A sprinter from belarus who refused her team s order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. It s believed krystsina tsimanouskaya plans to go to warsaw tomorrow. And the head of an organisation helping belarussians who have fled abroad has been found dead in kiev. Vitaly shiskov ran the belarusian house in ukraine. Fighting is raging in helmand province as taliban militants and afghan government forces battle for control of the southern city of lashka ga. Criticism from uk s opposition labour party, but praise from within the travel industry, as the uk government abandons plans for an amber watchlist of countries for international travel. And firefighters in helicopters are battling wildfires raging for a seventh day near southern coastal resorts in turkey. A warm welcome to tokyo and what a momentous day it s been. One of the greatest races in olympics history took place this morning. Norway s karston warholm won the gold in the men s 400
Tonight at ten the culture of cover up which led to hundreds of children in south london suffering cruelty and sexual abuse over four decades. They were in the care of lambeth council an independent report says the abuse happened on a scale that was difficult to comprehend. The report is scathing about the culture of the council in the 1980s, and now, a0 years on, the council s apology does not impress the victims. I don t care what lambeth have apologised for their apologies are meaningless. It doesn t mean anything, because if they meant what they said, then they would have sorted this out and they would have got this done a long time ago. The independent report focuses on five of lambeth s care homes from the late 60s. We ll have the details. Also tonight. As the vaccination roll out continues, the latest figures show the number of covid infections across the uk has fallen for the seventh day in a row. In the pool in tokyo, olympic gold and silverfor team gb with a fitting r
person to receive the new vaccine course, why delay? have the national it s hailed a ‘pivotal‘ moment. restrictions and bring them into force as soon as possible. it comes amid mounting the vaccine means everything to me. pressure on the nhs, this is bbc news. with a record 58,784 new covid cases i m simon mccoy. to my mind, it is the only way of the headlines: recorded across the uk. getting back to normal life. this leaders of the 4 nations the prime minister is to make are meeting now to discuss a televised address at eight o clock tonight the coronavirus response virus is terrible, isn t it? as the government comes under scotland has already announced it pressure to announce another lockdown to tackle rising coronavirus cases in england. it comes as scotland goes into lockdown from midnight tonight. the first minister announces measures that will last a month. schools will stay closed and a stay this is bbc news, i‘m ben brown. the headlines: at home order is
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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