primark is the latest uk high street chain to close its doors until further notice. ways of reaching parishioners — on a sunday without church services as usual. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister today urged the public again to follow the rules for social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. speaking in downing street, he said the government would bring forward further measures if necessary if the two metre rules isn't observed. it comes as one and a half million people at greatest risk are being told they must self—isolate for 12 weeks. the government says it's drawing up plans to deliver food parcels to those without friends, family or neighbours to help them. the number of people who have died in the uk with coronavirus has risen to 281. there have been 5,683 confirmed cases. here's our health editor hugh pym. at his daily press conference, the prime minister first had thanks for nhs staff and those who followed official advice to limit social contact, cancelling mother's day visits for example or sacr

queues, and in lots of other places too, with primark drawing the biggest crowds. got the day off workjust to come. really excited — a bit of normality. like, a good shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant, your anti—sort of thing, and keep your distance, it's absolutely fine. i think this is going to be the way of life for a long time. hopefully not like this, though. the reopening at nike town on oxford street was far from orderly. small shops are back in business, too. in bishop auckland, wendy's relieved to be open.

have you seen the big queues outside primark? i have indeed.before seven o'clock this morning and the queue was actually right down at birmingham's high street. it has died down now because people have been allowed in but before seven o'clock, there were several hundred people in this queue waiting for the shops to open. it was due to open at eight o'clock but because of demand and because of the queue stretching down the street, they decided to get the doors open at around 7.25. since then, i would estimate probably around 500 people have gone into primark, chatting to a few of the people in the queue. they said they needed various thing, one woman said she needed cushions and that is what she wanted to come out for this morning. more importantly they wanted to feel more normality, get back out there into retail, be with other people and get into the shops and actually spend some money. people here can be socially distanced. lots of security making sure people cap two metres apart in the queue and this is the well‘s biggest primark, 161,000 sq

well, primark has a much lower price point.ere they didn't know quite where they sat in the high street. they are more expensive than primark, but when they are up against other bricks and mortar offerings such as zara, they we re mortar offerings such as zara, they were kind of losing their identity. topshop really defined british call fashion in the early naughties, and when they started pulling back from collaborations as well, i think that was really the beginning of the end for their identity —— mike noughties. we don't know what will happen to the brands within arcadia, but if there is to be a future for topshop, what do you think it needs to look like to get back to success?” what do you think it needs to look like to get back to success? i think it really needs to have a complete creative overhaul, make use of the fa ct creative overhaul, make use of the fact that britain has got amazing fashion talent, and actually, we are really missing a sort of british bricks and mortar destination high street store, and they can re

on the high street many stores have been closing their doors — including the fashion chain primark.ondent katy austin. there have been queues at wholesalers and a spike in online shopping. amazon has struggled to keep up with demand for household staples and medical supplies. but non—food shops which rely on walk—in customers have suffered badly. timpson's is closing its 2,000 sites after a 60% fall in sales. we've based our assumptions on the fact that we will be closing our shops for at least three months. we've got to cut costs as quickly as we can but make sure we look after the colleagues who have been with us a long time and to make sure that it is viable for them as well. shops don't have to close but health concerns and lack of trade mean more and more are, from river island tojohn lewis, where shutters will fall across the country on monday night, although its online operation will remain open. now primark is expected to close all 189 of its uk stores tonight and it doesn't have an online offering to full back on. primark has weeks and weeks of stock already on its way to t

in the uk, the fashion chain primark is the latest in a string of high street retailers to temporarily it's its 189 stores from tonight. here's our business correspondent katy austin. there have been queues at wholesalers and a spike in online shopping. amazon has struggled to keep up with demand for household staples and medical supplies. but non—food shops which rely on walk—in customers have suffered badly. timpson's is closing its 2,000 sites after a 60% fall in sales. we have based our assumptions on the fact that we will be closing our shops for at least three months. we've got to cut costs as quickly as we can but make sure we look after the colleagues who have been with us a long time and to make sure that it is viable for them as well. shops don't have to close but health concerns and lack of trade mean more and more are, from river island tojohn lewis, where shutters will fall across the country on monday night, although its online operation will remain open. now primark is expected to close all 189 of its uk stores tonight and it doesn't have an online offering to full back

primark trading in the fourth quarter exceeding forecasts. trading in q4 with both food operations and primark exceeding market operations. an upbeat statement coming through from primark and ab foods. we will watch that at the open. matt: absolutely. futures are diverging in europe and the u.s., although of course the u.s. markets will not be open for cash trading today. the selloff in american tech stocks in terms of futures looks to continue, even as other markets are rising. you can see here, nasdaq futures are down. euro stoxx futures are up. if you were looking, you would see that dow and s&p futures are trading higher. let's get into markets with laura cooper, our mliv macro strategist. does it look like -- it is really just the tech stocks for now? we are starting to see more and more. it already happened at the end of last week, a divergence of cash equities rising partially. if they were not tech stocks, the nasdaq was falling. reporter: that is the focus this week. this test of the retail rally. whether we will see it prevail in te

why is it that children and parents can have access to primark over the next few months but most won'tcess to schools. all that to more, but first i minister ‘s questions. boris johnson and keir starmer clashed over child poverty and getting youngsters back to school. boris johnson faced mps 2a hours after his u—turn on free school meals, prompted by a campaign led by the footballer marcus rashid. but the prime minister's decision to enable disadvantaged children in england to access food vouchers during the summer access food vouchers during the summer holidays didn't prevent him facing more questions about hardship. the labour leader said the social mobility commission had warned the pandemic could push more families into poverty. iam sure i am sure the prime minister will agree and even higher child poverty rate will be eight outcome from this pandemic. what will he do to prevent it from? the prime minister said the government was protectjobs. it from? the prime minister said the government was protect jobs. we intend to make sure we minimise impact of coronavirus on the poorest kid

. .. the road for high street retail, primark...ble that people like mike ashley, the owner of sports direct, might come in and save some of these stores and jobs. but i think the real problem here is, on thosejobs, for those people losing them, where are they going to go? there are no high street retail jobs to going to go? there are no high street retailjobs to go to, no new ones. that is particularly damaging for younger workers and four female workers. it is a very bleak outlook and it is something that these government programs to try to retrain workers, that is a real challenge for them. simon jack, our business editor. the house of commons has voted in favour of the government's plan to introduce a tiered system of restrictions in england when the lockdown ends at midnight. dozens of conservative mps had questioned the new measures, with 55 voting against, arguing the restrictions should be targeted at smaller areas. but the plans were approved, meaning that from midnight tonight, more than 23 million people will be placed in

thousands waited for primark to openin off.mark to open in bradford, birmingham, liverpool and this is bristol. it doesn't trade online and there is pent—up demand. in london's oxford street there was a scrum to get into nike town, the crowd ignoring social distancing rules. in ashford in kent, a steady stream of customers but clothes shopping will be different. some of the clothes you try on, they are then quarantined and some of the fitting rooms are closed. but some retailers worn it just won't be profitable to trade with social distancing measures in place. the government say this is a phased path to recovery. it will allow the economy to open. the two metre rule is there today, there is a comprehensive review but it is a lwa ys a comprehensive review but it is always going to be based on advice. elsewhere in the uk, nonessential shops opened in northern ireland last week. there is still no date for wales and scotland. the high street was already struggling before the virus struck and the big unknown is after this initial r

vivienne, what can you tell us about primark?0 million. that's a substantial loss. what is remarkable about this is the company has said despite that loss it expects its profits and sales for this financial year to actually be higher than last financial year before we had a pandemic. you look confused! chuckles its because prime arc has been expanding and opening new stores in america this year, one in romejust last week. —— primark. it also has a loyal customer base. you might have seen those pictures after the last couple of days, keen shoppers queueing up outside the stores around england as prime —— as primark extended its opening hours. that is one of the reasons they are being optimistic. it is in stark contrast to what we were reporting on early in the week where topshop's owner arcadia announced its going into administration, debenhams is closing its doors, meanwhile primark seems to go from strength to strength despite this £430 million loss in sales. we've been talking about lots of businesses. supermarkets handed back

yes, this is primark in birmingham.imark. the desperation to get into primark is something people are struggling to get their heads around this morning. 0ne e—mail has come in from granny sue. are people so desperate to shop at primark to form queues early in the morning? no way! she said she will ease her way into shopping at her own pace, i'm not so desperate to need anything from any retailer, i don't require any new clothes, i have a wardrobe full of clothes that are not worn. it is like the queues outside ikea. sue is sticking to online shopping. lots of people reacting to these pictures this morning from birmingham. primark is trending along with morning carol. so that is the time to say good morning, carol. now let's get the weather with carol. the forecast for this week is one of sunshine and heavy, thundery showers. we have just sunshine and heavy, thundery showers. we havejust had one in welshpool and quite torrential rain. you can see quite nicely on the satellite, low pressure is anchored to the south—west o

as you were reporting we're seeing we're suffering not just from corps but from a crisis of hatred primark races. and of course the lockdown in india it's not a lot darker as the physical distance is just physical compression. but really this crisis is against. it's coming of course and of that act of a massacre which was the result of you know since december people protesting against the anti muslim citizenship a lot more and now to. be. under the cover of core with the government is moving to arrest young students to cases against lawyers been seen. as against activists and into the. 2 of them recently thought into doing so there's nothing i can see to look to the government all the. people i can speak to people and to the world outside not to do this lightly because obviously the situation is approaching. you know because the government's agenda has been that it says this government give muslims have been lynched was jim's have been hunted down but now the stigmatize it in this illness has left you know government policies on the street now you can hear it everywhere. the 1st unaccompan

what is up with the primark owner? >> the outlook remains the same. primark was a star.ticularly good. anna: thank you. let's get to the semi conductors. >> this is a real bellwether for the tech sector. huawei.ply apple and really good news for the sector. investors are hoping that this is a real driver for sales in the industry. reflected in the stock prices. the stock has fallen two days in a row. already an the prices. we will have to see how they open this morning. matt: what is the story with this carmaker? dani: the entirety of european carmakers are positive. peugeot bucked the trend and not an a good way. we will see how chrysler and bmw surged. peugeot felt by more than 2%. the rest of the region does not look better for the carmaker. asia fell as much is percent. peugeot might fall while the rest of the carmakers do well today. thank you for joining us. you can find out all of the company names that the equity team is focused on. more on the trade story. the phase i deal between china and the u.s. is a key to change. the countries now want to work together. ex

queues, and in lots of other places too, with primark drawing the biggest crowds. off workjust to come. really excited — a bit of normality. like, a good shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant, your anti—sort of thing, and keep your distance, it's absolutely fine. i think this is going to be the way of life for a long time. hopefully not like this, though. the reopening at nike town on oxford street was far from orderly. small shops are back in business, too. in bishop auckland, wendy's relieved to be open. it's absolutely amazing. it's been a long time coming. i think we just need to keep encouraging customers, let them know it's safe to come into shops again, making sure we all have our safety measures in place. safe, but different. just look at the beauty counters here. so we've got shields here in front of the till points, we have our visors. we have also removed all our testers, and along our beauty halls, all of our chairs have now gone to avoid touch. touch is unavoidable if you're trying on trainers. atj

but it's around the clock in primark but it's a different story in debenhams.ited numbers and only at a few grams across the country. i'm at charlton athletic on the day that spectators make their much—awaited return to english football. for many of us the next few days will turn colder, rein in the forecast, and even some snow, most of it in the hills but some of us will see it at lower levels. i will have the details in about ten minutes. it's wednesday the 2nd of december. our top story... the first coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the uk by the medicines and healthca re products regulatory agency. it's been manufactured by us pharmaceutical company pfizer and their partner, biontech. data released last month showed it was 95% effective. the uk has 10 million doses available by the end of the year — that's enough to vaccinate 5 million people, with another 30 million ordered. around 800,000 are expected next week. in the last half an hour, the health secretary matt hancock said vaccinations will begin next week. 2020 has been such a terrible

the retailer primark says it won't be taking advantage of a £30 million handout from the uk governmentack from furlough. primark placed around 30,000 workers on the government's coronavirus job retention scheme and says all will be brought back. tesla has cut the price of its sport utility vehicle model y by $3,000 just four months after its launch. in may, the electric car maker also dropped the price of its model 3, model x and model s vehicles. the model y will now be priced atjust under $50,000 according to tesla's website. let's now talk about retail, because here in england all non—essential stores have now been open for nearly a month. however in some parts of europe, such as france and belgium, they re—opened almost two months ago. so are consumers returning to the high street in europe? or are many still staying at home and shopping online7 we're now joined from brussels by christian verschueren who's the director—general of eurocommerce. good to see you again. what is it looking like on the high street in europe? good morning, well, so far, the picture has been a bit mixed, o

primark owner associated british foods says there is a risk of supply shortages on some lines later inrange of product from china but says it is well stocked in the short—term. the group said primark sales in the first half of the financial year were 4.2% higher than the same period last year, boosted by recent store openings. the firm that publishes the mirror, express and star newspapers says revenue fell by 5.3% last year, a slowdown on the 6.6% decline it reported the year before. the company says circulation was ‘resilient‘ and that digital revenue had grown more than 13%. it comes after the owner of the sun newspaper said it lost £68m last year as newspaper sales fell and the company continued to deal with the fallout of the phone—hacking scandal. let's get more on that sharp fall in stock markets around the world. but while stock markets fall, the relative safe haven of gold has been climbing to levels not seen since february 2013. we arejoined by... craig erlam is senior market analyst, uk & emea, oanda. give us a sense of what you make of what has been going on this morning, w

queues, and in lots of other places too, with primark drawing the biggest crowds.to come. really excited, a bit of normality. like a good shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant, your anti—sort of thing, and keep your distance, it's absolutely fine. i think this will be the way of life for a long time. hopefully not like this, though. the re—opening at nike town on oxford street was far from orderly. small shops are back in business, too. in bishop auckland, wendy's relieved to be open. it's absolutely amazing. it's been a long time coming. i think we just need to keep encouraging customers, let them know it's safe to come into shops again, making sure we have our safety measures in place. safe, but different. just look at the beauty counters here. so we have put shields here in front of the till points, we have our visors. we have also removed all our testers, and along our beauty halls, all of our chairs have now gone to avoid touch. touch is unavoidable if you're trying on trainers. atjd sports they'll be sani

to go through as one of germany's film is munich the place to be for movie makers and primark the place to be. might have amazon and we've got some serious competition and that's berlin of course young people go to berlin partly because it's much more affordable to live there. but i like being in munich. unit is a good base to start off from it's a good city to come home to. when you travel around the world and see all kinds of exciting things but also get a bit stressed out from it all then munich is a lovely place to return to it's a sheltered and structured world and i find it's a very orderly city. if indeed this and. i'm sure you started out studying documentary filmmaking when did you make the transition to feature films. except as i don't have so can i realised fairly quickly to be honest i sneaked my way into film school via documentary films because the entry requirements for documentary filmmaking were more up my street. and so that's what i applied for and once i was unrolled i wanted to work with actors shops naked makethis and i still get but i realise pretty early on that

and it doesn't la st rather go to primark.oesn't last any longer either, everything i have bought from dorothy perkins i had to sew the buttons back on in two weeks. especially topshop, being five they do the petite stuff, it's not too expensive and i think this jumper is from topshop. sir ian cheshire is a veteran retail and until last year chairman of debenhams and he expressed his sympathy for all those who might lose theirjobs. firstly i feel desperately sorry for the people you might lose theirjobs going into the christmas period and the human cost is the main thing but it's not so much of a surprise because debenhams and arcadia were connected, both each other‘s biggest customers and pa rt each other‘s biggest customers and part of the burton group in the old days and have both dealt with the same problem of how fast you can change particularly when you are stuck with long leases and fixed costs when the internet, the degree of value plays and emerge which means you have to evolve so much faster and i were caught in a st

the primark behind me did open early doors, it will close at 11pm and there are primark stores around keen to make up for that lost ground incurred during the lockdown period, that is ending today, that has ended today. as you said, some shops are plummeting their prices, change get people to come in and to buy their products. if you gojust people to come in and to buy their products. if you go just down people to come in and to buy their products. if you gojust down here on bond street on the right—hand side, some small boutiques also reducing their prices, again to attract people. to speak to me this, iamjoined by attract people. to speak to me this, i am joined by amber grassland, a fashion commentator. thank you for coming on. we know some stores are keeping their doors open for longer hours to try and get a bigger footfall, do you think that could make upfor footfall, do you think that could make up for lost ground? retailers rely on the three months in the build—up to christmas to make up the bulk of their retail sales, so we have really got a month in the run—up to christmas. w

just as you were reporting we're seeing we're suffering not just from but from a crisis of hatred primark races. and of course the lockdown in india is not a lot darker as there is no physical distance just physical compression. but really this crisis of against. it's coming of course from the that of massacring the rich was the result of of you know since december people protesting against the muslim citizenship a lot more and now actually even as we speak. under the cover of core with the government is moving to arrest young students to cases against lawyers being senior. against activists and true. to their recently thought into doing so given that i mean you describe this crisis of hatred and what is your message then to the hindu nationalist government which is apparently inflaming these tensions further. it's the city since limiting the centuries for the day and spoke to know the whole of the organization of the r.s.s. to which more the law of which is the mother ship of the. has long said. should be in the lead in it's got sense have likely been the most in the premier to the jews

made the decision to close to protect their staff and customers, so to name a fewjohn lewis, hmv, primarky closed their doors and in fa ct already closed their doors and in fact there were not many shoppers coming in in the first place. from tonight mcdonald's and subway take a ways will also close. as for the list of those that will be able to remain open, defined as vital retailers, we understand they will include supermarkets, pharmacies, funeral homes and also online shops. that is the —— not the entire list but it gives you a sense of the things which are deemed as vital. 0ne things which are deemed as vital. one thing that will also help, some of these businesses that will be under great financial strain, you remember the government said on friday it will pay 80% of staff wages for those affected by these closures. 0k, sarah thank you. jon kay is in bristol— very strictr rules about actaully leaving your house. yes, fiona, right through the sunny weekend and this afternoon, places like this, this park in bristol have been absolutely packed. this afternoon there were kids and familie

primark also responded saying...ear that garment workers are facing a really tough time ahead. and even though the bangladeshi government announced a $588 million fund to help workers, there are questions over whether this is enough. for people just like sonia, it seems thatjob security is what they want the most. translation: if i get a good job, i can run my family well. i can have a happy family life. if you ever need an example of how global this pandemic was. tributes are being paid to indian cricketer mahendra singh dhoni — who has announced his retirement from the international game. he captained his country in more than three—hundred matches — and led them to a world cup victory in twenty—eleven. the bbc‘s tim allman looks back at his career. ms dhoni was arguably in the epos my greatest ever cricket captain. whether as wicketkeeper or paxman, he was mr consistency. but now, after a16 mr consistency. but now, after a 16 year international career. he is calling it quits. in a statement on its instagram page, h

primark is the latest uk high street chain to close its doors

queues, and in lots of other places too, with primark drawing the biggest crowds.od shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant, your anti—sort of thing, and keep your distance, it's absolutely fine. i think this will be the way of life for a long time. hopefully not like this, though. the re—opening at nike town on oxford street was farfrom orderly. small shops are back in business, too. in bishop auckland, wendy's relieved to be open. it's absolutely amazing. it's been a long time coming. i think we just need to keep encouraging customers, let them know it's safe to come into shops again, making sure we have our safety measures in place. safe, but different. just look at the beauty counters here. so we have put shields here in front of the till points, we have our visors. we have also removed all our testers, and along our beauty halls, all of our chairs have now gone to avoid touch. touch is unavoidable if you're trying on trainers. atjd sports they'll be sanitised straight after, if you don't buy. extraordinary m

where there has been a culture of impunity no accountability for a series of assassinations this primark and new beginning but the tribunals does not have the enforcement mechanism so it has to rely on the authorities in lebannon to cooperate but so far hezbollah has made it clear time and time again the verdict is not concerned it's not concerned with the verdict and it will not hand over the man who was found guilty of killing the former prime minister this is us nation lebanon to the core didn't it you're at the place there in beirut where it took place just remind us what happened. well it was a massive explosion an intricate operation a very sophisticated operation according to security officials as well as the tribunals and the prime minister was leaving a session of parliament not very far from here just a few kilometers according to the judges this was a suicide attack they still don't know who the suicide bomber was he was in a. pickup truck which was parked on the side of the road really really a massive explosion which was heard kilometers away but it was also a political eart

thousands waited for primark to open in bradford, birmingham, liverpool and this is bristol.ent—up demand. on london's oxford street, there was a scrum to get into nike town, the crowd ignoring social distancing rules. and in ashford in kent, a steady stream of customers, but clothes shopping will be different. some of the clothes that you do try on, if you try them on they are then quarantined. some of the fitting rooms are actually closed and brands are extending their returns policy. but some retailers won itjust won't be profitable to trade with social distancing measures in place. the government say this is a phased plan of recovery. let's learn a little more about social distancing works in the shops. here's ben thompson at an outlet centre in ashford to the south east of london. shopping will look and feel very different for quite a while to come and let me talk you through what you mightfind, we and let me talk you through what you might find, we are at mcarthur glen in ashford in kent in the south—east of england. at this place, they have limited the number of people

thinking that buying seven bags of clothes on a friday is a good idea, whether it is something from primark you going to wear it at least 30 times? we asked six big retailers for an interview — no—one was available. sustainability means producing and buying less to reduce our impact on resources but, for shops who want to sell, that is a profit problem and a big business challenge. but here, pre—loved and reworn. a little sustainability just one swap at a time. simon browning, bbc news. we had to bring the best pictures of the new year celebrations that have taken place the new year celebrations that have ta ken place over the the new year celebrations that have taken place over the last 2a hours around the world, since auckland began at 11am uk time yesterday. gareth barlow had the fun of looking through them all. new year in new york. crowds at times square for the big apple's annual party, a celebration that could have only one soundtrack. # start spreading the news # i'm leaving today...# down in south america, cheers on copacabana beach, a carnival of colour, new year brazilian style.

says big behavioural changes are needed. on a friday is a good idea, whether it is something from primarked it? are you going to wear it at least 30 times? we asked six big retailers for an interview — no—one was available. sustainability means producing and buying less to reduce our impact on resources but for shops who want to sell, that is a profit problem and a big business challenge. but here, pre—loved and reworn. a little sustainability just one swap at a time. simon browning, bbc news. for the first time, more than a hundred billion music tracks have been streamed online in the uk in a single year. it comes at the end of a decade that saw many more of us abandoning the cd and embracing the digital streaming and downloads. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more details. # these are the moments that i'm going to remember most, yeah... # oh, how a decade has changed how we consume music. 2010 started withjoe mcelderry‘s the climb at number one. at that stage, cd singles were being phased out, as paid—for downloads dominated. # there's always going to be another mount

i would also highlight brands like primark.ber of followers on their social media account, 10 million, as topshop does, so even though it is not trading online, it has conversations, it is in the presence, on social media, with its co re presence, on social media, with its core customers, building relationships, and that is perhaps where brands could be looking for the arcadia group if they hadn't had their eyes taken off the ball.“ only. kate hardcastle, thank you very much. face—to—face talks have resumed in london to reach agreement on a brexit deal between the eu and the uk. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said deep divisions remain. borisjohnson has also spoken to the irish prime minister and underlined his commitment to reaching an agreement, which respects the uk's sovereignty. the number of coronavirus cases recorded in the united states has passed 13 million as the pandemic continues to surge. nearly 265,000 americans have died with covid 19. around 90,000 are in hospital. a further spike in the infecti

online struggled to survive against disruptors like online boo—hoo group, and on the high street, primarkd office and a better conversation with the consumer of today. 0vershadowed by online rivals with boo—hoo already snapping up other failed online rivals with boo—hoo already snapping up otherfailed high street brands. could topshop soon be next? from what we are hearing there is interest in these brands and if the group goes into administration today there will be interested parties interested in buying up the brands but some of the interested parties may not necessarily want those stores. part of the problem arcadia have had is stores have not been profitable and they have not been able to get out of the long leases they are signed up to. sir philip green is in monaco, but there was no sign of him today on his superyacht. he made his fortune from retail, but he tarnished his reputation. hauled in front of mps to fix the huge hole in the bhs pension schemes after it collapsed. it is resolvable, sortable, we will sort it, we will find a solution, and i want to give an assurance to 20,00

thinking that buying seven bags of clothes on a friday is a good idea, whether it is something from primarkeally need it? are you going to wear it at least 30 times? we asked six big retailers for an interview — no—one was available. sustainability means producing and buying less to reduce our impact on resources but, for shops who want to sell, that is a profit problem and a big business challenge. but here, pre—loved and reworn. a little sustainability just one swap at a time. simon browning, bbc news. i'm with irene de pascuale, who has organised clothes swapping events all over london. she's now looking for a permanent home for her swap shop. that tells you all you need to know, the fact that you now need permanent premises, that this has really taken off. it is not a new idea, but would you say it has gathered momentum in the last couple of years? absolutely, if you could go swapping at loads of places in your community centre to your local church. we did a really big one in november, it was an anti—black friday movement, an alternative to shopping, where a50 people gathered together,

in birmingham, they queued before dawn for primark.it's been a difficult week for retail. the collapse of debenhams and arcadia, the owner of brands like topshop and dorothy perkins has put 25,000 jobs at risk. the demise of these retail giants will leave a big hole here in newcastle city centre and on high streets across britain. and today, bonmarche went into administration with 1,500 staff affected. but shopping centers are trying to sparkle. tier 3 rules mean shops at the metro centre in gateshead can open postop cafes can only do takeaways. i went to have a sandwich, but we had to go outside, so that was a bit difficult. i'm shocked it's so quiet. i was expecting it to be quite busy. there's a lot more in the shops, i think, then you can get online. managers hope longer opening hours will boost sales. stores can trade 2a hours a day. these three and a bit weeks up to christmas will count between 50—60% of some of our retail sales for the month of december, obviously, it's absolute key. the retail sector has lost billions of pounds

people have so much choice and as to where to shop, gesture we are here we have primark, that building. very, it is now. next isjust be part of the littlewoods group. very, it is now. next is just a peen very, it is now. next is just a peer, which has an online presence. people have a choice as to where they want to spend their money and they want to spend their money and they don't necessarily want to give it to sir philip green. really interesting to see what comes next. you can't underestimate the affection for these brands. thanks for your tweet this morning. hannah sang her trips to topshop make—up airlikea grown sang her trips to topshop make—up air like a grown up in the 1990s. michelle sang i started at topshop for £6 an hour. i miss it —— i will miss it if it goes. it would be enormous for our high street if this business was to go into administration. we will find out later today. the headlines on bbc news: the number of new covid—19 cases in england has fallen sharply since the second lockdown began, with cases dropping by nearly a third across the country. wales faces tough

thinking that buying seven bags of clothes on a friday is a good idea, whether it is something from primarkans producing and buying less to reduce our impact on resources but, for shops who want to sell, that is a profit problem and a big business challenge. but here, pre—loved and reworn. a little sustainability just one swap at a time. simon browning, bbc news. the pacific island nation of palau has become the first country to ban sun cream which is harmful to coral and sea life. the ban covers the sale and use of lotion containing any of ten common ingredients. several other countries have also announced plans to ban the pollutants. for the first time, more than a hundred—billion music tracks have been streamed online in the uk, in a single year. it comes at the end of a decade that saw many more of us abandoning the cd, and embracing the digital streaming and downloads. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more details. # these are the moments that i‘m going to remember most, yeah. oh, how a decade has changed how we consume music. 2010 started withjoe mcelderry‘s the clim

in birmingham, they queued before dawn for primark. 0n london's oxford street, trade was brisk, but it'sand arcadia, the owner of brands like topshop and dorothy perkins has put 25,000 jobs at risk. the demise of these retail giants will leave a big hole here in newcastle city center and on high streets across britain. and today, bonmarche went into administration with 1,500 staff affected. but shopping centers are trying to sparkle. tier 3 rules mean shops at the metro center in gateshead can open postop cafes can only do takeaways. i went to have a sandwich, but we had to go outside, so that was a bit difficult. i'm shocked it's so quiet. i was expecting it to be quite busy. there's a lot more in the shops, i think, then you can get online. managers hope longer opening hours will boost sales. stores can trade 24 hours a day. family and friends are being allowed to visit care home residents indoors if they get a negative result from a rapid coronavirus test. more than a million tests will be sent to care providers in england over the next month, in the hope that visitors will be able to

you think about primark, for example. selfridge‘s have had some good results over christmas.e united states and amazon. they have home delivery services. from an online point of view, it is costly to keep delivering those services. so, at some point, they will be a way in which some of the retailers come the high street retailers find a way of delivering both an online and off—line offer, if you like, and are able to mitigate some of these losses potentially from those online competitors. jamie rayner, thank you very much indeed. one of the biggest sellers of train tickets in britain is the latest to offer its customers what‘s called split—ticketing. the trainline says using this method, rail travellers could between them save more than £300 million this year. split—ticketing is when travellers buy multiple tickets for a journey instead of a single end—to—end ticket. it can be used to lower the overall cost, sometimes by more than half the originaljourney cost. with split—ticketing, your tickets must cover the whole journey and the train must stop at every station where your

in birmingham, they queued before dawn for primark. 0n london's oxford street, trade was brisk.pse of debenhams and arcadia, the owner of brands like topshop and dorothy perkins, has put 25,000 jobs at risk. and the demise of these retail giants will leave a big hole here in newcastle city centre, and on high streets across britain. and today, bonmarche went into administration, with 1,500 staff affected. but shopping centres are trying to sparkle. tier 3 rules mean shops at the metrocentre in gateshead can open. cafes, though, can only do takeaways. we went to have a sandwich, but then we got told we had to go outside, so that was a bit difficult. i'm shocked it's so quiet, i was expecting it to be quite busy. i always have liked in—store buying rather than online. and so it is nice to come out and purchase things that you can see. managers hope longer opening hours will boost sales. stores can trade 24 hours a day. these three—and—a—bit weeks up to christmas will account for between 50% to 60% of some of our retailers‘ sales. so, the month of december obviously is absolutely k

i was at primark this morning in my town and there we re this morning in my town and there were queuesere mothers taking their kids back to get close, shoes after three months off, and they were being extremely sensible with proper queues and a proper order, and i think that will be the duck —— dominant force over the next few months. people use that word normal, but what will the nude normality be, do you think? broadly, i think there will be a slow reduction of retail on the high street. there will be people living in towns. there will be an increase in office and residential, back in the towns. offices will be smaller and more discreet. i think residencies will be greater in numberandl residencies will be greater in numberand i think residencies will be greater in number and i think the whole retail experience will be smaller, we will not have those mad queues that were used to have, and people will be purchasing any more caring and confident fashion. they will be using online for some things, but they will be using the proper experience type of buying, and restau ra nts a nd bars e

by the time europe's biggest primark reopened just before 7, there were nearly 100 waiting to get in,aspect because i hate when it's busy, shopping. so, hopefully, it stays quiet while i'm here this morning. i definitely don't want to be in crowds. i wanted to get into nice and early to get back out, really, as safe as possible. is everyone ready?! over at selfridge's, they were excited to welcome shoppers back. it's so important, and whilst online trading has been brilliant and stores have been supportive with that, nothing beats that experience of having customers in the store shopping for their christmas gifts. birmingham is in tier 3, that means you can't go to the pub, you can't meet your friends and go for a meal and you can't sit inside. it's click and collect, or takeaway only. normally, this street would be packed with hundreds of shoppers because this is where the german christmas market would be. there is no obvious sign of a mass rush back to the shops today and that might be because people are still nervous. this is an area where there has been a high infection rate and p

halford, primark and moss bros are among those reporting today.ine only fashion businesses. but we have seen profit warnings from brands like super dry, so there is a real change across the market, and consumer spending is definitely changing. do you sense there is a shift in what people are spending money on? are we seeing people moving away from spending on stuff and towards spending on experiences and doing things? there seems to be a bit of that. looking across the market, people are spending more money on big things, important things, so as we say, health and sales are up this morning on bikes and electrical bikes, they have gone up significantly, but we have gone up significantly, but we have stopped buying high end electrical items for the car like stereo systems. so there is a bit of that going on. we are also spending more money going out and enjoying ourselves, so in the entertainment sector we see good results from some of the bar change this christmas. so we aren't buying as much stuff, but we aren't buying as much stuff, but we aren't