Chef Tom Kerridge has said the hospitality industry "100 per cent needs government support" as it sits "on a cliff edge" amid a wave of cancellations caused by Omicron uncertainty.

"Many, many people are cancelling their tables, their Christmas parties … from an industry point of view this is catastrophic and devastating without any form of government support," he said. Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn