with more, here's our business reporter, noor nanji.at the barn pub near rugby, but it might be an early night. it's shutting at 8pm tonight instead of ten. one of a range of measures it's taking to keep going. we start off seven days a week cos we thought it was important to be open continuously so that people could just pop in. but then, sadly, that didn't happen so we were busy predominantly thursday to sunday. so we've reflected that by closing our kitchen monday, tuesday, wednesday, and then just staying open as normal for the weekends. if no—one's come in, etc, our staff have got the choice, if they know there's no regulars coming in, that they can close early because at the end of the day it does cost quite a bit of money to keep this building heated, etc. we're all used to popping into our local pub at any time of day and ordering a drink or some food. but for pubs like this one, the cost of staying open all day are rising. many pubs also don't have enough staff to keep the doors open. the barn pub is not alone. a new survey fro

noor nanji reports. dashing home for christmas. this train to swansea was one of the last to leave london today. allaround britain, rail services have finished early because of more strikes. for passengers here, it was a race against time. it's the last train so it's kind of a bit nerve—racking, yeah, but either way, i do support the people who are striking. so i do understand what they are going through. it's just frustrating that, like, it has to have an impact on christmas and going home to see family and stuff. this station would usually be packed on a saturday evening, but here on the platform, you can hear a pin drop. services started winding down from around lunchtime. the last train left at about lipm, and they won't be back up and running until tuesday morning. around the country, it was a similar picture, with many people forced to change their plans. yesterday, we went to the station in york, and i don't think they were on strike yesterday, but all the trains were cancelled. then we ended up paying £65 in a taxi to get h

noor nanji reports. dashing home for christmas. this train to swansea was one of the last to leave london today. allaround britain, rail services have finished early because of more strikes. for passengers here, it was a race against time. it's the last train so it's kind of a bit nerve—racking, yeah, but either way, i do support the people who are striking. so i do understand what they are going through. it's just frustrating that, like, it has to have an impact on christmas and going home to see family and stuff. this station would usually be packed on a saturday evening, but here on the platform, you can hear a pin drop. services started winding down from around lunchtime. the last train left at about lipm, and they won't be back up and running until tuesday morning. around the country, it was a similar picture, with many people forced to change their plans. yesterday, we went to the station in york, and i don't think they were on strike yesterday, but all the trains were cancelled. then we ended up paying £65 in a taxi to get h

noor nanji, bbc news in paddington.s of sussex says an apology from the sun newspaper regarding a column, in whichjeremy clarkson said he "hated" meghan markle, is "nothing more than a pr stunt". on friday, the newspaper issued a statement expressing regret for the publication of the column. among other things, clarkson wrote that he had dreamed of meghan being paraded naked through towns in the uk and publicly shamed. the spokesperson said the paper had not contacted the duchess of sussex, which showed their true intent. the united nations in afghanistan has condemned an order by the taliban rulers to ban women from working for local and international aid agencies. it said the move would violate the most fundamental rights of women, as well as breaching humanitarian principles. this decision by the taliban comes just days after women were banned from studying at universities. the bbc world service's south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, told us more about the international reactions. the un has strongly cond

noor nanji, bbc news in paddington.he taliban rulers to ban women from working for local and international aid agencies in afghanistan. it said the move would violate the most fundamental rights of women, as well as breaching humanitarian principles. this decision by the taliban comes just days after women were banned from studying at universities. the bbc world service's, south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, told us more about the international reactions. the un has strongly condemned this move by the taliban because this will have a far reaching impact on the ground. there are dozens of ngos, health ngos and food aid ngos working on the ground, and not allowing women to work means people cannot access these services. for example, one woman worker was saying women can easily relate with us about asking for medicines. for example, if they want to give a polio vaccination, they can go into the any of the houses in the rural areas. but now they cannot express these things freely to any men health worker or eve

noor nanji, bbc news in paddington.ess of sussex says an apology from the sun newspaper regarding a column in whichjeremy clarkson said he "hated" meghan, is "nothing more than a pr stunt." on friday, the newspaper issued a statement expressing regret for the publication of the column. among other things clarkson wrote that he had dreamed of meghan being paraded through towns in the uk and publicly shamed. the spokesperson said the paper had not contacted the duchess of sussex directly, which showed their true intent. here in the uk, a four—year—old boy has died after a "serious medical incident" at a center parcs resort in the south west. wiltshire police said officers had attended the leisure complex at longleat on the morning of christmas eve. police added the boy's death was not thought to be suspicious. police and protesters have clashed in central paris after the murder on friday of three members of the kurdish community in what police believe was a racist attack. a 69—year—old man was arrested and he has now been

noor nanji, bbc news. proposals, aimed at simplifying and speeding up the process which allows people to legally change their gender. msps are considering more than 150 amendments to the planned legislation, which the scottish government says will ensure dignity for trans people, but critics argue, is a threat to women and girls. our correspondent lorna gordon, is at holyrood. lorna, 150 amendments. that is a clear indicationjust lorna, 150 amendments. that is a clear indication just how controversial these plans are. yes, it is, clive. — controversial these plans are. yes, it is, clive. that _ controversial these plans are. yes, it is, clive. that debate _ controversial these plans are. yes, it is, clive. that debate is - it is, clive. that debate isjust got under way inside the parliament behind me. outside you can see a very vocal, very angry group of campaigners who oppose the legislation. there's been cries of shame from their muffled there's also been other demonstrations from very passionate groups

noor nanji is at paddington station. christmas eve and the festive decor is up. strike looming, passengers here are feeling anxious. these people are on their way to bristol to spend their first christmas with their family after years of covid disruption. we were quite lucky, we'd booked for this morning anyway so hopefully we're going to get through without having to change our plans. but we were really anxious when we heard about the strikes, so we've been checking all week to make sure that the trains were not going to be cancelled and we'd be able to get there. across britain, people have had to change their plans. yesterday we went to the station in york, i don't think they were on strike yesterday but all the trains were cancelled. we'd booked two lots of tickets because we wanted and then we ended up paying £65 in a taxi to get here. we booked like 3pm train, it was cancelled so we booked for 9.45. and this is the last train? yeah, this is the last train, we're still worried that it won't get cancelled. the walk—outs are part of a long—running dispute betw

the ceo of etsy, josh silverman, spoke to our reporter noor nanji.entum, you know, during the pandemic millions of people had to come and try etsy because they had very few other choices and what has been really delightful is that since the world has been reopened those people are coming back again and again to shop at etsy. in fact, we announced in our most recent water that etsy sellers sold about $2.6 billion worth of products in the third quarter, that compares to $1.1 billion of product in the same quarter pandemic, so we're almost 2.5 times as big as we were before. br; almost 2.5 times as big as we were before.— were before. by your share rice were before. by your share price tells _ were before. by your share price tells a _ were before. by your share price tells a different - were before. by your share price tells a different story| price tells a different story because it fell sharply this year, it has recovered a bit since then but it is nowhere near where it was a year ago. the world is trying to figure out what two of the pandemic, so th

noor nanji is at paddington station. christmas eve and the festive decor is up.il strike looming, passengers here are feeling anxious. these people are hoping to spend their first christmas with their family after years of covid disruption. their family after years of covid disruption-_ their family after years of covid disru tion. ~ �* my disruption. we're quite lucky, we would have _ disruption. we're quite lucky, we would have booked _ disruption. we're quite lucky, we would have booked for _ disruption. we're quite lucky, we would have booked for this - disruption. we're quite lucky, we i would have booked for this morning anyway so hopefully we going to get through without having to change our plans. but we were really anxious when we heard about the strikes, so we have been checking all week to make sure that the trains were not going to be cancelled and we'd be able to get there.— able to get there. across britain, --eole able to get there. across britain, peeple have _ able to get there. across britain, people have had _ able to get there. across britain,

noor nanji, bbc news. joe biden is welcomed volodymyr zelenskyy outside.s queues of female students at the gate of kabul university, after being denied access to their classrooms. and this is the scene injalalabad where dozens of women have been protesting agains the move. the news has caused despair, particularly young women, in the country. translation: my my classmates informed me of us being banned from universities, i cried a lot. i had all of my study materials but i could not study. i've been awake until this morning and we did not sleep at all. when the sun was we thought there was no light for women in afghanistan any more. since the taliban have closed all the routes towards this. last ni . ht, all the routes towards this. last nitht, i all the routes towards this. last night. i saw _ all the routes towards this. last night. i saw an _ all the routes towards this. last night, i saw an announcement on social— night, i saw an announcement on social media and i thought it might be take _ social media and i thought it might be fake but then, after th

noor nanji focus for people today. indeed. - thank you very much. is. i am sure he meant 40 fahrenheit rather than celsius. | ao fahrenheit rather than celsius. so, that would be far fewer degrees celsius when you can read that. i will tell you one of the reasons why we have seen these massive temperature drops. this is called arctic air all the way from canada that basically has spread across north america in the last a8 hours. see the leading edge of the arctic front. going through tulsa. there is a huge temperature 93p- tulsa. there is a huge temperature gap. that front moved through very quickly. it is not surprising we saw those massive temperature drops. it will be warming up in the coming days. this tuesday, wednesday, into thursday, you can see the mild air. it is an historic cold outbreak for north america. and the outlook, you can see, new york is going to get a cold but not that cold. interesting, look at miami, usually in the tropics, the cold will reach them on sunday. between friday and sunday, a big temperature drop. let's talk about

with more, here's our business reporter, noor nanji. it might be an early night. it p.m._, ., , ., keep going. we start of seven days a week and opening — keep going. we start of seven days a week and opening continuously i keep going. we start of seven days a week and opening continuously so i week and opening continuously so people can pop in and exactly, that did not happen and so we were busy, predominantly thursday to sunday and so we reflected that by closing our kitchen on monday, tuesday and wednesday interesting open as normal. if no one comes in, etc, step have got the choice come if they know there is no regulars coming in that they can close early because at the end of the day, does cost quite a bit of money to keep this building heated, etc. popping into a local— this building heated, etc. popping into a local pub _ this building heated, etc. popping into a local pub in _ this building heated, etc. popping into a local pub in a _ this building heated, etc. popping into a local pub in a time - this building heated, etc. popping into a local pub in a time of- t

my colleague noor nanji has been to see how one pub plans to survive.tonight instead of ten. one of a range of measures it's taking to keep going. we start off seven days a week cos we thought it was important to be open continuously so that people could just pop in. but then, sadly, that didn't happen so we were busy predominantly thursday to sunday. so we've reflected that by closing our kitchen monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thenjust staying open as normal for the weekends. if no—one's come in, etc, our staff have got the choice, if they know there's no regulars coming in, that they can close early because at the end of the day it does cost quite a bit of money to keep this building heated, etc. we're all used to popping into our local pub at any time of day and ordering a drink or some food. but for pubs like this one, the cost of staying open all day are rising. many pubs also don't have enough staff to keep the doors open. the barn pub is not alone. a new survey from the british beer and pub association, seen by the bbc, found 86% of pubs are con

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