one of the many domes here of the trafford centre, 170 different retail units, 30 million visitors comect in northern ireland —— different in wales. in scotland, nonessential retail has closed except for those living in level. —— open. for every week retells close, £2 billion was lost. the opening today comes too late for some and we learned on monday night that arcadia and the brands it represents has collapsed, taking with it potentially 13,000 jobs across topshop, dorothy perkins, burton amongst others. and yesterday, we found out debenhams could not secure a buyer and 12,000 jobs we expect to go there. there is a debenhams unit across the way from here and people will be queueing their later expecting those closing down sales. a very difficult time for retail. but today, a big day because they have reopened, but of course because of the vaccine news this morning. let's speak to zoe, the centre manager. i have to ask you about that firstly, in the last hour and you about that firstly, in the last hourand a you about that firstly, in the last hour and a half, you about that firstly, i

yes, and roger, you said you were out in the trafford centre in manchester.re busy. that is what all retailers are trying to do but it is a tricky balancing act. a big year ahead. thank you. let's take a look at today's papers. the challenges of getting children back to school after the christmas holidays, dominates many of the front pages this morning. the times reports the prime minister is under pressure to delay the return in england because of the high coronavirus infection rate. the guardian reports a split among some senior tories on how best to approach the return to school. according to the paper, the education secretary, gavin williamson, is reluctant to delay the face—to—face restart in england because of the potential impact on the summer exam timetable. the telegraph carries a warning from scientists that two million people need to be vaccinated a day in order to avoid a third peak of the virus. and most watched on the bbc news website is a collection of zoom fails, something we're probably all familiar with, after almost a year of video calls. i

i was at the trafford centre in manchester yesterday morning, as non—essential shops opened up againr. lots of us clearly preferring the safety of staying at home and shopping online this christmas. so this is a really timely chat. what happens if things go wrong? in october, online sales accounted for nearly a third of all our shopping. that was up from nearly a fifth injanuary, before the pandemic. but more orders can potentially mean more problems. this morning the consumer group which? says nearly seven in ten shoppers had problems with christmas deliveries last year. well, which? says almost a fifth of christmas shoppers told them their delivery arrived late last year. the problem is unless the company specifically states a delivery date, your rights are difficult. by law, delivery only needs to be "within a reasonable time". that's normally up to 30 days. the best advice is to check a delivery slot is confirmed when you order. sometimes it might cost a bit more but it is worth it. think also about posting dates as well if you're sending letters and parcels. these are the all—im

centre, here's olly foster. manchester united and leeds united first league meeting in 16 years was very one—sided. running out the winners at old trafford first of a premier league player has done that. bruno fernandes also scored a couple and they have a game in hand on the other teams around them. leads, they play the same way whether they're for having zero up work for having zero down. you know you're in the game until the final whistle. they do that every three days or every game. that's the challenge for us as well. at half—time it's not going to stop them you have to run into the whistle goes and i think we are showing that physical capability and the fitness is getting better. chris we knew we were lacking at the start of the season and now we are looking stronger. leicester city second the table andjamie stronger. leicester city second the table and jamie vardy scored his second—half penalty. involved again as spurs failed to deal with the long ball in the second half and to be scored an own goal. to having zero the final score, for spurs that's slipped to fifth. blessed are now four points off the top. —— lester. real madrid a

trafford. elsewhere, sport was welcoming back spectators. from lingfield, one of four horse racing meetings today to do so, to this, the earliest of starts for some fitness fanatics. a midnight dip, as perdiswell leisure centreurning to action. and it's been another excellent night for chelsea in their champions league campaign. 0livier giroud, how smart is that? they beat spanish side sevilla 4—0, with all the goals scored by 0livier giroud. it means chelsea qualify for the knockout stage of the competition as group e winners. this year is set to be one of the hottest three years ever recorded according to the world meteorological 0rganisation. the announcement came as the un secretary—general made his strongest call so far for global action on climate change. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has more details. as if suffering a pandemic wasn't enough, now we learn that 2020 is on track to be one of the three hottest years ever recorded, and that is not all. the past decade, obviously, is the warmest on record, and the last six years are the warmest years on record. the bad news is even the covid—19 lockdowns haven't made a difference. the coronavirus restrictions imposed around the world m