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and number of councils and tourist areas have declared this summer a pump or success due to staycations. some occupancy rates have been running a very close to 100%. salisbury cathedral has had double the number of visitors as last summer. but nearly everyone in the tourist industry is worried what will happen next. duncan kennedy reports from bournemouth. from brighton to bournemouth, the south coast is just one area that has seen record numbers of tourists this summer. it has been so busy, even hotel managers like 0livia 0 sullivan have had to help clean rooms. been full pretty much since we started, probably about 96% occupancy. is it sustainable? i don t know. 0nce anything else opens up, i don t know if people will come back to the uk. but it s notjust beach resorts. here at salisbury cathedral, city break seekers have also been flocking in. has staycation saved the day for the cathedral? it has certainly made a huge difference. we are seeing people coming to salis ....
to 14 will cover it. generally speaking, pretty much where we have been over the past few days, sunshine getting into northern ireland, the north west of england and scotland, with some sunshine up to 20, or if you don t down to 14 degrees. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for firing a spokesman from the foreign office as saying that due foreign secretary dominic raabjoined a meeting with us counterparts about the situation in afghanistan and emphasise the importance of like minded people to discuss arrangements for those people who are still in afghanistan and have not been rescued so far. he said that tell of that for the nationals and citizens with travel authorisations will be allowed to leave the country but mr rab also underlined that we have to judge them on their actions on whether people are allowed to spend safe passage to league. to leave. that is the latest on the afghanistan situation. the headline ....
worker shortages caused by a perfect storm of issues including brexit changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. the government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we don t have that guaranteed labour that we ve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20% and 25%, which is huge. so, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys. other areas of food production are also having problems. a shortage of meat processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. the government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at the end of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. now ....
third consecutive title and her sixth paralympic crown. moments after this, imran fell 200 feet. we ll have the story of the daring operation to save him. and for most of us another dry day with some brightness or sunny spells but there is a little more detail than that. i will be back with all the details. it s sunday august the 29th. our top story: the uk s military involvement in afghanistan is over after nearly 20 years and the deaths of a57 british service personnel. troops, diplomats and officials left kabul last night but around a thousand people, including uk citizens and afghans who were eligible to seek refuge in britain, have been left behind. jon donnison has more. packing up and heading out. the last british shoulders and diplomats have now left afghanistan bringing to an end a military operation that lasted just shy of two decades. in recent days, more than 15,000 people have been evacuated by the raf. british nationals and afghans who had worked with the uk ....
hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines. twenty years after being sent in, the last british troops have left afghanistan, the evacuation in the wake of the taliban taking charge is over. the effort has been frankly truly humbling to see the hours worked, you know, the exhaustion painted on people s faces. so we tried our best. president biden warns another attack on kabul airport is highly likely within the next 24 hours as us forces prepare to leave. forecasters warn a storm approaching louisiana could be more powerful than hurricane katrina, which devastated new orleans 16 years ago. dilemma for doctors a severe shortage of test tubes in the uk means patients needing urgent blood tests could face delays. at the paralympics great britain s hannah cockroft wins her third successive 100m gold. now on bbc news, on the travel show there s another chance to see the second part of rajan datar s epic railjourney across the united states. i m on a coas ....