The mother of a british serviceman killed in afghanistan says foreign troops shouldnt return, despite the taliban now threatening to take control. I dont think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever, just leave them. Just leave them to it. He was tactically masterful and it has led to a Gold Medal for great britain. And matt walls victory in the omnium helps take Team Gbs Medal tally above 50. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel she has waited three olympics to get a medal but Holly Bradshaws Pole Vault Bronze is a historic one for britain. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Ministers have defended changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists now scrambling to get home from mexico by sunday morning. The country has just been placed on the travel Red List, and means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. Spain remains on the Amber List, but the government is now urgi
Glorious across eastern parts of Scotland And England but The Cloud has a built in, Heavy Rain across Northern Ireland which was followed by a rash of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across much of ireland. If you popping up into wales as well. This band of rain, some heavy and fragmented, will continue northwards and eastwards this evening and overnight. In between, drier spells but further heavy and Thundery Downpours likely. These are the mean wind speeds. A breezy night, gusts hire around the coast and over hills. But a mild night, temperatures no lower than 14, 15 celsius. Low pressure is parked on top of us for friday so another day of sunshine and showers, longer spells of rain for the East And North east of scotland, risk of flooding here. Dan was likely in Northern Ireland, Northern England down to wales. A better chance of seeing some prolonged spells of sunshine in the south where we could see 22 celsius, otherwise 17 to 20 celsius. This feature runs across the south of th
Advising the government have given the Go Ahead for 16 17 year olds to be given the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation held a News Briefing this afternoon. Lets Take A Look at the key points. Thejcvi says its advising all 16 17 year olds to receive their first dose, with the second dose some time later. They say there have been big changes in the Way Covid 19 is spreading in recent weeks particularly in younger age groups. And went on to say, as the adult Vaccine Roll Out has progressed successful more Safety Data has come available so it was important to review the advice for the vaccination of young people. In response, the Health Secretary Sajid Javid says the government is accepting the advice and has asked the nhs to prepare to vaccinate those eligible as soon as possible. The devolved administrations of scotland, wales and Northern Ireland have confirmed 16 17 year olds there will also be offered a vaccine. The Prime Minister said he wa
From that zone. We could see temperatures 22 23 degrees. It will feel pleasant out there. These showers and thunderstorms in central and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. And eastern areas rumble on and then clearaway. It and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. It turns drier tonight but this new area of low pressure pushes in, that will bring cloud, rain and wind, temperatures will start to lift as well across southern and western areas by The End of the night but it is all change for thursday, friday into the weekend, we have low pressure sweeping in. It will bring more unsettled conditions. It will turn windier as well. Here is the culprit. This area of low pressure, more isobars on the chart as you see hence the winds, only slowly Moving Eastwards during thursday, bumping into the area of high pressure. It means central and eastern areas staying dry. The cloud picks up and a band of rain spreads eastwards through the day, some could be heavy and thundery, that w