and new york a listers the fashion world s met gala returns after covid. hello and welcome. here in the the uk, the government is setting out its much anticipated covid winter plan later, with proposals including booster jabs for over 50s expected to be laid out by ministers. it s the second major announcement on vaccines in less than 2a hours, after it was confirmed last night that all children in england aged 12 to 15 will be offered a single jab from next week. our health correspondent, michelle roberts, has this report. it s clear that this will be no normal winter and the nhs is braced for a very busy time. the pandemic continues with plenty of coronavirus around to infect yet more people. on top of that there will be flu and other respiratory viruses that put pressure on the health service at this time of year, as well as a backlog of treatments, disrupted by covid. the prime minister is expected to announce today that certain measures such as lockdowns should not be
has any symptoms. the bbc obtains evidence that the taliban are killing civilians in afghanistan. and what s next for emma? british tennis legends offer their advice to the teen queen emma raducanu. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a convincing win over the world number one russian daniil medvedev with an unusual celebration after beating novak djokovic to become the us open champion. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an announcement is expected this afternoon recommending that children aged between 12 and 15 be routinely vaccinated for covid 19. the uk s four chief medical officers have now submitted their guidance to the government. it s likely to form part of a wider winter plan for tackling covid in england which the prime minister will set out tomorrow. our political correspondent helen catt reports. other countries have gone ahead with vaccinating healthy 12 to 15 euros, but not yet in the uk, although that may change. but not yet in the uk, alt
eastern and southern england see the heaviest of the rain and thundery downpours mixed in through the morning and into the afternoon, confined towards eastern england. southern and western areas improving, perhaps sunshine and if that happens, perhaps i was breaking out. disappointing temperatures with the rain, the brighter spots around 20 degrees. the low pressure clears away tuesday into wednesday and thursday, running into this ridge of high pressure. there will be quite quite a bit of cloud around, but a lot quieter, lighter winds, sunshine coming through. the best day for the sunny spells is thursday with quite a lot of misty and murky conditions on wednesday. but temperatures respond and feel pleasantly warm. all change by the end of the week with a new area of low pressure, a new weather front sweeping into western areas with heavy rain pushing towards the east late in the day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak, coming up on the programme. a day i
for scotland as well. and what s next for emma? british tennis legends offer their advice to the teen queen, emma raducanu. good afternoon. in the past few minutes, the four chief medical officers for the uk have recommended that all children aged 12 to 15 years old should be offered one dose of the pfizer covid vaccine. the decision comes after scientific advisers serving onjoint committee for vaccination and immunisation said the vaccine only offered a marginal health benefit for that age group and could not be recommended on health grounds alone. well, ministers are now expected to back the new recommendation as part of the covid winter plan the prime minister will set out tomorrow. let s discuss this further and get more detail. with me now is our health correspondent anna collinson. take us through the details. the element up until now only 12 to 15 year olds with underlying health is year olds with underlying health conditions were allowed to have a covid i9 vaccine,