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Question: It said that customers started shopping early to secure their festive treats, with traditional Christmas goods in strong demand. Champagne sales jumped 64% over the key Christmas trading period, while sales of whole salmon increased by 40%. Morrisons also said it would offer its car parks to host vaccination centres. The supermarket's chief executive, David Potts, saidthree of its supermarket car parks would be hosting coronavirus vaccinations from Monday, and it would offer another 47 locations to help with the vaccine rollout. 'Severe effect' Overall sales at Morrisons rose by 9.3% in the three weeks to 3 January, compared with the same period last year. "The pandemic has had a severe effect on people and communities around Britain for nine months now but it has been especially hard at Christmas time," Mr Potts said. "I'm very pleased with the way the Morrisons team has helped our customers across the nation enjoy their Christmas in the best way they could." The supermarket also suggested that festive sales had been driven by the fact that rules around larger family gatherings changed in England, meaning customers had to buy for last-minute smaller festivities. In the nine weeks to 3 January, like-for-like sales, stripping out the effect of new shops opening and fuel sales, were up 8.5% and in the six months to the same date they rose 8.1% compared with a year ago, boosted by strong online sales and that of its wholesale business. 'Indulging after a tough year' Morrisons said it had also benefitted from out-of-home eating and drinking being restricted by strict Covid-19 regulations. Supermarkets were classified as essential retailers in England's second national lockdown between 5 November and 2 December, while restaurants and cafes could only operate takeaway services. According to new figures from market research firm Kantar, British people forked out £11.7bn in supermarkets throughout December in the sector's busiest month on record. Supermarket trading was boosted by the £4bn that would normally have been spent on food and drink outside the home over the Christmas season, it said. "While celebrations may have been more low key, there were also signs of consumers keeping merry and indulging after a tough year", said Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar. Cheese sales, for example, increased by 17% and chilled desserts by 15%. Meanwhile, alcohol sales rose by £310m, with options to drink in pubs, bars and restaurants limited. The firm also found that online grocery sales accounted for 12.6% of total spend in December, compared with 7.4% in 2019. 'A Christmas like no other' December is always busy for the supermarkets but this one has been the busiest on record. With all the restrictions and the closure of pubs and restaurants across much of the UK, people have had to eat and drink at home instead. According to Kantar, we spent £12bn last month, the highest amount of groceries sales ever. It's been a Christmas like no other but it seems we were determined to enjoy it. Aldi reported exceptional demand for its premium products yesterday. Morrisons says champagne sales were up 64% on last year. All the supermarkets will be toasting bumper festive sales this year and with another national lockdown in place, they're set to enjoy continuing increased demand for another few months. Online sales boost Sophie Lund-Yates, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Morrisons' trading update marked a "significant milestone" for the supermarket chain. "Morrisons is an underdog in some ways, especially when looking at the online business, which is smaller than some rivals. "The pandemic has given the group a chance to address this, and digital sales have more than tripled so far this quarter. "The question now is if Morrisons can keep a firm grasp on that momentum, and push growth long and hard enough to give its competitors something to worry about," she added. Separately, clothing and homeware retailer Next reported a big uplift in online sales over the festive period. Online sales saw a jump of 36% in the nine weeks to 26 December compared with the same period last year, off-setting the 43% fall seen in stores. As a result, sales were 1.1% lower overall. The retailer said shoppers had shunned party outfits and work clothes in favour of loungewear. Next boss Simon Wolfson said that profits from better-than-expected sales in November and December would, however, be wiped out by fresh lockdown restrictions in England that would force 90% of its stores to close. It also has to account for additional costs stemming from disruption to its traditional Boxing Day sale and clearing stock leftover in its shops. Despite lockdown restrictions, Next is "likely to flourish as we emerge from this pandemic", said Julie Palmer, a partner at the financial consultant Begbies Traynor. She added that the recent administrations of the Arcadia Group and Debenhams might drive more shoppers to the retailer, as they turn to other familiar British brands. "However, with no assurances of how long social distancing measures will be implemented and consumers now shopping for a purpose, not a pastime, the business must continue to manage costs and innovate if it is to take full advantage of these opportunities."

Answer: Supermarket chain Morrisons has said it saw a shift in shoppers' behaviour in the run-up to Christmas as a result of Covid-19 restrictions.


Question: By Martin BarberBBC News, Norfolk Kieron Williamson, from Ludham, whose latest exhibition opened in Holt on Friday, has sold more than 30 pieces from the show for nearly £450,000. The first 23 pieces released to buyers sold for £242,095 in less than 20 minutes. A gallery spokesman said Williamson's "raw talent" was "unrivalled". Kieron started painting aged five when he asked his parents to buy him a drawing pad while on holiday in Cornwall. Presenting his work publicly for the first time in 2010, when just seven years old, the exhibition sold out within minutes for £150,000. 'Famous painters' Nicknamed after the French Impressionist Claude Monet, Kieron's work is now highly sought after by collectors around the world with some pieces held in the Royal Collection. Adrian Hill, from the Picturecraft Gallery, said the paintings were "impressionist without being abstract" creating "a natural balance to his work". Mr Hill said Kieron was following in the footsteps of the great painters like Picasso and Giotto. "Picasso was nine years old when he had his first exhibition, Giotto was discovered by a merchant when he was 11 years old drawing in the mud and went on to become one of the most famous Renaissance painters of all time. "These guys had a raw natural talent, they could mix colour, they had an ability to draw perspective and proportion - Kieron just has this ability to put those things together in a very natural way." Michelle Williamson, Kieron's mother, said for the first time she had seen collectors explore the young artist's "investment potential". "He's unrivalled by any other 10-year-old artist in the world and the support for him is overwhelming," she said. "Before people would have been happy with just one example of his work, now it seems collectors are buying a number of his pieces at a time because of their investment potential."

Answer: A 10-year-old landscape artist from Norfolk, dubbed the "mini-Monet", has boosted the earnings from sales of his work to almost £2m.


Question: British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cymru said 66,000 people in Wales still lived with the effects of stroke but also highlighted a 22% cut in death rates from 2010-2015. It came as a new Welsh stroke research network was announced. The Welsh Government said "good progress" was being made on stroke care. BHF Cymru said the reduction in fatal strokes in Wales demonstrated the advances already made but also estimated 13 people per day still suffered a stroke in Wales. 'Save more lives' Prof Nilesh Samani, medical director at BHF, said: "There are 66,000 people living in Wales with the cruel and debilitating after-effects of this devastating disease. "Although some exciting new developments have been made in stroke treatment, the options at our disposal for treating stroke patients are still far too limited. "We urgently need to fund more research to better understand the causes of strokes so that we can prevent them occurring and develop new treatments for all types of stroke in order to save more lives." The charity said research was "fundamental" to potential new treatments for the two types of stroke - ischaemic and haemorrhagic. It welcomed the announcement that a Cross-Wales Stroke Research and Innovation Network would be created. It will be hosted by Cardiff Metropolitan University. The network will include members of Wales' Stroke Implementation Group (SIG), which was developed to deliver the Welsh Government's five-year strategy on stroke. Prof Philip James, associate dean for research at the School of Health Sciences at the university, helped to create it. He said: "Our aim is to create and sustain a collaborative, robust research infrastructure in Wales and help facilitate world-leading research and innovation in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of stroke, thus saving lives and ultimately reducing the debilitating impact on stroke patients." The network will be launched in the autumn. Ana Palazon, director for the Stroke Association in Wales, said investing funds into "world-class research" was key to reducing the condition's "devastating impact". A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "More people are surviving strokes, with 22% fewer deaths from strokes since 2010, and staff skills and expertise is continually improving. "To support these ongoing improvements a Stroke Implementation Group was formed in 2013 to provide national leadership and support for the delivery of effective person-centred stroke care in Wales."

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More research into stroke prevention is "urgently needed" in Wales despite improvements, a charity has said.


