here in wakefield in yorkshire, lockdown means no shoppers or staff, but as elsewhere, months of pandemice wall seats, locals have mixed feelings about the government's public pay squeeze. well, he's got to do what he thinks is best for the country at the moment because of the state we're in. the people that's done the hard work during covid, that should get the pay rises, it's the public sector workers. today's forecast show that the economy set to shrink by over 11% this year, a three—century record, before recovering more slowly from next year. that means an annual increase in borrowing only seen during world wars — nearly £400 billion, 19% of the size of the national economy, a staggering figure, yet the interest bill to pay for it is also tumbling. as historic and frankly unimaginable as some of these numbers are, both the hits to the economy and the huge rise in borrowing, they are in the past. it's just that they're so big that they're going to have an impact for years to come. but there is this other record, a record low in just how cheap it will be to actually pay for this massiv

in wakefield, yorkshire, months of pandemic uncertainty have seen the spread of the tell—tale to let—called blue wall seats, locals have mixed feelings about the government was not coming pay squeeze. well, he's got to do what he thinks is best for the country at the moment, because of the state we are in. the people that have done the hard work during covid that you get the pay rises, it is the public sector workers. today's forecast shows the economy set to shrink by over 11% this year, a three century record, and recovering more slowly next year, meaning an annual increase in borrowing early due seen during world wars, nearly £400 billion, 19% of the size of the national economy, a staggering figure, and the interest bill to pay for it is also tumbling. at historic and frankly unimaginable a sum of the numbers are, both the hits to the numbers are, both the hits to the economy and the huge rise in borrowing, there are, in the past, but they are so big that they are going to have an impact for years to come, but there's this other record, a record low how cheap it would be to actua

back in wakefield, this council worker union rep, married to a teacher, certainly feels the return of, really. i've worked, like many of my fellow colleagues, throughout the pandemic as a key worker. it feels like the public sector workers are being punished again by the government for a crisis that was not of our making. the lowest—paid were protected, but the economic shadow of covid—i9 will last notjust past this christmas, but many future festive seasons. faisal islam, bbc news. as we mentioned, rishi sunak promised a new £4 billion fund to support local projects, especially in those areas where investment has lagged in the past. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports from rossendale and darwen — a conservative—held constituency in the north—west of england — on the challenges people there are facing. the towns and villages of rossendale are in a part of the north—west that's been hard hit by the virus. like in many places, that's meant rising unemployment. take oliver and lewis, both 19, both out of work, both have been looking forjobs for months. it's really demoralisi

let me bring in sarah wakefield, associate professor and chair of the psychiatry department at texashis holiday. i'm wondering what psychological tolls we're seeing in this pandemic taking on health care workers, and is it going to get worse before it gets better with this new surge of cases. >> thank you so much for having me. it's really nice to be here on this holiday. what we're seeing are what we see all the time with physicians and nurses and health care workers, that they carry a very high level of stress, high level of burden of taking on other people's stresses and just moving on. during this time it's been a lot harder. it's been a lot harder for a lot of us. whether you're on the so-called front lines or in your clinic or in the pharmacy, we have clinicians all over the world trying to figure out what the next best step in for their patients and often not having the answer for those questions which can be really, really difficult and adds to that toll that we're seeing and the burnout, the battle fatigue, that depression, that worry, not having the right answer and being u

here in wakefield in yorkshire, lockdown means no shoppers or staff, but as elsewhere, months of pandemicthe spread of the tell—tale to—let sign. here in one of the so—called blue wall seats, locals have mixed feelings about the government's public pay squeeze. well, he's got to do what he thinks is best for the country at the moment because of the state we're in. the people that's done the hard work during covid, that should get the pay rises, it's the public sector workers. today's forecast show that the economy set to shrink by over 11% this year, a three—century record, before recovering more slowly from next year. that means an annual increase in borrowing only seen during world wars — nearly £400 billion, i9% of the size of the national economy, a staggering figure, yet the interest bill to pay for it is also tumbling. as historic and frankly unimaginable as some of these numbers are, both the hits to the economy and the huge rise in borrowing, they are in the past. it's just that they're so big that they're going to have an impact for years to come. but there is this other record,

let's speak now to tania howe who runs betty loves candles in wakefield.ext national lockdown as a business? it is absolutely devastating for me. we're coming up to the major of the sales. we sell candles and gift and 60% of my sales is now. i'm absolutely devastated. what would help you and businesses like yours? obviously, we need support. we've got to rent, lights and everything to pay for. it's hard. it's customers we need. we could have some government funding but we need to be open. we are independent, we need to be open and carry on trading. supermarkets are still open so why not the independent shops?” still open so why not the independent shops? i suppose, it may sound cold to say it but some people may say that supermarkets are selling essentials, food, drinks, items that people cannot live without. items like cards and candles are not essential by definition. that is where the distinction is. they are not essential but they are good for your well being and doing these dark nights, people want them. it's christmas time, people need gifts. people

curbman and wakefield chairman and ceo joins me now, brett white.ven months about how quickly people will come back to the office what he we elevator wait times would be why are so few employees coming back and are you surprised that the numbers are solo >> yeah. first of all, this came has been a great conversation the last seven months and as we all are observing, this is a very, very fluid set of dynamics as it pertains to return to office we've learned a lot the last few months couple of things we learned. first of all, that if you remember back to march, we were all talking about a two week, four week, six week period of time people going away from the office and then coming back in that clearly is not the case it's not going to be the case. what we know now is that this period of covid and we just heard it from your last guest is a protracted period of dislocation in markets, dislocation in how people think about where they are going work and how they are going to work and people now and most companies now are planning for a very, very slow in

this is how we ended the day in wakefield. building from the west, and much milder air will spill eastwards overnight. it will spill eastwards overnight. it will stay dry and clear across the far east, so there will likely be a bit of frost in the focus tonight. rain moving on from the west will lift temperatures there. a ridge of high pressure has been with us today, which will get squeezed away towards the east. this warm front moves in from the atlantic, introducing milder air. quite moves in from the atlantic, introducing milderair. quite a moves in from the atlantic, introducing milder air. quite a lot of clout, and also some outbreaks of rain. the wind will also pick up on the north—west later in the night. this rain will push across parts of northern ireland through the early hours of friday, eventually heading into western fringes of england, wales and south—west scotland, but further east, you will be sticking with those clear skies all night. that is where temperatures will fall lowest, particularly across parts of e

group of these anti baxter's who really from the ninety's start to build up momentum, to falsify wakefield report. and as a result of that, we're trying, we see that in fact, the vaccine has actually decreased there. and there has been an increase, a nice little trend since up to 30 percent highest ever on record. and again, a decrease in back nation. so ironically here we have this paradox where our science, our innovation is the strongest that's ever been and we have more regulatory checks in place. but yet this, this skepticism and this doubt, this lack of trust in central governments is growing. and i think that's a symptom of a much larger problem in code itself. let me take that to an event. will we see vaccine hesitancy reach unprecedented levels over this whole issue of coded 19? i mean, some stats i was reading say that the number of people who are not planning or would resist getting a coded 19 vaccine in the us have gone from 70 from 50 percent to i'm sorry, the people who would take it. i've gone down from 70 percent to only 50 percent. yes, so i think the way we look at vaccin

this is how we ended the day in wakefield, fairly clear skies around there, but the cloud is already spill its way eastwards overnight. it will stay dry and clear though across the far east, so there's likely to be a bit of frost in the forecast tonight. rain moving in from the west will lift temperatures there. so, a ridge of high—pressure has been with us today, that's getting squeezed away towards the east. this warm front is moving in from the atlantic, introducing that milder air, quite a lot of cloud, and also some outbreaks of rain. the wind also is going to be picking up in the northwest later in the night. so, this rain will push across parts of northern ireland through the early hours of friday, eventually getting into western fringes of england, wales and southwest scotland. but further east, you are going to be sticking with those clear skies all night, so that's where the temperatures will fall lowest, particularly across parts of east anglia and the southeast as well. could be some frosty here and also the odd icy stretch where the services are still quite damp out ther

in wakefield, dee is due to give birth next week. lam trying dee is due to give birth next week.s got to come out. i live in a cul—de—sac and out of about 40 houses there is six houses with it now. it seems nearer and scarier this time. and grand parents like jane will feel the impact, too.” don't know when i will see them again now, so we don't know when i will see them again now, so we came don't know when i will see them again now, so we came down to make the most of it. how are you feeling about it? a bit emotional, ijust wa nt about it? a bit emotional, ijust want it over for christmas. i cannot stand it like it was last time. soft play has to close, like so much else. a week ago they were told originally they would be go into tier 3. it wasn't until saturday night we heard it would no longer apply. we had a decision to make and we cancelled all our bookings. it is just changing so fast, it is literally from one hour to the next. and time is running out for shopping. look how busy it was in huddersfield yesterday before they close for the next month. it is bound to hurt town