for viewers in the uk if your child s back to school, how concerned are you about their return? is their school sticking with any measures like mask wearing to try to reduce covid transmission? get in touch with me on twitter @annita mcveigh or using the hashtag yourquestions. conjoined twins see each other for the first time, after undergoing a gruelling 12 hour operation to separate them. a three year old boy is found alive, in rugged australian bushland, after going missing from his home on friday. and coming up this hour big ben gets its hands back! we ll be going live to the elizabeth tower. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the taliban say they have defeated resistance forces in the afghan provice of panjshir and that they are in full control of the area the final part of the country that has remained outside their rule since they swept to power last month. the taliban had been facing stubborn opposition in the mountainous provinc
problems to emerge since brexit its impact on northern ireland. it s over three months since britain left the eu s single market. in an effort to honour the good friday peace accord, and keep an open land border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, britain agreed to the northern ireland protocol. this effectively moved the relevant customs checks to the irish sea. however this has led to trade friction. logistics uk, which represents the freight industry, calculates that since january around half of its members sending goods from great britain to northern ireland have had their exports delayed or cancelled due to the new border changes. joining me now is roger pollen, head of fsb northern ireland how has this affected your members how bad is the situation? we ve just mentioned that one statistic from logistics uk. there is all sorted evidence to show how hard this transition has been. show how hard this transition has been- has been. that s right, ther
the scams, the fraud, and the heartbreak they bring. good morning. an estimated £35 million has been taken in a year, as covid offers fertile ground to fraudsters. i ll look at how you can protect yourself. from inspiring a generation, to going for gold this summer in an exclusive interview katarina johnson thompson tells breakfast the pandemic won t slow her down. good morning. the next few days we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. some will be heavy, windy at times. friday will turn colder with snow, mostly on the hills. i ll the details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 24th of march. fourteen people have been arrested following a second night of protests in bristol. the crowds had gathered to demonstrate against the government s new policing bill. andrew plant has more. for the second time in three days, riot police in the centre of bristol, moving in to disperse protesters who had gathered near the centre of the city. it was a peaceful protest,
dismissed. the former first minister of scotland alex salmond will be questioned by members of the scottish parliament today over his claims of a conspiracy against him over sexual harassment claims. the us responds to this attack in iraq by launching its own air strikes in eastern syria. at least 17 members of an iranian backed militia are dead. and prince harry has spoken about his mental health, and has blamed the british press for his move to the us. it was destroying my mental health. really? i was like, this is toxic. yeah. so, i did what any husband and what any father would do. i was like, i need to get my family out of here. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. health leaders have welcomed the queen s comments about her vaccine experience, describing them as an incredibly important vote of confidence in the programme . the monarch has urged those hesitant about the vaccine to take up the offer, urging them to think of others as t
ingress into the victims death will be a key step for the family s quest for accountability. government officials have travelled. to afghanistan to meet senior taliban members to discuss how the uk can help with the humanitarian crisis and prevent terrorism. and anticipation builds for new music from adele as she uploades a teaser on her social media. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary has announced there ll be an inquiry into the failures that allowed a serving police officer to kidnap, rape and murder sarah everard. at the conservative party conference, priti patel said the public needs answers to ensure that something like this can never happen again. she described wayne couzens who s been sentenced to life in prison as a monster. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports from the party conference. for all the wrong reasons, violence against women and girls has moved up the agenda. a vigil following the murder of sarah everard by seven pol