before. let s start this a half hour with the latest from sudan. so many through the course of the day let s start with the british nationals getting out because the foreign office said more than 300 british nationals have embarked on flights leaving sudan at the end of the date there will be eight flights. the airstrip being used in sudan, north of khartoum, is beginning to break up. that is what the bbc has been told, sparking fears over how long that runway will last. some of that detail has come from the most senior british commander in charge of that operation in sudan, brigadier dan reeves and had been talking to the bbc about so many different aspects of the operation from the runway to haul full the flights are to those questions around who actually gets on. it s here in the of that interview. some other countries have acted more quickly, some countries like france in particular have escorted his people out. people are terrified. is not the right thing to do? this peo
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and by that point, it had become more of a survival. simon is now almost a year sober. during the pandemic, the organisation which supported him saw a 300% increase in referrals. are you able to provide support to everyone who wants it? no, we re not. nationally, across the country, 82% of adults that would benefit from alcohol treatment are not able to access it. and i think if we were comparing this to an issue like diabetes or cancer, that there would be a national outcry about that. we need to have more treatment capacity. we need a national alcohol strategy. the government says it s invested over £400 million to create more drug and alcohol treatment places. the pandemic then may have triggered changes to drinking habits, but the consequences could be with us for some time. kate lamble, bbc news. and bbc newsnight will have more on increasing levels of alcohol related deaths and problems surrounding alcohol addiction tonight at 10:30 on bbc2 and afterwards on the bbc iplayer.