explosions and a fire have been reported. the mum of dame deborahjames speaks for the first time about her daughter s legacy in riasing awareness of bowel cancer. we were given three to five days deborah lived eight weeks. that eight weeks was probably, in one way, the best eight weeks we ve had together as a family. and animal charities say they are the busiest they ve ever been as people are struggling to afford their pets. the value of people s wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to
one, two, three. this community relies on this help, but this community would like to see more help from government. more now on the uk becoming the first country to approve the roll out of a new double variant vaccine from moderna. the jab has been specifically designed to provide immunity against both the original covid 19 virus, and the 0micron variant and it will now become one of the options offered during the autumn booster campaign. research so far suggests that antibodies that were able to stick to and disable one subvariant of 0micron were 1.7 times higher in people given the newjab. we are being joined by linda bauld, professor of public health at the university of edinburgh and chief social policy adviser
scope of the scheme. we have taken account of the fact that although our situation is precarious, cases are currently stable and slightly declining and we have considered the inevitable impact vaccine certification has on the operation of businesses and concluded that the stage extension would not be proportionate. let s get more on this from linda bauld, professor of public health at the university of edinburgh and interim chief social policy adviser for the scottish government. let s talk about what nicola sturgeon was announcing. does that make sense to you not expanding or extending this passport scheme? to extending this passport scheme? trr help the politicians make the decision and it is a decision for cabinet, not the advisers at all. we did develop an evidence paper that scottish government lead on and we need something in scotland called