Has died at the age of 8a. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. President biden will meet virtually with G7 Leaders on tuesday to discuss continuing close coordination on Afghanistan Policy and the evacuation of citizens. The meeting was convened by borisjohnson, who has called on the international community to work together to prevent a humanitarian crisis. Nato officials say over the past week at least 20 people have died at Kabul Airport, where crowds of afghans have continued to gather in a desperate attempt to flee the country. The taliban has blamed the chaos on the United States. But the uks armed Forces Minister, james heappey, said the situation at the airport was improving, and that the royal Air Force had flown out more than 1,700 people in the last 2a hours. Today the marshalling that the taliban are doing is making a big difference and so if people have had the instruction from the Ministry Of Defence or the Foreign Office to come forward and to get on a flight, we enc
To make landfall. Antibody tests are to be widely offered to Uk Adults for the first time to try to find out how much natural protection people have after getting coronavirus. And Don Everly who formed the everly Brothers Duo with his late brother, Phil Has died at the age of 8a. Hello, and welcome to Bbc News. Borisjohnson has said he will convene G7 Leaders On Tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in afghanistan. The Prime Minister called on the international community to work together to ensure safe evacuations, and prevent a humanitarian crisis. Nato officials say over the past week at least 20 people have died at Kabul Airport, where crowds of afghans have continued to gather in a desperate attempt to flee the country. The taliban blamed the chaos on the united states. But the uks armed Forces Minister, james heappey, said the situation at the airport was improving, and that the royal Air Force had flown out more than 1,700 people in the last 2a hours. Today the marshalling th
New future for the Canal City . A very warm welcome. In the last hour new Quarantine Restrictions have come into force for passengers returning to england from portugal. The country has been removed from green to the Amber List of destinations, Meeting Travellers must take two lab approved Covid Tests while they self isolated home for ten days. Our correspondent is in portugal where Tourist Businesses are counting the cost of the Uk Government was make decision to place the country on the Amber List, and she has met some of the british holidaymakers who stayed on regardless. The sunshine is guaranteed, but no one is sure when the tourists will be back. For british holidaymakers, portugal was considered a safe bet. Then, last thursday, the british government suddenly decided otherwise. Robin betty heard the news ten minutes after they checked into their hotel. ,. , hotel. Im selfemployed and i run a business, hotel. Im selfemployed and i run a business, so hotel. Im selfemployed and i
as a matter of urgency. jane nickerson says that two thousand swimming pools are coming to the end of their lifespan and unless they are refurbished or replaced, the nation s success in aquatic sports is at stake. here s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. marshall street baths were built for victorian london, preserved, improved, and still used. exceptional. the big picture is bleak. swimming pools everywhere desperately need refurbishment or replacement, say swim england. it s the thing that keeps me absolutely awake at night. we know that by the end of this decade we could lose 40% of our pool stock. that is 2000 swimming pools. put that in context, that s millions of people that will lose out doing this wonderful activity which is brilliant for everybody. covid has accelerated the decline, especially with local authorities under huge financial pressure. over 200 pools which closed in england alone during the pandemic have not yet reopened. and yet in the summer, all this.