2 in the pool as Tully Kearney is crowned Champion And Maisie Summers Newton sets a new world best time. Jaco Van Gass becomes champion in the Mens C3 3000m individual pursuit, Lee Pearson wins his gold in the Equestrian Grade Ii individual test. Nhs organisations in england are being told to prepare for a possible extension of the Covid Vaccination Programme to all 12 to 15 year olds. The eating Disorder Charity Beat say theres been a significant increase in people asking for help with a Binge Eating disorder in the uk normally once a day. Can be, maybe, one to two times a day. It is a daily battle, yeah, i am at a point where i am desperate. I desperately want help. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Huge crowds are still gathering At The Gates of Kabul Airport despite warnings by britain and the United States about threats of a Terror Attack there. Military commanders are warning that jihadis from the islamic State Group may carry out Suicide Bombings on crowds trying to get onto a flight. Those outside the airport have been warned to leave the area immediately. Graham satchell has the latest. Day after day, for more than a week now, distressing pictures of afghans at Kabul Airport desperate to leave. Now a new warning from the british and american governments, who say there is a high threat of a Terrorist Attack here. The advicE Do not travel to the airport. It means a hugely difficult operation to get people out has just got worse. Latest figures from the Ministry Of Defence show more than 12,000 people have so far been Evacuated to the uk. Of those, almost 7,000 are afghans and their families. But an estimated 1,000 interpreters and other staff who worked for britain still need to be Evacuated. The bbc has spoken to one former interpreter now in hiding in kabul, terrified of being discovered by the taliban. If im left here, i will be killed by them as soon as they find me. So it will be very important for me to get as soon as possible to the uk because i worked for three years with the british forces and so the taliban will never, ever leave me alive. 0vernight, another plane arrives at Raf Brize Norton in 0xfordshire. On board, the lucky ones whove made it. But this operation is time limited officially, thE Deadline is next tuesday. In reality, the window will close before then it will take at least 48 hours for british and american troops to manage their own departure. So a plea from a former Military Commander in afghanistan. PleasE Dont leave them behind. In the time thats available in the next five or six days, dont close The Gates lets get the most vulnerable people into the united kingdom and into safety. Notjust interpreters, but those who fought on the battlefield against the taliban, and those who fought that ideology and are therefore under significant threat. The taliban control the streets of kabul and decide who gets out. With the new advice to stay away from the airport, there are now serious questions about how this operation will end, and how many more people will make it to safety. Graham satchell, Bbc News. 0ur Afghanistan Correspondent Secunder Kermani is in kabul and gave us this update. I was at Kabul Airport yesterday and there were huge crowds of people streaming towards the gate, old women in wheelbarrows because they cannot walk, young children being carried by their parents and people in their droves making their way toward The Gates, many without Travel Documentation unable to board Evacuation Flights and some of them with permission but unable to get through the crowd. This kind of information about the possible threat which many suspect emanates from the islamic State Group is less powerful than the taliban, but has a presence here in afghanistan and has carried out devastating attacks in the past, information about that attack is not going to filter down to the people on the ground, they are so desperate they do not know what documentation to bring, what the process is, it is not going to make a difference to the crowd who are turning up but it could make a difference to the safety of those trying to get there. The level of confusion is so complete, i have seen people standing outside Evacuated western embassies where there are no diplomatic staff writing their names on pieces of paper, handing them to the taliban thinking they will hand them into the embassies and to be processed for visas. There is no staff in those embassies. That is the level of confusion we are talking about amongst ordinary people here. They would not be aware. Although people generally are aware of the threat that comes from the islamic state because they have carried out attacks in the past, they will think it is a possibility, but really the priority for the people i have been speaking to is to get out of the country. Something like this is not going to deter them. We have also seen western countries are Organising Convoys at times going inside kabul, the taliban controlled city to bring their citizens out. Us helicopters at times flying into the city and taking some of the vulnerable people out. We have seen reports of officials arranging convoys that are escorted by the taliban into the airport. Perhaps we will see more of this if that threat is deemed to continue in the coming days, but real concerns about how these last few days of the Evacuation Effort will go and we are very much in the last days of it. After tomorrow, they think the us are going to pivot to removing their own troops and own resources out rather than those civilians, those american citizens, those western citizens or those eligible for relocation because they have thousands of troops they need to bring out by the 31st of august. Earlier the uks Armed Forces Ministerjames Heappey gave this stark warning the reality is that clearly if we are asking people to move away, we are effectively also saying that reduces our capacity to process people. Now, you may well see footage of people who have ignored the advice and remained in the queue. We arE Desperately trying to protect them by bringing them inside as quickly as we are able to, but that should not encourage people to travel to the airport because i Cant Stress thE Desperation of the situation enough. The threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. We would not be saying that if we were not genuinely concerned about offering islamic state a target that is just unimaginable. Lets speak now to our Security Correspondent tell us more about the threat around the airport. Iii tell us more about the threat around the airort. ,. , the airport. If you thought the taliban were the airport. If you thought the taliban were extreme the airport. If you thought the taliban were extreme they. The airport. If you thought the | taliban were extreme they are nothing compared to the Isis Affiliate which calls it said Isis Kate, The Americans call it. They have a relatively small number of people but last year in kabul they carried out 2a attacks. They are ruthless. They had targeted schools, hospitals, all sorts of civilian targets. Primarily right now the threat reported is they are looking to cause chaos at the airport. Targets of opportunity because there are around 6000 us and british servicemen and women operating at the airport and this is something they would like to attack where as they would like to attack where as the taliban interested in restoring Security And Order to the country that they now rule. Isis are their rivals and opponents. They want to undermine that. Clearly this warning is being taken very seriously for the us, british and australian governments to tell their citizens not to go near the airport because it may not be possible for the taliban to spot the Suicide Bomber on time before hE Detonates himself that one of the Airport Gates and they are trying to avoid this. In terms of what Isis Kate want, they would want to do this while the eyes of the world were looking at Kabul Airport, what do they want to causE Disruption for . Disruption for . They are the re. Ional disruption for . They are the regional affiliate, disruption for . They are the regional affiliate, thE Disruption for . They are the l regional affiliate, the regional branch of an islamic state which started in middle east. The last caliphate in Iraq And Syria but they are looking to expand in other areas, particularly in africa, but they are now looking to taliban controlled afghanistan as a new area to set up a base from which to attack the rest of the world. Not to carry out attacks only on the Un And Aid workers and journalists and afghan government officials, but a base from which to attack the rest of the world. And the taliban have a vested interest in stopping the country from becoming black bass, they have pledged it will not happen. Ironically, ithink they have pledged it will not happen. Ironically, i think we are going to see future intelligence cooperation, i never thought it possible, between the west and the taliban to try and stop that happening. It is indicative that the Cia Chief in the last few days has been to kabul and make the taliban political chief and i suspect that one of the things they havE Discussed is how to stop Terror Attacks being launched from afghanistan. Attacks being launched from afuhanistan. , ~ ,. 0maid Sharifi fled afghanistan threE Days ago with his family. He runs the Arts Organisation artlords in afghanistan. This its his first interview since he managed to get out. Thank you for talking to us. Can you tell us how you got out and with what positions . Good morning. Thank you for having me. It has been very difficult over the last couple of days and i was not able to speak. I could only cry and try to help my friends back in afghanistan. I only got out with a small backpack with my laptop and my wife and family. Somebody today gave me a T Shirt so that i had some clothes to wear. I tried five gates of the airport in kabul, and several of the airport in kabul, and several of these i saw brittle situations, i saw things that no human should go through. Finally on the last days, i was lucky enough to get an escort to enter the airport and i was Evacuated. Enter the airport and i was Evacuated. ,. ,. , Evacuated. Can i ask you about the brutal situations Evacuated. Can i ask you about the brutal situations you Evacuated. Can i ask you about the brutal situations you so . Evacuated. Can i ask you about the brutal situations you so . I Evacuated. Can i ask you about the brutal situations you so . I left brutal situations you so . I left m i brutal situations you so . I left my i left brutal situations you so . I left my. I left while brutal situations you so . I left my. I left while the brutal situations you so . I left my. I left while the Taliban L brutal situations you so . I left my. I left while the taliban were in power in the 90s. I remember a scene when i was trying to get a piece of meat from a Charity Drop and i was hit by a sticker on my head and the blood was coming out but i managed to get some meat for my family. I saw those same faces in beating children and women and men who were trying to escape. The same faces when i was in kabul watching a Football Game, they would shoot people in the stadium when the Football Match was happening. I saw these faces in kabul. It really was alien, to see those faces, they did not know about the Beautiful Kabul, i used to paint and do movies, they did not know anything about kabul. The only knew how to fire their guns and beat people and that is all. I saw a woman suffocated, children lose their parents, people being short, i saw it life with no dignity that nobody deserves. Those situations, Ijust Pray. I do not want anyone to go through this and what i witnessed. Can want anyone to go through this and what i witnessed. Want anyone to go through this and what i witnessed. Can i ask you what it is like to leave what i witnessed. Can i ask you what it is like to leave your what i witnessed. Can i ask you what it is like to leave your home, it is like to leave your home, your possessions, yourfriends because most People Watching will never have gone through that . I most People Watching will never have gone through that . Gone through that . I imagine that ou leave gone through that . I imagine that you leave everything gone through that . I imagine that you leave everything behind. Gone through that . I imagine that you leave everything behind. You| gone through that . I imagine that i you leave everything behind. You do not have any identity. You are a refugee. The place that belongs to you, your identity, your country, yourfriends, your you, your identity, your country, your friends, your office, you, your identity, your country, yourfriends, your office, your artwork, it is all taken from you. Something that is yours and the next day it is not. It is a dream and you wake up and you see that you have lost everything. Everything. You have no money, you dont have your friends are yourjob or your car or anything. And you are just friends are yourjob or your car or anything. And you arejust running for your life. You just want to be somewhere where there is no gunfire, no beatings, no fear that you will be held. That is the kind of situation we are going through. It will take a long time to process. It will take a long time to process. It will be years to process this, but at this moment in time, the only thing i was thinking about was how to get myself and my family out of the situation. I have my sisters, they were all crying, their dreams are shattered. Their voices will not be heard any more. My work will not be heard any more. My work will not be publicised or permitted any more. I was told to find another profession because as an artist, you cannot do art any more. It has become black and white. Imagine the beautiful society becoming black and white. Wejust had beautiful society becoming black and white. We just had to get ourselves to the airport with a lot of trouble and get out with the hope that someday we will get our country back and our identity. It is very difficult to explain. I wasnt processing what i saw and Experienced. We processing what i saw and Experienced. Processing what i saw and Experienced. Processing what i saw and exerienced. ,. ,. ,. , Experienced. We can see a photograph of our Experienced. We can see a photograph of your artwork Experienced. We can see a photograph of your artwork behind Experienced. We can see a photograph of your artwork behind you, Experienced. We can see a photograph of your artwork behind you, some Experienced. We can see a photograph of your artwork behind you, some of. Of your artwork behind you, some of the children in afghanistan. Are there many artists left behind . There are many artists left behind who could not get out. I tried to get at least two of them on a plane, but this mural that you are seeing, it is on the wall of the american embassy. The title was that they are the future and every time i look at this mural and those that are all over afghanistan, this mural and those that are all overafghanistan, i this mural and those that are all over afghanistan, i see them and i think we have failed them. We gave them hope. We thought that they could go to School And University and get elected and do whatever they chose. That is not the case. Their dreams are shattered right now. I look at these faces and the faces of my sister, i see hopelessness and all their dreams. They do not know where they will end up. All their dreams. They do not know where they will end up. Where they will end up. Thank you very much where they will end up. Thank you very much we where they will end up. Thank you very much. We appreciate where they will end up. Thank you very much. We appreciate your. Where they will end up. Thank you l very much. We appreciate your time for explaining what life has been like for you and your family for explaining what life has been like for you and yourfamily in for explaining what life has been like for you and your family in the last few days. Doctor patrick bury is a Senior Lecturer in security at the university of bath. Hes also a former british Army Captain and served in afghanistan. What do you make of the warning from the us, the uk and australia about the us, the uk and australia about the Terrorist Threat . It is the us, the uk and australia about the Terrorist Threat . The Terrorist Threat . It is very concerning the Terrorist Threat . It is very concerning. Some the Terrorist Threat . It is very concerning. Some of the Terrorist Threat . It is very concerning. Some of your the Terrorist Threat . It is very concerning. Some of your viewers will have seen pictures from airport over the last week, there are a number of different gates with different military, you can see and some of those, you have got the Blast Barriers which are one single row white and huge people that match huge amount of people pressing through. A small amount of soldiers holding the line, trying to manage the crowd as best they can in the heat and looking for people who are clear to come through. From a Soldier Perspective it is really difficult and they arE Doing a fantasticjob. Keeping the fantastic job. Keeping the security. Fantasticjob. Keeping the security. Your mind on the security. Your mind on the Security Situation and humanely treat the crowd as best as possible. From the way The Gates are organised, you can see potentially large target for islamic state if thatis large target for islamic state if that is what they want to do, a Suicide Bomb or small arms fire. Such a mass of people. It did not have to be like this. WE Did not have to be like this. WE Did not have to be faced with the situation. It could have been managed much better. A lot of veterans will be saying the same thing. Bi; better. A lot of veterans will be saying the same thing. By doing what . The saying the same thing. By doing what . The main saying the same thing. By doing what . The main thing saying the same thing. By doing what . The main thing is saying the same thing. By doing what . The main thing is the saying the same thing. By doing what . The main thing is the cia| what . The main thing is the cia would have what . The main thing is the cia would have briefed what . The main thing is the cia would have briefed the what . The main thing is the cia| would have briefed the outgoing american administration and the incoming administration about options, including five bases in afghanistan and 5000 troops, this will happen. Maybe the government will happen. Maybe the government will last from one to two years. If you are only going to have 2000 troops, you need to keep the Air Base open which is one Hour North of kabul, and was your get out Ofjail Close for your embassy and your personnel in the capital. But the other airport was easily accessible, defendable, more security and logistics available, and that decision to quit was catastrophic. For two things, you could get people out quicker and if. As the taliban advanced on, you could have got troops back and quicker. Truth . Advanced on, you could have got troops back and quicker. Why did The Americans had troops back and quicker. Why did The Americans had it troops back and quicker. Why did The Americans had it over . Troops back and quicker. Why did The Americans had it over . I troops back and quicker. Why did The Americans had it over . I think troops back and quicker. Why did The Americans had it over . I think the I Americans had it over . I think the idea is cut americans had it over . I think the idea is cut and americans had it over . I think the idea is cut and run. Americans had it over . I think the idea is cut and run. Resident idea is cut and run. Resident biden has made up his mind. HE Does not want american casualties full up during the taliban advance, the american response force, they had offered and put plans to jump back and take it back to stabilise the situation and they were turned down. If that is correct it would indicate that President Biden is determined not to take american casualties or keep It As low as possible. It is too late now keep It As low as possible. It is too late now to keep It As low as possible. It is too late now to try keep It As low as possible. It is too late now to try and think about using that airport. You too late now to try and think about using that airport. Using that airport. You saw the taliban overrun using that airport. You saw the taliban overrun it. Using that airport. You saw the taliban overrun it. The using that airport. You saw the taliban overrun it. The way using that airport. You saw the taliban overrun it. The way the american slate was abominable. They did not tell the commander. I understand the security issues, that the information might lead out to the information might lead out to the taliban, but they did not even tell the commander they were leaving. Since then the taliban have got an. It was used as a Launch Pad for a Special Operation Forces across it was very high tech and had across it was very high tech and had a Detention Centre holding 5000 taliban prisoners, the taliban got in there unlike the prisoners out. From a military perspective, if you decide you want to withdraw, you dont have to do it in this way. You can see that even having read around the topic, taliban were surprised how fast they got to. Issues about intelligence, i know the american intelligence, i know the american Intelligence Service will produce a number of different reports with different outcomes, but it seems that the more negative of those, there were reports saying if you reduce to 2500 troops and keep them in kabul, there is a chance that this government could fall within days. If you take the they most likely outcome, that was not seen as a possibility. The consensus was that he had months rather than days. Thank you very much for talking to us. Nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare for the possible extension of the coronavirus Vaccination Programme to i2 to 15 year olds next month. Currentlyjabs are only offered to children if they have certain Health Conditions or live with a vulnerable adult. Thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation is weighing up the arguments for the move. ThE Department of health says no final decision has been made. RusselL Viner is professor of Adolescent Health at the University College london and a member of the Sage Group of government advisers though is speaking to us in a personal capacity. Do you think 12 to 15 Euros should have a vaccination . In do you think 12 to 15 Euros should have a vaccination . Do you think 12 to 15 Euros should have a vaccination . In the fullness of time, have a vaccination . In the fullness of time. It have a vaccination . In the fullness of time, it would have a vaccination . In the fullness of time, it would be have a vaccination . In the fullness of time, it would be a have a vaccination . In the fullness of time, it would be a sensible of time, it would be a sensible thing to vaccinate our teenagers, absolutely. We are not there yet. WE Do not have thE Data to be absolutely certain that the balance of risk supports that. They are right to be cautious. 0ne . Of risk supports that. They are right to be cautious. One . What are the potential risks to 12 to 15 year olds for having the vaccination . There is a rare but concerning inflammation of the heart newly described with the Pfizer And Moderna vaccines. Everything wE Do in medicine will have a Side Effect and we often will not see it until many millions have had the vaccination. The issue with children is why are we vaccinating them . We are not really vaccinating for themselves, there is some benefit for them but the risks of Covid 19 are low. The main reason is to stop transmission into the rest of the population. And if that is the case, we are vaccinating teenagers in part to benefit others, the Safety Bar needs to be incredibly high. 0ther needs to be incredibly high. Other countries have jumped, needs to be incredibly high. Other countries havejumped, the us, france, germany and are vaccinating teenagers. And i think we will be there and it will be useful. But have a 13 year old and like many parents, i want to know that it is absolutely the right thing to do. There is a suggestion in one of the reports on one of the Newspapers Today that where there is to go ahead, parental consent would not be needed. How do you feel about that . When we treat teenagers, we always involve their parents, but we have a legal backstop that says for any treatment, if the parents are not around or there is a conflict between children and parents, if the teenager understands the situation, the risks, once the treatment, they can then consent themselves without parental consent. It is the backstop and applies to any treatment. We should not use the backstop as routine. What we should bE Doing Sf Covid 19 vaccination is ruled out for teenagers, we should do It As we have for the Papilloma Virus Vaccine which teenagers get in schools. I believe it is right that a confident teenager should be able to get a vaccine if they wanted against their parents wishes. We have all met teenagers who are twice as bright as we are, it should notjust be about age. We are, it should not ust be about ace. ,. , age. One more question about the leeds and reading age. One more question about the leeds and readinG Festivals, age. One more question about the leeds and readinG Festivals, 100,000 young people will be going there. They have to show that they have had a vaccination or a negative Lateral Flow or that they have had Covid 19 in the last how many days. Do you have concerns about those events and all those people being there . It is very difficult all those people being there . It 3 very difficult. We saw with past festivals that there was likely some spread. We had to face the facts that we are not vaccinating teenagers under 16 at the moment and more 16 and 17 year olds are not vaccinated and probably many of the 8019 year olds. However 18 year olds. As a society, we have to recognise cases will rise but the transfer into deaths from Covid 19 is so much less so we have to accept that. The evidence suggests that we can generally run large events without producing super spreader issues. I think we have to trust that. ~ ,. , issues. I think we have to trust that. ~ ,. , issues. I think we have to trust that. ~ ,. , that. Thank you very much for your time today its day two at the paralympics in tokyo. 4,000 disabled athletes from more than 160 countries are taking part in two weeks of competition. China top the medal table. But that could all change in the coming hours, with a further 28 Gold Medals up for grabs today. Paralympics gb have had a successful day so far, with four golds, including two in the Swimming Pool, where maisie Summers Newton set a World Record to beat her Team Mate Ellie simmonds in the 200m, and Tully Kearney broke the World Record in the 100m Freestyle event. Lets take you live to tokyo and speak to our correspondent rachael latham. Gb dominating in the pool today. Absolutely. The World Records were falling. Maisie summers smashed the World Record in the 200 metre individual medley. In the heat in the morning, ukraine broke the World Record but in the final, she had to settle for silver. Ellie simmonds who won the gold in rio finished in fifth place. Also in the Swimming Pool fifth place. Also in the Swimming Pool, Tully Kearney broke the World Record, laid right from the start, but the Gold Medal because last night she lost by 0. 12 of a second the silver. � , night she lost by 0. 12 of a second the silver. ~ ,. ,. ,. , the silver. Also dominating in The Velodrome the silver. Also dominating in The Velodrome. We the silver. Also dominating in The Velodrome. We saw the silver. Also dominating in The Velodrome. We saw world the silver. Also dominating in the| velodrome. We saw World Records the silver. Also dominating in The Velodrome. We saw World Records this mornin , velodrome. We saw World Records this morning. Jaco velodrome. We saw World Records this morning. Jaco van velodrome. We saw World Records this morning, Jaco Van Gass velodrome. We saw World Records this morning, Jaco Van Gass and velodrome. We saw World Records this morning, Jaco Van Gass and fin morning, Jaco Van Gass and Fin Graham broke the World Record in the heat and went head to head for the Gold Medal in the final 3000 metres individual pursuit. It was Jaco Van Gass who took the gold and Fin Graham who is only 21 years old to the silver medal. Jody cundy had to settle for silver because spain broke the World Record and took the Gold Medal. Flan broke the World Record and took the Gold Medal broke the World Record and took the old medal. ,. ,. ,. , Gold Medal. Can you update us on the covid19 just a Data Son Covid 19. Yes, we have seen seven positive cases, there is a mixture of athletes, Support Staff and coaches, but we had andrew parsons, the president of the international Paralympic The International pa ralympic committee, the international paralympic committee, say in the Opening Ceremony that they are making these games as safe as possible, they are in the athletes, they are in a controlled environment, they are testing every day, we are here on the ground, and wE Do feel safe, we arE Doing tests ourselves and we are not coming into any interaction with the public. Not coming into any interaction with the ublic. ,. , not coming into any interaction with the ublic. ,. , not coming into any interaction with the ublic. ,. , ~ the public. Good to hear, thank you very much. The public. Good to hear, thank you very much, rachel, the public. Good to hear, thank you very much, rachel, thank the public. Good to hear, thank you very much, rachel, thank you the public. Good to hear, thank you very much, rachel, thank you for. Very much, rachel, thank you for talking to us. The headlines on Bbc News. The threat is severe and imminent. The uk, the United States and australia tell in afghanistan to stay away from Kabul Airport because of concerns that militants could launch a Terror Attack. It comes as the Evacuation Effort enters its final days, with thousands still waiting to be airlifted to safety. Nhs organisations in england are being told to prepare for a possible extension of the Covid Vaccination Programme to all 12 to 15 year olds. The eating Disorder Charity Beat say theres been a significant increase in people asking for help with a Binge Eating disorder in the uk. The greek Prime Minister says a string of devastating wildfires this summer has underlined the need for radical shifts in behaviour to tackle global warming. Fires have torn through several mediterranean countries, including greece, turkey, Spain And Italy and russia has been battling its own record breaking Fire Season. Courtney bembridge reports. This was a Scene Facing Firefighters in central russia, a wall of flames that have them quickly surrounded. Translation the flames were rising up to 30, 40 metres. It was absolutely horrible. The wind was whooshing, blazing pieces of wood were flying around, just 100, 150 metres away. It was a storm of a fire, a storm of ashes and smoke. This is russias second worst Fire Season since the turn of the century. Fuelled by extreme heat, they have burned through more than 17 Million hectares of land. Experts say climate change has made the countrys huge expanse of forest drier, hotter, and increasingly vulnerable to wildfires. Europe has also hit record temperatures this summer, and wildfires have torn through the mediterranean. The greek Prime Minister described It As the bitter cost of climate change. Translation we recognise that dealing with the Climate Crisis is forcing us to change everything the way we produce agricultural products, how we move around, how we generate energy and the way we build our homes. Everything must change in this immense effort to mitigate the impact of the Climate Crisis to whatever extent possible. Scientists say last year was the warmest on record, across europe. It exceeded the previous record by a considerable amount. There are again calls for action, with a crucial moment on the horizon. Leaders from almost 200 countries will meet in glasgow in november, for a major climate conference, described as the worlds last best chance to tackle climate change. New research in West Africa has shown that combining an anti Malaria Vaccine with a preventativE Drug lowered hospitalisations and deaths from thE Disease by more than 70 . But a key Pre Condition was for the medical cocktail to be administered just before the start of the annual rainy season injune. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people each year. Food suppliers continue to raise concerns about a shortage of Lorry Drivers in the uk. There are worries that pressure on the Supply Chain will only get worse, as pupils return to classrooms and workers go back to offices. Its estimated the industry is now more than 100,000 drivers short. Yesterday, the boss of supermarket, iceland, told the bbc his firm is experiencing delivery issues on a � daily basis, as retailers try to plan for christmas. Joining me now is coral rose, Managing Director of the Country Range Group, which supplies schools, Care Homes, hotels and restaurants. Shes also the chair of the federation of wholesalE Distributors, which represents Food And Drink wholesalers in the uk. Thank you for talking to us, ellie coral. 0ne thank you for talking to us, ellie coral. One of the concerns you have right now . We coral. One of the concerns you have riaht now . ~. , coral. One of the concerns you have right now . Right now . We have the issues of roducts right now . We have the issues of products getting right now . We have the issues of products getting to right now . We have the issues of products getting to us, right now . We have the issues of products getting to us, because i right now . We have the issues of| products getting to us, because of deliveries and driver shortages, and well set to get the product from our warehouses through to our customers. Whether that is from a Food Service Perspective through two Care Homes and schools, pubs and restaurants, or whether there is from a whole sale producer perspective, to convenience stores, may be that is the only place you can get food in your locality. So what kind of products are we talking about here . About here . There is not one secific about here . There is not one specific product, about here . There is not one specific product, there specific product, there are shortages all across the board, it depends with each specific supplier as to what the issue is and we are working with them and if we cant get the specific brand that a customer may want, then we can speak to another supplier to get an alternative to make sure that we can still try and make a delivery and get the customer the product. But rive us get the customer the product. But give us some examples of products. 0h, give us some examples of products. Oh, it could be from tinned products, fresh produce, that is an issue, shortages in the warehouse there, that product is going to waste, across the board, impulse products, bread, lots of different types of products. Mira; products, bread, lots of different types of products products, bread, lots of different types of products. Why do you think the government types of products. Why do you think the government will types of products. Why do you think the government will not types of products. Why do you think the government will not give the government will not give temporary visas to European Lorry drivers to help plug this shortage . Like they havE Done with other sectors . I like they havE Done with other sectors . ,. ,. ,. , sectors . I have no idea. We have been talking sectors . I have no idea. We have been talking about sectors . I have no idea. We have been talking about this sectors . I have no idea. We have been talking about this as sectors . I have no idea. We have been talking about this as an sectors . I have no idea. We have. Been talking about this as an issue for a long time and for many months and whilst we are coping now, september is going to be much worse. We have the school is coming back, we have workplaces returning, we have the Tourist Season in full in still in full swing and it builds up still in full swing and it builds up to christmas as well, so if the government cannot release this temporary Eu Visa scheme to get some Lorry Drivers over here, pretty quickly, then were going to in trouble. ~. ,. ,. , trouble. What do you mean by in trouble, what trouble. What do you mean by in trouble, what does trouble. What do you mean by in trouble, what does that trouble. What do you mean by in trouble, what does that look trouble. What do you mean by in l trouble, what does that look like . It means we are going to suffer delivery shortages. You are seeing it in the headlines at the moment, and what we arE Doing from our Country Range Group perspective is having to purchase smaller vehicles to make sure that they can makE Deliveries to their customers, because you do not need a specific hgv licence, we are also asking customers to take larger and more eat more infrequent deliveries to ease up the Supply Chain, but across the industry, not iran is able to do that and some of them do need the hgv drivers. Not everyone is able to do that. I hgv drivers. Not everyone is able to do that to do that. I interviewed someone last week on to do that. I interviewed someone last week on bbc to do that. I interviewed someone last week on Bbc News, to do that. I interviewed someone last week on Bbc News, in to do that. I interviewed someone last week on Bbc News, in the last week on Bbc News, in the Governance Statement then was that companies should invest more in british drivers, but actually there are not drivers there are british drivers, but there is a backlog in taking hgv test, is that right . Absolutely, drivers have to see their cpc, do their training every five years, and because of Covid 19, there has been a huge backlog of people not being able to take their tests, so we have qualified drivers who are able to go On The Road because of legislation. You arent able to go On The Road. WE Do invest in drivers but it takes months and months to train, it takes money, investment to do that, so it is a long Term Problem that we are investing in, but it manifests itself now and Covid 19 and brexit have just exacerbated the situation. So it is down to Covid 19 and brexit, the shortage . So it is down to covid19 and brexit, the shortage . So it is down to Covid 19 and brexit, the shortage . Yes. Thank you ve much brexit, the shortage . Yes. Thank you very much for brexit, the shortage . Jazz thank you very much for talking to brexit, the shortage . Iezs thank you very much for talking to us coral rose. Theres been a significant rise in the number of people requesting help for Binge Eating disorder over the past three years, according to the charity beat. B E D is classed a a serious mental illness where people eat large quantities of food without feeling like theyre in control of what theyrE Doing. Beat says its more common than anorexia and bulimia, but isnt properly understood. Jayne mccubbin has been speaking to two women whove been living with the condition and have chosen to share their stories to raise awareness. It feels like a battle, yeah, definitely. Yeah. Its hard. Yeah. Sorry, ive got upset. Its just a lack of thinking, and it just feels like a frenzy. And the only way to kind of get rid of that feeling whatever that is is to binge and to eat until Ijust Cant feel It Any more. Eating Disorder Charity Beat has told Bbc Breakfast they have evidence which indicates Binge Eating has exploded. Calls to its helplines have increased more than 360 in the last three years. Most of that a 220 increase was through 2020 and the pandemic. Lauren is 3a a single mum with a child with special needs, she works in the nhs. Martha is 20, a university student. Both have agreed to share their stories. So they happen every singlE Day. For me, personally, its normally once a day. Can be maybe one to two times a day. Pizzas takeaway pizzas mcdonalds. It doesnt just stop at that takeaway of an evening or fast food. Some chocolate or some chocolate yoghurts. Maybe some packs of croissants, yeah. It is a daily battle, yeah. But, yeah, i am at a point where i am desperate, i desperately want help. Itsjust eating anything i can get my hands on in the shortest amount of time possible. Combinations of foods, foods i might want separately, butjust dont have the time or the effort to separate. Frozen bread, frozen yorkshire pudding. I dont want to be caught, i dont want to be toasting bread. I dont want to put things in the oven. Ijust want to eat as much as possible in the shortest amount of time. In total, only a small number of people have called beat since 2018, and they think this is the tip of the iceberg. I and they think this is the tip of the iceberg and they think this is the tip of the iceberg. And they think this is the tip of the iceberr. ~. ,. ,. , the iceberg. I think we have no idea ofthe the iceberg. I think we have no idea of the scale the iceberg. I think we have no idea of the scale of the iceberg. I think we have no idea of the scale of this the iceberg. I think we have no idea of the scale of this problem. The iceberg. I think we have no idea of the scale of this problem. My of the scale of this problem. My instinct is that it is huge. Sarah is a Therapist Instinct is that it is huge. Sarah is a therapist who instinct is that it is huge. Sarah is a therapist who has instinct is that it is huge. Sarah is a therapist who has tackled l is a therapist who has tackled her own Binge Eating disorder. Binge eatin own Binge Eating disorder. Binge Eating Disorder own Binge Eating disorder. Binge Eating Disorder is own Binge Eating disorder. Binge Eating Disorder is twice own Binge Eating disorder. Binge Eating Disorder is twice as own Binge Eating disorder. E ige Eating Disorder is twice as common as anorexia and it is also more common than bulimia. There is a sense that you have just lost control. Taking food out of the rubbish bin, taking food that doesnt belong to them, all of this is really common, so if anyone is watching this, i would just want to say that you are not alone. Say that you are not alone. Lauren tells me she say that you are not alone. Lauren tells me she hides say that you are not alone. Lauren tells me she hides evidence say that you are not alone. Lauren tells me she hides evidence of tells me she hides evidence of inches binges. Tells me she hides evidence of inches binges. Tells me she hides evidence of inches binges. Instead of pulling the waste in inches binges. Instead of pulling the waste in the inches binges. Instead of pulling the waste in the rubbish inches binges. Instead of pulling the waste in the rubbish bin, inches binges. Instead of pulling the waste in the rubbish bin, i the waste in the rubbish bin, i would fill a black Bin Bag and put it straight in the bin, so if anyone came round and looked in the kitchen bin, they wouldnt see the evidence. The charity says thatjust half of those who sought medical help felt that they were taken seriously. Hesse that they were taken seriously. Have ou tried that they were taken seriously. Have you tried exercise, that they were taken seriously. Have you tried exercise, more that they were taken seriously. Have you tried exercise, more structure, have you tried exercise, more structure, have you you tried exercise, more structure, have you tried, you know, keeping your mind have you tried, you know, keeping your mind off it, distracting yourself your mind off it, distracting yourself after eaten . Yes, of course i yourself after eaten . Yes, of course ilried yourself after eaten . Yes, of course ilried all yourself after eaten . Yes, of course ilried all of yourself after eaten . Yes, of course i tried all of these things, of course i tried all of these things, of Course Run has. That is unhelpful. It is Course Run has. That is unhelpful. It must Course Run has. That is unhelpful. It isjust hopeless, It Isjust hopeless. It isjust hopeless, it is ust hopelesafi It Isjust hopeless, it is ust hoeless. �. , hopeless. Binge eating experts tell us we have no hopeless. 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If this is something you would like to be helped with, l would like to be helped with, you can contact action line, for the organisation, Group Or Charity that can help you, the website on the screen. Covid vaccines are being offered at the Reading And Leeds Festivals this weekend, to try to increase take up in young adults. Pop up clinics will be open at both events, but health officials say if yourE Drunk or under the influence of drugs you wont be able to get one. Its after two other festivals were linked to a surge in cases in recent weeks. Earlier, i spoke to meradin peachey, director of Public Health for berkshire west, which covers reading. She said while covid vaccinations are working, she has some concerns about a rise in cases amongst young people. If you have had one jab and it was more than two weeks ago, you will have a small cover, maybe 20 or 30 of cover, so no, to make sure you test you are not protected from the virus yet, so you do need to make sure you test regularly and if youre positive, please leave the site. The festivalgoers have been very helpful in terms of helping people with the cost of the festival. This is why we need to do constant testing, so 16, 17 year olds, they are the main group to be there and they are not covered yet. Lets talk to Cordelia Crealock and emma wicks, who are both in reading. And emma webb, who is in peterborough. Emma is heading to reading Festival Tomorrow but will be getting herjab today. So you will get your dad today, but you wont be protected for another couple of weeks, so presumably you will still have to do the Lateral Flow, no . Will still have to do the Lateral Flow. No . Flow, no . Yes, i will have to postpone flow, no . Yes, i will have to postpone my flow, no . 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With my two best friends and im really Excited. With my two best friends and im i really Excited. Very really Excited. Sam vendor. Very much good really Excited. Sam vendor. Very much good luck. Really Excited. Sam vendor. Very much good luck. Enjoy really Excited. Sam vendor. Very much good luck. Enjoy it really Excited. Sam vendor. Very much good luck. Enjoy It All. Really Excited. Sam vendor. Very much good luck. Enjoy It All. I really Excited. Sam vendor. Very much good luck. Enjoy It All. I hope| much good luck. Enjoy It All. I hope you all have a brilliant weekend, thank you. Take care, goodbye. Yeah a new report warns that a lack of funding for rural Youth Support in england is leaving millions of young people at risk of isolation, loneliness and poor Mental Health. The national Youth Agency is calling for a Government Plan to ensure all children and teenagers have access to support, regardless of where they live. Adam eley reports. We need to get ready. Here in somerset, Youth Work can take many forms. Yeah, we had to make a fire, obviously. We used the flint as a striker. These 12 and 13 year olds have been carrying out Habitat Conservation Work and learning to start campfires. Its very different to what ive normally done, but i do quite like it. The charity Young Somerset provide many other support avenues as well, from safeguarding vulnerable young people to improving their Employment Opportunities in certain areas with poor social mobility. Yeah, ive been learning how to do mechanics, learning the People Skills that i should have and communication. In smaller towns, theres not really much that you can do or look into getting a job. They are mainly in the cities and bigger towns. According to englands Youth Work body, the national Youth Agency, young people in rural areas risked being left behind. It wants more trained Youth Workers to combat an increasing trend for more young people to be targeted by county Lines Drug gangs, but it says Council Funding for Youth Services is 25 lower per person in rural communities than it is in urban areas. Young people have been forgotten about in rural communities in terms of our national focus. Local authority budgets have shrunk, everythings gone to our towns and cities and therefore, if you live in a rural area, you are less likely to be able to get access to those services. In every area, there should be a plan about how were going to provide resources, services, give young People Access to the real support they need. Youth services can also provide Mental Health support, but some organisations say they are becoming increasingly stretched. Alyssa reached out for help during the pandemic. Id already struggled with mental Well Being beforehand and then i think lockdownjust made It A bit worse. And i think reaching out to people at Young Somerset after having the activities with them and gaining their trust with them, it made It A lot easier. She is now volunteering as a Youth Worker herself with the aim of helping other young people. If theres an Issue Or Something that has gone wrong and you are able to talk from experience or from what you have been through to go, look, this is how i did it. This is what i recommend, and then you see them grow from it, its a really, really nice feeling inside. The government says it has given more than £100 million to Youth Worth charities during the pandemic and is investing in schemes to help Youth Workers qualify, but after a decade of cuts to Youth Work from local authorities, campaigners say investment must be provided long term. Ikea stands accused of destroying valuable old growth forests in romania, where it is the single biggest landowner. Agent green, a romanian environmental group, has published a report, detailing what It Claims arE Destructive Logging Practices on areas owned by the company in several mountainous regions of the country. The company has denied the allegations, saying it managed its forests responsibly and followed national laws in each country where it owns forests while Meeting Requirements for fsc certification. 0ur Correspondent Nick thorpe went to investigate in the spruce forests of the Mara Muresh Region of northern romania. Chopping trees to heat homes is still a central part of peoples lives here. But the industrial scale of the logging in recent decades has stripped romania of many of its most valuable forests. Ikea is a relative newcomer to the market. This is one of its partials. The environmentalists raise many concerns the fact it was cut, the way it was done, and the mess they say was left behind. Ikea has become, in the past few years, the romanian largest private forest owner. They claim whatever they do a is sustainable and certified but in reality, we found clearcuts like these which are followed by massive landslides, so the entire mountain is falling down. Ikea owns 50,000 Hectares Of Forest in romania, one of the sources of spruce and beechwood for its iconic chairs and other furniture. In response to our questions, the company told the bbc. Our objective is to minimise our impact on the environment and we are actively committed to improving our operations and exploring better ways of working. We apply responsible and strict management measures that will preserve and even increase the quality of the forest, Environment And Biodiversity over time. To get an idea of the wider destruction of remaining forests which has nothing to do with ikea, i have come here, this is supposed to be part of the maramures natural park, including this reservation. Thousands of hectares of clearcuts. Theres not much left of it. The villagers complain that the hunger of the Timber Industry for trees and local corruption leaves little firewood for them. Translation since the big companies started exploiting forests in the area, we cannot get our hands on It Any more and now they are telling us the forest is exhausted. We know there is wood for the big companies. Just not for us, the locals. All sides of this debate agree on the need to find the right balance between conservation and commercial exploitation. At dawn, emerging from the fog, its clear there are still forests in romania left to save. Seven years ago a piece of Banksy Artwork left outside a Bristol Youth Club sold for more than £160,000. The proceeds saved the club from closure, and its impact still resonates today. Tracey miller reports. Creativity and colour are being served up at this Youth Club in Bristol Today its a graffiti workshop. I had no idea what i was going to end up with, and ijust followed my mind and just. Spray painted and its graffiti that gave this Youth Club its moment of fame when banksy left a piece of work outside its gates. Mobile lovers was eventually sold and the proceeds, say the organisers, saved the Youth Club from closure. The risk was the best thing i ever did for this club because were still here. Were now doing workshops for kids with graffiti and good stuff. So theyre all going away with something special from this. Every one of the kids that come here, they do the cadets, they do Youth Club, they do boxing and all thosE Different things they do it because thats what they want to do in life. The club that stood here for over 100 years also serves up meals for hungry families, and provides a place for excluded children. And the banksy is a piece that keeps on giving. It can now be seen at an exhibition at the m shed. Some of the proceeds are funding projects like this across the city. The thing is, sometimes you can lose yourself in your drawing, and actually get to a better place. Running the workshop is well known graffiti artist inkie. He says creativity is a powerful educator. I mean, weve had a couple of kids who cant really write their name that well and by The End of the workshop, ive kind of designed them a moniker, like a logo, and theyve been able to copy that. But Itjust Sort of, you know. I think generally making It Appear cool and interesting to them really helps with their Education Side of it so they might go away thinking that handwritings, you know practising handwritings cool. I like how the paint goes down, its like. And if you mess up a bit, you canjust go over It And it looks quite nice, to be honest. And heres some of the finished work. And theyre proud of the results quite rightly. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. Hello again. High pressure is still firmly in charge of our weather, and over the next few days and even into next week. Yesterday, the top temperature in the uk was 27. 2 celsius, making it the hottest day of this august so far. Were not going to see anything like that today, we have a cold front moving towards the South West and behind it the Cooler Conditions follow. We also have a brisk breeze coming down the North Sea Coast, so along this coastline, it will feel pretty nippy if you are out and about. For scotland, Northern Ireland, North West england, wales, it brightens with some sunshine, same for the South West, but you can see where weve got this cloud, it will be thick enough for somE Drizzle here and there, but we will see some brighter breaks and dont forget the brisk breeze, especially along the North Sea Coastline making it feel cooler. Here, the temperatures are a wee bit lower anyway, so it is just exacerbating that chilly feeling. In the evening and overnight, we hold onto this cloud and it extends a bit further westwards, a brisk breeze still, some clear skies in some western areas and across parts of scotland in some sheltered glens. Temperatures could fall away to as low as five or six degrees. That will be a real shock to the system if you are out and about in the morning early tomorrow. We are generally staying in double figures, however. Tomorrow, High Pressures still across us, still the air moving around it in a clockwisE Direction as It Always does, bringing in this brisk breeze along the North Sea Coast lines, so for you, it will still feel a bit on the chilly side for this time of year. There will be a bit more sunshine across some eastern areas and some more clouds towards the west. For Northern Ireland and for scotland, you will see quite a bit of sunshine. Highs of 20 22c. As we head into the weekend, you can see the High Pressure is still with us, out towards the North West, so were still pulling in some moisture from the North Sea at times, but we start off on a chilly note on saturday, some cloud developing throughout thE Day, with the showers in the near continent not too far away, we could import one into kent, for example, and a bit more clouds coming in into the Western Isles across thE Day, with highs here of 17 degrees, but top temperatures are likely to be 22 degrees. As we head into the early part of next week, we hang onto settled weather, and again, areas of cloud, with temperatures dipping little bit. This is Bbc News. The headlines at 11 the threat is severe and imminent the uk tells its citizens in afghanistan to stay away from Kabul Airport because of concerns that militants could launch a Terror Attack. I Cant Stress thE Desperation of the situation enough. The threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. We wouldnt be saying this if we werent genuinely concerned about offering islamic state a target that is just unimaginable. It comes as the Evacuation Effort enters its final days with thousands still waiting to be airlifted to safety. In tokyo, Paralympics Gb takes four Golds Today two in the pool, as Tully Kearney is crowned champion in the 100m Freestyle and maisie Summers Newton sets a new world best time in the 200m individual medley. Ministers face fresh warnings about the effect of removing extra universal credit payments in the autumn. And coming up this hour, the Reading And Leeds Festivals are back this Weekend Pop up Vaccine Clinics are being set up at both events in an effort to increase take up in festival goers. Huge crowds are still gathering At The Gates of Kabul Airport despite warnings by britain and the United States about threats of a Terror Attack there. Military commanders are warning that jihadis from the islamic State Group may carry out Suicide Bombings on crowds trying to get onto a flight. Those outside the airport have been warned to leave the area immediately. Graham satchell has the latest. Day after day, for more than a week now, distressing pictures of afghans at Kabul Airport desperate to leave. Now a new warning from the british and american governments, who say there is a high threat of a Terrorist Attack here. The advicE Do not travel to the airport. It means a hugely difficult operation to get people out has just got worse. Latest figures from the Ministry Of Defence show more than 12,000 people have so far been Evacuated to the uk. Of those, almost 7,000 are afghans and their families. But more than 1,000 interpreters and other staff who worked for britain still need to be Evacuated. The bbc has spoken to one former interpreter now in hiding in kabul, terrified of being discovered by the taliban. If im left here, i will be killed by them as soon as they find me. So it will be very important for me to get as soon as possible to the uk because i worked for three years with the british forces and so the taliban will never, ever leave me alive. 0vernight, another plane arrives at Raf Brize Norton in 0xfordshire. On board, the lucky ones whove made it. But this operation is time limited officially, thE Deadline is next tuesday. In reality, the window will close before then it will take at least 48 hours for british and american troops to manage their own departure. So a plea from a former Military Commander in afghanistan. PleasE Dont leave them behind. In the time thats available in the next five or six days, dont close The Gates lets get the most vulnerable people into the united kingdom and into safety. Notjust interpreters, but those who fought on the battlefield against the taliban, and those who fought that ideology and are therefore under significant threat. The taliban control the streets of kabul and decide who gets out. With the new advice to stay away from the airport, there are now serious questions about how this operation will end, and how many more people will make it to safety. Graham satchell, Bbc News. 0ur Afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul and gave us this update. I was at Kabul Airport yesterday and there were huge crowds of people streaming towards the gate, old women in wheelbarrows because they cannot walk, young children being carried by their parents and people in their droves making their way toward The Gates, many without correct Travel Documentation unable to board Evacuation Flights and some of them with permission but unable to get through the crowd. This kind of information about the possible threat which many suspect emanates from the islamic State Group is less threat which many suspect emanates from the islamic State Group, which is less powerful than the taliban, but has a presence here in afghanistan and has carried out devastating attacks in the past, information about that attack is not going to filter down to the people on the ground, they are so desperate they do not know what documentation to bring, what the process is, it is not going to make a difference to the crowd who are turning up but it could make a difference to the safety of those trying to get there. The level of confusion is so utter and complete, i have seen people standing outside Evacuated western embassies where there are no diplomatic staff writing their names on pieces of paper, handing them to the taliban, thinking they will hand them into the embassies and to be processed for visas. There is no staff in those embassies. That is the level of confusion we are talking about amongst ordinary people here. They would not be aware. Although people generally are aware of the threat that comes from the islamic state because they have carried out attacks in the past, they will think it is a possibility, but really the priority for the people i have been speaking to is to get out of the country. Something like this is not going to deter them. We have also seen western countries are Organising Convoys at times, going inside kabul, the taliban controlled city to bring their citizens out. We heard reports of us helicopters at times flying into the city andtaking some of the vulnerable people out. We have seen reports of qatari officials arranging convoys that are escorted by the taliban into the airport. Perhaps we will see more of this if that threat is deemed to continue in the coming days, but real concerns about how these last few days of the Evacuation Effort will go and we are very much in the last days of it. After tomorrow, they think the us is going to pivot to moving their own troops and own resources out rather than those civilians, those american citizens, those western citizens or those eligible for relocation because they have thousands of troops they need to bring out by august 31. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells, is at westminster. Politicians here are being very clear about the scale of this threat. �. Threat. Thats right. The fco had been very clear threat. Thats right. The fco had been very clear that threat. Thats right. The fco had been very clear that people i threat. Thats right. The fco had i been very clear that people should not be travelling to Kabul Airport because of this Terror Threat. That also includes places like the hotel where officials have being possessing afghans and brits who have been trying to board flights out of the country. We have a bit more information this morning about the scale of this fete. James cp saying there is now very credible reporting of an imminent threat of a Terrorist Attack at the airport, which is white that advice has changed. HE Did say while they are trying to do everything they can to protect people already there, many people have chosen not to stay away. This is the issue and if there is theissue this is the issue and if there is the Issue Ministers are now grappling with. On many people are not legal perhaps not knowing what the advices, leading to further cows and confusion. The reason why this timing is so significant is because the window for these evacuations is now closing. As an armed forced minister told the bbc earlier, that means the fact that this Terror Threat has been issued, this new guidance to tell people to stay away, means that fewer people may now be able to be processed. The reality is that clearly if we are asking people to move away, we are effectively also saying that reduces our capacity to process people. Now, you may well see footage of people who have ignored the advice and remained in the queue. We arE Desperately trying to protect them by bringing them inside as quickly as we are able to, but that should not encourage people to travel to the airport because i Cant Stress thE Desperation of the situation enough. The threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. We would not be saying that if we were not genuinely concerned about offering islamic state a target that isjust unimaginable. The reason the timing of this is so significant is because that window of Evacuated beeping is really closing. Us troops arE Due to be leaving on tuesday, but the reality is that evacuations are going to to wrap up much sooner. Really we are in at the last couple of hours of the Evacuation Process because the us need a few days to get their operations out. British officials and military also need time to get out of the airport and out of campbell itself. This is why Ministers Attention are related to what the alternatives are for these so called Third Country Routes. Out of kabul itself. We have heard little information about this at the moment. Ben wallace that thE Defence secretary told us yesterday that people are still trying to flee the countries they should potentially be starting to make their way to The Borders, to third countries, like pakistan on The Border. MeanwhilE Dominic raab telling mps on tuesday they were looking at setting up processing hubs at those places to processing hubs at those places to process applications from outside the country itself. We then heard from James Heappey Today the armed Forces Minister that those Third Country Routes are not necessarily save options at the moment. That is confusion about what the current situation is with the one concern raised is, if that Isnt Clarity about this, if the taliban having a some of these Third Country Routes out of the country, is it going to cause more chaos, more confusion for people trying to escape and potentially put themselves in danger trying to get out . So where might thosE Desperate to flee afghanistan head for now . Big crowds are building up on the afghan side of The Border with pakistan. 0ur Correspondent in mumbai, yogita limaye, explains whats happening. Bbc teams in pakistan have been told by officials and by eyewitnesses there is a huge crowd of people. This is in southern afghanistan, near The Border with pakistan in an area called spin boldak. Again, whole families, all of their belongings in little bags, trying to get out. Many people with no documentation, with no travel permit. As far as we know, at this border crossing some people are getting through. Its not exactly clear Sort Of what criteria are being applied for allowing those people through. There are three other Land Borders with pakistan. At the moment wE Dont believe afghan people are being allowed through those borders, and its also quite unclear what what the situation is at other borders with other neighbouring countries. While we are talking about people who want to leave the country, and while we are talking about foreign nationals in afghanistan, we also know, i have been speaking to people who have the required permits, you know, they have sought asylum in the foreign countries, they have permits from different places, but essentially right now but embassies saying dont come to the airport, they are not clear if they will be contacted. I think what they feel is that us nationals or uk nationals, people who are citizens of these countries, will be contacted by individual officials or embassies. But they are worried, these afghan nationals who have these permits, are really worried about whether they can get out. So they are stuck in an impossible place, where on one hand there are huge safety concerns about going to the Airport Checkpoints that they cannot get through, but also realising that the window to get out, even with the required permit, is closing fast, and so what other options are there if they want to flee afghanistan . The councilfor at risk academics are trying to get some people out of afghanistan. We can speak now to their executivE Director, stephen wordsworth. Tell is a little bIt About your organisation, why academics in situations like this are at risk. We were situations like this are at risk. Were founded in 1933 in response to the rise of the nazis. It was to bring academics and scientists here to the uk to ensure that the skills and the knowledge that they had with not be lost and could still be used by all. That is still what we arE Doing. It is a rescue mission. We get people away from where there is extremE Danger. These are the countrys leading experts in humanities, science, law. The knowledge of the two what they have needs to be protected. We get them to the uk initially in most cases, we have University Partners here who can fade places and funding for them. Ultimately, we hope, after some time yet after they have shared their skills and develop them further, they can then go back and take back with them everything they had and all the extra stuff they required and use that to help rebuild better and safer societies. That is really the mission now in afghanistan and we very much worry for the future of universities in afghanistan. WE Dont know what the taliban is going to do, they had a very bad record last time round and there are other Extremist Groups there. The issue of afghanistans women, many of them are now academics, what is going to happen to them . We have heard reports that women are not being allowed into some universities at all. If true, thatis some universities at all. If true, that is a tremendous loss. 0ur Effort is to take in as many as we can, get them to a safe place, look after them until we hoped onE Day they can go back. You after them until we hoped onE Day they can go back after them until we hoped onE Day they can go back. You have hundreds of eole they can go back. You have hundreds of people who they can go back. You have hundreds of people who probably they can go back. You have hundreds of people who probably need they can go back. You have hundreds of people who probably need your i of people who probably need your help. How are you managing to communicate with an eye to get them safely to the airport when we see the scenes of chaos there, and now this potential Terrorist Threat . The news ust this potential Terrorist Threat . Iie news just now this potential Terrorist Threat . Tie newsjust now is this potential Terrorist Threat . Tie news just now is very worrying indeed. We have some in kabul at the moment, and we are hoping to get them onto flights out, wE Dont know if that is going to happen, certainly not after the news today. Equally, there are other ways. A few people in iran, kazakhstan, travelling through uzbekistan, got to polling. There are a number of routes that people are using to get away. It is not as individuals, there are families, children travelling with these people. It is a very desperate situation. The future is highly unthinkable. For as long as we cannot we will go on doing what we can to help people get away. We have excellent support from our University Partners, we have had offers piling on the from all our partners over the past few days. We are working with the fco, other helpful people, to try to put the packages together and get people moving. Packages together and get people movinr. ,. , i. Packages together and get people movinr. ,. , in moving. How do you vet people . In the normal moving. How do you vet people . In the normal course moving. How do you vet people . In the normal course of moving. How do you vet people . In the normal course of things moving. How do you vet people . In the normal course of things we i moving. How do you vet people . In the normal course of things we put| the normal course of things we put people through a very quick and rigorous process, we get references, we get the house universities to interview people to ensure they are who they say they are with the right qualifications and so on. Of course now it is a bit morE Difficult. But there are many people coming to is being vouched for by people we know and trust, people that they worked with. Many Uk Universities had projects working with academic partners in afghanistan so they know these people. They actually want them to get to safety and we are working with them to make that happen. To working with them to make that ha en. ,. Working with them to make that hauen. ,. ,. , happen. To what extent are these moves permanent happen. To what extent are these moves permanent given happen. To what extent are these moves permanent given that i moves permanent given that afghanistan, like every country, needs its experts, it needs is academics . Needs its experts, it needs is academics . ,. , academics . This is not about. This is about keeping academics . This is not about. This is about keeping safe, academics . This is not about. This is about keeping safe, helping i academics . This is not about. This is about keeping safe, helping them j is about keeping safe, helping them share their skills and develop them further and then eventually going back depending on circumstances. That is very much the intention. In recent times, the people we have worked the fuel that is their aim, they feel it is they duty, that they are the intellectual elite of the country, they will be needed. They want to go back and help build a better place. Of course, their friends and families are still there. I think that is true for all. In afghanistan, when it will happen depends on circumstances and what the taliban actually will do, how the taliban actually will do, how the government develops over the next few years. WE Dont know. It is a very fluid situation right now. Our focus immediately is on rescue. But once people are in a safe place and can work, it is about helping them share their skills, develop their skills, with the idea of going back. Their skills, with the idea of going back. ,. , their skills, with the idea of going back. , ~ ,. , their skills, with the idea of going back. ,. ,. 0maid Sharifi fled afghanistan threE Days ago with his family. He runs the Arts Organisation, artlords in afghanistan. In his first interview since he managed to leave, he told us about his experiences. It has been very hard in the last couple of days. I couldnt even speak. I can only cry and try to help my friends back in afghanistan. In several days in kabul, isobutyl situations, things that no human should go through. Finally, over the last few days i was lucky enough to be escorted to the airport, and then i was able to be Evacuated. I left my life in kabul throughout, i left when they tell about when in power in the 90s. Ijust remember a scene when i was trying to get a piece of meat from a charity talk, and a taliban soldier hit me over the head, at but i managed to get some meat for my family. I saw the same faces in Kabul Meeting men and children who are trying to escape kabul. I saw the same faces when i was in kabul watching a Football Game in the 90s. They would shoot the men in the stadium where the Football Match was happening. I saw the same faces back in kabul shooting. It really looked alien. Trust me, these faces in this city, they do not know anything about the city, about the Beautiful Kabul where i used to work, paint, do movies. The only thing they know is how to fire their guns, beat people, and thats all. I saw women suffocated, i saw kids used as bombs, i saw people shot. I saw a life with no dignity, a life that nobody deserves. Those situations, i just pray. I once went through this. Ijust Hope Nobody goes through what i saw. This mural that you are seen as the will of the american embassy. The title of the neuro was the kids say we are the future of afghanistan. Every time i look at this mutil and the immune as we havE Done all over afghanistan, i think we failed them. I think the whole world filled them because we gave them hope. But they could go to school, go to university, get elected, do whatever they choose to do. But that is not the case. Their hopes and dreams are shattered right now. Every time i look at these faces into the faces of my sisters, i see that hopelessness, i see that all their lives, their dreams have just fell in front of them in an unknowing place and dont know where it will end up. Unknowing place and dont know where it will end up it will end up. Some breaking news now regarding it will end up. Some breaking news now regarding the it will end up. Some breaking news now regarding the coroners now regarding the Coroners Conclusion about thE Death of Bbc Radio Newcastle, lisa shaw, who died after complications of the astrid zeneca vaccination. Lisa was 44 and shE Died after getting her first dose of the astrazeneca jab. ShE Developed headaches and died in newcastles royal infirmary. It was said that. The coroner said lisette was fIt And well but she established it was a very clear that her death was due to a very rare vaccine Side Effect that leads to Swelling And Bleeding of the brain. Lisa joined the Newcastle Bbc Radio team five years ago. In a statement, herfamily have said team five years ago. In a statement, her family have said this team five years ago. In a statement, herfamily have said this is another difficult day in what has been a devastating time for us. ThE Death of our lisa has left a terrible void in ourfamily death of our lisa has left a terrible void in our Family And Death of our lisa has left a terrible void in ourfamily and our lives. She truly was the most wonderful wife, lives. She truly was the most wonderfulwife, mum, sisterand wonderful wife, mum, sister and friend. Wonderfulwife, mum, sisterand friend. We have said all we want to say in public at this time and asked to be left alone to grieve and rebuild our lives in private. Nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare for the possible extension of the coronavirus Vaccination Programme to 12 to 15 year olds next month. Currently jabs are only offered to children if they have certain Health Conditions or live with a vulnerable adult. Thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation is weighing up the arguments for the move. ThE Department of health says no final decision has been made. A man wanted by police in connection with a double murder in central london last week has been found seriously hurt on a canal boat. Detectives believe the injuries suffered by lee peacock, whos 49, were self inflicted. Hes in a critical condition in hospital. The nhs has temporarily stopped some Blood Testing in england for certain conditions, like prE Diabetes and allergies, due to shortages of collection tubes. Doctors are being urged to stagger regular blood tests if its clinically safe. Becton dickinson, the medical Device Company which makes vials for the nhs, has warned of serious Supply Chain issues across the uk. Ministers are facing fresh warnings about the effect of removing extra universal credit payments in the autumn. Two conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, saying that cutting the £20 a Week Uplift risks undermining his levelling up agenda. The government says its focused on getting claimants back into work, but campaigning charities say many could end up in debt. 0ur political correspondent, Nick Eardley, reports. The number of people on universal credit has almost doubled during the pandemic to almost six million, and since last March Theyve been getting an extra £20 a week. But that temporary uplift comes to an end in october. Anthony is one of those worried about the impact thatll have. £80 is not a lot for some people. 0nce ive paid bills ill be left with probably about £60 £60, £70 for the month. That wont do me a months shopping. No chance, evenjust a single person. Charities are warning about the impact, too. Citizens advice surveyed 2,000 people on universal credit, and they think more than a third could be forced into debt when the uplift ends. Here at westminster, a number of mps are worried, too. 0pposition parties want the extra money to be made permanent and a growing number of conservatives are saying the same. In a letter today, two tory mps tell the Prime Minister to rethink. Peter aldous and John Stevenson say they are alarmed to see the government unwilling to heed the widespread warnings that are coming from all quarters. They add those who receive the money are most in need of levelling up, which the government has made its key mission. Ministers say the extra money was always temporary, and theyre now focused on a plan forjobs. But the pressure is only likely to grow in the coming weeks. Nick eardley, Bbc News, westminster. Joining me now is peter aldous, conservative mp for waveney, whos in cumbria. Thank you very much for it being with us. What are your constituents telling you about the value to them of this uplift . Of this uplift . Right from the start, of this uplift . Right from the start. The of this uplift . Right from the start, the chancellor of this uplift . Right from the start, the chancellor moved | of this uplift . Right from the i start, the chancellor moved very quickly last march to introduce the £20 uplift, and it has been a godsend to an awful lot of people. I think it did show that universal credit worked surprisingly well during the pandemic. The feedback that im now receiving from a lot of constituents, from a lot of organisations who support those constituents, is that the removal of this £20 is going to place a lot of families, a lot of people, present them with real challenges. Not only are those people who are not in it were, a lot of whom are actually a long way away from the workplace, but it is also working families as well who rely on this. I think what well who rely on this. I think what we have seen over the last few months is that with inflation, food prices going up, Oil And Energy and Energy Cost going up. I really do fear that if we cut this money now, it is going to place a lot of people with some serious challenges in the winter months. Winter months. Labour have also criticised the winter months. Labour have also criticised the cuts. Winter months. Labour have also criticised the cuts. To winter months. Labour have also criticised the cuts. To what i winter months. Labour have also i criticised the cuts. To what extent can you make this a Cross Party Appeal to the government . What can you make this a Crossparty Appeal to the government . What i would say to appeal to the government . What i would say to the appeal to the government . What i would say to the government i appeal to the government . What i would say to the government is i appeal to the government . What i i would say to the government is that over the last 11 years, the government in difficult circumstances have taken on the challenge of reforming our benefits system. With the introduction of universal credit, that has not been straightforward, but they have stuck with It And as we have seen over the last 16 months, it has worked well. No insensible is now talking about getting rid of universal credit. What we need to do is complete that job. No one sensible. We to make sure it does provide the purpose of providing a Safety Net when people face challenges. To retain that is incentive to get into work and revive those important stepping stones into work. I think that is probably the best legacy that we can deliver out of this pandemic and complete that levelling up programme that the Prime Minister really touched a chord, and we now need to deliver on that. The touched a chord, and we now need to deliver on that. Deliver on that. The chancellor made it very clear deliver on that. The chancellor made it very clear at deliver on that. The chancellor made it very clear at thE Deliver on that. The chancellor made it very clear at the beginning deliver on that. The chancellor made it very clear at the beginning that i it very clear at the beginning that this was a temporary measure that was inevitably going to be withdrawn. As you are a member of the same party, how much more likely is he to listen to you than anybody else . , �. , else . Youre right, he said it was temporary else . Youre right, he said it was temporary when else . Youre right, he said it was temporary when he else . Youre right, he said it was temporary when he introduced i else . Youre right, he said it was temporary when he introduced it| else . Youre right, he said it was i temporary when he introduced it last march. I think not love others have had the benefit i think none of us have had the benefit of looking into the future to see how much longer at this pandemic has dragged on longer than we thought it would. Circumstances have changed. With that change in the circumstances, i would urge the chancellor to have a little bit of flexibility. As a result of that, we can really leave an enduring legacy which the country can benefit from in the long term. Thank you very much forjoining us. Im joined now by morgan wild, head of policy at Citizens Advice in North London. How many people are going to be affected if this cut comes and according to your calculations . fiur according to your calculations . Our calculations according to your calculations . 0ur calculations suggest that 2. 39 people calculations suggest that 2. 39 people are going to be pushed into the red people are going to be pushed into the red as people are going to be pushed into the red as a consequence of this cut the red as a consequence of this cut it the red as a consequence of this cut it is the red as a consequence of this cut. It is coming at a really difficult cut. It is coming at a really difficult time for people, where energy difficult time for people, where energy prices are soaring, the further energy prices are soaring, the further scheme is coming to an end. 0ur further scheme is coming to an end. Our staff further scheme is coming to an end. Our staff on further scheme is coming to an end. Our staff on the front line are increasingly worried about the impact increasingly worried about the impact this is going to have. That is why impact this is going to have. That is why we impact this is going to have. That is why we are urging the government to think is why we are urging the government to think again, reverse talks, and keep to think again, reverse talks, and keep this to think again, reverse talks, and keep this essential lifeline for people keep this essential lifeline for people at what is going to be a very difficult people at what is going to be a very difficult art people at what is going to be a very difficult art of peoples finances. Of thE Difficult art of peoples finances. Of the people you are helping, how of the people you are helping, how many would you say are coming to you with concerns about this . We many would you say are coming to you with concerns about this . With concerns about this . We have seen a real with concerns about this . We have seen a real uptake with concerns about this . We have seen a real uptake in with concerns about this . We have seen a real uptake in people i with concerns about this . We have i seen a real uptake in people worried about seen a real uptake in people worried about the seen a real uptake in people worried about the uplift coming to an end. We are about the uplift coming to an end. We are already seeing rising Debt Price we are already seeing rising Debt Price particularly worrying, rising fuel prices, which is worrying when the Energy Fuel prices, which is worrying when the energy bills are going to go up significantly. 0uradvisers the energy bills are going to go up significantly. 0ur advisers are really significantly. 0ur advisers are really braced for a really difficult autumn really braced for a really difficult autumn for people. They are preparing to provide more crisis support. Preparing to provide more crisis support, including referrals for foodbank support, including referrals for foodbank vouchers. We are worried we are going foodbank vouchers. We are worried we are going to foodbank vouchers. We are worried we are going to start seeing parents who cant are going to start seeing parents who cant afford the basics, like nappies who cant afford the basics, like nappies and milk. Already seeing lots of nappies and milk. Already seeing lots of people concerned about this. We just lots of people concerned about this. We just urge the government to rethink we just urge the government to rethink. , ~ we just urge the government to rethink. , i ,. ,. , rethink. Sounds like such a modest amount of money rethink. Sounds like such a modest amount of money on rethink. Sounds like such a modest amount of money on an rethink. Sounds like such a modest amount of money on an individual. Amount of money on an individual level, £20. Isuppose amount of money on an individual level, £20. I suppose itjust shows how very tight so many peoples finances are on a weekly or monthly basis. , finances are on a weekly or monthly basis. ,. , finances are on a weekly or monthly basis. ,. , ~ basis. Really, really tight. We went into this pandemic basis. Really, really tight. We went into this pandemic with basis. Really, really tight. We went into this pandemic with benefit i into this pandemic with benefit levels into this pandemic with benefit levels not at a particular high leveh levels not at a particular high level. This was a really welcome injection level. This was a really welcome injection into universal credit that has helped notjust people made temporarily unemployed as a consequence of the pandemic, but also people who are in the work on the lowest also people who are in the work on the lowest paid jobs, about 40 of people the lowest paid jobs, about 40 of pe0ple on the lowest paid jobs, about 40 of people on give us a clue those jobs. Pushing people on give us a clue those jobs. Pushing ahead with this cut means £1000 pushing ahead with this cut means £1000 Pay Cut to the very lowest paid now day 2 of the paralympics in tokyo. For the latest on that and the rest of thE Days sport heres austin. Good morning. Hi. Good morning, well we start in tokyo because its been another impressivE Day for the brits at the paralymlpics. Theyve shot up the Medals Table with four more golds, so far, on day two. One of them came in The Velodrome thanks to a new World Record ride from Jaco Van Gass, while swimmers Tully Kearney and maisie Summers Newton both smashed records on their way to gold, as Stuart Pollitt reports. 13 years ago at 13 years old Ellie Simmonds became the swimming sensation at the beijing games. Now 26, shes in herfourth paralympics and an to a new generation. But idols can quickly become rivals. Simmons is a hero to her british Team Mate, maisie simmons meeting. Maisie, who watched a bitter ten year old in 2012 now left her in her wake. The 19 year old winning gold in a World Record time, simmons outside the medals. That wasnt the only World Record in the pool. To leak any upgraded her silver from yesterday to gold in the 100 metres, taking two seconds of her record time. It was guaranteed gold in The Velodrome as former. Injured in afghanistan face Team Mate tim graham in it pursuit. Van gas prevailed by a second. The first paralympic medal for the ex paratrooper. Jodi cody is a different kind of veteran. Now in his seventh have olympics, he and another medal, this time silver in the time trial. Same colour for 48 year old with Pilot Helen Scott in the tendon. As britains medal tally moved into double figures to prove that age was just a number. Stuart pollitt, Bbc News. So a brilliant start to day two for Paralympics Gb, particularly in the swimming. Well lets go live to tokyo now and speak to our reporter rachel lathem. Rachael youve been to a paralympics, youve competed in the pool, just how impressive was that from masie Summers Newton atjust19 . Yes, she said, shesjust yes, she said, shes just a teenager. I mean, so impressive. She is now the european, the world and the paralympic champion and shE Did it in absolute style and she smashed the World Record in the individual medley. This morning,. From the ukraine vote the World Record but she had to settle for silver in the final. Ellie simmonds from great britain was also in that race and she is the paralympic champion rio. She finished this even though shE Didnt make it onto the Medal Podium she has done a lot for british swimming because maisie would not even be here if it wasnt for Ellie Simmonds. Maisie sat at home watching Ellie Simmonds in london 2012 when her Gold Medals and thought i want to do that too and now here she is in tokyo taking gold on top of the podium. I5 now here she is in tokyo taking gold on top of the podium. On top of the podium. Is always ureat to on top of the podium. Is always great to hear on top of the podium. Is always great to hear stories on top of the podium. Is always great to hear stories like on top of the podium. Is always great to hear stories like that, l great to hear stories like that, isnt it . Incredible tale that shes come through to win gold. And that is all the actionjust come through to win gold. And that is all the action just in the pool. What else has been happening on day two in tokyo . Two in tokyo . Well, we have thE Dressaue two in tokyo . Well, we have thE Dressage as two in tokyo . Well, we have thE Dressage as well. Two in tokyo . Well, we have thE Dressage as well. Lee two in tokyo . Well, we have thE Dressage as well. Lee pearson i two in tokyo . Well, we have the I Dressage as well. Lee pearson went and won his 12th paralympic Gold Medal. They call in the godfather of equestrian. Hes been on the team since 2000 when it was the sydney paralympic games so thats more than 20 years of competing for great britain. He was riding on a new horse out here so i wasnt100 sure how that was working because he clearly absolutely smashed It And picked up that medal for great britain and also at thE Dressage We Saw great britains when a bronze medal. Now to Cricket And England are looking to press home their advantage on day two of the third test against india at headingley. The Home Side completely dominated the first Day Bowling India all out for just 78 and then finishing the on. 120 without loss at the close. That gave england a lead of 42 overnight and its been a solid start so far. Both openers are still at the creasse. Theyve both passed 50. Theyre 135 without loss right now. Meanwhile, the former England Captain and chairman of selectors ted dexter has died at the age of 86. Nicknamed � lord ted, dexter played 62 tests for england and was captain in the early 60s. He was renowned for the power with which he hit the ball. Arguably this was his most famous innings against the west indies at lords in 1963 when he came in at None For1 and smashed 70 off 73 deliveries. He was later named president of the Marylbone Cricket Club and was awarded a cbe in 2001. Thats ted dexter, whos died at the age of 86. And new dates have been announced for the rugby league World Cup, following its postponement earlier this month. The tournament was due to begin on october 23rd, but the withdrawal of new zealand and champions australia over Player Welfare and safety concerns led to its delay. The tournament will now take place almost exactly a year after originally planned on October 15th and finishing on the 19th of november, falling between the commonwealth games and the 2022 World Cup in qatar. All 61 games are to remain on bbc channels. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Austin, thank you very much. See later. A new report warns that a lack of funding for rural Youth Support in england is leaving millions of young people at risk of isolation, loneliness and poor Mental Health. The national Youth Agency is calling for a Government Plan to ensure all children and teenagers have access to support, regardless of where they live. Adam eley reports. We need to get ready. Here in somerset, Youth Work can take many forms. Yeah, we had to make a fire, obviously. We used the flint as a striker. These 12 and 13 year olds have been carrying out Habitat Conservation Work and learning to start campfires. Its very different to what ive normally done, but i do quite like it. The charity Young Somerset provide many other support avenues as well, from safeguarding vulnerable young people to improving their Employment Opportunities in certain areas with poor social mobility. Yeah, ive been learning how to do mechanics, learning the People Skills that i should have and communication. In smaller towns, theres not really much that you can do or look into getting a job. They are mainly in the cities and bigger towns. According to englands Youth Work body, the national Youth Agency, young people in rural areas risked being left behind. It wants more trained Youth Workers to combat an increasing trend for more young people to be targeted by county Lines Drug gangs, but it says Council Funding for Youth Services is 25 lower per person in rural communities than it is in urban areas. Young people have been forgotten about in rural communities in terms of our national focus. Local authority budgets have shrunk, everythings gone to our towns and cities and therefore, if you live in a rural area, you are less likely to be able to get access to those services. In every area, there should be a plan about how were going to provide resources, services, give young People Access to the real support they need. Youth services can also provide Mental Health support, but some organisations say they are becoming increasingly stretched. Alyssa reached out for help during the pandemic. Id already struggled with mental Well Being beforehand and then i think lockdownjust made It A bit worse. And i think reaching out to people at Young Somerset after having the activities with them and gaining their trust with them, it made It A lot easier. She is now volunteering as a Youth Worker herself with the aim of helping other young people. If theres an Issue Or Something that has gone wrong and youre able to talk from experience or from what you have been through to go, look, this is how i did it. This is what id recommend, and then you see them grow from it, its a really, really nice feeling inside. The government says its given more than £100 million to Youth Worth charities during the pandemic and is investing in schemes to help Youth Workers qualify, but after a decade of cuts to Youth Work from local authorities, campaigners say investment must be provided long term. We can now speak to nik harwood, who is head of the Youth Service Organisation Young Somerset. How much harder has been providing these services during the last 18 months and the pandemic . It these services during the last 18 months and the pandemic . It has been a real challenge months and the pandemic . It has been a real challenge but months and the pandemic . It has been a real Challenge But One months and the pandemic . It has been a real Challenge But One that months and the pandemic . It has been a real Challenge But One that youth a real Challenge But One that Youth Work as a profession is to do so. We work as a profession is to do so. 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It is increased isolation both physically and also digitally as well. On exmoor there are still places that cannot get dial up internet, no broadband, mobile signal is patchy at best a lot of rural area so there is the isolation and there is also a difficulty in accessing the support and services that do exist in the county because of the job. And that do exist in the county because of thejob. And lack that do exist in the county because of the job. And lack of infrastructure in terms of transport and so on and that does include progression to things like further education in somerset does not have university so we have a lot of young people who leave to pursue academic higher education wE Dont attract people back into somerset to study at that level as well. It can be about Employment And Career horizons well where rural counties are often job Richs Career poor. There are lots Ofjobs Job Richs Career poor. There are lots of jobs that they job Richs Career poor. There are lots ofjobs that they may be seasonal linked to Hospitality Or Agriculture and there is a lack of progression opportunities there as well. Affordable housing is an issue the people as they become increasingly dependent on finding somewhere safe and nice for them to live and as mentioned in the peace social mobility is a real issue in rural areas. Social mobility is a real issue in rural areas. , rural areas. The government says that they recognise rural areas. The government says that they recognise the rural areas. The government says that they recognise the vital rural areas. The government says that they recognise the vital role | that they recognise the vital role of Youth Services, that is where they provided over £100 million to charity supported during the pandemic and where there is this £500 Million Youth Investment Fund which is a Manifesto Commitment with this parliament. How are you seeing that money make a difference . I think there are two bits. One is that that, you know, some of that money is a response, of course, prompted by the pandemic and that was put very quickly into services that were under threat of disappearing because of other funding pressures prompted by Covid 19 so that was a useful investment to keep Youth Work services to young people when they needed them. The 500 Million Youth Investment Fund welcome but at international level. It is a very small amount of money when you stretch that across england and think about the volume of young people who benefit from Youth Work. As mentioned in your in the last decade or so of investment in cutting certainly local authority based Youth Services has had a real impact on the Sectors Ability to support children and young people at all levels are what Youth Work is about is about is early intervention preventative services, supporting young people is that there needs dont escalate, their vulnerability doesnt escalate and they become a crisis at high risk and that i need which is very expensive and of course we know the pressures that social care and the police are under in terms of keeping young people safe at a very basic level so i would like see that money accelerated and increased exhilaration in the re professionalisation, if you like, of Youth Work and a recognition of its value which has been demonstrated lightly during the pandemic. Demonstrated lightly during the andemic. , , pandemic. Some of these young people ve much pandemic. Some of these young people very much at pandemic. 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Cgtn amongst other things fail to obtain the informed consent to be interviewed by these individuals. In addition, facts which cast doubt on the accuracy of their legit confessions were not reflected the programmes. They have inflicted two fines of £100,000 each which will be passed on to the government and the paymaster general. The license for the Cgtn Service was held by a Star China media limited until February 20 foot this year at which point it was revoked by ofcom. So Star China media limited facing fines of £200,000. Covid vaccines are being offered at the Reading And Leeds Festivals this weekend, to try to increase take up in young Covid Vaccines are being offered at the Reading And Leeds Festivals this weekend, to try to increase take up in young adults. Pop up clinics will be open at both events, but health officials say if yourE Drunk or under the influence of drugs you wont be able to get one. Its after two other festivals were linked to a surge in cases in recent weeks. 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Well, there will certainly be cases as leeds readinG Festivals . Well, there will certainly be cases as a leeds readinG Festivals . Well, there will certainly be cases as a result will certainly be cases as a result of leeds and reading faces. Whether that will be a surge or not remains to be seen. Leeds and readinG Festivals. There were cases associated with Latitude Festival but it wasnt a surge in the cases linked with G Festival were very much in line with what the Background Reproduction Rate was generally at the time for young people, the 21 23 evolves, so in that sense it really wasnt a surge, it was just pretty normal. There will be an increase as a result of reading and leeds that they would have been an increase this weekend anyway. We have got a glorious weekend. Almost every young person up weekend. Almost every young person up and down the country would have beenin up and down the country would have been in a park, in with their friends in theirfriends been in a park, in with their friends in their friends garden been in a park, in with their friends in Theirfriends Garden is having barbecues, etc, and outside of the festivals they are mixing with people that they have no idea whether they are tested or not. Inside the festivals, they know they are mixing with people that are tested and clear of Covid 19. Final tested and clear of covid19. Final cuestion. Tested and clear of covid19. Final question they tested and clear of covid19. Final question. They were tested and clear of Covid 19. Final question. They were going to be vaccinations on offer at the festivals. Why was it is important for you to offer that . Festivals. Why was it is important for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know that for you to offer that . 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Of their way to do it. Melvin benn i from Festival Republic. Hope it goes with a swing, thank you very much. Paralympics gb have maintained their impressive start to the games in tokyo , with four golds on day two. Maisie Summers Newton won the Sm6 200m individual medley in a World Record performance. Our Correspondent Matt Graveling has spent the morning at northampton swimming centre where maisie used to train. This is where maisie Summers Newton trained in northampton. She was going up against her idol, Ellie Simmonds. She said watching her that 2012 was where she got the Inspiration Tojump into 2012 was where she got the inspiration to jump into the pool and become a paralympian herself. It wasnt going to be easy, though. She went into thE Day with the World Record in the 200 metre individual medley. Just before the race that was beaten in the heats by ukrainian swimmer and as we came from the final she came from behind to just about golden in a race that included three british talents. What a day for maisie, what a dave for northampton and what a day for british swimming. Ending to begin my guest, jack buckner, ceo of british winning. Another Gold Medal to add to the list. Mas winning. Another Gold Medal to add to the list. ~. ,. , winning. Another Gold Medal to add to the list. ~. , winning. Another Gold Medal to add to the list. ~. , winning. Another Gold Medal to add to the list. , to the list. Was a race that was, wasnt it . To the list. Was a race that was, wasnt it . I to the list. Was a race that was, wasnt it . I was to the list. Was a race that was, wasnt it . I wasjust to the list. Was a race that was, wasnt it . I wasjust incredible. | to the list. Was a race that was, L Wasnt it . I wasjust incredible. A wasnt it . I was just incredible. A stunning performance. Just amazing, really. One of the most exciting races ive seen for the long time and to come back and see the World Record go and to get a paralympic final with a World Record it doesnt get much better than that. It is important get much better than that. It is important to get much better than that. It is important to say, get much better than that. It is important to say, jack, we also had Grace Harvey who is in the final as well as elinor simmons. We all know Ellie Simmonds now. This is her fourth games. This means that going forward there will be a lot more people like maisie was in 2012 interested in getting into the pool. One of the important things about the olympics and paralympics is to inspire the next generation. It is just so important. And when you see those magic moments that is what gets people into sport, gets people on theirjourney also inspires them and you have seen people on the olympics and paralympics must change in mood and people have got smiles in mood and people have got smiles in the face and so Excited and it is very good for Sport And Community savour northampton and just for everyone, really. Thank you very much, jack. Walking in there there were pictures of Ellie Robinson who also trained as a club here in this exclusive Swing Club in northampton and she won a gold in rio 2016 and now they better get another Picture Fame because they are going to put another Gold Medalfrom fame because they are going to put another Gold Medal from the will for maisie. Congratulations to her. Another Gold Medal up on the wall for maisie. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol. Hello again. High pressure is still firmly in charge of our weather, and over the next few days and even into next week. Yesterday, the top temperature in the uk was 27. 2 celsius, making it the hottest day of this august so far. Were not going to see anything like that today, we have a cold front moving towards the South West and behind it the Cooler Conditions follow. We also have a brisk breeze coming down the North Sea Coast, so along this coastline, it will feel pretty nippy if you are out and about. For scotland, Northern Ireland, North West england, wales, brightening up with some sunshine, same for the South West, but you can see where weve got this cloud, it will be thick enough for somE Drizzle here and there, but we will see some brighter breaks and dont forget that brisk breeze, especially along the North Sea Coastline, so making it feel cooler. Here, too, the temperatures are a wee bit lower anyway, so its just exacerbating that chilly feel. In the evening and overnight, we hold onto this cloud and it extends a bit further westwards, a brisk breeze still, some clear skies in some western areas and across parts of scotland in some sheltered glens. Temperatures could fall away as low as five or six degrees, which will be a real shock to the system if youre out and about in the morning early tomorrow morning, but generally were staying in double figures. Tomorrow, High Pressures still across us, still the air moving around it in a clockwisE Direction as It Always does, bringing in this brisk breeze along the North Sea Coast lines, so for you, it will still feel a bit on the chilly side for this time of year. But there will be a bit more sunshine across some eastern areas and some more clouds towards the west. For Northern Ireland and for scotland, you will see quite a bit of sunshine. Highs of 20, maybe 21 or 22 degrees. As we head into the weekend, you can see the High Pressure is still with us, out towards the North West, so were still pulling in some moisture from the North Sea at times, but we start off on a chilly note on saturday, bit of cloud developing through the course of thE Day, with the showers in the near continent not too far away, we could import one into, for example, kent, and a bit more clouds coming in into the Western Isles across thE Day, with highs here of 17 degrees, but top temperatures are likely to be 22 degrees. As we head into the early part of next week, we hang onto settled weather, and again, areas of cloud, with temperatures dipping little bit. This is Bbc News, im martine croxall. The headlines this is the scene at Kabul Airport, where the threat is severe and imminent, as the uk tells its citizens in afghanistan to stay away because of concerns that militants could launch a Terror Attack. I Cant Stress thE Desperation of the situation enough. The threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. We wouldnt be saying this if we werent genuinely concerned about offering islamic state a target that is just unimaginable. It comes as the Evacuation Effort enters its final days with thousands still waiting to be airlifted to safety. But in the last few Minutes Borisjohnson has said the overwhelming majority of eligible people have now been Evacuated. In tokyo, Paralympics Gb takes four Golds Today two in the pool, as Tully Kearney is crowned champion in the 100m Freestyle, and maisie Summers Newton sets a new world best time in the 200m individual medley. The growing hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland latest figures show more than half of patients waiting for a first Consultant Appointment are still waiting more than a year. Ministers face fresh warnings about the effect of removing extra universal credit payments in the autumn. Huge crowds are still gathering At The Gates of Kabul Airport despite warnings by britain and the United States about threats of a Terror Attack there. The armed Forces Minister says there is a very very credible reports of an imminent attack. Those outside the airport have been warned to leave the area immediately. In the past few minutes, the Prime Minister said the overwhelming majority of eligible people have now been Evacuated from afghanistan, lets go to my Colleague Secunder kermani, whos in kabul. I was there at the airport yesterday, still huge crowds of people turning up. We are talking about whole families here. I saw elderly women are being pushed along in wheelbarrows because they were unable to walk, small children being carried by their parents. Many of the people said they had been camped outside the airport for a number of daysin outside the airport for a number of days in dire conditions. A lot of them had no permission to board the Evacuation Flights but were so desperate to leave and just turned up desperate to leave and just turned up in and in the hope that somehow if they show that documents proving they had worked with international forces or foreign charities, embassies, they would somehow be allowed to get through. That wont be the case of course. The huge crowds at their making it morE Difficult for the handful who do have the correct travel documents to be able to make it through. The pentagon says around 10,000 people are still waiting at the airport to be Evacuated as the us mainly to the effort to evacuate all these people gathers pace. Graham satchell has this report. Day after day, for more than a week now, distressing pictures of afghans at Kabul Airport desperate to leave. Now a new warning from the british and american governments, who say there is a high threat of a Terrorist Attack here. The advicE Do not travel to the airport. It means a hugely difficult operation to get people out has just got worse. Latest figures from the Ministry Of Defence show more than 12,000 people have so far been Evacuated to the uk. Of those, almost 7,000 are afghans and their families. But more than 1,000 interpreters and other staff who worked for britain still need to be Evacuated. The bbc has spoken to one former interpreter now in hiding in kabul, terrified of being discovered by the taliban. If im left here, i will be killed by them as soon as they find me. So it will be very important for me to get as soon as possible to the uk because i worked for three years with the british forces and so the taliban will never, ever leave me alive. Overnight, another plane arrives at Raf Brize Norton in oxfordshire. On board, the lucky ones whove made it. But this operation is time limited officially, thE Deadline is next tuesday. In reality, the window will close before then it will take at least 48 hours for british and american troops to manage their own departure. So a plea from a former Military Commander in afghanistan. PleasE Dont leave them behind. In the time thats available in the next five or six days, dont close The Gates lets get the most vulnerable people into the united kingdom and into safety. Notjust interpreters, but those who fought on the battlefield against the taliban, and those who fought their ideology and are therefore under significant threat. The taliban control the streets of kabul and decide who gets out. With the new advice to stay away from the airport, there are now serious questions about how this operation will end, and how many more people will make it to safety. Graham satchell, Bbc News. Concerns also rising about security at the airport with the uk and the us amongst those warning about the threat of an track there. That a thought to likely emanate from the islamic State Group, the group was nowhere near as powerful as the taliban in afghanistan but they do have a Presence Year and a history of carrying out horrific devastating attacks on the softest of targets, so many of these western countries are advising their citizens not to travel to the airport at the moment. The uks Armed Forces Ministerjames Heappey had this stark warning. The reality is that clearly if we are asking people to move away, we are effectively also saying that reduces our capacity to process people. Now, you may well see footage of people who have ignored the advice and remained in the queue. We arE Desperately trying to protect them by bringing them inside as quickly as we are able to, but that should not encourage people to travel to the airport because i Cant Stress thE Desperation of the situation enough. The threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. We would not be saying that if we were not genuinely concerned about offering islamic state a target that isjust unimaginable. Concerns also rising amongst regional countries about the effects of any spill over, either from the Refugee Crisis Orfrom of any spill over, either from the Refugee Crisis or from instability within afghanistan. Pakistan of course one of those countries. Pakistan has long been accused about the west and the previous afghan government of sponsoring the taliban, of tacitly supporting the insurgency. We have always denied that. Pakistan has also been a Day Fist Destination for many afghan refugees with many already living in the country. We seen one crowds gathering at one border point, some have been let through, others are still waiting to get free. It is a little hard to get accurate information from the afghan side because so many local afghan journalists have now stopped working or fled the country, concerned about their own security. The bbc was speaking to the pakistani national Security Advisor a little earlier. He said it was important there is no Security Vacuum left in afghanistan as that could allow terrorist groups to take hold. As that could allow terrorist groups to take hold as that could allow terrorist groups to take hold. �. , , to take hold. Afghans deserve better from the world. To take hold. Afghans deserve better from the world. Please to take hold. Afghans deserve better from the world. PleasE Dont from the world. PleasE Dont overshadow the mistakes that have been madejust overshadow the mistakes that have been made just by turning a blind eye to what will happen next. History will not forgive us. A Security Vacuum that will end up with the same results for the West Thanit with the same results for the west than it did last time. The uk is much more vulnerable than the us and others. So i dont understand why we keep talking about afghanistan as a commodity, we must avoid It And we must do together. Must do together. Concerns about securi , must do together. Concerns about security. Also must do together. Concerns about security, also concerns must do together. Concerns about security, also concerns here must do together. Concerns about security, also concerns here in security, also concerns here in afghanistan about what the future holds for the country, what kind of rules the taliban are planning on implementing. When they were in power in the 1990s, they implemented a very harsh and strict interpretation of sharia law. They banned women from working, girls from being educated. At the moment here in kabul, for example, the taliban have appeared much more moderate. The town in public has been much more conciliatory, though there are concerns that may not last beyond the international presence. Their town in public. Many afghans here think that perhaps the taliban arE Deliberately trying as a Pr Exercise to appeared much more moderate, much more progressive than they really are, but was of the world was my ice are of them their true colours will be shown. Whenever i speak to Taliban Leaders, they say thatis i speak to Taliban Leaders, they say that is not the case, that they have learnt from some of their mistakes in the past and they want to form what they say is an inclusive government. I must stress that while we see these terribly stressful and kay took scenes at the airport, the rest of kabul is different. It is much calmer. There is certainly a sense of Unease And Uncertainty about what the future holds, but shops are open, people are out and about in the streets, traffic is driving along. Less people, particularly fewer women than usual, but certainly not as chaotic as what we see at the airport. It is quite surreal really to get your head around the stark differences between these two pictures what we see at these two pictures what we see at the airport and what we see in the rest of the country. Just a reminder of what the Prime Minister has been saying this morning. Borisjohnson has said that the overwhelming majority of eligible people have now been Evacuated from afghanistan. He has been speaking to broadcasters during a visit to the Permanentjoint Headquarters in North London where headquarters in North London where he met mainly to the personnel coordinating this Evacuation Effort. He said around 15,000 people had already been Evacuated by british troops and he said in the time we have left, which may be quite short, we will do everything we can to get everybody else out. More than half of patients who need an appointment with a consultant in Northern Ireland are now waiting for more than a year to be seen. New figures covering April Tojune this year show almost 350,000 people are waiting for their first appointment. Thats almost 39,000 more than the same time last year. ThE Devolved Governments Target is for no one to wait more than 52 weeks, but 53 per cent of patients have but 53 of patients have waited longer than that for their appointment according to the latest statistics. Its as the Healthcare System tries to recover services in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare for the possible extension of the coronavirus Vaccination Programme to 12 to 15 year olds next month. Currently jabs are only offered to children if they have certain Health Conditions or live with a vulnerable adult. Thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation is weighing up the arguments for the move. ThE Department of health says no final decision has been made. RusselL Viner is professor of Adolescent Health at the University College london and a member of the Sage Group of government advisers. Hes also the father of a 15 year old and explained earlier that he thinks caution is needed before rolling out the vaccine to children in the uk. There is a rare but concerning risk of inflammation of the heart that has been newly described with the Pfizer And Moderna vaccines. Look, everything wE Do in medicine, every pill, every vaccine, will have some Side Effects, and we often wont see that until many millions have actually had it. The issue of children, of course, is why are we vaccinating them . And we are not really vaccinating them for themselves, there are some benefits to them, but lets remember the risk of covid for them are really low. One of the main reasons we are vaccinating teenagers is to stop transmission into the rest of the population. If thats the case, that we are vaccinating teenagers in part to benefit others, the Safety Bar needs to be incredibly high. Now, look, other countries havejumped the us, france and germany are vaccinating teenagers and i think we absolutely will be there and it will be a useful thing. But i have a 15 year old, and i like many parents want to know that it is absolutely safe to do. Ministers are facing fresh warnings about the effect of removing extra universal credit payments in the autumn. Two conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister, saying that cutting the £20 pounds a Week Uplift risks undermining his levelling up agenda. The government says its focused on getting claimants back into work, but campaigning charities say many could end up in debt. Our political correspondent Nick Eardley reports. The number of people on universal credit has almost doubled during the pandemic to almost six million, and since last March Theyve been getting an extra £20 a week. But that temporary uplift comes to an end in october. Anthony is one of those worried about the impact thatll have. £80 is not a lot for some people. Once ive paid bills ill be left with probably about £60 £60, £70 for the month. That wont do me a months shopping. No chance, evenjust a single person. Charities are warning about the impact, too. Citizens advice surveyed 2,000 people on universal credit, and they think more than a third could be forced into debt when the uplift ends. Here at westminster, a number of mps are worried, too. Opposition parties want the extra money to be made permanent and a growing number of conservatives are saying the same. In a letter today, two tory mps tell the Prime Minister to rethink. Peter aldous and John Stevenson say they are alarmed to see the government unwilling to heed the widespread warnings that are coming from all quarters. They add those who receive the money are most in need of levelling up, which the government has made its key mission. Ministers say the extra money was always temporary, and theyre now focused on a plan forjobs. But the pressure is only likely to grow in the coming weeks. Nick eardley, Bbc News, westminster. Prime Minister Borisjohnson has been visiting troops in london who are assisting the evacuation of afghan interpreters he was asked how long the flights will continue. We will keep going obviously for as long as we can. I think what people should also understand is what an incredible achievement this has been about the Uk Militaryjust in the last ten days or so. The operation has airlifted 15,000 people to this country from afghanistan. There has been nothing like it in terms of Speed And Scale in our lifetime, certainly in my memory. That is equivalent to a town the size of Beaconsfield Or Prestwick or abergavenny or armagh. Obviously there is now a huge amount of work going on to make sure that we find homes, find ways of integrating those people into this country. But we are adept. They are people who looked after our Armed Forces, helped in the 20 years of the uks engagement in afghanistan. It is absolutely the right thing to do. We have got the overwhelming majority of those to whom we own that debt out of afghanistan. In the time that we have left, which im sure everybody can appreciate is quite short, we will do everything we can to get everybody else. I want to stress that this is just the first phase. Even beyond the us deadline of august 31, we hope to be able to continue to people that you can continue to come out. One of the key thing is we will be sent to the taliban, the new authorities in kabul, is to engage with the west, to unlock those funds, safe passage for those who want to come out as obviously the number one condition. You are telling people to keep away from Kabul Airport, you are telling people to keep away from kabulairport, how you are telling people to keep away from Kabul Airport, how great is the Security Threat . I from Kabul Airport, how great is the Security Threat . Security threat . I think we have to be transparent Security Threat . I think we have to be transparent about Security Threat . I think we have to be transparent about the Security Threat . I think we have to be transparent about the risks Security Threat . I think we have to be transparent about the risks and we have to be realistic about what is going on. You will appreciate that there are islamic state terrorists out there, i cant go into thE Details clearly, but we have to be mindful of the security of our personnel. But also of the afghan people who are trying to get out. What i would stress that we are coming now to odds at The End of this phase in any event, in the sense that we have already airlifted out of afghanistan a huge number of people, its the biggest operation of its kind in decades. I think everybody involved, the Uk Military, everybody involved, the Uk Military, everybody involved, the Uk Military, everybody involved at the airport, everybody involved at the airport, everybody who has been helping others, they should be incredibly proud of what they have achieved. There is a suggestion that people who cant get to the pot should head to borders. But if the taliban have agreed to that that could be hugely dangerous. I agreed to that that could be hugely dancerous. ,. ,. ,. ,. , agreed to that that could be hugely danerous. ,. ,. ,. ~. ,. , dangerous. I want to go back to what i was saying dangerous. I want to go back to what i was saying about dangerous. I want to go back to what i was saying about phasE Dangerous. I want to go back to what i was saying about phase onE Dangerous. I want to go back to what i was saying about phase one and i was saying about phase one and phase two beyond august 31. Just to stress that we think we have got the overwhelming majority of those eligible under the scheme or the afghan repatriation assistance programme, both those schemes, we think we havE Done the lions share. There will be people who still need help. What we are hoping, this is the key point that the g7 agreed, is that the taliban understand that if they want to engage with development aid, if they want to unlock those billions of funds, if they want to have a diplomatic and political relationship with the outside world, Thenit Relationship with the outside world, then it safe passage for those who want to come out is the key precondition. Want to come out is the key precondition. Are you advising eo le precondition. Are you advising people to precondition. Are you advising people to go precondition. Are you advising people to go to precondition. Are you advising people to go to borders. Precondition. Are you advising i people to go to borders. People should look people to go to borders. People should look at people to go to borders. People should look at the people to go to borders. People should look at the current people to go to borders. People i should look at the current advice. The advice at the moment is that the Security Situation is obviously not improving, but we have got the overwhelming i see iseea i see a second phase where we hope very much that they taliban will understand that there has got to be a reasonable approach to people who still want to leave afghanistan. I would just repeat, sometimes peoplE Dont realise the immensity of what the Uk Military have already helped to achieve. This is, as i say, a sizeable Uk Town of afghans who risked their lives in many cases to help the uk now coming to the uk. Actually, in most cases, they are now here. The realjob now is to make sure they have the housing, they have the skills, the opportunities to integrate into our societies. Our Labour Market currently offers many opportunities. But we must make sure that they are ready. That is another whole job at work. Ready. That is another whole ob at work. , ,. ,. , work. One other issue is a universal credit. Work. One other issue is a universal credit two work. One other issue is a universal credit. Two mps work. One other issue is a universal credit. Two mps have work. One other issue is a universal credit. Two mps have written work. One other issue is a universal credit. Two mps have written to work. One other issue is a universal credit. Two mps have written to you saying that the £20 up the should remain and they are concerned that will go. What do you say to them . They key focus for this government is to make sure that we come out of covid strongly with a jobs led recovery. Im very pleased to see the way the unemployment numbers have been falling, employment numbers have been rising. But also wages have been rising. That is a crucial thing. Wages have been rising. That is a crucialthing. Im proud wages have been rising. That is a crucial thing. Im proud that we have bumped up the Living Wage, we continue to increase the Living Wage last time by a record amount. My strong preference, and i believe this is the instinct of most people in this country, is for people to see their wages rise through their efforts, ratherthan see their wages rise through their efforts, rather than through taxation of other people put into their pay packets, rather than welfare. That is the approach we support. Welfare. That is the approach we su ort. ,. ,. , support. One final question on afghanistan. Support. One final question on afghanistan. Lots support. One final question on afghanistan. Lots of support. One final question on afghanistan. Lots of people i support. One final question on| afghanistan. Lots of people are support. One final question on afghanistan. Lots of people are very concerned about getting animals out. Have you had any contact on that . I have no influence on that case, nor would that be right, that is not how wE Do things in this country. What wE Do things in this country. What we will certainly make sure it is that. There have been some heart rending cases, i havejust been looking at some of the Ad E mails coming in from people in afghanistan who have helped us to whom we are the steps of honour and obligation. It is fantastic to see the way we are helping them. But we have got to do it impartially, and thats what werE Doing. As i say, so far, thanks to this extraordinary operation, we have helped the overwhelming majority of people in both the categories and we are going to use the remaining time to do as many more as possibly can. As i keep saying, thats not The End of the story. Saying, thats not The End of the sto. ,. , saying, thats not The End of the sto. , saying, thats not The End of the sto. Story. That was Boris Johnson Sueakin story. That was Boris Johnson speaking a story. That was Boris Johnson speaking a little story. That was Boris Johnson speaking a little earlier story. That was Boris Johnson speaking a little earlier in story. That was Boris Johnson l speaking a little earlier in North London. A man wanted by police in connection with a double murder in central london last week has been found seriously hurt on a canal boat. Detectives believe the injuries suffered by lee peacock, whos 49, were self inflicted. Hes in a critical condition in hospital. The nhs has temporarily stopped some Blood Testing in england for certain conditions, like prE Diabetes and allergies, due to shortages of collection tubes. Doctors are being urged to stagger regular blood tests if its clinically safe. Becton dickinson, the medical Device Company which makes vials for the nhs, has warned of serious Supply Chain issues across the uk. A coroner has concluded that a Bbc Radio Presenter died from complications of the astrazeneca Covid Vaccine. Lisa shaw, who was 44 and worked for bbc newcastle, died in may three weeks after being given her first dose. Our News Correspondent Mark denten is outside newcastle coroners court. Reminders of the background to this. Youll make a very tragic story. We sasha was 44. Sasha was 44. Three weeks after Havin Sasha was 44. Three weeks after having her sasha was 44. Three weeks after having her days sasha was 44. Three weeks after having her days of sasha was 44. Three weeks after having her days of the sasha was 44. Three weeks after l having her days of the Astrazeneca Vaccine, shE Died. She initially developed severe headaches and was treated in hospital in durham, she was then transferred to the royal Victoria Infirmary in newcastle, where shE Died. The senior newcastle coroner concluded that it was clearly established that her death was due to a vaccine induced Blood Clot and swelling of the brain. The coroner said that was a very rare condition. Earlier, evidence from a Doctor Christopherjohnson who treated lisa when she was in hospital. He said it was one of the first cases he had seen were the underlying causes was complications due to the Astrazeneca Vaccine. The pathologist who examined at said he supported strongly the idea that her condition was a vaccine induced. Lisa joined Bbc Radio Newcastle in 2016. She previously worked for a number of commercial radio stations in the region, won awards, including a Breakfast Show Presenter of the Year Award while she was at a commercial station. Year award while she was at a commercialstation. Herfamily Year Award while she was at a commercial station. Herfamily have commercial station. Her family have issued commercial station. Herfamily have issued a statement today, saying, this is another difficult day in what has been a devastating time for us. ThE Death of our beloved lisa has left a terrible void in our family and in our lives. She truly was the aim wonderful wife, mum, daughter, sister and friend. The mhra are a new Site Vaccine benefits exceed risk for people. Do say. The issue statistics of 58 deaths, 55 Million doses of the Astrazeneca Vaccine issued in the uk. Public Health England have also said 27,000 deaths had been prevented through the use of that vaccine. Some latest figures from washington, where the us government is saying that roughly 13,400 people were airlifted from afghanistan on wednesday, raising the total number of those Evacuated about the us and its coalition partners since August 14 to around 95,700. Those figures coming from the white house. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. Hello again. We started off with a fair bit of cloud this morning across the uk, but some of it is already breaking out towards the west. Here we will see some sunshine. Cloud in the east will have one or two holes in it, so we will see some bright spells. But along the east coast with the onshore brisk wind it will feel cold today whereas out towards the west in any prolonged period of sunshine we are going to see highs up to 23 degrees. We hang onto this cloud as we go through the night, if anything, spreading further west. Still a brisk breeze coming in from the North Sea. Where the cloud remains broken, for example, sheltered glens in aberdeenshire or moray, temperatures could fall away to 5 or 6 degrees. Elsewhere we are looking at mostly double figures. Into tomorrow we start off with all this cloud, although it will be sunnier tomorrow across east anglia across east anglia and the South East, but still a noticeable chilly breeze, more cloud out towards the west. For Northern Ireland and scotland, some sunshine. Our top temperatures, 20. Hello this is Bbc News. The headlines. The threat is severe and imminent. The uk tells its citizens in afghanistan to stay away from Kabul Airport because of concerns that militants could launch a Terror Attack. Meanwhile, as the Evacuation Effort enters its final days, borisjohnson has said that the overwhelming majority of eligible people have now been airlifted out of the country. Weve got the overwhelming majority of those to whom we are that debt out of afghanistan as i stand and talk to you now. In the time we have left which may be, as im sure everybody can appreciate, quite short we will do everything we can to get everybody else. In tokyo, Paralympics Gb takes five Golds Today. Two in the pool, as Tully Kearney is crowned champion in the 100m Freestyle and maisie Summers Newton sets a new world best time in the 200m individual medley. The growing hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland. Latest figures show more than half of patients waiting for a first Consultant Appointment are still waiting more than a year. Ministers face fresh warnings about the effect of removing extra universal credit payments in the autumn. Lets return to our top story, and the frantic efforts to evacuate people from Kabul Airport in the face of whats being described as credible reports of an imminent Terror Attack. Earlier we spoke to omaid sharifi who fled afghanistan threE Days ago with his family. He runs the Arts Organisation artlords in afghanistan in his first interview since he managed to leave, he told Victoria Derbyshire about his experiences. It has been very hard in the last couple of days. And i was not able to speak. I could only cry and try to help my friends back in afghanistan. I only got out with just a small backpack with a picture of my wife and my family and my laptop. This Morning Somebody dropped me T Shirts i could have clean clothes. I spent fivE Days in kabul. I saw brutal situations, things that no human should go through. Finally, over the last few days i was lucky enough to be escorted to the airport, and then i was able to be Evacuated. Canl can i ask you about some of the brutal situations you saw . Sure sure. I left my life in kabul throughout. I left when the taliban were in power in the 90s. Ijust remember a scene when i was trying to get a piece of meat from a charity truck, and a Talib Soldier hit me over the head, and the blood was coming out but i managed to get some meat for my family. I saw the same faces in Kabul Meeting men and children who are trying to escape kabul. I saw the same faces when i was in kabul watching a Football Game in the 90s. They would shoot the men in the stadium where the Football Match was happening. I saw the same faces back in kabul with their ak 47s and shooting. It really looked alien. Trust me, these faces in this city, they did not know anything about the city, about the Beautiful Kabul that i used to work, i used to paint, i used to do movies. They did not know anything about it. The only thing they knew is how to fire their guns, beat people, and thats all. I saw women suffocated, i saw kids used as bombs, i saw people shot. People crying. I saw a life with no dignity, a life that nobody deserves. Those situations, Ijust Pray that we went through this, i once went through this, Ijust Hope nobody goes through what i saw. Through what i saw and what we witnessed on thesE Days. Canl can i ask you what it was like to leave your home, your possessions and your friends because leave your home, your possessions and yourfriends because most leave your home, your possessions and your friends because most People Watching will never have gone through that. I watching will never have gone through that. Watching will never have gone through that. I imagine that you leave everything through that. I imagine that you leave everything behind. Through that. I imagine that you leave everything behind. You i through that. I imagine that you i leave everything behind. You dont have any identity before. You are just a refugee. The place that belongs to you, your identity, your friends, your country, your office, your artworks, friends, your country, your office, yourartworks, its friends, your country, your office, your artworks, its all taken from you. Its something that is yours but the next day is just like a dream that you next wake up and see that you have lost everything. Everything. You dont have money, you dont have your friends, you dont have yourjob, you dont have your clothes can either have your car, you dont have any of the Thing And Yourejust running car, you dont have any of the thing and youre just running for your life. You just want to be somewhere where there is no gunfire, there is no beatings and there is no fear that you will be hanged or killed. That is the kind of situation they are going through. There is a lot that we have to process. I know that aes was, the ones, the lucky ones who got out and it will be years to process this but in this moment of time the only thing that i was thinking about was how to get myself and my family out of this statE Duration because i have my sisters and they were all crying all thesE Days that their dreams were shut and their voices will not be heard any more. My work will not be publicised up more. My work will not be publicised up permitted any more. Was told to find another profession because as an artist you cannot do any at afghanistan any more. It has completely become black and white. Just imagine a beautiful, colourful society becoming black white. So, for that sake we just had to get ourselves to this airport with a lot of trouble and get out with the hope that someday we will be back to our country and get back our in identity. So it is very difficult to explain because i am still processing what i saw and what i Experienced. We processing what i saw and what i Experienced processing what i saw and what i exerienced. ,. ,. ,. , Experienced. We can see a photograph of some of your Experienced. We can see a photograph of some of your artwork Experienced. We can see a photograph of some of your artwork behind Experienced. We can see a photograph of some of your artwork behind you. I of some of your artwork behind you. Some of the faces of children in afghanistan, and guessing. Ourvet many artists left behind, do you know . , many artists left behind, do you know . ,. , , know . There were many artists left behind. Know . There were many artists left behind we know . There were many artists left behind. We were know . There were many artists left behind. We were not know . There were many artists left behind. We were not able know . There were many artists left behind. We were not able to i know . There were many artists left behind. We were not able to get i know . There were many artists left| behind. We were not able to get out a lot of them. I did manage to get at least 20, 22 of them in a plane but this mural you are seeing, this is on the wall of the american embassy. The title of the mural was the kids saying, we are the future of afghanistan. Every time i look at this mural and the murals we havE Done all over afghanistan, i think we failed them. I think the whole world failed them because we gave them hope. They thought that they could go to school, they could go to university, they could get elected, they could do whatever they choose to do. But that is not the case. Their hopes and dreams are shattered right now. Every time i look at these faces and the faces of my sisters, i see that hopelessness, i see that all their lives, all their dreams isjust in one bag in front of them and in an unknown place and not knowing where they will end up. New research in West Africa has shown that combining an anti Malaria Vaccine with a preventativE Drug lowered hospitalisations and deaths from thE Disease by more than 70 . But a key precondition was for the medical cocktail to be administered just before the start of the annual rainy season injune. Malaria kills more than 400 Thousand people each year. Paralympics gb have maintained their impressive start to the games in tokyo , with five golds on day two. Maisie Summers Newton won the Sm6 200m individual medley in a World Record performance. Our Correspondent Matt Graveling has spent the morning at northampton swimming centre where maisie used to train. This is where maisie Summers Newton trained here in northampton. Shes now the golden girl, it is fair to say, because she was going up fair to say, because she was going up against her Idol Ellie simmonds. We know that maisie back in london 2012 she watched maisie, Committee Watch that when she watch that event and that was where she got the Inspiration Tojump into event and that was where she got the inspiration to jump into the pool. She went into the race for that in 100 metres womens medley and just before the race that record had been beaten in the heats by a ukrainian swimmer and then as we came from the final she came from behind to just about get that gold in a race that included three british talents. What a day for maisie, was a day for northampton and what a day for british swimming. Im going to begin my guest. This is jack buckner, ceo of british swimming. Another Gold Medal to add to the list. What a race that was, wasnt it . It was just incredible. A stunning performance. Just amazing, really. One of the most exciting races ive seen for a long time, and to come back and see the World Record go and to get a paralympic final with a World Record it doesnt get much better than that. It is important to say, jack, we also had Grace Harvey she was in the final as well as ellie simmons. We all know Ellie Simmonds now this is herfourth games. This means that going forward there will be a lot more people like maisie was in 2012 interested in getting into the pool. One of the important things about the olympics and paralympics is to inspire the next generation. Its just so important. And when you see those magic moments thats what gets people into sport, and, you know, gets people on theirjourney also inspires them. And weve seen with the olympics and paralympics almost a change in mood and people have got smiles in the face and so Excited and it is very good for sport and our community and for northampton and just for everyone, really. Thank you very much, jack. Walking in there there were pictures of Ellie Robinson who also trained as a club here in this exclusive swim club in northampton and she won a gold in rio 2016 and now they better get another Picture Fame because they are going to put another Gold Medal on the wall for maisie. Congratulations to her. A new report warns that a lack of funding for rural Youth Support in england is leaving millions of young people at risk of isolation, loneliness and poor Mental Health. The national Youth Agency is calling for a Government Plan to ensure all children and teenagers have access to support, regardless of where they live. Adam eley reports. We need to get ready. Here in somerset, Youth Work can take many forms. Yeah, we had to make a fire, obviously. We used the flint as a striker. This group of 12 and 13 year olds have been carrying out Habitat Conservation Work and learning to start campfires. Its very different to what ive normally done, but, yeah, i enjoy it quite a lot, yeah. The charity Young Somerset provide many other support avenues as well, from safeguarding vulnerable young people to improving their Employment Opportunities in certain areas with poor social mobility. Yeah, ive been learning how to do mechanics, learning the People Skills that i should have and communication. In smaller towns, theres not really much that you can do or look into with getting a job. Theyre mainly in the cities and bigger towns. According to englands Youth Work body, the national Youth Agency, young people in rural areas risked being left behind. It wants more trained Youth Workers to combat an increasing trend for more young people to be targeted by county Lines Drug gangs, but it says Council Funding for Youth Services is 25 lower per person in rural communities than it is in urban areas. Young people have been forgotten about in rural communities in terms of our national focus. You know, local authority budgets have shrunk, everythings gone to our towns and cities and therefore, if you live in a rural area, you are less likely to be able to get access to those services. In every area, there should be a plan about how were going to provide resources, services, and give young People Access to the real support they need. Youth services can also provide Mental Health support, but some organisations say they are becoming increasingly stretched. Alyssa reached out for help during the pandemic. Id already struggled with mental Well Being beforehand and then i think lockdownjust made It A bit worse. And i think reaching out to people at Young Somerset after having the activities with them and gaining that trust with them, it made It A lot easier. She is now volunteering as a Youth Worker herself with the aim of helping other young people. If theres an Issue Or Something that has gone wrong and youre able to talk from experience or from what you have been through to go, look, this is how i did it. This is what id recommend, and then you see them grow from it, its a really, really nice feeling inside. The government says its given more than £100 million to Youth Worth charities during the pandemic and is investing in schemes to help Youth Workers qualify, but after a decade of cuts to Youth Work from local authorities, campaigners say investment must be provided long term. Adam eley, Bbc News. Theres been a significant rise in the number of people requesting help for Binge Eating disorder over the past three years, according to the charity beat. B E D is classed a a serious mental illness where people eat large quantities of food without feeling like theyre in control of what theyrE Doing. Beat says its more common than anorexia and bulimia, but isnt properly understood. Jayne mccubbin has been speaking to two women whove been living with the condition and have chosen to share their stories to raise awareness. It feels like a battle, yeah, definitely. Yeah. Its hard. Yeah. Sorry, ive got upset. Are you all right . Its just a lack of thinking, and it just feels like a frenzy. And the only way to kind of get rid of that feeling whatever that is is to hinge and to eat until Ijust Cant feel It Any more. Eating Disorder Charity Beat has told Bbc Breakfast they have evidence which indicates Binge Eating has exploded. Calls to its helplines have increased more than 360 in the last three years. Most of that a 220 increase was through 2020 and the pandemic. Lauren is 34 a single mum with a child with special needs, she works in the nhs. Martha is 20, a university student. Both have agreed to share their stories. So they happen every singlE Day. For me, personally, its normally once a day. Can be maybe one to two times a day. Pizzas, takeaway pizzas, mcdonalds. It doesnt just stop at that takeaway of an evening or a fast food. Maybe packs of, like, croissants and things. Some chocolate or some chocolate yoghurts. It is a daily battle, yeah. I am at a point where im desperate, i desperately want help. Itsjust eating anything i can get my hands on in the shortest amount of time possible. Combinations of foods, foods i might want separately butjust dont have the time or the effort to separate. Frozen bread, frozen yorkshire pudding. I dont want to be caught, i dont want to be toasting bread, i dont want to put things in the oven. Ijust want to eat as much as possible in the shortest amount of time. In total, almost 40,000 people have called beta helplines about Binge Eating since 2017. The charity says this is likely to be the tip of the iceberg. I think we have no idea about the scale of this problem. My instinct is that its huge. Sarah is a therapist whos tackled her own Binge Eating disorder. Binge Eating Disorder is i twice as common as anorexia, and its also more i common than bulimia. Theres a sense that i youve just lost control. Taking food out of the rubbish bin, taking food that doesnt belong to them. All of this is really common, so if anybodys watching this, i would just want to say i that youre not alone. Lauren tells me she hides evidence of binges. Instead of, Sort Of, routinely putting the waste or the rubbish in my kitchen bin, i would fill a black bag and put it straight into the bin so that if anybody came round and they were to look in, Sort Of, my kitchen bin, they wouldnt see any evidence. Beat say just less than half of those who sought medical help felt they were taken seriously. Have you tried exercise . Have you tried having more structure . Have you tried, you know, keeping your mind off it, distracting yourself after youve eaten . You know. Yes, of course. Of course ive tried all these things. Everyones tried all these things. Thats unhelpful. Itsjust hopeless. Its completely hopeless. Binge eating experts tell us we have no real idea of the true scale of the problem. In a statement, the government acknowledged Mental Health Services have faced an increased demand during the pandemic, but theyre investing £500 Million in the area. So, i think this is a problem of huge proportions that were just not aware about. WE Dont know enough about it. We need to get better help. And that means people going to their gps i to tell them whats happening because until we know whos i struggling, wE Dont know the size of this problem and therefore i the resources are just not going to be there for it. If youve been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find Help And Advice at bbc. Co. Uk actionline Covid Vaccines are being offered at the Reading And Leeds Festivals this weekend, to try to increase take up in young adults. Pop up clinics will be open at both events, but health officials say if yourE Drunk or under the influence of drugs you wont be able to get one. Its after two other festivals were linked to a surge in cases in recent weeks. Earlier i spoke to melvin benn, thE Director of Festival Republic, which runs Reading And Leeds Festivals. I asked him whether he thought the events could spread the virus. Well, there will certainly be cases as a result of leeds and readinG Festivals but whether that would be a surge or not remains to be seen. There were cases associated with Latitude Festival but it wasnt a surge and the cases linked with Latitude Festival were very much in line with what the Background Reproduction Rate was generally at the time for young people, the 21, 22, 23 volts so in that sense it really wasnt a search, it was just pretty normal. There will be an increase as a result of reading and leeds but there will be an increase this weekend anyway. We have got a glorious weekend. Almost every young person up and down the country will have been in a park, in with their friends, in theirfenced gardens, having barbecues, etc, etc, and outside of the festivals they are mixing with people that they have no idea whether they are tested or not. Inside the festival, they know they are mixing with people that are tested and clear of covid. Final question tested and clear of covid. Final question. Never tested and clear of covid. Final question. Never going tested and clear of covid. Final question. Never going to i tested and clear of covid. Final question. Never going to be vaccinations on offer at the festivals. Why was it so important for you to offer that . Festivals. Why was it so important for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know that for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know that the for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know that the best for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know that the best way i for you to offer that . Well, i think we all know that the best way out| for you to offer that . Well, i think l we all know that the best way out of the restraints that the virus is placed on our lives is by Mass Vaccination and so we all want to get back to work and we all want to continue Watch Music and go to gigs and go to festival. The government have announced that as of october youre only going to be all to do that if you have vaccinated so for me it was really important to give young people the chance to actually vaccinate at a festival where literally they dont have to go out of their way to do it. Of their way to do it. Melvin benn from festival of their way to do it. Melvin benn from Festival Republic. A little earlier we are somebody from University College london how safe you believe festivals to be. We have to safe you believe festivals to be. , have to face the facts, most 16 and 17 year olds and vaccinated in many of our 18 and 19 year olds havent yet been vaccinated. However, we have really changed the link between cases and deaths. We have to as a society recognise cases will rise that actually the transfer into deaths from Covid 19 is so much less so we have to be able to accept that. The evidence suggests that we can generally run large events without producing super spread issues. And i think we actually have to trust that. Issues. And i think we actually have to trust that to trust that. Professor Russell Viner from to trust that. Professor Russell Viner from university to trust that. Professor Russell Viner from University College L Viner from University College london. Its the gift that keeps on giving. Seven years ago a piece of Banksy Artwork left outside a Bristol Youth Club sold for more than £160,000. The proceeds saved the club from closure, and its impact still resonates today. Our reporter, Tracey Miller has been spending time with children who have been practicing their graffiti skills. Creativity and colour are being served up at this Youth Club in Bristol Today its a graffiti workshop. I had no idea what i was going to end up with, and then ijust followed my mind and just. Spray painted and its graffiti that gave this Youth Club its moment of fame when banksy left a piece of work outside its gates. Mobile lovers was eventually sold and the proceeds, say the organisers, saved the Youth Club from closure. The risk was the best thing i ever did for this club because were still here. Were now doing workshops for kids with graffiti and good stuff. So theyre all going away with something special from this. Every one of the kids that come here, they do the cadets, they do Youth Club, they do boxing and all thosE Different things they do it because thats what they want to do in life. The club that stood here for over 100 years also serves up meals for hungry families and provides a place for excluded children. And the banksy is a piece that keeps on giving. It can now be seen at an exhibition at the m shed. Some of the proceeds are funding projects like this across the city. The thing is, sometimes you can lose yourself in your drawing, and actually get to a better place. Running the workshop is well known graffiti artist inkie. He says creativity is a powerful educator. I mean, weve had a couple of kids who cant really write their name that well and by The End of the workshop, ive kind of designed them a moniker, like a logo, and theyve been able to copy that. But Itjust Sort of, you know. I think generally making It Appear cool and interesting to them really helps with their Education Side of it so they might go away thinking that handwritings, you know practising handwritings cool. Rather than its a chore. I like how the paint goes down, its like. And if you mess up a bit, you can just go over It And it looks quite nice, to be honest. And heres some of the finished work. And theyre proud of the results quite rightly. Nice work. Tracey miller reporting. A family from manchester are trying to raise awareness of what they say is a lack of diversity in childrens books. Amy, a primary School Teacher, says her young children ask why people in books dont look like them. Kelly foran reports. Once upon a time, there were two children called Max And Mabel. This is my sister mabel. Were brothers and sisters. Im mabel and im six years old, and this is my brother, max. And i am nine years old. And it was mabel who unintentionally highlighted an issue when she got a new book. In the book was a character that looked like her, and she was really Excited that the character looked i like her and it highlighted that| when shes been coming home with books before, the Characters Havent looked like her. Hello, nursery its time. Her mum amys a primary School Teacher she says schools do what they can but there just arent enough options for everyday situations. We were trying to find a book that was all about the tooth fairy, and when we looked at them there wasnt many tooth fairies that were black or mixed race. We tried to look for a book for Phils Birthday the other day and we couldnt find any birthday books that had a family that looked like ours. And that makes the children feel. A bit. Sad. The latest research from a three Year Period shows that 7 of childrens books published have characters of black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds but thats not the reality of many classrooms today, where ethnic minorities make up more than a third of pupils. When i was growing up there werent any, and i think now theres a lot more that can bE Done and i think its brilliant because the children, when they find someone who looks like them, they feel like they are welcome in this society, like they add something positive. And thats why they have set up this social Media Page to help raise awareness, and for Max And Mabel to share their favourites. I like the naughtiest unicorn. Because hed gone back to sleep. I like it cos my dad reads It And it has a person whos mixed race and theyre friends with a black person and a white and they all have unicorns. There are so many more books. With diversity than when i started teaching 12 years ago that represent the families of manchester, but theres still so i much that can bE Done. Kelly foran, Bbc News. We all need a bit of light relief, dont we, and here is some. It is international Dog Day to and here are some gratuitous pictures of my Dog Beaux on her recent holiday paddling on the home peninsula. Llyn peninsula. Ben brown is coming up with the Bbc News at one. Now its time for a look at the weather with stav. Plenty of sunshine. Yesterday saw the highest temperature we see no month in the uk. Not going to be quite as one today because we have this week called front spreading south and facing fresh air a bit more cloud around. Many central and eastern areas will hold onto that that thE Day. A bit more cloud around. Many central and eastern areas will hold onto that that thE Day. Pretty grey weather here. Best of The Sunshine it was of scotland, Northern Ireland, western england, 2122 degrees, not as high as now threE Days, chilly chic codes with an offshore breeze 16 to 17 celsius. As we head onto this evening and overnight we hold onto the cloud across northern and eastern areas and it drifts a bit further westward so it is extremities of western scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, western wales and South West which will see clear sky is cloudy elsewhere and a couple upon them what we have had the last few nights. That is down into mid singlE Digits across parts of the north and the west. For friday, then, its a similar story. A bit more cloud across northern, central and eastern areas. Bit of sunshine breaking through here and there. Again, the best of It At most western areas but the breeze will be noticeable again across eastern parts, particularly close to the coast where it will feel cool, mid to high teens here but further west where we have The Sunshine then perhaps 20, 20 one celsius. Now, for the Bank Holiday Weekend our area of High Pressure sticks around to it is going to bring further dry unsettled weather. There will be some sunny spells around but also a little bit of cloud to what the centre of the high will drift towards the North West of the uk. Well have more of a breeze across the South East and showers over the near continent could get close enough to just brush past me very far South East on saturday so here more of the breeze. Cloud will tend to build up of a central, southern and eastern areas into the afternoon. Perhaps a bit of clapper western scotland and Northern Ireland but elsewhere plenty of sunshine. Winds will be like to build up of a central, southern and eastern areas into the afternoon. Perhaps a bit of clapper western scotland and Northern Ireland but elsewhere plenty of sunshine. Winds will be lighter cloud across northern and eastern areas. That north are used breeze just feeding the crowd into coastal areas where it will feel quite cool. The best of The Sunshine to the south and west. Warnings of an imminent and lethal Terror Attack on Kabul Airport with thousands of desperate afghans still waiting there for a flight out of their country. Intelligence reports suggest an offshoot of islamic state is planning an attack on the airport, possibly within hours. The Security Situation is obviously not improving, but we have got the overwhelming majority out. I live in kabul were thousands remain desperate to leave the country. So far more 80,000 people in all have been flown out with some 10,000 still waiting at Kabul Airport. Also this lunchtime. The Covid Vaccine roll out could be extended next month to children aged 12 to 15 nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare