On twitter and instagram. I m @vicderbyshire. Or you can email victoria@bbc. Co. Uk job vacancies have hit a record high rising above one million for the first time since records began, according to official figures. Lawyers for prince andrew tell a court in new york that sexual assault allegations filed against him are baseless and potentially unlawful. Travel body abta is calling for a significant overhaul of the government s traffic light system. The met gala one of fashion s biggest and starriest events has rolled out its red carpet in new york for some of the planet s best known celebrities. Good morning. We ll all get more details later from the government on its plans to deal with the pandemic over the coming months in england. We expecting that all over 50s will be offered a covid boosterjab. It was confirmed last night that children aged 12 15 will be offered a single vaccine dose from next week in england. Here s what some teenagers think of that. I don t want to make a d
At the expense of a test match. These performers booked to attend did. It can t be forgotten that a test match is, or was, about entertainment. Joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. Time for a look at the weather. Here s nick miller. Dodging the downpours again and sunshine across eastern england adding fuel to the atmosphere and this is where we expect heavy showers this afternoon. They are clearing away for the weekend and with a few notable exceptions are overall for the weekend, it is looking drier and brighter and turning cooler and fresher from the north is the area of low pressure giving the downpours today moves away. That is why it is turning drier. But around it, we draw the air in from the north and north west. A breezy picture for tomorrow and the cooler and fresher air starts to move in and we will notice the change first across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. Back to the present, and the latest radar rainfall picture, and it is this line from essex and linc
Rugby players shows that after just one season, they suffer a loss of blood flow to the brain and cognitive function. And it s the same old story dame sarah wins yet another gold at the tokyo paralympics. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. It may be the same old story but one we are delighted to celebrate. More on the paralympics later this hour. The taliban have taken control of kabul airport, after the united states pulled the last of its troops out of afghanistan. The final evacuation flight left at a minute to midnight last night. It brings to an end to the longest war in american history, in which more than 2,000 us servicemen and women lost their lives. The taliban are back in power, as they were 20 years ago. They ve declared victory and have been celebrating on the streets. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. Heading into a new and uncertain era. Taliban militia now in control of kabul airport and afghanistan. Just weeks ago, this tarmac was packed with afgh
Make it to the uk. His death from a hotel window in sheffield. The foreign secretary says he will not resign over criticism of his overall handling of the refugee crisis. Also. New research finds the covid vaccine offers a strong protection against the delta variant. You are superheroes. Really? and the paralympicsjoin a global campaign to improve the lives of a billion disabled people around the world. And coming up on the bbc news channel, yorkshire county cricket club has apologised to former player azeem rafiq after an investigation into allegations of racism. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. There is a desperate scramble to escape afghanistan, as hundreds of people, fearing for their lives under taliban rule, beg and plead to be allowed to board flights out of the country. Some in the crowds at kabul airport are handing over their children to startled us marines guarding the perimeter, their hope that if they can t get out, then their children might. Many afghans a
Hello and welcome, this is dateline london, the only programme to bring together bbc specialists with foreign correspondence who write from here. It is an outsiders perspective around the uk and the world. As the return of the taliban and other worlds leaders willing to stop it getting worse and andrew cuomo resigns, with me to discuss it are writers for bloomberg and bbc corresponded clive. The taliban are in controljust corresponded clive. The taliban are in control just 45 corresponded clive. The taliban are in controljust 45 miles south of kabul, the regional warlords and militia groups to whom the president has turned in afghanistan s hour of need, evidence that his army trained by the now departed americans is inadequate in the fight. One by one provincial capitals have fallen, when you look at the picture in afghanistan the director of national intelligence who worked withjoe biden when he was vice president said was inevitable once the in american troops left it was inevitable,