Katrina. Plans to ban single Use Plastic plates, Cutlery And Polystyrene cups in england have just been announced, as part of proposals to tackle what ministers say is the unnecessary use of plastics that wreak havoc with our natural environment. The measures will be considered in a public consultation this autumn, with scotland, wales and Northern Ireland having similar plans. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. This is our bamboo set. Is this the future of eating on the go . Paris sells Bamboo Cutlery across the uk. We are still working with bamboo and hemp. Sustainable items which he hopes are part of the answer to reducing plastic consumption. What do you think about the idea of banning Plastic Cutlery . Yeah, i would vote for anybody who will ban it. I think plastic is everywhere. We cannot get rid of plastic completely, but there are definitely certain areas where we can improve. This is the Problem Plastic in oceans around The World, deadly for a number of species.
And festivals over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Two World Records for the British Cycling couple, Husband And Wife Lora And Neil fachie, who are amongst seven gb paralympians to win gold today. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The uks last Evacuation Flight purely for civilians has left the afghan capital, kabul. The head of the armed forces, general sir nick carter, said its heartbreaking that british troops havent been able to rescue everybody he said hundreds of eligible people have been left behind. The american led airlift of those trying to Escape Taliban Rule is due to end on tuesday. And in the last few minutes, the us government has issued a statement saying a fresh attack on Kabul Airport is highly likely in the next 24 36 hours. Heres our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. The race to finish an unprecedented Rescue Mission is almost done. The pentagon says more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of the country in the past two we
Youve lost your job. The governor tells you we will help you. To file for unemployment. You file. And nothing. The pandemic exposing the problems with the Unemployment Insurance program in states like kentucky. Its that mainframe that dates back to the 1970s. There are people suffering. They were intentionally making it more di for people to access the system. There were emails that went unread. Forcing insiders to speak out. There were already tens of thousands of backlogged claims. Just to be clear. That was before the pandemic. That was before the pandemic. After that, wear hit chaos. Chaos and tragedy. He testified the Governors Team cut corners. I knew this was going to be the most important thing i would ever do in my life. Theres nights i cry to myself, cant provide for my kids. I worked so hard to get to where i am told. I dont want to end up homeless. This is a cnn Special Report the price we paidthe Economic Cost of covid. You think its a system that was neglected for too lon