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
In the uk, all 16 and17 year olds have been offered their first coronavirus vaccine, as a campaign is launched to encourage teenagers to getjabbed warning of the effects of long covid. Are you a young person suffering with long covid? tell me what it s been like for you by tweeting me, using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. In an emotional interview, a widow tells the bbc how her husband took his own life after relapsing into a gambling addiction i looked out of the window and. Two policemen got out the car and the way they walked in, i knew what they were going to say. The tokyo paralympics starts tomorrow. We ll be speaking to a sports psychologist who s been helping athletes prepare ahead of the games. And the british boxing olympic silver medallist ben whittaker achieves his dream becoming mayor of wolverhampton for a day. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. A member of the afghan security forces has been killed in an exchange of fire with unidenti
for nearly 75 years. are you going to keep doing it? forever. as long as i am alive. and it is a frosty start to friday for some of you, but foremost it is dry, cloudy and yet again it is quite cold, details on that and your forecast coming up here on brea kfast. good morning. it s friday, the 4th of january. our top story: parents should worry less about how much screen time they allow their children, according to the first ever guidance issued by doctors. the royal college of paediatrics and child health says there s not enough evidence to show that screen use is harmful, but it does recommend that children don t use smartphones and devices for an hour before bed. here s our medical correspondent fergus walsh. young people today grow up surrounded by digital entertainment and information on multiple screens, whether via computer, smartphone, or television. in its guidance to parents, the royal college says the popular view that time in front of a screen is toxic to health h
we can get businesses to help us develop a national streamwork for quality work experience and why every young person should be entitled to it. could this happen in the campaign where completely different areas have completely different circumstances? not every area can say the same. how could we make this into a national campaign? maybe that s the point. no young person should be held back because of where they re from. that is something we champion as a youth parliament. why couldn t we champion this message of equality through a campaign? however, even if we did manage to get work experience for all young people, two weeks is no one s idea of productive. if we quit work experience in all schools we d be condemning young people and not benefiting them. it can be the reality of the work place. not everyone who comes out with work experience feels motivated and inspired the same way not everyone finishes a day of work feeling motivated and inspired. that is life. i knew that