from her father. and astronomers find evidence of the cosmic dawn the moment when the first stars began to form. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ministers are preparing to announce the latest update to england s traffic light system for travelling abroad, and there s speculation that malta could be added to the so called green list with no quarantine required on returning home along with the spanish balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and minorca. this lunchtime, the prime minister hinted that in future, foreign travel without quarantine might be possible for those who ve been double jabbed. business leaders are hoping the government will relax restrictions on holidays, but any changes come amid rising concern, here and abroad, about the continuing spread, of the delta variant. here s theo legget. summer is here. travel companies and would be holiday makers are desperate for restrictions to be eased so people can go to more destinations abroad without facing quar
a surge in coronavirus vaccination bookings in the uk, as 18 20 year olds sign up for theirjab in huge numbers. keep ourfamilies safe, just be able to get back out there. open up possibilities for what you can do, probably when travel opens and things it will probably be easier if you have been vaccinated, things like that. and, at euro 2020 the spotlight is on wales, who will be looking to seal their place in the last 16 when they take on italy in rome. i ll be back at quarter to one with the lunchtime news. right now on bbc news it is time for specialist doctors calling for obesity to be classed as a chronic illness which needs comprehensive treatment for all those affected. we speak to cera, who lives with obesity and has battled to a stigma and damage to her mental health, about a condition which society needs to face. a warning, viewers may find some of the images of surgery in this film disturbing. people think you are unintelligent, that you are lazy, that you eat too
health, about a condition which society needs to face. a warning, viewers may find some of the images of surgery in this film disturbing. people think you are unintelligent, that you are lazy, that you eat too much, that you have done this to yourself, that is a choice, and ijust want to scream and say, none of those things are right. sarah knows that being this big is hard and heartbreaking. her story is one small part of the growing obesity crisis. unfortunately in the uk, we have built up a population of people, two million of them, for whom preventive and simple medical treatments are not going to work. that is a lot of people, many of them biologically hard wired to put on fat and living a constant struggle against their own genetics in this fast food culture. i feel if you are fat, the options around here, there are a row of 20 shops and seven of them are takeaways, you re going to go for that option. what about dieting and exercise? truth is many have tried, most have