trade deal with the european union. the british retail consortium has calculated that if the uk's new global tariffs are applied to eu food and drink imports, it could cost an extra £3 billion a year. our business correspondent, katy austin, reports.
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the vast majority of the uk's imported food comes from eu countries. at the moment, that's not subject to import taxes called tariffs. that could change from january, depending on whether a brexit trade deal can be reached. talks restart on monday, but there is no agreement yet. if there is no trade deal, the uk will apply tariffs to food and drink coming in from the eu. the size of those taxes will depend on the product but, on average, would be more than 20%. let's take one example. this beef mince will attract a tariff of 48%. if all that tax was passed on to customers, a pack that now costs £3 could rise to more than £4. but that biggerjump is very unlikely because supermarkets would share some of the cost. however, the organisation representing some major supermarkets has calculated the total cost of importing food and drink from the eu would be £3.1 billion. it says some of that would inevitably be passed on to customers in the form
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of price rises. don't underestimate this being a few pennies. this could be £100—plus per household, if it was all applied. and on't forget, this also hits those who have the least amount of money because they pay the biggest proportion of their household budget on food. a spokesperson for the government said it was working hard to reach a deal with the eu and the aim was a zero—tariff, zero—quota free trade agreement. negotiations are ongoing, and discussions will be continuing at the next formal round in brussels next week. the spokesperson added, avoiding tariffs should be beneficial to both sides, particularly given our shared commitment to high regulatory standards. one trade expert said after the transition period, the government will have more flexibility to lower taxes on food from any country. whether it does that remains to be seen, simply because we will be negotiating trade agreements with other countries, and the more that you reduce your tariffs on goods for everyone, the less sometimes some countries want to do trade deals with you.
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with just over three months left until the current trading arrangements end, retailers are warning the risk remains of shoppers having to pay more in the new year. katy austin, bbc news. well, there are also exactly three months to go before christmas, and retailers are telling shoppers to be prepared and to start buying gifts early. with coronavirus restrictions likely to remain in place well into next year, firms are preparing for more christmas shopping than ever to be done online. emma simpson has more. too soon? love it or loathe it. retailers are already preparing for christmas. this year, shoppers may need to be ready a bit earlier too. it's been like christmas for six months for us. meet the boss of yodel, one of the uk's biggest parcel carriers. parcels are delivered from retailers and you'll see the different shoots around. over here, we've got
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shoots for kilmarnock and glasgow in scotland, and behind you for northampton and for hayes. we're shopping online like never before. yodel‘s now creating nearly 3,000 new roles to cope with our christmas orders. i think it will be the biggest online christmas ever, by some way. certainly at yodel, it will be our biggest ever year, there will be about1 million parcels extra in our busiest week compared to last year. an industry determined to get all our deliveries on the road, but it's also warning us to shop early. we think that the volumes are going to be really very excessive this year online, so while that in itself isn't a problem, getting too much of it too close to christmas is going to be a bit of a problem. so, if you could spread it out a bit more, do quite a lot of it in november, maybe do a bit now, then that would help avoid too much too close to christmas. things are changing fast with this pandemic — will we actually be buying loads of presents if we can't celebrate as normal?

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