in unregulated homes in england, including on narrow boats and in caravans. a bbc investigation found that at least 120 children, including one child aged just ten, had been placed in unregulated homes. such placements are banned for under 16s, but there are concerns that exemptions for holidays are being exploited. the department for education says it is 0fsted s job to prosecute companies running unlawful children s homes. it was a historic night for british athletics at the world championships in oregon overnight with jake wightman winning gold in the 1500 metres. he is the first british man to win the world title since steve cram in 1983. our sports correspondent andy swiss was trackside. on top of the podium and on top of the world. forjake wightman and for british athletics, a golden night. commentator: men s1500m final.
up the road, and. yeah, it was my boy. since 2014, birmingham has seen a surge in the nuber of under 16s is sentenced for knife crime. 0n return to birmingham, police colleagues carried out a search and live gun cartridges were found. in response, the city s set up a special team to share intelligence about teenagers who at risk of becoming involved. children are killing children, wer e seeing it daily. 0ur community s in crisis. it feels like every other day there s a firearm, a gunshot, a knife wound, children being stabbed in parks. places that are supposed to be safe spaces for children are no longer safe anymore. her son s become another teenage casualty in a city that s lost too many young lives in recent years. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the trial of three men accused of murdering a black man while he was outjogging has begun
yeah, it was my boy. since 2014, birmingham has seen a surge in the number of under 16s is sentenced for knife crime. 0n return to birmingham, police colleagues carried out a search and live gun cartridges were found. in response, the city s set up a special team to share intelligence about teenagers who at risk of becoming involved. children are killing children, we re seeing it daily. 0ur community s in crisis. it feels like every other day there s a firearm, a gunshot, a knife wound, children being stabbed in parks. places that are supposed to be safe spaces for children are no longer safe anymore. her son s become another teenage casualty in a city that s lost too many young lives in recent years. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the number of coronavirus infections could be flattening out with experts saying we may have reached another peak. the latest figures suggest1 in 55 people in the uk tested positive for covid last week that s more
national statistics shows that last week in england 1 in 55 people had virus. that was an increase. in wales, at1 in a5, and northern ireland, at1 in 130, the trend was said to be uncertain. in scotland, 1 in 90 had the virus that was down on the previous week. this map shows in more detail varying infection rates around the uk. the lighter colours show the lowest rates, the darkest colours, the highest, including north west england and parts of south wales. covid case increases have been largely driven so far by infections among schoolchildren, though vaccinations of under 16s have only been under way for a month. data for england last week from the ons reveals that the sharpest rises in case rates were among children, but there were slight increases recorded as well amongst some older age groups. covid hospital admissions are also rising, up nearly 20% week on week. the sage experts say it s unlikely they ll go higher than the peak injanuary,
where infections are highest, covid jabs are being rolled out to over 12s, while the flu vaccine is available to under 16s. logistical problems, staff shortages and issues with obtaining consent have caused delays, potentially until the end of november, and prompting calls for other measures like face coverings to be brought in. vaccination will help eventually, but it is happening very slowly in the younger teens and children under the age of 12 are not being offered the vaccine anyway. most children are not seriously ill, many of them do not have any symptoms at all, but enough of them have serious long term consequences of serious illness and the knock on effects, that it really matters. it is feared even a small surge in demand could cause real problems for the nhs. this stage of the pandemic has also been called one of the most difficult times to predict what is to come. anna collinson, bbc news. and here are the latest official figures on coronavirus. there were 34,574 new infect