teenagers whose parents smoke are four times more likely to take up smoking, according to new research. in a uk government campaign, doctors urge parents and other caregivers to kick the habit. tim muffet has more. 0ur our children are watching what we do much more than they are listening to what we say sophie say do not smoke cigarettes and we are smoking ourselves, our behaviour will have a much greater impact. a new film from the nhs aimed at parents who smoke. why do children take up the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around one the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around one in the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around one in eight adults in the uk still smoke, according to the office for national statistics. new research shows teenagers whose parents or caregivers smoke, art four times mor
there ve been emergency talks between the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, and the uk s energy industry, to try to resolve the ongoing crisis caused by rising wholesale gas prices. energy companies have warned that bills could go up by 50 per cent next year without government action. theo leggett reports. a midwinter meeting, at a time when the energy industry is battling a deep economic chill. the cost of gas on european wholesale markets has been hitting record levels, and suppliers say consumers will end up paying a heavy price. energy companies themselves have already been badly hit. more than two dozen have gone out of business since the summer, and more casualties are expected. that s because, so far, they have had to absorb most of the extra costs themselves. it s a situation that won t last. household gas and electricity bills are capped by the energy regulator, ofcom, but with wholesale prices at their current levels, it seems inevitable the cap will be raised in
captain ray illingworth has died. he was 89 and had been undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer. he had a 15 year test career, playing 61 times for england. joe wilson looks back at his career. raymond illingworth. commentator: beautifully hooked by illingworth! - batsman, bowler, leader a cricketer for all seasons. he began his career in the 1950s. it must be out! he finally stopped playing in the 1980s. just think, when he became england captain in 1969, they wondered then if he was too old. some people would say this is a little bit too old to start being captain of england? yes, well obviously it s not a ten year policy or anything like that, but i think i am still as good a bowler as i have ever been. you know, i don t think it makes any difference, really. in sydney in 1971, during a fractious ashes test, he led his players off the field when beer cans were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out! that s end of the match! his team mates carried illingworth off whe
in bbc news it is the travel show. they re exploring japan to find out how exhibition delete my accessibility has improved in the wake of this year s paralympics in tokyo. oh, wow. look at the size of this place. this is tokyo stadium and it was home to the football, the rugby, and the pentathlon during the olympics. and i m glad to finally be here. japan s delayed summer of sport finally got under way in 2021. my name s steve brown and i was supposed to come over the paralympic coverage. not being able to make it out was a huge blow. the whole thing about sport, it s not just about watching it, it s about feeling it, that immersive experience. before i was a presenter, i was captain of the london 2012 rugby wheelchair team. and when i was in hospital sport was what got me out. it was definitely the building blocks to the person that i have become. tokyo holds a special place in paralympic history. it was all the way back at the 1964 games that the term paralympic was first u
queen elizabeth i! faced an assassination threat during a 1983 visit to america. hello, i m gareth barlow. we start in sudan where the family of an 85 year old uk national has told a bbc news arabic investigation that his disabled wife died of starvation after the british embassy there left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, abdalla sholgami and alaweya rishwan were offered no help in leaving their home which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office said the situation had been too dangerous. nawal al maghafi reports. a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military hq. they were in the centre of khartoum. that area, you can t leave, you can t enter. there are snipers everywhere in hat