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For christmas like never before. its just been a horrendously awfulyear, so, ithink the lights help everyone. even when we are driving around, looking around at other people‘ lights, it cheers you up. on this, the darkest day of the year, people are looking for light. finding christmas joy where they can. mark easton, bbc news, thurrock, in essex. now its time for the travel show. this week on the show: santa locked down in lapland. we try to offer all the visitors that christmas spirit and jo...

An end for one couple. hello and welcome to the programme, coming to you this week from a rather rainy norfolk in the east of england. well, christmas is most definitely on its way, and so many of us love to travel during december — but unfortunately this year isnt quite the same. still, sit tight, stay patient and let us bring the world to you. first up, traditionally, many of us love to travel around this time of year, but with so many restrictions currently, whats happening in those places ...

But if were carrying on into christmas itself without any of this freight moving, were going to have severe sorts of problems with our supply chain into next week. so this makeshift camp of lorries continues to grow. caroline davies, bbc news. for more on this, im joined by the chief executive of the road haulage association, richard burnett. thank you so much forjoining us. france, we have heard, is about to ease restrictions. from what we understand about these new rules, does this mean that y...

And you can keep up to date with all the goals from tonights games with 5 live final score on the iplayer, bbc sport app or the red button now. thats all from sportsday. well have more throughout the evening. good evening. well all be in chilly air by the time we head to christmas, but for the time being tonight, bit of a north—south split continuing. where we saw the best of the brightness today across parts of scotland, northern ireland, this is where well see a frost developed for a while. ...

Of santa claus, rovaniemi. we have normally more than 500,000 visitors in a year, they are coming from more than 100 countries. christmastime is the busiest time in our village, and we will receive during the busiest days, more than 5,000 people, and now we will receive maximum one third of that amount. 2,260 kilometres from here is london! finland has imposed strict measures on incoming visitors, effectively closing the borders to international tourists, which means that almost all of the visit...

That. im not sure exactly what the policy would be. i think that might bea policy would be. i think that might be a bit of an overreaction on our part. however, icertainly be a bit of an overreaction on our part. however, i certainly respect the other countries on their decision. i think we should seriously consider the possibility of requiring preflight testing before people leave from the uk to the united states. thats something thats on the table that i believe it needs to be seriously consid...

The "vip service" had been a death trap. ronan hughes and gheorghe nica, seen here handing over a large bag of money, led the people—smuggling gang, and there had been an opportunity to stop them. a previous run on the same route just days before was caught on cctv and reported to the police. a couple whose home overlooks the site saw around 15 people getting out of the truck and into a group of waiting cars. they called the police, but the people—smuggling gang wasnt identified until after ...

Norrie, whos the british number three, and british number one dan evans in consecutive days at the event in roehampton. its a warm—up ahead of tennis‘ new season. no irish trained horses orjockeys will be allowed to race in the uk until december the 31st, following the ban on uk travel by the irish government. it means the likes of monalee will miss the king george vi chase on boxing day. anthonyjoshua has been talking about the fight that everyone wants to see. a potential all—british hea...

Present is that vaccination. after that, we are able to focus and plan for the future. santa receives around half a million letters each year from children around the world. the elves sort them for santa in the post room and this year they have been as inundated as ever. i am riitta, riitta the elf, and i am working here in santa claus‘s main post office at the arctic circle. this is a real post office, but also i am helping santa claus with his letters. so, children write to santa claus, they...

Shed only left vietnam a few days earlier, travelling via china. 0thers came through countries as diverse as russia, germany and portugal. for most, the last stage of theirjourney began in paris. first, a taxi ride to northern france. but there, they were transferred into an airtight trailer towed by eamonn harrison, who took them to zeebrugge to travel unaccompanied to essex. but there were too many migrants in the airtight box, and slowly the oxygen ran out. nguyen tho tuan left a message for ...