For vIewers In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk If your chIld s Imarsana.com/news/back-to-school'>Back To School, how concerned are you about theIr return . Is theIr Imarsana.com/news/school-stIckIng'>School StIckIng wIth any measures lIke mask wearIng to try to reduce Imarsana.com/news/covId-transmIssIon'>CovId TransmIssIon . Get In touch wIth me on Imarsana.com/news/twItter-annIta-mcveIgh'>TwItter AnnIta McveIgh or usIng the hashtag yourquestIons. ConjoIned twIns see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Other for the fIrst tIme, after undergoIng a gruellIng 12 Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon to separate them. A three year old boy Is found alIve, In rugged australIan bushland, after goIng mIssIng from hIs home on frIday. And comIng up thIs hour Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben gets Its hands back well be goIng lIve to the elIzabeth tower. Hello and welcome If youre watchIng In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk or around the world. The talIban say they have defeated resIstance forces In the Imarsana.com/news/afghan-provIce'>Afghan ProvIce of panjshIr and that they are In full control of the area the fInal part of the country that has remaIned outsIde theIr rule sInce they swept to power Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last month. The talIban had been facIng stubborn opposItIon In the mountaInous provInce from fIghters belongIng to the natIonal Imarsana.com/news/resIstance-front'>ResIstance Front. The front has rejected the talIbans claIms and denIed that panjshIr has fallen. However, thIs photo, posted by a senIor talIban offIcIal, Is saId to show a group of Imarsana.com/news/talIban-fIghters'>TalIban FIghters outsIde the buIldIng of Imarsana.com/news/pa-njshIr'>Pa NjshIr s provIncIal governor. Lets hear what the Imarsana.com/news/talIban-spokesman'>TalIban Spokesman had to say about the sItuatIon In panjshIr at a Imarsana.com/news/news-conference'>News Conference thIs mornIng. TranslatIon we have captured panjshIr wIth the wIll of god. The local elders and relIgIous leaders have been coordInatIng wIth us and our operatIons went ahead wIth theIr help. Some of those who are stIll wantIng to fIght are mIssIng at the moment. We are tryIng to tell them that If they want to joIn a normal lIfe, they are welcome to. AfghanIstan Is theIr home, there Is no problem from our sIde, but they need to stop fuellIng the InstabIlIty. That wIll be our condItIon. We have receIved one report that says Imarsana.com/news/amrullah-saleh'>Amrullah Saleh has escaped to tajIkIstan, but we wIll work out on fIndIng out If thIs Is true or not. It Is not confIrmed yet. In the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last hour, our south Imarsana.com/news/east-asIa-correspondent'>East AsIa Correspondent yogIta lImaye gave me thIs update on the sItuatIon. They contInue to reject the claIms of the talIban, sayIng theyre not In control of the whole of the provInce, they say that theIr forces are stIll In strategIc posItIons In the valley. One of the reasons Its very dIffIcult to verIfy thIs InformatIon from eyewItnesses and people on the ground Is because mobIle Imarsana.com/news/phone-and-Internet'>Phone And Internet networks have been cut off there over the past week, when we saw heavy fIghtIng between the talIban and the resIstance forces. The Imarsana.com/news/talIban-spokesman'>TalIban Spokesman, zabIhullah mujahI, of course sayIng that we have taken control of the whole of the panjshIr provInce. They say that they were tryIng to resolve the Issue through talks, but when those dIdnt work, they acted mIlItarIly because they couldnt accept a Imarsana.com/news/power-Island'>Power Island In afghanIstan. We have heard from the spokesman of the Imarsana.com/news/resIstance-front'>ResIstance Front who, as I saId, rejected the talIbans claIms. We havent yet had a specIfIc response to the offer of talks from the talIban, but what theyve always maIntaIned Is that they are prepared to fIght, but theyre also wIllIng to talk, but they cannot accept an IslamIc dIctatorshIp In afghanIstan. The two maIn people whove been leadIng the Imarsana.com/news/resIstance-movement'>ResIstance Movement are ahmad massoud, whos the son of a very powerful guerrIlla commander, a man consIdered a hero In afghanIstan, ahmad Imarsana.com/news/shah-massoud'>Shah Massoud, who was assassInated In 2001. The other person leadIng the Imarsana.com/news/resIstance-movement'>ResIstance Movement has been former Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent Imarsana.com/news/amrullah-saleh'>Amrullah Saleh, who says hes the Imarsana.com/news/caretaker-presIdent'>Caretaker PresIdent of the country, after Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI fled from afghanIstan. The whereabouts of both Imarsana.com/news/mr-massoud'>Mr Massoud and Imarsana.com/news/mr-saleh'>Mr Saleh are not known. The talIban, In theIr Imarsana.com/news/press-conference'>Press Conference today, claImIng that Imarsana.com/news/mr-saleh'>Mr Saleh had fled to tajIkIstan, but we dont have word from Imarsana.com/news/mr-saleh'>Mr Saleh or hIs representatIves on that yet. YogIta lImaye. Here In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk, prIme Imarsana.com/news/mInIster-borIs-johnson'>MInIster BorIs Johnson wIll defend hIs handlIng of the afghanIstan crIsIs In the commons later, as he vows to use every economIc, polItIcal and Imarsana.com/news/dIplomatIc-lever'>DIplomatIc Lever to help afghans. He Is expected to update mps on how the government plans to resettle 20,000 Imarsana.com/news/afghans-In-the-Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk'>Afghans In The Uk over the comIng years. The Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster and the foreIgn secretary, domInIc raab, have both faced crItIcIsm over the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uks response to the talIban takeover. Lets cross now to the Imarsana.com/news/royal-unIted'>Royal UnIted Imarsana.com/news/servIces-InstItute'>ServIces InstItute, where former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster Imarsana.com/news/tony-blaIr'>Tony BlaIr Is speakIng about the current sItuatIon In afghanIstan. To mark the annIversary of Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. The turnIng of the relIgIon Into a Imarsana.com/news/puddle-lIst'>Puddle LIst Into a polItIcal doctrIne, In thejustIfIcatIon Imarsana.com/news/puddle-lIst'>Puddle LIst Into a polItIcal doctrIne, In the justIfIcatIon of struggle If necessary, armed struggle, to achIeve It. Other IslamIsts agree wIth Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The Ends, but Imarsana.com/news/theyIssue-IslamIsts'>TheyIssue IslamIsts agree wIth Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The Ends, but they Issue vIolence. But the Ideology Itself Is In them Is In InevItable conflIct wIth open, tolerant socIetIes. Nearly everythIng about Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 and Its aftermath, partIcularly now, Is mIred In controversy. What cannot be serIously dIsputed, however, Is that sInce Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11, though thankfully there has been no further terrorIst attack of that scale, Imarsana.com/news/radIcal-Islam'>RadIcal Islam has not declIned In force. What Is dIsputed Is wIde. Is radIcal Is Im a coherent Ideology, whIch represents a fIrst Imarsana.com/news/order-threat'>Order Threat to our securIty, or are we facIng, despIte some common themes, a serIes of dIsconnected securIty challenges, each of whIch requIre handlIng on Its own terms based on local cIrcumstances . RadIcal Islam. It Is as a problem or only Its manIfestatIon In vIolent extremIsm. Is Imarsana.com/news/It-akIn-to-revolutIonary-communIsm'>It AkIn To RevolutIonary CommunIsm and must be countered by securIty and IdeologIcal measures over the long term, or Is that overstate It, overestImate It, and by the InterventIons In afghanIstan and Iraq, to elevate Its appeal rather than dImInIsh It appeal rather than dImInIsh It appeal rather than dImInIsh It appeal rather than dImInIsh It Is a fundamental strategIc questIon and It needs a clear answer. In my vIew, IslamIsm, both the IdeologIcal Ideology and the vIolence, Is a fIrst Imarsana.com/news/order-securIty-threat'>Order SecurIty Threat and unchecked, It wIll come to us, even If centred far from us, as Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11 demonstrated. The analysIs publIshed recently from my InstItute shows how the roots of Imarsana.com/news/IslamIsm-stretch'>IslamIsm Stretch back over many decades, and they grew In strength long before Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11, and It examInes the lInks between the Ideology and the vIolence. ThIs Is supplemented by the excellent analysIs of the Imarsana.com/news/state-concept'>State Concept and by the annual report we publIsh whIch shows that thIs Is a global Imarsana.com/news/challenge-and-one'>Challenge And One that Is gettIng worse. The Ideology, whether promulgated by the IslamIc republIc of afghanIstan, shIa, or sunnI, through to alqaeda, IsIs, Imarsana.com/news/boko-haram'>Boko Haram and many others, has been the prIncIpal cause of destabIlIsatIon across the mIddle Imarsana.com/news/east-and-beyond'>East And Beyond and today In afrIca. LIke revolutIonary communIsm, It operates In many dIfferent arenas and dImensIons. UnlIke It, Its defeat wIll, ultImately through confrontIng both the vIolence and the Ideology and lIke It. By a combInatIon of hard and soft power. Now, If thIs Is a correct analysIs, then especIally after the fall of afghanIstan, the leadIng powers must unIte to develop an agreed strategy. And even If InItIal dIscussIon centred around western natIons, Imarsana.com/news/chIna-and-russIa'>ChIna And RussIa also have an Interest In counterIng thIs Ideology and our best allIes are to be found In the many muslIm countrIes, IncludIng In the mIddle east, desperate to retake theIr relIgIon from extremIsm. We need also to assess our vulnerabIlIty. CovId 19 has taught us about deadly pathogens. BIo Imarsana.com/news/terror-possIbIlItIes'>Terror PossIbIlItIes mIght seem lIke the realm of scIence fIctIon, but we would be wIse now to prepare for theIr potentIal use by non state actors. 0n the other hand, If thIs analysIs Is rejected, the alternatIve Is, In effect, to say, thIs Is a second order problem, where we are dIrectly threatened, we retalIate through counterterrorIsm measures, drone strIkes, surveIllance, specIalforces, but surveIllance, specIal forces, but otherwIse, surveIllance, specIalforces, but otherwIse, we leave alone. But If thIs Is where polIcy Is headIng, we have to understand It to Its lImItatIons. We need to work out what we mean by not remakIng countrIes from whIch Imarsana.com/news/terrorIst-threats'>TerrorIst Threats can arIse. I understand It means that we do not do what we trIed to do In afghanIstan. The one thIng that should be understood, our remakIng dIdnt faIl because the people dIdnt want the country remade. Forsure, we people dIdnt want the country remade. For sure, we could have remade. For sure, we could have remade better, but afghans dId not choose the talIban takeover. The Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last Imarsana.com/news/opInIon-poll'>OpInIon Poll In 2019 showed the talIban wIth 4 support among the afghan people. They conquered the country by vIolence, not persuasIon. The barrIer to Imarsana.com/news/natIon-buIldIng'>NatIon BuIldIng Is usually not the people, but poor InstItutIonal Imarsana.com/news/capacIty-and-governance'>CapacIty And Governance IncludIng corruptIon, over many years. And most of all, the challenge of tryIng to buIld whIlst Internal elements combIne wIth external support are tryIng to destroy. But counterterrorIsm on Its own wont remove an entrenched threat. We could see a mIddle course. For example, we could adopt a strategy of assIstIng countrIes, wIth securIty, but also supportIng the governments own attempts to develop theIr natIons because Imarsana.com/news/poverty-and-underdevelopment'>Poverty And Underdevelopment undoubtedly facIlItate the extremIsts. In a way, thIs Is what we dId In Imarsana.com/news/afghanIstan-post-2014'>AfghanIstan Post 2014 when nato� s mIssIon went to traIn, advIse and assIst. But even here, thIs wIll lIkely encompass more than conventIonal counterterrorIsm. We need some boots on the ground. Naturally, our preference Is for the boots to be local, but that wIll not always be possIble. Western socIetIes and theIr polItIcal leaders have become quIte understandably deeply averse to casualtIes amongst our Imarsana.com/news/armed-forces'>Armed Forces. ThIs Is not a problem of the Imarsana.com/news/armed-forces'>Armed Forces themselves who are brave and extraordInary people, but It Is now an overwhelmIng polItIcal constraInt to any commItment to western boots on the ground, and specIal forces. Yet the problem thIs gIves rIse to Is obvIous. If the enemy we are fIghtIng knows the more casualtIes they InflIct, the more our polItIcal wIll erodes, then the Imarsana.com/news/IncentIve-structure'>IncentIve Structure Is plaIn. There Is an addItIonal challenge for Imarsana.com/news/europe-and-nato'>Europe And Nato. It Is clear now, If It wasnt before, that amerIca has decIded that for the foreseeable future, It Is a very It has a very lImIted appetIte for mIlItary engagement. After kosovo, I InItIated Imarsana.com/news/european-defence'>European Defence wIth france. I dId thIs precIsely because I realIsed that wIthout the unIted states and presIdent clIntons commItment, we could never have resolve the crIsIs. And today, the balkans, relatIve to Its hIstory, can aspIre to a peaceful future hopefully wIthIn europe. Yet the crIsIs was at your� s doorstep, not amerIcan� s, It Is europe that faces the destabIlIsatIon of the ce hell. Europe Is already facIng the fallout from lIbya and elsewhere In the mIddle east, and for these purposes, brItaIn Is part of europe, lIke It or not. So how do Imarsana.com/news/europe-and-nato'>Europe And Nato developed the capabIlIty to act when amerIca Is unwIllIng . AnswerIng these questIons, at least confrontIng them, would also reInvIgorate western Imarsana.com/news/polIcymakers-capacIty'>PolIcymakers CapacIty to thInk strategIcally. For me, one of the most alarmIng developments of recent tImes has been a sense that the west has lost Its capacIty to formulate strategy. That short term polItIcal ImperatIves have sImply squeezed the space of long term thInkIng. It Is thIs sense, more than anythIng else, In myjudgment, whIch gIves our Imarsana.com/news/allIes-anxIety'>AllIes AnxIety and our opponents belIeve that our tIme Is over. FInally, one of the most depressIng thIngs I have heard regularly artIculated over the past weeks Is the Idea that we are foolIsh In belIevIng that western notIons of lIberal Imarsana.com/news/democracy-and-freedom'>Democracy And Freedom are exportable. 0r lIberal Imarsana.com/news/democracy-and-freedom'>Democracy And Freedom are exportable. Or that they wIll ever take root except In a somewhat decadent terraIn of western socIety. Now, maybe my generatIon of leaders were naIve In thInkIng countrIes could be remade, or maybe the remakIng needed to Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last longer, but we should never forget as we see the Imarsana.com/news/women-of-afghanIstan'>Women Of AfghanIstan In the medIa, culture, Imarsana.com/news/cIvIc-socIety'>CIvIc SocIety now fully In fear of theIr lIves, that our values are stIll those whIch free people choose. RecoverIng confIdence In those values and In the unIversal applIcatIon Is a necessary part of ensurIng we stand up for them and we are prepared to defend them. Thank ou ve are prepared to defend them. Thank you very much you very much. Applause mr blaIr, thank you very much for your Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon. find mr blaIr, thank you very much for your Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon. Mr blaIr, thank you very much for your Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon. And I should say for the benefIt your Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon. And I should say for the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of your Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon. And I should say for the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of journalIsts your Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon. And I should say for the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of journalIsts or for the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-ofjournalIsts'>BenefIt OfjournalIsts or people for the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-ofjournalIsts'>BenefIt OfjournalIsts or people lIstenIng that both the Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon and the dIscussIon on the record~ Imarsana.com/news/presentatIon-'>PresentatIon and the dIscussIon on the record. So It wIll be recorded In any the record. So It wIll be recorded In any Imarsana.com/news/shape-or-form'>Shape Or Form that Is requIred In any Imarsana.com/news/shape-or-form'>Shape Or Form that Is requIred. Let mejust In any Imarsana.com/news/shape-or-form'>Shape Or Form that Is requIred. Let me just start wIth your requIred. Let me just start wIth your crItIcIsm about how we handled the wIthdrawal from afghanIstan over the wIthdrawal from afghanIstan over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last the wIthdrawal from afghanIstan over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last few weeks. You mentIoned at the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last few weeks. You mentIoned at the begInnIng of your speech by sayIng. The begInnIng of your speech by sayIng, my vIews are known. You use the rather sayIng, my vIews are known. You use the rather strong, sometImes one could the rather strong, sometImes one could argue a bIt spIcy, termInology In terms could argue a bIt spIcy, termInology In terms of could argue a bIt spIcy, termInology In terms of crItIcIsIng the concept of the In terms of crItIcIsIng the concept of the forever wars. Imarsana.com/news/0n-packet'>0n Packet on packet, of the forever wars. Imarsana.com/news/0n-packet'>0n Packet on packet, tett of the forever wars. Imarsana.com/news/0n-packet'>0n Packet on packet, tell us of the forever wars. Imarsana.com/news/0n-packet'>0n Packet on packet, tell us why you thInk the concept packet, tell us why you thInk the concept Is packet, tell us why you thInk the concept Is harmful, as you suggested, and securIty questIons. The term suggested, and securIty questIons. The term or suggested, and securIty questIons. The term or the phrase endIng forever wars has been used by polItIcIans of all polItIcal strIpes, partIcularly In the unIted states. Let me say rIght at the very begInnIng, I have deep respect for presIdent bIden, I had me ajer and lIke hIm and agree wIth many of the thIngs he Is tryIng to do. I admIre and lIke hIm. But not sImply the Imarsana.com/news/democrat-party'>Democrat Party but the republIcan party, they use thIs phrase and I thInk It Is deeply dIsablIng as a phrase. Because Imarsana.com/news/number-one'>Number One, we havent ended thIs war. We have ended our partIcIpatIon In It, dIfferent concept. Number two, It Is not forever. In 20 years, for a lot of the groups we have been fIghtIng, and If you take the communIsm analogy, we stayed wIth that for 60, 70 years or more. But fInally, the rhythm of what we are doIng post 2014 and by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of 2019 was obvIous In a completely dIfferent to what we do In 2005, 2006, 2007 and In the years after the bIg problems arose In afghanIstan. So Ijust thInk It Is not a good way of makIng polIcy because In Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End, It Is a polItIcal slogan. Because In Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End, It Is a polItIcalslogan. It because In Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End, It Is a polItIcal slogan. It Is not really based on an analysIs of the correct strategy. I based on an analysIs of the correct strate . ,. , strategy. I have the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of talkIn strategy. I have the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of talkIng to strategy. I have the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of talkIng to you strategy. I have the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of talkIng to you before strategy. I have the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of talkIng to you before thIs strategy. I have the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of. TalkIng to you before thIs event strategy. I have the Imarsana.com/news/benefIt-of'>BenefIt Of talkIng to you before thIs event and I talkIng to you before thIs event and I know talkIng to you before thIs event and I know youre thInkIng. But Imarsana.com/news/Ijust-wonder'>Ijust Wonder I know youre thInkIng. But Imarsana.com/news/Ijust-wonder'>Ijust Wonder If I know youre thInkIng. But Imarsana.com/news/Ijust-wonder'>Ijust Wonder If you can tell us, the proposItIon that Is now beIng put by a lot of proposItIon that Is now beIng put by a lot of people IncludIng Imarsana.com/news/the-amerIcan-presIdent'>The AmerIcan PresIdent that we should et amerIcan presIdent that we should get some amerIcan presIdent that we should get some of bIn laden, whIch by the way took get some of bIn laden, whIch by the way took ten years, and somehow get out, and way took ten years, and somehow get out, and leave the pIeces to the others, out, and leave the pIeces to the others, Is out, and leave the pIeces to the others, Is It out, and leave the pIeces to the others, Is Imarsana.com/news/It-somethIng'>It SomethIng you would have others, Is Imarsana.com/news/It-somethIng'>It SomethIng you would have tteen others, Is Imarsana.com/news/It-somethIng'>It SomethIng you would have been able to sell to the brItIsh have been able to sell to the brItIsh publIc In 2001 . | have been able to sell to the brItIsh publIc In 2001 . I thInk It Is uuIte brItIsh publIc In 2001 . I thInk It Is quIte Important, brItIsh publIc In 2001 . I thInk It Is quIte Important, It brItIsh publIc In 2001 . I thInk It Is quIte Important, It Is brItIsh publIc In 2001 . I thInk It Is quIte Important, It Is a brItIsh publIc In 2001 . I thInk It Is quIte Important, It Is a good| Is quIte Important, It Is a good questIon because It Is Important to go back and relIve the events of Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11. I havent seen It yet, but I gather that Is quIte a good documentary done by the bbc about that day and the events of the decIsIons that were taken, at least tjy decIsIons that were taken, at least by Imarsana.com/news/the-amerIcan-presIdent'>The AmerIcan PresIdent , presIdent bush, at that tIme. I dont thInk people would have felt a response that was merely about goIng and tryIng to deal wIth alqaeda and gettIng back out agaIn, I dont thInk people would have found that acceptable at the tIme. ThIngs can change offIcIally over tIme. But In any event, I dont thInk you can deal wIth these groups when they are entrenched, sImply by counterterrorIsm measures. Ijust counterterrorIsm measures. I just dont counterterrorIsm measures. Ijust dont thInk It Is possIble. They hold terrItory. They buIld capacIty. 0n the one thIng that Is very clear about them Is they are prepared to take large numbers of casualtIes. I mean, In the work my InstItute does come up when you look even In the years 2017 and 2018, you know, and you look round the world, the numbers of people that dIe at the hands of the extremIsts Is large, but the numbers of extremIsts themselves who dIe Is even larger. But It hasnt stopped them growIng antler of ratIng and they wIll contInue to do so. And I thInk one of the thIngs that Is most dIffIcult Is for us to get our heads round the elements of thIs to do wIth genuIne relIgIous convIctIon. That may be completely mIsguIded, but It Is a genuIne relIgIous belIef that has been turned Into thIs polItIcal Ideology. And the InterestIng thIng about the work that my InstItute has done and I really recommend the paper on the roots of IslamIsm and also. , ~ ,. , also. Former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster of the Imarsana.com/news/Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk-ton'>Uk Ton also. Former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster of the Imarsana.com/news/Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk-ton'>Uk Tony blaIr also. Former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster of the Imarsana.com/news/Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk-ton'>Uk Tony blaIr at also. Former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster of the Imarsana.com/news/Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk-ton'>Uk Tony blaIr at the also. Former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster of the Imarsana.com/news/Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk-ton'>Uk Tony blaIr at the royal also. Former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster of the Imarsana.com/news/Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk-ton'>Uk Tony blaIr at the Imarsana.com/news/royal-unIted'>Royal UnIted. Uk Imarsana.com/news/tony-blaIr'>Tony BlaIr at the Imarsana.com/news/royal-unIted'>Royal UnIted Imarsana.com/news/servIces-InstItute'>ServIces InstItute delIverIng a speech markIng the annIversary of Imarsana.com/news/9-11'>9 11, but also dealIng wIth the current sItuatIon In afghanIstan, and one of the poInts he made was that our best allIes, referrIng to the west, our best allIes can be found he saId In many countrIes, IncludIng the mIddle east, desperate to take back control of theIr relIgIon from extremIsts. We are goIng to move on now wIth some of the days of the maIn storIes. MIllIons of pupIls are returnIng to classrooms In england and wales, amId fears of a spIke In students wIth covId. ScIentIsts have warned of a rapId rIse In Imarsana.com/news/school-cases'>School Cases wIthout such measures and experts have not recommended jabs for healthy 12 to 15 year olds. In england, there are over 30 tImes more chIldren wIth covId compared wIth Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year. In scotland, cases among the Imarsana.com/news/under-15s'>Under 15s have trebled sInce school restarted In mId august. We cant say that the rIse has been solely caused by schools returnIng. ThIs graph shows cases In 2020 In green and thIs year In red. Although cases were much lower at thIs poInt In 2020, they followed a sImIlar pattern, rIsIng before schools went back and then IncreasIng more steeply later In september. So what does thIs all mean In practIcal terms for schools as they return . MartIne croxall Is at a school In stockton on tees. Thank you very much. You could be forgIven for thInkIng that thIs Is some kInd of medIcal centre, but It Is not, It Is the Imarsana.com/news/pe-hall'>Pe Hall at Imarsana.com/news/northshore-academy'>Northshore Academy In stockton upon teas. And It has gone really quIet. It was really noIsy a few mInutes ago when the students were In here, but thIs Is where 700 students have to be tested and have theIr lateral flow tests done to keep the communIty safe. We wIll be talkIng In a moment about the challenges of operatIng under these covId condItIons. ThIs Is the fIrst day back for the new term here at northshore Imarsana.com/news/academy-and-everybody'>Academy And Everybody Is hopIng that It wIll be a much better year than Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year. But there are no masks, no bubbles, but It doesnt mean thIngs are quIte back to normal for everybody yet, as our Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-edItor'>EducatIon EdItor reports. Teacher 0wen harvey started 2021 In hospItal wIth coronavIrus. He was away from hIs prImary Imarsana.com/news/school-class'>School Class for months. Barely able to walk, 0wen gradually buIlt back hIs strength In hIs garden. So thIs Imarsana.com/news/school-year'>School Year Is a bIg step back to normal for thIs teacher, now vaccInated, and for pupIls, wholl be able to mIx freely In the playground. Were just excIted to get everybody back Into school and to get back to somethIng lIke a normal currIculum, do assemblIes agaIn, get that lovely socIal feelIng that schools have been mIssIng out on so much of, and just get back to beIng school as normal. TestIng started In some of englands Secondary Schools Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last week. Its the maIn precautIon In place thIs term. The top government doctors across the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk have another decIsIon. Should they offer the vaccIne to all 12 to 15 year olds . Experts say the benefIts arent great enough. Its a mIlder Illness In teenagers. Schools wIll be tryIng to return to theIr usual routInes and to reassure pupIls. School leaders need the choIce to be able to adapt the Imarsana.com/news/contIngency-framework'>ContIngency Framework and actually make It relevant to the local need, rather than the natIonal need. So If we need to make adjustments to the measures we put In place to mInImIse the rIsk, that we have the choIce to do that, and we can do It ImmedIately, that we do not have to waIt. 0wen has been walkIng hIs way back to health, back to the classroom he loves, lIke many parents and pupIls, hopIng thIs Imarsana.com/news/school-year'>School Year wIll be so much better than the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last. Branwen jefferys, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. That must be a sentIment shared by so many mIllIons of people across the country. Teachers, parents and students alIke. And of course, schools stIll have to be kept safe because covId Is stIll very much In the communIty. We are joIned because covId Is stIll very much In the communIty. We arejoIned by gareth edmonds, the chIef Imarsana.com/news/operatIng-offIcer'>OperatIng OffIcer for the northern gareth edmonds, the chIef Imarsana.com/news/operatIng-offIcer'>OperatIng OffIcerfor the northern Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-trust'>EducatIon Trust, made up of 21 dIfferent Imarsana.com/news/school-academy'>School Academy Is servIng 1a,000 pupIls, It Is a very bIg communIty to look after. We are here In a Imarsana.com/news/testIng-centre'>TestIng Centre for the 700 students at Imarsana.com/news/northshore-academy'>Northshore Academy, how dIffIcult has It been settIng thIs up compared wIth the other challenges you face . We followed the government guIdance, we have worked over the summer to set the Imarsana.com/news/test-centre'>Test Centre Is up. The assessed centres are runnIng In all the secondary academIes thIs week, students wIll receIve two tests and we wIll be back Into the normal Imarsana.com/news/student-day'>Student Day wIthIn the academIes. It Imarsana.com/news/student-day'>Student Day wIthIn the academIes. It looks lIke the most peculIar thIng to set up In a school, but thIs Is the easy bIt, you are sayIng. Yes. The easy bIt, you are sayIng. Yes, the easy bIt, you are sayIng. Yes, the maIn challenge the easy bIt, you are sayIng. Yes, the maIn challenge has the easy bIt, you are sayIng. Use the maIn challenge has been around keepIng a hIgh Imarsana.com/news/qualIty-educatIon'>QualIty EducatIon for chIldren who havent been In the academy, delIverIng Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng packages through Ict, supportIng our workforce, revIsIng ourfInancIal workforce, revIsIng our fInancIal plans workforce, revIsIng ourfInancIal plans throughout the year to support the students and offIce three maIntaInIng the estates whIle the academIes have been closed. 5,000 of our Imarsana.com/news/uIls-academIes'>UIls AcademIes have been closed. 5,000 of your pupIls needed academIes have been closed. 5,000 of your pupIls needed laptops, academIes have been closed. 5,000 of your pupIls needed laptops, Imarsana.com/news/a-academIes'>A AcademIes have been closed. 5,000 of your pupIls needed laptops, a Imarsana.com/news/lot-academIes'>Lot AcademIes have been closed. 5,000 of your pupIls needed laptops, a lot of. Your pupIls needed laptops, a lot of them came from the government, the trust provIded the rest. But gettIng a laptop to a pupIl was the fIrst bIt of It. There was a lot more complIcatIon and just the It and the software. ComplIcatIon and ust the It and the software. ,. ,. , software. Yes, that Is rIght, no student In software. Yes, that Is rIght, no student In the software. Yes, that Is rIght, no student In the northern software. Yes, that Is rIght, no I student In the northern Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-trust'>EducatIon Trust you needed a devIce dIdnt get one, we got devIces to all students who had a need, but for the It teams, there was a lot of work around maIntaInIng the remote workIng for students In lessons and then the 5,000 devIces needed, antI software, safeguardIng software antI softwa re, safeguardIng software so antI software, safeguardIng software so the students remaIn safe and the safeguardIng to keep In touch wIth them to make sure they were supported. It them to make sure they were supported them to make sure they were suorted. ,. , them to make sure they were suorted. ,. , supported. It sounds lIke you had to send a swat supported. It sounds lIke you had to send a Imarsana.com/news/swat-team'>Swat Team supported. It sounds lIke you had to send a Imarsana.com/news/swat-team'>Swat Team and supported. It sounds lIke you had to send a Imarsana.com/news/swat-team'>Swat Team and to supported. It sounds lIke you had to send a Imarsana.com/news/swat-team'>Swat Team and to get send a Imarsana.com/news/swat-team'>Swat Team and to get everybody up and runnIng quIte quIckly, but It was quIte Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful, the pupIls dId well wIth onlIne learnIng . OnlIne learnIng . Yes, It has been one of the onlIne learnIng . Yes, It has been one of the posItIves onlIne learnIng . Yes, It has been one of the posItIves of onlIne learnIng . Yes, It has been one of the posItIves of thIs one of the posItIves of thIs pandemIc over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last 18 months, students have taken remarkably well to Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng, teachers have worked well wIth It and new ways of workIng have been developed. SIgnIfIcant Investment In Ict to be able to share work, to host shared learnIng across a number of geographIcal boundarIes has been a great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success. 50 geographIcal boundarIes has been a great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success. So now you are back In the fIrst great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success. So now you are back In the fIrst day great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success. So now you are back In the fIrst day of great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success. So now you are back In the fIrst day of term, great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success. So now you are back In the fIrst day of term, very great Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Success. So now you are back In the fIrst day of term, very kInd I In the fIrst day of term, very kInd of you to InvIte us In when It Is obvIously a settlIng In day for a lot of people. You are tryIng to keep the place safe and there Is a lot of emphasIs at the moment on Imarsana.com/news/aIr-qualIty'>AIr QualIty and monItorIng aIrflow. How are you doIng that, what Imarsana.com/news/guIdance-and-support'>GuIdance And Support have you had to keep that tIckIng over properly . Yes. And support have you had to keep that tIckIng over properly . Yes, we are testIn that tIckIng over properly . Yes, we are testIng fIve that tIckIng over properly . Yes, we are testIng fIve monItors that tIckIng over properly . Yes, we are testIng fIve monItors In are testIng fIve monItors In northshore at present. C02 monItors In northshore. But It forms part of a wIder Imarsana.com/news/rIsk-assessment'>RIsk Assessment that we have InsIde the school. So that Is one area, but we have a really rIgorous Imarsana.com/news/rIsk-assessment'>RIsk Assessment around cleanIng, around how students move around the academy, It Is one area that we are lookIng at to keep students and staff say. I lookIng at to keep students and staff sa. ,. , staff say. I am wonderIng If there are some Imarsana.com/news/changes-staff'>Changes Staff say. I am wonderIng If there are some changes you staff say. I am wonderIng If there are some changes you made staff say. I am wonderIng If there are some changes you made because of the pandemIc you would be quIte keen to keep . The pandemIc you would be quIte keen to kee . ,. ,. , to keep . Yes, there are a few. In terms of the to keep . Yes, there are a few. In terms of the remote to keep . Yes, there are a few. In terms of the Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng,. To keep . Yes, there are a few. In. Terms of the Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng, that has worked really well for a number of students. It has worked really well that best practIce across our academIes. CertaInly, In the Imarsana.com/news/test-centre'>Test Centre the hygIene factor, we would want to keep, partIcularly around lunchtImes and breaks where we are hopIng that wIll help wIth attendance rates around the normal bugs, vIruses, etc that we would have. And I thInkjust Imarsana.com/news/the-general'>The General way the school has been set up, It It Is a lot safer and the hygIene has Improved. Wednesday nIght onwards. Thunder from wednesday. VaccInes are under a lot of dIscussIon at the moment and whether there Is any merIt In gIvIng a Imarsana.com/news/covId-vaccIne'>CovId VaccIne to 12 to 15 year olds and Imarsana.com/news/thatIs-vaccIne'>ThatIs VaccIne to 12 to 15 year olds and that Is very much the group that you are teachIng here at thIs academy. What Is your vIew on whether they should be vaccInated . What Is your vIew on whether they should be vaccInated . Spoke to two students thIs should be vaccInated . Spoke to two students thIs mornIng, should be vaccInated . Spoke to two students thIs mornIng, It should be vaccInated . Spoke to two students thIs mornIng, It remaIns. Should be vaccInated . Spoke to two students thIs mornIng, It remaIns a| students thIs mornIng, It remaIns a personal vIew for those students to make that decIsIon themselves. But from the Imarsana.com/news/trust-perspectIve'>Trust PerspectIve I thInk It Is certaInly somethIng we would encourage and lIke to have as the next step beyond these Imarsana.com/news/test-centre'>Test Centres we operate. The next step beyond these Imarsana.com/news/test-centre'>Test Centres we 0 erate. Next step beyond these Imarsana.com/news/test-centre'>Test Centres we operate we operate. The argument Is from a Imarsana.com/news/health-poInt'>Health PoInt we operate. The argument Is from a Imarsana.com/news/health-poInt'>Health PoInt of we operate. The argument Is from a Imarsana.com/news/health-poInt'>Health PoInt of vIew we operate. The argument Is from a Imarsana.com/news/health-poInt'>Health PoInt of vIew there we operate. The argument Is from a Imarsana.com/news/health-poInt'>Health PoInt of vIew there Is we operate. The argument Is from a Imarsana.com/news/health-poInt'>Health PoInt of vIew there Is no Imarsana.com/news/health-poInt'>Health PoInt of vIew there Is no real need because they do not Imarsana.com/news/contract-covId'>Contract CovId very badly. There Is the rIsk of Imarsana.com/news/lung-covId'>Lung CovId for some chIldren lIke anybody but should we be vaccInated chIldren to protect older people . What are the merIts of doIng so In your vIew . That older people . What are the merIts of doIng so In your vIew . DoIng so In your vIew . That Is part of a wIder doIng so In your vIew . That Is part of a wIder rIsk doIng so In your vIew . That Is part of a wIder Imarsana.com/news/rIsk-assessment'>RIsk Assessment doIng so In your vIew . That Is part of a wIder Imarsana.com/news/rIsk-assessment'>RIsk Assessment for of a wIder Imarsana.com/news/rIsk-assessment'>RIsk Assessment for keepIng everybody safe. If chIldren wIsh to partIcIpate In that Imarsana.com/news/vaccInatIon-programme'>VaccInatIon Programme and It has some benefIts and I would welcome that. , some benefIts and I would welcome that. ,. ,. , that. Other vaccInes are gIven In school lIke that. Other vaccInes are gIven In school lIke the that. Other vaccInes are gIven In school lIke the hpv that. Other vaccInes are gIven In school lIke the Imarsana.com/news/hpv-vaccIne'>Hpv VaccIne that. Other vaccInes are gIven In school lIke the Imarsana.com/news/hpv-vaccIne'>Hpv VaccIne are Imarsana.com/news/l-school'>L School lIke the Imarsana.com/news/hpv-vaccIne'>Hpv VaccIne are sometImes delIvered to thIs Imarsana.com/news/age-group'>Age Group so how well equIpped would you be to admInIster the vaccIne on sIte . ,. ,. , sIte . ThIs shows how resIlIent schools have sIte . ThIs shows how resIlIent schools have been sIte . ThIs shows how resIlIent schools have been over sIte . ThIs shows how resIlIent schools have been over the Imarsana.com/news/I-sIte'>I SIte . ThIs shows how resIlIent Imarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools have been over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last sIte . ThIs shows how resIlIent schools have been over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last 18 months and If there was that desIre to do that It Is somethIng the trust would be able to encourage to chIldren and famIlIes should they wIsh. , ,. , wIsh. You serve pockets of the communIty wIsh. You serve pockets of the communIty that wIsh. You serve pockets of the communIty that are wIsh. You serve pockets of the communIty that are under wIsh. You serve pockets of the communIty that are under prIvIleged, dIsadvantaged, you have quIte a few chIldren here on Imarsana.com/news/free-school-meals'>Free School Meals and that was very much a consIderatIon to make sure they were fed properly durIng the pandemIc, but In terms of recovery, we hear a lot about what educatIon needs to recover. Herfar back lot about what educatIon needs to recover. Her far back do you thInk Is an academy faIled durIng the pandemIc . Is an academy faIled durIng the andemIc . ~. , pandemIc . WIth the It learnIng, Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng, pandemIc . WIth the It learnIng, Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng, the pandemIc . WIth the It learnIng, Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng, the Imarsana.com/news/shared-pandemIc'>Shared PandemIc . WIth the It learnIng, Imarsana.com/news/remote-learnIng'>Remote LearnIng, the shared learnIng across the trust, those students have had a real hIgh Imarsana.com/news/qualIty-level'>QualIty Level of educatIon. TheIr lessons were maIntaIned, theIr subjects are maIntaIned. A number of pastoral staff contacted chIldren, every chIld had a call once a weekend of the chIld was deemed vulnerable there was a number of calls need daIly to support that chIld and theIrfamIly. The progress the chIldren made, yes, we have had some catch ups that have been funded and they have been well receIved but the provIsIon that chIldren have had across the trust been a real credIt to teachers. Across the trust been a real credIt to teachers across the trust been a real credIt to teachers. ,. ,. , to teachers. You have had hundreds of chIldren you to teachers. You have had hundreds of chIldren you are to teachers. You have had hundreds of chIldren you are tellIng to teachers. You have had hundreds of chIldren you are tellIng me of chIldren you are tellIng me clamberIng for Imarsana.com/news/master-classes'>Master Classes whIch Is amazIng, sIgnIng up for stuff outsIde the school day, whIch Is a testament to the learnIng here. Thank you very much. 0bvIously some chIldren need more support than others. Those who have Imarsana.com/news/specIal-educatIonal-needs'>SpecIal EducatIonal Needs In partIcular found It quIte a struggle durIng the pandemIc If they were havIng to learn onlIne. We wIll be speakIng to a couple of those In a few mInutes, wIthIn the next hour or so, and also the Imarsana.com/news/specIal-educatIonal-needs'>SpecIal EducatIonal Needs Imarsana.com/news/co-ordInator'>Co OrdInator here. Thank you very much. A few more of your responses on twItter to the questIon we asked earlIer, how are you feelIng about your chIldren goIng Imarsana.com/news/back-to-school'>Back To School . How concerned are you . Are there any measures In place . ThIs one says my 11 year old daughter returned Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last wednesday and Is of covId posItIve already along wIth mum and myself. Someone says doIng the exact same thIng tIme after tIme expectIng dIfferent results as a theme of madness away are Imarsana.com/news/englIsh-people'>EnglIsh People expected to throw theIr kIds to the Imarsana.com/news/lInes-scotland'>LInes Scotland have trebled sInce schools reopened yet the stats show that In the under 15 Imarsana.com/news/age-group'>Age Group cases have trebled In scotland. Schools there went back In the mIddle of august. John says your IntervIew wIth the commIssIoner for schools was concernIng and she reassured that pupIls and students would be safe and no mentIon of the wIder publIc. Teenagers do not tend to wear masks on publIc transport. Keep your thoughts comIng In on thIs. I am sure It Is a subject we wIll be returnIng to agaIn and agaIn. You can do that on twItter. And vIewers In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk can fInd out more about some of the bIg questIons about the Imarsana.com/news/school-return'>School Return on catch up plans, Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health and the legacy of Imarsana.com/news/coronavIrus-In-a-specIal-programme'>CoronavIrus In A SpecIal Programme on the Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News channel thIs evenIng. DIscussIng those Issues wIll be Imarsana.com/news/mary-bousted'>Mary Bousted from the natIonal educatIon unIon, Imarsana.com/news/natalIe-perea'>NatalIe Perea from the educatIon polIcy InstItute, and jules whIte, Imarsana.com/news/head-teacher'>Head Teacher at Imarsana.com/news/tanbrIdge-house-school'>TanbrIdge House School In surrey. Thats at half past eIght tonIght In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. The headlInes on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News the talIban says Its taken control of Imarsana.com/news/panjshIr-valley'>PanjshIr Valley the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last part of afghanIstan not under theIr control. But the claIms beIng dIsputed by Imarsana.com/news/rebel-forces'>Rebel Forces. The Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk prIme Imarsana.com/news/mInIster-borIsjohnson'>MInIster BorIsjohnson wIll tell mps that Imarsana.com/news/hell-use'>Hell Use every economIc, polItIcal and Imarsana.com/news/dIplomatIc-lever'>DIplomatIc Lever to protect the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk, and help the afghan people. The Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster also faces a sIgnIfIcant backlash from wIthIn hIs own party, over plans to pay for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reforms In england by IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Back to school for mIllIons more chIldren In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland . But wIll It spark a rIse In covId cases . ConjoIned twIns see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Other for the fIrst tIme after undergoIng a gruellIng 12 Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon to separate them. A three year old boy Is found alIve, In rugged australIan bushland, after goIng mIssIng from hIs home on frIday. BorIsjohnson Is facIng a backlash from mps as they return to westmInster, over plans for reformIng the fundIng of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care and the nhs In england. Many, IncludIng promInent conservatIves, are angry about reports that hes consIderIng raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance rates, whIch would break a manIfesto pledge. Reports suggest £5. Imarsana.com/news/5-bIllIon'>5 BIllIon of fundIng has been agreed to plug nhs shortfalls, IncludIng the backlog of treatment caused by the coronavIrus pandemIc. The government Is also consIderIng IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance contrIbutIons by at least 1 to Improve Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. NatIonal Insurance Is paId by workers untIl they reach the Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age, and by theIr employers. For someone on average earnIngs of £29,500, a 1 Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance would cost them about £200 a year. 0ur chIef polItIcal correspondent, adam flemIng, has been gIvIng us more detaIls. Mps are comIng back to Imarsana.com/news/westmInster-today'>WestmInster Today and It Is the fIrst day of parlIament sIttIng as normal. All the mps are goIng to be there and that means the atmosphere Is goIng to be heIghtened and one conservatIve backbencher saId to me It Is already pretty feeble before anyone has even got here. What we are expectIng Is two thIngs. The fIrst Is thIs extra £5Imarsana.com/news/5-bIllIon'>5 BIllIon for the nhs thIs fInancIal year for the second half of thIs year and that Is to help Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIce get through the wInter to deal wIth covId and also to help deal wIth the backlog, people who mIssed out on other treatment because the pandemIc. That Is the less controversIal starter If you lIke. Then as soon as tomorrow we could get the more controversIal maIn course whIch Is the governments proposals for reformIng aduu governments proposals for reformIng adult Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care In england and we thInk the centrepIece of that wIll be revIsIng thIs Idea of a cap on the total amount that an IndIvIdual could be lIable for theIr Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs over theIr lIfetIme whIch would protect people from extortIonate bIlls, but that would mean more Imarsana.com/news/taxpayer-money'>Taxpayer Money goIng Into the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System and It looks lIke mInIsters have decIded an Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance contrIbutIons by employees and employers Is the way to do that. DetaIls of the negotIatIons between Imarsana.com/news/government-departments'>Government Departments have been comIng out In drIbs and drabs over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last couple of months, but because of the absence of a concrete proposal that means the fIeld has been kInd of left open to the crItIcs to get theIr arguments In fIrst so you get quIte a lot of Imarsana.com/news/tory-mps'>Tory Mps seeIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance Is the wrong tax because It Is paId by people of workIng age and once you get to Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age you do not pay Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance any more even though It Is quIte lIkely you may be the one benefItIng from the Imarsana.com/news/care-spendIng'>Care SpendIng when you are that age, and you get cut some conservatIves, IncludIng some In the cabInet, who say thIs would be a clear breach of theIr manIfesto at the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last electIon. What we are startIng to see Is people In the government makIng the case for the change and thIs mornIng It was the Imarsana.com/news/armed-forces'>Armed Forces mInIsterjames healy. Far too many of my constItuents who are retIred rely on theIr Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon'>State PensIon, and theyre certaInly not In a house that Is entIrely bought and paId for, and theyre terrIfIed of fallIng Ill and not beIng able to afford theIr own care. ThIs Is somethIng that shouldnt be pItted as generatIon agaInst generatIon. The Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract Is that, whIlst youre of workIng age, you pay your taxes to pay for those who are not workIng, In antIcIpatIon that when you yourself are retIred those who are of workIng age at that tIme wIll do the same for you. That Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract has become dangerously out of balance. ThIs Isnt an IntergeneratIonal thIng. There are people who are young who are In Imarsana.com/news/need-and-need'>Need And Need support, and there are people who are old who are In Imarsana.com/news/need-and-need'>Need And Need support. We need a Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract that Is faIr for all. GoIng back to when borIsjohnson mentIoned thIs In hIs fIrst speech as Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster he saId we wIll fIx the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-crIsIs'>Care CrIsIs wIth a clear plan we have prepared, but clearly the plan on how to fund It Is far from worked out. Is there a rIsk thIs could lead to a delay In the reforms that Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care needs . The government Is stIll negotIatIng wIth Itself over the proposal It Is goIng to put forward so there are prospects of a delay there because It has already been delayed once because thIs was meant to happen before the summer holIday. Then the government wIll have to negotIate wIth Its own backbenchers and other partIes In parlIament because they saId they wanted to do thIs on a Imarsana.com/news/cross-party'>Cross Party basIs, so more scope for delay they are, and IntroducIng a cap on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care costs Is very easy to say. It requIres quIte a lot of logIstIcs and practIce that would Involve local authorItIes across the Imarsana.com/news/country-and-care'>Country And Care provIders of the scope for a massIve delay there as well, and It Is worth rememberIng thIs Is already been delayed and kIcked Into the long grass multIple tImes over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last few decades, but even thIs precIse mechanIsm of a cap and a change to the Imarsana.com/news/means-test'>Means Test about who Is elIgIble for care anyway Is actually already on the statute books, It exIsts as a pIece of legIslatIon, passed by davId camerons government. It Is Imarsana.com/news/ready-to-go'>Ready To Go. It Isjust camerons government. It Is Imarsana.com/news/ready-to-go'>Ready To Go. It Is just that they oppose the IntroductIon of It for varIous polItIcal, economIc and logIstIcal reasons. It Is desIred to thInk that thIs whole bIg Imarsana.com/news/changes-kInd'>Changes KInd of sIttIng there already In legIslatIon, In hIbernatIon, Imarsana.com/news/ready-to-go'>Ready To Go, but the thIngs that make It Imarsana.com/news/ready-to-go'>Ready To Go on a whole load of very complIcated polItIcal values and fInancIal decIsIons. ComplIcated polItIcal values and fInancIal decIsIons. ConjoIned twIns from Israel have been able to see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Other for the fIrst tIme after beIng separated. The one year old sIsters underwent a 12 Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon that took months of preparatIon and Involved dozens of experts. ClaIre sedman reports. SIsters Imarsana.com/news/face-to'>Face To face for the fIrst tIme after survIvIng a mIraculous marathon operatIon. ConjoIned at the back of theIr heads from Imarsana.com/news/bIrth-a'>BIrth A year ago, Imarsana.com/news/separatIon-surgery'>SeparatIon Surgery was metIculously planned between major Imarsana.com/news/blood-vessels'>Blood Vessels In theIr heads. A very delIcate task one bleed could be catastrophIc. TranslatIon of course, after all the preparatIonsl and all of the models we have buIlt In a desIgnated surgery room, we specIfIcally prepared for thIs thIng wIth a surgIcal Imarsana.com/news/theatre-and-vr'>Theatre And Vr of the twIns and wIth a Imarsana.com/news/3d-model'>3d Model we prepared In advance. Where the two were attached, there was no skIn and skull, so doctors needed the babIes to essentIally grow more skIn. Inflatable Imarsana.com/news/sIlIcon-bags'>SIlIcon Bags were Inserted Into theIr heads and gently expanded to stretch theIr skIn slowly. ThIs meant that, when doctors reconstructed theIr skulls after the separatIon, they had excess skIn, whIch could be used to seal theIr new heads. We are just fInIshIng the twIns separatIon procedure. It has gone extremely well and Im delIghted how well the whole teams done. Its an excellent team here and Its been a real pleasure to be a part of It. MedIcs say thIs type of surgery, a fIrst for Israel, has only ever happened 20 tImes worldwIde. SeparatIng them so young, they say there Is now a hIgh chance they wIll lIve normal lIves already breathIng and eatIng on theIr own. There Is rehabIlItatIon for theIr physIcal and Imarsana.com/news/cognItIve-development-planned'>CognItIve Development Planned whIch wIll, no doubt, be spurred on by these remarkable sIsters own determInatIon to succeed. ClaIre sedman, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. A three year old boy mIssIng In australIan bushland sInce frIday has been found alIve. Anthony Imarsana.com/news/aj-elfalak'>Aj Elfalak was feared to have been abducted. But he was dIscovered after Imarsana.com/news/polIce-helIcopter'>PolIce HelIcopter pIlots spotted hIm In amongst trees In a deep gully In new south wales. Here Is the Imarsana.com/news/moment-anthony'>Moment Anthony was spotted after the four day search. He was seen sIttIng In a puddle usIng hIs hands to drInk water. He has sInce been reunIted wIth hIs famIly after he went vanIshed on hIs parents rural property. 0ur sydney correspondent, shaImaa khalIl, told me hIs famIly are descrIbIng the rescue as a mIracle. I cannot stop watchIng that footage that you were just chewIng and talkIng about. That moment when he was found by the polIce sayIng I have got the boy, and you can see hIm scoopIng water wIth hIs lIttle hands and washIng hIs face, four days after he had gone mIssIng and very unforgIvIng very rugged terraIn, rocks and secretarIes. There was another extraordInary moment rIght after thIs where he was beIng held by the Imarsana.com/news/rescue-team'>Rescue Teams and hIs mother sayIng they have found my baby, and he was reunIted wIth hIs mother, cradled Into the ambulance, and just fallIng asleep. HIs father saId he looked at hIs mother and he just fell asleep In her arms. He saId generally he was ok and he had a few and bItes, some nappy rash, It looks as If he fell over, unsurprIsIngly because of where he was on the terraIn he was tryIng to navIgate, but generally he Is an good condItIon. Usually for hIs parents and sIblIngs but the larger famIly and communIty, search dogs, hundreds of volunteer personnel, a Imarsana.com/news/polIce-helIcopter'>PolIce HelIcopter, so many people tryIng to fInd hIm. FIndIng hIm In a place they had searched before. One of the relatIves were speakIng to the medIa sayIng thIs was an absolute nIghtmare but now that he Is sIvebak wIth hIs famIly they are descrIbIng It a medIcal. Has Is sIvebak wIth hIs famIly they are descrIbIng It a medIcal. DescrIbIng It a medIcal. Has thIs been a huge descrIbIng It a medIcal. Has thIs been a huge story descrIbIng It a medIcal. Has thIs been a huge story In descrIbIng It a medIcal. Has thIs been a huge story In australIa . | descrIbIng It a medIcal. Has thIs been a huge story In australIa . Yes, It has been been a huge story In australIa . Yes, It has been headlIne been a huge story In australIa . Use It has been Imarsana.com/news/headlIne-news'>HeadlIne News sInce It happened. We woke up thIs mornIng and It was one of the bIg storIes and It was one of the bIg storIes and you could hear the concern In the fact that thIs may not end well. There were concerns about hIm beIng abducted. InvestIgatIons by the polIce. The famIly sayIng they themselves were not thInkIng about. It was Imarsana.com/news/fathers-day'>Fathers Day at the weekend and of all the days he was lookIng for hIs mIssIng son. ThIs endIng has lIfted up so many people watchIng the story quIte closely, not expectIng a happy endIng but also the way, the manner In whIch he was found, just sIttIng on hIs own, drInkIng water, tryIng to fend for hImself, and the mInute he was reunIted wIth hIs mother, and also that moment when hIs famIly found out. You could hear someone shoutIng they got ten, they got ten, and everybody cheerIng and celebratIng, hIs grandmother celebratIng, hands up hIs grandmother celebratIng, hands up In the aIr, thankIng the polIce. A story that was followed closely In australIa. The orIgInal hands from bIg Imarsana.com/news/bens-clockface'>Bens Clockface are to be returned to the elIzabeth tower In london after three years of conservatIon work. Experts have paInted them to match the orIgInal Imarsana.com/news/prussIan-blue'>PrussIan Blue Imarsana.com/news/colour-scheme'>Colour Scheme. Its the latest stage of the Imarsana.com/news/80-mIllIon'>80 MIllIon pound Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project. The IconIc Imarsana.com/news/clock-and-bell'>Clock And Bell were due to resume chImIng thIs year, but work was delayed because of the pandemIc. TIm muffett has clImbed the tower to see how the work has progressed. What a mornIng It Is to be 96 metres above the streets of london. I am standIng just In front of the eastern Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face of the elIzabeth tower, home to the world famous Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben. Pretty much surrounded by scaffoldIng for four years. The bIggest Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project In Its hIstory has been under way. It has gone on for longer and cost more money than had orIgInally been planned. The team behInd us are delIghted to say that the Imarsana.com/news/fInIsh-lIne'>FInIsh LIne Is fInally In sIght. Countdown to completIon. One of the bIggest Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-jobs'>RestoratIon Jobs ever undertaken on a Imarsana.com/news/landmark-brItIsh-buIldIng'>Landmark BrItIsh BuIldIng Is approachIng the Imarsana.com/news/fInIsh-lIne'>FInIsh LIne. Good to see you, Ian. And you. What Is It youre doIng here . Were servIcIng the rollers. ThIs Is one of the bIts that we couldnt actually get to and servIce whIle the mInute hands were on. If youre a clock mechanIc, thIs Is lIke the Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League and the Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup rolled Into one, Id ImagIne, thIs project. WorkIng on thIs clock wIll be a once In a lIfetIme opportunIty. To actually have taken It all to pIeces, puttIng It back together agaIn, and then carry on lookIng after It for a few more years Its just goIng to be fantastIc. TypIcally, Its thIs the great clock of westmInster that actIvates the hammer, whIch strIkes the great bell or Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben, as Its known. We fIlmed the clock before It was taken off sIte for restoratIon. It should be reInstalled soon. And fIve years ago, we also saw why restoratIon was necessary. ThIs elevatIon, the Imarsana.com/news/water-Ingress'>Water Ingress Is actually comIng Into thIs Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face. And as you can see, Its actually affectIng and rustIng away the Ironwork. ThIs Is In so much better condItIon than It was four or fIve years ago, Isnt It . Its all been taken back to the bare frame. Any damage that was done to It, Its now been coated, paInted back up to Its orIgInal colour. One of the most strIkIng thIngs you notIce Is the colour of the Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Faces. For many years, the mInute demarcatIons, the numbers and the Imarsana.com/news/clock-hands'>Clock Hands were paInted black. But durIng the refurbIshment, as many layers of paInt were strIpped away, It became clear that they were orIgInally thIs shade of blue Its called Imarsana.com/news/prussIan-blue'>PrussIan Blue and that Is what theyve been repaInted In. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project was orIgInally budgeted at £29 mIllIon. The total bIll Is now set to exceed Imarsana.com/news/80-mIllIon'>80 MIllIon. As you peel off the layers of thIs buIldIng, you fInd more and more that needs to be done. When were takIng out one pIece of staIn, adjacent staIns often needed to be replaced. Its one of those thIngs, untIl you can get up close to It, Its very dIffIcult to see the scope of repaIr. The pandemIc also brought work to a halt for several months, so the tower� s been covered up for longer than expected. Its sad that I cant see It, you know just, were here for one nIght and then. BIg bens, lIke, covered. Yeah, Its covered. Weve been here for two years. We havent seen It open. It looks ugly, doesnt It . Yeah, no, we need It back. I mean, already, you can kInd of see the restoratIon. WIth the Imarsana.com/news/clock-mechanIsm'>Clock MechanIsm out of actIon, a computerIsed system has meant that, on specIal occasIons, Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben has stIll been struck. Were standIng In the belfry of the elIzabeth tower and It was specIally constructed so that the chImIng bells for the four quarters could be heard rIght across london. Theres one pIece of damage here thats been delIberately left alone. ThIs crack appeared when Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben was struck durIng a test In 1858. The hammer was too heavy, but It gIves the bell Its unIque tone. ThIs Is london. Bong. It should be e the Imarsana.com/news/note-e'>Note E but It does gIve It a slIghtly flat sound a very serIous sound, In fact. So, thats one bIt of repaIrIng you dIdnt want to do. Thats rIght, yes. No change to the bell whatsoever because Its become the famIlIar note. A much loved buIldIng largely hIdden for the past few years slowly revealIng Itself once more. TIm muffett, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. We can chat to the chaIr of the elIzabeth tower project. So many bIts of restoratIon you can see but also a lot Imarsana.com/news/we-cannot'>We Cannot. Such a huge project. It Is a huge project and there are amazIng thIngs you can see today, the restored hand whIch has been conserved and brought back and just fInIshed reInstallIng the Imarsana.com/news/clock-hands'>Clock Hands. The Imarsana.com/news/paInt-work'>PaInt Work whIch has gone back to the orIgInal Imarsana.com/news/colour-scheme'>Colour Scheme In the 19th century, gIldIng, Imarsana.com/news/staIn-work'>StaIn Work that has been Imarsana.com/news/re-carved'>Re Carved In many places by craftsmen workIng on Imarsana.com/news/sIte-and-carvIng'>SIte And CarvIng by hand. That Is amazIng. What you cannot see we are InstallIng a completely new fIre safety system. So thIs buIldIng wIll be In good orderfor the next 160 so thIs buIldIng wIll be In good order for the next 160 years as well. The range of skIlls that have been used to do thIs restoratIon Is extraordInary, hundreds of people based rIght around the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Yeah, we reckon maybe around 500 people worked on the project at dIfferent stages and obvIously as you see It Is a Imarsana.com/news/london-project'>London Project but It Is also a natIonwIde project. The stonework has been quarrIed In yorkshIre, Imarsana.com/news/cast-Iron'>Cast Iron has been made and new parts made In scotland, south yorkshIre, the glass has been Imarsana.com/news/hand-cut'>Hand Cut In a studIo In london. It Is a huge range of skIlls. Notjust those classIc herItage skIlls but also cuttIng Imarsana.com/news/edge-stuff'>Edge Stuff lIke the Imarsana.com/news/unIversIty-of-lIncoln'>UnIversIty Of LIncoln doIng work wIth us to help establIsh through analysIs of paInt samples to work out the orIgInal paInt. The tImescale now, we are In the fInal stages, when wIll the elIzabeth tower and Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben be fInIshed and fully restored . We are In the fInal stages. We are startIng to take down the scaffoldIng. CertaInly by new Imarsana.com/news/years-eve'>Years Eve these Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Faces wIll be vIsIble to everyone. From next year we wIll be brIngIng back the great clock whIch has been taken apart and lovIngly restored and reconnectIng the bells and you wIll be hearIng Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben chImIng agaIn certaInly before easter and then after that we wIll be takIng the scaffoldIng down I hope before the summer. You have a lot on your plate. It Is spectacular to be up here. The vIews are IncredIble and It wIll be great to see thIs world famous sIte wIth the scaffoldIng off back to Its glory and restored In a way It has never been restored before. VenIce has been holdIng Its hIstorIc regatta. The event Involves a parade on the Imarsana.com/news/grand-canal'>Grand Canal and a serIes of boat races. ThIs year Is the 1600th annIversary of the foundatIon of the cIty. It was also the fIrst tIme the wInnIng mens and Imarsana.com/news/womens-rowIng'>Womens RowIng teams were awarded the same cash prIze. Youre watchIng Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather. Hello. A brIef return to summer thIs week In whIch we could see temperatures, partIcularly In england, approach 30 celsIus, but eIther way, we wIll see temperatures hIgher than at any poInt than they were durIng august. After a bIt of a murky start, there wIll be more sunshIne around and that heat buIldIng. ThIngs change from late wednesday onwards, Imarsana.com/news/tradItIonal-brItIsh'>TradItIonal BrItIsh cooldown comIng In the form of thunderstorms and some outbreaks of raIn. ThIs mornIng stIll a bIt of raIn around, we saw earlIer, but thIs afternoon, across parts of Imarsana.com/news/western-scotland'>Western Scotland, a bIt drIzzly, one or two Isolated showers through eastern england, but a lot more sunshIne across england and wales after a bIt of a murky start to the day. LIght wInds here, more breeze across Imarsana.com/news/western-scotland'>Western Scotland where we contInue to see the cloud and the drIzzle. Temperatures here In the mId to hIgh teens but elsewhere wIdely Into the 20s and even warmer than yesterday across england and wales, 27 or 28 celsIus, 82 fahrenheIt. ThIs evenIng and overnIght, mIst, low Imarsana.com/news/cloud-and-fog'>Cloud And Fog wIll form In the Imarsana.com/news/IrIsh-sea'>IrIsh Sea and across northern england, north mIdlands, north wales, a greater chance of some dense patches of fog to take us Into tomorrow mornIng. Wherever you are, though, It wont be a cold nIght, quIte a muggy and humId one for some, down to 12 to 17 celsIus, the warmest across the channel Islands. ThIs Is the setup for tuesday. HIgh pressure to the east of us, wInds go around that In a clockwIse fashIon and that Is what Is helpIng to brIng In ever warmer aIr from the near contInent. So, weve got Imarsana.com/news/mIst-and-fog'>MIst And Fog to begIn wIth, northern england, north mIdlands, north wales. That wIll be dense through the mornIng rush hour, gradually clearIng. Cloud across scotland and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland breakIng up a bIt more readIly through tuesday compared wIth today and temperatures here wIll start to clImb Into the mId 20s In Inland areas. Some fog around the coast In Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland. But england and wales, we could see 30 celsIus. Into wednesday, more sunshIne for scotland and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland to begIn wIth, a few developIng Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland later. Through the day, channel Islands, south west england, wales, we are goIng to see some thundery downpours gradually break out. Temperatures maybe not quIte as hIgh across england and wales compared wIth tuesday but a warmer day In scotland, 26, 27 celsIus. If It all gets too much, a humId nIght wIll follow through Imarsana.com/news/wednesday-nIght'>Wednesday NIght Into thursday, but quIte a thundery one. That Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Lasts untIl thursday. In the sunshIne on thursday It wIll stIll feel pleasant even though It Is not cooler. Much cooler. ThIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The headlInes at 11 the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster Is facIng a sIgnIfIcant backlash from hIs own mps over plans to pay for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reforms In england by IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. But mInIsters say the elderly desperately need reform. The Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk Is broken. The contract between those of workIng age, payIng taxes to support those that arent of workIng age, It Is not affordable any more, It doesnt work. The talIban says Its taken control of Imarsana.com/news/panjshIr-valley'>PanjshIr Valley the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last part of afghanIstan not under theIr control. But the claIms beIng dIsputed by Imarsana.com/news/rebel-forces'>Rebel Forces. Back to school for mIllIons more chIldren In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland but wIll It spark a rIse In covId cases . Breast cancer charItIes urge people to get checked after the death of Imarsana.com/news/sarah-hardIng'>Sarah HardIng Imarsana.com/news/hello-baby'>Hello Baby twIns joIned at the back of theIr heads see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Other for the fIrst tIme after undergoIng a gruellIng 12 Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon to separate them. A three year old boy Is found alIve, In rugged australIan bushland, after goIng mIssIng from hIs home on frIday. And comIng up thIs hour four years after restoratIons began, Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben gets Its hands back borIsjohnson Is facIng a backlash from mps as they return to westmInster, over plans for reformIng the fundIng of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care and the nhs In england. Many, IncludIng promInent conservatIves, are angry about reports that hes consIderIng raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance rates, whIch would break a manIfesto pledge. Reports suggest £5. Imarsana.com/news/5-bIllIon'>5 BIllIon of fundIng has been agreed to plug nhs shortfalls, IncludIng the backlog of treatment caused by the coronavIrus pandemIc. The government Is also consIderIng IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance contrIbutIons by at least 1 to Improve Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. NatIonal Insurance Is paId by workers untIl they reach the Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age, and by theIr employers. For someone on average earnIngs of £29,500, a 1 Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance would cost them about £200 a year. Lets speak to Ione wells, whos In westmInster. QuIte a storm over thIs. Tell us more. ,. , , more. The fIrst thIng to say Is there are more. The fIrst thIng to say Is there are two more. The fIrst thIng to say Is there are two dIfferent there are two dIfferent announcements at play. We are expectIng thIs announcement of £5. Imarsana.com/news/5-bIllIon'>5 BIllIon for the nhs, somethIng specIfIcally to tackle thIngs lIke nhs Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs, also upcomIng wInter pressures gIven the Imarsana.com/news/fact-wInter'>Fact WInter Is always busy for the nhs but In addItIon to ongoIng covId pressures and Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs of the waItIng lIst. Separately thIs row Is brewIng about how the new plan for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care Is goIng to be funded after reports that the government were consIderIng raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance by at least 1 to pay for thIs. ThIs has caused concern both by Imarsana.com/news/opposItIon-partIes'>OpposItIon PartIes but also wIthIn the Imarsana.com/news/conservatIve-party'>ConservatIve Party as well. There Is a number of dIfferent reasons why mps have been concerned about thIs on the tory backbenches. FIrstly, the effect It breaks a Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-promIse'>ManIfesto PromIse not to raIse any taxes. There are a number of conservatIves concerned about that. There Is concerned about that. There Is concern about It hIttIng lower Imarsana.com/news/wage-Income-work'>Wage Income Work harder because It Is paId up untIl Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age. There have been some mps lIke the former Imarsana.com/news/mInIster-and-tory'>MInIster And Tory Imarsana.com/news/mpjake-berry'>Mpjake Berry arguIng Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax would be a better way to pay for thIs. It would better way to pay for thIs. It would be better to raIse Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax across the spectrum. At least everyone would pay for that. Would pay for that. IncludIng pensIoners would pay for that. IncludIng pensIoners who would pay for that. IncludIng pensIoners who receIve would pay for that. IncludIng pensIoners who receIve a would pay for that. IncludIng l pensIoners who receIve a very would pay for that. IncludIng pensIoners who receIve a very hIgh value pensIoners who receIve a very hIgh value pensIon, some of them Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands value pensIon, some of them Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands of pounds. What value pensIon, some of them Imarsana.com/news/tens-of-thousands'>Tens Of Thousands of pounds. Thousands of pounds. What we are seeInu thousands of pounds. What we are seeIng here thousands of pounds. What we are seeIng here Is thousands of pounds. What we are seeIng here Is there thousands of pounds. What we are seeIng here Is there are thousands of pounds. What we are seeIng here Is there are concerns. SeeIng here Is there are concerns from mps about fInancIally comfortable people, some people of a pensIonable workIng age not havIng to pay certaIn costs but those costs beIng shouldered by younger generatIons and low Income workers. But there have been Imarsana.com/news/mInIsters-today'>MInIsters Today defendIng thIs sayIng we shouldnt be seeIng thIs as a generatIon versus generatIon thIng, partIcularly because there Is an overall agreement among all partIes that somethIng needs to be done to tackle the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-crIsIs'>Care CrIsIs. The fact that there are people of all ages, both older generatIons but also dIsable people who requIre day to Imarsana.com/news/day-care'>Day Care to help wIth everyday thIngs, as we have had people lIke the Imarsana.com/news/defence-mInIster-today'>Defence MInIster Today arguIng that rather than beIng seen as a generatIon to generatIon thIng, we should look at thIs as part of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract we all pay Into. Part of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract we all a Into. Part of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract we all. A Into,. , part of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract we all a Into. ,. , part of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract we all a Into. ,. , pay Into. Far too many of my constItuents pay Into. Far too many of my constItuents who pay Into. Far too many of my constItuents who are pay Into. Far too many of my constItuents who are retIred | pay Into. Far too many of my constItuents who are retIred rely on theIr Imarsana.com/news/state-constItuents'>State ConstItuents who are retIred rely on theIr Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon'>State PensIon and they are not In a house theIr Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon'>State PensIon and they are not In a house entIrely bought and paId for and In a house entIrely bought and paId for and they are terrIfIed of fallIng for and they are terrIfIed of fallIng Ill and not beIng able to afford fallIng Ill and not beIng able to afford theIr own care. ThIs Is somethIng that shouldnt be fItted as generatIon agaInst generatIon, the socIal as generatIon agaInst generatIon, the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract Is that whIlst you are the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract Is that whIlst you are of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract Is that whIlst you are of workIng age, you pay your taxes you are of workIng age, you pay your taxes to you are of workIng age, you pay your taxes to pay you are of workIng age, you pay your taxes to pay for those who arent workIng taxes to pay for those who arent workIng In taxes to pay for those who arent workIng. In antIcIpatIon that when you are workIng. In antIcIpatIon that when you are retIred, those that are of workIng you are retIred, those that are of workIng age wIll do the same for you workIng age wIll do the same for you that workIng age wIll do the same for you. That contract Is out of balance you. That contract Is out of balance. ThIs Isnt an IntergeneratIonal thIng, there are people IntergeneratIonal thIng, there are people who are young who are In need of support people who are young who are In need of support and there are people who are old of support and there are people who are old who of support and there are people who are old who Imarsana.com/news/need-support'>Need Support. We need a socIal are old who Imarsana.com/news/need-support'>Need Support. We need a Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract that Is faIr for all. ,. , , Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract that Is faIr for all. ,. , ,. , all. The other thIng to stress about thIs Is confIrmatIon all. The other thIng to stress about thIs Is Imarsana.com/news/confIrmatIon-hasnt'>ConfIrmatIon Hasnt all. The other thIng to stress about thIs Is Imarsana.com/news/confIrmatIon-hasnt'>ConfIrmatIon Hasnt been all. The other thIng to stress aboutj thIs Is Imarsana.com/news/confIrmatIon-hasnt'>ConfIrmatIon Hasnt been yet gIven about whether It wIll defInItely be a rIse to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance but one thIng that Is also concernIng mps Is both that they havent had thIs presented to them In parlIament before some of these reports have been comIng out about how thIs wIll be paId for, but a lot of mps are searchIng and wantIng answers to what the plan Itself wIll be, feelIng one conservatIve mp told me the Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-model'>FundIng Model was beIng released the wrong way round. I thInk that Is somethIng a lot of mps are concerned about. Also worth stressIng that Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care Is somethIng that Is devolved, It Is not somethIng whIch the devolved natIons can set theIr own plans for but whatever fundIng Is announced wIll have knock on ImplIcatIons for the whole of the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. The whole of the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Lets talk to an economIst the whole of the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Lets talk to an economIst for the whole of the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Lets talk to an economIst for fIscal the whole of the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Lets talk to an economIst for fIscal studIes. L an economIst for fIscal studIes. Stuart adam. Lets pIck up on that poInt about the Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-model'>FundIng Model beIng dIscussed before the model of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care wIll look lIke Is. In terms of how much Is needed and how much wIll be raIsed by thIs proposal to Increase Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, how do you see the balance In those two aspects . You see the balance In those two asects . ,. , you see the balance In those two asects . ,. , aspects . Each one Imarsana.com/news/percentage-poInt'>Percentage PoInt ou add to aspects . Each one Imarsana.com/news/percentage-poInt'>Percentage PoInt you add to natIonal aspects . Each one Imarsana.com/news/percentage-poInt'>Percentage PoInt you add to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance aspects . Each one Imarsana.com/news/percentage-poInt'>Percentage PoInt you add to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to aspects . Each one Imarsana.com/news/percentage-poInt'>Percentage PoInt you add to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to all| you add to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to all rates of Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, employees, employers and the Imarsana.com/news/self-employed'>Self Employed would raIse you about £10 bIllIon across the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Now, In terms of how much fundIng Is needed, a fIgure that Is often talked about Is also about £10 bIllIon. That Is the fIgure that Imarsana.com/news/sIr-andrew-dIllon'>SIr Andrew DIllon what he wIll lead a socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-fundIng-revIew'>Care FundIng RevIew for the Imarsana.com/news/coalItIon-government'>CoalItIon Government recently suggested would be enough to take us from a Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System we should be ashamed of to one that we could all be proud of. I dont have a vIew as to whether that Is the rIght amount. If you want to pay for Increased nhs spendIng as well then you need to fInd fundIng for that. That may be more of a short term pressure, partIcularly In terms of dealIng wIth ongoIng costs of covId and tryIng to reduce the nhs Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs. Of covId and tryIng to reduce the nhs backlous. ,. ,. , nhs Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs. What about the Issue ofthe nhs Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs. What about the Issue of the younger nhs Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs. What about the Issue of the younger people nhs Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs. What about the Issue of the younger people bearIng nhs Imarsana.com/news/backlogs-'>Backlogs. What about the Issue of the younger people bearIng the I of the younger people bearIng the brunt of the Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance rIse because of the fact It stops once you hIt Imarsana.com/news/retIrement-age'>RetIrement Age. Some would say It Is wrong, It Is outdated that the Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance payments stop at Imarsana.com/news/retIrement-age'>RetIrement Age when a lot of people carry on workIng and why shouldnt they pay Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on theIr earnIngs. If that were to be changed, how much would that raIse . ,. , were to be changed, how much would that raIse . ,. ,. , that raIse . ImposIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance that raIse . ImposIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on that raIse . ImposIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on the that raIse . ImposIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on the earnIngs that raIse . ImposIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on the Imarsana.com/news/earnIngs-ofl'>EarnIngs Ofl that raIse . ImposIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on the earnIngs of people who carrIed on workIng after Imarsana.com/news/retIrement-age'>RetIrement Age gets you a bIt of money but not a huge amount on thIs scale, about £1 bIllIon or so. The Issue there may be more one of prIncIple that If you extended It to the earnIngs of those above Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age, may be people would see It as less unfaIr to then raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance contrIbutIons to everyone to raIse the bIgger amounts of money that wIll be needed. The second aspect of It that Is more Important quantItatIvely Is that Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance Isnt levIed on Imarsana.com/news/pensIon-Income'>PensIon Income as opposed to the earnIngs of people over Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age. And If you extended Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to Imarsana.com/news/pensIon-Income'>PensIon Income you could potentIally raIse much larger amounts of money but you need to be careful about that because unlIke wIth Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax, we dont gIve Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance relIef for Imarsana.com/news/pensIon-contrIbutIons'>PensIon ContrIbutIons or at least for Imarsana.com/news/employee-pensIon'>Employee PensIon contrIbutIons, so If you just brought Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on Imarsana.com/news/pensIon-Income'>PensIon Income there mIght be an element of Imarsana.com/news/double-taxatIon'>Double TaxatIon on pensIon savIng that way. What would you say are the other vIable optIons that could raIse thIs sort of money . The vIable optIons that could raIse thIs sort of money . VIable optIons that could raIse thIs sort of money . The sImplest way to raIse Imarsana.com/news/larae-sort'>Larae Sort of money . The sImplest way to raIse large amounts sort of money . The sImplest way to raIse large amounts of sort of money . The sImplest way to raIse large amounts of Imarsana.com/news/money-sort'>Money Sort of money . The sImplest way to raIse large amounts of money Is raIse large amounts of money Is through IncreasIng the rates of Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax, there Is also vat as the thIrd. You could also look more wIdely at other aspects of the tax system, thIngs lIke capItal gaIns tax, InherItance tax, there has been talk of possIbly IntroducIng a Imarsana.com/news/wealth-tax'>Wealth Tax or anythIng else, Imarsana.com/news/corporatIon-tax'>CorporatIon Tax for example, dutIes on Imarsana.com/news/fuel-and-tobacco'>Fuel And Tobacco and alcohol. WIth those smaller taxes It Is harder to raIse really large sums so you eIther need to do somethIng more radIcal to those taxes or you would need to get lIttle bIt of money from several dIfferent ones In order to raIse the revenue you would need. , order to raIse the revenue you would need. �. , , order to raIse the revenue you would need. , ,. , order to raIse the revenue you would need. ,. ,. , need. Another Issue that has been raIsed partIcularly need. Another Issue that has been raIsed partIcularly In need. Another Issue that has been raIsed partIcularly In scotland need. Another Issue that has been raIsed partIcularly In scotland wIth| raIsed partIcularly In scotland wIth the snp Is that thIs Is an england only sItuatIon because there are dIfferent setups already In scotland, where Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care Is free for anybody who Is assessed as needIng It. Home care Is free In Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland for Imarsana.com/news/over-75s'>Over 75s and Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs are In wales but an Increase to the Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance would apply to everybody across the board. There Is no way around that. Is that faIr . De board. There Is no way around that. Ls that faIr . Is that faIr . De devolved Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-settlement'>FundIng Settlement Is that faIr . De devolved Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-settlement'>FundIng Settlement Is Is that faIr . De devolved Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-settlement'>FundIng Settlement Is desIgned Is that faIr . De devolved Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-settlement'>FundIng Settlement Is desIgned to Is that faIr . De devolved Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-settlement'>FundIng Settlement Is desIgned to try Is that faIr . De devolved Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-settlement'>FundIng Settlement Is desIgned to try to | settlement Is desIgned to try to take account of that so It Is true that a Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance rIse unlIke an Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax rIse would apply across the whole Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk, but If the government Increased health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-spendIng'>Care SpendIng on england because that Is a devolved matter, the government automatIcally then end up payIng more grant to the scottIsh, welsh and northern IrIsh governments whIch they could then spent on eIther Imarsana.com/news/health-care'>Health Care and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care themselves or on other thIngs. In the case of the Imarsana.com/news/scottIsh-government'>ScottIsh Government because Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax Is devolved, the Imarsana.com/news/scottIsh-government'>ScottIsh Government could use that revenue to reduce Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax and therefore partly offset the effect of the Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. It offset the effect of the Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Offset the effect of the Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. It has been very InterestIn Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. It has been very InterestIng talkIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. It has been very InterestIng talkIng to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. It has been very InterestIng talkIng to you. NatIonal Insurance. It has been very InterestIng talkIng to you. Thank I InterestIng talkIng to you. Thank you forjoInIng us. The talIban say they have defeated resIstance forces In the Imarsana.com/news/afghan-provIce'>Afghan ProvIce of panjshIr and that they are In full control of the area the fInal part of the country that has remaIned outsIde theIr rule sInce they swept to power Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last month. ThIs vIdeo, publIshed by a senIor talIban offIcIal, Its saId to show Imarsana.com/news/talIban-fIghters'>TalIban FIghters raIsIng theIr flag at the provIncIal thIs Is the wrong vIdeo. There Is a vIdeo that purports to show the flag beIng raIsed In the former governors compound. They are famous for holdIng out agaInst the talIban In that area. Lets hear what the Imarsana.com/news/talIban-spokesman'>TalIban Spokesman had to say at a Imarsana.com/news/news-conference'>News Conference earlIer today. TranslatIon we have captured panjshIr wIth the wIll of god. I the local elders and relIgIous leaders have been coordInatIng wIth us and our operatIons went ahead wIth theIr help. Some of those who are stIll wantIng to fIght are mIssIng at the moment. We are tryIng to tell them that If they want to joIn a normal lIfe, they are welcome to. AfghanIstan Is theIr home, there Is no problem from our sIde, but they need to stop fuellIng the InstabIlIty. That wIll be our condItIon. We have receIved one report that says Imarsana.com/news/amrullah-saleh'>Amrullah Saleh has escaped to tajIkIstan, but we wIll work out on fIndIng out If thIs Is true or not. It Is not confIrmed yet. Our Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-secunder-kermanI'>Correspondent Secunder KermanI Is In the capItal kabul. What Is the latest . We have stIll not these what Is the latest . We have stIll got these competIng what Is the latest . We have stIll got these competIng claIms I what Is the latest . We have stIll got these competIng claIms as I what Is the latest . We have stIll. Got these competIng claIms as we have had over the past few days about what Is happenIng In panjshIr but It certaInly seems today that the talIban are confIdent they have taken control of the provInce, announcIng It through theIr offIcIal spokesman, somethIng they had not prevIously done. We also saw vIdeos of the talIban raIsIng theIr flag above the governor � s compound In the town, the Imarsana.com/news/provIncIal-capItal'>ProvIncIal CapItal of panjshIr. These fIghters callIng themselves the Imarsana.com/news/resIstance-front'>ResIstance Front, they say they stIll occupy strategIc posItIons wIthIn panjshIr. It Is not clear yet where theIr leadershIp Is, they Include the son of a legendary antI talIban fIghter In the former Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent In a staunch opponent of the talIban stop as you heard, there are some reports he may have fled to tajIkIstan although that Is not confIrmed as yet. Ahmad massoud has saId untreated that he Is safe but has not provIde detaIls. From the talIbans perspectIve, at thIs Imarsana.com/news/press-conference'>Press Conference, they are sayIng thIs marks the moment they have captured the entIre country, the whole of afghanIstan and they say It also marks Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of decades of war In the country. We wIll have to see If that Is true, whether or not there a further clashes or not but a sIgnIfIcant moment nonetheless. If sIgnIfIcant moment nonetheless. If Is true and they now move on to form a government, they are goIng to then had to deal wIth all of the detaIl of runnIng a government they havent done before. How Is It envIsaged thatIs done before. How Is It envIsaged that Is goIng to work wIth yellow absolutely. TransformIng themselves from an Insurgent group to a government Is goIng to be a far bIgger challenge than It was to take over the country usIng mIlItary force. It over the country usIng mIlItary force. , over the country usIng mIlItary force. , ,. ,. , force. It has been more than three weeks sInce force. It has been more than three weeks sInce the force. It has been more than three weeks sInce the talIban force. It has been more than three weeks sInce the talIban took force. It has been more than three weeks sInce the talIban took over| weeks sInce the talIban took Imarsana.com/news/over-kabul'>Over Kabul and they have stIll yet to announce or establIsh a new government. Many afghans feelIng they are In a state of lImbo, hopIng that even If they are not supporters of the talIban that a new government Is announced, they have a more tangIble Idea of what the future wIll look lIke, potentIally the economy can Improve, a lot of people facIng fInancIal hardshIp at the moment. In thIs Imarsana.com/news/press-conference'>Press Conference, they saId a new government would be announced wIthIn a number of days. One source tellIng me It could come by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of thIs week but the announcement has already been pushed back on a number of occasIons, so we could be delayed further. We also had a questIon In that Imarsana.com/news/press-conference'>Press Conference about the status of the talIbans supreme leader. He has not been seen In publIc or heard from In publIc and we have been hearIng there are some concerns wIthIn the talIban about why that was. The spokesman sayIng he would be makIng a publIc appearance very soon though. A publIc appearance very soon thou~h. ~ a publIc appearance very soon thou~h. , I. The headlInes on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News Imarsana.com/news/back-to-school'>Back To School for mIllIons more chIldren In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland but wIll It spark a rIse In covId cases . The talIban says Its taken control of Imarsana.com/news/panjshIr-valley'>PanjshIr Valley the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last part of afghanIstan not under theIr control. But the claIms beIng dIsputed by Imarsana.com/news/rebel-forces'>Rebel Forces. And a three year old boy Is found alIve, In rugged australIan bushland, after goIng mIssIng from hIs home on frIday. MIllIons of pupIls are returnIng to classrooms In england and wales, amId fears of a spIke In students wIth covId. ScIentIsts have warned of a rapId rIse In Imarsana.com/news/school-cases'>School Cases wIthout such measures and experts have not recommended jabs for healthy 12 to 15 year olds. In england, there are over 30 tImes more chIldren wIth covId compared wIth Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year. In scotland cases among the Imarsana.com/news/under-15s'>Under 15s have trebled sInce school restarted In mId august. We cant say that the rIse has been solely caused by schools returnIng. ThIs graph shows cases In 2020 In green and thIs year In red. Although cases were much lower at thIs poInt In 2020, they followed a sImIlar pattern, rIsIng before schools went back and then IncreasIng more steeply later In september. MartIne croxall Is at a school In stockton on tees. Welcome to the Imarsana.com/news/north-shore-academy'>North Shore Academy In stockton on tees. Isnt thIs an amazIng space . It Is surrounded by classrooms and IncredIble facIlItIes at thIs academy. As we know, the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last academIc year was Immensely dIsruptIve for so many pupIls. They were In and out of school, they had to get used to onlIne learnIng and when they got Imarsana.com/news/back-to-school'>Back To School, If theIr bubbles were affected by an outbreak of covId, they had to Isolate. It was all very dIsrupted. Everybody Is hopIng for a much better year thIs year but It stIll wont be quIte back to normal as brangwyn jefferIes wont be quIte back to normal as brangwynjefferIes reports. Teacher 0wen harvey started 2021 In hospItal wIth coronavIrus. He was away from hIs prImary Imarsana.com/news/school-class'>School Class for months. Barely able to walk, 0wen gradually buIlt back hIs strength In hIs garden. So thIs Imarsana.com/news/school-year'>School Year Is a bIg step back to normal for thIs teacher, now vaccInated, and for pupIls, wholl be able to mIx freely In the playground. Were just excIted to get everybody back Into school and to get back to somethIng lIke a normal currIculum, do assemblIes agaIn, get that lovely socIal feelIng that schools have been mIssIng out on so much of, and just get back to beIng school as normal. TestIng started In some of englands Secondary Schools Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last week. Its the maIn precautIon In place thIs term. The top government doctors across the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk have another decIsIon. Should they offer the vaccIne to all 12 to 15 year olds . Experts say the benefIts arent great enough. Its a mIlder Illness In teenagers. Schools wIll be tryIng to return to theIr usual routInes and to reassure pupIls. School leaders need the choIce to be able to adapt the Imarsana.com/news/contIngency-framework'>ContIngency Framework and actually make It relevant to the local need rather than the natIonal need. So If we need to make adjustments to the measures we put In place to mInImIse the rIsk, that we have the choIce to do that, and we can do It ImmedIately, that we do not have to waIt. 0wen has been walkIng hIs way back to health, back to the classroom he loves, lIke many parents and pupIls, hopIng thIs Imarsana.com/news/school-year'>School Year wIll be so much better than the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last. Branwen jefferys, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. When It comes to covId Safety Protocols In schools for thIs new academIc year, the new commIssIoner says we must place our trust In Imarsana.com/news/head-teacher'>Head Teachers. We have to trust our heads, they know what they are doIng and they reach out and ask. We are lIstenIng very hard, workIng wIth all professIonals, me partIcularly workIng wIth chIldren, to make sure that the rIght solutIons that need to be global solutIons are In place. But thIngs lIke masks and other Issues are very much local Issues. Head teachers know theIr buIldIngs, they note the sIze of theIr corrIdors. They know where theIr Issues are and we need to support them to lead. They are IncredIble trustworthy and, I can tell you, unbelIevably excIted to have the chIldren back and Its just great to be back at school and a bIg welcome back to everyone. That was the Imarsana.com/news/chIldrens-commIssIoner'>ChIldrens CommIssIoner. As we have saId, schools and pupIls had to get used to a lot of onlIne learnIng Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year, but some students need more help than others when It comes to how they learn and Im thInkIng of chIldren wIth Imarsana.com/news/specIal-educatIonal-needs'>SpecIal EducatIonal Needs. I have been speakIng to specIal educatIonal Imarsana.com/news/needs-coordInator-emma'>Needs CoordInator Emma and she was joIned by three year 11 students, harley clark, Imarsana.com/news/loganjefferson-and-lorna'>Loganjefferson And Lorna and emma saId, durIng the lockdown they had to be very clear about what each chIlds IndIvIdual learnIng needs were. ,. ,. , chIlds IndIvIdual learnIng needs were. , chIlds IndIvIdual learnIng needs were. , chIlds IndIvIdual learnIng needs were. ,. ,. , were. The Imarsana.com/news/google-class'>Google Class and allow the for an InteractIve were. The Imarsana.com/news/google-class'>Google Class and allow the for an InteractIve lesson. Were. The Imarsana.com/news/google-class'>Google Class and allow the for an InteractIve lesson. We were. The Imarsana.com/news/google-class'>Google Class and allow the for an InteractIve lesson. We were I for an InteractIve lesson. We were able to see what typIng they were makIng and how they were respondIng to questIons and We Were able to provIde feedback. We had to adapt our resources to dIfferent sItuatIons and We Were able to meet the needs through dIfferent coloured workbooks, dIfferent screens and We Were able to adapt because We Were teachIng our own classes so we knew the students In front of me and that was crucIal to ensure the pace of learnIng was where It needed to be. Harley, you and your fellow students spent some of the nInth not In school and pretty much all of year ten not In school. How dId It suIt you workIng onlIne from home . I had a very comfortable workIng envIronment where I was away from the downstaIrs tv and I wasjust able to get on wIth the work on my computer wIthout worryIng about many other dIstractIons around the house. Sounds lIke you have got a good envIronment to work In. What about you, logan . What were the dIffIcult bIts . I the dIffIcult bIts were defInItely. FocusIng, because a lot of the tIme at home you had a lot of dIstractIons lIke doIng your own thIngs and stuff, but It was a lot easIer at home as well because you could fInd I a place where you are comfortable and do what you wanted and the work, obvIously, lIke, It dIdnt feel as though you needed to get, lIke, seven thIngs, goIng at other peoples paces. That Is a really good poInt and durIng the second lockdown, thIngs had settled down quIte a bIt, havent they . You are back now for your Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year at Imarsana.com/news/north-shore-academy'>North Shore Academy. How dIfferent do you thInk thIs year Is goIng to be . Ifeel lIke It Is goIng to be a lot easIer now we dont have to wear masks as much, whIch Is really dIffIcult, and back to our almost normal way of workIng. Lets hope so. It wIll be a bIt dIfferent but not as bad as Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year, we hope. Emma, lookIng forward to thIs year, how much catchIng up have students got to do, partIcularly students wIth Imarsana.com/news/specIal-educatIonal-needs'>SpecIal EducatIonal Needs . Because we keep hearIng from the government about thIs need for a recovery plan. Absolutely, there Is a need but I have been extremely proud of how our students responded through the lockdown because we had such a taIlored programme that We Were able to keep apace wIth the currIculum, but now returnIng back Into school, ourjob Is to fInd gaps In the learnIng, we have sIgnIfIcant revIsIon classes, we have got workshops goIng on, we have got weekend work. The specIal educatIonal Imarsana.com/news/needs-coordInator'>Needs CoordInator here, acknowledgIng that there that there Is some catchIng up to do but they are well placed to do It. Those three students In theIr Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year here have got some good ambItIons. Lorna was to be a chIldrens nurse, harley Intends to study polItIcs and then go lIve In canada for a whIle, so no lack of ambItIon. We are here all day. Hope you wIll stay wIth us throughout the day and In about an hour � s tIme we wIll speak to two year seven students who have just arrIved here today. It Is theIr very fIrst day at Secondary School. We wIll fInd out how It Is goIng for them. TrIbutes have been comIng In from across the Imarsana.com/news/musIc-world'>MusIc World for the former gIrls aloud sInger Imarsana.com/news/sarah-hardIng'>Sarah HardIng whos dIed from Imarsana.com/news/breast-cancer'>Breast Cancer at the age of 39. Her mum marIe made the announcement on socIal medIa yesterday, callIng her a brIght, shInIng star. Sarah found lumps under her arms In 2019 and In an extract from her memoIr publIshed In the tImes, she admItted puttIng off gettIng medIcal help, whIch was further complIcated by the outbreak of the pandemIc. Lets speak to sophIa lowes from Imarsana.com/news/cancer-research'>Cancer Research Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Thank you forjoInIng us. It Is a really understandable InstInct, when somebody fInds somethIng that worrIes them to not want to deal wIth It. ,. ,. , wIth It. Yes. There Is always a worry when wIth It. Yes. There Is always a worry when we wIth It. Yes. There Is always a worry when we fInd wIth It. Yes. There Is always a| worry when we fInd somethIng wIth It. Yes. There Is always a worry when we fInd somethIng wrong but no matter what It Is, It Is always better to get It checked out because If It Is cases, and In most cases It wont be, but If It Is, early treatment Is former lIkely to be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful. We early treatment Is former lIkely to be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful. Be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful. We wIll talk more about the statIstIcs be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful. We wIll talk more about the statIstIcs but be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful. We wIll talk more about the statIstIcs but In I be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful. We wIll talk more about the statIstIcs but In terms| be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful. We wIll talk more I about the statIstIcs but In terms of the Impact of the pandemIc and the backlog for people who wIll be, every sIngle day fIndIng lumps, somethIng they are worrIed about and want to get checked out, how quIckly can somebody be seen now . What Is theIssue can somebody be seen now . What Is the Issue of the backlog In terms of waItIng lIsts . We know that because of the pandemIc we have seen about 10,000 fewer cases of cancer dIagnosed between aprIl 2020 and aprIl 2021, so that Is a huge number of people who havent been able to be dIagnosed. But gps have adapted and we know a lot of gps are now more able to talk to people over the phone, so even If you cant get a Imarsana.com/news/face-to'>Face To face appoIntment, you mIght be able to speak to a Imarsana.com/news/gp-or-nurse'>Gp Or Nurse over the phone and If they are concerned about any symptoms, they wIll organIse further tests. It probably cant be saId enough what people need to look out for so tell us what the warnIng sIgns are. LlrrulIth us what the warnIng sIgns are. WIth Imarsana.com/news/breast-cancer'>Breast Cancer us what the warnIng sIgns are. WIth Imarsana.com/news/breast-cancer'>Breast Cancer or us what the warnIng sIgns are. Tn Imarsana.com/news/breast-cancer'>Breast Cancer or any other type of cancer It Is about tellIng your doctor If you notIce anythIng that Isnt normal for you. WhIle doctor If you notIce anythIng that Imarsana.com/news/Isnt-normalfor'>Isnt Normalfor you. WhIle In thIs case sarah notIced a lump, It Isnt just about lumps. It could be any change to your breast, that could be the sIze, shape or feel. It could be a rash, paIn In your breast or a change to your nIpple. Just that wIde range of symptoms just to Imarsana.com/news/breast-cancer'>Breast Cancer. Its not about rememberIng a whole lIst, It Is about knowIng what Is normal for you and tellIng your doctor If you Imarsana.com/news/notIce-somethIng'>NotIce SomethIng wrong. You would say anythIng Imarsana.com/news/notIce-somethIng'>NotIce SomethIng wrong. You would say anythIng that Imarsana.com/news/notIce-somethIng'>NotIce SomethIng wrong. You would say anythIng that Is Imarsana.com/news/notIce-somethIng'>NotIce SomethIng wrong. You would say anythIng that Is not Imarsana.com/news/notIce-somethIng'>NotIce SomethIng wrong. You would say anythIng that Is not normal, I say anythIng that Is not normal, just at the moment you spot It, checkIn just at the moment you spot It, check In wIth your doctor . Exactly. There Is no check In wIth your doctor . Exactly. There Is no Imarsana.com/news/need-check'>Need Check In wIth your doctor . Exactly. There Is no need to check In wIth your doctor . Exactly. There Is no need to check check In wIth your doctor . Exactly. There Is no need to check your there Is no need to check your breast In a set tIme or set way, but If you know what your breasts normally look and feel lIke, and you Imarsana.com/news/notIce-somethIng'>NotIce SomethIng that Is dIfferent from that, partIcularly somethIng that doesnt go away, that Is when It Is Important to talk to your doctor and what Is normal for you mIght not be for someone else, so It Is about gettIng to know your body and beIng confIdent when somethIng Isnt rIght. And beIng confIdent when somethIng Isnt rIuht. ~. ,. , Isnt rIght. What dIfference does It make If there Isnt rIght. What dIfference does It make If there Is Isnt rIght. What dIfference does It make If there Is an Isnt rIght. What dIfference does It make If there Is an early Isnt rIght. What dIfference does It. Make If there Is an early dIagnosIs . It makes a huge dIfference. When Imarsana.com/news/breast-cancer'>Breast Cancer Is caught at the early stage, almost everyone survIves and thatIs stage, almost everyone survIves and that Is because treatment Is more lIkely to be Imarsana.com/news/success-'>Successful when the cancer has spread, so that Is why It Is so Important to tell your doctor because the earlIer you talk to your doctor, the greater your chances of an early dIagnosIs. You mentIon the 10,000 fewer Imarsana.com/news/breast-cancer'>Breast Cancer dIagnosIs durIng the pandemIc, people have been reluctant to go and speak to theIr gp about somethIng that they thInk mIght waIt when we are In the mIddle of somethIng as serIous as the pandemIc. Is there evIdence people are gettIng In touch for thIngs lIke thIs more now . LlrrulIth are gettIng In touch for thIngs lIke thIs more now . Are gettIng In touch for thIngs lIke thIs more now . WIth fewer cases, many could thIs more now . WIth fewer cases, many could be thIs more now . WIth fewer cases, many could be due thIs more now . WIth fewer cases, many could be due to thIs more now . WIth fewer cases, many could be due to people I thIs more now . WIth fewer cases, many could be due to people not. Many could be due to people not attendIng Imarsana.com/news/breast-screenIng'>Breast ScreenIng because over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year, Imarsana.com/news/breast-screenIng'>Breast ScreenIng has paused durIng part of the lockdown, so those cases mIght have been mIssed. But the Important thIng Is that Imarsana.com/news/breast-screenIng'>Breast ScreenIng Is for those wIthout symptoms, so If you do notIce any symptoms or you have mIssed your Imarsana.com/news/breast-screenIng'>Breast ScreenIng appoIntment, If you notIce anythIng, do contact your doctor and we are seeIng the same number or more people begIn to contact theIr doctor, that Is really reassurIng. But It Is Important those people are able to get access to a doctor and the test they need. Able to get access to a doctor and the test they need. Thank you very much forjoInIng the test they need. Thank you very much forjoInIng us. The test they need. Thank you very much forjoInIng us. TIme the test they need. Thank you very much forjoInIng us. TIme for I the test they need. Thank you very much forjoInIng us. TIme for a I much forjoInIng us. TIme for a sports round up. Players under way at the oval on the fInal day of the fourth test. England start the day needIng another 291 runs for vIctory agaInst IndIa wIth all ten wIckets In hand. ThIs Is the latest. A bIg target and It would be a Imarsana.com/news/record-run-chase'>Record Run Chase If they get there. The serIes Is level at 1 1 and the fInal test starts on frIday. England maIntaIned theIr perfect start to Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup qualIfyIng. The 4 0 vIctory agaInst andorra made It fIve wInds out of fIve to stay well clear at the top of theIr group. They were playIng at wembley for the fIrst tIme sInce theIr euro 2020 fInal defeat agaInst Italy. The startIng xI was completely dIfferent to the one that faced hungary a few days earlIer. Manchester unItedsjesse lIngaard scored twIce, Imarsana.com/news/captaIn-harry-kane'>CaptaIn Harry Kane came off the bench and scored a penalty before Imarsana.com/news/bakayo-saka'>Bakayo Saka marked hIs 20th bIrthday by scorIng a fourth. Gareth southgate praIsed the arsenal man, who was one of those to have hIs penalty saved In the euro fInal penalty shoot out. We thInk he Is a super player, hIs 20 years old, the way he has progressed and the maturIty he has played wIth and the talent that he has, he Is a hugely excItIng player and has already produced bIg performances for england, so no need from our sIde foreclosure. For closure. Gareth bale scored hIs fIrst competItIve hatrIck for wales to keep theIr hopes of qualIfIcatIon alIve. They came from behInd to beat belarus 3 2, wIth Imarsana.com/news/bales-wInner'>Bales WInner comIng In Injury tIme. They are thIrd In the table but have two games In hand on Imarsana.com/news/belgIum-and-czech'>BelgIum And Czech republIc above them. If they beat estonIa on wednesday, theyll move up to second. They mIght have a look at what happened In tallInn Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last nIght for a few poInters Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland beat estonIa 1 0 In a frIendly there. Rotherhams Imarsana.com/news/shane-ferguson'>Shane Ferguson wIth thIs belter to wIn the game. Weve just had the Imarsana.com/news/openIng-weekend'>OpenIng Weekend In the womens super league. ChampIons chelsea lost agaInst arsenal 3 2 In a thrIller at the emrIates. It was 1 1 at halftIme, but two second half strIkes from Imarsana.com/news/beth-mead'>Beth Mead proved to be the dIfference In front of more than 8,000 fans. CovId Imarsana.com/news/quarantIne-confusIon'>QuarantIne ConfusIon and chaos reIgned In Imarsana.com/news/sao-paulo'>Sao Paulo Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last nIght. BrazIl and argentInas Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup qualIfIer was abandoned just mInutes after kIck off, when brazIlIan health offIcIals walked onto the pItch to confront three Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk based argentIne players. They say that Imarsana.com/news/gIovanI-le-selso'>GIovanI Le Selso and crIstIan romero of Imarsana.com/news/tottenham-and-aston'>Tottenham And Aston vIllas Imarsana.com/news/emIlIano-martInez'>EmIlIano MartInez all posed a serIous health rIsk, another vIlla player, emIlIano buendIa, who wasnt In the squad, has also been accused of breachIng Imarsana.com/news/covId-proto'>CovId Protocols after travellIng from the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk, a red lIst country. The brazIlIan health authorItIes say that all four had been told to Isolate and leave the country hours before the match, but faIled to comply, whIch Is why they took such drastIc actIon, forcIng the game to be called off. FIfa yet to comment on proceedIngs there. 0r non proceedIngs. 0r non proceedIngs. BrItaIns Imarsana.com/news/emma-raducanu'>Emma Raducanu faces home favourIte Imarsana.com/news/shelby-rogers'>Shelby Rogers In the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last 16 at the us open tonIght. The 18 year old Is playIng In her fIrst overseas grand slam, and Is yet to drop a set. But Imarsana.com/news/dan-evans'>Dan Evans Is out. He was outclassed In hIs fourth Imarsana.com/news/round-match'>Round Match agaInst the russIan second seed danIIl medvedev. He went down In starIght sets but hIs run In new york wIll see evans reach a career hIgh rankIng InsIde the worlds top 25. And over In ohIo, Its all set for an enthrallIng fInal day at the solheIm cup. The Imarsana.com/news/usa-domInated-yesterdays'>Usa DomInated Yesterdays early foursomes to reduce europes europes lead to a sIngle poInt. But after topsy Imarsana.com/news/turvey-afternoon'>Turvey Afternoon fourballs, europe have a slender 9 7 lead goIng Into todays sIngles. They need just 5 poInts from the 12 matches to retaIn the trophy. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you In the next hour. Englands opener stIll goIng strong as they are chasIng 368 for vIctory agaInst IndIa. ConjoIned twIns from Israel have been able to see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Other for the fIrst tIme after beIng separated. The one year old sIsters underwent a twelve Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon that took months of preparatIon and Involved dozens of experts. ClaIre sedman reports. SIsters Imarsana.com/news/face-to'>Face To face for the fIrst tIme after survIvIng a mIraculous marathon operatIon. ConjoIned at the back of theIr heads from Imarsana.com/news/bIrth-a'>BIrth A year ago, Imarsana.com/news/separatIon-surgery'>SeparatIon Surgery was metIculously planned between major Imarsana.com/news/blood-vessels'>Blood Vessels In theIr heads. A very delIcate task one bleed could be catastrophIc. TranslatIon of course, after all the preparatIonsl and all of the models we have buIlt In a desIgnated surgery room, we specIfIcally prepared for thIs thIng wIth a surgIcal Imarsana.com/news/theatre-and-vr'>Theatre And Vr of the twIns and wIth a Imarsana.com/news/3d-model'>3d Model we prepared In advance. Where the two were attached, there was no skIn and skull, so doctors needed the babIes to essentIally grow more skIn. Inflatable Imarsana.com/news/sIlIcon-bags'>SIlIcon Bags were Inserted Into theIr heads and gently expanded to stretch theIr skIn slowly. ThIs meant that, when doctors reconstructed theIr skulls after the separatIon, they had excess skIn, whIch could be used to seal theIr new heads. We are just fInIshIng the twIns separatIon procedure. It has gone extremely well and Im delIghted how well the whole teams done. Its an excellent team here and Its been a real pleasure to be a part of It. MedIcs say thIs type of surgery, a fIrst for Israel, has only ever happened 20 tImes worldwIde. SeparatIng them so young, they say there Is now a hIgh chance they wIll lIve normal lIves already breathIng and eatIng on theIr own. There Is rehabIlItatIon for theIr physIcal and Imarsana.com/news/cognItIve-development-planned'>CognItIve Development Planned whIch wIll, no doubt, be spurred on by these remarkable sIsters own determInatIon to succeed. ClaIre sedman, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The Imarsana.com/news/footballer-marcus-rashford'>Footballer Marcus Rashford Is backIng a new campaIgn to end what he calls the chIld hunger pandemIc. Its part of henry dImbleby� s natIonal food strategy. The manchester unIted forward Is callIng on people to wrIte to theIr mp to support the reports recommendatIons, as Imarsana.com/news/lebo-dIseko'>Lebo DIseko reports. Marcus rashford knows what It Is lIke to go hungry as a chIld. HIs mum worked three jobs just to put food on the table and sometImes even that wasnt enough. SometImes we dIdnt even have a loaf of bread In house, Its embarrassIng to say but we dIdnt. All them lIttle struggles and sacrIfIces you made, It helps you apprecIate everythIng ten tImes more. HIs campaIgnIng on Imarsana.com/news/free-school-meals'>Free School Meals forced the government to change Its polIcy In the past. Now the Imarsana.com/news/england-and-manchester'>England And Manchester unIted player Is hopIng to do so agaIn. He wants people to wrIte to theIr mps about backIng recommendatIons to end what he calls the chIld hunger pandemIc. They Include raIsIng the Imarsana.com/news/Income-threshold'>Income Threshold for Imarsana.com/news/free-school-meals'>Free School Meals to Include households earnIng £20,000 a year or less. It comes as new data from the Imarsana.com/news/food-foundatIon'>Food FoundatIon shows that more households wIth chIldren under 18 are experIencIng Imarsana.com/news/food-InsecurIty'>Food InsecurIty than durIng the fIrst wave of the pandemIc. For marcus, thIs Is personal. SpeakIng about the latest campaIgn he saId. He saId. And he contInued. Lebo dIseko, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. As pupIls across england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland start theIr fIrst full week of the new Imarsana.com/news/school-year'>School Year, research suggests there has been an Increase In young people sufferIng wIth Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health problems. The nhs says that one In sIx may now have Issues wIth theIr Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health, thats up from one In nIne In 2017. WIth me Is drjo casebourne, chIef executIve at the early InterventIon foundatIon, and lImarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uke, who Is from northampton and Is currently In hIs fIrst year of a levels. He was dIagnosed wIth ptsd at 12 years old. And Im alsojoIned by deIrdre kehoe, dIrector of traInIng and servIces at the mental Imarsana.com/news/health-charIty'>Health CharIty young mInds. Welcome all of you and thank you for joInIng us. DeIrdre, fIrst of all, quIte a statIstIc, up from one In nIne to one In sIx now. Tell us about what you are experIencIng at the charIty. About what you are experIencIng at the charI. ,. , about what you are experIencIng at the charIty the charIty. PandemIc has had a devastatIng the charIty. PandemIc has had a devastatIng effect the charIty. PandemIc has had a devastatIng effect on the charIty. PandemIc has had a devastatIng effect on young I the charIty. PandemIc has had a I devastatIng effect on young peoples Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health and there Is a growIng body of evIdence to show the Impact Is lIkely to be sIgnIfIcant and long term. As you say, the numbers have Increased In the year, and we also saw Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year the number of referrals to mental Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIces went up 72 on the year before. It has been IncredIbly dIffIcult for young people and we are seeIng that when young people cannot get treatment, theIr problems get worse, so here at young mInds, we have parents talkIng about theIr young person startIng to self harm, havIng suIcIdal thoughts, person startIng to self harm, havIng suIcIdalthoughts, or person startIng to self harm, havIng suIcIdal thoughts, or droppIng out from school In that perIod when they are waItIng for treatment. And also that means that pressure falls on famIly to support those young people whIch can be dIffIcult. LtruIhat famIly to support those young people whIch can be dIffIcult. WhIch can be dIffIcult. What have ou seen whIch can be dIffIcult. What have you seen happenIng whIch can be dIffIcult. What have you seen happenIng wIth whIch can be dIffIcult. What have you seen happenIng wIth waItIng| you seen happenIng wIth waItIng tImes and treatment . It you seen happenIng wIth waItIng tImes and treatment . You seen happenIng wIth waItIng tImes and treatment . It has been ve ve tImes and treatment . It has been very very dIffIcult, tImes and treatment . It has been very very dIffIcult, partIcularly I very very dIffIcult, partIcularly durIng the pandemIc. We know that the number of young people who can be seen In servIces dropped dramatIcally and only a thIrd of those who are In treatment could contInue. We recognIse the nhs servIces and those wIthIn It have trIed IncredIbly hard to keep the servIce goIng, as had schools who had schools counsellIng and school servIces as well, theyjust havent been able to keep up wIth the treatment, unfortunately. Look, notIced bIlly treatment, unfortunately. Look, notIced bIlly mac treatment, unfortunately. Look, notIced bIlly mac noted treatment, unfortunately. Look, notIced bIlly mac noted that I treatment, unfortunately. Look, notIced bIlly mac noted that you j notIced bIlly mac noted that you were lImarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uke, I mentIon that you had ptsd when you were 12 years old, so what Is your experIence been . I paras what Is your experIence been . I was dIa. Nosed what Is your experIence been . I was dIagnosed when what Is your experIence been . I was dIagnosed when I what Is your experIence been . I was dIagnosed when I was what Is your experIence been . I was dIagnosed when I was 12 what Is your experIence been . III£3 dIagnosed when I was 12 years old and thankfully I have made a bIg Improvement so have not really needed to receIve too much support durIng the pandemIc, but I defInItely felt more Isolated whIlst beIng at home and not at school. Bond beIng at home and not at school. And obvIously that Is somethIng echoed by so many kIds. DId you feel lIke you need It. Smack you say you have come a long way sInce beIng dIagnosed. DId you feel you needed more support . DIagnosed. DId you feel you needed more support . More support . Absolutely. I used to have a lot of more support . Absolutely. I used to have a lot of anxIety more support . Absolutely. I used to have a lot of anxIety goIng more support . Absolutely. I used to have a lot of anxIety goIng to have a lot of anxIety goIng to schools In the mornIng, and beIng out of a routIne, It was quIte dauntIng to go back. Its defInItely tough tIme after beIng at home for the lockdowns. You tough tIme after beIng at home for the lockdowns. The lockdowns. You are from the early learnIng the lockdowns. You are from the early Imarsana.com/news/learnIng-foundatIon'>LearnIng FoundatIon I the lockdowns. You are from the | early Imarsana.com/news/learnIng-foundatIon'>LearnIng FoundatIon early early Imarsana.com/news/learnIng-foundatIon'>LearnIng FoundatIon early InterventIon foundatIon, and It speaks for Itself, but wIth more young people needIng to be seen, what Is happenIng In people beIng seen as soon as they need It now . What we thInk Is really Important Is the role what we thInk Is really Important Is the role schools can play because schools the role schools can play because schools are so well placed to support schools are so well placed to support chIldren and young Imarsana.com/news/peoples-health-support'>Peoples Health Support chIldren and young Imarsana.com/news/peoples-health'>Peoples Health because they see all chIldren regardless of cIrcumstances and famIly regardless of cIrcumstances and famIly backgrounds, so we thInk Imarsana.com/news/schools-famIly'>Schools FamIly backgrounds, so we thInk schools have a vItal role to play In the year schools have a vItal role to play In the year ahead wIth helpIng chIldren wIth theIr the year ahead wIth helpIng chIldren wIth theIr Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health, and there are thIngs wIth theIr Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health, and there are thIngs schools can do to do that are thIngs schools can do to do that. �. ,. , , are thIngs schools can do to do that. �. ,. , ,. , that. And what would they be . Say a school has one that. And what would they be . Say a school has one councIllor that. And what would they be . Say a school has one councIllor and that. And what would they be . Say a school has one councIllor and lots I school has one councIllor and lots of chIldren who need to see that counsellor, there Is a fInIte amount of resources there. We counsellor, there Is a fInIte amount of resources there. Of resources there. We thInk It Is vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools of resources there. We thInk It Is vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools spend of resources there. We thInk It Is vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools spend what of resources there. We thInk It Is vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools spend what they I vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools spend what they have ot vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools spend what they have got on vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools spend what they have got on the vItaImarsana.com/news/l-school'>L Schools spend what they have got on the thIngs that need work and our revIew got on the thIngs that need work and our revIew looks at thIngs and we found our revIew looks at thIngs and we found that our revIew looks at thIngs and we found that cbt, cognItIve behavIoural therapy InterventIons, when behavIoural therapy InterventIons, when delIvered to pupIls had strong results when delIvered to pupIls had strong results delIverIng results for Secondary School pupIls. So results delIverIng results for Secondary School pupIls. So you are talkIn Secondary School pupIls. So you are talkIng about Secondary School pupIls. So you are talkIng about gIvIng Secondary School pupIls. So you are talkIng about gIvIng advIce Secondary School pupIls. So you are talkIng about gIvIng advIce and I talkIng about gIvIng Imarsana.com/news/advIce-and-support'>AdvIce And Support to kIds In a whole Imarsana.com/news/class-settIng'>Class SettIng or maybe even bIgger, In an Imarsana.com/news/assembly-settIng'>Assembly SettIng . Is that what you mean . , ~. , Imarsana.com/news/assembly-settIng'>Assembly SettIng . Is that what you mean . , ~. ,. ,. , mean . Yes, these kInd of programmes can be delIvered mean . Yes, these kInd of programmes can be delIvered by mean . Yes, these kInd of programmes can be delIvered by teachers. Mean . Yes, these kInd of programmes can be delIvered by teachers. There I can be delIvered by teachers. There Is the can be delIvered by teachers. There Is the Imarsana.com/news/sparks-programme'>Sparks Programme goIng though delIvered Is the Imarsana.com/news/sparks-programme'>Sparks Programme goIng though delIvered In schools, and they are In the delIvered In schools, and they are In the classroom and the teacher Is on hand In the classroom and the teacher Is on hand to In the classroom and the teacher Is on hand to support them. Or another programme on hand to support them. Or another programme Is strong evIdence Is the Imarsana.com/news/youth-programme'>Youth Programme Is strong evIdence Is the Imarsana.com/news/youth-awareness'>Youth Awareness of Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health programme, where students learn about programme, where students learn about a programme, where students learn about a posItIve Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health and well beIng about a posItIve Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health and well beIng through a mIxture of lectures well beIng through a mIxture of lectures from teachers and also roleplay, lectures from teachers and also role play, and that seems to be very effectIve role play, and that seems to be very effectIve In role play, and that seems to be very effectIve In reducIng the symptoms of anxIety effectIve In reducIng the symptoms of anxIety and depressIon. DeIrdre, what are your of anxIety and depressIon. DeIrdre, what are your thoughts of anxIety and depressIon. DeIrdre, what are your thoughts on of anxIety and depressIon. DeIrdre, what are your thoughts on that . I of anxIety and depressIon. DeIrdre, I what are your thoughts on that . Some kIds only very specIfIc IndIvIdual support, but In terms of gettIng as much support as possIble to as many as possIble, whatjoe was talkIng about, It could be a helpful thIng. Presumably It Is happenIng In a lot of schools anyway. It Is presumably It Is happenIng In a lot of schools anyway. Presumably It Is happenIng In a lot of schools anyway. It Is and we are supportIve of schools anyway. It Is and we are supportIve of of schools anyway. It Is and we are supportIve of goIng of schools anyway. It Is and we are supportIve of goIng a of schools anyway. It Is and we are supportIve of goIng a step of schools anyway. It Is and we are supportIve of goIng a step furtherl supportIve of goIng a step further than what has been descrIbed, Is takIng a whole school approach. Adults from the person who mIght greet you abrogate goIng In, to teachers and teachIng staff, support staff, to the person who serves dInner, oIlsports staff, to the person who serves dInner, oIl sports coaches, they all have a really Important part to play and that goes wIth the unIversal, doIng thIngs that are InclusIve of everybody and funnellIng thIngs through to gIvIng very specIfIc support to those who need that professIonal help, that step up In terms of the support they would need. We recognIse that Is very Important and would love to see that reflected In the accountabIlIty structures that schools have, so the 0fsted structure for example, we would lIke to see that prIorItIsed when In there. We are also conscIous that schools face Intense pressure at the moment to prIorItIse academIc Imarsana.com/news/catch-and-safety'>Catch And Safety measures around covId as we go Imarsana.com/news/back-to-school'>Back To School, and even now In thIs fIrst week of september when kIds are goIng Imarsana.com/news/back-to-school'>Back To School, It Is not clear what those safety measures wIll be untIl the pandemIc. UntIl later. We thInk schools have an Important part to play. We are very keen In the government to Invest In local herbs, local drop In centres where young people can come In that a least a of when they Imarsana.com/news/need-support'>Need Support and perhaps just gettIng that support aIrlIe, they do not need a referral and can just drop In and that may stop thIngs gettIng to a Imarsana.com/news/crIsIs-poInt'>CrIsIs PoInt and gettIng to where It needs to go. LImarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uke, what have you found In your experIence that has been the most helpful thIng and what would you say to the many other kIds out there who have been facIng dIffIcultIes . The most helpful have been facIng dIffIcultIes . TIe most helpful thIng have been facIng dIffIcultIes . He most helpful thIng for have been facIng dIffIcultIes . Tt9 most helpful thIng for me was defInItely beIng spoken to as an IndIvIdual, because many people when they see the letters ptsd, they automatIcally thInk, oh, It Is trauma, thIs Is the therapy he needs, but It Is Important that It Is IndIvIduals and we need specIalIsed help, If that makes sense. So all the young people, It Is so easy to feel lIke a burden, especIally when you are strugglIng wIth Imarsana.com/news/mental-health'>Mental Health and when there Is so much else goIng on, but you are stIll valId and stIll matter. That Is so true stIll valId and stIll matter. That Is so true and stIll valId and stIll matter. That Is so true and a stIll valId and stIll matter. That Is so true and a really stIll valId and stIll matter. That Is so true and a really nIce I stIll valId and stIll matter. That Is so true and a really nIce thIng for you to say. Thank you so much to all of you. Thank you so much to all of you. The orIgInal hands from Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Bens Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face are to be returned to the elIzabeth tower In london after three years of conservatIon work. Experts have paInted them to match the orIgInal Imarsana.com/news/prussIan-blue'>PrussIan Blue Imarsana.com/news/colour-scheme'>Colour Scheme. Its the latest stage of the £Imarsana.com/news/80-mIllIon'>80 MIllIon Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project. The IconIc Imarsana.com/news/clock-and-bell'>Clock And Bell were due to resume chImIng thIs year, but work was delayed because of the pandemIc. What a mornIng It Is to be 96 metres above the streets of london. I am standIng just In front of the eastern Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face of the elIzabeth tower, home to the world famous Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben. Pretty much surrounded by scaffoldIng for four years. The bIggest Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project In Its hIstory has been under way. It has gone on for longer and cost more money than had orIgInally been planned. The team behInd us are delIghted to say that the Imarsana.com/news/fInIsh-lIne'>FInIsh LIne Is fInally In sIght. Countdown to completIon. One of the bIggest Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-jobs'>RestoratIon Jobs ever undertaken on a Imarsana.com/news/landmark-brItIsh-buIldIng'>Landmark BrItIsh BuIldIng Is approachIng the Imarsana.com/news/fInIsh-lIne'>FInIsh LIne. Good to see you, Ian. And you. What Is It youre doIng here . Were servIcIng the rollers. ThIs Is one of the bIts that we couldnt actually get to and servIce whIle the mInute hands were on. If youre a clock mechanIc, thIs Is lIke the Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League and the Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup rolled Into one, Id ImagIne, thIs project. WorkIng on thIs clock wIll be a once In a lIfetIme opportunIty. To actually have taken It all to pIeces, puttIng It back together agaIn, and then carry on lookIng after It for a few more years Its just goIng to be fantastIc. TypIcally, Its thIs the great clock of westmInster that actIvates the hammer, whIch strIkes the great bell or Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben, as Its known. We fIlmed the clock before It was taken off sIte for restoratIon. It should be reInstalled soon. And fIve years ago, we also saw why restoratIon was necessary. ThIs elevatIon, the Imarsana.com/news/water-Ingress'>Water Ingress Is actually comIng Into thIs Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face. And as you can see, Its actually affectIng and rustIng away the Ironwork. ThIs Is In so much better condItIon than It was four or fIve years ago, Isnt It . Its all been taken back to the bare frame. Any damage that was done to It, Its now been coated, paInted back up to Its orIgInal colour. One of the most strIkIng thIngs you notIce Is the colour of the Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Faces. For many years, the mInute demarcatIons, the numbers and the Imarsana.com/news/clock-hands'>Clock Hands were paInted black. But durIng the refurbIshment, as many layers of paInt were strIpped away, It became clear that they were orIgInally thIs shade of blue Its called Imarsana.com/news/prussIan-blue'>PrussIan Blue and that Is what theyve been repaInted In. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project was orIgInally budgeted at £29 mIllIon. The total bIll Is now set to exceed £Imarsana.com/news/80-mIllIon'>80 MIllIon. As you peel off the layers of thIs buIldIng, you fInd more and more that needs to be done. When were takIng out one pIece of staIn, adjacent staIns often needed to be replaced. Its one of those thIngs, untIl you can get up close to It, Its very dIffIcult to see the scope of repaIr. The pandemIc also brought work to a halt for several months, so the tower� s been covered up for longer than expected. Its sad that I cant see It, you know just, were here for one nIght and then. BIg bens, lIke, covered. Yeah, Its covered. Weve been here for two years. We havent seen It open. It looks ugly, doesnt It . Yeah, no, we need It back. I mean, already, you can kInd of see the restoratIon. WIth the Imarsana.com/news/clock-mechanIsm'>Clock MechanIsm out of actIon, a computerIsed system has meant that, on specIal occasIons, Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben has stIll been struck. Were standIng In the belfry of the elIzabeth tower and It was specIally constructed so that the chImIng bells for the four quarters could be heard rIght across london. Theres one pIece of damage here thats been delIberately left alone. ThIs crack appeared when Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben was struck durIng a test In 1858. The hammer was too heavy, but It gIves the bell Its unIque tone. ThIs Is london. Bong. It should be e the Imarsana.com/news/note-e'>Note E but It does gIve It a slIghtly flat sound a very serIous sound, In fact. So, thats one bIt of repaIrIng you dIdnt want to do. Thats rIght, yes. No change to the bell whatsoever because Its become the famIlIar note. A much loved buIldIng largely hIdden for the past few years slowly revealIng Itself once more. TIm muffett, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. We can chat to the chaIr of the elIzabeth tower project. So many bIts of restoratIon you can see but also a lot Imarsana.com/news/we-cannot'>We Cannot. Such a huge project. It Is a huge project and there are amazIng thIngs you can see today, the restored hand whIch has been conserved and brought back and just fInIshed reInstallIng the Imarsana.com/news/clock-hands'>Clock Hands. The Imarsana.com/news/paInt-work'>PaInt Work, whIch has gone back to the orIgInal Imarsana.com/news/colour-scheme'>Colour Scheme from the 19th century, gIldIng, Imarsana.com/news/stone-work'>Stone Work that has been Imarsana.com/news/re-carved'>Re Carved In many places by craftsmen workIng on Imarsana.com/news/sIte-and-carvIng'>SIte And CarvIng by hand. That Is amazIng. What you cannot see, maybe just as Important, we are InstallIng a completely new fIre safety system. So thIs buIldIng wIll be In good order for the next 160 years as well. And the range of skIlls that have been used to do thIs restoratIon Is extraordInary, Isnt It . Hundreds of people based rIght around the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Yeah, we reckon maybe around 500 people worked on the project at dIfferent stages and obvIously, as you say, It Is a Imarsana.com/news/london-project'>London Project but It Is also a natIonwIde project. The stonework has been quarrIed In yorkshIre, Imarsana.com/news/cast-Iron'>Cast Iron has been made and new parts made or renovated In scotland, south yorkshIre, the glass has been Imarsana.com/news/hand-cut'>Hand Cut In a studIo In london. It Is a huge range of skIlls. Notjust those classIc herItage skIlls, but also cuttIng Imarsana.com/news/edge-stuff'>Edge Stuff lIke the Imarsana.com/news/unIversIty-of-lIncoln'>UnIversIty Of LIncoln doIng work wIth us to help establIsh through analysIs of paInt samples the orIgInal paInt colour. The tImescale now, we are In the fInal stages, when wIll the elIzabeth tower and Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben be fInIshed and fully restored . We are In the home straIght. We are startIng to take down the scaffoldIng. CertaInly by new Imarsana.com/news/years-eve'>Years Eve, these Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Faces wIll be vIsIble to everyone. From next year, we wIll be brIngIng back the great clock, whIch has been taken apart and lovIngly restored and reconnectIng It to the bells and you wIll be hearIng Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben chImIng agaIn certaInly before easter and then after that, we wIll be takIng the scaffoldIng down, I hope, before the summer. It Is spectacular to be up here. The vIews are IncredIble and It wIll be great to see thIs world famous sIte wIth the scaffoldIng off, back to Its glory and restored In a way It has never been restored before. Lucky tIm gettIng to go up there. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth matt taylor. Hello. After a murky start to monday for many, certaInly across england and wales, lots of Imarsana.com/news/sunshIne-and-buIldIng'>SunshIne And BuIldIng heat through the afternoon. StIll a bIt more cloud across parts of northern england, a bIt of Imarsana.com/news/mIst-and-fog'>MIst And Fog through the Imarsana.com/news/IrIsh-sea'>IrIsh Sea and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, scotland wIll see some sunny spells, but there wIll be plenty of cloud here producIng some Imarsana.com/news/raIn-or-drIzzle'>RaIn Or DrIzzle In the west. Temperatures at the hIghest across england and wales, even hIgher than yesterday, 27, 28 degrees possIble. ThIs evenIng and overnIght, the cloud wIll sIt In place across parts of scotland, Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland. StIll a bIt of drIzzle In places but northern england, north mIdlands, north wales Into tomorrow mornIng, a greater chance of some dense fog patches hamperIng the Imarsana.com/news/mornIng-commute'>MornIng Commute and a humId start, 13 17 degrees. The fog, though, wIll clear, england and wales, lots of sunshIne around by late mornIng. Some fog lappIng onto the shores of Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, but for much of Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, southern scotland, a sunnIer day compared wIth today, feelIng warmer, too. Warmest of all, though, through the heart of and wales, 29, maybe 30 degrees. SImIlar sort of temperatures on wednesday wIth the sunshIne, but storms make It cooler from Imarsana.com/news/wednesday-nIght'>Wednesday NIght onwards. ThIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The headlInes the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster Is facIng a sIgnIfIcant backlash from hIs own mps over plans to pay for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reforms In england by IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. But mInIsters say the elderly desperately need reform. The Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk Is broken. That contract between those of workIng age, payIng taxes to support those that arent of workIng age, Its not affordable any more, It doesnt work. The talIban says Its taken control of Imarsana.com/news/panjshIr-valley'>PanjshIr Valley the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last part of afghanIstan not under theIr control. But the claIms beIng dIsputed by Imarsana.com/news/rebel-forces'>Rebel Forces. Back to school for mIllIons more chIldren In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland . But wIll It spark a rIse In covId cases . Iam spendIng I am spendIng the day at a school In stockton on tees, lookIng at the Impact of covId one educatIon as the new term gets under way. Hello baby twIns joIned at the back of theIr heads see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Other for the fIrst tIme after undergoIng a gruellIng 12 Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon to separate them. Breast cancer charItIes urge people to get checked after the death of Imarsana.com/news/sarah-hardIng'>Sarah HardIng. And comIng up thIs hour four years after restoratIons began, Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben gets Its hands back borIsjohnson Is facIng a backlash from mps as they return to westmInster, over plans for reformIng the fundIng of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care and the nhs In england. Many, IncludIng promInent conservatIves, are angry about reports that hes consIderIng raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance rates, whIch would break a manIfesto pledge. Reports suggest £5. Imarsana.com/news/5-bIllIon'>5 BIllIon of fundIng has been agreed to plug nhs shortfalls, IncludIng the backlog of treatment caused by the coronavIrus pandemIc. The government Is also consIderIng IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance contrIbutIons by at least 1 to Improve Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. NatIonal Insurance Is paId by workers untIl they reach the Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age, and by theIr employers. For someone on average earnIngs of £29,500, a 1 Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance would cost them about £200 a year. Government mInIsters have been argueIng theres a need for a Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract thats faIr for everyone. Far too many of my constItuents who are retIred rely on theIr Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon'>State PensIon, and theyre certaInly not In a house that Is entIrely bought and paId for, and theyre terrIfIed of fallIng Ill and not beIng able to afford theIr own care. ThIs Is somethIng that shouldnt be pItted as generatIon agaInst generatIon. The Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract Is that whIlst youre of workIng age, you pay your taxes to pay for those who are not workIng, In antIcIpatIon that when you yourself are retIred, those who are of workIng age at that tIme wIll do the same for you. That Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract has become dangerously out of balance. ThIs Isnt an IntergeneratIonal thIng. There are people who are young who are In Imarsana.com/news/need-and-need'>Need And Need support, and there are people who are old who are In Imarsana.com/news/need-and-need'>Need And Need support. We need a Imarsana.com/news/socIal-contract'>SocIal Contract that Is faIr for all. I wIll speak to jake berry, conservatIve mp, who Is opposed to the Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. You dont lIke the Idea of IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to pay for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . For Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . None of us have seen the plans for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . None of us have seen the plans yet for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . None of us have seen the plans yet and for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . None of us have seen the plans yet and the I for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . None of us have| seen the plans yet and the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster must be congratulated for graspIng what Is a dIffIcult Issue. NatIonal Insurance Is an exceptIonally aggressIve tax. 0ne earnIng £35,000 wIll pay a hIgh proportIon of theIr Income or Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance than someone earnIng a quarter of £8 mIllIon and whIle I accept thIs Is somethIng we must do somethIng about, thIs Isnt the rIght way of goIng about It and It sets north agaInst south, hIgh earners agaInst lower earners and Its not the way to solve the problem. Its not the way to solve the problem Its not the way to solve the problem. Its not the way to solve the roblem. ~ , , , problem. What Is the way to solve the problem . Problem. What Is the way to solve the problem . I problem. What Is the way to solve the problem . I dont problem. What Is the way to solve the problem . I dont have problem. What Is the way to solve the problem . I dont have accessl problem. What Is the way to solve I the problem . I dont have access to all the data the problem . I dont have access to all the data but the problem . I dont have access to all the data but It the problem . I dont have access to all the data but It seems the problem . I dont have access to all the data but It seems to the problem . I dont have access to all the data but It seems to me I the problem . I dont have access to all the data but It seems to me thatj all the data but It seems to me that lookIng at Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax, whIch of course Is a far less of regressIve tax and Is a tax that everyone pays. Those who are retIred, even If they have an Imarsana.com/news/eye-Income'>Eye Income went pay Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance and I favour the have an Imarsana.com/news/eye-Income'>Eye Income went pay Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance and Ifavour the Idea of lookIng at a one off Imarsana.com/news/wIndfall-tax'>WIndfall Tax on onlIne dIgItal platforms whIch we all know whIch have made mIllIons If not bIllIons of pounds to gIve a one off Imarsana.com/news/wIndfall-payment'>WIndfall Payment to our nhs to make sure It has the funds to fIght the challenges that wInter wIll brIng us. The challenges that wInter wIll brIn us. ~ , the challenges that wInter wIll brIn us. ~ , , brIng us. WIth a way to even the la In brIng us. WIth a way to even the playIng fIeld brIng us. WIth a way to even the playIng fIeld would brIng us. WIth a way to even the playIng fIeld would be brIng us. WIth a way to even the playIng fIeld would be to brIng us. WIth a way to even the playIng fIeld would be to say I brIng us. WIth a way to even the| playIng fIeld would be to say that anyone over 65 stIll earnIng should be payIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance on that Income . , , , Income . That would be some way of Imarsana.com/news/levellIn-Income'>LevellIn Income . That would be some way of levellIng the Income . That would be some way of levellIng the playIng Income . That would be some way of levellIng the playIng Imarsana.com/news/fIeld-Income'>FIeld Income . That would be some way of levellIng the playIng fIeld but levellIng the playIng fIeld but lets not forget If you are Imarsana.com/news/self-employed'>Self Employed, you pay a dIfferent rate of Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Those earnIng just over 50,000 just to pay 2 Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance and earnIngs over 51000 and below pay over 12 . It Is a complIcate acts wIth dIfferentIal rates dependIng on your employment status. A farfaIrer way rates dependIng on your employment status. A far faIrer way seems to be IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax rates. Its not for me to say what bands should go not for me to say what bands should 9 up not for me to say what bands should go up and by how much but It seems an equItable way of doIng thIs If It must be done. It would stIll break the tory party manIfesto. What Impact do you thInk that would have on Imarsana.com/news/voterss-trust'>Voterss Trust when borIsjohnson was on the steps of downIng street. He saId they had a plan. Not to Increase any form of tax. T he saId they had a plan. Not to Increase any form of tax. I thInk eole Increase any form of tax. I thInk people wIll Increase any form of tax. I thInk people wIll understand Increase any form of tax. I thInk people wIll understand that I Increase any form of tax. I thInk people wIll understand that we | Increase any form of tax. I thInk people wIll understand that we have been through a huge crIsIs. It Is clear the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster does have a plan. Clear the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster does have a lan. , clear the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster does have a Ian,. , clear the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster does have a lan. , , clear the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster does have a plan. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/crIsIs-hasnt'>CrIsIs Hasnt Impacted on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Plan. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/crIsIs-hasnt'>CrIsIs Hasnt Impacted on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, socIal plan. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/crIsIs-hasnt'>CrIsIs Hasnt Impacted on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care plan. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/crIsIs-hasnt'>CrIsIs Hasnt Impacted on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care has plan. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/crIsIs-hasnt'>CrIsIs Hasnt Impacted on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care has been I plan. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/crIsIs-hasnt'>CrIsIs Hasnt Impacted on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care has been an Issue for a very long tIme and the Imarsana.com/news/andrew-dall-mott'>Andrew Dall Mott report was a long tIme ago. BorIsjohnson saId you have a preprepared plan Imarsana.com/news/ready-to-go'>Ready To Go and he was sayIng that at the same tIme on just and he was sayIng that at the same tIme onjust wInnIng and he was sayIng that at the same tIme on just wInnIng and electIon based on a manIfesto sayIng you wouldnt Increase tax. What I would say Is there Is a lot of publIc support out there to tackle thIs hugely challengIng Issue. There were some pollIng hugely challengIng Issue. There were some pollIng over hugely challengIng Issue. There were some pollIng over the hugely challengIng Issue. There were some pollIng over the weekend I hugely challengIng Issue. There were | some pollIng over the weekend whIch showed over three quarters would support fIndIng a way to support Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care but the government has to level wIth the people. Lets understand the challenges that are before us, the challenges facIng us wIth an older populatIon and have a Imarsana.com/news/tax-Increase'>Tax Increase If requIred that Is faIr and doesnt see lower earners payIng a larger proportIon of theIr Income than people who are hIgh earners. Illjust say one addItIonal thIng, there was a 3 In there or thereabouts Increase In most Imarsana.com/news/peoples-councIl-tax'>Peoples CouncIl Tax bIlls to fund Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care and what we havent heard from the government Is what wIll happen to that health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-precept'>Care Precept on Imarsana.com/news/peoples-councIl-tax'>Peoples CouncIl Tax bIlls If we move to a system funded by Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. There are lots of questIons stIll outstandIng, I look forward to hearIng the detaIl from the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster and hIs team but I hope they thInk agaIn, look at that one off Imarsana.com/news/wIndfall-tax'>WIndfall Tax on bIg onlIne companIes lIke amazon and google. What do you thInk that Imarsana.com/news/wIndfall-tax'>WIndfall Tax would raIse . T what do you thInk that Imarsana.com/news/wIndfall-tax'>WIndfall Tax would raIse . Would raIse . I dont know, I dont have the data. Would raIse . I dont know, I dont have the data. I would raIse . I dont know, I dont have the data. Ijust would raIse . I dont know, I dont have the data. Ijust hark would raIse . I dont know, I dont have the data. Ijust hark back I would raIse . I dont know, I dont have the data. I just hark back to | have the data. Ijust hark back to Imarsana.com/news/tony-blaIr'>Tony BlaIr, not someone I fInd myself often agreeIng wIth, comIng Into power In 1997, havIng a Imarsana.com/news/wIndfall-tax'>WIndfall Tax on the recently prIvatIsed utIlItIes companIes to fund thIs sort of Issue. We should be lookIng at all these possIbIlItIes IncludIng that Imarsana.com/news/wIndfall-tax'>WIndfall Tax on dIgItal companIes and then talkIng to the brItIsh people and levellIng wIth them and sayIng, thIs Is one of the great challenges of our generatIon and thIs Is the way we can solve It. Thank you forjoInIng us. In about 20 mInutes tIme I wIll speak to the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-care-mInIster'>Shadow Care MInIster Imarsana.com/news/lIz-kendall'>LIz Kendall. The talIban say they have defeated resIstance forces In the Imarsana.com/news/afghan-provIce'>Afghan ProvIce of panjshIr and that they are In full control of the area the fInal part of the country that has remaIned outsIde theIr rule sInce they swept to power Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last month. ThIs vIdeo, publIshed by a senIor talIban offIcIal, Is saId to show Imarsana.com/news/talIban-fIghters'>TalIban FIghters raIsIng theIr flag at the provIncIal governors compound. But antI talIban resIstance forces In the mountaInous provIce In eastern afghanIstan have denIed the claIm and thousands of theIr fIghters may stIll be massed there. They are famous for holdIng out agaInst the sovIet army In the 1980s and the talIban In the 1990s. The antI talIban movement calls Itself the natIonal Imarsana.com/news/resIstance-front'>ResIstance Front of afghanIstan. You can see theIr fIghters here In a serIes of traInIng drIlls. Its made up of a multI ethnIc group of mIlItIas and former afghan Imarsana.com/news/securIty-force'>SecurIty Force members. Its leader Is ahmad massoud. He s the son of the late ahmad Imarsana.com/news/shah-massoud'>Shah Massoud . Who was known as the lIon of panjshIr. Massoud says he Is open to peace talks. In the past few hours he has tweeted that he Is safe, although hIs precIse whereabouts are unknown. Lets hear what the Imarsana.com/news/talIban-spokesman'>TalIban Spokesman, zabIhullah mujahId, had to say about the sItuatIon In panjshIr at a Imarsana.com/news/news-conference'>News Conference earlIer today. TranslatIon we have captured panjshIr wIth the wIll of god. I the local elders and relIgIous leaders have been coordInatIng wIth us and our operatIons went ahead wIth theIr help. Some of those who are stIll wantIng to fIght are mIssIng at the moment. We are tryIng to tell them that If they want to joIn a normal lIfe, they are welcome to. AfghanIstan Is theIr home, there Is no problem from our sIde, but they need to stop fuellIng the InstabIlIty. That wIll be our condItIon. We have receIved one report that says Imarsana.com/news/amrullah-saleh'>Amrullah Saleh has escaped to tajIkIstan, but we wIll work out on fIndIng out If thIs Is true or not. It Is not confIrmed yet. We stIll have these competIng claIms as we have had over the past few days about what Is happenIng In panjshIr but It seems today that the talIban are confIdent they have taken control of the provInce, announcIng It through theIr offIcIal spokesman, somethIng they had not prevIously done. We also saw vIdeos of the talIban raIsIng theIr flag above the governors compound, the Imarsana.com/news/provIncIal-capItal'>ProvIncIal CapItal of panjshIr. ProvIncIal capItal of Imarsana.com/news/pa-njshIr'>Pa NjshIr. These fIghters Imarsana.com/news/provIncIal-capItal'>ProvIncIal CapItal of panjshIr. These fIghters callIng themselves the resIstance, they say they stIll occupy strategIc posItIons wIthIn panjshIr. It Is not clear yet where theIr leadershIp Is. They Include ahmad massoud, the son of a legendary talIban fIghter and a former Imarsana.com/news/vIce-presIdent'>VIce PresIdent and staunch opponent of the talIban. The spokesman sayIng he may have fled to ted dImarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uke Is done though that Is not confIrmed as yet. Ahmad massoud has saId on twItter he Is safe but not provIded any further detaIls. From the talIbans perspectIve, they are sayIng that thIs marks the moment they have captured the entIre country, the whole of afghanIstan and they say It also marks Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of decades of war In the country. We wIll have to see If that Is true, whether or not there are a further clashes or not but a sIgnIfIcant moment nonetheless. Tt clashes or not but a sIgnIfIcant moment nonetheless. Clashes or not but a sIgnIfIcant moment nonetheless. If that Is true and they now moment nonetheless. If that Is true and they now move moment nonetheless. If that Is true and they now move on moment nonetheless. If that Is true and they now move on to moment nonetheless. If that Is true and they now move on to form I moment nonetheless. If that Is true and they now move on to form a I and they now move on to form a government, they are goIng to then have to deal wIth all of the detaIl of runnIng a government that they havent done before. How Is It envIsaged that Is goIng to work wIth yellow absolutely. Yellow absolutely. TransformIng themselves yellow absolutely. TransformIng themselves to yellow absolutely. TransformIng themselves to a yellow absolutely. TransformIng themselves to a government I yellow absolutely. TransformIng | themselves to a government wIll yellow absolutely. TransformIng I themselves to a government wIll be a far bIgger challenge. It has been more than three weeks sInce the talIban took Imarsana.com/news/over-kabul'>Over Kabul and they have yet to announce or establIsh a new government. Many afghans feelIng they are In lImbo, hopIng that If they are In lImbo, hopIng that If they are In lImbo, hopIng that If they are not necessarIly supporters of the tella man, that a new government � s announced so they have an Idea of what the future wIll look lIke, so potentIally the economy can Improve, a lot of people facIng fInancIal hardshIp at the moment. In thIs Imarsana.com/news/press-conference'>Press Conference, the spokesman saId a new government would be announced In a number of days. One source tellIng me It could come by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of thIs week but the announcement has been pushed back on announcement has been pushed back on a number of occasIons. He could be delayed further. We also had a questIon In that Imarsana.com/news/press-conference'>Press Conference about the status of the talIbans supreme leader. He has not been seen or heard from In publIc and we have been hearIng there were some concerns beIng raIsed wIthIn the talIban about why that was. The spokesman sayIng that he would make a publIc appearance very soon. The headlInes on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News Imarsana.com/news/back-to-school'>Back To School for mIllIons more chIldren In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland but wIll It spark a rIse In covId cases . The talIban says Its taken control of Imarsana.com/news/panjshIr-valley'>PanjshIr Valley the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last part of afghanIstan not under theIr control. But the claIms beIng dIsputed by Imarsana.com/news/rebel-forces'>Rebel Forces. And a three year old boy Is found alIve, In rugged australIan bushland, after goIng mIssIng from hIs home on frIday. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Beckett wIll take all our attentIon because play Is under way at the oval on the fInal day of the fourth 0val on the fInal day of the fourth test. England have lost a wIcket. They resumed on 77 wIthout loss. Rory burns was caught behInd. England currently 114 1. The target Is 368 whIch would be a Imarsana.com/news/record-chase'>Record Chase If they get there. The Imarsana.com/news/serIes-level'>SerIes Level at 11 If they get there. The Imarsana.com/news/serIes-level'>SerIes Level at 1 1 ahead of the fInal test whIch starts on frIday. ConfusIon and chaos reIgned In Imarsana.com/news/sao-paulo'>Sao Paulo Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last nIght. BrazIl and argentInas Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup qualIfIer was abandoned when brazIlIan health offIcIals walked onto the pItch to confront three Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk based argentIne players. They say tottenhams players. They say tottenhams players and aston Imarsana.com/news/vIllas-player'>VIllas Player all posed a serIous health rIsk. Another player has also been accused of breachIng Imarsana.com/news/covId-proto'>CovId Proto calls after travellIng from the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Those health authorItIes say that all four had been told to Isolate and leave the country I was before the match but faIled to comply. 0bvIously playIng In It whIch Is why they took such drastIc actIon, forcIng that game to be called off. We are waItIng for a response from fIfa to decIde how they wIll handle thIs. Emma raducanu faces Imarsana.com/news/shelby-rogers'>Shelby Rogers In the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last 16 of the us open later on thIs evenIng. The 18 year old Is playIng In herfIrst overseas thIs evenIng. The 18 year old Is playIng In her fIrst overseas grand slam. She Is yet to drop a set but Imarsana.com/news/dan-evans'>Dan Evans Is out. The brItIsh Imarsana.com/news/number-one'>Number One was outclassed In hIs fourth Imarsana.com/news/round-match'>Round Match agaInst danIIl medvedev. But hIs run In new york wIll see hIm reach a career hIgh rankIng InsIde the worlds top 25. The golf now over In ohIo, an enthrallIng fInal day. The Imarsana.com/news/usa-domInated-yesterdays'>Usa DomInated Yesterdays early foursomes to reduce europes lead to a sIngle poInt at one stage but after a topsy turvy afternoon, europe have a slender 9 7 lead goIng Into todays sIngles. They need fIve poInts from the 12 matches to retaIn the trophy. 5. 5 poInts to wIn It outrIght. Thats all the support for now. I wIll have an update for you after the one oclock news. PupIls are startIng theIr fIrst full week of Imarsana.com/news/school-today'>School Today In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland as the chIef medIcal 0ffIcers In the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk consIder what to do about vaccInatIng teenagers. The current advIce Is that only 12 to 15 year olds wIth health vulnerabIlItIes should be offered the covId jab. The government says the measures In place In englands schools strIke a balance between safety and reducIng dIsruptIon. Heres our Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-edItor'>EducatIon EdItor branwen jeffreys. Teacher 0wen harvey started 2021 In hospItal wIth coronavIrus. He was away from hIs prImary Imarsana.com/news/school-class'>School Class for months. Barely able to walk, 0wen gradually buIlt back hIs strength In hIs garden. So thIs Imarsana.com/news/school-year'>School Year Is a bIg step back to normal for thIs teacher, now vaccInated, and for pupIls, wholl be able to mIx freely In the playground. Were just excIted to get everybody back Into school and to get back to somethIng lIke a normal currIculum, do assemblIes agaIn, get that lovely socIal feelIng that schools have been mIssIng out on so much of, and just get back to beIng school as normal. TestIng started In some of englands Secondary Schools Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last week. Its the maIn precautIon In place thIs term. The top government doctors across the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk have another decIsIon. Should they offer the vaccIne to all 12 to 15 year olds . Experts say the benefIts arent great enough. Its a mIlder Illness In teenagers. Schools wIll be tryIng to return to theIr usual routInes and to reassure pupIls. School leaders need the choIce to be able to adapt the Imarsana.com/news/contIngency-framework'>ContIngency Framework and actually make It relevant to the local need rather than the natIonal need. So If we need to make adjustments to the measures we put In place to mInImIse the rIsk, that we have the choIce to do that, and we can do It ImmedIately, that we do not have to waIt. 0wen has been walkIng hIs way back to health, back to the classroom he loves, lIke many parents and pupIls, hopIng thIs Imarsana.com/news/school-year'>School Year wIll be so much better than the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last. Branwen jefferys, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. EarlIer we heard from the Imarsana.com/news/chIldrens-commIssIoner'>ChIldrens CommIssIoner for england. She saId that those runnIng schools should be In charge of the key decIsIon makIng. We have to trust our heads, they know what they are doIng and they reach out and ask. We are lIstenIng very hard, workIng wIth all professIonals, me partIcularly workIng wIth chIldren, to make sure that the rIght solutIons that need to be global solutIons are In place. But thIngs lIke masks and other Issues are very much local Issues. Head teachers know theIr buIldIngs, they know the sIze of theIr corrIdors. They know where theIr Issues are and we need to support them to lead. They are IncredIble trustworthy and, I can tell you, unbelIevably excIted to have the chIldren back and Its just great to be back at school and a bIg welcome back to everyone. A three year old boy, mIssIng In australIan bushland sInce frIday has been found alIve. Anthony � Imarsana.com/news/aj-elfalak'>Aj Elfalak was feared to have been abducted. But he was dIscovered after Imarsana.com/news/polIce-helIcopter'>PolIce HelIcopter pIlots spotted hIm In amongst trees In a deep gully In new south wales. Here Is the Imarsana.com/news/moment-anthony'>Moment Anthony was spotted after the four day search. He was seen sIttIng In a puddle usIng hIs hands to drInk water. He has sInce been reunIted wIth hIs famIly after he went vanIshed on hIs parents rural property. 0ur sydney correspondent, shaImaa khalIl, told me hIs famIly are descrIbIng the rescue as a � mIracle. I cannot stop watchIng that footage that you were just showIng and talkIng about. That moment when he was found, the polIce and the Imarsana.com/news/rescue-team'>Rescue Team sayIng, Ive got the boy and you can see hIm scoopIng water wIth hIs hands, drInkIng and washIng hIs face. Four days after he had gone mIssIng In very unforgIvIng, rugged terraIns of rocks and thIck trees and there was another extraordInary moment rIght after thIs where he was beIng held by the Imarsana.com/news/rescue-team'>Rescue Teams, and hIs motherjust sayIng, they have found my baby. And he was reunIted wIth hIs mother, cradled Into the ambulance and fallIng asleep. HIs father saId he looked at hIs Imarsana.com/news/mother-and-hejust'>Mother And Hejust father saId he looked at hIs mother and he just fell asleep father saId he looked at hIs Imarsana.com/news/mother-and-hejust'>Mother And Hejust fell asleep In her arms. He saId that generally he was ok, that he had a few and bItes, some gppy that he had a few and bItes, some nappy rash, he looks lIke he fell over, unsurprIsIngly because of where he was and the terraIn he was tryIng to navIgate, but generally he Is In a reasonably good condItIon. A huge relIef for hIs parents, hIs sIblIngs but the larger famIly and communIty, hundreds of Imarsana.com/news/search-volunteer'>Search Volunteer personnel, a helIcopter, so many people tryIng to fInd hIm. Actually fIndIng hIm In a place they surged before. One of the relatIve sayIng thIs was a nIghtmare but now he Is safe wIth hIs famIly, they are descrIbIng It as a mIracle. ConjoIned twIns from Israel have been able to see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Other for the fIrst tIme after beIng separated. The one year old sIsters underwent a 12 Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon that took months of preparatIon and Involved dozens of experts. ClaIre sedman reports. SIsters Imarsana.com/news/face-to'>Face To face for the fIrst tIme after survIvIng a mIraculous marathon operatIon. ConjoIned at the back of theIr heads from Imarsana.com/news/bIrth-a'>BIrth A year ago, Imarsana.com/news/separatIon-surgery'>SeparatIon Surgery was metIculously planned between major Imarsana.com/news/blood-vessels'>Blood Vessels In theIr heads. A very delIcate task one bleed could be catastrophIc. TranslatIon of course, after all the preparatIonsl and all of the models we have buIlt In a desIgnated surgery room, we specIfIcally prepared for thIs thIng wIth a surgIcal Imarsana.com/news/theatre-and-vr'>Theatre And Vr of the twIns and wIth a Imarsana.com/news/3d-model'>3d Model we prepared In advance. Where the two were attached, there was no skIn and skull, so doctors needed the babIes to essentIally grow more skIn. Inflatable Imarsana.com/news/sIlIcon-bags'>SIlIcon Bags were Inserted Into theIr heads and gently expanded to stretch theIr skIn slowly. ThIs meant that, when doctors reconstructed theIr skulls after the separatIon, they had excess skIn, whIch could be used to seal theIr new heads. We are just fInIshIng the twIns separatIon procedure. It has gone extremely well and Im delIghted how well the whole teams done. Its an excellent team here and Its been a real pleasure to be a part of It. MedIcs say thIs type of surgery, a fIrst for Israel, has only ever happened 20 tImes worldwIde. SeparatIng them so young, they say there Is now a hIgh chance they wIll lIve normal lIves already breathIng and eatIng on theIr own. There Is rehabIlItatIon for theIr physIcal and Imarsana.com/news/cognItIve-development-planned'>CognItIve Development Planned whIch wIll, no doubt, be spurred on by these remarkable sIsters own determInatIon to succeed. ClaIre sedman, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The storage lImIts for frozen eggs, sperm and embryos could rIse to a maxImum of 55 years under government plans to gIve people greater choIce over when to start a famIly. MInIsters have proposed that the statutory storage lImIts should Increase from ten years across the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. The changes would need parlIamentary approval. The famIlIes of vIctIms of the malaysIa arlInes flIght whIch was shot down over Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>UkraIne In 2014, have been gIvIng testImony for the fIrst tIme at the dutch murder trIal. Four suspects are accused of shootIng down Imarsana.com/news/flIght-mh17'>FlIght Mh17 over rebel held eastern Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>UkraIne, murderIng all 298 people on board. All are suspected of beIng key pro russIan separatIsts and none are attendIng the trIal. RIa Imarsana.com/news/van-der-steen'>Van Der Steen lost Imarsana.com/news/herfather-and-step'>Herfather And Step mother In the dIsaster. She spoke about the number of tImes she had to say goodbye to her dad. | translatIon the fIrst tIme that. I had to say goodbye was on the 17th ofjuly 2014, when I receIved that horrendous Imarsana.com/news/telephone-call'>Telephone Call wIth the unbelIevable message that the aIrcraft had been shot down. DIsbelIef, panIc, chaos, waItIng, waItIng more, waItIng longer, but also hope, hope that It wasnt so, and hope that there would be a call and that they would return home. At that poInt In tIme, one really couldnt say a true goodbye, and If you cant say goodbye, then you cannot really accept death. Soon thereafter I began to have nIghtmares. I remember the fIrst tIme, the way the dream started, I remember thInkIng that It would be a beautIful dream because I could see my father there. I was walkIng across fIelds In Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>UkraIne and I was lookIng for my father. But I saw wreckage, bodIes, personal effects. It smelt of fIre, It smelt of death. I was alone and I kept walkIng through the fIelds, along the sunflowers and I kept callIng out, dad, where are you . Dad, where are you . And In my dream, suddenly there he was, and he looked relIeved, It seemed, to see me. He had a bIg smIle and he was askIng what I was doIng. And I told them I was lookIng for hIm. He thought that was strange because he was lookIng for me. I looked at hIm and I had to tellIng, he was dead. And that he had dIed when the plane on whIch he was travellIng was shot down. And then I began to cry and Ijust could not stop cryIng untIl I woke up screamIng. Months and months on end. Every nIght, over and over agaIn. It seemed It would never stop. Anna hollIgan Is outsIde the court and heard more of ms Imarsana.com/news/van-der-steen'>Van Der Steens testImony. RIa went on to descrIbe the moment her father was IdentIfIed. She receIved two small fragments of bone from hIs hand and saId that she took them home to be cremated as hIs body had been cremated In Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>UkraIne. It Is extremely dIffIcult to lIsten to these relatIves sharIng theIr most personal memorIes of grIef they experIenced sInce then In thIs really publIc forum, and the trIal Is takIng place just on the edge of schIphol aIrport, where Imarsana.com/news/flIght-mh17'>FlIght Mh17 departed on that day. You mIght be able to hear the roar of planes In the background here. But the reason these famIlIes are takIng part, 91 relatIves over the course of the next ten days wIll share theIr testImonIes, tIme Is beIng dedIcated to ensure that the enormIty of theIr loss Is reflected In thIs, because untIl thIs date, really, the trIal has focused on what caused Imarsana.com/news/flIght-mh17'>FlIght Mh17 to be shot out of the sky, a surImarsana.com/news/face-to'>Face To aIr mIssIle, the four suspects are not appearIng here In person, they are beIng trIed In absentIa, and of course the geopolItIcal ImplIcatIons. But really, It Is the people who are at the heart of thIs who are now usIng thIs opportunIty to try to make the world pay attentIon, encourage anyone who mIght have InformatIon that could help the InvestIgatIon to come forward and also to compel thejudges, really, to gIve a strong sentence at Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of thIs. ComIng up shortly here on Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. Well get more on the backlash facIng borIsjohnson over plans to pay for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reforms In england by IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Well speak to the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-care-mInIster'>Shadow Care MInIster Imarsana.com/news/lIz-kendall'>LIz Kendall In a moment. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth darren bett. A warmer day for us today, temperatures hIgher than yesterday. We are already up to 25 degrees In oxford, 26 In bournemouth, we have sunshIne developIng more wIdely and we have cloud thIs afternoon across Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland and Imarsana.com/news/western-scotland'>Western Scotland, some sunshIne gIvIng us some warmth In eastern scotland, but hIghest temperatures across england and wales, wIdely In the mId 20s, up to 28 degrees thIs afternoon and by Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of the day, mIst an fog formIng In the Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West of england and Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West mIdlands Is welcome and Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West mIdlands Is welcome and It poInts to beIng quIte a warm nIght tonIght, 12 to 15 degrees. MIst and fog across parts of england, that wIll burn off through the Imarsana.com/news/mornIng-and-sunshIne'>MornIng And SunshIne wIll develop across england and wales, temperatures shootIng up and we wIll see the Imarsana.com/news/cloud-breakIng'>Cloud BreakIng and It wIll be warmer wIth cloud In northern scotland, but we could make 30 degrees In the mIdlands and south east. Hello, thIs Is Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The headlInes. The Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster Is facIng a sIgnIfIcant backlash from hIs own mps over plans to pay for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reforms In england by IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. The talIban says Its taken control of Imarsana.com/news/panjshIr-valley'>PanjshIr Valley the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last part of afghanIstan not under theIr control. But the claIms beIng dIsputed by Imarsana.com/news/rebel-forces'>Rebel Forces. Back to school for mIllIons more chIldren In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, but wIll It spark a rIse In covId cases . Hello, baby twIns joIned at the back of theIr heads see Imarsana.com/news/each-other'>Each Otherfor the fIrst tIme, after undergoIng a gruellIng 12 Imarsana.com/news/hour-operatIon'>Hour OperatIon to separate them. A three year old boy Is found alIve In rugged Imarsana.com/news/australIa-slant'>AustralIa Slant after goIng mIssIng from hIs home on frIday. Rugged australIan bushland. More now on the backlash facIng borIsjohnson as mps return to westmInster, over plans for reformIng the fundIng of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care and the nhs In england. Many, IncludIng promInent conservatIves, are angry about reports that hes consIderIng raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance rates, whIch would break a manIfesto pledge. JoInIng me now Is Imarsana.com/news/lIz-kendall'>LIz Kendall, the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-mInIster'>Shadow MInIster for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Welcome and thank you forjoInIng us. So raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, It has been suggested It would be by 1. 25 , what do you thInk about that . Do not forget, It Is also on the employers, many busInesses are worrIed wIth the economy openIng up and pressures they face and nI worrIed wIth the economy openIng up and pressures they face and n Is also somethIng that hIts younger workers and the lower paId harder than other sorts of taxes. What we have seen so far Is not a planet to change Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, but we have seen a tax rIse. Called on the government to set out a proper ten Imarsana.com/news/year-plan'>Year Plan for Imarsana.com/news/Investment-and-reform'>Investment And Reform because, look, cap on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs whIch would make sure people do not see theIr lIfe savIngs wIped out Is Important, but It wont do anythIng to tackle the workforce shortages or Improve traInIng, whIch Is vItal to changIng the qualIty of care, It would not do anythIng for the thIrd of users and the heart of the budget for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care whIch Is for workIng age adults wIth dIsabIlItIes, norfamIlIes wIth dIsabIlItIes, nor famIlIes pushed wIth dIsabIlItIes, norfamIlIes pushed to breakIng poInt lookIng after those they love, or reformIng servIces to focus on preventIon, keepIng people at home, technologIcal adaptatIons and support from the wIder communIty. ThIs Is a Imarsana.com/news/dogs-breakfast'>Dogs Breakfast at the moment and we must see a proper plan for reform and that Is not what we have so far. T for reform and that Is not what we have so far have so far. I ImagIne If the planners have so far. I ImagIne If the planners out have so far. I ImagIne If the planners out there have so far. I ImagIne If the planners out there and I have so far. I ImagIne If the planners out there and not | have so far. I ImagIne If the I planners out there and not the have so far. I ImagIne If the planners out there and not the Idea to fund It would be, why have a grand plan but not say how to fund Its . They are Integral parts of one another, but the Imarsana.com/news/Issue-today'>Issue Today Is talkIng about fundIng and you do not agree wIth raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. What would you say would be a faIrer way to fund It . We Insurance. What would you say would be a faIrer way to fund It . Be a faIrer way to fund It . We need to see faIr be a faIrer way to fund It . We need to see faIr system be a faIrer way to fund It . We need to see faIr system that be a faIrer way to fund It . We need to see faIr system that Is be a faIrer way to fund It . We need to see faIr system that Is faIr I to see faIr system that Is faIr across Incomes wIth those wIth the broadest shoulders makIng the greatest contrIbutIon, but also across the greatest generatIons. Those are the prIncIples that should underpIn any Increases In taxes. But we have ended up havIng a really narrow debate about thIs about the cap on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs, Important though thatIs, cap on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs, Important though that Is, and for hundreds of thousands of older and dIsabled people, they want to see greater control over the servIce. People, they want to see greater control over the servIce. People, they want to see greater control over the servIce. Sorry to Interrupter. Control over the servIce. Sorry to Interrupter, but control over the servIce. Sorry to Interrupter, but I control over the servIce. Sorry to Interrupter, but I want control over the servIce. Sorry to Interrupter, but I want to control over the servIce. Sorry to Interrupter, but I want to focus Interrupter, but I want to focus on fundIng because that Is fundamental and one saId It would cost £10 bIllIon a year, so the only way to raIse that sort of cash Is through IncreasIng taxatIon. You say you do not agree wIth raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance and there are a lot of Imarsana.com/news/tory-mps'>Tory Mps who say the same and I was speakIng to one area that saId It should be an Increase In general taxatIon. You thInk that would be more faIr . TaxatIon. You thInk that would be more faIr . ,. ,. ,. , more faIr . The prIncIple that those who are wealthIer more faIr . The prIncIple that those who are wealthIer should more faIr . The prIncIple that those who are wealthIer should make more faIr . The prIncIple that those l who are wealthIer should make more of a contrIbutIon and the prIncIple that It has to have a faIr balance across the generatIons Is absolutely rIght, but let me say thIs agaIn. You say wejust rIght, but let me say thIs agaIn. You say we just want to focus on fundIng. If you are askIng mIllIons of ordInary and lower paId people to pay more taxes, they want to know that theIr elderly parents or dIsabled relatIves, It wIll see Improvements and that Is why It Is so Important that the two go hand In hand. I so Important that the two go hand In hand. ,. ,. ,. , hand. I want to get to the bottom of. I hand. I want to get to the bottom of I know hand. I want to get to the bottom of. I know what hand. I want to get to the bottom of. I know what you hand. I want to get to the bottom of. I know what you are hand. I want to get to the bottom of. I know what you are sayIng, | of. I know what you are sayIng, but what you are not sayIng Is how you thInk It should be funded, so Im Interested In that. We you thInk It should be funded, so Im Interested In that. Im Interested In that. We have an ued Im Interested In that. We have argued for Im Interested In that. We have argued for those Im Interested In that. We have argued for those prIncIples Im Interested In that. We have argued for those prIncIples of l argued for those prIncIples of greater faIrness In terms of Income and generatIons for years and Indeed, I have argued many tImes before that the government should sIt down across partIes and get a consensus about thIs because It must Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last, whIchever government Is In power, whIch Is somethIng I have been arguIng wIth over the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last sIx years If not more. The government must rethInk thIs. They say they want to level up across the country but In fact they would be hIttIng many famIlIes In constItuencIes lIke mIne In the mIdlands and the no hard from not gettIng those Improvements. And they would be seeIng greater taxes on busInesses too just when they are strugglIng. The government must rethInk thIs. We have not seen any of that. Must rethInk thIs. We have not seen any of that any of that. Why wIll you not say how ou any of that. Why wIll you not say how you thInk any of that. Why wIll you not say how you thInk It any of that. Why wIll you not say how you thInk It should any of that. Why wIll you not say how you thInk It should be any of that. Why wIll you not say I how you thInk It should be funded . It Is a nettle that must be grasped. Absolutely and we wIll set out our plans In the next manIfesto before the next general electIon when we see the economIc condItIons at the tIme. ,. , ~ see the economIc condItIons at the tIme. ,. ,. , ~. , tIme. You are talkIng about people wantIn to tIme. You are talkIng about people wantIng to know tIme. You are talkIng about people wantIng to know what tIme. You are talkIng about people wantIng to know what they tIme. You are talkIng about people wantIng to know what they are tIme. You are talkIng about people I wantIng to know what they are goIng to get. ThIs Is a dIscussIon beIng had now and you are sayIng you wIll lay It out before the next electIon. Why not be clear now and have a stronger voIce In a debate when you actually state exactly how you thInk It should be funded . That Is a debate happenIng now. We It should be funded . That Is a debate happenIng now. We have been clear that It must debate happenIng now. We have been clear that It must be debate happenIng now. We have been clear that It must be faIr debate happenIng now. We have been clear that It must be faIr across clear that It must be faIr across Income and the generatIons. We must look at faIrer taxatIon for the Income people get enough from theIr jobs but from theIr assets too, so we have been pretty straIghtforward about that. 50 we have been pretty straIghtforward about that. ,. , we have been pretty straIghtforward aboutthat. ,. , we have been pretty straIghtforward about that. ,. , ~ about that. So that does sound lIke It would be about that. So that does sound lIke It would be an about that. So that does sound lIke It would be an Increase about that. So that does sound lIke It would be an Increase In about that. So that does sound lIke It would be an Increase In general. It would be an Increase In general Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax. It would be an Increase In general Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax It would be an Increase In general Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax. Any proposals we put forward, Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax. Any proposals we put forward. Fully Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax. Any proposals we put forward, fully costed, Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax. Any proposals we put forward, fully costed, and Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax. Any proposals we put forward, fully costed, and have I forward, fully costed, and have those prIncIples of faIrness at heart, but It must go hand In hand wIth changes you want to see. Lets see what the government comes forward wIth, but we stand ready to play our part In tryIng to secure somethIng that wIll Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last many years to come whIchever government Is In power. That Is what we try to do when we are In government and we stand ready to try to do that agaIn. On some specIfIcs, and doughnut has recommended the lIfetIme cap of £25,000 recommended the lIfetIme cap of £25,000 Imarsana.com/news/andrew-guIllemot'>Andrew GuIllemot has recommended a Imarsana.com/news/lIfe-cap'>LIfe Cap of £25,000 should go up to 80, what you thInk about that . I should go up to 80, what you thInk about that . About that . I thInk that proposal would help about that . I thInk that proposal would help many about that . I thInk that proposal would help many people. About that . I thInk that proposal would help many people. Let about that . I thInk that proposal| would help many people. Let me about that . I thInk that proposal would help many people. Let me say thIs. I can on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs, whether set at a0 thIs. I can on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs, whether set at 40 50,000 thIs. I can on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs, whether set at a0 50,000 or thIs. I can on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs, whether set at 40 50,000 or 80,000, thIs. I can on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs, whether set at a0 50,000 or 80,000, whIch the government Is talkIng about, may only benefIt three to 5 of the total number of people who use Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. In faIrness to andrew, he also called for an ImmedIate Imarsana.com/news/cash-InjectIon'>Cash InjectIon Into the system and I thInk that Is urgently requIred. We all know that we have around 170,000 vacancIes In front Imarsana.com/news/lIne-care'>LIne Care workers and Imarsana.com/news/we-cannot'>We Cannot possIbly carry on wIth and Imarsana.com/news/we-cannot'>We Cannot possIbly carry on wIth a system lIke that, because elderly and dIsabled people wIll not get the support they need. We need a cap that works for people who lIve In the mIdlands and north, notjust those In better off homes In london and the south east, but that Is part of the problem. I and the southeast, but that Is part of the problem of the problem. I thInkI ImplIed there Is a current of the problem. I thInkI ImplIed there Is a current cap of the problem. I thInkI ImplIed there Is a current cap but of the problem. I thInkI ImplIed there Is a current cap but there | of the problem. I thInk I ImplIed l there Is a current cap but there Is no caps. AmIe there Is a current cap but there Is Imarsana.com/news/noca-s.'>Noca S. ~ ,. , there Is a current cap but there Is nocas,. ,. , nocaps. We dId legIslate thIs back In 2014 and l nocaps. We dId legIslate thIs back In 2014 and I was nocaps. We dId legIslate thIs back In 2014 and I was In nocaps. We dId legIslate thIs back In 2014 and I was In the nocaps. We dId legIslate thIs back In 2014 and I was In the crosspartyj In 201a and I was In the Imarsana.com/news/cross-party'>Cross Party talks and we strongly argued the cap should be set at a level that would benefIt more people across the country and ended up beIng legIslated at a hIgher level but It has never been brought In. The other art Is the has never been brought In. The other part Is the means has never been brought In. The other part Is the Imarsana.com/news/means-test'>Means Test has never been brought In. The other part Is the Imarsana.com/news/means-test'>Means Test threshold, part Is the Imarsana.com/news/means-test'>Means Test threshold, whIch Is £23,500. Imarsana.com/news/find-part'>find Part Is the Imarsana.com/news/means-test'>Means Test threshold, whIch Is £23,500. WhIch Is £23,500. And they were recommendIng whIch Is £23,500. And they were recommendIng raIsIng whIch Is £23,500. And they were recommendIng raIsIng that whIch Is £23,500. And they were recommendIng raIsIng that to whIch Is £23,500. And they were recommendIng raIsIng that to 100,000 or more. That package must be set at the rIght level to benefIt people across the country, notjust those wIth more expensIve houses, but as I saId, he hImself argued the Imarsana.com/news/sum-total'>Sum Total of reform. A thIrd of the uses of adult Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care are workIng age adults wIth dIsabIlItIes and a cap on Imarsana.com/news/care-costs'>Care Costs does nothIng for them. People wIth dIsabIlItIes want to lIve a good lIfe lIke anybody else and Im afraId the conservatIves are proposIng nothIng for that large group of people. HaIfa proposIng nothIng for that large group of people proposIng nothIng for that large group of people. ProposIng nothIng for that large arou of eole. ,. , group of people. How would you sum u I group of people. How would you sum u what group of people. How would you sum up what the group of people. How would you sum up what the socIal group of people. How would you sum up what the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-group'>Care Group of people. How would you sum up what the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System up what the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System should look lIke . It Is such a complIcated pIcture. The nhs can be summed up In a sentence. How would you sum up Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . To summed up In a sentence. How would you sum up Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . You sum up Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . To enable all older and you sum up Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . To enable all older and dIsabled you sum up Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . To enable all older and dIsabled people you sum up Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . To enable all older and dIsabled people to I all older and dIsabled people to lIve the lIfe they choose In the place they call home. We have ended up place they call home. We have ended up thInkIng thIs Is overcomplIcated and thIs Is about enablIng people to lIve a good lIfe, and equal lIfe lIke everybody else. It Is not rocket scIence. One of the real problems here has been that we are hearIng the voIces that those who use Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care and the famIlIes who depend on It, because whIle some rIghtly talk about theIr worrIes about losIng theIr parents homes, many people want to have more choIce and more control or other seo and to lIve a good lIfe lIke Imarsana.com/news/everybody-and-thatIs'>Everybody And ThatIs lIve a good lIfe lIke everybody and that Is what It Is Important to focus on. And more control and to lIve good lIfe lIke everybody else. MIllIons of pupIls are returnIng to classrooms In england and wales, amId fears of a spIke In students wIth covId. ScIentIsts have warned of a rapId rIse In Imarsana.com/news/school-cases'>School Cases wIthout such measures and experts have not recommended jabs for healthy 12 to 15 year olds. In england, there are over 30 tImes more chIldren wIth covId compared wIth Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last year. In scotland, cases among the Imarsana.com/news/under-15s'>Under 15s have trebled sInce school restarted In mId august. We cant say that the rIse has been solely caused by schools returnIng. ThIs graph shows cases In 2020, In green and thIs year, In red. Although cases were much lower at thIs poInt In 2020, they followed a sImIlar pattern, rIsIng before schools went back and then IncreasIng more steeply later In september. MartIne croxall Is at a school In stockton on tees. Thank you very much. School here back for the fIrst tIme the Imarsana.com/news/leg-day'>Leg Day of the new term wIth also two consIderatIons beIng made to keep everybody safe. ConsIderatIons beIng made to keep everybody safe everybody safe. There Is a Imarsana.com/news/testIng-centre'>TestIng Centre and everybody safe. There Is a Imarsana.com/news/testIng-centre'>TestIng Centre and Imarsana.com/news/pupIls-everybody'>PupIls Everybody safe. There Is a Imarsana.com/news/testIng-centre'>TestIng Centre and pupIls must everybody safe. There Is a Imarsana.com/news/testIng-centre'>TestIng Centre and pupIls must be everybody safe. There Is a Imarsana.com/news/testIng-centre'>TestIng Centre and pupIls must be tested | everybody safe. There Is a testIng I centre and pupIls must be tested to ensure they are not carryIng the vIrus, but gone are the bubbles and masks, but they must consIder how aIr Is flowIng properly to ensure It Is as safe as possIble. You can probably hear some people down In the heart havIng theIr break. Castro mInd back to the fIrst day of Secondary School, Imarsana.com/news/anxIety-and-excItement'>AnxIety And ExcItement for me, but two people In year seven new to thIs school takIng It all In theIr strIde, adam and mIllIe. Thank you for takIng tIme out to talk to us. What have you been doIng on your fIrst out to talk to us. What have you been doIng on yourfIrst mornIng . Been doIng on your fIrst mornIng . Had a bIg assembly IntroducIng us to our head of Imarsana.com/news/year-and-everythIng'>Year And EverythIng else and then we went Into our. For p one, we skIpped It and then In perIod two, we went to a Imarsana.com/news/musIc-lesson'>MusIc Lesson and then we had another assembly before break. 50 lesson and then we had another assembly before break. Lesson and then we had another assembly before break. So you have been doIn assembly before break. So you have been doIng Imarsana.com/news/maths-assembly'>Maths Assembly before break. So you have been doIng maths already . Assembly before break. So you have been doIng maths already . You assembly before break. So you have| been doIng maths already . You have gone from beIng the oldest In prImer school to youngest In Secondary School, how do you feel about the fIrst day . fist school, how do you feel about the fIrst da . � ,. , fIrst day . At fIrst I felt nervous because of fIrst day . At fIrst I felt nervous because of a fIrst day . At fIrst I felt nervous because of a lot fIrst day . At fIrst I felt nervous because of a lot of fIrst day . At fIrst I felt nervous because of a lot of people, fIrst day . At fIrst I felt nervous because of a lot of people, because It made me feel. I dIdnt lIke beIng around a bIg crowd. But comIng to Imarsana.com/news/summer-school'>Summer School helped buIld my confIdence and I dont feel as nervous or anxIous. So confIdence and I dont feel as nervous or anxIous. ConfIdence and I dont feel as nervous or anxIous. So you got to know the school nervous or anxIous. So you got to know the school lIttle nervous or anxIous. So you got to know the school lIttle before nervous or anxIous. So you got to know the school lIttle before you | know the school lIttle before you came. And, adam, you lIved abroad. Where dId you lIve . I came. And, adam, you lIved abroad. Where dId you lIve . Where dId you lIve . I was born In chIna and where dId you lIve . I was born In chIna and after where dId you lIve . I was born In chIna and after that, where dId you lIve . I was born In chIna and after that, we where dId you lIve . I was born In chIna and after that, we move I where dId you lIve . I was born In chIna and after that, we move to | chIna and after that, we move to bangladesh wIth my sIster and then Imarsana.com/news/srI-lanka'>SrI Lanka and now england. MIra; bangladesh wIth my sIster and then Imarsana.com/news/srI-lanka'>SrI Lanka and now england. Why dId our mum Imarsana.com/news/srI-lanka'>SrI Lanka and now england. Why dId your mum want Imarsana.com/news/srI-lanka'>SrI Lanka and now england. Why dId your mum want you Imarsana.com/news/srI-lanka'>SrI Lanka and now england. Why dId your mum want you to Imarsana.com/news/srI-lanka'>SrI Lanka and now england. Why dId your mum want you to come Imarsana.com/news/srI-lanka'>SrI Lanka and now england. Why dId your mum want you to come here . | your mum want you to come here . Because It Is a fresh start and she has been told It Is a good school and It gets better every year. You are back In and It gets better every year. You are back In school and It gets better every year. You are back In school havIng spent tIme In prImer school learnIng onlIne. WhIch deeperfaIr, mIllIe . I preferred beIng In the school. WhIch do you prefer, mIllIe . Teachers can help you Imarsana.com/news/face-to'>Face To face rather than over screens. And teachers can help you facetoface rather than over screens. And year, adam . Alemanno rather than over screens. And year, adam . Alemanno school rather than over screens. And year, adam . Alemanno school because l rather than over screens. And year, adam . Alemanno school because It rather than over screens. And year, I adam . Alemanno school because It Is more socIal. Even though Imarsana.com/news/prImary-school'>PrImary School made It easy for us, It dIdnt feel the same. And you get to do pe and go Into the laboratorIes for scIences. What you look forward to doIng In Secondary School . It Is very dIfferent to Imarsana.com/news/prImary-school'>PrImary School. More opportunItIes to do thIngs we couldnt do In prImary lIke scIence, because you couldnt really do experIments that you can do In secondary because they were too dangerous and we dIdnt really have the chance to partIcIpate In them, so Im excIted for that. Just the chance to partIcIpate In them, so Im excIted for that. So Im excIted for that. Just that we are separated so Im excIted for that. Just that we are separated Insects so Im excIted for that. Just that l we are separated Insects almost, so Im excIted for that. Just that we are separated Insects almost, so you can we are separated Insects almost, so you can be we are separated Insects almost, so you can be wIth your frIends sometImes, but It Is a lot easIer, a lot easIer sometImes, but It Is a lot easIer, a lot easIer to sometImes, but It Is a lot easIer, a lot easIer to keep up because If you are strugglIng, or If you are doIng well, are strugglIng, or If you are doIng well, you are strugglIng, or If you are doIng well, you go Into a hIgher set. And there Is a well, you go Into a hIgher set. JIfuc there Is a vendIng well, you go Into a hIgher set. FI. 1c there Is a vendIng machIne well, you go Into a hIgher set. 2 1c there Is a vendIng machIne wIth books thank you for talkIng to us on your fIrst day and you are here for fIve years, on your fIrst day and you are here forfIve years, Itll on your fIrst day and you are here for fIve years, Itll be great to come back and see you at Imarsana.com/news/the-end'>The End of It all. Thank you both for talkIng to us thIs lunchtIme. I dont want to us thIs lunchtIme. I dont want to keep you from gettIng somethIng to keep you from gettIng somethIng to eat. We are here all day at the Imarsana.com/news/north-shore-academy'>North Shore Academy speakIng to those who work around thIs place about the challenges of reopenIng the school even when they have stIll got covId to consIder. Back to you. I lIke the Idea of the book vendIng machIne not sure they were so sure. The Imarsana.com/news/footballer-marcus-rashford'>Footballer Marcus Rashford Is backIng a new campaIgn to end what he calls the chIld hunger pandemIc. Its part of henry dImbleby� s natIonal food strategy. The manchester unIted forward Is callIng on people to wrIte to theIr mp to support the reports recommendatIons, as Imarsana.com/news/lebo-dIseko'>Lebo DIseko reports. Marcus rashford knows what It Is lIke to go hungry as a chIld. HIs mum worked three jobs just to put food on the table and sometImes even that wasnt enough. SometImes we dIdnt even have a loaf of bread In house, Its embarrassIng to say but we dIdnt. All them lIttle struggles and sacrIfIces you made, It helps you apprecIate everythIng ten tImes more. HIs campaIgnIng on Imarsana.com/news/free-school-meals'>Free School Meals forced the government to change Its polIcy In the past. Now the Imarsana.com/news/england-and-manchester'>England And Manchester unIted player Is hopIng to do so agaIn. He wants people to wrIte to theIr mps about backIng recommendatIons to end what he calls the chIld hunger pandemIc. They Include raIsIng the Imarsana.com/news/Income-threshold'>Income Threshold for Imarsana.com/news/free-school-meals'>Free School Meals to Include households earnIng £20,000 a year or less. It comes as new data from the Imarsana.com/news/food-foundatIon'>Food FoundatIon shows that more households wIth chIldren under 18 are experIencIng Imarsana.com/news/food-InsecurIty'>Food InsecurIty than durIng the fIrst wave of the pandemIc. For marcus, thIs Is personal. SpeakIng about the latest campaIgn he saId. He saId. Lebo dIseko, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. The orIgInal hands from Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Bens Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face are to be returned to the elIzabeth tower In london after three years of conservatIon work. Experts have paInted them to match the orIgInal Imarsana.com/news/prussIan-blue'>PrussIan Blue Imarsana.com/news/colour-scheme'>Colour Scheme. Its the latest stage of the £Imarsana.com/news/80-mIllIon'>80 MIllIon Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project. The IconIc Imarsana.com/news/clock-and-bell'>Clock And Bell were due to resume chImIng thIs year, but work was delayed because of the pandemIc. Our correspondent tIm muffet has spent the mornIng up the elIzabeth tower In westmInster. What a mornIng It Is to be 96 metres above the streets of london. I am standIng just In front of the eastern Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face of the elIzabeth tower, home to the world famous Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben. Pretty much surrounded by scaffoldIng for four years. The bIggest Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project In Its hIstory has been under way. It has gone on for longer and cost more money than had orIgInally been planned. The team behInd thIs are delIghted to say that the Imarsana.com/news/fInIsh-lIne'>FInIsh LIne Is fInally In sIght. Countdown to completIon. One of the bIggest Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-jobs'>RestoratIon Jobs ever undertaken on a Imarsana.com/news/landmark-brItIsh-buIldIng'>Landmark BrItIsh BuIldIng Is approachIng the Imarsana.com/news/fInIsh-lIne'>FInIsh LIne. Good to see you, Ian. And you. What Is It youre doIng here . Were servIcIng the rollers. ThIs Is one of the bIts that we couldnt actually get to and servIce whIle the mInute hands were on. If youre a clock mechanIc, thIs Is lIke the Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League and the Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup rolled Into one, Id ImagIne, thIs project. WorkIng on thIs clock wIll be a once In a lIfetIme opportunIty. To actually have taken It all to pIeces, puttIng It back together agaIn, and then carry on lookIng after It for a few more years Its just goIng to be fantastIc. TypIcally, Its thIs the great clock of westmInster that actIvates the hammer, whIch strIkes the great bell or Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben, as Its known. We fIlmed the clock before It was taken off sIte for restoratIon. It should be reInstalled soon. And fIve years ago, we also saw why restoratIon was necessary. ThIs elevatIon, the Imarsana.com/news/water-Ingress'>Water Ingress Is actually comIng Into thIs Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Face. And as you can see, Its actually affectIng and rustIng away the Ironwork. ThIs Is In so much better condItIon than It was four or fIve years ago, Isnt It . Its all been taken back to the bare frame. Any damage that was done to It, Its now been coated, paInted back up to Its orIgInal colour. One of the most strIkIng thIngs you notIce Is the colour of the Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Faces. For many years, the mInute demarcatIons, the numbers and the Imarsana.com/news/clock-hands'>Clock Hands were paInted black. But durIng the refurbIshment, as many layers of paInt were strIpped away, It became clear that they were orIgInally thIs shade of blue Its called Imarsana.com/news/prussIan-blue'>PrussIan Blue and that Is what theyve been repaInted In. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/restoratIon-project'>RestoratIon Project was orIgInally budgeted at £29 mIllIon. The total bIll Is now set to exceed £Imarsana.com/news/80-mIllIon'>80 MIllIon. As you peel off the layers of thIs buIldIng, you fInd more and more that needs to be done. When were takIng out one pIece of stone, adjacent stones often needed to be replaced. Its one of those thIngs, untIl you can get up close to It, Its very dIffIcult to see the scope of repaIr. The pandemIc also brought work to a halt for several months, so the tower� s been covered up for longer than expected. Its sad that I cant see It, you know just, were here for one nIght and then. BIg bens, lIke, covered. Yeah, Its covered. Weve been here for two years. We havent seen It open. It looks ugly, doesnt It . Yeah, no, we need It back. I mean, already, you can kInd of see the restoratIon. WIth the Imarsana.com/news/clock-mechanIsm'>Clock MechanIsm out of actIon, a computerIsed system has meant that, on specIal occasIons, Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben has stIll been struck. Were standIng In the belfry of the elIzabeth tower and It was specIally constructed so that the chImIng bells for the four quarters could be heard rIght across london. Theres one pIece of damage here thats been delIberately left alone. ThIs crack appeared when Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben was struck durIng a test In 1858. The hammer was too heavy, but It gIves the bell Its unIque tone. ThIs Is london. Bong. It should be e the Imarsana.com/news/note-e'>Note E but It does gIve It a slIghtly flat sound a very serIous sound, In fact. So, thats one bIt of repaIrIng you dIdnt want to do. Thats rIght, yes. No change to the bell whatsoever because Its become the famIlIar note. A much loved buIldIng largely hIdden for the past few years slowly revealIng Itself once more. TIm muffett, Imarsana.com/news/bbc-news'>Bbc News. We can chat to the chaIr of the elIzabeth tower project. So many bIts of restoratIon you can see but also a lot Imarsana.com/news/we-cannot'>We Cannot. Such a huge project. It Is a huge project and there are amazIng thIngs you can see today, the restored hand whIch has been conserved and brought back and just fInIshed reInstallIng the Imarsana.com/news/clock-hands'>Clock Hands. The Imarsana.com/news/paInt-work'>PaInt Work, whIch has gone back to the orIgInal Imarsana.com/news/colour-scheme'>Colour Scheme from the 19th century, gIldIng, Imarsana.com/news/stone-work'>Stone Work that has been Imarsana.com/news/re-carved'>Re Carved In many places by craftsmen workIng on Imarsana.com/news/sIte-and-carvIng'>SIte And CarvIng by hand. That Is amazIng. What you cannot see, maybe just as Important, we are InstallIng a completely new fIre safety system. So thIs buIldIng wIll be In good orderfor the next 160 years as well. And the range of skIlls that have been used to do thIs restoratIon Is extraordInary, Isnt It . Hundreds of people based rIght around the Imarsana.com/news/uk-'>Uk. Yeah, we reckon maybe around 500 people worked on the project at dIfferent stages and obvIously, as you say, It Is a Imarsana.com/news/london-project'>London Project but It Is also a natIonwIde project. The stonework has been quarrIed In yorkshIre, Imarsana.com/news/cast-Iron'>Cast Iron has been made and new parts made or renovated In scotland, south yorkshIre, the glass has been Imarsana.com/news/hand-cut'>Hand Cut In a studIo In london. It Is a huge range of skIlls. Notjust those classIc herItage skIlls, but also cuttIng Imarsana.com/news/edge-stuff'>Edge Stuff lIke the Imarsana.com/news/unIversIty-of-lIncoln'>UnIversIty Of LIncoln doIng work wIth us to help establIsh through analysIs of paInt samples the orIgInal paInt colour. The tImescale now, we are In the fInal stages, when wIll the elIzabeth tower and Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben be fInIshed and fully restored . We are In the home straIght. We are startIng to take down the scaffoldIng. CertaInly by new Imarsana.com/news/years-eve'>Years Eve, these Imarsana.com/news/clock-face'>Clock Faces wIll be vIsIble to everyone. From next year, we wIll be brIngIng back the great clock, whIch has been taken apart and lovIngly restored and reconnectIng It to the bells and you wIll be hearIng Imarsana.com/news/bIg-ben'>BIg Ben chImIng agaIn certaInly before easter and then after that, we wIll be takIng the scaffoldIng down, I hope, before the summer. You have a lot on your plate. It Is spectacular to be up here. The vIews are IncredIble and It wIll be great to see thIs world famous sIte wIth the scaffoldIng off, back to Its glory and restored In a way It has never been restored before. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth darren bett. Hello. The next few days wIll brIng a taste of summer two several parts of the country. StIll a few spots of drIzzle comIng Into western parts of scotland. A sunny end to the date for much of ImmInent and wales, clearer skIes across Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West england and the mIdlands, more cloud. And an Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland, one nIght, 12 to 15 degrees. Tomorrow we wIll see the Imarsana.com/news/mIst-and-fog'>MIst And Fog across parts of england, It wIll lIved through the mornIng, sunshIne developIng more wIdely across england and wales and we wIll see Imarsana.com/news/cloud-clearIng'>Cloud ClearIng across Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland and scotland wIth sunshIne comIng out, temperatures lIftIng here. Cloudy across northern parts of scotland, hIgher temperatures stIll across england and wales, possIbly 30 degrees In the mIdlands and south of england. The Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsterfaces a backlash from hIs own mps over plans to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to pay for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reforms In england. Labour have already ruled out supportIng the plans, but mInIsters say famIlIes desperately need changes to the system. ThIs Is a change that Is long overdue, It wIll not be easy. There Is no rIght overdue, It wIll not be easy. There Is no rIght answer overdue, It wIll not be easy. There Is no rIght Imarsana.com/news/answer-everybody'>Answer Everybody overdue, It wIll not be easy. There Is no rIght Imarsana.com/news/answer-everybody'>Answer Everybody wIll. Is no rIght Imarsana.com/news/answer-everybody'>Answer Everybody wIll fInd consensus on. Every possIble solutIon the chancellor as well have pros and cons. Well be lookIng ahead at the optIons for the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster as mps return to westmInster. Also on the programme. The talIban claIms control of Imarsana.com/news/panjshIr-valley'>PanjshIr Valley the Imarsana.com/news/last-'>Last part of afghanIstan to resIst them but Imarsana.com/news/rebel-forces'>Rebel Forces say theyre stIll there. Back to school for mIllIons more chIldren In england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/northern-Ireland'>Northern Ireland