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absolutely packed. as we have been predicting for the last 48 hours, england fans vastly outnumber spanish fans. i spoke to the head of uk policing yesterday, and he said that with the amount of extra flights, all of these weird and wonderfuljourneys england fans are taking, many thousands of them without tickets, they said that there could be up to 50,000 here. there is a scotland fan here! would you believe? they have come out of the woodwork it is notjust english and spanish fans. scotland are supporting the spanish, surprise surprise. many fans of the 24 who started this tournament will have bought those final tickets in hope rather than judgment. bought those final tickets in hope ratherthanjudgment. it will bought those final tickets in hope rather thanjudgment. it will of rather than judgment. it will of course rather thanjudgment. it will of course be majority english and spanish. perhaps 35 thousand in the stadium about six miles west from here. we are in an area whe
to the siberian tundra. boris johnson will tomorrow set out his covid plan for the winter. but on a visit to the east midlands today, he said he has already made a decision on offering a covid booster to all adults in england. and we are told it is also likely he will side with the chief medical officers of the uk, who have advised him vaccines should be offered to 12 to 15 year olds. here he is how he responded to that question on boosters. that s question on boosters. going ahead, that s already been that s going ahead, that s already been approved. i think that s a good thing, but ijust use the advantage of this session to think everybody who still hasn t yet been vaccinated, the 10% or so who still haven t had a vaccination, please go and get one. the chief medical officer in england, chris whitty, and his counterparts in wales, scotland and northern ireland said the benefits of vaccinating 12 to15 year olds, and reducing transmission of the virus in schools, on balance
for viewers in the uk if your child s back to school, how concerned are you about their return? is their school sticking with any measures like mask wearing to try to reduce covid transmission? get in touch with me on twitter @annita mcveigh or using the hashtag yourquestions. conjoined twins see each other for the first time, after undergoing a gruelling 12 hour operation to separate them. a three year old boy is found alive, in rugged australian bushland, after going missing from his home on friday. and coming up this hour big ben gets its hands back! we ll be going live to the elizabeth tower. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the taliban say they have defeated resistance forces in the afghan provice of panjshir and that they are in full control of the area the final part of the country that has remained outside their rule since they swept to power last month. the taliban had been facing stubborn opposition in the mountainous provinc
making eye contact for the first time, the conjoined twins separated after rare surgery. and, wickets fall at the oval as england chase a huge total, to save the fourth test, against india. good afternoon. mps return to westminster today, following the summer break, with the funding of social care and the nhs at the top of the agenda. some tory mps have expressed anger at reports of an increase in national insurance contributions to help fund social care in england, which would break a conservative manifesto pledge not to raise taxes. labour is also opposing a rise in ni. it s expected that an extra £5.5 billion will be announced for the nhs. here s our political correspondent chris mason. for yea rs for years governments have not got around to sorting a new system for social care in england. it is complex, controversial and vastly expensive. should there be a cap on the bill anyone should face? which tax should be put up to pay for it. it appears the government does want a