A widow tells the bbc how her husband took his own life after relapsing into a gambling addiction. As all 16 and 17 year olds are offered their first coronavirus vaccine, a campaign is launched to encourage teenagers to getjabbed warning of the effects long covid. Are you a young person suffering with long covid? tell me what it s been like for you by tweeting me or using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. And the boxing olympic silver medallist ben whittaker achieves his dream becoming mayor of wolverhampton for a day. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The prime minister is expected to ask president biden to delay withdrawing the last american forces from afghanistan to allow more time for the evacuation effort at kabul international airport. Borisjohnson will make the request at an emergency meeting of leaders from the g7 countries tomorrow. Us troops are due to leave kabul airport in just over week, but several thousand people remain there, desperate to flee the country and escape the
hello again and welcome to the week in parliament the week the prime minister apologised to rape victims failed by the state. of course i say sorry for the trauma that they have been through, the frustration that they go through because of the inadequacies of the criminaljustice system. we are fixing that. for labour, the buck stops with thejustice secretary. enough is enough. will he reverse these failures within a year or will he resign? also in this programme, mental health and the pandemic. children as young as five | disposing of the contents of their lunch box in the bin and leaving the wrappers . i in to tell teachers that they d i eaten what was in the lunch box when they hadn t. and all aboard is the queen about to get a new boat? it s not a new royal yacht, it s a new national flagship. in my book, that s. laughter. i think that s a very good thing! but first, why are so few rapists convicted? only 1.6% of rapes recorded by the police in england and wales curren
Time now for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament the week the prime minister apologised to rape victims failed by the state. Of course i say sorry for the trauma that they have been through, the frustration that they go through because of the inadequacies of the criminaljustice system. We are fixing that. For labour, the buck stops with thejustice secretary. Enough is enough. Will he reverse these failures within a year or will he resign? also in this programme: mental health and the pandemic. Children as young as five | disposing of the contents of their lunchbox in the bin and leaving the wrappers l in to tell teachers that they d. Eaten what was in the lunchbox when they hadn t. And all aboard is the queen about to get a new boat? it s not a new royal yacht, it s a new national flagship. In my book, that s. Laughter i think that s a very good thing! but first, why are so few rapists convicted? only 1. 6% of rapes recorded by t
Now it s time for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament the week the prime minister apologised to rape victims failed by the state. Of course i say sorry for the trauma that they have been through, the frustration that they go through because of the inadequacies of the criminaljustice system. We are fixing that. For labour, the buck stops with thejustice secretary. Enough is enough. Will he reverse these failures within a year or will he resign? also in this programme: mental health and the pandemic. Children as young as five disposing of the contents of their lunchbox. In the bin and leaving the wrappers in to tell teachers that they d eaten what was in the lunchbox when they hadn t. And all aboard is the queen about to get a new boat? it s not a new royal yacht, it s a new national flagship. In my book, that s. Laughter i think that s a very good thing! but first, why are so few rapists convicted? only 1. 6% of rapes recorded b
For the lifting of restrictions in england to go ahead onjuly 19th. Nicola sturgeon accuses the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, of playing politics, in a row over a scottish government ban on travel to salford and manchester. If you want is a grown up conversation, he only has to pick up the phone, but if as i suspect this is a spat with me over a labour leadership contest of the future, i m not interested. Scotland midfielder billy gilmour tests positive for covid and will miss the euro 2020 match with croatia tomorrow. And the first person in the world to get a covid jab outside of trials, 91 year old margaret keenan, gives her first interview to the bbc. I ve said before, please do have the jab, there s nothing to it, don t be afraid of a needle just to save your life and to save other s lives. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. It s been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. The deaths of thousands of people who were given contaminated blood