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deals, it is all about the detail, that will be the crucial thing. thank you. supermarkets are introducing restrictions on the amount of certain fruits and vegetables that customers can buy. you might have noticed some empty shelves, after extreme weather caused supply issues across the uk. the shortages are only expected to last a few weeks, but in the meantime, shoppers may face limits on the number of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes that they can take home. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. if you've been to do your weekly shop in the past few days, you might have noticed a few gaps. social media has been awash with pictures from frustrated shoppers of empty shelves in the fresh fruit and veg aisle. now, some of the big supermarkets are taking steps to protect supplies. in asda, you can now only buy three each of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries. and in morrisons, from today,
in asda, you can now only buy three each of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries. and in morrisons, from today, shoppers will be limited to two each of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers. the supermarkets say extreme weather in european countries where they source their produce has impacted supply chains. they say the measures are to make sure all customers can still get hold of fruit and veg. we're thinking about some disruption maybe for the next fortnight or so, just a little bit less availability than you'd normally see in your supermarkets. but supermarkets are great at sorting through these challenges. we saw that during the pandemic. they'll be finding different suppliers to to get more produce onto the shelves. but also, after sort of — when we get into march and beyond, then we get a lot more of our product here in the uk, which makes it much easier. when there were food and fuel supply issues last year, the government's own office for budget responsibility said brexit had made things worse than in other countries.
can now only by three chopped tomatoes, peppers, pygmies and lettuce. in asda, you can now only buy three each of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries. and in morrisons, from today, shoppers will be limited to two each of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers. the supermarkets say extreme weather in european countries where they source their produce has impacted supply chains. they say the measures are to make sure all customers can still get hold of fruit and veg. we're thinking about some disruption maybe for the next fortnight or so, just a little bit less availability than you'd normally see in your supermarkets. but supermarkets are great at sorting through these challenges. we saw that during the pandemic. they'll be finding different suppliers to to get more produce onto the shelves. but also, after sort of — when we get into march and beyond, then we get a lot more of our product here in the uk, which makes it much easier. when there were food and fuel supply issues last year, the government's own office for budget responsibility said brexit had made things worse than in other countries. this time, some retail analysts say
corobotseplacing people's jobs. we're teaching people, some of them farm workers themselves. >> reporter: did you know anything about robots before? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: jeanpol rodriguez used to work in the fields. >> back hurts. >> reporter: today, he manages the robots picking strawberries. >> they're always doing the job. i'm like, i'm cool. >> that way we can create jobs with higher wages and with higher skill development. >> reporter: all as the robots themselves are getting more highly skilled, and not just in picking strawberries. >> we hope to have hundreds and hundreds of robots around the world's leading farms, picking table grapes, peppers, cucumbers, black berries, raspberries. >> reporter: robots taught to think. incredible, if not a bit unsettling. >> you'll watch it picking and you're like, no, no, no, why are you doing that? okay, no, you knew better than
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and of course we have really this is the family here. and that was that wonderful tribute for beatrice just a few days ago talking about how being her -- the grandchildren, the honor of her life. they remember picking heather of raspberries. >> there they are the children. camilla with the grandchildren. >> yeah. >> with the children of prince william and kate. >> there's the princess of wales obviously in charge of her children's care. just spare of thought for these two young children. they started a new school and in the first week their grandmother died. everyone at that school obviously talking about george being future king and all of this has happened. so immense amount of change in his life. >> we also saw meghan in there as well as sophie -- >> meghan will be walking behind george in the procession, george and his sister charlotte will be behind their parents. >> we should point out that we
>> yes. i think the queen will be very gratified. she adored her great grandchildren and were seeing reports in the press that kate and william, the prince and princess of wales were considering taking prince george to the funeral. that it would be important for him to see it. and certainly now what we have is george and charlotte walking behind. that i think really, really reflects how much they adored their grandmother, how close she was. we saw that wonderful tribute, saying she was such a great grandmother. they liked picking heather and picking raspberries with her and i'm sure george and charlotte have similar memories. that moment is very significant because of course george now is really very close in line to the throne. prince william the prince of wales is next line to the throne and then prince george. so he is now second in line to the throne. a small boy, just at junior school and also the future king.