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Covid absences put pressure on England's hospitals
Staff absences for Covid reasons have trebled since Omicron took off a month ago, latest figures show.
Night Tube drivers begin six months of strikes
Union bosses warn night-time action every weekend on two London Underground lines could be extended.
PM is failing to protect England - Drakeford
Mark Drakeford calls the UK government "politically paralysed" as Covid rules remain in Wales.
Video 53 seconds
'Ignorant' runner accused of causing seal stampede
The incident at Robin Hood's Bay would "undoubtedly" have injured the animals, conservationists say.
Parents of 'stalking victim' call for law change
Gracie Spinks, 23, is thought to have been killed by a former colleague.
Drugs gang who made £400k a day jailed
The gang is believed by police to have made around £165m in a little over 13 months.
Spoon used to restore defaced Banksy
Steven Osborne says it is a privilege to clean up such an "important" artwork.
Night Tube drivers begin six months of strikes
Union bosses warn night-time action every weekend on two London Underground lines could be extended.
PM is failing to protect England - Drakeford
Mark Drakeford calls the UK government "politically paralysed" as Covid rules remain in Wales.
Video 53 seconds
'Ignorant' runner accused of causing seal stampede
The incident at Robin Hood's Bay would "undoubtedly" have injured the animals, conservationists say.
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Food firms warn of extra costs due to new Brexit rules
Daragh Corcoran
BBC Radio Leeds
Businesses in West Yorkshire are warning customers will have to pay more to cover the extra costs of paperwork for the latest customs checks required following Britain's departure from the EU.
Copyright: Getty ImagesAlthough the United Kingdom left the EU in January 2020, most customs rules were not imposed on the British side until 1 January this year.
There are now full border checks, and importers on both sides of the Channel have to fill out more complex paperwork.
BBC Radio Leeds has spoken to several companies who said 45 pages of documents had to be filled out to import some products, such as swordfish.
Copyright: BBCJamie Kellet (pictured above) runs a food import/export business in Morley, Leeds.
Mr Kellett said: "It's probably going to mean more queues at ports, longer wait times. Prices are going up 10 to 20%."
Daniel Darassi, who runs a company which imports food from Italy, told the BBC he has had to stop importing anchovies because the "the cost is almost double" what it was before.
And fresh food could be stopped at the border, according to customs agent Grant McWilliams from Bosun Logistics in Leeds, jeopardising "yoghurt being exported from Holmfirth out to Europe".
However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the government would "go further and faster" to take advantage of the "enormous potential that our new freedoms bring" in 2022.
