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Tier Four Ghost Town: London lies eerily deserted with Tube carriages empty and bars and restaurants deserted the weekend before Christmas after non-essential stores were shut under harsh new anti-Covid rules
Boris Johnson revealed that a third of England - including London - will be thrust into a brutal Tier 4 lockdown
Bracket will see non-essential shops shut, and travel restrictions including stay at home order on Christmas
Crowds of shoppers flooded Oxford Street and Regent Street in London to get their last minute purchases
But the jam-packed streets of yesterday evening looking nearly deserted today as Tier 4 rules kicked in
Open letter: stand up for Labour Party democracy
‘We call on Labour’s leadership to reinstate the whip to Jeremy, end the attacks on party democracy, legitimate discussion and the recent wave of suspensions and instead to focus on taking the fight to the Tories’ MPs, unions, NEC members and left groups speak out
“We are proud that the Labour Party is a democratic socialist party and so we are deeply concerned by the Labour leadership undermining party democracy and its clampdown on legitimate party discussions in recent weeks.
The decision to deny Jeremy Corbyn the Labour Party whip despite the NEC readmitting him back into the party; the attempts to silence the elected representatives of Young Labour for releasing a statement reflecting the views of their own executive members; instructions to CLPs about what they can and can’t discuss, and the suspension of CLP officers for reflecting the wishes of their local party members is part of a worrying pattern of behavio
Experts predict the UK s tills will ring with a staggering £2.5million-a-minute spent before December 22
Mask-wearing shoppers rushed to get Christmas essentials in London s Oxford Street ahead of Tier 4 rules
The scramble came after Boris Johnson yesterday revealed that a third of England will enter the new tier
Queues were also seen forming outside Costco in Manchester as people stocked up on Christmas essentials
Newcastle high street was jam-packed with locals eager to get their last-minute presents bought
In Southampton, tech-savvy buyers queued outside Currys PC World while Kent marketplace put up signs
BBC News
By Simon Read
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Business and consumers across the UK are still facing worries that Christmas deliveries won t arrive on time. Some things haven t been delivered yet, and it s causing stress to people waiting, said Ellie Chalkley, who has an Etsy shop in Glasgow.
With just a week till the festive celebration, couriers are dealing with an unprecedented volume of parcels. All delivery companies are experiencing exceptionally high volumes this year, said the Royal Mail.
It added that the majority of the Royal Mail network is now running as usual in line with the seasonal peak in demand.