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hurricane ida makes landfall wiping out all power in new orleans. the danger is not weakening at all. we re hearing reports of flood waters rising in many communities. are trees coming down, bringing down power lines. roots collapsing. people travelling to the uk from canada, denmark and 5 other new green list countries will not need to isolate as the uk s latest covid travel rules come into force. a new law is being introduced to make school uniforms cheaper in england and wales this autumn, but won t be in place in time for the new school year american actor ed asner best known for playing fictional tv newsman lou grant and voicing the lead of the animated film up , has died aged 91. and coming up this hour. we look at the future of staycations after a bumper yearfor uk holidays, as many of us have opted to holiday at home due to the uncertainty around covid travel restrictions. rockets have been fired towards kabul international airport, where the us evacuati ....
of this academic year. good morning. paralympics gb win gold number 2a in tokyo. wheelchair racer andrew small claims a 100 metre title, with team mate harri jenkins winning bronze. good morning. today once again is going to be a fairly cloudy day, that cloud thick enough especially in the east and south east for some drizzle. brighterskies in the east and south east for some drizzle. brighter skies will be in parts of the west. all the details and about 25 minutes. good morning. it s monday the 30th of august. our top story. the uk will reach out to other countries today to exert pressure on the taliban to respect human rights in afghanistan and to honour its promise of granting safe passage for those with permission to leave. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will take part in a series of diplomatic meetings as the final uk troops return from kabul. jon donnison has the details. back in britain. some of the final raf planes from kabul arriving at brize norton air ....
the final british flights from afghanistan touch down in the uk, bringing a 20 year military campaign to a close. planes bringing troops involved in the evacuation operation landed at brize norton in oxfordshire. more arrivals are expected in the coming hours. us military officials say a drone strike in kabul has eliminated another deadly suicide attack as time runs out for those trying to leave the country. the flights are almost over. what are you going to do now? so, what about us? we are work with them, we support them. president biden pays his respects as 13 us troops among those killed in thursday s bombing are brought home. also in the programme tonight. the us state of louisiana hunkers down as hurricane ida makes landfall, threatening a catastrophic storm surge. seven more gold medals for great britain at the tokyo paralymics, including the third successive win for hannah cockroft. good evening. the last planes carrying uk troops home from afghanistan have been ....
the bbc investigation was declared woefully ineffective. prince william says the deception fuelled his mother s paranoia and distrust. it is my view that the deceitful way the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said. the interview was a major contribution to making my parents relationship worse and has since hurt countless others. the bbc knew back in 1996 about the fake bank statements. lord dyson said the bbc knew martin bashir had lied when he said he had not shown them to earl spencer. the defence was this note from princess diana, saying she had not seen the offending documents, but there were people in the bbc who had concerns. the problem, they say, was the corporation s culture. very late 1995, i bought the documents to the attention of the bbc management, as i was asked to do by a bbc lawyer, and was told within 24 hours of doing that that effectively i would no longer be part of the programme. i had been disloyal . that s what hap ....
elsewhere some spells of sunshine. it stays windy and extraordinarily mild. and for sunday still unsettled with stronger spells of rain. a shift in the wind direction, coming in from the west and still very mild but not quite as mild as it is right now. a bigger change as we get deeper into next week. low pressure still close by so it will still be quite unsettled as the slow moves eastwards as we get into tuesday, it opens the door to this northerly wind with single digit temperatures. these temperatures stay low through the week and it stays unsettled. when we get there, happy new year s eve. 0urtop when we get there, happy new year s eve. our top story this lunchtime, the number of nhs staff off work in england because of covid went up by a0% during christmas week. hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much ....