Summary
The BBC's Royal Correspondent Nick Witchell tells us about the funeral arrangements for the Duke of Edinburgh and how the Royals have handled the build-up to the day.
And as the US commits to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, our correspondent Secunder Kermani joins us from Kabul. He's had rare access to the Taliban and tells us what lies ahead in the country’s future.
Today’s Newscast was made by our editor, Dino Sofos, with Natalie Ktena and Emma Close. The Studio Director was Emma Crowe.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, what a week it has been for charity shops? |
| 0:08.8 | The numbers are quite amazing. |
| 0:10.6 | So the Salvation Army said it had record sales on Monday when all the non-essential shops could open again. |
| 0:17.0 | Oxfam saw a 77% increase in sales compared with 2019 and Cancer Research UK took half a million |
| 0:26.8 | pounds which is double what they were expecting. It is a charity shop bonanza and someone who is part of the charity shop |
| 0:35.7 | Gold Rush is our old friend Janet Patterson who's the manager of Save the Children's in Stockton Heath. |
| 0:41.6 | Hello Janet. Hello Adam, how are you? How's |
| 0:44.2 | Warrington's sunny at the moment it's lovely. Lucky you. Well we spoke what |
| 0:48.8 | it was probably a year ago? Must be and you were getting deluged with donations then because everyone |
| 0:55.7 | had done a big spring clean during the first lockdown. That's right. What are you being deluged |
| 0:59.9 | with now? Yeah more. Right. And it's great. I mean, it's really, to be honest, without |
| 1:05.6 | volunteers, supporters, donations, we wouldn't have a shop. So we need them. |
| 1:09.7 | So, trying to get... What's the most prevalent thing? |
| 1:13.0 | An awful lot of clothing that is very smart clothing, which is interesting. |
| 1:19.0 | Oh, people just thinking they're not going to have to wear as many fancy things anymore. |
| 1:23.2 | I think so, yes, yeah. |
| 1:25.2 | I'm just hoping they want to buy it though, then have it back again, change their minds. |
| 1:29.6 | Well yeah, because that's the thing is there's a mismatch between the supply and the demand. |
| 1:33.4 | You're stuck with stuff. |
| 1:34.4 | We are. |
| 1:35.4 | But hopefully not, hopefully not. |
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