mandatory for care home staff to to be fully vaccinated. on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions and most workers say they d rather not return to their offices full time according to new research and over a fifth would like to work from home for good. also coming up this hour. out of this world four amateur astronauts, including a billionaire will spend the next three days circling the earth in the latest milestone for space tourism. hello and welcome to bbc news. after a ruthless day of firing and hiring, the prime minister is set to continue the biggest shake up of his government since he entered downing street. yesterday he fired his education, justice and housing secretaries and demoted others as he reshapes his senior team. dominic raab is no longer foreign secretary he s justice secretary and deputy prime minister with liz truss becoming only the second woman in history to hold the post of foreign secretary. gavin williamson, widely critici
the first minister considers drafting in the military to help the scottish ambulance delays after average wait for an ambulance reached six hours last week. and the top 100 most influential people on the planet: time magazine puts harry and meghan on its list for 2021. the programme of third, booster, covid jabs has got underway in england and wales with some vulnerable people and health workers receiving their dose this morning. eligible people who had their second vaccine at least six months ago will be invited for the extra dose the full rollout begins next week. everyone aged 50 and over across the uk is eligible, as well as frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable groups about 30 million people in all. but as some people are now receiving their third jab there are still more than five million adults across the uk who are yet to have one. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. come along, let s see you. on the front line and among the first in li
league season begins. good morning. it is a terrible weekend, weatherwise. low pressure moving in from the west, bringing a bit of rain for some of us, but equally, some sunshine on the cards as well. i will have all the weather details here on bbc breakfast. it s saturday 14 august. our top story: hundreds of people gathered at a candlelit vigil in plymouth last night, to remember the five people killed in thursday s mass shooting. the youngest victim, sophie martin, was just three years old. it comes as an investigation is launched by the police watchdog to understand why the gunman, jake davison, was allowed to take back his confiscated firearm and permit, weeks before the attack. aru na iyengar reports. the youngest face of plymouth s tragedy. sophie martin, just three years old, was out for a walk with her dad leigh when they were both shot dead byjake davison. fix, sad shot dead by jake davison. a sad time for this shot dead by jake davison. a sad time for this part
as longtime conservator of her estate, seen a major victory for the singer. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe britain and the united states are sending troops back into afghanistan to help their nationals leave. the taliban continue their rapid advance across the country. it now appears that the militants have captured the country s second biggest city, kandahar giving them control of about a third of afghanistan s main cities, as well as much of the countryside. let s get the latest from kabul and our correspondent, yogita limaye. we woke up talking about the fall of city hundred miles north of campbell and we are now talking about many falling to the taliban. many of them significant cities for the afghan government. herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province falling