palace expressions of support and regret i think it's a shame that the bio family is now slated to be pride's face and now we're. going to fragment the country she's come from a different background and he's come from a different background and they're trying to make it work for both families just isn't it trying to make a situation where while the u.k. press carries the story on every front page the queen deeply upset we're told apparently she wasn't even consulted in advance of prince charles and harry's brother william in candace and with rage and this talk of civil war inside the royal family it's the sort of gossipy reporting that is so common and which harry and meghan seem to think will cease all reduce once they put a bit of distance between themselves and this institution but members of the royal family sometimes forget but the taxpaying public has a legitimate interest in their extravagant lifestyles harry's uncle andrew was reminded of that in his disastrous televised attempt to excuse his friendship with a convicted paedophile harry and meghan meanwhile have already been r

palace official said the news was disappointing prince harry has previously his out of court he's called racist media coverage of his wife. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. president donald trump says iran quotes appears to be standing down but still promised to impose further punitive economic sanctions on tehran he was speaking several hours after iran lost more than a dozen missiles and air bases in iraq which host u.s. forces john hendren is in washington he says the trumpet ministration are relieved the situation has not escalated further. the president thread that iran was standing down from this conflict but it also seems that the president and his administration were also gratefully stepping back from the brink of a confrontation that could have been very costly both sides in this confrontation said they did not want a war and it seems that after this attack by the iranians which did not result in any casualties and there are reports that that deliberate that they deliberately did not target where individuals were after that this seems to have subsided for no

palace the signals to the agreement has been reached on the future role of the duke and duchess of sussex prince harry and meghan will no longer use their titles of royal highness pirtle are to keep them and the statement to queen elizabeth also said the couple will repay public money used to renovate their u.k. home. you're watching al-jazeera with me so whole robin in doha let's take a look at our top stories lebanon's months long protests have turned violent security forces fired water cannons and tear gas of demonstrators in the face off that lasted several hours more than $200.00 people were injured demonstrators say they're tired of waiting for the government to fix the going economic crisis in the next few hours libya's warring sides are expected to come together of berlin for a peace conference backed by the u.n. walt khalifa haftar launched an offensive in april attempts to negotiate a cease fire broke down last week at a summit in moscow. in yemen at least 38 government soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military camp in the northern region of barry some reports say as

palace has announced an agreement for the future role of the do you conduct yourself sussex prince harry and megan will keep their royal highness titles but no longer use them in a statement from the palace queen elizabeth also said the couple will repay public money used to renovate their u.k. home last week harry and megan announce that they intend that the step back a senior members of the royal family and the 1st woman to be appointed to a management position in the vatican says she's looking forward to advancing a feminine point of view in her role pope francis named francesca the giovanni as the vatican's undersecretary for multilateral affairs should be responsible for coordinating relations with groups such as the un. and now the top stories on al-jazeera police are fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters in the lebanese capital beirut at least $220.00 people have been injured widespread demonstrations against lebanon's political elite and government corruption have been ongoing since october. we are in an economy to grow says everybody's going to get hungry everybody's goi

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outside buckingham palace expressions of support and regret everything in the same family name is now i'm still a 16. face and now i kind of fragmented think that the country she's come from a different background and he's come from a different background and they're trying to make it work for both families it's just a family says it trying to make the situation worth while the u.k. press carries the story on every front page the queen deeply upset we're told apparently she wasn't even consulted in advance of prince try. and there is rather william in candace and with rage and this talk of civil war inside the royal family it's the sort of gossipy reporting that is so common and which harry and meghan seem to think will cease or reduce once they put a bit of distance between themselves and this institution but members of the royal family sometimes forget but the taxpaying public has a legitimate interest in their extravagant lifestyles harry's uncle andrew was reminded of that in his disastrous televised attempt to excuse his friendship with a convicted paedophile harry and meghan mea

palace is a patron of england's rugby football league who are hosting the tournament in october and november of 2021 this was harry's 1st public engagement since you now stepping back from his royal duties. goals 1st european tour event of the year is underway in abu dabi world number one brooks kept is making his 1st appearance since re-injuring his knee back in october american shot $66.00 and is tied for 2nd with australian jason scrivener. here's italy's or an auto predatory on the 18th the world number 273 fired a round of 64 to share a 2 shot lead with shaun norris of south africa. england's cricketers produced a strong finish to the opening day of the 3rd test with south africa in port elizabeth the doors closed on 224 for 4 after choosing to bat 1st there were about it with 2 wickets for south africa former barcelona star shabby says he turned down the chance to be their new coach is he knew it wasn't the right time for him to accept the job he's currently in charge at cattery club al sad and very good full of. holes got to go for the proposal but these are not the right tim

outside buckingham palace expressions of support and regret i think it's a shame that they by a family name is now simply mean. and now they have become a fragmented the country she's come from a different background and he's come from a different background and they're trying to make it work for both family it's just a family isn't it trying to make a situation where while the u.k. press carries the story on every front page the queen deeply upset we're told apparently she wasn't even consulted in advance of prince charles and harry's brother william in candace and with rage and this talk of civil war inside the royal family it's the sort of gossipy reporting that is so common and which harry and megan seem to think will cease all reduce once they put a bit of distance between themselves and this institution. but members of the royal family sometimes forget but the taxpaying public has a legitimate interest in their extravagant lifestyles harry's uncle andrew was reminded of that in his disastrous televised attempt to excuse his friendship with a convicted paedophile harry and meghan

palace official said the news was disappointing prince harry has previously hit out at what he's called racist media coverage of his wife there's more news more international news background stories as well the links to all programs on the web site the address al-jazeera dot com. recapping your top stories for you so far today the u.s. president donald trump says iran quote appears to be standing but still promise to impose further punitive economic sanctions on tehran he was speaking several hours after iran last more than a dozen missiles of air bases in iraq which host u.s. forces john hendren is in washington he says the trumpet ministration a relieve the situation has not escalated further the president said that iran was standing down from this conflict but it also seems that the president and his administration were also gratefully stepping back from the brink of a confrontation that could have been very costly both sides in this confrontation said they did not want a war and it seems that after this attack by the iranians would you did not result in any casualties and there are

buckingham palace has announced an agreement for the future role of the duke and duchess of sussex prince harry and megan will keep will not keep their royal highness titles but will keep them but no longer use them in a statement from the palace queen elizabeth also said the couple will repay public money used to renovate their u.k. home last week harry and megan announced that they intended to step back a senior members of the royal family. there are hopes of a breakthrough in france's long running strike action with the transport union calling for the industrial action to end the monday oprah war workers on saturday join the protest movement against the government pension reforms. the performers how do the latest in a string of creative demonstrations which have included a public ballet orchestra performances and flash mob dance routines on friday night president the man went across and had to be evacuated from paris's boof the north sea at her because protesters blocked the exits while singing and chanting. the cypriot government has called on the e.u. to help deal with increasingly l

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palace is a patron of england's rugby football league who are hosting the tournaments in october and november of 2021 this was harry's 1st public engagements and he's stepping back from his royal duties. and the n.b.a. the l.a. lakers non-game a winning streak is over they were beaten by the orlando magic by just one point le bron james had his 3 point attempt to tie the game but it proved to be a rare miss sprite the defeat the lakers remain top of the western conference. elsewhere one of the standout players of the season luka dontcha start again for the dallas mavericks he scored 25 points in their win over the sacramento kings and as you can see is career high 17 assists were pretty good to damage added 15 rebounds to record his 12th triple double of the season that's more than anyone in the n.b.a. this year the man is winning by 4 points. goals for state european tour event of the year is underway and abu dhabi world number one brooks kept a is making his 1st appearances reinjuring is need back in october american shot excuse 6 in his tie for 2nd with australian jason scrivener

palace he's the patron of england's rugby football league who were hosting their transmits in october and november of 2021 this was harry's 1st public engagement since he announced stepping back from his world duties. former barcelona star chaffey says he turned down the chance to be their new coaches he knew it wasn't the right time for him to accept the job he's currently in charge at cattery club else sad. i'm very good. was going to go for the proposal about the some of the right then for me of course is my dream to go. but there's not the right time on of course because it be a nice use of ready to go to barcelona i love him as a goal and they wish him all the best of course my heart these before but a loner always for because of the way we seem all the best. in the n.b.a. the l.a. lakers 9 game winning streak is over they were beaten by the land of magic by just one point le bron james had this a 3 point attempt to tie the game but it proved to be a rare miss of despite the defeat the lakers remain top of the western conference. also were one of the stand up players of the seaso

palace official said the news was disappointing prince harry has previously hit out at what he's called racist media coverage of his wife. still to come here on the news hour some of the world's best young footballers are taking a shot at making it to tokyo 2021 explain in sports when we come back. from. the war room or. time for sports as far. thanks very much english football association is reviewing its decision to allow betting companies to buy broadcast rights to stream f.a. cup games online since last season bookmaker bet 365 has been allowed to stream some matches anyone that had made a bet or placed a deposit with the company 24 hours before kick off had access to the games the f.a. had actually decided to cut ties with gambling firms back in july 2017 this deal was done before that nonetheless the u.k. government has urged them to reconsider the contract well earlier i spoke to sports writer rob harris explains how concerns have been growing in the u.k. over the closeness of the gambling industry and sport we've just had 3rd around that weekend and that meant that for some game

buckingham palace has announced an agreement for the future role of the duke and duchess of sussex prince harry and to me going to want to use their royal highness titles anymore but allowed to keep them and a statement from the palace queen elizabeth also said the couple will repay a public money used to renovate the u.k. home last week harry and megan and now they intended to step back as senior members of the royal family. still ahead on al-jazeera the lead is looking over their shoulder and says not to go on a winning run and italy bar at will have more inspectors. frank assessments the one thing about these bushfires is it's really wiping out all of the climate she informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate he cannot go through school even know what the floor is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning for you iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. the latest news as

daniela at buckingham palace. today's decision is a landmark for the royal family — and the duke and duchess. our royal correpsondent sarah campbell looks back at the couple's story so far. they met just they metjust over a year earlier and these are the first pictures in september 2017 which showed the relationship was serious. meghan lived and worked in toronto canada, the host of harry's invictus games. the announcement what this might mean for your life was blue i think i can barely safely say, having gone through learning in the past year and a half, i did not have any understanding of what it would be like. even though we knew that it would be... i tried to warn you as much as, but both of us were totally surprised by the reaction after the first five or six months of what actually happened from there. four days later, the couple carried out their first engagement together in nottingham. just like harry, she was formal and confident. this seemed a different kind of royal walkabout. when meghan joined harry

they moved their staff from kensington palace to buckingham palace. injune, it was revealed the sussexes would leave the royal foundation, setting up their own instead. the split led to rumours of a rift between harry and william. towards the end of their high—profile tour of southern africa, it was clear the couple were struggling with the glare of the royal spotlight. can you deal with it? can you manage it? can you continue with it? and what happens if you can't? you know, i've said for a long time to h... that's what i call him. yeah. that it's not enough to just survive something, right? like, that's not the point of life. you've got to thrive. you've got to feel happy. the clues were there. despite outward appearances, this was a couple deeply unhappy with their royal role, and determined to make a change. after the intense discussions of recent days, this new way of working will be something quite different for harry and meghan and for the wider royalfamily. making a success of it will be a test for all those involved. daniela relph, bbc news

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. the cost of the high speed rail link hs2 from london to manchester and leeds could rise to as much as £106 billion — that's triple the original budget. the figures come from a leaked review into the project. the transport secretary grant shapps says he's asked for more information so ministers can make a decision "within weeks" on whether or not to go ahead with it. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. packed in from birmingham to leeds. a high—speed line would cut thejourney time in half. but the fate of h52 is in the balance. where i live, we will probably stand to gain in term of property values, so i should be a supporter of it, but i still think it's too much money. who wants to travel at a slower pace when you can get to where you need to go quickly, more efficiently? itjust makes complete sense to me. there is not even a spare seat on this midday service between two major english cities. it tells you why the suggestion that the second phase of h52 should be pu

our royal correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace now. there may not be too many more of this type of appearance from prince harry. indeed, and no disrespect meant to be rugby football league, but i don't think lines of royal correspondence have lined up to watch that drawer before, and that is when things weren't normal, prince harry in the garden of buckingham palace, doing what he has done so many times before, as a member of the royal family, to shine a spotlight on a cause or event, this time the rugby world cup, and also an accompanying mental health charter to go along with it. but he and meghan have made clear this is not the future they see for themselves, so watching him, there are many questions to ask, which is, will this be the last time, at least for a while, that we will see him at an engagement such as this? will he wa nt to an engagement such as this? will he want to remain patron of organisations such as this? and if so, how will he do that if he is spending considerable time on another continent? as per the queen's requ

the second part of it is a statement from buckingham palace. it reads... and thatis that is how it ends. nicholas witchell is here, our royal correspondent. strange way of expressing the intention as we have understood it to repay the cost of refurbishing the cottage. the duke and duchess of sussex have shared their wish to repay sovereign grand expenditure. that does not say they are going to. they've said they would like to do so. one must assume that that is a wish which will actually be translated into reality, because that 2.4 million or slightly more was what was spent out of the public purse to refurbish frog more —— the cottage to become their home last year. that is one small loose and, which perhaps will deserve further scrutiny. i just picking and, which perhaps will deserve further scrutiny. ijust picking up on what duncan was saying, i think there is going to be significant more pressure now on the can —— on the cambridge, and one must feel that prince william will feel rather sad, that his brother will not share the load with him. the

it was held at buckingham palace by prince harry thenit buckingham palace by prince harry then it was live streamed on these screens behind me here in manchester. but the tournament itself, next year, well, that'll make history well, for the very first time the men's, women's, and wilshere competitions will all run alongside each other at the very same time. now, the minstrel was made first and host england were in pouille. they were drawn against france, newcomers for the very first time, greece, and samoa. now that will be the first match of the tournament at st james's park. 16 teams as well in the tournament for the very first time, while champions australia, they were drawn in the same pool as fiji, semifinalist of the last three tournaments. so an interesting draw for them as well. in the finals of all three tournaments, they will be held on the very same weekend in november. prize money, interestingly, as well, is the same across all three tournaments, the men's, women's, and there will chose. and you can see there will chose. and you can see the draw in full on the bbc website

we know that from buckingham palace. they came back to present their plan to the royal family of what they wanted to do which was to smut their time between canada and the uk. but they left archie, their baby in canada. they clearly had no intention of staying here more than a few days. note mother or father do that. they clearly had intention of sticking around. they've had to, some people are saying, they've had the big wedding and had this renovation of frogmore cottage across millions of pounds. how will they finance themselves, what will they still received from the british taxpayer, how will the security detail be provided? and how will the security detail be provided ? and people how will the security detail be provided? and people have very strong views one way or another on what should happen. it's all got to be worked out. and people will not be worked out. and people will not be satisfied by the answers to those questions regardless of what those answers are. that's the nature of a healthy and democratic count

sarah campbell at buckingham palace. the couple have said they intend to become financially indpendent and have outlined where their funding has come from until now. the sovereign grant covers just five percent of costs for the duke and duchess, 95% of the funding comes from income allocated by hrh the prince of wales, generated through the duchy of cornwall. dan wootton broke the news of harry and meghan spending more time in canada yestersay on the front page of the sun. he joins us live on the line now. a big scoop for you. congratulations, and with this statement absolutely bearing out what you are writing about yesterday, what is your take on how the couple are going to make this plan of theirs work? well, it's going to be a lot more difficult for them now, because of the fact that they did rush the statement out when we broke the story yesterday in the sun. the plan was for there to be many weeks of discussion with the queen, prince charles, senior members of the royal family. but harry and meghan like to own their

thank you, sarah campbell at buckingham palace. around 12:30pm we will speak to robert hardman, author of queen of the world and vice countess hinchcliffe, an american who has made a life for herself in britain. a&e units in england have experienced their worst month since modern targets were introduced in 2004. the target is 95% butjust 79.8% of patients were seen in four hours. it is the third month in a row performance has sunk to a new record low. our health editor hugh pym has been giving me more details about the figures. it is the lowest ever figure since records began in terms of the number of patients being treated or assessed within four hours in the a&e units in england. that is the key benchmark, for the first time, below 80%, 79.8% in december, down from 81.5% the month before. yes, it has been very busy in hospitals. yes, the argument‘s being made by nhs england, they are seeing more patients, more patients come through the doors, they do get treated, but the percentage within the four hour benchmark has fallen agai

buckingham palace has announced prince harry and his wife meghan will no longer receive public funds, and will pay back taxpayers‘ money spent on renovating their home in windsor. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story. it is a clean break which allows harry and meghan to seek a new life. they have been freed from royal duties and they are free to earn their own living with, it would seem, very few restrictions. the styling of his and her royal highness hasn't been taken away from them. they simply won't use it. harry remains a prince, sixth in line to the british throne and the duke and duchess of sussex. and although they will no longer formally represent the queen, they leave with her blessing. in a statement, she said: she added: here are the essential details of that new life. they will step back from royal duties. that includes harry's military appointments. they will no longer receive public funds but they will receive money from the prince of wales. and they have shared their wish to repay the public funds used to refurbish frogmore cottage in windsor. one

buckingham palace says there are complicated issues to work through. our royal correspondent sarah campbell joins us now from the palace. sarah. prince harry and meghan were unhappy and that was obvious, they said as much in interviews, but what was genuinely surprising is the way they have gone about making their intentions public, the fact they didn't feel the need to inform the queen, the prince of wales or prince williams before publishing their statement yesterday evening. we understand that has caused disappointment and hurt. on tuesday, harry and meghan arrived at canada house. it was their first engagement after a much—needed six—week break spent with their son archie away from the media glare. at the time it was assumed this hailed their return to work as high—profile members of the royal family. that assumption couldn't have been more wrong, as their statement, released yesterday evening, revealed. it's not yet clear what that progressive new role might mean for the couple and their position within the palace hierarchy. i see them now,

nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. let's speak to our correspondent sophie long, who's on vancouver island, and that's where it's assumed he is heading. yes, one can only imagine the mixed emotions that harry must be feeling as he makes hisjourney across emotions that harry must be feeling as he makes his journey across the atlantic. he has been very clear, this is not the result the couple wa nted this is not the result the couple wanted and what a huge leap of faith they are taking. meghan has been seen on vancouver they are taking. meghan has been seen on vancouver ireland and on the main lines carrying visits to women's charities, looking relaxed. but this has been a turbulent time for the couple. it does seem they will be reunited along with their young son, archie. there are many questions about how their life a lot here, how they will live and who will pay the security costs. but i think when they wake up tomorrow morning it will be a momentous day for the couple, a real sense it will be the first day of the res

sarah cambell outside buckingham palace, thank you very much. the number of people cautioned or convicted for carrying knives in england and wales has reached record levels. in the 12 months to the end of september last year, 14,135 offences of knife possession were dealt with by police at the courts. that's the highest number since the figures were first compiled in 2009. overall, the number of knife and other weapons possession offences hit 22,286. our home affairs correspondent danny shawjoins me now. tell us a little bit more about these figures and why they are so high. these figures are for england and wales and they apply to people who are caught in possession of an offensive weapon or a knife, so this does not include cases where someone is attacked with a knife for insta nce is attacked with a knife for instance or is attacked with a knife for instance 01’ cases is attacked with a knife for instance or cases of murder involving knives. so it is possession offences and these are people who are dealt with by police and the courts for th

in a statement from buckingham palace, she said:. she went on:. she added:. the details of how their new life will work are comparatively sparse. it is clear many of them have still to be worked out. the details of how their new life will work are comparatively sparse. it is clear many of them have still to be worked out. but here are the essentials. under the new arrangement, they are required to step back from royal duties, including official military appointments. so harry will have to give up his role as captain general of the royal marines, a role he took over from his grandfather. they will no longer receive public funds for royal duties. they will still receive some funds from harry's father, the prince of wales, but they will be free to earn their own livings and there are no restrictions set out in the statement other than the need to continue to uphold the values of her majesty. it's as vague as that. they will keep frogmore cottage in windsor and they have shared their wish to repay sovereign grant expenditure for its refurbishment. they will pay a

the statement ends there but then the statement is also from buckingham palace, and it reads... let's speak to the former buckingham palace press secretary and spokesman for the queen, dickie arbiter. we are also speaking to robertjobson who is the royal editor of the evening standard newspaper. welcome to you both. dickie, first, you've had a chance to look at these statements, what is your first thought? it is all very sad. it was all very sad that they made this decision last wednesday. i suppose this is the best they could get out of it. the queen is very pragmatic and realises that harry and meghan have made a decision, they want to step back from front line royal duties, and the queen has tried to accommodate them. and as such, they have stepped back, they are not using their hrh titles, although as far as america is concerned they will probably use it, if you go back yea rs will probably use it, if you go back years ago at the time that the duke of windsor visited the us he always referred to the duchess of windsor, she didn't have the hrh, but he used to refer to her as

yes, nothing from buckingham palace, they we re nothing from buckingham palace, they were referring us to prince andrew's lawyers and nothing from them yet, even though this statement was made in new york yesterday afternoon. so, we don't know for example if there has been some misunderstanding, if prince andrew will make a statement to the fbi at some stage, or whether, as the americans seem to suggest, if they flout no, we can't help. you could say at the moment from prince andrew's lawyers, there has been zero cooperation with the british media. i think it's interesting that statement was made by the american prosecutor outside those very distinctive, big, wooden doors ofjeffrey those very distinctive, big, wooden doors of jeffrey epstein's those very distinctive, big, wooden doors ofjeffrey epstein's mansion. those same wooden doors we saw prince andrew peeking out of, saying goodbye to an unidentified woman in 2010 that was when he went to new york and he said it was a matter of honour, he had to tell his old friend their relationship was over. at that time epstein was convicted a

i don't think buckingham palace will like that very much. did think you can be a semi detached from the royalfamily? half and half out as they are seen to be proposing? i don't think you can in the present arrangement. if they want to do this if they want to step back, i think they will have to step back, i think they will have to step out totally. if they really wa nt to step out totally. if they really want to earn a private income. whether or not there is an argument in the long time, there should be a more flexible monarchy which allow somejunior girls to more flexible monarchy which allow some junior girls to earn an income, that might be the case. maybe the present system is to the agenda. which apply to george v, mary present clean, it's not applicable to the younger generation. to do it the way they are doing that, without any coordination with the palace, just enough —— announcing one day i'm going to do it my way. that's not going to work. what you think a dealer that announcements the lack of consultation, with a clean or anyo

palace that there was disappointment. and this is something they don't ever say! you might read it in theirfacial expressions. 's appointment is the equivalent of someone swearing immensely, you never hear that sort of words. i have been on many royal tours with a palace really controlled media and what they say, so controlled media and what they say, so incredibly tightly, and to allow this sort of emotion to go out there. one of the thought they had about this, obviously there are so many things to say and everybody is chatting about this intent please in various different quarters as this was the thing stopping the media is very tightly controlled by the palace and if they come out of that sort of umbrella, are they going to receive more scrutiny? will it be worse for them? people are going to continue scrutinising them and if they are regarded as not protected in some royal bubble then i think will continue. especially the intriguing things, they say they wa nt to intriguing things, they say they want to earn their ow

he was at buckingham palace. in the palace gardens, he'd been in his element — talking to young people about sport, rugby to be precise, and those who were with harry said he was relaxed, authentic and engaged. but you didn't need to be told that, you could see it in his face and his actions. reporter: harry, how are talks going about the future? reporters tried to ask questions about his future. unsurprisingly, they were ignored. the occasion was the draw for the 2021 rugby league world cup to be staged in england. harry was being harry. wonderful! well done. the old harry as someone said. he was there as patron of the rugby league, that is one of those things that the royals do, and something harry has done is highlight mental illness in sport. it's a cause which matters to him. the perception of rugby league is that you need to be tough, you can't show your feelings and you have to grin and bear it. but something like the mental fitness charter will help us make real progress in getting rid of the stigma ass

buckingham palace orders its staff to find a way to make harry and meghan‘s go—it—alone plan work. coming up here in south—east australia people are bracing themselves for imminent evacuation orders as bushfires threaten several towns. coming up on sportsday at half past six... great britain lose in the last eight of the atp cup in sydney despite having four match points to beat australia in the deciding doubles tie. the high street may have been dreaming of a bumper christmas but sales figures today confirm that's not the way it turned out. 0verall sales were down nearly 1% in the run up to christmas compared to last year, with food sales flat. it's capped what's become the worst year for retail sales since records began, as emma simpson reports. christmas, feels like a long time ago now. the spectacle is over. it's all been a bit subdued for retail. tesco, our biggest grocer. christmas delivered sales growth of 0.1%. that cou nts delivered sales growth of 0.1%. that counts as a success delivered sales growth of 0.1%. that counts 3s a success in delivered sales growth of 0.1%. t