15 Dec 2022

UK: Deaths in the Channel, strike chaos, winter wonderland, football heartache

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 15 December 2022

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to look at the deaths of four people who were travelling the English Channel in a small boat to claim asylum.

More than 40,000 have made the journey this year despite the dangers and PM Rishi Sunak is determined to stem the flow.

Strikes continue to plague the UK, but the government refuses to give pay rises - will their gamble in holding firm wear down unions and a strike-weary public?

Freezing weather brought snow in December to the south of England for the first time in a decade.

It might look nice, but isn't fun for those struggling to pay power bills amid the high cost of energy.

And now England is out of the Football World Cup it's a case of supporting 'anyone-but-France'. 

Heavy snowfall hit parts of Britain, including London, on 12 December, 2022. The city is covered in snow, causing travel disruptions in some London airports and underground network. (Photo by Alexander Mak/NurPhoto) (Photo by Alexander Mak / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Photo: ALEXANDER MAK

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