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it is a real nightmares for travelers. reporter: it certainly is. airlines continue in their efforts to try to mitigate the efforts of not only severe weather but of course omicron and the explosive transmission we have seen across the country that has affected airline workers, many having to call in sick and recover at home. because of that airlines forced to cancel thousands of flights. let s give viewers an idea of where we stand as of today. about today alone, just over that amount of 2,300 canceled over the country bringing the total to just over 13,000 since christmas alone. you can imagine what the travel nightmare has been. chicago, midway, canceling over half of their flights at o hair. almost 40% of their flights have been canceled. and in detroit, for example, authorities there saying one in their five flights have been canceled thus far. delta airlines weighing in here saying that warning travelers, obviously, that this
empty shelves and despite all those supply chain problems and labour shortages which were real, i think actually retailers have had a pretty decent christmas overall. as for this one, well, it s had a really good one. m and s is a christmas winner and i think that s because food has done particularly well, more than i2% up compared with the same period before the pandemic, and actually it said it had its best everfood actually it said it had its best ever food sales in the week before christmas. clothing and home also up a bit. as for tesco, its uk sales were up more than 7%, so clearly the supermarkets have benefited from more people eating, drinking, entertaining at home, having deserted pubs and restaurants because of the omicron effect. now of course omicron has clearly impacted the high street but people carried on spending. there is online and the demand was there, people wanted to treat themselves and to
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breaking news on the logistics of quarantining in hotel, the senior responsible officer in charge at the uk health security agency expects people can be released from quarantine hotels today once logistics like travel are sorted. he said the standard practice if you start, you complete hotel quarantine has changed because of the development of the fast moving omicron variant is that we want to release people early and we are starting arrangements as quickly as possible. he said officials don t want to be releasing covid or omicron positive guests immediately and they should remain in the hotels. data released by the office for national statistics this morning shows the cost of living has risen at its fastest rate for ten years, with inflation standing at 5.1% in the year to november. the rate of inflation, as measured