no consultation with the workforce, no consultation with the unions, and to answer the unregulated s questioned the first i heard about it was at 8:30pm, not through the memo which i did not see but instead through the communication with my private office to indicate that p and 0 would be making redundancies the next day. people can no longer buy free range eggs in the uk due to the length of time hens have been kept indoors following outbreaks of bird flu. the eggs in shops will be labelled as barn eggs due to birds being kept inside for more than 16 weeks. the country is experiencing its largest ever outbreak of avian influenza and measures are in place to prevent the virus from spreading. the headlines on bbc news: nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, held for almost six years in tehran, speaks of her ordeal. in her first interview since she was freed, she says her release should have
the country s chief medical officer says the uk could surpass previous records of people admitted to hospital with covid 19. labour say businesses will have to start making redundancies next week unless government give more support for struggling firms. now it s time for across the uk. lancashire s director of public health says they re preparing for a tsunami of covid cases in the next 2 to 3 weeks after a huge rise in the omicron infection rates in london. meanwhile, the region s hospitality and entertainment industries are calling for urgent financial support with many bookings being cancelled. mairead smyth reports. it is christmas, but the advice from the government last night was to think carefully about any celebrations. at last night s briefing,
uncomfortable as well. lucy, thank ou. new figures show that young people around the world have been hit particularly hard by the impact of the pandemic. globally one in six of the under 25s were unemployed at the end of 2020 double the rate for those over 25. in addition, a billion young people have missed out on education and training. hhere s dharshini david. what s missing from the skies above crawley are planes from neighbouring gatwick. on the ground, that s meant thousands ofjob losses, blowing careers off course. i started an apprenticeship, for business admin level two. due to covid, a month later, my contract was terminated. injuly, ijust thought, i m going to get made redundant anyway, because that s when they said they were making redundancies, so i went looking for a job myself. i was fortunate enough to be made redundant but then found something almost straightaway, so i m very thankful for that. they re completing business admin apprenticeships but face uncertainty ove
are planes from neighbouring gatwick. 0n the ground, that meant thousands ofjob losses, blowing careers off course. i started an apprenticeship for business admin level two. due to covid, a month later, my contract was terminated. injuly, ijust thought, i m going to get made redundant anyway, because that s when they said they were making redundancies, so i went looking for a job myself. i was fortunate enough to be made redundant and then found something almost straightaway, so i m very thankful for that. they re completing business admin apprenticeships but face uncertainty over what s next. unemployment has tripled in crawley. still got some pain to come with the unwinding of the furlough scheme. it is going to affect more young people, there will be more young people, sadly, falling out of employment over the next six months or so. youth unemployment has risen particularly sharply in crawley. across the country, one in seven young people are now out of a job. it s even worse in