Embassy in tokyo has now left japan, heading to warsaw after a stopover in vienna. Wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. Borisjohnson is expected to visit Renewable Energy projects and meet Police Officers on a two Day Visit to scotland. But hes not meeting Nicola Sturgeon, which she says she would have welcomed. And at 2 30, your questions answered. Well be putting your questions on vaccinations for teenagers to the experts. More than A Million teenagers could soon be offered a covid vaccine. Its understood that this afternoon, Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation will recommend that 16 and 17 year olds are given the jab. At the moment, only Under 18s with underlying Health Conditions or living with someone vulnerable, qualify for the vaccine. Heresjim reed. 46 Million adults have already received a covid vaccine. Now the jab is set to be routinely offered to Under 18s for the first time. Scientists on thejcvi are expected to recommend that all 16 and 17 year olds should be next in line. Throughout the pandemic we have listened to thejcvi, and we have adopted their recommendations because they are the experts, so all i can say at this stage, i am afraid, is that it is imminent and people will get clarity very soon. Olly is one of a small number of 17 year olds who have already been jabbed. He has been volunteering in Bolton A E through the pandemic, so qualified as a Health Care worker. 16, 17 year olds have had such a Big Social Life and quite a lot of us have been going out quite a lot, and you know, theres a lot people as well who arent wearing masks at the moment, so i think it is really important to be jabbed because it reduces transmission, and also if you Get Covid you dont know how bad youre going to have it. Some people are more affected or less affected than others, and you wouldnt want to be one of the ones who is really badly affected. But this Decision Wasnt straight forward. The statistics show Under 18s are far less likely to get seriously sick with covid, and while Side Effects such as inflamed Heart Tissue are very rare, they do exist. I think its the right thing to start extending vaccination down into older teenagers. We know that they have a very high rate of infection, and if you look at where the infection is currently flourishing within society, its largely in those younger Age Groups. I mean, there is a balance, obviously, between the potential Side Effects and the damage that covid can do. Other countries, including the us and france, have gone further, and already offerjabs to all children over 12. A similar move in this country looks unlikely for the moment. The recommendation to extend the Jab Roll out to those 16 and 17 year olds will need to be signed off by ministers in all four nations of the uk. After that happens, we could see appointments offered in just two weeks� time. Jim reed, bbc news. Therell be a downing Street Briefing at 3. 30 where were expecting an announcement on vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. Well bring you that live. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Professorjonathan Van Tam Will Bejoined by Professor Wei Shen Lim from Thejoint Committee for vaccinations and immunisation, and Drjune Raine from the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency. Stay with us for that. We will bring you that live on bbc news. And if youve got any questions about vaccines for Under 18s, the Roll Out, and how it might work, wed love to hear from you. At 2. 30 well put them to our health correspondentjim reed. Any questions about teenagers having the vaccine, how the Roll Out will operate. You can get in touch on twitter using the Hashtag Bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk. That is coming up after 2. 30. New figures from the Office For National Statistics, show more than 9 in 10 adults in the uk, now have antibodies against coronavirus. Roughly 93 of adults tested by the ons during the week to the 18th Ofjuly, had covid antibodies, up slightly from 92 the previous fortnight. Antibodies are evidence of a past infection with covid, or of having received at least one dose of vaccine. New research suggests most children who become ill with covid, recover within a week, and long Term Symptoms are rare. Scientists from Kings College london say theyre reassured, that the number of young people who experience prolonged illness, is low. Heres our health correspondent, anna collinson. A joker and a daredevil. Thats how arlos mum describes him. But a few weeks ago, he became poorly after Testing Positive for coronavirus. There was definitely a point where, you know, i did wonder how this might continue in terms of symptoms, with its kind of get increasingly worse . Theres definitely an element of the unknown, which is slightly unsettling as a parent. Is that high enough . No, i want higher. But within a week, Arlos Cough and runny nose was gone and he was back to his normal self. New research suggests that recovery time is typical for most children, with few experiencing long Term Symptoms. The study looked at more than 1700 children who were reported to have developed symptoms and had tested positive for covid 19. It found fewer than one in 20 experienced symptoms forfour weeks or more, and just one in 50 had symptoms for more than eight weeks. The most common issues were headaches and tiredness. Can children have prolonged illness after covid 19 . Yes, they can, but it is not common and most of these children get better with time. Children can have prolonged symptoms from other illnesses as well, and an important Take Home Message is we need to be looking after all children who have protracted illness duration. Scientists hope their findings will reassure families whilst also validating those who have experienced prolonged illness like valentinas two children. She runs a Long Covid Support Group and thinks their continuous cough for three months could be a long Term Symptom following the infection. We havent been seen at that time by specialists, to identify this is covid 19 related, so we cant really define whether they had Long Covid, but based On My Own experiences and families that i have contact with, it is very much likely that they had it. Specialist centres have been set up to help those living with the long term effects of the virus. Anyone concerned about a child is advised to contact their gp. Much more covid news coming up after Half Past. Now lets turn to the olympics. Team gb are racking up the medals in tokyo at the olympics, and the success is across a wide range of sports. Ben meher has secured individual Showjumping Gold on his horse, explosion w. History was made in the Skate Park with Skye Brown whos just 13, taking britains first skateboarding medal, and securing her place as the countrys youngest ever Olympic Medallist. And there was a gold in sailing for Hannah Mills and mcintyre, winning the 4 70 class, making mills the most successful female olympic sailor of all time after her gold in rio, and a silver at london 2012. There were two more boxing medals, with Ben Whittaker taking silver in the Light Heavyweight Category And Fraser clarke claiming bronze in the mens Super Heavyweight division. But theres also disappointing news this afternoon, as the reigning World Champion, Katarina Johnson Thompson is out of the heptathlon after a Calf Injury in the 200 Metres. With a full round up of all the action, Natalie Pirks reports from tokyo. Sky brown will take bronze. Shes already lived her young life in the spotlight. At 13 years of age. But for the girl born injapan, draped in the british flag, this was the best feeling in the world. So much hype, but the talk is over. Thejudges were looking for difficult tricks, quality and consistency. Sky brown has a giant trick bag. Strap yourselves in, here we go. All she needed was a smooth run. Going for that kickflip indy. We knew it was going to come out. Not ideal. But with three runs allowed there was still hope. She let it go again missing the kickflip indy. The pressure is on that third and final run now. Time for a pep talk. In the searing heat of the ariake Skate Park, One British teenager shook off the nerves and kept her cool. Theres the kickflip indy. Thats what we needed. Theres the kickflip fakie. Hands in the air. Third times the charm. Team gb had everything crossed. Only the World Champion could deny her a medal. The bronze was in the Bag And History was made. As the tears flowed, the camaraderie was clear, friends and teenage girls living out a dream. Its so cool because i got to be on the podium with my friends, kokona and sakura, and being in tokyo and eating my favourite food, spending time in the village, this is honestly one of my best memories. Sky says she simply wanted to come here, Have Fun and inspire girls around the world. Britains youngest ever medallist did all of that and so much more. She was born injapan to Mum Mieko and british father, stu. At the age of ten, british skateboarding spotted her talent and saw an opportunity. We said if you want to give it a go, were skateboard gb, we dont have much resources or capacity, but we would be absolutely honoured to help you in that journey in any way we can. Who knew that she would be an olympian and a Bronze Medallist . Daddy, look at this when i filmed with her in la in 2019 she had her Head And Heart firmly set on her olympic dream. But it almost didnt happen when last year she fell 15 feet while her dad was filming. She was airlifted to hospital with Skull Fractures and broken bones, with doctors saying her helmet saved her life. Every time she goes in the air i flinch and i Cant Watch, my wife Cant Watch. You are an amazing skater and olympics doesnt define you. And the fact youre going for it is what skateboarding is about. It is not about holding back, it is about going for it, that is what she is about. She went for it and got it. Her aim is now to qualify for paris in three years time in both skateboarding and surfing. Dont believe her . Just watch. Lets get a full round up from the Bbc Sport centre, heres jane dougal. Gallon has been watching. You get to watch it for a living. Im not at all envious. It is the dream job, you come in and youre literally watching incredible olympics all day. Youre literally watching incredible olympics all day olympics all day. Thanks for that you aet olympics all day. Thanks for that you get up olympics all day. Thanks for that you get up in olympics all day. Thanks for that you get up in the olympics all day. Thanks for that you get up in the morning, olympics all day. Thanks for that you get up in the morning, it olympics all day. Thanks for that you get up in the morning, it is l olympics all day. Thanks for that i you get up in the morning, it is on, you finish an evening and youre wrapping it up. With Sky Brown, what a bronze for her. So good to see her back up and making a good go of that event. Such a fantastic event to see at the olympics, skateboarding. A whole new audience. Hannah mills, gold in her Sailing Class, with Eilidh Mcintyre. Brad ross having the track as well. Sailing to glory, and jumping forjoy. A golden day for Hannah Mills and Eilidh Mcintyre. And for mills, it was also an historic one. They had begun their final race with a title in their sights. All they had to do was finish the top seven and they were soon up into second place. By the final buoy, they had dropped back to fifth, but they held their nerve, and held on for victory. Hannah mills and Eilidh Mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. Delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in. So did they. Mcintyre had emulated her Father Mike who won Sailing Gold in 1988, while for mills there was a place in the Record Place with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. It is mad. It is absolutely mad. Growing up, you know, i obviously like, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on the podium and to do it twice, with saskia before and eilidh this time, i have had two incredible crews to sail with, and ijust feel really lucky. And thousands of miles away at Cardiff Bay Yacht club, the celebrations could also begin. For Hannah Mills family, particularly her parents, it was just as special. I was so relieved for them both, they have worked so hard, they have tried every different approach to tactics, Communication And Anything else they possibly could to give them that extra little edge, it was just, just amazing, absolutely amazing. But elsewhere gold proved agonisingly out of reach. In the boxing, Ben Whittaker had to settle for silver after losing his Light Heavyweight final and his disappointment was all too clear. At the presentation he couldnt even face putting his medal on. Coming second, it seems, was precious little consolation. I just want to say to everyone, i dont want to look like a baby, or a spoilt brat, but, Ijust Am so upset i didnt win the gold, to me i feel like i have lost the gold, i cant celebrate a silverjust yet. Meanwhile in the Superheavyweight Category Frazer clarks hopes of gold were ended by a nasty cut in his semifinal. But for the man who just missed out on a place at the last two games, bronze was worth the wait. And it is the best the Womens Hockey Team can hope for, after their reign as olympic champions came to an end, The Netherlands beating them 5 1 in the semifinal. Once again, the Standout Performance came in the 400 metres hurdles. After Karsten Warholm smashed Ands World Record yesterday, Americas Cindy Mclauchlan did the same to the womens. It Cindy Mclauchlan did the same to the womens. ,. , womens. It is her title, A New World Record. Womens. It is her title, A New World Record. Two womens. It is her title, A New World Record. Two new womens. It is her title, A New| World Record. Two new records womens. It is her title, A New. World record. Two new records in ust 24 World Record. Two new records in just 24 hours World Record. Two new records in just 24 hours. The World Record. Two new records in just 24 hours. The hurdles, World Record. Two new records in just 24 hours. The hurdles, it just 24 hours. The hurdles, it seems, are proving no barrier to brilliance. In the last hour or so, Ben Maher has won gold in the individual Showjumping Event on his horse � explosion w� after a dramatic six Horse Jump off. Maher completed his run in 37. 85 to pip Swedens Peder Fredricson by 17 Hundredths Of A Second and claim the gold The Netherlands� Maikel Van Der Vleuten finished in third. It is a second olympic title for maher after winning gold in the Team Jumping Event at london 2012. The win gives the equestrian team a fifth Olympic Medal in tokyo, equalling their Record Haul achieved in london. Katarina Johnson Thompson� s hopes of an Olympic Medal are over she has withdrawn from the heptathlon after pulling up injured in the 200 Metres. Johnson thompson was fifth overall going into the hepathlon� s fourth event. But she had come to tokyo with concerns over an achilles problem. After a good start in the 200 Metres, it was an injury to her right calf that ended her chances. She refused the offer of a wheelchair, getting up to hobble across the line but was later disqualified for having left her lane. I can� t see past the devastation for kat. She has worked so hard to get to this position. If you look for a silver lining, it is great at the achilles has not sustained further damage. But it is not uncommon that you see one leg gets injured, something else gets hurt eventually. And it could have beenjust brought on by the highjump. And in the last few moments Andre De Grasse has won gold in the men� s 200m a personal best for him, after winning silver five years ago in rio. You can find more on all those stories on the Bbc Sport website. Karen, thank you very much. See you again after Half Past. Gavin. Lets look at some of the other main stories today. The head of the British Army has said that iran must be deterred from carrying out further attacks like the Drone Strike on the Mercer Street tanker. Last thursday a suspected iranian Drone Strike on the Oil Tanker killed a british Security Guard who has been named as Adrian Underwood and the vessel� s romanian captain. Speaking to the Today Programme, general Sir Nick Carter said the iranians had made a � big mistake�. And that britain should be calling out iran for its very reckless behaviour. Iran has denied involvement. What we need to be doing, fundamentally, is calling out iran for its very reckless behaviour. I mean, they made a big mistake on a they did against the Mercer Street Vessel last week, because, of course, that has very much internationalised the State Of Play in the gulf. And i think, you know, we will work out with our allies what is the best way of providing protection. And convoys may not necessarily be the right method. We have used other methods, and we will keep reviewing our way of keeping this happening. But, ultimately, we� ve got to restore deterrence. Because it� s behaviour like that which leads to escalation, that could very easily lead to miscalculation. And that would be very disastrous for all the peoples of the gulf and the international committee. The head of the Armed Forces speaking on Radio 4 this morning. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner is here. That sounds like very strong language to me. Underthe sounds like very strong language to me. Under the circumstances, sounds like very strong language to me. Underthe circumstances, is sounds like very strong language to me. Under the circumstances, is it, given what has happened . Let� s me. Under the circumstances, is it, given what has happened . Lets break this down. There given what has happened . Lets break this down. There are given what has happened . Lets break this down. There are to given what has happened . Lets break this down. There are to make this down. There are to make incidents, not necessarily related. They have taken place in a similar area, off the coast of oman. What she was referring to was an attack on a tanker with an explosive drone. A so called suicide run. Britain, the us, Israel And Romania are in No Doubt that iran was behind that. This is a powerful weapon, not something that could be casually launched. It is a heavy weapon, a fatal attack on shipping. Iran has denied it, but they don� t believe that. They are taking it to the un security council. Separately, there was another attack on shipping in the last 24 hours, where a merchant vessel, a much smaller one, was hijacked. That was initially blamed, or maritime intelligence services, blamed it on iran and said it was linked to them. At the ship never moved. It was supposed to be steered towards iran and didn� t move. The so called 809 armed men who boarded it left it alone at three o� clock this morning. So, that is a mysterious one. I think that one is more likely linked to the criminal underworld, the Smuggling World that goes on in the gulf. There is a lot of nefarious activities there that happen below the radar, so to speak. But there is a number of moving factors going on here, which are not immediately apparent. The first one is almost certainly an extension of the tit for Tat Shadow War between iran and israel, where israel is attacking iranians shipping that it believes is transporting smuggled oil to syria, which then supplies his brother. Israel is trying to sabotage iran� s nuclear industry. Iran has been attacking shipping, and there has been a number of incidents in this. All of this is making the area more tense, it is a narrow Choke Point through which about a fifth of the maritime Oil Supplies go through. About a fifth of the maritime Oil Supplies go through. Given that iran denies that in supplies go through. Given that iran denies that in relation supplies go through. Given that iran denies that in relation to supplies go through. Given that iran denies that in relation to the supplies go through. Given that iran denies that in relation to the first i denies that in relation to the first incident that you describe, where does that go from here . What happens now . Mil does that go from here . What happens now . �. ,. , does that go from here . What happens now . �. , now . All of those countries i mentioned. Now . All of those countries i mentioned, britain, now . All of those countries i mentioned, britain, the now . All of those countries i mentioned, britain, the us l now . All of those countries i i mentioned, britain, the us and israel, have been on the phone to Each Other, trying to coordinate activities. This morning, there was activities. This morning, there was a briefing given by israel� s foreign ministry, by both the Foreign Minister and also the israeli defence minister, in which they have come out and openly blamed, they have named and blamed the head of the iranian revolutionary guard, the drone operator, the commander of the drone operator, the commander of the drone operating force, they have named him, saying he is the one responsible for the attack on the Mercer Street, which is quite unusual, to ashley come out and say this person did it specifically. No immediate comment from iran. But remember that iran has denied all of this. I think the fact that the second incident is rather more murky, it probably feeds into the iranian narrative that there is something suspicious about these reports. They are saying it� s a pretext to carry out a hostile action against iran, because there are so many different things going on here as well. There is nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, she is essentially being held hostage by the iranians. The west considers there is no legal reason for her to have been arrested in the first place, let alone detained for five years plus. She is languishing in prison, poorwoman. Every time relations go sour, or go even more sour, between iran and the west, it is here and other dual nationals who have been imprisoned there on spurious charges that pay the price. So, iran has now stopped negotiations for a prisoner swap, which is really tough on her and her family. Thank you so much for now. The belarusian athlete who refused her team� s orders to fly home from the olympic games has landed in vienna in the past few minutes. Krystsina tsimanouskaya is expected to then fly on to poland, where she� s been granted a humanitarian visa. Sarah rainsford, is in the belarusian capital, minsk. Well, ever since Krystina Timanovskaya made those very public criticisms of the sporting authorities here, there has been a Smear Campaign on state media. They have been presenting her as arrogant, letting down her Team Mates in a race she said she was not prepared for. But of course the scandal has become political. One state Media Presenter said that the only thing that Krystina Timanovskaya won in the olympics was a visa to poland. No medals, just a visa. So, next ordinary Smear Campaign, which is one of the reasons why she didn� t feel safe to return here, to minsk. And today we are seeing another developing story here, which is a Sign Ofjust how little tolerance there is, utter intolerance, in fact, for dissent. Because one of the faces of the Opposition Protest that we saw here last year, maria kolesnikova, went on trial alongside another opposition activist, maxim znak. Now, the two of them are accused of extremely serious charges. They are accused of plotting to overthrow the authorities here. They are facing up to 12 years behind bars. The trial itself was closed, ostensibly for security reasons. At the Family Outside said they believe it is because there is no evidence against these two, they say the entire trial is simply about silencing critics of the authorities here. Borisjohnson is setting off on a two Day Visit to scotland today. But he� s declined an invitation to meet the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, for talks. She had invited the Prime Minister to her official residence to discuss recovery after the pandemic. Mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with the First Ministers of other devolved nations at a later date instead. Nicola sturgeon has been speaking about the Prime Minister� s visit. I don� t feel snubbed. I think most people think it� s a bit odd and a bit strange that we have got a Prime Minister visiting scotland, who talks a lot rightly about the need, despite our political differences, for us to work together where we can on getting through covid 19 and getting into Covid Recovery but doesn� t take the opportunity when in scotland to come and Talk To Me directly about how we might cooperate and work together. I think people willjust find that strange and it is for borisjohnson to explain why. This is the first opportunity given on covid for us to sit down socially distance and have a face to Face Chat and i think it would have been a good opportunity. I was getting ready to welcome him to Bute House today. There is a lot that borisjohnson and i fundamentally disagree on but we both lead governments that are trying to get the country through covid and so there is a lot for us to cooperate on. A missed opportunity, but that is on him. I stand ready to work with whoever i can, however i can to get scotland through covid and into recovery. Tony bonsignore is our political correspondent. Was it a snub . Not meeting the First Minister . Good afternoon. Well, not meeting the First Minister . Good afternoon. Well, i not meeting the First Minister . Good afternoon. Well, i guess not meeting the First Minister . limp. Afternoon. Well, i guess it depends which way you look at it. If you were to. Well, you heard from Nicola Sturgeon saying, look, it was Boris Johnson� s Nicola Sturgeon saying, look, it was borisjohnson� s decision to make this visit to scotland, and she would say there are important things to talk about, recovery from covid being top of them. Really important things for all the different nations to talk about. And yet he is not taking this opportunity to come and Talk To Me. You know, when it became clear that this meeting, there was not going to be a meeting scheduled, it was interesting that it was the snp that took the initiative on monday to make the offer, to say come and see us. From the Prime Minister� s point of view, the Government Point of view, you heard there, in the letter he responded with yesterday, he said, there will be lots of opportunities to talk, not just with the be lots of opportunities to talk, notjust with the First Minister of scotland, but the leaders of all of the devolved nations. So, ithink what this represents, to an extent, is the difficult relationship between the First Minister and the Prime Minister. In what is a very, very delicate time. Bill Prime Minister. In what is a very, very delicate time. Prime minister. In what is a very, very delicate time. All right, tony. For now, thank very delicate time. All right, tony. For now, thank you very delicate time. All right, tony. For now, thank you very very delicate time. All right, tony. For now, thank you very much. Very delicate time. All right, tony. | for now, thank you very much. The visitor to scotland continues. Our political correspondent at westminster. Much more coming up in the next half hour. Your questions answered is one of the things coming up. Now it is time for the weather. Much like the last few days, i think a lot of us will see dry and sunny weather today, but there will be shower clouds bubbling up, particularly across central and northern parts of the uk and that will continue to give rise to some heavy showers and thunderstorms may be some localised flooding in places. We have this Weather Front bringing more cloud to the rest of the uk. This area of low pressure will arrive thursday, friday, into the weekend, turning things very unsettled. We have these showers and Thunder Storms across central areas which will fade away this evening and then many places turn drier but we� ll start to see the influence of this new area of low pressure sweeping in to the west, wind picking up, thicker outbreaks of rain and temperatures rising as well. By The End of the week, a lot more unsettled. Showers or longer spells of rain at times. Some quite heavy, but windy for many. There will also be some turnaround, it will not be a complete wash out each day. You can see an unsettled picture at The End of the week, with temperatures a little below the seasonal average. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines jabs for teenagers all 16 and 17 year olds could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. Success for Team Gb in tokyo 13 year old Sky Brown becomes britain� s youngest ever Olympic Medallist winning bronze in skateboarding and Ben Maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping. Katarina Johnson Thompson pulls out of the heptathlon after suffering a Calf Injury during the 200m. A british Security Guard who was killed in a Drone Attack on a Merchant Tanker off oman last week has been named as Adrian Underwood. We are going to talk about covid vaccines in the next few minutes but now we are going to find out more about the olympics. Good afternoon. Celebrations for Team Gb after wining five medals on day 12 of the olympics. Hannah mills becomes the most successful female olympic sailor of all time after she won gold along with Eilidh Mcintyre in the 4 70 class. The pair finished fifth in the medal race, but their earlier performances were enough to secures mills� third gold in three games. Gb now have five Sailing Medals in tokyo including three golds. It� s mad, it� s absolutely mad. Growing up, obviously, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on top of the podium and to do it twice with saskia before and eilidh this time, i� ve had two incredible crews to sail with and i feel really lucky. The support back home has been unreal, so thank you, everyone. Sky brown has made history of her own too becoming Team Gb� s youngest ever olympic Medal Winner of all time aged 13 and 28 days. Brown produced a composed final run to finish third in the women� s Park Skateboarding final and claim bronze. Hosts japan got the Gold And Silver as the sport made its olympic debut. It� s incredible. I mean, it feels unreal i� m so happy to be here with sakura and kokona. All the girls were ripping it, it was insane. It was a super sick final and qualifier, semifinals. It was insane. Ben whittiker said he was disappointed after losing in the Gold Medal Light heavyweight match, but the british boxer walked away with a silver medal. Cuba� s Arlen Lopez was the winner in the Gold Medal match. Landing more punches than whittaker. The brit is from wolverhampton and had said if he won gold he wanted to become the new mayor that won� t be happening now unfortunately. Earlier, Frazer Clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the Super Heavyweight. He lost his Semi Final Match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer� s eye opened up again by his opponant, the uzbekistan 6 foot 8 giant. But the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. Afterwards he said, it was not the fairytale i wanted but i� m proud of myself. Katarina Johnson Thompson� s hopes of an Olympic Medal are over she has withdrawn from the heptathlon after pulling up injured in the 200 Metres. Johnson thompson was fifth overall, going into the hepathlon� s fourth event, but she had come to tokyo with concerns over an achilles problem. She� d had a good start to the 200 Metres, but an injury to her right calf ended her chances. She refused the offer of a wheelchair, getting up to hobble across the line but was later disqualified for having left her lane. And in the last hour, Andre De Grasse has won the men� s 200 Metres his fifth Olympic Medal and his first gold. The canadian ran a personal best of 19. 62 seconds, finishing ahead of Kenneth Bednarek and Noah Lyles of the usa. Away from the olympics the first test between England And India is underway this morning at trent bridge. England are notably without Ben Stokes. India have made a very good Start Rory burns went for a duck bowled by Jasprit Bumrah in the first over. England have since lost two more wickets leaving them on 84 for 3. The Captainjoe Root is currently batting withjonny bairstow. Manchester city are closing in on the £100 million signing of Aston Villa Captainjack grealish which would make it a british record. A deal might even be done in time for the England Star to play in the Community Shield against Leicester City on saturday. The £100 million Transfer Fee would surpass the £89 million Manchester United paid tojuventus in the signing of Paul Pogba in 2016. Big money involved there. That� s all the sport for now. It is expected covid vaccines are to be offered to 16 and 17 year olds. The move would mean about 1. 4 million teenagers will be included in the new rollout but it is not known when the jabs will start. You have been sending in your questions on this update. With me to answer them now is our health correspondentjim reed. I� M Alsojoined by Professor Alex Richter from the University Of Birmingham� s Institute Of Immunology and immunotherapy. A warm welcome to both of you. Many thanks for being with us as we continue with our conversations about vaccines. A question here which says, i would like to know what is the likelihood of any Side Effects on anyone who is under the age of 18. She says, Side Effects in the future, so i� m not sure whether she might be looking to things much further down the line, but anyway. We are talking about the Pfizer Vaccine, the only one which is approved at the moment in the uk for children. The Madonna Vaccine is going through Moderna Vaccine is going through Moderna Vaccine is going through Moderna Vaccine is going through a review in the uk, although it has been approved by the eu. In terms of Side Effects, pain where the shot was given, muscle pain, fever, that kind of think children have Side Effects for between one and three days if they have any Side Effects that kind of thing, and children have Side Effects. There is one specific Side Effects. There is one specific Side Effect which appears to affect young men in particular and this is something called pericarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. Almost always in this case, where it has been picked up in young men, it has been picked up in young men, it has been picked up in young men, it has been very rare and very mild, and there have been some cases of hospitalisation but pretty mild. Research is going on at the moment to make sure it is the vaccines that are causing that. If you have Side Effects like chest pain, shortness of breath, feeling like a fast heartbeat, the advice is to contact your gp, but i do not want to Alarm Anyone because this is very rare and normally very mild. I� m anyone because this is very rare and normally very mild. Normally very mild. Im not clear whether the normally very mild. Im not clear whether the question normally very mild. Im not clear whether the question is normally very mild. 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The pain from the Injection Side and chills are common. Injection side and chills are common, may be less than one in ten will get common, may be less than one in ten will get that, common, may be less than one in ten will get that, and one in ten children will get that, and one in ten children will get that, but these incredibly rare Side Effects of inflammation of the heart or severe anaphylaxis, these are so rare that we actually anaphylaxis, these are so rare that we actually cant even quantify them yet, we actually cant even quantify them yet. So we actually cant even quantify them yet, so what we are doing as with all the yet, so what we are doing as with all the Roll Out of the new vaccines and the all the Roll Out of the new vaccines and the new all the Roll Out of the new vaccines and the new medicines, we have to report and the new medicines, we have to report any and the new medicines, we have to report any Side Effects. It is difficult report any Side Effects. 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Online for many but for many of us it is having online for many but for many of us it is having the convenience and time it is having the convenience and time of it is having the convenience and time of a it is having the convenience and time of a Walk In Centre and what many time of a Walk In Centre and what many of time of a Walk In Centre and what many of the time of a Walk In Centre and what many of the young people will want to know many of the young people will want to know is many of the young people will want to know is it doesnt matter how they to know is it doesnt matter how they get to know is it doesnt matter how they get the vaccine, the record of that vaccine they get the vaccine, the record of that vaccine will go on to the national that vaccine will go on to the national database and i know we are thinking national database and i know we are thinking about what freedoms will be allowed thinking about what freedoms will be allowed with double vaccination and ive allowed with double vaccination and ive had allowed with double vaccination and ive had questions from young people about, ive had questions from young people about, if ive had questions from young people about, if i ive had questions from young people about, if i go to a Walk In Centre, does about, if i go to a Walk In Centre, does that about, if i go to a Walk In Centre, does that mean it will be recorded . Yes, does that mean it will be recorded . Yes. You does that mean it will be recorded . Yes, you will also be given a cadre so hang yes, you will also be given a cadre so Hang On yes, you will also be given a cadre so Hang On to that, as well. Given so Hang On to that, as well. Given a so Hang On to that, as well. Givena card so Hang On to that, as well. Given a card so Hang On to that, as well. Liven a card. ,. , given a card. Another question here. Are there plans given a card. Another question here. Are there plans for given a card. Another question here. Are there plans for vaccinating i are there plans for vaccinating Everyone Else . Essentially he means anyone between zero and 12. That Everyone Else . Essentially he means anyone between zero and 12. Anyone between zero and 12. At the moment of anyone between zero and 12. At the moment of the anyone between zero and 12. At the moment of the Plans Anyone between zero and 12. At the moment of the plans this anyone between zero and 12. At the moment of the plans this Afternoon J Moment of the plans this afternoon we are expecting to hear are to extend the Roll Out to 16 and 17 year olds. In other parts of the world, the united states, and france, they are now offering vaccines to 12 and over and he was asking just they about even younger than that and there are clinical trials at the moment in the united states with the Pfizer Vaccine and the Moderna Vaccine and we should see results from those at The End of september. There is no plans at all for this in the uk and it will have two pass clinical trials and then governments will have to decide to do it, and medical regulators, but it is being potentially looked at much further down the line. Bile}. Much further down the line. Alex richter, much further down the line. Alex richter. An much further down the line. Alex richter, an interesting much further down the line. Alex richter, an interesting area, we have barely talked about this at all. What are you hearing and what your knowledge in that field . Similar, we are not there yet and we are still similar, we are not there yet and we are still gathering more information, and i think what the joint information, and i think what the joint committee on vaccines and immunisations has done, the jcvi, that is immunisations has done, the jcvi, that is to immunisations has done, the jcvi, that is to work through the at Risk Groups that is to work through the at Risk Groups because when you introduce a vaccine groups because when you introduce a vaccine into groups because when you introduce a vaccine into a national programme they are vaccine into a national programme they are so vaccine into a national programme they are so many considerations. It is not they are so many considerations. It is notjust they are so many considerations. It is notjust how good the they are so many considerations. It is not just how good the vaccine they are so many considerations. It is notjust how good the vaccine is and it is notjust how good the vaccine is and it may is notjust how good the vaccine is and it may be great but there may be Side Effects and it may be great but there may be Side Effects that are not acceptable or it may Side Effects that are not acceptable or it may not be cost effective in this age or it may not be cost effective in this Age Group. What the jcvi has done this Age Group. What the jcvi has done is this Age Group. What the jcvi has done is to this Age Group. What the jcvi has done is to be rolling it out through the different Age Groups and those most the different Age Groups and those most vulnerable to covid, and the question most vulnerable to covid, and the question will extend fairly soon to the 1246 question will extend fairly soon to the 12 16 Year Olds as Europe And America the 12 16 Year Olds as Europe And America have already addressed and then the america have already addressed and then the question is what next . What happens then the question is what next . What happens with our younger people . With their happens with our younger people . With their young people, we do a lot of vaccination in children to teach and train of vaccination in children to teach and train the Immune System to prevent and train the Immune System to prevent disease going forward and that has prevent disease going forward and that has been hugely successful in preventing Childhood Mortality but we note preventing Childhood Mortality but we note with covid, the very young are less we note with covid, the very young are less susceptible to severe disease are less susceptible to severe disease and we do not know what their disease and we do not know what their Risks Disease and we do not know what their risks are for things like Long Covid their risks are for things like Long Covid and their risks are for things like Long Covid and other complications yet but they covid and other complications yet but they are relatively spared. The arguments but they are relatively spared. The arguments to vaccinate in the very young arguments to vaccinate in the very young becomes more challenging and i think absolutely, we need more evidence think absolutely, we need more evidence and we need to see those Studies Evidence and we need to see those studies that are coming out later this year studies that are coming out later this year before we can make a decision this year before we can make a decision. , this year before we can make a decision. , , ~ decision. That is interesting. Alex, this is the next decision. That is interesting. Alex, this is the next question. Decision. That is interesting. Alex, this is the next question. Dawn i decision. That is interesting. Alex, this is the next question. Dawn is l this is the next question. Dawn is asking why, in relation to the 16 and 17 year olds which is what we are focusing on, but she says come on the basis that even once we are vaccinated we can still spread and catch the disease, if teenagers in the main do not have the same extreme symptoms and none of them have died, why are we forcing them to be vaccinated . Forcing, i� m not sure it will be compulsory, so that is one thing. It is opening it up to 16 and 17 year olds unless you know otherwise. But in essence she is saying, why are we doing it . Yes. Otherwise. But in essence she is saying, why are we doing it . Yes, we are not forcing. Saying, why are we doing it . Yes, we are not forcing. Vaccination saying, why are we doing it . Yes, we are not forcing. Vaccination is are not forcing. Vaccination is purely are not forcing. Vaccination is purely voluntary in the uk so the case purely voluntary in the uk so the case has purely voluntary in the uk so the case has to purely voluntary in the uk so the case has to be made and i think she raises case has to be made and i think she raises a case has to be made and i think she raises a really important point. It is thinking raises a really important point. It is thinking about the individual. 0k, is thinking about the individual. Ok. The is thinking about the individual. Ok, the child may have a relatively mild illness, but given the huge amount mild illness, but given the huge amount of mild illness, but given the huge amount of disruption we have had this year. Amount of disruption we have had this year, this is potentially another this year, this is potentially another two weeks of school, away from another two weeks of school, away from their another two weeks of school, away from their education in their gcse and a level years, and especially if they have and a level years, and especially if they have a and a level years, and especially if they have a number of siblings in they have a number of siblings in the house. They have a number of siblings in the house, the parents will have to be off the house, the parents will have to be off work the house, the parents will have to be off work as well. So the disruption from illness is huge and so preventing that could be very valuable so preventing that could be very valuable to the child themselves. We have also valuable to the child themselves. We have also still got this inflammatory syndrome and we dont know how inflammatory syndrome and we dont know how many children get this, it is relatively know how many children get this, it is relatively few, very uncommon, but is relatively few, very uncommon, hut it is relatively few, very uncommon, but it is is relatively few, very uncommon, but it is a is relatively few, very uncommon, but it is a slight concern. The other but it is a slight concern. The other thing, but it is a slight concern. The otherthing, long but it is a slight concern. The other thing, Long Covid, we have seen other thing, Long Covid, we have seen results out of london this morning. Seen results out of london this morning, looking at Long Covid and the risk morning, looking at Long Covid and the risk of morning, looking at Long Covid and the risk of it morning, looking at Long Covid and the risk of it in young people, and maybe the risk of it in young people, and maybe there are significant symptoms in somewhere between one and 8 of young in somewhere between one and 8 of young people. We dont know what is causing young people. We dont know what is causing Long Covid and what the mechanism is and we dont have any Treatments Mechanism is and we dont have any treatments yet for Long Covid, and so with treatments yet for Long Covid, and so with all treatments yet for Long Covid, and so with all this in mind, it may seem. So with all this in mind, it may seem. The so with all this in mind, it may seem, the argument is if we can prevent seem, the argument is if we can prevent infection in the first place. Prevent infection in the first place, we can prevent the disruption to that place, we can prevent the disruption to that Childs Life and potentially protect to that Childs Life and potentially protect them from consequences of covid protect them from consequences of covid infection. Covid infection. There is a lot in there which covid infection. There is a lot in there which is covid infection. There is a lot in there which is really covid infection. There is a lot in| there which is really interesting. Now the next question, because the question of why are we doing it, claire has said, would it not be better to use vaccines on adults especially in countries that have a limited supply before we start thinking about children who generally do not get seriously ill . Again the debate about us versus other countries. Other countries. Massive debate about this even other countries. Massive debate about this even amongst other countries. Massive debate about this even amongst senior| about this even amongst senior Scientist And Andrew pollard, one of the men behind the oxford astrazeneca jab, he has got some strong views on this, and he says we are morally wrong to be vaccinating young people in this country who have a low risk of serious disease while there are people in other countries with a much higher risk you can� t have a vaccine, but another view held by other scientist which is, if you look at how many millions and millions of doses might be needed around the world, the 1. 4 million young 16 and 17 year olds in this country that might get the vaccine as a result, they are going to be a very small part of that huge Vaccine Role at which we need elsewhere, so if we decide to vaccinate young people in this country, will it make that much difference internationally . There� s a huge debate about this and it goes to essex and to morals as well. Really interesting. To essex and to morals as well. Really interesting. To essex and to morals as well. Really interesting. It goes to ethics. Another really interesting. It goes to ethics. Another question really interesting. It goes to ethics. Another question here, | really interesting. It goes to i ethics. Another question here, about this womans ethics. Another question here, about this Womans Son ethics. Another question here, about this Womans Son who ethics. Another question here, about this Womans Son who has ethics. Another question here, about this Womans Son who has severe i this woman� s son who has severe allergies. She said she would be willing to sign a waiver because she would rather have him have a reaction to the jab than actually Get Covid. Reaction to the ab than actually aet covid. ,. ,. ,. ,. Get covid. The chance of an allergic reaction to Get Covid. The chance of an allergic reaction to any Get Covid. The chance of an allergic reaction to any of Get Covid. 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Alex, your thoughts . Small risk, certainly. Alex, your thoughts . We small risk, certainly. Alex, your thoughts . We have small risk, certainly. Alex, your thoughts . We have clear i small risk, certainly. Alex, your thoughts . We have clear advice small risk, certainly. Alex, your thoughts . We have clear advice now from the british thoughts . We have clear advice now from the british society thoughts . We have clear advice now from the british society of thoughts . We have clear advice now from the british society of clinical. From the british society of clinical immunology and they have worked with a patient immunology and they have worked with a Patient Group and we are really clear a Patient Group and we are really clear now a Patient Group and we are really clear now that unless you have had an anaphylactic reaction to one of the ingredients in the vaccine or you have the ingredients in the vaccine or you have had an unexplained anaphylaxis or you have had anaphylaxis or you have had anaphylaxis to multiple drugs, then actually anaphylaxis to multiple drugs, then actually you should go for the vaccine actually you should go for the vaccine. If you are not certain, speak vaccine. If you are not certain, speak to vaccine. If you are not certain, speak to your vaccine. If you are not certain, speakto your gp vaccine. If you are not certain, speak to your gp or try to get in contact speak to your gp or try to get in contact with a specialist in allergy and immunology and all the Vaccine Centres and immunology and all the Vaccine Centres will have a contact with this expertise to help support and guide this expertise to help support and guide the this expertise to help support and guide the vaccination. There are very guide the vaccination. There are very few guide the vaccination. There are very few circumstances where we say, dont very few circumstances where we say, dont give very few circumstances where we say, dont give the vaccine, but we do consider dont give the vaccine, but we do consider every individual. But for things consider every individual. But for things like consider every individual. But for things like Eczema And Hay fever, food allergies, on the whole, there is no food allergies, on the whole, there is no additional risk to this, because is no additional risk to this, because an allergic reaction to this is a very because an allergic reaction to this is a very specific immune reaction and unfortunately it is very specific and unfortunately it is very specific to the ingredients in the vaccine specific to the ingredients in the vaccine which is not widely available elsewhere, so i would be very reassured and i suspect that in mls very reassured and i suspect that in ms case. Very reassured and i suspect that in ms case. If very reassured and i suspect that in mls case, if her son has underlying health mls case, if her son has underlying health issues, then that would take predominance and the vaccine would be recommended. Predominance and the vaccine would be recommended. Interesting. Lots of arents and be recommended. Interesting. Lots of parents and grandparents be recommended. Interesting. Lots of parents and grandparents getting i be recommended. Interesting. Lots of parents and grandparents getting in l parents and grandparents getting in touch because maggie says, my granddaughter is starting university in september but she will still be 17. 18 in december. She� s very keen be vaccinated, surely this is an essential group who should be vaccinated . A tricky area depending on when your birthday is. This vaccinated . A tricky area depending on when your birthday is. On when your birthday is. This is a maor on when your birthday is. This is a major reason on when your birthday is. This is a major reason why on when your birthday is. This is a major reason why we on when your birthday is. This is a major reason why we are on when your birthday is. This is a major reason why we are likely i on when your birthday is. This is a major reason why we are likely to | major reason why we are likely to see the Rule Change this afternoon because you have a weird situation where if you are 18 orjust about because you have a weird situation where if you are 18 or just about to turn 18 you can qualify for the vaccine but if you are younger than that like the case here, it is much more difficult to get hold of it and those groups are very likely to mix down the pub and clubs, so hopefully this change will help maggie� s granddaughter because it will mean all 16 and 17 year olds can qualify for it. At the moment, if you are coming up to your 18th birthday, three months before, but in this case she would just about miss out. Before you go, really interesting comments coming through from the head of the who, they are calling for a moratorium on Booster Shots until low income countries have caught up with their vaccinations. He says hundreds of millions of people including Health Workers in fragile Health Systems are still waiting for their first dose while wealthy countries are preparing to administer Booster Shots. He would like a moratorium on those until at least The End of september. Comments just coming through from geneva in the last little while. What are your thoughts on that . The the last little while. What are your thoughts on that . The last little while. What are your thou~hts on that . ,. , thoughts on that . The government had not said they thoughts on that . The government had not said they will thoughts on that . The government had not said they will go thoughts on that . The government had not said they will Go Ahead thoughts on that . The government had not said they will Go Ahead with not said they will Go Ahead with these Booster Shots but it is widely expected we are going to get the announcement imminently and the jcvi, the body of scientists, they recommended the nhs prepares for those shots from september but we have not had the final Go Ahead from ministers and this language from the who is interesting and it will put pressure on those politicians. I� m pressure on those politicians. Im interested in your thoughts, professor. Interested in your thoughts, professor interested in your thoughts, rofessor. ,. , professor. This highlights that we are in a global professor. This highlights that we are in a global pandemic professor. This highlights that we are in a global pandemic and i professor. This highlights that we | are in a global pandemic and what happens are in a global pandemic and what happens in are in a global pandemic and what happens in the rest of the world is important happens in the rest of the world is important to us. With our Trade And Everything important to us. With our Trade And Everything we are doing, visiting Families Everything we are doing, visiting families around the world, we are mixing families around the world, we are mixing and families around the world, we are mixing and moving, and the only way we can mixing and moving, and the only way we can get mixing and moving, and the only way we can get in mixing and moving, and the only way we can get in control of the pandemic despite reducing the number of infections and therefore transmission. The key way we do that. Transmission. The key way we do that, unless we close our borders forever. That, unless we close our borders for ever. Is that, unless we close our borders for ever, is vaccination. I do acknowledge that the Vaccine Delivery acknowledge that the Vaccine Delivery around the world is really challenging, and the Covax Project is trying challenging, and the Covax Project is trying to challenging, and the Covax Project is trying to tackle this with the who is trying to tackle this with the who. The logistics issues of how you sought who. The logistics issues of how you sought the who. The logistics issues of how you sought the chains out and how you et sought the chains out and how you get the sought the chains out and how you get the infrastructure in place how you get the infrastructure in place how you sought. I think we have got to he how you sought. I think we have got to be supporting that. The government has not made a decision yet on government has not made a decision yet on the government has not made a decision yet on the Autumn Vaccines but may be yet on the Autumn Vaccines but may he the yet on the Autumn Vaccines but may be the answer is that we need to increase be the answer is that we need to Increase Capacity and maybe we need to do both Increase Capacity and maybe we need to do both. ,. Increase capacity and maybe we need to do both. ,. ,. , to do both. Very interesting to hear our to do both. Very interesting to hear your perspective to do both. Very interesting to hear your perspective. Thank to do both. Very interesting to hear your perspective. Thank you to do both. Very interesting to hear your perspective. Thank you very i your perspective. Thank you very much to both of you. Professor Alex Richter from the University Of Birmingham and our health correspondent, jim reed, thanks for joining us. We have one more story to bring you before we have the weather forecast. Wildfires continue to rage in turkey seven days on from the first blaze, criticism of how the government is handling the situation is growing. Fires have also broken out in other parts of the mediterranean. Sancha berg reports. Fires blazing. Wildfires have been burning for seven days in turkey and these flames are approaching a power station. Strong winds, low humidity and scorching temperatures, the Weather Conditions that helped the fire spread. They are likely to continue into next week. So far, over 130 fires have been extinguished, but many new ones have broken out. These Spanish Planes are part of the latest efforts to get the flames under control. Criticism of the government� s handling of the situation is growing. It insists it is doing everything it can. Translation | answered i the delegation that we do not accept help coming from abroad. Once again, i would like to reiterate that notjust today, notjust during such a disaster, it is out of the question to reject offers coming to us because of Pride And Arrogance as our forests are burning. Turkey� s not the only country in the region fighting wildfires. In this suburb of northern athens, more than 500 firefighters have been deployed. Houses have burnt down, many have been forced to evacuate as greece experiences its worst heatwave in 30 years. Translation in the area where the fire broke out, | temperatures reached 45c with less than 10 humidity. These extreme conditions are due to the intense heatwave that has been affecting our country for the last week. And in israel, firefighters also used planes and helicopters to fight the wildfire in the forests west ofjerusalem. Many fear these extreme scenes will become more commonplace as climate changes. Sancha berg, bbc news. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with stav. Hello. Not a bad day out there for many of us. A lot of places staying dry with some good spells of august sunshine. But there will be showers developing, certainly through the afternoon, across Central Parts of the uk. Likely to cause some localised flooding if you catch them because they will be slow moving which is due to light winds barely any isobars on the Pressure Chart for this afternoon. This Weather Front will enhance Shower Activity across the west and that area of low pressure behind me will arrive thursday, friday and into the weekend, turning things very unsettled. For the rest of the day, looks fine for many, lots of sunshine around. These showers and thunderstorms developing over central and northern parts of england into parts of wales. Like i mentioned, slow moving and heavy, they could give rise to localised flooding. More cloud generally across western scotland, Northern Ireland, but temperatures reaching 22 or 23, and it should feel quite pleasant. Showers then clear away. Much of england and wales will be dry. We will start to see that new area of low pressure arriving across the west. Thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain, winds picking up, particularly in the south west. Also, temperatures will be picking up, so a milder night than of late. For The End of the week, thursday, friday and into the weekend, it will be a lot more unsettled thanks to the low pressure. We will see showers and longer spells of rain and it will be turning windy as well. You can see why this new area of low pressure has more isobars wrapped around it. Active Weather Fronts will slowly move eastwards across the country for thursday. It does mean many central and eastern parts of england, eastern scotland, will start dry, maybe some sunshine before the Cloud And Wind picks up. Outbreaks of Rain Start to spread eastwards through the day and that will be followed by sunshine and heavy blustery showers across southern and western areas. That will impact the temperatures, high Teens Celsius for most. We could see 20 or 21 across the east given the brighter, sunnier start to the day. As we head into friday and the weekend, low pressure just sits across the uk, bringing further windy weather. Showers or even longer spells of rain. Certainly some pretty heavy, may be thundery downpours through friday into saturday. There will be some sunshine in between, despite temperatures being a little below average for the time of year. This is bbc news. The headlines. Jabs for teenagers all 16 and 17 year olds could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. There� ll be a downing Street Briefing at Half Past three where we� re expecting an announcement on vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. We� ll bring you that live. Success for Team Gb in tokyo 13 year old Sky Brown becomes britain� s youngest ever Olympic Medallist winning bronze in skateboarding and Ben Maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping. Katarina Johnson Thompson pulls out of the heptathlon after suffering a Calf Injury during the 200m. Wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. Borisjohnson is expected to visit Renewable Energy projects and meet Police Officers on a two Day Visit to scotland. But he� s not meeting Nicola Sturgeon, which she says she would have welcomed. And professor barbie the scientist who designed the Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll, alongside five other women working in science, technology, engineering and maths. More than A Million teenagers could soon be offered a covid vaccine. It� s understood that this afternoon, Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation will recommend that 16 and 17 year olds are given the jab. At the moment, only Under 18s with underlying Health Conditions or living with someone vulnerable, qualify for the vaccine. Here� sjim reed. 46 Million adults have already received a covid vaccine. Now the jab is set to be routinely offered to Under 18s for the first time. Scientists on thejcvi are expected to recommend that all 16 and 17 year olds should be next in line. Throughout the pandemic we have listened to thejcvi, and we have adopted their recommendations because they are the experts, so all i can say at this stage, i am afraid, is that it is imminent and people will get clarity very soon. Olly is one of a small number of 17 year olds who have already been jabbed. He has been volunteering in Bolton A E through the pandemic, so qualified as a Health Care worker. 16, 17 year olds have had such a Big Social Life and quite a lot of us have been going out quite a lot, and you know, there� s a lot of people as well who aren� t wearing masks at the moment, so i think it is really important to be jabbed because it reduces transmission, and also if you Get Covid you don� t know how bad you� re going to have it. Some people are more affected or less affected than others, and you wouldn� t want to be one of the ones who is really badly affected. But this decision wasn� t straight forward. The statistics show Under 18s are far less likely to get seriously sick with covid, and while Side Effects such as inflamed Heart Tissue are very rare, they do exist. I think it� s the right thing to start extending vaccination down into older teenagers. We know that they have a very high rate of infection, and if you look at where the infection is currently flourishing within society, it� s largely in those younger Age Groups. I mean, there is a balance, obviously, between the potential Side Effects and the damage that covid can do. Other countries, including the us and france, have gone further, and already offerjabs to all children over 12. A similar move in this country looks unlikely for the moment. The recommendation to extend the Jab Roll out to those 16 and 17 year olds will need to be signed off by ministers in all four nations of the uk. After that happens, we could see appointments offered in just two weeks� time. Jim reed, bbc news. There� ll be a downing Street Briefing at Half Past three where we� re expecting an announcement on vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. We� ll bring you that live. The Deputy Chief Medical Officerfor england, Professorjonathan Van Tam, Will Bejoined by Professor Wei Shen Lim from Thejoint Committee for vaccinations and immunisation, and Drjune Raine from the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency. Stay with us for that. Team gb are racking up the medals in tokyo at the olympics, and the success is across a wide range of sports. Ben maher has secured individual Showjumping Gold on his horse, explosion w. History was made in the Skate Park with Sky Brown, who� s just 13, taking britain� s first skateboarding medal, and securing her place as the country� s youngest ever Olympic Medallist. And there was a gold in sailing for Hannah Mills and Eilidh Mcintyre, winning the 470 class, making mills the most successful female olympic sailor of all time, after her gold in rio, and a silver at london 2012. There were two more boxing medals, with Ben Whittaker taking silver in the Light Heavyweight category and Frazer Clarke claiming bronze in the men� s Super Heavyweight division. But there� s also disappointing news this afternoon, as the reigning World Champion, Katarina Johnson Thompson is out of the heptathlon after a Calf Injury in the 200 Metres. With a full round up of all the action, Natalie Pirks reports from tokyo. Sky brown will take bronze. She has already lived her young life in the spotlight. At 13 years of age. But for the girl born injapan, draped in the british flag, this was the best feeling in the world. Thejudges were looking for difficult tricks, quality and consistency. Sky brown has a giant trick bag. Strap yourselves in, here we go. All she needed was a smooth run. Going for that kickflip indy, we knew it was going to come out. Not ideal. But with three runs allowed, there was still hope. Just missing the kickflip indy. The pressure is on that third and final run now. Time for a pep talk. And in the searing heat of the ariake Skate Park, One British teenager shook off the nerves and kept her cool. There is the kickflip indy, that is what we needed. There is the kick flip, hands in the air. Yes, sky third time is a charm. Team gb had everything crossed. Only the World Champion could deny her a medal. The bronze was in the Bag And History was made. And as the tears flowed the camaraderie was clear, friends and teenage girls living out a dream. It is so cool because i got to be on the podium with my friends, koko and sakura, and just being in tokyo and eating my favourite food, spending time in the village, this is honestly one of my best memories. Sky said she simply wanted to come here, Have Fun and inspire girls around the world. Britain� s youngest ever medallist did all of that and so much more. She was born injapan to her Mother Miko and british father, stu. At the age of ten, british skateboarding spotted her talent and saw an opportunity. We said if you want to give it a go, we are skateboard gb, we dont have much resource, we dont have much capacity, but we would be absolutely honoured to help you in that journey in any way we can. Who knew that she would be an olympian and a Bronze Medallist . When i filmed with her in la in 2019, she had her Head And Heart firmly set on her olympic dream. But it almost didn� t happen when last year she fell 15 feet while her dad was filming. She was airlifted to hospital with Skull Fractures and broken bones with doctors saying her helmet saved her life. Every time she goes in the air i flinch and i Cant Watch it, i my wife Cant Watch it. You are an amazing skater and olympics doesnt define you. The fact that you are going for. It is what skateboarding is about. It is not about holding back, it is about going for it, i that is what sky is about. She went for it and she got it. Her aim is now to qualify for paris in three years� time in both skateboarding and surfing. Don� t believe her . Just watch. Let� s get a full round up from the Bbc Sport centre, here� s austin. Good afternoon. It� s been another impressive day for Team Gb. They� re now up to fourth in the medals table, as day 12 of the Tokyo Olympics comes to a close. Sky brown has become the youngest british olympic Medal Winner with bronze in the Park Skateboarding. And Hannah Mills is now the most successful female sailor in olympic history taking gold, in her Sailing Class alongside eilidh macintyre. Andy swiss has more. Sailing to glory, and jumping forjoy. A golden day for Hannah Mills and Eilidh Mcintyre. And for mills, it was also an historic one. They had begun their final race with a title in their sights. All they had to do was finish the top seven and they were soon up into second place. By the final buoy, they had dropped back to fifth, but they held their nerve, and held on for victory. Hannah mills and Eilidh Mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. Delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in, so did they. Mcintyre had emulated herFather Mike who won Sailing Gold in 1988, while for mills there was a place in the Record Place with two golds while for mills there was a place in the record books with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. It is mad. It is absolutely mad. Growing up, you know, i obviously like, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on the podium and to do it twice, with saskia before and eilidh this time, i have had two incredible crews to sail with, and ijust feel really lucky. And thousands of miles away at Cardiff Bay Yacht club, the celebrations could also begin. For Hannah Mills� family, particularly her parents, it was just as special. I was so relieved for them both, they have worked so hard, they have tried every different approach to tactics, Communication And Anything else they possibly could to give them that extra little edge, it wasjust. Just amazing, absolutely amazing. But elsewhere gold proved agonisingly out of reach. In the boxing, Ben Whittaker had to settle for silver after losing his Light Heavyweight final and his disappointment was all too clear. At the presentation he couldn� t even face putting his medal on. Coming second, it seems, was precious little consolation. I just want to say to everyone, i don� t want to look like a baby, or a spoilt brat, but, Ijust Am so upset i didn� t win the gold, to me i feel like i have lost the gold, i can� t celebrate a silverjust yet. Meanwhile in the Superheavyweight Category Frazer clarke� s hopes of gold were ended by a nasty cut in his semifinal. But for the man who just missed out on a place at the last two games, bronze was worth the wait. And it is the best the women� s Hockey Team can hope for, after their reign as olympic champions came to an end, The Netherlands beating them 5 1 in the semifinal. Once again, though, The Stand Out Performance came in the 400 metres hurdles after warholm smashed the men� s World Record yet, america� s Sydney Mcloughlin did the same to the women� s. It� s mcloughlin� s title, and A New World Record. Two new records in just 24 hours, the hurdles it seems are proving no barrier to brilliance. Andy swiss, bbc news. Meanwhile, Ben Maher won gold in the individual Showjumping Event, on his Horse Explosion W after a dramatic six horsejump off. Maher completed his run in 37. 85 to pip sweden� s Peder Fredricson by 17 Hundredths Of A Second and claim the gold The Netherlands� Maikel Van Der Vleuten finished in third. It� s a second olympic title for maher after winning gold in the Team Jumping Event at london 2012. The win gives the equestrian team a fifth Olympic Medal in tokyo, equalling their Record Haul achieved in london. Katarina Johnson Thompson� s hopes of an Olympic Medal are over she has withdrawn from the heptathlon after pulling up injured in the 200 Metres. Johnson thompson was fifth overall, going into the hepathlon� s fourth event, but she had come to tokyo with concerns over an achilles problem. She� d had a good start to the 200 Metres, but an injury to her right calf ended her chances. She refused the offer of a wheelchair, getting up to hobble across the line but was later disqualified for having left her lane. And Andre De Grasse has won the men� s 200 Metres his fifth Olympic Medal and his first gold. The canadian ran a personal best of 19. 62 seconds, finishing ahead of Kenneth Bednarek and Noah Lyles of the usa. It would have beaten Usain Bolt in the 200 Metres final in rio five years ago. That� s all the sport for now. We are talking today about Covid Vaccinations for 16 and 17 year olds. We are coming up to the downing Street Briefing due in about 15 minutes, at Half Past, where we think we will hear a lot more about the Roll Out for late teenagers. We will bring you that statement live at Half Past. We can talk about the whole concept about giving vaccinations to that Age Bracket. Let� s talk now to Dr Mike Tildesley from the university of warwick. He� s a member of the Spi M Modelling group of scientists which contributes advice to sage the uk government� s advisory group. Assuming we get this confirmed, your thoughts on vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. It thoughts on vaccines for 16 and 17yearolds 17yearolds. It is difficult. I think one 17yearolds. It is difficult. I think one of 17yearolds. It is difficult. I think one of the 17yearolds. It is difficult. I think one of the reasons i 17yearolds. It is difficult. I think one of the reasons it l 17yearolds. It is difficult. I. Think one of the reasons it has 17yearolds. It is difficult. I think one of the reasons it has been quite a long period of time to come to this decision, of course we know that covid is less severe in younger people so of course by vaccinating children there is less direct risk of them developing serious illness. But the more people we can vaccinate, it gets us closer to providing protection as a nation. Whilst there is unlikely to be a significant direct impact on children if they get infected with covid, of course if they are vaccinated it protects those more elderly and vulnerable individuals who might not have detection themselves through vaccination. Hopefully if this announcement comes, we can get as many of those 16 and 17 year olds vaccinated as possible to protect the rest of us. And this is the pfizer injection. No suggestion that Side Effects would be any different to anyone who has already had Covid Vaccination . That doesnt already had Covid Vaccination . That doesnt appear already had Covid Vaccination . That doesnt appear to already had Covid Vaccination . Trisgt doesnt appear to be the case. I doesn� t appear to be the case. I believe it would be the Pfizer Vaccine, which has been approved for people under 40. There doesn� t appear to be people under 40. There doesn� T Appearto be any people under 40. There doesn� t appear to be any evidence that there is any more risk in children than in older people. I would say we should get as many of those teenagers vaccinated as possible. In get as many of those teenagers vaccinated as possible. In terms of the vaccination vaccinated as possible. In terms of the Vaccination Programme vaccinated as possible. In terms of the Vaccination Programme as i vaccinated as possible. In terms of the Vaccination Programme as a i the Vaccination Programme as a whole, broadly, in yourjudgment as to the success or otherwise, the impact it has had . I to the success or otherwise, the impact it has had . Impact it has had . I think it has been incredible. Impact it has had . I think it has been incredible. We impact it has had . I think it has been incredible. We are impact it has had . I think it has been incredible. We are always| impact it has had . I think it has i been incredible. We are always ready to analyse the government for mistakes over time but the Vaccination Roll Out has been incredible, the way it has been happening, the optic across the population has been massive. We are pushing 90 of all adults had a first dose, the high 70 have had a second dose. It is becoming evident now in terms of whilst we have seen significant numbers of cases over the last few weeks we haven� t seen a high number of Hospital Admissions or deaths, which is indicative of how successful the Vaccination Programme has been at preventing severe disease. That programme has been at preventing severe disease. Severe disease. That the briefing is due at 3 30pm meanwhile, New Research shows that children who become ill with coronavirus are unlikely to suffer with long term effects. Scientists at king� s college london, found illness from covid lasted, on average, no more than a week in people aged between five and 17. They describe the findings as reassuring. I can now speak to dr liz whittaker, who� s infectious diseases lead at the royal college of paediatrics and child health. Good afternoon. I am interested in what you make of this research. Did you anticipate this . I what you make of this research. Did you anticipate this . You anticipate this . I think we are ruite you anticipate this . I think we are quite pleased you anticipate this . I think we are quite pleased to you anticipate this . I think we are quite pleased to see you anticipate this . I think we are quite pleased to see another you anticipate this . I think we are| quite pleased to see another paper that gives reassurance to children and their families about the overall risk of covid to children and young people. So along with the body of evidence which is coming through locally in the uk and also internationally, children seem to have a much milder course of illness, withjust1. 8 have a much milder course of illness, with just 1. 8 of children experiencing symptoms for more than 12 weeks. Experiencing symptoms for more than 12 weeks. ,. , ~. , 12 weeks. That is not linked to the rate at which 12 weeks. That is not linked to the rate at which they 12 weeks. That is not linked to the rate at which they might 12 weeks. That is not linked to the rate at which they might give i 12 weeks. That is not linked to the rate at which they might give it i 12 weeks. That is not linked to the rate at which they might give it to | rate at which they might give it to others presumably . But the good news is for them themselves it is a positive. Is for them themselves it is a ositive. , positive. Yes, i think it is very aood positive. Yes, i think it is very good for positive. Yes, i think it is very good for them. Positive. Yes, i think it is very good for them. Those positive. Yes, i think it is very| good for them. Those children positive. Yes, i think it is very i good for them. Those children who experience persistent symptoms, we want to make sure they can access the support they need to recover. The young people we have seen clinically, they make recovery and get better over time but they need some input. There has been Specialist Assessment services set P Specialist Assessment services set up nationally for these young people. We want to highlight and educate teachers, parents, families and gps to make sure that small number of children receive the care that they need. Number of children receive the care that they need that they need. Should the results of this research that they need. Should the results of this research say that they need. Should the results of this research say to that they need. Should the results of this research say to people, i of this research say to people, particularly parents, teachers, that children should be out there in the world and leading life as normal, going to school as normal . Would that be a takeaway . I going to school as normal . Would that be a takeaway . That be a takeaway . I think so. Clinically but that be a takeaway . I think so. Clinically but also that be a takeaway . I think so. Clinically but also we that be a takeaway . I think so. Clinically but also we are i that be a takeaway . I think so. Clinically but also we are also l clinically but also we are also doing the Clock Study looking at 15 to 17 year Olds Experience in covid. More young people have experienced poor health particularly from cognitive and emotional health and Well Being from the mitigations of the pandemic. Getting them back into schools is crucial for their health. I think the adults really need to get vaccination. Anyone who gets vaccinated decreases the Community Transmission Rate and allows normality to return. We Transmission Rate and allows normality to return. We expect this Announcement Normality to return. We expect this announcement about normality to return. We expect this announcement about vaccines i normality to return. We expect this announcement about vaccines for L Normality to return. We expect this| announcement about vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds. I am interested in your thoughts about that. I and17yearolds. I am interested in your thoughts about that. Your thoughts about that. I think the reason your thoughts about that. I think the reason the your thoughts about that. I think the reason the jcvi your thoughts about that. I think the reason the jcvi held your thoughts about that. I think the reason the jcvi held off your thoughts about that. I think the reason the jcvi held off on i your thoughts about that. I think i the reason the jcvi held off on the the reason thejcvi held off on the decision for these children, there was a signal it might cause Heart Information in younger teenagers and i think they wanted to see more details on what exactly that was. I think the reports coming from the us and particularly israel are increasingly reassuring in terms of how many young people are affected and how significant the Heart Inflammation is. I think that is what the jcvi have inflammation is. I think that is what thejcvi have been reviewing. I think parents and children should be reassured that in our setting the jcvi is making sure they have the best evidence to make the Risk Benefit Decision over whether there would be a risk with the vaccine that would be more than the benefit of the vaccine for children and young people. They have made that decision based on really good evidence. Decision based on really good evidence New Figures from the Office For National Statistics, show more than 9 in 10 adults in the uk, now have antibodies against coronavirus. Roughly 93 of adults tested by the ons during the week to the 18th Ofjuly, had covid antibodies, up slightly from 92 the previous fortnight. Antibodies are evidence of a past infection with covid, or of having received at least one dose of vaccine. We will be in Downing Street for details about the vaccines that have passed. Back to the olympics now and as well as watching the more traditional sports, we� ve also seen climbing making it� s debut in tokyo over the last couple of days. Shauna coxsey was flying the flag for Team Gb but she sadlyjust missed out on making to the final. The 28 year old is set to retire after these games. Let� s speak to one of shauna coxsey� s friends, will bosi, who� s a professional climber too. Good afternoon. Heartbreaking that she is not in the final, of course. Very disappointed for her but it has been incredible to watch and really happy for her performance. We have to remember happy for her performance. We have to remember its happy for her performance. We have to remember its still happy for her performance. We have to remember its still a happy for her performance. We have to remember its still a magnificentl to remember it� s still a magnificent achievement to even get to that point. Foran achievement to even get to that point. For an absolute ignoramus, explain what is the Skill And Talent and expertise to even get to that point. I and expertise to even get to that oint. ,. , and expertise to even get to that oint. , ,. , ~ and expertise to even get to that oint. , , point. I suppose like most sport, it is re point. I suppose like most sport, it is pretty full point. I suppose like most sport, it is pretty full body. Point. I suppose like most sport, it is pretty full body, it point. 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In this way, given the extraordinary skill you havejust described . It skill you have just described . It has been a long time, the journey to has been a long time, thejourney to get to the olympics. Watching it for myself, it has been incredible so far. I remember being a little kid watching the olympics and it is one of my favourite things to do and then for the sport i absolutely love to be in the olympics and not only that but to be able to see my friend and fellow Gb Athlete in the olympics, it is great. find and fellow Gb Athlete in the olympics, it is great. And how on earth has she olympics, it is great. And how on earth has she managed olympics, it is great. And how on earth has she managed to olympics, it is great. And how on earth has she managed to train i olympics, it is great. And how on| earth has she managed to train to get this far, given covid . She spent a lot of her get this far, given covid . She spent a lot of her time get this far, given covid . She spent a lot of her time training get this far, given covid . She spent a lot of her time training on get this far, given covid . She spent a lot of her time training on what i a lot of her time training on what is essentially a wooden board where you hang off of it with your fingertips. She spent a lot of her time in her basement hanging on one of these. 5 time in her basement hanging on one of these. �. , time in her basement hanging on one of these. ~ , i. , time in her basement hanging on one of these. � ,. ,. ~ time in her basement hanging on one ofthese. A. ,. , of these. As you do thank you ever so much. Shauna of these. As you do thank you ever so much. Shauna coxsey of these. As you do thank you ever so much. Shauna coxsey has of these. As you do thank you ever so much. Shauna coxsey has been l so much. Shauna coxsey has been flying the flag for Team Gb in that new olympic sport. Borisjohnson has set off on a two Day Visit to scotland today. But he� s declined an invitation to meet the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, for talks. She had invited the Prime Minister to her official residence to discuss recovery after the pandemic. Mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with the First Ministers of other devolved nations at a later date instead. Tony bonsignore is our political correspondent. Nicola sturgeon said she does not feel snubbed. Nicola sturgeon said she does not feelsnubbed. It Nicola Sturgeon said she does not feel snubbed. It is certainly how some people are reading it. It depends how you want to look at it. From depends how you want to look at it. From the depends how you want to look at it. From the prime Ministers Point of view it from the prime Ministers Point of view it as from the prime Ministers Point of view it as our trip to other parts of the view it as our trip to other parts of the uk. View it as our trip to other parts of the uk, not a foreign trip, as faras of the uk, not a foreign trip, as faras he of the uk, not a foreign trip, as faras he is of the uk, not a foreign trip, as far as he is concerned. He says there far as he is concerned. He says there will far as he is concerned. He says there will be opportunities for all of the there will be opportunities for all of the leaders of the devolved nations of the leaders of the devolved nations to meet and discuss important things but as far as nicola important things but as far as Nicola Sturgeon is concerned, he has made Nicola Sturgeon is concerned, he has made that Nicola Sturgeon is concerned, he has made that trip up there but he has specifically declined and invite earlier specifically declined and invite earlier in specifically declined and invite earlier in the week. I think from her point earlier in the week. I think from her point of earlier in the week. I think from her point of view, that is trying to et her point of view, that is trying to get on her point of view, that is trying to get on the her point of view, that is trying to get on the front foot here because it has get on the front foot here because it has allowed her to kind of portray it has allowed her to kind of portray the Prime Minister as a bit petty i don� t feel snubbed. I think most people think it� s a bit odd and a bit strange that we have got a Prime Minister visiting scotland, who talks a lot rightly about the need, despite our political differences, for us to work together where we can on getting through covid 19 and getting into Covid Recovery but doesn� t take the opportunity when in scotland to come and Talk To Me directly about how we might cooperate and work together. I think people willjust find that strange and it is for borisjohnson to explain why. This is the first opportunity given covid is to sit down socially distanced and have a face to Face Chat and i think it would have been a good opportunity. I was getting ready to welcome him to Bute House today. There is a lot that borisjohnson and i fundamentally disagree on but we both lead governments that are trying to get the country through covid and so there is a lot for us to cooperate on. A missed opportunity but that is on him. I stand ready to work with whoever i can, however i can to get scotland through covid and into recovery. There was another Party Leader in scotland there was another Party Leader in scotland today, Sir Keir Starmer at the labour scotland today, Sir Keir Starmer at the labour leader, on a completely unrelated the labour leader, on a completely unrelated trip, a coincidence we are told that unrelated trip, a coincidence we are told that he unrelated trip, a coincidence we are told that he was there at the same time told that he was there at the same time he told that he was there at the same time. He was asked about the meeting not happen they should meet, they shouldn� t have an argument about where and when, they need to work together. In 100 days, cop will have been over and i want to see the Prime Minister being able to demonstrate the diplomacy we need for the uk, and that should be here in scotland and across the world. The Paris Agreements told us what we need to do and the focus for glasgow is how do and the focus for glasgow is how do we achieve that . But we have not heard from Boris Johnson but we have not heard from Boris Johnson and all of this. He is in scotland. Johnson and all of this. He is in scotland, the first day of the visit. Scotland, the first day of the visit. And scotland, the first day of the visit, and i am sure we will get his thoughts visit, and i am sure we will get his thoughts on visit, and i am sure we will get his thoughts on that a little later. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with stav. Much like the last few days, i think a lot of us will see dry and sunny weather today, but there will be shower clouds bubbling up, particularly across central and northern parts of the uk and that will continue to give rise to some heavy showers and thunderstorms may be some localised flooding in places. We have this Weather Front bringing more cloud to the rest of the uk. To the west of the uk. This area of low pressure will arrive thursday, friday, into the weekend, turning things very unsettled. We have these showers and Thunder Storms across central areas which will fade away this evening and then many places turn drier but we� ll start to see the influence of this new area of low pressure sweeping in to the west, wind picking up, thicker outbreaks of rain and temperatures rising as well. By The End of the week, a lot more unsettled. Showers or longer spells of rain at times. Some quite heavy, but windy for many. There will also be some turnaround, it will not be a complete wash out each day. You can see an unsettled picture at The End of the week, with temperatures a little below the seasonal average. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines jabs for teenagers all 16 and 17 year olds could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. And in the next few minutes we� ll be hearing from Downing Street where we� re expecting an announcement on vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds we� ll bring you that live. 13 year old Sky Brown becomes britain� s youngest ever Olympic Medallist winning bronze in skateboarding and Ben Maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping. Katarina Johnson Thompson pulls out of the heptathlon after suffering a Calf Injury during the 200m. Wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. We are we a re professor we can now listen into the Press Conference starting with professor jonathan Van Tam. It is conference starting with professor jonathan vantam. Conference starting with professor jonathan vantam. It is very nice to see people jonathan vantam. It is very nice to see people with jonathan vantam. It is very nice to see people with us jonathan vantam. It is very nice to see people with us in jonathan vantam. It is very nice to see people with us in person jonathan vantam. It is very nice to see people with us in person for i jonathan vantam. It is very nice to see people with us in person for the first time in many months. Welcome, journalists. It is nice to have you in the room. I� m ajonathan journalists. It is nice to have you in the room. I� m a jonathan Van Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer. I� m joined by Drjune Raine, the chief executive of the medicines and Health Care products regulatory agency. And also by Professor Wei Shen Lim who is the chair of the jcvi. Covid19 shen lim who is the chair of the jcvi. Covid 19 vaccine subcommittee. Thanks forjoining us. The Briefing Todayis thanks forjoining us. The Briefing Today is a technical briefing about updates to the uk Vaccination Programme. For covid 19. If we can, we will keep the conversation strictly to that subject. After those opening remarks, i would like to first of all past two Drjune Raine to update you all on the regulatory position with regards to covid 19 vaccines and children and young people. Covid19 vaccines and children and young People Covid19 vaccines and children and young people. Good afternoon. The medicine and young people. Good afternoon. The Medicine And Health young people. Good afternoon. The medicine and Health Care young people. Good afternoon. The medicine and Health Care products. Medicine and Health Care products regulatory agency, as the independent regulator for all Uk Medicines and vaccines, is responsible for approving covid 19 vaccines responsible for approving covid 19 vaccines and making sure that they meet vaccines and making sure that they meet robust standards on safety, Guality Meet robust standards on safety, quality and on effectiveness and as i quality and on effectiveness and as i have quality and on effectiveness and as i have said quality and on effectiveness and as i have said before, and i will say again i have said before, and i will say again your i have said before, and i will say again, your safety always comes first again, your safety always comes first since again, your safety always comes first. Since approval of the covid19 first. Since approval of the covid 19 Vaccine Pfizer Biontech in December Covid 19 Vaccine Pfizer Biontech in december last year, substantial experience has been gathered on its effectiveness and safety. Most recently effectiveness and safety. Most recently the results of randomised Placebo Controlled Trials in children Placebo Controlled Trials in children and young people aged 12 15 were rigorously reviewed by our teams were rigorously reviewed by our teams of were rigorously reviewed by our teams of scientific and clinical assessors. In addition we have data on neutralising antibodies which show on neutralising antibodies which show how on neutralising antibodies which show how the immune System Response to the show how the immune System Response to the vaccine and all of this show is that to the vaccine and all of this show is that it to the vaccine and all of this show is that it is to the vaccine and all of this show is that it is effective in the same way as is that it is effective in the same way as we is that it is effective in the same way as we see in adults. Aged 16 25. Taken way as we see in adults. Aged 16 25. Taken together, this meant that the vaccine taken together, this meant that the vaccine could be approved for use in young vaccine could be approved for use in young people, 12 15 years. Data on safety young people, 12 15 years. Data on safety of young people, 12 15 years. Data on safety of pfizer in 12 15 has also been safety of pfizer in 12 15 has also been reviewed very carefully and the safety been reviewed very carefully and the safety data in adolescence was comparable to that we have seen in young comparable to that we have seen in young adults and no new adverse events young adults and no new adverse events were identified. As in young adults. Events were identified. As in young adults. The events were identified. As in young adults, the Safety Profile showed mild to adults, the Safety Profile showed mild to moderate reactions, in line with the mild to moderate reactions, in line with the way that the vaccine works, may be with the way that the vaccine works, may be a with the way that the vaccine works, may be a temperature, a sore arm, headache. May be a temperature, a sore arm, headache, come back and we also sought headache, come back and we also sought independent scientific advice from the sought independent scientific advice from the commission on human medicines from the commission on human medicines and its paediatric medicines and its paediatric medicine is expert advisory group on the safety. Medicine is expert advisory group on the safety, quality and on the effectiveness in this population. The conclusion, and consensus, it has robustly the conclusion, and consensus, it has robustly been that the benefits outweigh has robustly been that the benefits outweigh any risks. On this basis the pfizer outweigh any risks. On this basis the Pfizer Biontech vaccine was approved the Pfizer Biontech vaccine was approved for use in children aged 1215 approved for use in children aged 1215 i approved for use in children aged 1215 iwill approved for use in children aged 12 15. I will work does not stop there 12 15. I will work does not stop there and 12 15. I will work does not stop there and we have continued to scrutinise there and we have continued to scrutinise all suspected Side Effects our work does not stop Side Effects our work does not stop we Side Effects our work does not stop. We have a programme in place largely stop. We have a programme in place largely through the yellow Card Scheme largely through the yellow Card Scheme but also other sources of data used scheme but also other sources of data used in a proactive way to continue data used in a proactive way to continue to monitor Benefit Risk balance. Continue to monitor Benefit Risk balance, and of course we welcome reports balance, and of course we welcome reports of balance, and of course we welcome reports of any suspected Side Effect through reports of any suspected Side Effect through our yellow Card Scheme, so A Bil through our yellow Card Scheme, so a big message there, please do report. Overall. Big message there, please do report. Overall. The big message there, please do report. Overall, the advice remains that the benefits overall, the advice remains that the benefits of overall, the advice remains that the benefits of getting vaccinated outweigh the risks for the majority of people outweigh the risks for the majority of people and the vaccine the benefit of people and the vaccine the benefit outweighs the risk in children benefit outweighs the risk in children and young people aged 1215 children and young people aged 12 15. Back to you. Children and young people aged 1215. Back to you. 1215. Back to you. Thank you. 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Regards to 16 and I7 Year olds, what was the deciding factor . And regards to 16 and I7 Year olds, what was the deciding factor . And also,. Was the deciding factor . And also, will parental was the deciding factor . And also, will parental consent was the deciding factor . And also, will parental consent be was the deciding factor . And also, will parental consent be needed i was the deciding factor . And also, | will parental consent be needed for 16 and will parental consent be needed for 16 and I7 Year olds will parental consent be needed for 16 and I7 Year olds and will parental consent be needed for 16 and I7 Year olds and when will parental consent be needed for 16 and I7 Year olds and when do i will parental consent be needed for. 16 and I7 Year olds and when do you think I6 And I7 year olds and when do you think this 16 and I7 Year olds and when do you think this will I6 And I7 year olds and when do you think this will start . 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We last looked at data at the End Ofjune and the early part ofjuly, and at that stage there were emerging reports of myocarditis which is inflammation of the heart muscle, following vaccination of the Pfizer Vaccine, and as you know, the information available is partly dependent on the number of people who are vaccinated and as the weeks go by many many more people are vaccinated so the difference is not new data in terms of new data coming from elsewhere but a greater certainty of the data as more data increases. We also obviously reviewed other data points and i mentioned earlier or the other factors we looked at and we must not forget that the Summer Wave we are experiencing now was also quite uncertain about four weeks ago and now we have more information on that, so it is notjust new data on one point but it is new data across a range of factors that influences advice. On your second point about parental consent, in the uk a person who is 16 and above is deemed able to consent for themselves and if they are competent and able to consent for themselves then that consent for themselves then that consent holds. fin Consent for themselves then that consent holds. Consent for themselves then that consent holds. On the point about when this is consent holds. On the point about when this is going consent holds. On the point about when this is going to consent holds. On the point about when this is going to start, when this is going to start, obviously, children are going to start going back to colleges and sixth forms from september and in scotland that will be actually i think slightly earlier in some cases, so there is no time to waste. In terms of getting on with this. We have the jcvi in terms of getting on with this. We have thejcvi advice on starting that initial first dose in 16 and 17 year olds and then i want to proceed as fast as is practically possible, which is not going to be tomorrow. I dont think it is likely tomorrow. I dont think it is likely to be early next week but i can tell you that the nhs has been kept informed of what has been deliberated byjcvi and it has been preparing for multiple permutations and options for very many weeks now. I would expect that this programme will start in a very short number of weeks, as opposed to any longer than that. Were there to be any questions about vaccine supply, there is a plentiful supply to meet any of the possible Permutations Thatjcvi could have come up with independently, and indeed thejcvi advice has not taken into account any kind of rate limiting factors related to supply because that is not an issue at all, so we have the supply and im expecting this to start within a very short number of weeks indeed. Thanks. 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In the but to break the chain of transmission . In the classroom. Thank transmission . In the classroom. Thank you transmission . In the classroom. Thank you We Transmission . In the classroom. Thankyou. We are transmission . In the classroom. Thank you. We are indeed transmission . In the classroom. Thank you. We are indeed concerned about the health of 12 15 Year Olds as it pertains to covid and you will remember that our advice is that well 15 year olds who have underlying Health Conditions should be offered the vaccine 12 15 Year Olds. We know that from data in the uk the vast majority of 12 15 Year Olds who become seriously unwell are those who have underlying Health Conditions in the first place. And so by offering vaccination in a targeted manner, we will be protecting the vast majority of 1215 will be protecting the vast majority of 12 15 Year Olds. What we have not yet decided definitively on is the otherwise healthy 12 15 Year Olds who are at very much lower risk of some of these severe outcomes we are talking about and we will review the data, when the data allows, and we want to try and protect them with vaccination as well, but that is a decision we cannot make at this point or we would prefer not to make at this point. I would prefer not to make at this oint. ,. ,. ,. , point. I would add to the remark to that question point. I would add to the remark to that question to point. I would add to the remark to that question to say point. I would add to the remark to that question to say that, point. I would add to the remark to that question to say that, at point. I would add to the remark to that question to say that, at the i that question to say that, at the moment, if you look in the uks immunisation guide, the green book, which is available online, you will see that amongst children 12 15 years of age, the targeted groups for covid 19 vaccination our children with severe neuro disabilities, down syndrome, underlying conditions relating to immuno suppression, severe learning disabilities and those who are on the learning disability register. We have asked jcvi to continue to review that list on an ongoing basis, and my sense is that it is more likely rather than less likely that that list will broaden over time as data becomes available. The next question is from amelie morgan. Thank you. Did the Benefit Risk Ratio thank you. Did the Benefit Risk Ratio change thank you. Did the Benefit Risk Ratio change in thank you. Did the Benefit Risk Ratio change in the thank you. Did the Benefit Risk Ratio change in the last thank you. 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Thank you lwill try to encourage them to have it . Thank you. I will try to give encourage them to have it . Thank you. I will try to give an you. I will try to give an illustration as to what we mean by certainty of information because Thatis Certainty of information because that is how we are making advice, giving advice, it is based on how certain information is and notjust on the balance of harms and benefits. If you imagine two dots and if we are very certain about them and imagine the points on my fingers as the two dots, we can tell that they are holding up quite far apart from Each Other, but if the information is less certain, what we really have is fuzziness around the certainty of the information so imagine it is not a dot but a hand and if they are farapart imagine it is not a dot but a hand and if they are far apart enough you can tell that they are far apart but if we have two dots which are close to Each Other and the information is fuzzy, it will look like that and it is more difficult to tell the separation between the dots. That is the difference between a certainty in the data that we have over time. So as time goes on we have more certainty regarding the size of these data points, the data points may not actually change where they are, but if the certainty increases we are more certain about the separation between these data points and therefore we can be more certain about the advice. I dont know whether that helps. Laughter your question whether that helps. Laughter your question to whether that helps. Laughter your question to me whether that helps. Laughter your question to me was whether that helps. Laughterj your question to me was about whether that helps. Laughter your question to me was about 1617 your question to me was about 16 17 year olds, and i have one child who is an adult and i have two children who are younger than 16 and 17, but i would be very much in favour based upon the adjudication ofjcvi, if they were 16 and 17, for them to be vaccinated, initially with the first dose as jcvi vaccinated, initially with the first Dose Asjcvi has said. All of the adults in my known Family Group have had all of the covid vaccines that they are eligible for. Im a strong believer that these vaccines are safe and effective and im a strong believer that they are changing how we can learn to live in a much more normal way with covid 19 for the foreseeable future. The next question is from Chris Smith from the times newspaper. Flan question is from Chris Smith from the times newspaper. Question is from Chris Smith from the times newspaper. Can i follow up on our the times newspaper. Can i follow up on your answer the times newspaper. Can i follow up on your answer about the times newspaper. Can i follow up on your answer about the the times newspaper. Can i follow up on your answer about the dots, the times newspaper. 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Regarding those dots, it is not a simple balance of one number against the next number, and ive listed to you the large range of factors that we consider when coming up with advice. Some of those things cannot be measured or boiled down into a single number and so it is the overall sense from the committee as to whether something is more beneficial or more harmful, taking into account a range of issues. Im reluctant to respond by saying its this number against that Number And Thatis this number against that number and that is as easy as it goes because then i dont think you would need a wide range of experts to come up with advice. I wide range of experts to come up with advice with advice. I would add to that a little bit, with advice. I would add to that a little bit. The with advice. I would add to that a little bit, the 1m with advice. I would add to that a little bit, the icw was with advice. I would add to that a little bit, the jcvi was founded i with advice. I would add to that a little bit, the jcvi was founded in i little bit, thejcvi was founded in 1963 and it has been the trusted custodian of the entire uk immunisation programme since that date. There are 16 voting members and four co opted members of the committee, and if you add on a conservative basis, their experience, and i know it to be wrong for some of them, it is much greater, but we average them at 20 years of experience, then every time the committee meets there is 400 person years of experience sitting around the table considering the evidence. That is a lot of expertise. They are committed to Evidence Based Judgments and Evidence Based Judgments and evidence based practice and we are committed to having an independent jcvi that gives us that kind of advice. I think the professor has explained that there is time to go very carefully and very safely on this and there is time to go at the speed of science and never faster than that, and that is the intention here. The remarks that we have made about 12 15 Year Olds absolutely stand in terms of those risk conditions, where Jcvi Stand in terms of those risk conditions, wherejcvi has made the pronouncement, and absolutely stand in terms ofjcvi having been asked to continually review the list of people eligible, 12 15, in those high risk categories, and we will give them the time to arrive at a further view when they are ready to arrive at it in terms of healthy 1215 arrive at it in terms of healthy 12 15 Year Olds. I would not want any of you to come away from this Press Briefing feeling that anything is ruled in or ruled out other than taking ourtime and is ruled in or ruled out other than taking our time and proceeding very carefully. And thoughtfully. Thank you. 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If you think about the Schools Programme for live attenuated influenza vaccine, the nasal spray vaccine, it is many more than just two school years who we managed to largely cover in less then a term. Now, granted, a nasal spray is easier to give than the current format of covid 19 vaccines, it is a bit quicker to get down the list, as it were. But even putting that aside, it is my confident expectation that this is well achievable within one term. But i think i would not want to go any further than that without reference back to the Deployment Specialists who have, honestly, been thinking about this for weeks and weeks now. Thank you. And finally, Geraldine Scott from the Press Association . D0 Geraldine Scott from the Press Association . Geraldine scott from the Press Association . ,. ,. ,. ,. , association . Do you have any data or anecdotal Evidence Association . Do you have any data or anecdotal evidence on association . 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The summary i have for you is that jcvi� s independent and we are very proud of that, it has spoken on the next steps, on the Uk Covid 19 vaccination journey. Next steps, on the Uk Covid 19 vaccinationjourney. It is now next steps, on the Uk Covid 19 vaccination journey. It is now is full speed ahead im getting that initial dose into a healthy 16 to 17 year olds with no underlying risk conditions. There is time still, plenty of time, as the data emerge to consider the best option for a second dosing in 16 to 17 year olds, and we will givejcvi the space to do that. There is time to continually review the emerging data in the context of healthy 12 to 15 year olds, and as professor lim has said, there is nothing ruled out and there is nothing ruled in at this stage. We will proceed at the speed of science and at the speed of data availability. Thank you, all, for your attention. This Press Briefing is now closed. Professorjonathan professor jonathan Van Tam Professorjonathan Van Tam starting and ending that briefing, saying how lovely it was to have journalists in the room. What a nice man he is and thatis the room. What a nice man he is and that is the announcement we had been anticipating, that covid jabs will be offered to 16 and 17 year olds. He reflects England Deputy chief medical officer for england, but we have had confirmation from other devolved nations that they will be following suit. Before i bring in our health correspondent, has been listening to all of that, let me talk you through the key points. It was a reasonably lengthy briefing and you might not have heard it all, so lets summarise whats been said in the last 35 and its also. The jcvi, as i say, is advising 16 and 17 year olds to have a first pivot jab, and this is the size Biontech Vaccine we are talking about at this stage. Thejcvi are saying there have been large changes in the Way Covid 19 is spreading in recent weeks, particularly in younger Age Groups, and as the adult Vaccine Progress successfully, more safety data has been their web become available, so its important to review the advice the vaccination of young people. The Health Secretary sajid javid say the government is accepting this advice today, he is asking the nhs to prepare to vaccinate those eligible as soon as possible. And, as i say, the devolved administrations of wales and Northern Ireland echoing this as well, confirming that 16 and 17 year olds will be eligible for a vaccine there as well. The scottish government had already endorsed the idea of giving jabs to this particular Age Group. So lets assess what weve heard, with our health correspondent. As i say, another group of people to whom the vaccine will be extended, give us that sense of whatjonathan Van Tam was saying about how quickly this could all potentially happen as well. , � , this could all potentially happen as well. � ,. ,. ,. , well. Thats right, another million orso well. Thats right, another million or so 16 and well. Thats right, another million or so 16 and 17yearolds well. Thats right, another million or so 16 and 17yearolds will well. Thats right, another million| or so 16 and 17yearolds will now or so 16 and 17 year olds will now be offered the job, its not compulsory. What they dont know yet and didnt tell it is what the Dosing Interval will be for this new group. At the moment it is eight weeks for adults between that first and second dose. They havent decided for 16 and 17 year olds yet, they will give you the first dose and then look at the data to see when a second dose should be given. You asked when this could start, jonathan Van Tam saying there is no time to waste, this will be a very short number of weeks, but he didnt know for sure. Also a kind of strong suggestion that that younger Age Group, 12 to 15 year olds, could also be included at some point in this Roll Out, they were saying that nothing has been ruled in or out when it comes to that younger Age Group, 12 to 15 year olds, but at the moment the advice is unchanged, they wont be offered the vaccine for the moment, they will keep looking at the data. Van tam in the questioning was asked when the Roll Out first started at the start of last year, he was asked would you recommend to your mother that you should get the vaccine, now he was asked would you recommend it to a 16 year old son or daughter. He said, one of my children is too old for that, two of them are too young, but at the moment he said he would be very much in favour of recommending it to them when they got to that age. And on that point, there was an interesting question about consent, for that Age Group, would they have to get parental consent, and the understanding was that they would not. The Risk And Benefits, if they can understand the Risk And Benefits then they should be able to legally give consent themselves. Themselves. Thats all really interesting. Themselves. Thats all really interesting. A themselves. Thats all really interesting. A quick themselves. Thats all really interesting. A quick thought | themselves. Thats all really interesting. A quick thought about supply because you seem very keen to suggest supply is not an issue, he said the nhs has been readied, almost, have been aware these considerations have been ongoing for some time. This considerations have been ongoing for some time. ,. , some time. This autumn the government some time. This autumn the government around some time. This autumn the government around the some time. This autumn the government around the country, they might have tojuggle government around the country, they might have to juggle with rolling this out to 16 and 17 year olds at the same time as potentially rolling out this third boosterjab to the over 505. They were asked about 5upply over 505. They were asked about supply but he gave the indication that they have enough of this Pfizer Jab to go around. That they have enough of this Pfizer Jab to go around jab to go around. Thank you very much for now. Jab to go around. Thank you very much for now. And jab to go around. Thank you very much for now. And lets jab to go around. Thank you very much for now. And lets Talk Jab to go around. Thank you very i much for now. And lets talk about all this as well with adam thin, the professor of paediatrics at the university of bristol. Everyone is very cheery today, I5nt University of bristol. Everyone is very cheery today, isnt it lovely . He also 5it5 very cheery today, isnt it lovely . He also sits on thejcvi. So, its going ahead for 16 and 17 Year Old5 in the not too distant future. Ju5t in the not too distant future. Just your overall response to this . Yes. Your overall response to this . Yes, i think your overall response to this . Yes, i think what your overall response to this . Yes, i think what this your overall response to this . Yes, i think what this reflects your overall response to this . Yes, i think what this reflects is your overall response to this . Yes i think what this reflects is that Jcvi I5 i think what this reflects is that jcvi is going really very carefully, making sure that the recommendations we make are not ones that we then have to go back on later, waiting for the evidence to come through to get enough confidence that we are giving advice that is the right advice for the different Age Groups. There is obviously a lot of people out there who have made up their minds one way or the other about this, butJcvi I5 minds one way or the other about this, butjcvi is in between, we are thi5, butjcvi is in between, we are actually looking at the evidence and moving with it as it comes. And i think this is a positive development, but a cautious one, as you just heard we are recommending the first dose, we are not saying when or even which vaccine should be given as a second dose, and that will come through as we get the evidence we need to be able to give confident recommendations. I thought that was really confident recommendations. I thought that was really interesting, confident recommendations. I thought that was really interesting, the that was really interesting, the point was made that some countries give a second dose automatically after three weeks, and of the sea that decision has been taken not to do anything hard and fast in this country, and that is aboutjust, what, watching and waiting, analysing data . What, watching and waiting, anal sin data . ,. , ~ analysing data . Yes, and i think, ou analysing data . Yes, and i think, you know. Analysing data . Yes, and i think, you know. We analysing data . Yes, and i think, you know, we have analysing data . Yes, and i think, you know, we have enormous analysing data . Yes, and i think, i you know, we have enormous levels analysing data . Yes, and i think, you know, we have enormous levels of public Support And Trust for a programme, and one of the reasons for that is that people can see that we are not rushing into decisions to first. We are really looking at this carefully and working things out. And the Dose Interval thing is a great example of that, as wei shen lim summarised in the Press Conference, earlier this year we decided to spread out those two doses for very good reasons, there was a lot of descent from that, a lot of criticism, people saying why are you doing the same as every other country, and as it turns out that was very good advice, we saved a lot of extra lives and even as a bonus we have got better protection in people who have had their doses later. So going carefully has proved to be the right way to do things, it builds public trust, people can be sure that the advice they are getting is good, strong advice and they are not going to hear us change our minds and say, well, that was wrong, you know, in a week or twos time. We are going one step at a time. We are going one step at a time. � , t, t, t. Time. And the suggestion that came throu. H time. And the suggestion that came through from time. And the suggestion that came through from the time. And the suggestion that came through from the briefing, time. And the suggestion that came through from the briefing, that time. And the suggestion that came through from the briefing, that that | through from the briefing, that that Age Bracket of 12 to 15 is being looked at all the time, nothing is ruled in or out, what would drive a decision to recommend a vaccine for that younger Age Group, what are you looking at . The that younger Age Group, what are you lookin at . ,. , t, looking at . The most important thing is the epidemiology looking at . The most important thing is the epidemiology of looking at . The most important thing is the epidemiology of the looking at . The most important thing is the epidemiology of the infection i is the epidemiology of the infection in that Age Group. Weve got to have a problem to prevent, and the data weve got so far relates to children in the first and second waves primarily. Weve now got a third wave going on with A New variant, and if we were to learn that we are seeing large numbers of children in that Age Range coming into hospital, getting seriously ill, that would change things entirely in terms of the balance of Risk And Benefit that wei shen lim was showing with that illustration with the dots in the hands of the programme just now. The other thing is the certainty of data around adverse effects, youve heard mention of this Myocarditis Risk which is something we are looking at extremely carefully, we dont want to be harming people, after all, and if that were to change, either in the direction of showing it is not so much problem as we fear, or conversely that its more of a problem than we thought, that would obviously change the balance of Risk And Benefit as well. find obviously change the balance of Risk And Benefit as well. And benefit as well. And ust a final thought i and benefit as well. And ust a final thought before H And Benefit as well. And ust a final thought before we and benefit as well. And just a final thought before we let and benefit as well. And just a | final thought before we let you and benefit as well. And just a final thought before we let you go, about how this is actually done, how the 16 and 17 year the jab. Is that your remit at all . You have any thoughts on the best way to to get this delivered . Thoughts on the best way to to get this delivered . Obviously teenagers are most normally this delivered . Obviously teenagers are most normally immunised this delivered . Obviously teenagers are most normally immunised with l are most normally immunised with vaccines in school, but if, as jonathan Van Tam was saying, this is going to move forward quickly, then its going to need to be done before they go back to school, or at least started. And i would therefore speculate that it will likely use the exact same mechanisms as weve been seeing with the programme all the way down to 18 year olds so far, with Mass Vaccine centres and gps. So that would be my prediction, but youre right, is not something i really have much to do with. flit really have much to do with. Of course. Well, good to talk to you. Thank you forjoining us. And lets discuss the whole policy as well with jeff burton. Good afternoon. A welcome move for you in retired to 16 or 17 goals . I think this is an optimistic afternoon for young people, because once weve heard lots of Government Rhetoric about the importance of education, etc, that really hasnt been matched up with actions, and today i think, particularly for those 16 and 17 year olds who will be worrying about examinations, who saw what might happen to their Sister Or Brother last year, if this is going to reduce the disruption they would have been facing potentially, that has to be a good news story, i think. Do potentially, that has to be a good news story, i think. Potentially, that has to be a good news story, ithink. Potentially, that has to be a good news story, i think. Do you take a view as to news story, i think. Do you take a view as to how news story, i think. Do you take a view as to how it news story, i think. Do you take a view as to how it could news story, i think. Do you take a view as to how it could be news story, i think. Do you take a view as to how it could be done i news story, i think. Do you take a view as to how it could be done in terms of dotted Adam Finn making the point we had plenty go in schools, but i guess you and the people you work with and represent want the teenagers to get theirjabs as soon as possible . Teenagers to get their abs as soon as possible . Teenagers to get their abs as soon as possible . Yes, we have opinions about educational as possible . Yes, we have opinions about educational matters as possible . Yes, we have opinions about educational matters rather. About educational matters rather than medical, and we would say and this is we know there is a president that the Flu Vaccine for primary age children has in the past been done on school premises, we understand that. Thats different from what we were being asked to do with the lateral flow tests, where you will remember that secondary schools, effie colleges, sixth form colleges, essentially were expected to turn themselves into built hospitals. This would be different, and if what it means is that for a very short amount of time and space in the school of the college was being used, but clinical experts were delivering thatjab, if there are benefits to that because more young people will take it up, then that is something we would support, but they would need to be the absolute resorting to make sure that happened. Resorting to make sure that happened resorting to make sure that hasened. � t, t, happened. And i thought about headina happened. And i thought about heading into happened. And i thought about heading into the happened. And i thought about heading into the next happened. And i thought aboutj heading into the next academic happened. And i thought about heading into the next academic year, here we are, first week of august, teachers one would hope generally trying to take a break after a busy school year, leaders prepping for the new academic year ahead how other people you represent feeling as we go into another academic year about disruption, about trying to get some normality back to childrens lives . How are you viewing the next few weeks, really . Its been a bruising 15 or 16 months for everybody working in schools, not just teachers for everybody working in schools, notjust teachers but for everybody working in schools, not just teachers but all the other staff and the people i represent. I think like all of us they are craving a kind of normality. But i think there are things the government could make do to make sure we have more normality, next week we will get results, there will be controversies around how those have been derived. We still dont know exact what is going to happen next year, there is a kind of business as usual approach from the government have not learned the lesson that they needed a Plan B this year, they ought to address that immediately. And theres other things they could be doing to reassure parents and particularly young people, they could look at ventilation in schools and colleges in the way the usa has given a huge priority to all of that, and if they are expecting us to do the lateral flow tests at the beginning of term to be able to check you hasnt has not got symptoms, they need to be resourcing that are letting us know now that that is an expectation. So we are not out of the woods with all this, but the more we can get a kind of reassurance from the government and the clarity from the government, the more i think parents and particularly those young people will be reassured that the disruption of the past 15 months will start to become a thing of the past. Thank ou so become a thing of the past. Thank you so much you so much. Just when i was chatting Tojeff Burton there, we just had through the latest government data on all of this. The uk reporting 119 deaths in the last 24 hour period, as ever thatis the last 24 hour period, as ever that is someone who has died within 28 days of a positive covid test. And in terms of the new number of infections, as you can see, 29,300, just over, that is the number of new covid infections in the last 24 hour period. Up on the previous period which was less than 28,000. Those are the latest figures, the latest data through in the last few minutes. And in terms of the Vaccine Programme Weve been talking about, specifically in relation to 1617 year olds, i think weve just had the most recent comments from the Prime Minister. Lets hear what he had to say about that new advice about vaccinating older teenagers. Im looking forward to continuing to work with the scottish government, and will do so, getting ready for cop26, but above all completing our Roll Out of the vaccines, which has been a pan uk effort, a fantastic effort by our national health service, by the armed services, by the volunteers, a wonderful tribute to the efforts of the whole country and i think the scottish government for what they have been doing, really high rate of vaccination here in scotland, really fantastic achievement by the people of scotland. Coming forward to get vaccinated. Working on them. Working with them to finish that. But also making sure we have a very strong economic recovery, and i think the country is well placed to do that. , ~ , do that. The First Minister said today she do that. The First Minister said today she would do that. The First Minister said today she would like do that. The First Minister said today she would like to do that. The First Minister said today she would like to say do that. The First Minister said J Today she would like to say the do that. The First Minister said today she would like to say the Jcvi Guidance Today she would like to say the Jcvi Guidance extend to other sixteens as well, would you support that . I think well, would you support that . Think its well, would you support that . I think its very important that everybody in politics listens first to the clinicians and to the medical experts, and i would just urge all families thinking about this across the country listen to thejcvi, the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation, they are extremely expert, they are amongst the best if not the best in the world. They know what is safe and i think we should listen to them and take our lead from them. Listen to them and take our lead from them from them. The prime Minister Sueakin from them. The Prime Minister speaking there from them. The Prime Minister speaking there in from them. The Prime Minister speaking there in scotland. From them. The Prime Minister speaking there in scotland. He| from them. The Prime Minister. Speaking there in scotland. He is from them. The Prime Minister speaking there in scotland. He is on a two Day Visit. New research suggests most children who become ill with covid recover within a week, and long Term Symptoms are rare. Scientists from Kings College london say theyre reassured, that the number of young people who experience prolonged illness is low. Heres our health correspondent, anna collinson. A joker and a daredevil. Thats how arlos mum describes him. But a few weeks ago, he became poorly after Testing Positive for coronavirus. There was definitely a point where, you know, i did wonder how this might continue in terms of symptoms, with its kind of get increasingly worse . Its definitely an element of the unknown, which is slightly unsettling as a parent. Is that high enough . No, i want higher. But within a week, Arlos Cough and runny nose was gone and he was back to his normal self. New research suggests that recovery time is typical for most children with few experiencing long Term Symptoms. The study looked at more than 1700 children who were reported to have developed symptoms and had tested positive for covid 19. It found fewer than one in 20 experienced symptoms for four weeks or more and just one in 50 had symptoms for more than eight weeks. The most common issues were headaches and tiredness. Can children have prolonged illness after covid 19 . Yes, they can but it is not common and most of these children get better with time. Children can have prolonged symptoms from other illnesses as well and an important Take Home Message is we need to be looking after all children who have contracted illness duration. Protracted illness duration. Scientists hope their findings will reassure families whilst also validating those who have experienced prolonged illness like valentinas to children. She runs a Long Covid Support Group and thinks their continuous cough for three months could be a long Term Symptom following the infection. We havent been seen at that time by specialists to identify that this is covid 19 related but we cant really define whether they had Long Covid but based On My Own experiences and families that i have contact with, it is very much likely that they had it. Specialist centres have been set up to help those living with the long term effects of the virus. Anyone concerned about a child is advised to contact their gp. New figures from the Office For National Statistics show more than nine in ten adults in the uk now have antibodies against coronavirus. Roughly 93 of adults tested by the ons during the week to the 18th Ofjuly had covid antibodies, up slightly from 92 the previous fortnight. Antibodies are evidence of a past infection with covid, or of having received at least one dose of vaccine. We turn our attention is now to an entirely different story. New research has shown that the proportion of the population who are exposed to flooding has risen by 24 since the turn of the century ten times higher than scientists previously thought. Up to 86 Million people are now thought to live in regions that are at risk of flooding. Its a big piece of research. Lets get more on this with one of the people who put together this research, Dr Beth Tellman whos an assistant professor of geography at the university of arizona. Very good afternoon from us here in london. Those are some startling figures there its a lot to discuss in a few minutes, but talk is through your broadbrush findings on what elements of it surprised you and the team. Thanks so much. So what we did is we use satellites to look at where we had seen large floods occur and map all of that water over the past almost 20 years from 2000 to 2018, and then we looked to see in these places that weve seen floods, what is happening with population dynamics, and we were really surprised to find that up to 86 new people were now living, had been added to this flood plains, over the Course Ofjust 15 added to this flood plains, over the course of just 15 years. Added to this flood plains, over the Course Ofjust 15 years. So we were really concerned to see so much flood plain prone development in places that had just recently been inundated. 50 places that had ust recently been inundated. ,. , j~ ~. , inundated. So another 86 Million eole. I inundated. So another 86 Million people i mean. Inundated. So another 86 Million people. I mean, would inundated. So another 86 Million people. I mean, would i inundated. So another 86 Million people. I mean, would i be inundated. So another 86 Million i people. I mean, would i be correct to assume that there are obviously certain parts of the world that are much more prone than others, but for all sorts of reasons, explain where your focus is . All sorts of reasons, explain where yourfocus is . 50 all sorts of reasons, explain where your focus is . Your focus is . So most of this population your focus is . So most of this Population Growth your focus is . So most of this Population Growth is your focus is . So most of this | Population Growth is happening your focus is . So most of this Population Growth is happening in sub saharan africa, south east asia and in southern asia. And theres multiple reasons for this. One could potentially be changing climate and flood plains expanding into places that are very highly densely populated, and another is that vulnerable populations often have no choice but to move into these environmentally hazardous areas, especially in rapidly urbanising cities, some of the cheapest land, the only available land for informal settlements or slums tends to be in places like flood plains that have been flooded. So i think those are the two large reasons we are seeing such a shift. The two large reasons we are seeing such a shift such a shift. Right, and both things are something such a shift. Right, and both things are something we such a shift. Right, and both things are something we could such a shift. Right, and both things are something we could and such a shift. Right, and both things are something we could and should such a shift. Right, and both things i are something we could and should be doing something about. Youve got climate change on the one Hand But Youve also got where building is happening and how, and how robustly the building is taking place. Definitely. We need stronger Land Use and zoning policies to try to prevent that development from happening, and real options for people for managed relocation in retreat, public housing programmes to make sure people have other places to live and dont have to settle there, if we cant relocate people, really think about what are the safety systems we have in place for evacuation, early warning, insurance and to make sure floods dont devastate their lives and livelihoods. 50 dont devastate their lives and livelihoods. Dont devastate their lives and livelihoods. So it can be done, eole livelihoods. So it can be done, people can livelihoods. So it can be done, people can be livelihoods. So it can be done, people can be protected, livelihoods. So it can be done, people can be protected, but i people can be protected, but everything you are outlining costs money, of course. Money, of course. Yeah. It definitely money, of course. Yeah. It definitely costs money, of course. Yeah. It definitely costs money, money, of course. Yeah. It| definitely costs money, but money, of course. Yeah. It i definitely costs money, but it money, of course. Yeah. It definitely costs money, but it costs a lot less money to take action now thanit a lot less money to take action now than it does to recover later. Usually save about 6 in relief for every dollar you spend on preparation and recovery. So it is an upfront Cost And Investment but its actually cheaper in The End. Thats a really interesting statistic, actually, its quite sobering. And in this country we are building up to the climate conference in glasgow in november, these are big global issues on which countries need to agree, i think. Is that fair . Is this absolutely the sort of research that should be discussed there . Sort of research that should be discussed there . , a. ,. , discussed there . Definitely. We also in the study discussed there . Definitely. We also in the study looked discussed there . Definitely. We also in the study looked at discussed there . Definitely. We also in the study looked at potential business as usual, if we continue to emit what we are a knitting scenario, and those models estimate hundred and 80 Million new people could be exposed to floods by 2030, almost double what weve seen in the past 15 years. So if we dont take hold of this problem now, then we think the climate will exacerbate it significantly. Think the climate will exacerbate it significantly significantly. Goodness very sobering significantly. Goodness very sobering. Thank significantly. Goodness very sobering. Thank you significantly. Goodness very sobering. Thank you so significantly. Goodness very sobering. Thank you so much significantly. Goodness very. Sobering. Thank you so much for joining us. Everyone is waving today this is just. I go away for ten days and everyone is very cheerful when i come back lets move on. Now its time for a look at the weather. Much like the last few days, i think a lot of us will see dry and sunny weather today, but there will be shower clouds bubbling up, particularly across central and northern parts of the uk and that will continue to give rise to some heavy showers and thunderstorms may be some localised flooding in places. We have this Weather Front bringing more cloud to the rest of the uk. To the west of th this area of low pressure will arrive thursday, friday, into the weekend, turning things very unsettled. We have these showers and Thunder Storms across central areas which will fade away this evening and then many places turn drier but well start to see the influence of this new area of low pressure sweeping in to the west, wind picking up, thicker outbreaks of rain and temperatures rising as well. By The End of the week, a lot more unsettled. Showers or longer spells of rain at times. Some quite heavy, but windy for many. There will also be some turnaround, it will not be a complete wash out each day. You can see an unsettled picture at The End of the week, with temperatures a little below the seasonal average. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines jabs for teenagers all 16 and 17 year olds will be offered the pfizer covid vaccine. We would like to advise that the first Vaccine Doses offered now for 16 and 17 year olds who are otherwise healthy, the aim of a second Vaccine Dose to be offered at some time later. 13 year old Sky Brown becomes britains youngest ever Olympic Medallist winning bronze in skateboarding and Ben Maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping. A day of mourning and protests in lebanon to mark the first anniversary of a massive Warehouse Explosion that killed over 200 people. New research shows the amount of people worldwide who are exposed to flooding has risen by 24 since the turn of the century ten times higher than scientists previously thought. And professor barbie the scientist who designed the Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll alongside five other women working in science, technology, engineering and maths. Beggis begg is quite a lot, that story, doesnt it . Beggs quite a lot. Sport and for a full round up, from the Bbc Sport centre, heres austin. Good afternoon. Team gb have continued their impressive run of medals with another five on day 12 of the olympics. Hannah mills has become the games most successful female sailor of all time after she won gold alongside Eilidh Mcintyre in the 4 70 class. The pair finished fifth in the medal race, but their earlier performances were enough to secures mills third Olympic Medal and a second gold, in three games. Gb now have five Sailing Medals in tokyo including three golds. Its mad, its absolutely mad. Growing up, obviously, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on top of the podium and to do it twice with saskia before and eilidh this time, ive had two incredible crews to sail with and i feel really lucky. The support back home has been unreal, so thank you, everyone. Sky brown has made history of her own too becoming Team Gb� s youngest olympic Medal Winner at the Age Ofjust 13 and 28 days. Afterfailing in herfirst two, brown produced a composed final run to finish third in the womens Park Skateboarding final and claim bronze. Hosts japan got the Gold And Silver as the sport made its olympic debut. Its incredible. I mean, it feels unreal im so happy to be here with sakura and kokona. All the girls were ripping it, it was insane. It was a super sick final and qualifier, semifinals. It was insane. Boxer Ben Whittaker said he lost the Gold Medal, rather than won a silver, in the Light Heavyweight division. The brit was beaten in the final by cubas Arlen Lopez, who landed more punches than whittaker. The brits from wolverhampton and had said if he won the gold he wanted to become the new mayor but for now, at least, he says hell be sticking to boxing meanwhile, Frazer Clarke added another medal in the ring with bronze in the Super Heavyweight division. He lost his semi final after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazers eye. But the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. He said he was proud of his achievment, even though it wasnt the fairytale he wanted. Katarina Johnson Thompsons hopes of an Olympic Medal are over she has withdrawn from the heptathlon after pulling up injured in the 200 Metres. Johnson thompson was fifth overall, going into the hepathlons fourth event, but she had come to tokyo with concerns over an achilles problem. Shed had a good start to the 200 Metres, but an injury to her right calf ended her chances. She refused the offer of a wheelchair, getting up to hobble across the line but was later disqualified for having left her lane. I cant see past the devastation for kat. Shes worked so hard to get to this position. If you look for a silver lining, its great that the achilles has not sustained further damage. But it is not uncommon that you see, one leg gets injured, something else gets hurt eventually. And it could have beenjust brought on by the highjump. Andre De Grasse has won the mens 200 Metres his fifth Olympic Medal and his first gold. The canadian ran a personal best of 19. 62 seconds, finishing ahead of Kenneth Bednarek and Noah Lyles of the usa. Away from the olympics the first test between England And India is underway at trent bridge. England are notably without Ben Stokes and they got off to a dreadful Start Batting first. Opener Rory Burns went for a duck bowled byJasprit Bumrah in the first over. England then steadied the ship slightly through Captain Joe Root and jonny bairstow, but theyve lost two quick wickets. They are 155 6 Butjoe Root is still there, 64 not out at the moment. And Manchester City are closing in on the signing of Aston Villa Captain jack grealish. But he doesnt come cheap. The fee is believed to be around £100 million a record for an english club. A deal might even be done in time for the England Star to play in the Community Shield against Leicester City on saturday. The £100 million Transfer Fee would surpass the £89 million Manchester United paid tojuventus in the signing of Paul Pogba in 2016. And christian eriksen has visited the inter milan Training Ground for the first time since suffering a cardiac arrest during denmarks opening match at the euros, earlier this summer. Inter say hes doing well and is in excellent physical and mental health. Eriksen had a heart starting device fitted in the days after the match with finland. Great to see him back with his Team Mates. Thats all the sport for now. Lets recap on our main story that the government has given the Go Ahead for 16 and 17 year olds across the uk to be given the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. It follows a recommendation from Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation, giving its approval for that Age Group to receive a first dose with the aim to offer the second dose some time later. Speaking in Downing Street earlier, they said there have been large changes in the Way Covid 19 is spreading in recent weeks particularly in younger Age Groups. More safety data has become available so it was important to review the advice for the vaccination of young people. In response, the Health Secretary, sajid javid, says the government is accepting the advice and has asked the nhs to prepare to vaccinate those eligible as soon as possible. Earlier, Professor Wei Shen Lim from Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation, set out more background to why the recommendation was made. A particular point to remember throughout all of this, is that there is a very strong influence of age on the risk associated with covid. We know this for adults, we know that older adults are at a higher risk than younger adults, and it is also true for children and young people. Therefore, a 16 year old child would be at higher risk than a 13 year old child, for instance. That means in general terms, the benefits of vaccination are typically greater for older children compared to younger children. That point needs to be borne in mind. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professorjonathan Van Tam, said he wanted 16 and 17 year olds to be able to get their firstjabs, within the next few weeks. Obviously, children are going to start going back to colleges and sixth forms from september and in scotland that will be actually i think slightly earlier in some cases, so there is no time to waste in getting on with this. We have thejcvi advice on starting that initial first dose in 16 and 17 year olds and then i want to proceed as fast as is practically possible, which is not going to be tomorrow. I dont think its likely to be early next week but i can tell you that the nhs has been kept informed of what has been deliberated bijvi and it has been preparing for multiple permutations and options for very many weeks now. I would expect that this programme will start in a very short number of weeks, as opposed to any longer than that. The Health Secretary confirmed earlier that the jabs will be offered to 16 and 17 year olds this month. We 17 year olds this month. Had already been prepari something we had already been preparing for something like this possibly happening and of course we were not to know until there is a decision by the experts but now that they have made that decision on 16 and 17 year olds, we can put that into action and i hope that we can be offering this very soon, certainly this month. The Health Secretary confirmed earlier that the jabs will be New Research has shown that the proportion of the population who are exposed to flooding has risen by 24 since the turn of the century ten times higher than scientists previously thought. Up to 86 Million people are now thought to live in regions that are at risk of flooding. Lets get more on this with our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath. The are some pretty frightening statistics in this. There are. It is one of those studies that has shaken scientists in particular, in what has happened until now, we have seen it floods in recent weeks in China And Germany and other places and we have had angerfrom some people about a lack of warnings and what the governments do, they used Computer Modelling to work out where people are at risk and what is going to happen to them but these models are often a bit flaky sometimes, they are uncertain as to what number of homes will be affected. What the scientist did is they look at satellite images of actual floods across the world, 900 of them, they found that lots more areas and lots more people were affected and about 24 more people were affected by floods in this period in all parts of the world, especially in Asia And Southeast asia, but it is notjust an issue for poorer countries, it affects the whole world. 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People have moved generally into areas which are flood plains and they are doing this more often than not is economic, and the global population has generally increased by about 18 in the last 15 years but in flood zones it has increased by almost double and they believe that is because flood prone areas are cheaper, cheaper to build on and people move there and especially in india, Pakistan And Bangladesh and other areas where people moved to bigger cities, they are moving to flood prone cities and putting themselves at greater risk as a result. I putting themselves at greater risk as a result. , as a result. I remember interviewing as a result. I remember interviewing a scientist. As a result. I remember interviewing a scientist. A as a result. I remember interviewing a scientist, a specialist as a result. I remember interviewing a scientist, a specialist in as a result. I remember interviewing a scientist, a specialist in flood i a scientist, a specialist in Flood Protection in The Netherlands and the last month, making the point that you can build in areas which are prone to flooding but you have to build a better and build differently and build intelligently and that of course is also just financially more expensive. Absolutely. In countries which dont have those resources, they dont have those resources, they dont have those resources, they dont have those options to build those things, and one of the things the scientists point out is that some of the very poorest countries in the world are not ranked as the one to get the most money from the rich countries to help them with their flood defences and one of the things the scientists hope is that the research will help to balance the equation, balancing up, so that the countries which are suffering the most and have people exposed, will get help to do those early warning systems to build those bits of infrastructure that can protect lives when floods come as they will do increasingly over the next ten years or so. Do increasingly over the next ten years or 50. I5 do increasingly over the next ten years or so years or so. Is this the kind of research years or so. Is this the kind of research that years or so. Is this the kind of research that should years or so. Is this the kind of research that should get i years or so. Is this the kind of i research that should get discussed at cop26 in november . That research that should get discussed at cop26 in november . Research that should get discussed at cop26 in november . That is one of the key arguments, at cop26 in november . That is one of the key arguments, redistribution i at cop26 in november . That is one of the key arguments, redistribution of. The key arguments, redistribution of some money from richer countries to poorer countries, is it going to the right things and helping countries to adapt for those type of floods . We have been stuck with this figure of 100 billion, we have been stuck with this figure of100 billion, it we have been stuck with this figure of 100 billion, it has not been delivered as yet from the richer countries to the poorer countries, and the hope is that will be solved by the time we get to glasgow in november and that as a result of that progress in other fields can be made, but without that Money And Help for those countries, there wont be much progress at cop26. Interesting. Matt mcgrath, thanks forjoining us. The head of the Armed Forces has said that iran must be deterred from carrying out further attacks like the Drone Strike on the Mercer Street tanker. Last thursday a suspected iranian Drone Strike on the Oil Tanker killed a british Security Guard who has been named as Adrian Underwood and the vessels romanian captain. Speaking to the Today Programme general Sir Nick Carter said the iranians had made a big mistake. And that britain should be calling out iran for its very reckless behaviour. Iran has denied involvement. Lets listen to what the head of the Armed Forces had to say on Radio 4s Today Programme. What we need to be doing, fundamentally, is calling out iran for its very reckless behaviour. I mean, they made a big mistake on the attack they did against the Mercer Street Vessel last week, because, of course, that has very much internationalised the State Of Play in the gulf. And i think, you know, we will work out with our allies what is the best way of providing protection. And convoys may not necessarily be the right method. We have used other methods, and we will keep reviewing our way of keeping this happening. But, ultimately, weve got to restore deterrence. Because its behaviour like that which leads to escalation, that could very easily lead to miscalculation. And that would be very disastrous for all the peoples of the gulf and the international community. Earlier we heard from our Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner. There are two separate incidents, not necessarily related. They have taken place in a similar area, off the coast of oman. The first he was referring to was an attack on a tanker with an explosive drone. A so called suicide drone. Britain, the us, Israel And Romania are in No Doubt that iran was behind that. This is a powerful weapon, not something that could be casually launched. It is a heavy weapon, and a fatal attack on shipping. Iran has denied it, but they dont believe that. They are taking it to the un security council. Separately, there was another attack on shipping in the last 24 hours, where a merchant vessel, a much smaller one, was hijacked. That was initially blamed, maritime intelligence sources blamed it on iran and said it was linked to them. But the ship never moved. It was supposed to be steered towards iran and didnt move. The so called 8 or 9 armed men who boarded it left it at three oclock this morning. So, that is a mysterious one. I think that one is more likely linked to the criminal underworld, the Smuggling World that goes on in the gulf. There is a lot of nefarious activities there that happen below the radar, so to speak. But there is a number of moving factors going on here, which are not immediately apparent. The first one is almost certainly an extension of the tit for Tat Shadow War between iran and israel, where israel is attacking iranian shipping that it believes is transporting smuggled oil to syria, which then supplies hezbollah. Israel is trying to sabotage irans nuclear industry. Iran has been attacking shipping, and there has been a number of incidents of this. All of this is making the gulf much more tense, because it is a narrow Choke Point through which about a fifth of the maritime Oil Supplies go through. Wildfires continue to rage in turkey seven days on from the first blaze, criticism of how the government is handling the situation is growing. Fires have also broken out in other parts of the mediterranean. Sancha berg reports. Fires blazing on the hillsides and in the forests near the coastal resorts of bodrum and marmaris. Wildfires have been burning for seven days in turkey and these flames are approaching a power station. Strong winds, low humidity and scorching temperatures. The Weather Conditions that helped the fire spread. They are likely to continue into next week. So far, over 130 fires have been extinguished, but many new ones have broken out. These Spanish Planes are part of the latest effort to get the flames under control. Criticism of the governments handling of the situation is growing. It insists it is doing everything it can. Translation i answer the allegation that we do not accept help coming from abroad. Once again, i would like to reiterate that notjust today, notjust during such a disaster, but it is out of the question to reject offers coming to us because of Pride And Arrogance as our forests are burning. Turkey is not the only country in the region fighting wildfires. In this suburb of northern athens, more than 500 firefighters have been deployed. Houses have burnt down, many have been forced to evacuate, as greece experiences its worst heatwave in 30 years. Translation in the area where the fire broke out, | temperatures reached 45 celsius with less than 10 air humidity. These extreme conditions are due to the intense heatwave that has been affecting our country for the last week. And in israel, firefighters also used planes and helicopters to fight the wildfire in the forests west ofjerusalem. Many fear these extreme scenes will become more commonplace as climate changes. Sancha berg, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. Jabs for teenagers all 16 and 17 year olds will be offered the pfizer covid vaccine. 13 year old Sky Brown becomes britains youngest ever Olympic Medallist winning bronze in skateboarding and Ben Maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping. A day of mourning and protests in lebanon to mark the first anniversary of a massive Warehouse Explosion that killed over 200 people. An annual street art festival, nuart, is back on in aberdeen after a years hiatus. Artists from around the world come to the city to add public works of art to the grey walls. Four new works have popped up this year and our Reporter India Grant went out hunting to see if she could find them. Stroke by stroke, splash by splash, the cityscape around aberdeen has been changing. The Nuart Festival invites street artists from across the globe to paint murals on the city streets, bringing pops of colour to the granite city. The artists have added to the artwork of the previous four festivals. This piece has gone up next to a building thats due to be demolished, and it mirrors one in stavanger, norway, where the festival started. It might not be here next year but it is a way to beautify the city. I like the unexpected nature of what the city has become because really if you picked scotland, you would say, definitely glasgow or edinburgh, but you probably really wouldnt go to aberdeen. That, for me, is such a great thing because it really helps to engage a city that might not have the same opportunities that glasgow and edinburgh does. We asked people in aberdeen what they thought of the new pieces. It looks nice. Obviously, aberdeens just declined since covid and all that, a lot of places are shutting down, but its nice that people are making improvements and making it more of a nice destination to come to. It is stunning, really, really nice, yeah. I think it brings a lot of visitors to the city, yeah. Its smart. Its nice to come across them when you arent expecting it. J yeah, like little hidden secrets. Some pieces of art are hard to find well hidden until you stumble across them. Meanwhile, others loom a bit larger. I like that its so. 0ut there . Yeah, i love how random it is but also that theres so much to it. I think its just so cool. I think it is really nice, its definitely really good to see artwork out in public places rather than hidden and kept away in galleries that people might not necessarily visit on the daily i commute or anything like that. I really like it, i wasjust about to take a picture of it, actually, when i saw it. A lot of my friends live outside of aberdeen. They come into aberdeen just to go on the tours. People just walk around and see all of these bits of art, its really good. Sometimes, a fresh lick of paint is all that is needed to liven up a wall, just as aberdeen comes back to normality. India grant, bbc news. The Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine co creator, Professor Dame Sarah gilbert, has been honoured with a Barbie Doll, from the toy company mattel. The Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine is now the most widely used around the world, with doses sent to more than 170 countries. Ramzan karmali has the details. A Barbie Doll with a difference. This one is modelled on the scientist, Professor Dame Sarah gilbert. Shes the co designer of the Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine. Although she finds the concept of a Barbie Doll created in her likeness strange, she hopes it will inspire girls to think about a career in science. I hope that my Barbie Doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine, willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing theyre also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. In total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. Dame sarah joins the likes of Beyonce And Marilyn monroe with this new honour. Where will she keep the doll . Probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. Mattel also agreed with Dame Sarah to make a financial donation to a non Profit Organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. Now its time for a look at the weather with stav. Hello. Not a bad day out there for many of us. A lot of places staying dry with some good spells of august sunshine. But there will be showers developing, certainly through the afternoon, across Central Parts of the uk. Likely to cause some localised flooding if you catch them because they will be slow moving which is due to light winds barely any isobars on the Pressure Chart for this afternoon. This Weather Front will enhance Shower Activity across the west and that area of low pressure behind me will arrive thursday, friday and into the weekend, turning things very unsettled. For the rest of the day, looks fine for many, lots of sunshine around. These showers and thunderstorms developing over central and northern parts of england into parts of wales. Like i mentioned, slow moving and heavy, they could give rise to localised flooding. More cloud generally across western scotland, Northern Ireland, but temperatures reaching 22 or 23, and it should feel quite pleasant. Showers then clear away. Much of england and wales will be dry. We will start to see that new area of low pressure arriving across the west. Thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain, winds picking up, particularly in the south west. Also, temperatures will be picking up, so a milder night than of late. For The End of the week, thursday, friday and into the weekend, it will be a lot more unsettled thanks to the low pressure. We will see showers and longer spells of rain and it will be turning windy as well. You can see why this new area of low pressure has more isobars wrapped around it. Active Weather Fronts will slowly move eastwards across the country for thursday. It does mean many central and eastern parts of england, eastern scotland, will start dry, maybe some sunshine before the Cloud And Wind picks up. Outbreaks of Rain Start to spread eastwards through the day and that will be followed by sunshine and heavy blustery showers across southern and western areas. That will impact the temperatures, high Teens Celsius for most. We could see 20 or 21 across the east given the brighter, sunnier start to the day. As we head into friday and the weekend, low pressure just sits across the uk, bringing further windy weather. Showers or even longer spells of rain. Certainly some pretty heavy, may be thundery downpours through friday into saturday. There will be some sunshine in between, despite temperatures being a little below average for the time of year. This is bbc news. The headlines scientists advising the government say all 16 and 17 year olds should be offered the pfizer covid vaccine. Wed like to advise that the first Vaccine Dose is offered now for 16 and 17 year olds who are otherwise healthy with the aim of a second Vaccine Dose to be offered sometime later. Success for Team Gb in tokyo 13 year old Sky Brown becomes britains youngest ever Olympic Medallist winning bronze in skateboarding, and Ben Maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping. Katarina Johnson Thompson pulls out of the heptathlon after suffering a Calf Injury during the 200m. The british Security Guard killed in last thursdays Drone Attack on a tanker off oman is named as Adrian Underwood