And please dont stress the seals a plea for Holiday Makers on the North East Coast of england to be more kind and respectful to the bathing mammals. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Within the past hour, the Afghan President , Ashraf Ghani, has made a televised address to the nation his first public comments since the taliban intensified their latest offensive. Mr ghani said that the remobilization of armed forces was his top priority. He also said he was consulting with international partners to prevent further violence. Heavy fighting has broken out in the afghan city of mazar i sharif, as taliban militants tighten their stranglehold around kabul. American troops have flown into the afghan capital to help evacuate Embassy Personnel and other civilians stranded in kabul. Britain and several other western nations are also sending troops as resistance from afghan government forces crumbles. The taliban also claims to have captured territory in two othe
10,000 homes for rental over the next few years. And in 30 minutes the Travel Show continues its journey from city to coast, meeting the locals in wales. Good Evening And Welcome to bbc news. The government is signalling that all legal restrictions relating to covid will end on the i9thjuly in england including the wearing of facemasks. The Housing Secretary, robertjenrick, said the public must learn to live with the virus and use their personaljudgement. Labour said theyre keen for the economy to open up but they want to see the science guiding government decisions. 0ur Political Correspondent Chris Mason reports. From the cobbles of york. To the minster, a portrait of england, wandering back to normal, as the government suggests that legal rules around checking into cafes, Wearing Facemasks and such like are likely to go in a fortnight. I think it is fantastic. Im not sure that masks have been such a great idea in the first place. Personally i wont wear outside but i will continue to
From the governments building Safety Fund for cladding removal. However, to fix other Fire Safety defects, the leaseholders still face another £6 million in bills, an average of £50,000 each. Willis one of them. I welcome it. It wont help me, my building is over 15 years and even if my building was less than 15 years old, my developer is insolvent so it wont help me. Mrjenrick this morning said on the show that the majority of these buildings were built in the 2000s so it doesnt take a mathematician to work out that by the time the bill is implemented many of those buildings will not benefit from this because they will be over 15 years old. The main issue here is that leaseholders are being landed with bills for leaseholders are being landed with bills for work that they cannot afford bills for work that they cannot afford to bills for work that they cannot afford to pay and they should not have afford to pay and they should not have to afford to pay and they should not have to pay.