i felixstowe has improved in the last few da s. ., , , felixstowe has improved in the last fewda s. .e ability of _ few days. i am pretty confident in the ability of our _ few days. i am pretty confident in the ability of our colleagues - few days. i am pretty confident in the ability of our colleagues to i the ability of our colleagues to deliver on time and for the by chains and retailers to work through some very, very sophisticated logistics planning to prioritise. the government says it is working to increase the uk's hgv driver capacity, but resolution before christmas seems unlikely to be fully delivered. megan patterson, bbc news. the uk economy grew by 0.4% in august, as the full lifting of coronavirus restrictions boosted events and hospitality, but the data showed further signs of a slowdown in the recovery from the pandemic, as global supply chain woes take their toll. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is here. how does this level of growth compare with what is normal? well, if ou are compare with what is normal? well, if you are talking _ compare with what is normal

with the words don't panic— felixstowe with the words don't panic by, — felixstowe with the words don'tow well_ panic by, now we all know how well that— panic by, now we all know how well that worked when you use those — well that worked when you use those words during the recent fuel shortages, so either the bbc— fuel shortages, so either the bbc news is incredibly naive, or it's — bbc news is incredibly naive, or it's being really irresponsible. well, i'mjoined now by paul royall, editor of bbc one's news bulletins. we also want to talk to you about the daily reporting of official covid statistics. what is the response of those ——to those viewers? we what is the response of those --to those viewers?— what is the response of those --to those viewers? we do take a lot of care _ --to those viewers? we do take a lot of care and _ --to those viewers? we do take a lot of care and pay _ --to those viewers? we do take a lot of care and pay a _ --to those viewers? we do take a lot of care and pay a lot - --to those viewers? we do take a lot of care and pay a lot of- a lot of care and pay a lot

felixstowe struggle to a backlog of shipping containers.000 workers and the consequence of not having enough care workers is that people are waiting longer for care and the number of vacancies is still rising production e—mail me. we look forward to your contribution, particularly if you are a care worker and you have had such a difficult almost two years so what is it like coping with so many vacancies? what it means to the people you are looking after? a charity has warned that care organisations in england are struggling to recruit staff, with more jobs unfilled than before the pandemic. skills for care says there are more than 100,000 vacancies and that the number is rising. the government says it has provided extra funding and is running regular recruitment campaigns. with more on this, here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. so nurses have been up today, the bandages were too tight but they are all right now? yeah, they're fine. this visit to 103—year—old margaret will help her with her lunch and personal care. she has recently

felixstowe is the biggest.iners waiting to be collected, and ships are having to wait for up to ten days to unload. the port has blamed several factors forthe build—up, including the impact of the pandemic. 0ne retailer has warned the problem could hit supplies of toys this christmas. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies is in felixstowe. international shipping is a worldwide, interconnected web, and what we are seeing here in felixstowe and beyond is when that web is disrupted. international trade is beginning to reawaken, and as there is more demand for goods shipped over to the uk, the system that gets them from the quayside to the shops is beginning to struggle. coming in but going out to slowly. felixstowe is the busiest container port in the uk, bringing in goods from around the world. but for months, the situation here and internationally has been getting worse as demand for goods grows after the pandemic. the situation is caused by a messy mix of global problems, including covid disruption. here

. the group which runs the port of felixstowe..olatile global shipping market but also some congested supply chains in the uk. ports are working hard to make sure they can power the nation through. than power the nation through. an increase in demand for goods brought by sea as economies opened up after the worst of the lockdown from the pandemic plus the combination of hgv driver shortages. pandemic plus the combination of hgv drivershortages. how pandemic plus the combination of hgv driver shortages. how big is this backlog? how many days or weeks behind are we talking? your package iuite riihtl behind are we talking? your package quite rightly talked _ behind are we talking? your package quite rightly talked about _ behind are we talking? your package quite rightly talked about dwell - quite rightly talked about dwell times, how long a container stays on ports, that has 44 may maybe four days to eight days or at least six to seven days. that has been happening sincejuly. that will work its way through and we are working very clo

the times also leads with the problems at felixstowe, saying ships are being turned away. warning of possible gaps on the shelves at christmas, given the number of toys usually imported through the port. the express also goes for the northern ireland story, saying minister lord frost has told the european union to ease brexit rules. it is one of several papers to feature a picture of the queen, seen at a major public event for the first time grasping a walking stick — she was on a visit to us mr abiy. let's delve into the papers straightaway. —— westminster abbey. do you want to kick us off with the metro? ~ , ., . ., metro? when you reflect on the selectivity report, _ metro? when you reflect on the selectivity report, it _ metro? when you reflect on the selectivity report, it is - metro? when you reflect on the selectivity report, it is a - metro? when you reflect on the| selectivity report, it is a warning to the government, this government, of what is to come when there is a full public inquiry, because today's report was described as a damning indictment by sir keir s

christmas stock stuck in thousands of containers at felixstowe.s would pass through here in two or three days, now it is taking more than a week. this is the uk's largest commercial port, a backlog here likely to have an impact in december. food i think will continue to move. pigs in blankets, turkeys. the import from europe and what we have in the united kingdom will sustain us more than happily. but toys, electrical goods, white goods, it will be difficult to get them in. more than a third of the uk's freight container traffic is handled at felixstowe. shipping giant maersk is now re—routing some of its biggest ships away from the port to elsewhere to europe, using smaller vessels to unload goods in an attempt to ease supply chain pressure. adam's haulage business moves 100 containers a day, but a lack of space at felixstowe means his drivers are taking containers back to liverpool now instead. there is a massive backlog of deliveries created by the driver shortage, brexit and a number of other things. that has just all created a perfect storm.

our transport correspondent caroline davies reports from felixstowe.g in but going out too slowly. felixstowe is the busiest container port in the uk, bringing in goods from around the world. but for months, the situation at ports here and internationally has been getting worse as demand for goods grows after the pandemic. the situation is caused by a messy mix of global problems, including covid disruption, but here in the uk it is made worse by a shortage of hgv drivers to take the goods away, and so they built—up. there are around 100,000 containers here. the port normally has around 60,000 to 70,000 on average. they aren't the only port in this position. well, this is a global issue, so it's happening in ports around the world, and it's obviously happening in all the container ports around the uk because of the volume of traffic, of containers, and of particularly imports at the moment, which are coming into the uk as we come out of lockdown. as well as taking time to get goods to the right place, the cost of shipping goods is also going up. the fr

we have got about 108 contain sitting outside felixstowe at the - sitting outside felixstowe at the moment causing a big problem because we rely on those products coming in. are rocketing. this year we will see about a £6,000,000 bill on shipping. we are hoping to pass that on to our customers were then having to pass it on to all the bill and electricians out there. facing shi -|n~ and electricians out there. facing shipping costs — and electricians out there. facing shipping costs which _ and electricians out there. facing shipping costs which have - and electricians out there. facing shipping costs which have risen l and electricians out there. facing | shipping costs which have risen by 900%, this importer of toys such as harry potter dolls can't cast a speu harry potter dolls can't cast a spell to make the problem go away. with 35,000 goods held up at ports, it's one out of ones. and its boss doesn't think the boss has a magic solution. :, , ~ solution. you can say things like we can do anything _ solution. you can say things like we can do anything we _ solution. you can say things l

fears of stock shortages at christmas at britain's biggest commercial port, felixstowe struggles with a backlog of shipping containers. a crisis in care —

felixstowe is the biggest — it has 50,000 containers waiting to be collected, and ships are having toload. several viewers contacted us about that, and similar coverage elsewhere on bbc news, and two of those viewers recorded videos for us — terry miles and, first, julie nash. once again, the bbc is reporting of shortages, specifically this time that we're going to be short of things at christmas. you're repeating this over and every day this week. have you learned nothing from the fuel shortage situation you created by overreporting on this little localised temporary disruption? you started your wednesday 6pm news bulletin about the container hold—ups at felixstowe with the words don't panic buy. now we all know how well that worked when you used those words during the recent fuel shortages, so either the bbc news is incredibly naive, or it's being really irresponsible. well, i'm joined now by paul royall, editor of bbc one's news bulletins. and paul, what is the response to those viewers? first of all, just to reassure viewers, that we do take a lot of care and pay a lot of attentio

felixstowe is the biggest.ers waiting to be collected — and ships are having to wait for up to 10 days to unload. the port has blamed several factors for the build—up including the impact of the pandemic. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies sent this report from felixstowe international shipping is a worldwide interconnected web and what we are seeing here in felixstow and beyond a when that web is disrupted. international trade is beginning to reawaken and as there is more demand for goods shipped over to the uk this system that gets them from the quayside to the shops is beginning to struggle. coming in but going out too slowly. felixstow is the busiest container port in the uk bringing goods from around the world. for months the situation both here and internationally has been getting worse as demand for goods grows after the pandemic. the situation is caused by a messy mix of global problems including covid—i9 disruption but here in the uk it's made worse by a shortage of hgv drivers to take that aw

more than the uk's third is handled at the felixstowe. | third is handled at the felixstowe.ope. this is in an attempt to ease supply chain pressure. adam�*s haulage business moves 100 containers a day, but a lack of space at felixstowe means his drivers are taking containers back to liverpool now instead.- drivers are taking containers back to liverpool now instead. there is a massive backlog _ to liverpool now instead. there is a massive backlog of _ to liverpool now instead. there is a massive backlog of deliveries - massive backlog of deliveries created by the driver shortage, brexit and a number of other things and hasjust all brexit and a number of other things and has just all created a perfect storm. and has 'ust all created a perfect storm. . , , and has 'ust all created a perfect storm. ., , , ., ., ,, storm. that this is a global issue with similar _ storm. that this is a global issue with similar situations _ storm. that this is a global issue with similar situations in - storm. that this is a global issue with similar situations in ports i with similar situations

two years ago you paid about $3000 for a 40 foot from shanghai to felixstowe.en $19,000 and $20,000 so, as you can see, they have gone up sixfold. and that has a knock—on effect in our shops, including on the price and availability of toys coming in before christmas. at this point in time it is while stocks last. if you see it, i would be buying it. i'd be looking at it rather than looking for it, because i have no doubt that, come december, there are going to be a lot of disappointed shoppers looking for items thatjust cannot be got. the government has reassured shoppers that they should shop normally this christmas and has said that while global capacity regularly fluctuates, it is continuing to work with the industry to tackle the challenges at ports. the supply chain is stuck in a snarl up and it could take months to unpick. caroline davies, bbc news. problems with supply chains are not just affecting the uk. france's finance minister, speaking at a meeting of the international monetary fund in washington earlier today, said there were �*shortages everywher

supply chain issues that we are seeing all over the place, notjust in felixstowe, although it feelshe driver shortage in the uk, which has really been at the top of mines. lorry driver shortage is causing dams, not long ago we saw blockages and california, they couldn't even unload, and then we had the ship stuck in then we had the ship stuck in the suez canal a few months ago. we rely on these supply chains across the world, so what we do? absolutely, and that their response to it, i guess is that prices are going up, prices for shipping containers are now spot priced — what you would have to pay for it today is ten times what it was last year when talking about the route between the us and china, or going from china to the us — it is cheaper on return. so that is cheaper on return. so that is the first response. prices go up. then people try to find other ways to transport their goods, whether by airfreight or whatever. but itjust shows whatever. but itjust shows what a complicated — usually complicated weave that has been spun by this different supply chains, orthe spun by this d

the ft�*s also features felixstowe with a striking picture of containers piled high. its main story is a warning by the imf that the uk's economic recovery from covid will lag behind that of other g7 nations. the metro leads with the covid response report saying cabinet office minister steve barclay refused 20 times to apologise for government pandemic mistakes. the northern ireland trade story also makes the lead in the guardian it says the eu is offering to remove a majority of post brexit checks on british goods entering the province. the daily mail has a story about its campaign to increase the number of face to face appointments with gps. so let's begin. let us start, rachel do you want to kick us off this evening with the front of the metro? ministers refuse to say sorry? this front of the metro? ministers refuse to say sorry?— to say sorry? this story is based on the damning _ to say sorry? this story is based on the damning report _ to say sorry? this story is based on the damning report that _ to say sorry? this story is based on the damning report that came

and so on, and huge sort of backlogs there are shipping containers at felixstowe, which could have ahould we be worried, do you think, benjamin?— think, ben'amin? i think based on the ast think, benjamin? i think based on the past few— think, benjamin? i think based on the past few months, _ think, benjamin? i think based on the past few months, let - think, benjamin? i think based on the past few months, let alone i think, benjamin? i think based on | the past few months, let alone the past few years, we seem to lurch from panic, from disaster to disaster. there is evidence today that some retailers are bringing forward their christmas sales because they are worried that not everything will be able to get on the shelves. my newspaper, the i newspaper, reported yesterday that ships are getting into the country and there is likely to be a shortage of toys by christmas. —— ships are not getting into the country. i think the danger we run here, especially as media, newspapers and telly, is that we tell people that might be a panic and then they will go out and panic and buy toys and tha

the port of felixstowe in suffolk which handles over a third of the uk's freight container traffic blamedd and a shortage of lorry drivers. but it said the situation has been improving over the past few days. the world's finance ministers are meeting in the us this week. the international monetary fund has warned that that the global economic recovery from the pandemic is getting weaker. let's talk to our economics editor faisal islam in washington. tell us more about the prospects as they see them. tell us more about the prospects as they see them-— they see them. hello. the post lockdown recovery _ they see them. hello. the post lockdown recovery is _ they see them. hello. the post lockdown recovery is getting i they see them. hello. the post - lockdown recovery is getting messy, thatis lockdown recovery is getting messy, that is the message from this important meeting of central bank governors and the world's finance ministers in washington. 0f governors and the world's finance ministers in washington. of course the situation right now is better than it was a year ago in the depth of t

two years ago you paid about $3000 for a 40 foot from shanghai to felixstowe. a knock—on effect in our shops, including on toys coming in before christmas. if i use this as an example, this item 12 months ago would have cost us 70p to ship from the far east to the uk. it is now going to cost £7 to ship. now, that puts it in perspective. we are selling theirs at present at £15. that isn't going to happen when the new freight rates come in. the government has reassured shoppers that they should shop normally this equipment and has said that while global capacity regularly fluctuates, it is working with the industry to tackle the challenges at ports. the supply chain is stuck in a snarl up and it could take months to unpick. and the you srs similar units at port. this is in the run up to thanksgiving and christmas a month after. the white house is in outset the port of los angeles the biggest container port in the country will switch to loading and unloading containers around the clock. also six companies including walmart, target and samsung are now committing to

the i is leading on the chaos at felixstowe port.ent action is taken to tackle climate change that has a report in the times. the environmental agency warns the country needs to adapt or die. lastly, let's have a look at the daily mirror, leading with this picture of the prime minister. it is a picture of him painting. he is on holiday in marbella, you will know that. having fun is the headline. borisjohnson is giving the country the brushoff. following a highly critical report into the government's handling of the pandemic which came out yesterday. sheuey pandemic which came out yesterday. shelley had a look at the inside of the newspapers? a gorgeous picture to share with everyone don't remember, fox's glacier mints. that is the real—life version. is the real life version. how adorable is that?! a bit like the advert. a serious point being made on a day when we are talking about climate change committee see a polar bear having a rest on an iceberg which is rather smaller than it should be. a story from the sun. snakes on a plane, s

we are - looking at pictures of felixstowe.es, i will not comment specific and situation - part of the problem? yes, i will not comment specific and situation at i comment specific and situation at felixstowe, but part of the problem global he has been getting containers, empty containers, back to source in asia, getting them back empty so they can be filled up with the products and commodities and toys and ship them back, but given the huge amounts of storage pressure there has been, it has been quite challenging for the shipping companies to get those empty containers back to asia. share companies to get those empty containers back to asia. are you actually saying _ containers back to asia. are you actually saying that _ containers back to asia. are you actually saying that there - containers back to asia. are you actually saying that there are i containers back to asia. are you i actually saying that there are ships in this day and age, when we are all debating climate change, having to sail back to asia empty because on the

we have got about 108 containers sitting outside felixstowe at the moment. sitting on five ships.y on those products coming in. costs are rocketing. this year we will see about a £6 million bill on shipping. we are having to pass that on to our customers who are then having to pass it on to all the builders and electricians out there. facing shipping costs which have risen by 900%, this importer of toys such as harry potter dolls can't cast a spell to make the problem go away. with 35,000 goods held up at ports, it's one out of wands. and its boss doesn't think the boss has a magic solution. you can say things like we will do anything we can, trying our best, but what does that mean for us on the ground? it means we have to put up with the issues in the interim and are facing surges of pricing bringing products in, so it's a really difficult situation and i don't think it's going to be solved by one single government intervention. while the government has offered 5,000 temporary visas to foreign hgv drivers, it also admitted only 300 people have applied and just over 20 have been

there is of some stock shortages in the run—up to christmas as britain's biggest commercial port, felixstoweprices in care, a shortfall of more than 100,000 workers means people are waiting hungerfor than 100,000 workers means people are waiting hunger for support and the number of vacancies is still rising. now it's time for across the uk. a 15—year—old who died after taking mdma has become friends with the mother of the boy who supplied the fatal drugs. the two women say getting to know each other is helping them come to terms with what happened to their children. they are now beginning a campaign together to one teenagers about the dangers of mdma. here is their story. i'm kerry, leah's mum. leah was my daughter. she was 15 when she died, after taking mdma. unlikely friendship. yeah, very unlikely. we're both grieving. they're both our children. we both lost something. yeah. you know, i know i have a son that i can tangibly touch... yeah. ..but i don't have that happy—go—lucky boy any more. yeah. and you have lost leah. yeah. you know, to the same drug, mdma, to the same evil. so i got a

felixstowe is the busiest container port in the uk, bringing in goods from around the world, but fors been getting worse as demand for goods grows after the pandemic. the situation is caused by a messy mix of global problems, including covert disruption, but here in the uk it is made worse by a shortage of hgv drivers to take the goods away and so they build up. there are around 100,000 containers here. at the port normally has around 60—70,000 on average. the government has reassured shoppers that they should shop normally this christmas and has said that while global capacity regularly fluctuates, it is continuing to work with the freight industry to tackle the challenges at ports. thousands of wives and children of islamic state group's foreign fighters are currently held in camps in northern syria. the kurdish authorities which run them are urging countries to repatriate their citizens — but many are refusing, seeing them as a security rirsk. as poonam taneja discovered at one camp, those living there are suffering violence from fellow inmates and family separations. the islamic

shelves for christmas — despite a shipping freight logjam at the uk's biggest commercial port, felixstoweton, where he spoke to our economics editor, faisal islam. for a second year, the government's having to talk about saving christmas. this year, it's the difficulties in global trade leading to tens of containers full of imports stuck off the coast of britain, with too few drivers available to drive them on the last leg of theirjourney. it's not unique to britain, but the chancellor, in washington, says the whole world can face up to the problems of an economy on the rebound from the pandemic lockdowns. well, i tell people to be reassured that we're doing absolutely everything we can to mitigate some of these challenges. they are global in nature, so we can't fix every single problem, but i feel confident that there will be good provision of goods for everybody. i'm confident there will be a good amount of christmas presents available for everyone to buy. but it's notjust the container crisis. with energies prices surging too, more providers going bust and heavy industry begging for su

enough presents on the shelves for christmas, despite a logjam at the uk's biggest commercial port, felixstoweancellor has been speaking to our economics editor, faisal islam. for a second year the government is having to talk about saving christmas. this year it's the difficulties in global trade that are leading to tens of containers full of imports stuck off the coast of britain, with too few drivers available to drive them on the last leg of theirjourney. it's not unique to britain, but of the chancellor, in washington, says the whole world can face up to the problems of an economy on the rebound from the pandemic lockdowns. well, i tell people to be reassured that we are doing absolutely everything we can to mitigate some of these challenges. they are global in nature, so we can't fix every single problem, but i feel confident there will be good provision of goods for everybody. i'm confident there will be a good amount of christmas presents available for everyone to buy. but it's notjust the container crisis. with energies prices surging too, more providers going bust and heavy industry

in fact, at any one time, there might be a ship waiting to stock up —— to dock at felixstowe, of los tanker drivers in particular. but we have always said the to domestically our lorry driver community, and that is what we want to do. it was impossible to do for years and years because people would come in and undercut, and now we have got a market in which people are earning a proper salary for a hard day's works, and we welcome that. as i say, it is attracting a lot of people to apply for hgv provisional licences, which is great. so people to apply for hgv provisional licences, which is great.— licences, which is great. so when will they come — licences, which is great. so when will they come online, _ licences, which is great. so when will they come online, and - licences, which is great. so when will they come online, and how. licences, which is great. so when i will they come online, and how long have we had 1000 applicants a day? the entire process of getting an hgv licence depends on the type of license you already have, and the training that you do, so at the longest, you cou

felixstowe is the biggest — it has 50,000 containers waiting to be collected, and ships are having tonaive, or it's being really irresponsible. well, i'mjoined now by paul royall, editor of bbc one�*s news bulletins. paul, what is the response to those viewers? first of all, just to reassure viewers, that we do take a lot of care and pay a lot of attention to what we put in our programmes, and we make judgements about what we believe is newsworthy and what crosses the bar in terms of getting into those programmes, and in the case of wednesday, we had a series of quite significant figures from the shipping industry and also from the retail industry who were beginning to say things about the situation regarding the movement of goods and the supply of goods in shops, and we reported that. those words aren't our words, they're attributed to those who say them, and of course we make a judgement on whether we think they are newsworthy, and in this case we thought they were. paul, it's fair to assume that there are likely to be more supply chain news stories like this in the coming weeks so

presents on the shelves for christmas — despite a log—jam at the uk's biggest commercial port, felixstoweerly. at the white house, biden summoned us business bosses to work 24/7 to clear the backlogs. this is across—the—board commitment to go into 24/7. this is a big first step in speeding up the movement of materials and goods through our supply chain. the actions of the president show that this is a supply chain crisis that affects many countries across the world. it arises out of the fact that after the pandemic, demand rebounded much faster than expected, and much faster than the ability of the world economy to supply the goods required. that's led to shortages, it's led to price rises, and that's not going to be solved before christmas. in fields and airfields around the usa, there are tens of thousands of nearly—finished cars and trucks, but they can't be sold because they lack the crucial microchips, the orders for which were cancelled at the start of the pandemic. the companies were too pessimistic about the rebound in demand. that's led to a change of view from the bank chief who