and a fresher, less humid feel in the east, so basically not a bad sunday in prospect. i will have all the details coming up shortly. it s sunday, the 21st ofjuly. our main story. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has hinted that she will give public sector workers above inflation pay increases. it s understood that independent pay review bodies have recommended rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs workers, with inflation currently at 2%. ms reeves told the bbc s laura kuenssberg she would make the sums add up . she s also announced a review of pensions in the hope of encouraging billions of pounds of investment in the uk. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the story. millions of public sector workers awaiting to learn what their pay rises be this year. independent pay review bodies make recommendations to the government of what percentage should be awarded. it is understood ministers have been advised to raise the salaries of teachers and nhs workers by 5.5%, a rate th
at the tokyo olympics asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. more than 200 taliban fighters have been killed in strikes by us long range bombers, according to afghanistan s defence ministry. the ministry says it s called in american b 52 aircraft in the battle against the militants in the city of sheberghan. earlier, the taliban said they had taken control of the city. shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. the militants had earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghanistan to leave the country immediately because of the worsening security situation in the country. richard ga
team gb s most successful canoeist, liam heath, has added to his olympic medal haul with a bronze in the k1 200 metres sprint. and coming up this hour: 15 million of us live with a long term condition but are some social media influencers faking illnesses for fame, money and attention. fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to quarantine on arrivalfrom france , as part of a shake up of coronavirus travel rules in england, scotland and northern ireland. seven more european countries have been added to the green list, while spain will remain amber despite concerns about covid variants there. other changes include india, bahrain, qatar and the united arab emirates , switching from red to amber , meaning arrivals from those countries will no longer have to quarantine in government approved accommodation. while austria, germany, slovenia, slovakia, latvia, romania and norway will be moved onto the green list. but georgia and mexico have been now be added to the red lis
successful female sailing olympian of all time. the belarusian olympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning and coming up this hour, professor barbie, the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. good morning. the uk government s vaccination committee is expected to recommend that all 16 and 17 year olds should be given a covid jab. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. about 1.4 milliom teenagers would be included in the new roll out. some countries including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. tim muffett reports. it began with the elderly and most vulnerable. since last december, the ages of those receiving covid jabs in the uk has got low