At the expense of a Test Match. These performers booked to attend did. It cant be forgotten that a Test Match is, or was, about entertainment. Joe wilson, Bbc News, old trafford. Time for a look at the weather. Heres nick miller. Dodging the downpours again and sunshine across Eastern England adding fuel to the atmosphere and this is where we expect heavy showers this afternoon. They are clearing away for the Weekend and with a few notable exceptions are overall for the Weekend, it is looking drier and brighter and turning cooler and fresher from the north is the area of low pressure giving the Downpours Today moves away. That is why it is turning drier. But around it, we draw the air in from the North And North west. A breezy picture for tomorrow and the cooler and fresher air starts to move in and we will notice the change first across scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england. Back to the present, and the latest radar rainfall picture, and it is this line from Essex And Lincolnshire moving into East Anglia which has hefty downpours. A few developing across eastern counties of Northern Ireland as well and it is these areas most at risk of seeing disruptive thundery downpours with the risk of local flooding and maybe with an impact on travel this afternoon. Elsewhere, scattered showers, some of those are quite heavy, a lot of cloud around. You are best placed to see sunny spells down the eastern side of the uk and they still warmth, 23 in whole and 23 in norwich, 14 16 in the northern and Western Isles. Across eastern areas of england, heavy downpours continue into the evening and for most places overnight, turning dry with Mist And Fog around. But it is turning much wetter in North West scotland, initially for the Western Isles. Another quite mild and muggy night. Into tomorrow, and for many places, it is looking drier and brighter. After a mainly cloudy and misty and murky start, light showers around. A clear exception is northern scotland, where the heaviest Rain Moves from the Western Isles across the north of the highlands and into orkney. In the sunny spells elsewhere, really pleasant, a much brighter day in wales tomorrow. Notice temperatures coming down for scotland, Northern Ireland and initially North West england. Into sunday, a ridge of High Pressure is here. But another Weather Front is poking High Pressure is here. But another weatherfront is poking its High Pressure is here. But another Weather Front is poking its way from the south west. Some uncertainty about the detail, but we expect some outbreaks of rain into south West England and is as the day goes on and Patchy Rain Moving from scotland into northern england, many other places dry with variable cloud and sunny spells if you are lucky and temperatures closer to average for the time of year. That is the Weather Forecast for wherever you are online. Thats all from the Bbc News at one, so its wherever you are online. Youre watching Bbc News, im olly foster at the Bbc Sport centre. The final test between England And India was cancelled this Morning Justjust two hours before the start of play at old trafford. India had been hit with another positive Covid Case in their Backroom Staff Yesterday and there were concerns within the India Camp about a possible outbreak of the virus. Discussions continue as to whether india should forfeit the game which would level the series. That the decision was made purely because indias players didnt feel able to play the game. The environments we are expecting players the environments we are expecting players to the environments we are expecting players to operate in, looking build and get players to operate in, looking build and get your point where people feel very anxious and repeat performance, so to go from one anxiety inducing environment to another one which is the high performance Playing Field is very, very difficult. And i think at times, that goes past the point where players are not comfortable to go out and take the field, and thats what weve seen in this instance. Michael barnett says he understands the concerns but vaughan says he understands the Position Vaughan says he understands the Position But Vaughan says he understands the position but feels the introduction of the position but feels the introduction of the indian Premier League may be a factop ill be honest, i think all this is about money. I completely get players, of what theyve gone through in the last year and a half. Its been difficult via bubbles. The mental Health Side is very important. We have to look after that. I believe this week was about money, you know, making sure that those players get to the ipl, because they want to earn those big cheques which, again, i get, but i dont get it when its at the expense of a Test Match. Players get to the ipl, because they want to earn those big cheques which, again, i get, but i dont get it when its at the expense of a Test Match. Yorkshire Country Cricket Club have accepted that there was � no question� that their former Player Azeem Rafiq was the victim of racial Harrassment And Bullying during his time at the club and have apologised to him and his family. They have published the Findings Today of a year long investigation after raffiq made in excess of a0 allegations against the club of racist incidents and bullying across his two spells with county. Seven were upheld. The report also found that the club failed to follow up on the allegations and that on a number of occasions prior to 2018 the club could have done more to make muslims feel more welcome within their stadiums, rafiq has responded with his own statement, disputing the reports� further finding that the club was not institutionally racist and he has called the whole process atrocious. Crazy, cool and mind blowing. How else would you expect a teenager to react after reaching their first Grand Slam final. Emma Raducanus Dream run at the Us Open has taken her all the way to Saturday Nights final where shell face another teenager in leylah fernandez. 1999 was the last time that we had an all teenage final, that was Serena Williams and Martina Hingis in New York she beat the greek Maria Sakkari in straight sets, and this morning tweeted pictures of her on court, celebrating, with the words, pure happiness under the lights in New York. To Saturday Nights final where shell face another teenager in leylah fernandez. 1999 was the last time that we had an all teenage final, that was Serena Williams and Martina Hingis in New York she beat the greek Maria Sakkari in straight sets, and this morning tweeted pictures of her on court, celebrating, with the words, pure happiness under the lights in New York. The Bbc Tv will show highlights of the womens final on sunday afternoon. Keep an eye on listings for exact timings, Radio 5live will have live commentary tomorrow night. With the words, pure happiness under the lights in New York. The Bbc Tv will show highlights of the womens final on sunday afternoon. Keep an eye on listings for exact timings, Radio 5live will have live commentary tomorrow night. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the Bbc Sport website. Thats Bbc Dot co dot Uk Slash sport imjane im jane hill. Lets get more now on one of our top stories. Events to mark 20 years since 3,000 people were killed in the 9 11 attacks in New York, washington and pennsylvania are being held across the United States tomorrow. Thomas kean is the former Newjersey Governor who became the 9 11 commission chairman. He was head of � the National Commission On Terrorist Attacks upon the us and had a mandate to provide an account of 9 11 and recommendations on how to prevent such attacks in the future. Thank you so much for your time. In the Run Up to a desperately difficult Weekend for people all across the United States and i have to ask you for your reflections 20 years on. To ask you for your reflections 20 ears on. ~ �. ~ to ask you for your reflections 20 ears on. ~ �. , ~. , i. Years on. Well, im talking to you from the site years on. Well, im talking to you from the site of years on. Well, im talking to you from the site of the years on. Well, im talking to you from the site of the world years on. Well, im talking to you from the site of the World Trade | from the site of the World Trade center, a block away, and looking up at the sky, not a cloud in the sky. Thats exactly the day that was, and those two planes went into World Trade center. I was at home recovering from surgery and i got the call, from dental surgery, and i rushed to the university because i thought some of the parents might have been killed in the attacks and it went on from there. This country and probably the world has not been the same since that day. Reflecting on at this Weekend. The same since that day. Reflecting on at this Weekend. Your country has not been the on at this Weekend. Your country has not been the same on at this Weekend. Your country has not been the same since on at this Weekend. Your country has not been the same since then. On at this Weekend. Your country has not been the same since then. Its i on at this Weekend. Your country has not been the same since then. Its a | not been the same since then. Its a big question, that as you reflect on two decades, are there are some things, despite the absolute horror of that day, are there are some things that have changed for the Better . It things that have changed for the Better . ,. ,. , Better . It was certainly at the time somethin Better . It was certainly at the time something that Better . It was certainly at the time something that changed Better . It was certainly at the time something that changed for Better . It was certainly at the time something that changed for the something that changed for the Better, the whole country came together. That day the country came together, there were no republicans, no democrats. People had sympathy with the victims and something the country should do together after that. So that was a very good thing. We lost that over a number of years. But i think the kind of reforms we made based on our 9 ii report, the largest reorganisation of american intelligence in the Countries History and a0 reforms and due to those reforms it meant progress in that area. We wanted to get along with each other Better. find that area. We wanted to get along with each other Better. With each other Better. And yet in the last few with each other Better. And yet in the last few weeks with each other Better. And yet in the last few weeks we with each other Better. And yet in the last few weeks we in with each other Better. And yet in the last few weeks we in this the last few weeks we in this country, as you will have been where you are, have been talking so much about afghanistan, of course and the resurgence of the taliban and as someone who spent so long working with your commission, heading that commission, what are your reflections, possibly concerns, about events of very recent times . One of the things we had in that report is as we analysed bin Laden And Alqaeda he was given and undisturbed for five years in afghanistan even although he bombed embassies, he was pretty much left alone. If he had not had those for years he would not have been able to the attack. Terrorists gravitate to areas of trouble and for your governance is not real and they have a chance to do what they want to do. My a chance to do what they want to do. My worry is that is afghanistan again now. If again a Copycat Terrorist of some sort decides to attack london, New York, washington, whatever, he cant be allowed to have that amount of time so if it is going on well be right back in afghanistan. We will not allow that thing to happen. figs afghanistan. We will not allow that thing to happen afghanistan. We will not allow that thing to happen. As you touched on, one of the Things Thing to happen. As you touched on, one of the things your thing to happen. As you touched on, one of the things your Commission L one of the things your commission focused on was the need for Intelligence Agencies to speak together, to Share Information. We know there were issues around that 20 years ago. Do you feel Today Today there is Better information sharing, if there is knowledge or suspicions of something in other parts of the world that your agencies internally are discussing it . Sharing that information . Yes. It . Sharing that information . Yes, and there are it . Sharing that information . Yes, and there are forms it . Sharing that information . Yes, and there are forms of it . Sharing that information . Yes and there are forms of intelligence in this country that the man to Share Information. They meet together weekly. We have 17 Intelligence Agencies in this country, all our military, but they meet together known Share Information and that is what they didnt do before 9 11 and if they had shared information my personal belief is 9 11 would have been prevented. The cia had Information Terrorist the did not share with the fbi and when those terrorists came to this country because the cia told the fbi the fbi never knew they were here and they were able to peacefully carry out that terrible attack. ~ ,. , peacefully carry out that terrible attack. ,. , peacefully carry out that terrible attack. ,. Peacefully carry out that terrible attack. ,. �. , attack. Thank you so much. Before i let ou attack. Thank you so much. Before i let you go. Attack. Thank you so much. Before i let you go. I attack. Thank you so much. Before i let you go, i wonder attack. Thank you so much. Before i let you go, i wonder whether attack. Thank you so much. Before i let you go, i wonder whether i attack. Thank you so much. Before i let you go, i wonder whether i can l let you go, i wonder whether i can ask you how your family will be remembering tomorrow, what will you be doing on the actual day . fin remembering tomorrow, what will you be doing on the actual day . Be doing on the actual day . On the actual Day L be doing on the actual day . On the actual day i will be doing on the actual day . On the actual day i will be be doing on the actual day . On the actual day i will be talking be doing on the actual day . On the actual day i will be talking to be doing on the actual day . On the actual day i will be talking to some | actual day i will be talking to some people. Generally that day a of reflection for me. I lost some friends on that day and of course i was very involved after that and i have been working with the families of 9 11, a wonderful organisation that has taken a terrible tragedy and use that to do good for people. And reflect, a lot of reflect. Alert; and reflect, a lot of reflect. Very many thanks and reflect, a lot of reflect. Very many thanks for and reflect, a lot of reflect. Very many thanks for your and reflect, a lot of reflect. Very many thanks for your time, and reflect, a lot of reflect. Very many thanks for your time, we i many thanks for your time, we appreciate it. Not everyone in the uk needs a coronavirus boosterjab. Thats according to the scientist behind the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert is calling for doses to be sent to countries in need. Professor gilbert says some vulnerable groups will need boosters. But immunity is lasting well in the majority of cases. Up to 500,000 people with severely weakened Immune Systems should be offered a third dose of the jab. Thats been the line from the Uk Vaccine advisory Body Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation until now. Thejcvi has also suggested more than 30 Million people should receive a third dose, including all adults over 50, in its interim advice issued injuly. The Vaccine Advisory Committee is due to give its final advice on boosters soon. Health secretary, sajid javid, has said hes awaiting that final advice from the jcvi, but was confident a Booster Programme would start later this month. Professor gilbert explained the reasons for her comments. I was being asked questions about whether we should be boosting people in this country or giving first doses to people in other countries and i think thats far too simplistic a way to look at it. The problem we really have is that the world needs greater vaccine supply, we need more doses of all of the vaccines that are currently licensed and we need more vaccines to be licensed so we are not talking about choices between vaccinating in one country or another country. The good news is that supply is increasing, every month more doses are becoming available and we now need to focus on getting those doses to the countries that really need them but there will be a lot more doses available to do that. When we talk about the countries, what are we talking about and where . Mainly we are talking about africa, whereas in many countries on that continent, only 2 of people have been vaccinated, the target has always been to vaccinate at least the most vulnerable 20 , then move on from there and we are not even close to that yet. When we talk about those who are most vulnerable, it has been agreed, Thejcvi Have said those with immunity, and also the over 50s, do you agree with that . In this country, those groups have been vaccinated, or they all have been offered vaccination already. What we are talking about is whether another dose should be given and that is a very complex decision and we have to take into account which vaccines are available, the expiry dates, where they are and where it is feasible to move them to so it is not an easy decision to make and it is something thejcvi will take that decision and we should wait for them to comment. You also said immunity is lasting well in the majority of people, what evidence is there of that . When we started Vaccine Trials in april last year, thats when we were giving the first doses of the vaccine, we carried on vaccinating volunteers through may, june and july so we now have a large body of people who got the vaccine early and we have been able to invite them to come back for further Blood Tests six months after their vaccinations and now a year after their vaccinations, so we are starting to accumulate data on how that immune response is being maintained. As we would expect with any other vaccine, we are seeing strong maintenance of response. What evidence is there of how effective covid boosters are, which is more effective, the first wave of vaccination or the Booster Programme . Obviously, because we have not seen widespread use of boosters anywhere yet, we Cant Report on the effectiveness. Do we have data from israel . There is limited data have they actually reported on the change in susceptibility or are they just looking at immune responses . We dont have enough data yet to report those decisions but what we do know is that the first dose of the vaccine has the most impact, whoever you give that vaccine to. We get a strong response, good protection after a single dose and then it is improved by the second dose. We would expect to see it being maintained or possibly slightly improved by a third dose, we wait to see but getting the first dose into people is really important. The Reproduction Number four covid 19 the Reproduction Numberfour covid 19 in england is unchanged since last week, between 0. 9 and 1. 1. We arejust we are just hitting that the head of the Metropolitan Police, cressida dick, has been given an extension to her contract so she will be staying as head of the Metropolitan Police for a further two years. Her contract was due to expire next spring but she is going to stay on thejob until 202a. That spring but she is going to stay on the job until 202a. That is what we are hearing. She has been offered that extension and has agreed to continue a natural. There have been calls in some quarters for her to go. Her contract is due to finish next spring but she has been offered another two years and she is staying. There will be reaction coming through to that in the next little while. She will remain commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Now its time to take a look at stories across the uk. Charities and politicians are calling on the government to provide more money to manage the resettlement of refugees from afghanistan in yorkshire and the humber. The government says extra money has been provided and that refugees are being redistributed equally across england. However figures analysed by Bbc Look north show in the last eight years, yorkshire and the humber has rehoused more refugees than any other region in england. David rhodes has more. The afghan Refugee Crisis began on the Tarmac On Kabul Airport and the uk is now resettling 20,000 displaced people. Afghans are arriving into yorkshire. Charities in bradford are delivering Essential Supplies to those quarantining in hotels due to covid. We have also provided things like prayer mats, basic Clothing And Hygiene products directly into the hotels. Foodbanks are also playing a vital role, supporting people who have seen the worst of humanity. As a lot of my friends have been arrested. Some of them killed. Nobody stands up for afghanistan to help them. Please, i want to help my whole family there. She cries. There are concerns about the quarantining for covid. Afghan refugees could face months living in hotels because of a lack of available accommodation. Theyve gone into the quarantining and that was understandable, but not beyond that ten days there is the level of frustration building up in the families as to what is going to happen next and these are bigger than average families. In some families youve got eight or ten people and we are already struggling with Housing Stock as it stands, particularly bigger housing. The death of a five year old afghan refugee at a hotel in sheffield last month offers a glimpse of a system under real pressure, pressure that is compounded by the fact that in the last eight years yorkshire and humber have resettled the largest number of refugees any region in england. Over 2600 refugees have been resettled here. Thats more than twice the number than in london, The East Of England and the east midlands. We are in a situation where four times the amount of refugees are being taken by labour councils. They are exactly the same councils who have been hardest hit we are in a situation where four times the amount of refugees are being taken by labour councils. They are exactly the same councils who have been hardest hit by tory austerity. The Home Office told the bbc . The initial phase of the afghan crisis has come to a close, but may take months or even years to properly settle thousands of afghans in search of a new home. The uk� s first � Super Court� dedicated to trials of large criminal gangs opens in manchester today. The £2. 5 million facility at Crown Square is part of the government� s national effort to tackle the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on ourjustice system. The Ministry Ofjustice says the aim is to help clear the national Back Log of 58,000 cases and expedite justice for victims. Police the moment police make an arrest triggers thejudicial process. But gang crimes are particularly challenging. The colours of aya hachem, in blackburn, Drug Dealing across county lines, the grooming of teenage girls in rochdale major cases like these with numerous defendants are complex, time consuming and costly. They often require the use of up to three more courts, putting a strain on the rest of the legal system. But now the country� s first Super Court, here in manchester, aims to improve efficiency. To get these sorts of cases on these very large cases, we have had to be using more than one Court Room just for the one trial. This Court Room will enable us to use all of our Court Rooms for trials concurrently, so that will mean that we can get more cases on. The pandemic has caused a backlog of 58,000 cases, but less than 1 are gang related. Unless the Ministry Ofjustice is four says this Super Court will make a difference. We have invested £2. 5 million here to vastly change the nature of this Court Room. So we have completely remodelled it, we have extended the size of the dock so that we can have more defendants. Walls have been demolished to make this Super Court triple the size of the average court. Covid security, an obvious priority. Italy pioneered Super Court, Bringing Mafia Criminals Tojustice a key feature, a large dock for numerous defendants. Defendants will be brought up from the Holding Cells down below into this area. This is actually one of the largest docks in the country. It can hold up to 25 people, including 12 defendants. The first major trial in this Super Court is due in october. The welsh First Minister has said the next week wales will look at the possibility of Introducing Covid passports. Possibility of Introducing Covid ass orts. Possibility of Introducing Covid assorts. , ,. , passports. There are a series of ractical passports. There are a series of practical and passports. There are a series of practical and ethical passports. There are a series of practical and ethical issues passports. There are a Series Ofl practical and ethical issues which need to be considered in relation to Vaccine Certification and we continue to look at those. The cabinet will decide next week whether or not there are circumstances in which it would be right to require proof of vaccination here. We will not do that in any setting where people have no choice but to go. So there will be no Vaccine Passports for people who need to go and use crucial public services for example. In places where people gather entirely voluntarily and where there is evidence that demonstrating you have had two doses of the vaccine is an effective measure at preventing the spread of coronavirus, given the numbers we are seeing in Wales Today it wouldn� t be responsible of the cabinet not to look at the case for doing so. Cabinet not to look at the case for doinu so. ~. , cabinet not to look at the case for doinu so. A,. ,. ,. , cabinet not to look at the case for doinu so. ,. ,. ,. , doing so. More on that and all the rest of todays doing so. More on that and all the rest of todays Big Doing so. More on that and all the rest of todays big stories doing so. More on that and all the rest of todays big stories coming | rest of today� s big stories coming up rest of today� s big stories coming up from two o� clock. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Some heavy Downpours Today. It will be today the heavy showers and sunny spells, a few of those across The East Of England but this is where we see the heaviest and strongest downpours breaking out with the risk of 20 millimetres to 30 millimetres than in our Localflooding And Disruption possible. A few showers amidst wales and central and Eastern England and across Northern Ireland so a chance of disruptive downpours. Temperatures in the late teens and early 20s. In scotland the Odd Shower in the east and patchy drizzle in the west and overnight while many places turn drier in scotland initially towards the Western Isles it will get much Wetter And Rain moving in here. Another quite mild, misty and foggy night to come. A rather grey start to saturday for many of us. Gradually brightening up although there will turning wetter in the far north and into otley. Orkney. This is Bbc News, i� m annita mcveigh. The Headlines Cheering and applause the fairytale of New York continues. 18 year old Emma Raducanu is into the final of the Us Open, the first british woman to do so for more than for decades. Its it� s a shock, crazy, All Of The Above the head of m15 tells the bbc that the return of the Taliban In Afghanistan is likely to have emboldened Lone Wolf terrorists in the uk. We do face a consistent global struggle to defeat extremism and to guard struggle to defeat extremism and to guard against terrorism. This is a real problem