this is bbc news. i'm ben mundy. the headlines: the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance — with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. and the prime minister holds out hope that those who've received two covid jabs may have more freedom to head abroad. the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. tv adverts forjunk food are to be banned before 9pm, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. the prime minister insists a royal navy warship had the right to travel through waters off crimea, despite angering moscow. britney spears tells a court, "i want my life back," as she battles for control of her financial affairs,

from her father. and astronomers find evidence of the cosmic dawn — the moment when the first stars began to form. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ministers are preparing to announce the latest update to england's traffic light system for travelling abroad, and there's speculation that malta could be added to the so—called green list — with no quarantine required on returning home — along with the spanish balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and minorca. this lunchtime, the prime minister hinted that in future, foreign travel without quarantine might be possible for those who've been double jabbed. business leaders are hoping

the government will relax restrictions on holidays, but any changes come amid rising concern, here and abroad, about the continuing spread, of the delta variant. here's theo legget. summer is here. travel companies and would—be holiday—makers are desperate for restrictions to be eased so people can go to more destinations abroad without facing quarantine on their return. under the so—called traffic light system in england, arrivals from green list countries don't have to go into isolation, although they do need to take a test within two days. those coming back from amber, or medium risk countries, need to isolate at home. red means high risk, and quarantine in hotels is compulsory. the government in westminster has been reviewing the system. more countries could be added to england's green list today. scotland, wales and northern ireland have previously adopted the same list. but ministers have also suggested this week that quarantine restrictions might be removed for travellers coming from amber list countries,

if they've been fully vaccinated. the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab, and, if you look at it, we have more than 60% of our population now have had two jabs, 83% have had one jab. we are really getting through it now. easing restrictions in this way would make a big difference to rachel, who lives in switzerland. her stepfather is ill in hospital, while her 81—year—old mum has also been very unwell recently. they are both in england. it would make such a big difference if we could get over to see my mum, just to give her a big hug because she's gone through so much and... yes, it has been a difficult time. save travel! people within the travel industry attended protests around the country yesterday calling for more action to protect their livelihoods. travel businesses are lobbying hard. what we need today is government being transparent with us about how

they are selecting the countries to go onto the green list on the traffic light system or not, to use the traffic light system in the way that it was intended. not everyone wants britons to travel more freely. german leader angela merkel said this week that she would like all eu nations to impose quarantine measures on people arriving from the uk to limit the spread of the so—called delta variant of covid. but politicians in tourist hotspots disagree. i can understand ms merkel�*s concern that she wants to take precaution but tourism is a vital issue for different state members, france, greece or italy, or even in spain. the government has consistently said the main goal of its international travel policy is to protect public health. but with more and more people now being fully vaccinated, pressure to ease restrictions is becoming intense. theo leggett, bbc news.

our correspondent tim muffettjoins us from gatwick airport. explain to —— explain what is being weighed up at the moment? it is explain to -- explain what is being weighed up at the moment? it is very auiet here weighed up at the moment? it is very quiet here at — weighed up at the moment? it is very quiet here at the _ weighed up at the moment? it is very quiet here at the moment, _ weighed up at the moment? it is very quiet here at the moment, and - quiet here at the moment, and typically 900 bytes would be handled but today it is around 70 and half of those are to uk destinations —— 900 flights. so people are paying close attention to the announcement expected later today and there seems to be speculation that some places, like the balearic islands, and maybe malta, they could be added to the green leaves, that would open up the opportunities potentially for more foreign travel, insomuch as when people come back from those places they would not have to quarantine. however, as we also heard there is concern within europe itself as to whether uk nationals should be

allowed to travel to those places without quarantine, we heard from the german chancellor in the report. evenif the german chancellor in the report. even if there is good news with regards to this end of the situation in terms of the green leaves, there is still a lot of uncertainty with regards to what can happen at the other end. we saw this week that they have been a lot of protest from people within the travel industry, yesterday, in the uk, according to greater clarity and one pilot talked about the devastating impact this has had on his life, unable to carry on with thejob has had on his life, unable to carry on with the job he thought he had lined up. it has a huge impact on him as well as holiday—makers. and the ramifications are wired because many people are choosing to take uk holidays —— are wide. that has had an impact, so clearly a lot of things to pay close attention to this afternoon. the environment sector george eustice said the government would be cautious in its approach —— secretary. but there's a lot of pressure from the travel

industry for an easing of restrictions and we are expected to hit later this afternoon just what that will be. thanks forjoining us. some people are still taking some holidays at the moment, even with the restrictions in place. tom is in kos on holiday with his wife and li—year—old daughter. hejoins me now. how is it? we decided to go on hofida how is it? we decided to go on holiday in _ how is it? we decided to go on holiday in june, _ how is it? we decided to go on holiday in june, we _ how is it? we decided to go on holiday in june, we were - how is it? we decided to go on | holiday in june, we were meant how is it? we decided to go on i holiday in june, we were meant to how is it? we decided to go on - holiday in june, we were meant to go holiday injune, we were meant to go to cyprus but that was cancelled three times, unfortunately, and our daughter begins school in september and we wanted to get away before the school holidays. we decided to go here to kos and we are here for two weeks which finishes next wednesday and we are having a wonderful time. you have all eyes on the announcement today because if kos is

in the green list there is no quarantine on your return. definitely. testing why is it has cost us £400 so far to be able to come to kos —— testing wise. we have the tests all booked. we were completely aware that it was an amber country when we booked and we would have to quarantine but we hope it will change to green, although i don't think it will. there are many variables going on so we booked the test and release package and since we have come up we have found children have got to quarantine for ten days regardless, and so the traffic light system seems a bit... inaudible we may have lost you. we will try one more question to see if the signal holds up. given the cost for the testing and the extra holiday

you will need to take for the quarantine period upon arriving back home, why did you want to go abroad? the main reason, to be honest, we just wanted family time away. we are conscious we wanted to go away in the uk but the prices, well, the same price we paid for a two—week holiday, so we thought, let's go abroad and get some sunshine and give my daughter some experience is which she can't get in the uk. how have the locals _ which she can't get in the uk. how have the locals been _ which she can't get in the uk. how have the locals been with you, are there any other british tourists there? ., , ., , ., , there? the locals have been really amazinu. there? the locals have been really amazing- when — there? the locals have been really amazing. when we _ there? the locals have been really amazing. when we arrived - there? the locals have been really amazing. when we arrived last - amazing. when we arrived last wednesday we were the only british people in our hotel for week. a plane full of people came yesterday and so we have seen a few more families around. speaking to the management at the hotel, they said the tourism industry is crippling in greece because of the lack of british rivals and hotels have had to close, not been able to open, and

with such location was on the island, as well, they are really struggling. it is mainly german see at the moment.— struggling. it is mainly german see at the moment. tom singleton in kos, thanks forjoining _ at the moment. tom singleton in kos, thanks forjoining us. _ 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been looking at what the government needs to consider. it would be a surprise if malta does not go on the green list, it has been a surprise frankly throughout because it has had consistently low rates of coronavirus and it has very high vaccination rates. the thing that has changed in the last four weeks, we have gone in the uk from having amongst the lowest rates of coronavirus per head of population in the eu to now having the standout highest level of coronavirus, so it is not so much now about where the government may allow us to travel but which governments will allow us to travel there. in italy you now

have to isolate for five days and in germany only allows uk citizens to come in for humanitarian reasons, like bereavement, and then if they do they have to do 14 days isolation. angela merkel said britain is everywhere travelling anywhere in europe should be subject to two weeks quarantine —— britain's. the concern in the eu is about the delta varied and it is expected to be the dominant variant by the end of august across europe and if there is a peak of cases across europe that could cause real problems, because where as to in three adults in the uk are fully immunised, it is only one in three in the eu, so there are big gaps and there is big potentialfor this more transmissible variant to cause more problems. ailiilur transmissible variant to cause more roblems. .., ., , problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking — problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to _ problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to us _ problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to us earlier. - problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to us earlier. we - problems. our medical editor fergus walsh talking to us earlier. we will. walsh talking to us earlier. we will now move on.

the government is banning television adverts for unhealthy food before the 9 o'clock watershed, to try to curb childhood obesity. products affected include chocolate, soft drinks and cakes. there will also be new rules on online promotions, as sarah campbell explains. turn on the tv, computer or device and currently at any time of the day our energy is promoting foods high in salt, fat and sugar. difficult enough for adults to resist, but also children who might be watching. as part of its obesity strategy the government has proposed new legislation which will restrict when, where and what foods can be advertised. what children see on ads has an immediate effect on what they prefer after seeing an ad and how it sets or shapes their food preferences in the long term, so if we start to just change that environment, change that exposure, perhaps we can influence children to prefer better foods.

0n television, foods considered high in fat, salt and sugar will only allowed to be advertised between 9pm and 5:30am. 0nline companies will only be able to advertise foods defined as unhealthy on their own websites or social media pages, not paid for advertising elsewhere, but the rules only apply to businesses with 250 or more employees. the government says because smaller companies have already been hit by the pandemic. many businesses have already reformulated, reducing the fat, sugar or salt content of their products, and industry representatives think this further restriction will be counter—productive. everybody agrees that we need to tackle obesity in the population and in particular amongst children. the real debate should be about what measures will be effective. the industry has cooperated with the government on a never before seen scale

in terms of reformulation. the irony is that if enacted they will actually make it impossible for businesses to advertise the products of which the government approves. the government says it hopes the measures will wiped billions off the national calorie count with the new plans to be in place by the end of next year. sarah campbell, bbc news. the prime minister says it was entirely right for the royal navy destroyer hms defender to be travelling through waters off crimea yesterday. russia claims warning shots were fired at the british ship, which the government here denies. borisjohnson says the uk government doesn't recognise russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine, and the ship was passing through international waters. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has the latest. this is not something you see every day. a british warship in the sights of russian warplanes. i have a visual tracking

light, altitude low. 20 russian aircraft flew near hms defender as it passed close to crimea yesterday. too close, according to the russians, whose threat was explicit. if you cross the border line, i will fire. if you do not change course, i will fire. the coastguard vessel said it was in russian waters. a british destroyer said it was in an internationally recognised seaway. the british destroyer said, no, it was in an internationally recognised seaway. what happened is disputed. russia claimed warning shots were fired. the ministry of defence said no shots were directed at or near defender. to russia this was a dangerous

and premeditated provocation. to the uk an assertion of its right of navigation in what it sees as ukrainian waters. the man who ultimately ordered this mission said it was the right decision. we do not recognise the russian annexation of crimea. it was illegal. these are ukrainian waters and it was entirely right to use them to go from a to b. but the prime minister's test of russia's resolve prompted only further threats from moscow. russia's deputy foreign minister said, we can appeal to common sense and demand respect for international law. if it does not help we can drop bombs, not only in the direction of but on the target itself, if colleagues do not understand. hms defender is part of the carrier strike group, currently in the mediterranean but bound for the far east and some say the message it delivered to moscow was designed to echo in beijing. russia is trying to determine where it is that british warships go in the black sea, and if russia gets away with that she will start stopping other ships going where they need to and where they want to, and if russia gets away with that china is going to do the same. this fleet and the incident off crimea shows a more assertive use of military force by the uk, but it has consequences.

moscow summoned the british ambassador for a telling off and for the servicemen and women on board the physical risks are real. james landale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the government prepares to set out its latest update on foreign travel, with the hope of new destinations without quarantine. the prime minister insists a royal navy warship had the right to travel through waters off crimea, despite angering moscow. tv adverts forjunk food are to be banned before 9pm, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. a major rescue operation is underway in miami in florida, after an apartment block partially collapsed. it happened near miami beach. it's not clear how many people were in the i2—storey building when it came down in the early hours of the morning. police have confirmed one person has died, as rescuers search the rubble for survivors.

james reynolds has the latest, and a warning, his report contains flashing images. amid the rubble of the apartment building, fire crews managed to find a young survivor. he is able to climb out himself. in an undamaged section, firefighters take an older resident to safety. no—one yet knows how many others may be trapped in the wreckage of the block, which is called champlain towers south. it partially collapsed in the middle of the night. i looked out of the window and you couldn't see. i thought it was a storm or something coming in, and when the dust cleared, the back half of the building or the back two thirds of the building was gone, down to the ground. it looks like the whole, just from the top to the bottom section of the building, just collapsed. it's crazy, it's something you'd see in an earthquake or something.

this video was posted by the resident of a nearby hotel. the miami—dade fire rescue department has sent more than 80 fire and rescue trucks to the scene. the oceanfront building, which was constructed in 1981, is in the surfside area of miami, just north of miami beach. the neighbourhood is home to many retired people. many only live there in the winter. in daylight, the damage is evident. 0ur police chief tells me that we treated ten people on site. two were transported to the hospital and sadly one has passed away. structures in this area have to be built to withstand hurricanes, so why this building partly came down is not yet clear. people from the building and from surrounding areas have been taken to a holding area whilst everyone waits to find out more. james reynolds, bbc news.

britney spears has urged a judge in los angeles to remove her father's control over her personal and financial affairs. jamie spears was granted what's known as �*conservatorship' over his daughter in 2008, because of concerns about her mental health. the singer told the court she'd been traumatised, and wanted her life back. here's sophie long. # oh baby, baby... # she was one of the biggest stars of the early noughties. britney spears lived, loved and lost in the limelight. but for the last few years, she's been publicly silent about the arrangement her fans have been so vocal about. but via video phone, she finally told a los angeles court her side of the story. in an impassioned speech, britney spears, clearly angry and upset, said she wanted the abusive and controlling arrangement to end. she said she had been forced to take drugs so strong she felt drunk

and unable to hold a conversation. she told the court, "i want my life back". i am truly shocked at what i heard about the conservatorship. i think the reality was even worse than what we suspected. but i think we were also vindicated because a lot of what was suspected turned out to be true. in response, herfather�*s lawyer read a statement on his behalf. it said... it did little to appease the anger towards him and the other conservators outside court. they are really all in on this together, and it's part of a corrupt system that has allowed this to happen in broad daylight for 13 years. she said that she hopes they all go to jail and i hope they do as well. # you're toxic, i'm slipping under #. the star now hopes an end to the arrangement she has found so toxic could soon be in sight. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles.

scientists who've been examining the long—term effects of covid—i9, are warning the potential complications of the virus, pose a "major challenge" for the nhs. researchers at imperial college in london, say around 2 million adults in england may have had what's known as "long covid". here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. 42—year—old abbey robb, from london, thinks she caught covid on her way back from the netherlands in september. what started off as hay fever—like symptoms in isolation then turned into difficulty breathing, muscle pain and swelling. months on, she's still impacted every day. i'm still struggling now, so i really have to limit every activity that i do. i need to think really carefully, do i have the energy to do this. i've had to turn down a lot of work, i need help around the house, i still am not able to really stand and cook myself a full meal. abbey's not alone.

researchers surveyed half a million people in england. more than a third of people who reported they'd had covid went on to have at least one symptom that lasted for 12 weeks or more. the study didn't look at the severity of these symptoms but considered 29 different problems, ranging from muscle aches and chest pain, to headaches and tiredness. persistent symptoms were most common in women, older people, smokers and those living in deprived areas. researchers warn the long—term consequences could pose a major challenge for the health service. 0ur clinical colleagues are working out what the conditions they are seeing that's part of the syndrome, and it's only through getting greater understanding, more research, including actually trials of treatment, that we're really going to understand how to improve management and treatment of the condition. more than 80 long covid clinics, like this one in surrey, have been opened across england, and the government has provided

£50 million for more research. the long covid clinics are great. i've onlyjust been referred and i haven't been given any proper help yet. that's nine months into my illness. it's a long journey ahead for hundreds of thousands of people like abbey, needing help to manage a condition medics still know so little about. katharine da costa, bbc news. members of the entertainment industry are launching legal action to force the government to hand over the results from its coronavirus pilot events scheme. the group — which includes andrew lloyd webber and the music industry trade body live — has accused the government of "making it impossible to plan for any live entertainment business" by not sharing their findings. event organsers had expected the findings of the events and research programme to be made available last week, but publication was delayed without explanation. ee is introducing extra charges for new customers using their mobile phones in europe from january. ee is the first uk operator

to introduce the charges since the brexit trade deal was signed at the end of december. anyonejoining or upgrading from the 7th ofjuly will be charged a flat fee of £2 a day in 47 european destinations. the scottish government is facing calls to issue an official apology to mothers who were pressured into giving up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. it's thought up to 60,000 women had their babies forcibly taken from them, simply because they were unmarried. some have been meeting ministers this morning, and say an apology would help to lift the sense of shame. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, has been speaking to one woman, elspeth ross, about what she went through, and the lost decades, without her son. so here we are, this is it. elspeth ross was unmarried when she became pregnant in 1962.

it feels really weird, really weird. the shame was so great she was sent in secret to this house in glasgow, then a church—run mother and baby home. it's where she gave birth. this is the first time she's been back inside in 59 years. it feels strange walking in here after all these years. it's now flats, but she goes straight to the room where she last saw her baby. this is the last place i saw my son. it's a moment she yearns for the past. just turn the clock back. when you see this room, what does it mean to you? it's horrible. it's just horrible. i saved this up for years. this was the last place you saw your baby. in that room.

elspeth wouldn't see her son again for 35 years. did you give up your baby? no, he was taken, he was actually taken from my arms without telling me what was happening. there are no official figures for how many unmarried women were forced to give up their babies for adoption in scotland in the three decades after the second world war. i feel deep sadness that in the past women were forced to give their children up for adoption. earlier this month, the first minister nicola sturgeon said she would now examine whether an apology to the birth mothers is appropriate, and today, the mothers met the scottish children's minister to discuss the idea. i have no doubt they are considering an apology and i'm in no doubt- that they are gathering information

to assist them in that process. - the birth mothers were told today that the scottish government will now take evidence from more witnesses before deciding whether an inquiry or an apology should be given. duncan kennedy, bbc news. anton du bek is to become a judge on strictly come dancing. he'll replace bruno tonioli, who says he can't take part because of uncertainty, over international travel restrictions. anton du bek says it's a dream come true, and he promises to be kinder to the contestants, than any of the judges, have been to him. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. there is some sunshine around today and also some wet weather, as well. we have a band of rain moving down across much of scotland, and more wet weather over northern ireland and this showery patchy rain is moving through the midlands heading to east anglia and the south—east. it should brighten up over parts

of wales and especially over northern england, some sunshine and temperatures of 23—24c. during the evening, it finally becomes drier across northern ireland and the rain leaves much of scotland and heads into wales and across the eastern side of england later in the night, as well. a warmer night for england and wales, warmer than it has been of late. for east anglia and the south—east, it does cool off a bit. in scotland and northern ireland, a northerly breeze dropping the temperatures here on friday and drawing in cool air for most of the country. that wetter weather across eastern england finally clears away but we could see more rain coming back into some southern and eastern parts of scotland and the far north of england, not farfrom northern ireland. further south, as it brightens up, that could trigger some heavy and thundery showers. for many parts of the country it's a bit cooler.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance, with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. and the prime minister holds out

hope that those who've received two covid jabs may have more freedom to head abroad. the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. tv adverts forjunk food are to be banned before 9pm, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. the prime minister insists a royal navy warship had the right to travel through waters off crimea — despite angering moscow. britney spears tells a court, "i want my life back," as she battles to gain control of her financial affairs from her father. and astronomers find evidence of the cosmic dawn — the moment when the first stars began to form. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's austin halewood.

good afternoon — plenty of football news to come. but first, silverstone have confirmed that there will be a capacity crowd for the british grand prix next month. it's been included in the government's event research programme. that means 140,000 spectators will be at the circuit for the race on the 18th ofjuly — it will be the biggest crowd at a uk event since the start of the pandemic. silverstone said it would work closely with public health experts on the "specific conditions of entry". a huge relief, i'm absolutely delighted of course that there are fans up and down the land who will be leaping in the air, knowing their favourite event of the year is on. for us, as a commercial business, this is essential. it was looking incredibly bleak, we are not alone incredibly bleak, we are not alone in the hospitality and entertainment world having stared into the abyss for the last few months, and it's a

blessing relief, iam for the last few months, and it's a blessing relief, i am delighted. now, the group stage of the euros is done and dusted, so all eyes now are on the last 16. wales face denmark in the first of the knockout games on saturday in amsterdam, and wales defender connor roberts beleives "99% of the world" will be backing the danes. that's because denmark have been the uplifting story of the tournament so far, after qualifying for the knockout stage just a few days after their midfielder, christian erikssen, suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch. and as a result, roberts experts all neutrals to be backing the danes. 99% of the world are going to be supporting denmark on saturday, it is going to be tough, but like you say, we are a good team, we have good players and we have got a little bit of momentum, we have some good performances and all that kind of thing, so hopefully we can take into saturday now and yeah, we know it is going to be tough, they are a good team, they are going to have a lot of support, but when you cross that white line, you just have to give

everything it do make and if it is good enough, it is, then if not, it is not. meanwhile, england know who they will face next... ..and it had to be germany, didn't it? their match is at 5 o'clock on tuesday at wembley. now, england have been back training at st george's park this morning, but harry maguire wasn't with the rest of the squad. the defender started against the czech republic on tuesday night, but that was his first match in more than six weeks. the fa say he's not injured but they are managing his workload. but manager gareth southgate will want him in the squad for that huge match against germany next week, and after so much heartache for english fans from that fixture over the years, former england keeper david james says theyjust have to treat it like any other game. i think you just have to play the game, and as a fan, you want to see the most exciting game you want to see the goals, thrills and spills, but as a player may just want to get through to the next round. you are talking about the potential for the opponent in the semifinals, it is just about getting through to the quarterfinals.

it doesn't matter what it looks like, bordering 1—0 win at 90 minutes, that will do, thank you very much. andy murray has been included in britain's 6—strong tennis team for the tokyo 0lympics. he's won gold at the last two games — victory in rio coming in the best season of his career when he also won wimbledon, the world tour finals and finished the year as world number one. as well as defending his singles title injapan, he'll play doubles withjoe salisbury. and, as expected, jamie murray hasn't made the team, and there's no cameron norrie — he's decided to focus on the tour. dan evans, neal skupski, johanna konta and heather watson are also heading for tokyo. the paralympics gb line—up includes reigning singles champion gordon reid. he'sjoined by five—time grand slam winner alfie hewett, who claimed silver at rio 2016, along with andy lapthorne, dermot bailey, jordanne whiley and lucy shuker. and cricket's domestic t20 women's

competition has been named as the charlotte edwards cup, after the former england captain. eight regional teams are involved, and the action begins this weekend. edwards is england's leading run scorer in the format. that's all the sport for now. some breaking news. it comes from birmingham crown court on concerns the case of the former aston villa footballer. ajury the case of the former aston villa footballer. a jury has the case of the former aston villa footballer. ajury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict on west murcia pc maryellen bentley smith. the 31—year—old is accused of assaulting the footballer. we will have more through the afternoon. borisjohnson has said there is "a real opportunity" to open up international travel

to people who have been fully vaccinated. the government will reveal changes to england's traffic light system and possibly the rules governing each tier later. this is what the prime minister said earlier. i think that the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab, and if you look at it, we have more than 60% of our population have now had two jabs. 83% have had one jab. we are really getting through it now. the crucial thing is come forward and get your setting jab. i'm not going to claim that the sum for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. i don't want to cast a pall over things, but it be different. ~ , ., , ., ~ cast a pall over things, but it be different. ~ , .w ., different. will you be taking a hofida ? different. will you be taking a holiday? what _ different. will you be taking a holiday? what would - different. will you be taking a holiday? what would you - different. will you be taking a holiday? what would you say | different. will you be taking a i holiday? what would you say to others? ma; holiday? what would you say to others? y , . , . holiday? what would you say to others? g , ., , ., , holiday? what would you say to others? g ,,., .,

others? my plans at this stage are at the unformed _ others? my plans at this stage are at the unformed stage, _ others? my plans at this stage are at the unformed stage, i'm - others? my plans at this stage are at the unformed stage, i'm afraid. i'm going to see how we get on and i'm going to see how we get on and i'm certainly not ruling it in or ruling it out. i think what we need to do is get on and do our double jabs, andi to do is get on and do our double jabs, and i do think that offers a good way forward. complicated non—surgical beauty treatments — such as botox and micro—needling — are being taught on the internet and via unsafe one—day courses, a bbc investigation has found. the industry is worth around £3 billion, but is almost completely unregulated, putting patients at risk. 0ur health correspondent, anna collinson, reports. the aesthetics industry is worth billions of pounds, from micro blading to lip fillers. but trading is mostly unregulated. some study for years, others can be qualified within hours. victoria from brentwood in essex developed painful boils after receiving botox last year. she believes her practitioner didn't have enough experience to notice complications.

so painful. i couldn't sleep, because i sleep on my side or on my front, so i wake up, blood everywhere. i mean, to a point, my son wouldn't let me take him to school. i couldn't go to tesco, i couldn't go shopping, i haven't been out of my house. stories like victoria's happening across the uk, and as demand for treatments continues to rise, so does concern for patients. a bbc three investigation sent an undercover nurse on a course which teaches students how to do non—surgical face lifts, using a needle and surgical thread. you coming to do the course today? that's right, hoping to. so far, our nurse has received five hours of training for this academy. the patients who have been offered a discount in exchange for being models. i don't know if this needle might be a bit blunt. a panel of industry experts were shown what happened next at boss babes uni in liverpool. barbaric is the word that comes to mind.

i would like to have stopped this procedure now. much of the footage is too graphic to broadcast. moments earlier, this trainer had punctured a patient�*s blood vessel. there is no explanation from the tutor here as to what's going on. the patient should not be bleeding like that. there were also serious concerns about hygiene practices. the trainer stops her work so she can post a video on social media. and at one point, one patient smokes an e—cigarette. this is a medical procedure, and it needs aseptic technique, a sterile environment, and none of the requirements have been met. despite all the concerns raised by the panel, the day ends with our undercover nurse certified to perform an nonsurgical face—lift using threads. the government acknowledges there is more to do and says

the regulation of premises, products and consumer safeguards are being explored. there are fears something really serious will have to happen before improvements are finally made. i know there has been cases of eye blindness and severe tissue loss and damage and necrosis, and that hasn't made the image industry realise that they need serious regulation. unfortunately, i think it will be something like a fatality for this, you know, for the government to recognise what a serious problem this is. botched cosmetic procedures can cause physical and mental scars. anyone considering work is encouraged to ensure they check the qualifications of their practitioner, or how long the practitioner has trained for. anna collinson, bbc news. bbc three's "under the skin:

the botched beauty business" is available to watch on the bbc iplayer now. another line of breaking news. it concerns scotland's cervical cancer screening programme. a government minister there has revealed a woman has died after being incorrectly excluded from that screening programme. the women's health minister told msps in the scottish parliament that an audit by an nhs board back in december of 2020 had discovered a very small number of women had developed cervical cancer after being wrongly excluded from that screening programme following a hysterectomy. the scottish government confirmed a national review is taking place of everyone who has been excluded from that screening programme, and the minister has apologised, saying, i'm extremely sorry to say that one of those women has died. and as a result of that programme, and the

review, 430 women who were wrongly excluded over the last 24 years are now being offered fast tracked appointments with their gps. we will have more on that a bit later. the bank of england has announced that interest rates will remain at 0.1%. but the bank's monetary policy committee warned that inflation was likely to rise above 3% in the coming months — the target is 2%. our business presenter, victoria fritz, joins me now. just bring it up to speed with this. essentially, what is happening here is the uk central bank has said it is the uk central bank has said it is prepared to let inflation run hot while the uk economy recovers from the pandemic. we know growth has rebounded from the crisis point it was at last year, but over the last 14 months interest rates have been at rock bottom, record lows, 0.1%, and whilst that has been going on

the economy has recovered, growth has started to come back, and what has started to come back, and what has meant the resulting impact of thatis has meant the resulting impact of that is that we are seeing inflation. inflation is already above target, and we are hearing from the bank they are expecting growth to increase further and for inflation to be a full one percentage point above their target. they say this will be for a temporary period, but the question is how temporary is temporary and how long can you maintain a confident pokerface how long can you maintain a confident poker face when things are going in the opposite direction? those are the questions economists are thinking about at the moment. let's speak to one, at hsbc. the bank has indicated growth is going to be higher, inflation is going to be higher, yet they are not going to do anything about it, do you think they are making the right call? i don't think anyone was expecting them _ don't think anyone was expecting them to— don't think anyone was expecting them to do anything about it today. and the _ them to do anything about it today. and the reason they are not doing

anything _ and the reason they are not doing anything about it today is because there _ anything about it today is because there is_ anything about it today is because there is still some uncertainty, the pandemic— there is still some uncertainty, the pandemic is— there is still some uncertainty, the pandemic is not behind us, case numhers— pandemic is not behind us, case numbers are going back up, we still have a _ numbers are going back up, we still have a couple of million people on the fellow— have a couple of million people on the fellow scheme, there is still uncertainty around. and as you mentioned, the bank thinks some of this inflation pressure is temporary. so it's a bit early to think— temporary. so it's a bit early to think they— temporary. so it's a bit early to think they would start to raise rates — think they would start to raise rates now. the bigger question is will they— rates now. the bigger question is will they do something about it further— will they do something about it further down the line, and we certainly— further down the line, and we certainly think they do. we are expecting _ certainly think they do. we are expecting them to raise rates in may next year— expecting them to raise rates in may next year and then in november again _ next year and then in november aaain. . , , next year and then in november aaain. ., , , ., , again. that seems to be the consensus _ again. that seems to be the consensus for _ again. that seems to be the consensus for a _ again. that seems to be the consensus for a rate - again. that seems to be the consensus for a rate rise - again. that seems to be the consensus for a rate rise to | again. that seems to be the l consensus for a rate rise to be again. that seems to be the - consensus for a rate rise to be the beginning of q2 and next year. i wonder whether you think interest rates are as effective as they used to be as monetary tools? it’s rates are as effective as they used to be as monetary tools?— to be as monetary tools? it's an interesting _ to be as monetary tools? it's an interesting question. _ to be as monetary tools? it's an interesting question. we - to be as monetary tools? it's an interesting question. we have i to be as monetary tools? it's an interesting question. we have a| interesting question. we have a numher— interesting question. we have a number of— interesting question. we have a number of tools, the other is qe interesting question. we have a number of tools, the other is oe and aspect— number of tools, the other is oe and aspect purchases. if you raise

interest— aspect purchases. if you raise interest rates from 0.10.25%it's not going — interest rates from 0.10.25%it's not going to be earth—shattering. even _ not going to be earth—shattering. even 0.75% is still incredibly low. a lot _ even 0.75% is still incredibly low. a lot of— even 0.75% is still incredibly low. a lot of us — even 0.75% is still incredibly low. a lot of us are on a fixed rate mute digits _ a lot of us are on a fixed rate mute digits. consumers paid off a lot of debt during the pandemic, sol digits. consumers paid off a lot of debt during the pandemic, so i don't think it's _ debt during the pandemic, so i don't think it's going to be earth—shattering if they do raise interest— earth—shattering if they do raise interest rates. i suppose the other point _ interest rates. i suppose the other point about— interest rates. i suppose the other point about the effectiveness is a lot of _ point about the effectiveness is a lot of these price pressures we are seeing _ lot of these price pressures we are seeing are — lot of these price pressures we are seeing are from bottlenecks, from supply—side pressures, if we can't .et supply—side pressures, if we can't get garden — supply—side pressures, if we can't get garden furniture because there is none _ get garden furniture because there is none available in the shops and interest— is none available in the shops and interest rate rises not very effective _ interest rate rises not very effective to stop that kind of supply—side issue. on the other hand. _ supply—side issue. on the other hand. the — supply—side issue. on the other hand, the bank will want to gradually normalise interest rates. it gradually normalise interest rates. it doesn't — gradually normalise interest rates. it doesn't need to be perhaps as low as it colourwhit liaise. that is the interest _ as it colourwhit liaise. that is the interest rate that was set at the very beginning of the pandemic when the markets were all seizing up and we were _ the markets were all seizing up and we were worried. things are so much

better— we were worried. things are so much better now— we were worried. things are so much better now that is why i think the bank— better now that is why i think the bank does — better now that is why i think the bank does want to think about normalising.— normalising. you mentioned quantitative _ normalising. you mentioned quantitative easing, - normalising. you mentioned quantitative easing, the - normalising. you mentionedl quantitative easing, the bond normalising. you mentioned - quantitative easing, the bond buying programme, is another tool. the bank also voted to maintain that programme, eight votes to one, the one dissenting voice being the chief economist who also happens to be leaving. he called for it yet again. this isn't the first time he has said they should be buying less. what is the impact of his departure from the mpc and how will it change the voting patterns? find? from the mpc and how will it change the voting patterns?— the voting patterns? andy howell dane was very — the voting patterns? andy howell dane was very early _ the voting patterns? andy howell dane was very early to _ the voting patterns? andy howell dane was very early to the - the voting patterns? andy howell i dane was very early to the inflation and growth recovery story. he was calling _ and growth recovery story. he was calling for— and growth recovery story. he was calling for it before most other people — calling for it before most other people were. and he was always talking _ people were. and he was always talking about the v shaped recovery and the _ talking about the v shaped recovery and the upside risk to inflation, many— and the upside risk to inflation, many of— and the upside risk to inflation, many of which are starting to be borne _ many of which are starting to be borne out — many of which are starting to be borne out by the surveys. as the months — borne out by the surveys. as the months have gone on he has become more _ months have gone on he has become more vocal— months have gone on he has become more vocal about that and he has talked _ more vocal about that and he has talked about the most dangerous moment— talked about the most dangerous moment for monetary policy since

black— moment for monetary policy since black wednesday and the need to counter— black wednesday and the need to counter inflation risks. so his view is we _ counter inflation risks. so his view is we should — counter inflation risks. so his view is we should not still be easing, buying — is we should not still be easing, buying bonds, we should be thinking about— buying bonds, we should be thinking about going the other way. stopping the reinvestment and raising interest— the reinvestment and raising interest rates. he has been a very vocal— interest rates. he has been a very vocal presence on the committee, and when _ vocal presence on the committee, and when he _ vocal presence on the committee, and when he leaves i think the noise and the headlines on that side of things will diminish a bit. but it doesn't mean _ will diminish a bit. but it doesn't mean the — will diminish a bit. but it doesn't mean the direction of travel will be any different. ultimately, the monetary policy committee will look at the _ monetary policy committee will look at the data, look at the growth state. — at the data, look at the growth state. the _ at the data, look at the growth state, the recovery, the labour market— state, the recovery, the labour market and what happens with the job retention— market and what happens with the job retention scheme, they will look at whether— retention scheme, they will look at whether inflation is transitory or sticking — whether inflation is transitory or sticking around, and they will decide — sticking around, and they will decide on— sticking around, and they will decide on that basis by majority vote, _ decide on that basis by majority vote, and — decide on that basis by majority vote, and whether he is there or not they will— vote, and whether he is there or not they will probably come to a similar conclusion — they will probably come to a similar conclusion. . ., they will probably come to a similar conclusion. . ~' , ., , they will probably come to a similar conclusion-— conclusion. thank you very much. it's conclusion. thank you very much. it's worth — conclusion. thank you very much. it's worth remembering _ conclusion. thank you very much. it's worth remembering that - conclusion. thank you very much. it's worth remembering that on i it's worth remembering that on wednesday we got the results of a pretty closely watched survey of

businesses that showed cost pressures have reached the highest level since the 1990s, and of course the danger is that those price pressures start to be passed onto consumers, that is when you start seeing the real impact of inflation. and the thing is, once inflation starts to run, it becomes very difficult to control. you just have to ask anyone in or zimbabwe. and we're not talking about a situation like that, of course, but inflation is one of those big fear is that lots of people in the economics world are concerned about, and whether or not the tool box i fit for purpose in a situation that no one has seen before. but it's very difficult to answer the question, when is too hot too much? the headlines on bbc news... the government prepares to set out its latest update on foreign travel, with the hope of new destinations without quarantine. the prime minister insists a royal navy warship had the right

to travel through waters off crimea, despite angering moscow. tv adverts forjunk food are to be banned before 9pm, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. astronomers claim to have the first convincing evidence for when the first stars and galaxies began to shine. new analysis indicates that this crucial moment, known as the cosmic dawn , that this crucial moment, years after the big bang. this report by our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. the night sky is littered with stars, but when did they first begin to shine? discovering when this critical moment known as the cosmic dawn began, has been this man's life's work. and now he has the answer. the holy grail has been to look back far enough that you would see

the very first generation of stars and galaxies. we've determined their ages and that gives us the first convincing evidence of when the universe was first bathed in starlight. because we are ourselves the product of stellar evolution, in some sense we are looking at our own origins. using telescopes from across the world, the team analysed some of the most far—away galaxies. so distant they are just a few pixels on the computer screen. there are also among the earliest, seen not long after the creation of the universe. by working out their age, the team calculate the start of the cosmic dawn — when the first stars began to shine. so, what is the cosmic dawn, and why is it so important? the universe was created 13.8 billion years ago in the big bang. after a brief flash, it entered a period known as the dark ages. then, according to the new study, 250—350 million years

after the moment of creation, the first stars began to form, bringing light to the universe. and here's what happened. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas, becoming ever denser until they form stars, blazing like fireworks. this simulation is based on astronomical data, but the new results indicate that the first galaxies will be bright enough to be seen by nasa's james webb space telescope, to be launched later this year. i am so excited! why are you so excited? isn't that just fantastic? that, as humanity, a tiny little civilisation on planet earth, that we can create a telescope that we can send up into space and peer back to the universe as it was just a couple of hundred million years after the big bang. this simulation shows just how different the very first stars were to what we see today. but these objects led

to the formation of the universe as it is now, including everything and everyone on earth. we are, ultimately, made from the stars that were born at the dawn of the cosmos. i'm joined now by professor richard ellis, who was in charge of the team behind the discovery. this is your life's work, many congratulations. just explain to us how significant it is, because from listening to the report, this sounds very significant. listening to the report, this sounds very significant-— listening to the report, this sounds very significant. everybody probably has heard of— very significant. everybody probably has heard of the _ very significant. everybody probably has heard of the big _ very significant. everybody probably has heard of the big bang, - very significant. everybody probably has heard of the big bang, that - very significant. everybody probably has heard of the big bang, that is i has heard of the big bang, that is when the universe began, but in some sense cosmic dawn, when the universe was first based on starlight, is just as significant, you look at the night sky and sea stars, and you might wonder when did all this begin, when did starlight first emerged in the universe? and the

telescopes we have been building over the decades of my career have got more powerful and so we've looked to greater distances, and that means we look back to earlier cosmic times. so what we've done here is look at six of the most distant objects we could find with the hubble space telescope, estimate their ages at that time when the universe was only 550 million years old, and project back from that time to when they were born. in the most exciting thing about our work is that we predict that they would be visible at the time of their birth, objects like them, with this james webb space telescope which is hubble's successor, due for launch this november. for hubble's successor, due for launch this november.— this november. for the non-astronomers - this november. for the - non-astronomers watching, for this november. for the _ non-astronomers watching, for those non—astronomers watching, for those at home watching this, why should they pay attention to what you have found? it they pay attention to what you have found? , , ., ., ., , found? it is exploration in its most fundamental _ found? it is exploration in its most fundamental form. _ found? it is exploration in its most fundamental form. the _

found? it is exploration in its most fundamental form. the whole - found? it is exploration in its most fundamental form. the whole of. fundamental form. the whole of humanity has been about searching for our origins, what kind of world we live in? if you go back to the middle ages, the search for the nature of the world, columbus going and discovering the americas, this is what is part of the endeavour of science, and so exploring the universe and understanding our origins is very fundamental. there is a second point, and that is science is very important for inspiring young people. of course we don't expect everybody who is young thatis don't expect everybody who is young that is fascinated by the universe to become an astronomer, but many become engineers, biologists, and if you go back and asked them what inspired them to endeavour in their career in science, often it is astronomy. what kind of universe we live in? so i think astronomy has a very important role in education and bringing people into science, whatever their careers may be. this i whatever their careers may be. as i understand — whatever their careers may be. as i understand it. _ whatever their careers may be. as i understand it, computer models

predicted between 100 and 400 million years, so they weren't far off, but is this a victory for human scientists over computers? i will be nical, scientists over computers? i will be cynical. there _ scientists over computers? i will be cynical, there are _ scientists over computers? i will be cynical, there are always _ scientists over computers? i will be cynical, there are always theorists l cynical, there are always theorists and they are always running computer models, and that's important because it gives us the motivation to go and make those difficult observations. but ultimately i am an empiricist, we need to actually determine the time of cosmic dawn by observations. and that is what we have done here. it was not easy, this has been a four—year programme here at ucl, we've had time on many of the world's most politt there were powerful telescopes, world's most politt there were powerfultelescopes, but world's most politt there were powerful telescopes, but now it is very exciting, with pinpointed when it happened and we are poised to witness it directly with the james webb space telescope. maw; webb space telescope. many congratulations, _ webb space telescope. many congratulations, and - webb space telescope. many congratulations, and thank i webb space telescope. many congratulations, and thank you for joining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. highest temperatures today are expected to be in the north—east of england in the sunshine. there is a slice of warmer,

more humid air coming into some parts of the country. that warmer air between those two weatherfronts, there. the weather front in the north, much more active — that is where we are seeing the heaviest of the rain. that's moving down across scotland. more rain to come by late afternoon across northern ireland. first weather front producing this patchy rain and drizzle, that's moving towards east anglia and the south—east. brightening up though, especially across northern england, with some sunshine. temperatures 23 or 24 degrees. there is no football to watch today, but there is live cricket — that's on bbc two this evening. there could be one or two showers first thing in cardiff. they will soon move away though, and skies will brighten. there is a lot of dry weather to come before the next band of rain arrives. that's moving away for much of scotland, northern ireland, heading its way into wales later on in the evening, and then pushing eastwards across the eastern side of england later on in the night. it's going to be quite a warm night across england and wales, much warmer than it was last night in east anglia and the south—east. it does cool off a little bit in scotland and northern ireland — there is a northerly breeze here, and that northerly breeze will push cooler air

across much of the country. we will see that rain clearing away from eastern parts of england — continuing, though, to affect southern and eastern scotland, perhaps the far north of england, northern ireland. as it brightens up across wales, the midlands and southern england, it could trigger some heavy, perhaps even thundery, showers. temperatures on the whole will be lower than today — a noticeable change in the north—east of england, a drop of 10 degrees or more. high pollen levels today for england and wales. higher levels restricted more to wales, the midlands southwards during tomorrow. and heading into the weekend we've got quite a contrast. high pressure trying to build all the way across the atlantic to northern parts of the uk, but we keep lower pressure to the south, threatening some showers. now, on saturday the heavy, thundery showers are more likely to be the other side of the channel. a few showers breaking out, mainly the midlands, parts of wales. there still could be some patchy rain clinging to the south—east of scotland, north—east england, keeping it cooler here. but, generally, for the northern half of the uk it is dry and bright. there will be more in the way of sunshine for these areas though, i think, during sunday. as a result, it should

be warmer as well. but we've got an increasing risk of catching some downpours across southern england, perhaps into wales and through the midlands. a lot of uncertainty as to how far north that rain, though, will get during sunday.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance — with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. and the prime minister holds out hope that those who've received two covid jabs, may have more freedom to head abroad. the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. tv adverts for junk food are to be banned before 9pm — in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. this is the is the last place i saw

my son — the scottish government is facing calls to issue an official apology to mothers pressured into giving up babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. more than 2 million people in england are thought to have had long covid — that's according to a new study. britney spears tells a court: "i want my life back" as she battles to gain control of her financial affairs from her father. and astronomers find evidence of the cosmic dawn — the moment when the first stars began to form. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ministers are preparing to announce the latest update to england's traffic light system for travelling abroad, and there's speculation that malta could be added to the so—called green list — with no quarantine required on returning home.

that's along with the spanish balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and minorca. earlier, the prime minister hinted that in future, foreign travel without quarantine might be possible for those who've been double jabbed. business leaders are hoping the government will relax restrictions on holidays, but any changes come amid rising concern, here and abroad, about the continuing spread, of the delta variant. here's theo legget. summer is here. travel companies and would—be holiday—makers are desperate for restrictions to be eased so people can go to more destinations abroad without facing quarantine on their return. under the so—called traffic light system in england, arrivals from green list countries don't have to go into isolation, although they do need to take a test within two days. those coming back from amber, or medium risk countries, need to isolate at home. red means high risk, and quarantine in hotels is compulsory. the government in westminster has been reviewing the system. more countries could be added to england's green list today.

scotland, wales and northern ireland have previously adopted the same list. but ministers have also suggested this week that quarantine restrictions might be removed for travellers coming from amber list countries, if they've been fully vaccinated. the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab, and, if you look at it, we have more than 60% of our population now have had two jabs, 83% have had one jab. we are really getting through it now. easing restrictions in this way would make a big difference to rachel, who lives in switzerland. her stepfather is ill in hospital, while her 81—year—old mum has also been very unwell recently. they are both in england. it would make such a big difference if we could get over to see my mum, just to give her a big hug because she's gone through so much and... yes, it has been a difficult time. save travel!

people within the travel industry attended protests around the country yesterday calling for more action to protect their livelihoods. travel businesses are lobbying hard. what we need today is government being transparent with us about how they are selecting the countries to go onto the green list, on the traffic light system or not, to use the traffic light system in the way that it was intended. not everyone wants britons to travel more freely. german leader angela merkel said this week that she would like all eu nations to impose quarantine measures on people arriving from the uk to limit the spread of the so—called delta variant of covid. but politicians in tourist hotspots disagree. i can understand ms merkel�*s concern that she wants to take precaution but tourism is a vital issue for different state members, france, greece or italy, or even in spain. the government has consistently said the main goal of its international

travel policy is to protect public health. but with more and more people now being fully vaccinated, pressure to ease restrictions is becoming intense. theo leggett, bbc news. 0ur correspondent tim muffettjoins us from gatwick airport. big us from gatwick airport. question is being weighed this. big question is being weighed up on this. , ' , . ., , , this. different sectors will be -a in: this. different sectors will be paying particularly _ this. different sectors will be paying particularly close - this. different sectors will be - paying particularly close attention to this and we can have a look at them, travel and tourism first of all. we saw the protest yesterday across the uk from people who work in the travel industry, pilots, airport staff, talking about the huge devastation the travel restrictions have had and i spoke to one pilot who spoke about the impact it has had on his life and his family's live, and typically here at gatwick they would have 900 flights per day but today it is 70 and around half of those are to uk

destinations. a lot of attention being placed and focused on this decision later today by the travel sector, and then there are holiday—makers themselves. there has been speculation that some countries, like malta or be balearic islands, they could be added to the green list, and that would mean that people returning from those places would not have to quarantine on their return, but look what happened to portugal recently, that went on the green list onto the amber list while some people were in portugal, so clearly even if there are changes on that front this afternoon, it would not clear up much of the confusion. there is talk perhaps, if some people are returning from amber countries, they would not have to isolate for ten days, we might get further clarity on that that this afternoon. and then there is the view from abroad, we heard from the german saying even if germany was to go onto the green list it might still be necessary or she might advise for uk nationals to have to

isolate when they enter germany, so evenif isolate when they enter germany, so even if there is additions to the green list this afternoon there will still be many questions. clarity, there might be some, but a lot of uncertainty still for anyone hoping to travel abroad in the next year or so. . ~x to travel abroad in the next year or so, ., ", ., ., , let's speak to lisa minot, the travel editor at the sun. good afternoon. a hint there that we may still be facing uncertainty even later this afternoon, is that what you are feeling?— later this afternoon, is that what you are feeling? that is right. we still don't know _ you are feeling? that is right. we still don't know exactly _ you are feeling? that is right. we still don't know exactly what - still don't know exactly what countries should be added to the green list and there's no reason why malta should not be added because it was a surprise it was not added when the system was first introduced over a month ago in may. so there will be some idea that possibly could be the start, and although i would love to see the balearic islands on that

most, these are mass tourism destinations and it would be a big return from where the government had been leading us in the last few weeks, in that they were talking about a very slow start to international travel. majorca and menorca, ibiza, these are huge destinations for uk residents. we do have a rise in — destinations for uk residents. we do have a rise in cases _ destinations for uk residents. we do have a rise in cases here _ destinations for uk residents. we do have a rise in cases here driven - destinations for uk residents. we do have a rise in cases here driven by i have a rise in cases here driven by the delta variant and there is concern across europe about the cases we have here in the uk. that is riuht. cases we have here in the uk. that is right- there _ cases we have here in the uk. that is right. there will— cases we have here in the uk. trust is right. there will still be requirements for testing and it is not going to be easy to get away this summer. it will still involve a significant extra cost in terms of tests to get into countries and because they want to be sure we are not importing that virus on ourselves, and on top of that we have still got the tests on return, so it is good to hear that the government are considering making it possible to go quarantine free if

you are double jabbed but there is no clarity on the test yet and that can be a big test for someone who might bejust going can be a big test for someone who might be just going away for a week. —— that can be a big cost. might be just going away for a week. -- that can be a big cost.— -- that can be a big cost. angela merkel said _ -- that can be a big cost. angela merkel said all _ -- that can be a big cost. angela merkel said all eu _ -- that can be a big cost. angela merkel said all eu countries - -- that can be a big cost. angela i merkel said all eu countries should make british travellers quarantine on arrival to slow down the spread of the delta variant, what did you make of that?— make of that? that is understandable. - make of that? that is understandable. but| make of that? that is i understandable. but the make of that? that is - understandable. but the jabbed make of that? that is _ understandable. but the jabbed rate has gone up in germany in the case rates have gone down and so you can see the concern there because we are publishing some scary numbers in the uk but every country is different. as we have seen across europe throughout the pandemic, although the eu would like them to act as one big group together, they are not going to come and they are individual countries that want to make their own decisions based on their own economic policies and need to have tourists coming in, for the likes of spain, portugal and greece, a huge amount of the economy is based on tourism and they are desperate to get people back. in a

safe way, asking for people to be vaccinated or to have tests, but they really do want to get their economies back up and running again. one final one, if a country misses out on the green list this time, it is time running out for that country to save their country won some in 2021? -- to to save their country won some in 2021? —— to save their summit in 2021? —— to save their summit in 2021? it 2021? -- to save their summit in 2021? , ., , , 2021? it is not 'ust those countries but also the — 2021? it is notjust those countries but also the uk — 2021? it is notjust those countries but also the uk travel _ 2021? it is notjust those countries but also the uk travel industry - 2021? it is notjust those countries but also the uk travel industry and if we do not see some of these countries added to the green list, they will be struggling, and many of these businesses run at a loss for most of the year outside of the summer. we have also had 15 months where they have barely earned a penny of these are companies that really are right on the edge. what we could see comic we don't see a significant opening up and the ability for these companies to actually take larger numbers of people abroad, there are many of them that may not survive and these are companies which were for the pandemic, profitable and good going concerns and through no fault of

their own they are really struggling. their own they are really struggling-— their own they are really stru~lin-. ., their own they are really stru: rulin. ,., ., ., struggling. lisa, the travel editor at the sun newspaper, _ struggling. lisa, the travel editor at the sun newspaper, thanks - struggling. lisa, the travel editor at the sun newspaper, thanks for joining us. we are expecting details of the travel list this afternoon. we will bring you that when we get confirmation. the government is banning television adverts for unhealthy food before the 9 o'clock watershed, to try to curb childhood obesity. products affected include chocolate, soft drinks and cakes. there will also be new rules on online promotions, as sarah campbell explains. turn on the tv, computer or device and currently at any time of the day punctuating popular programmes and online content are images promoting foods high in salt, fat and sugar. difficult enough for adults to resist, but also children who might be watching. as part of its obesity strategy the government has proposed new legislation which will restrict

when, where and what foods can be advertised. what children see on ads has an immediate effect on what they prefer after seeing an ad, and then how it sets or shapes their food preferences in the long term, so if we start to just change that environment, change that exposure, perhaps we can influence children to prefer better foods. 0n television, foods considered high in fat, salt and sugar will only allowed to be advertised between 9pm and 5:30am. 0nline, companies will only be able to advertise foods defined as unhealthy on their own websites or social media pages, not paid for advertising elsewhere. but the rules only apply to businesses with 250 or more employees. the government says because smaller companies have already been hit by the pandemic. many businesses have already reformulated, ie reduced the fat, sugar or salt content of their products, and industry representatives think this further restriction

will be counter—productive. everybody agrees we need to tackle obesity in the population and in particular amongst children. the real debate should be about what measures will be effective. the industry has cooperated with the government on a never before seen scale in terms of reformulation. the irony of these proposals is that if enacted they will actually make it impossible for businesses to advertise the products which the government approves. the government says it hopes the measures will wipe billions off of the national calorie count, with the new rules planned to be in place by the end of next year. sarah campbell, bbc news. let's get more reaction to the news that the government is to impose a ban on tv adverts forjunk food before 9 o'clock at night. i'm joined by caroline cerny, the alliance lead at the obesity health alliance. good afternoon. quickly explain what you do? we

good afternoon. quickly explain what ou do? ~ . . good afternoon. quickly explain what ou do? ~ ., ., ., ., you do? we are a coalition and we brina you do? we are a coalition and we bring together _ you do? we are a coalition and we bring together health _ you do? we are a coalition and we bring together health charities - you do? we are a coalition and we| bring together health charities like cancer research and the british heart foundation and medical colleges, so we campaign on particular issues and try to influence government policy to create a healthy environment for everybody. create a healthy environment for everybody-— create a healthy environment for eve bod. , , ., everybody. this has been long in the --ieline, everybody. this has been long in the pipeline. this — everybody. this has been long in the pipeline, this announcement. - everybody. this has been long in the pipeline, this announcement. it - everybody. this has been long in the pipeline, this announcement. it is i everybody. this has been long in the pipeline, this announcement. it is a | pipeline, this announcement. it is a really good — pipeline, this announcement. it is a really good start. _ pipeline, this announcement. it is a really good start. we _ pipeline, this announcement. it is a really good start. we have - pipeline, this announcement. it is a really good start. we have known i pipeline, this announcement. it 3 a. really good start. we have known for ages that the majority of foods advertised on prime—time tv when children are most likely to watch, the majority of them tend to be foods which are high in fat, salt and sugar, and we do not see things, adverts forfruit and and sugar, and we do not see things, adverts for fruit and vegetables, less than 1% for that, and instead it tends to be chocolate, sweets, ice cream, pizza, fast food. all that has an impact on what we think about food and the types of food we want to eat. and then when we go online, we see what the same, so this is a really important step in the right direction, taking the spotlight of the unhealthy food and hopefully opening up opportunities

for healthierfoods to hopefully opening up opportunities for healthier foods to be advertised.— for healthier foods to be advertised. ~ , ., . for healthier foods to be advertised. , ., ~ ., advertised. why tv adverts? we know ounuer advertised. why tv adverts? we know younger people _ advertised. why tv adverts? we know younger people do _ advertised. why tv adverts? we know younger people do not _ advertised. why tv adverts? we know younger people do not watch - advertised. why tv adverts? we know younger people do not watch linear i younger people do not watch linear tv like they once did, they are glued to their handsets like many people, so is that the right starting point, tv adverts? thai people, so is that the right starting point, tv adverts? tv is still popular— starting point, tv adverts? tv is still popular with _ starting point, tv adverts? tv is still popular with children - starting point, tv adverts? tr)” 3 still popular with children and young people, and although we tend to spend more time online, children these days, but they still spent a significant number of hours watching tv each week and the companies are still advertising those products on tv so it is a really important part of the policy. tv so it is a really important part of the policy-— tv so it is a really important part ofthe oli . ~ ., ., ., of the policy. what more would you like to see done _ of the policy. what more would you like to see done here? _ of the policy. what more would you like to see done here? online. - of the policy. what more would you like to see done here? online. wel like to see done here? online. we still have a — like to see done here? online. we still have a year— like to see done here? online. we still have a year to _ like to see done here? online. we still have a year to go _ like to see done here? online. we still have a year to go before - like to see done here? online. we| still have a year to go before these policies come into effect so let's get these across the line festival and then we need to look at where advertising is going instead. —— across the line first of all. sports advertising is getting a lot of attention at the moment because of the euros, and we would like to see

a focus on that.— the euros, and we would like to see a focus on that. some people would sa ou a focus on that. some people would say you need _ a focus on that. some people would say you need to _ a focus on that. some people would say you need to get _ a focus on that. some people would say you need to get the _ a focus on that. some people would say you need to get the nation - a focus on that. some people would say you need to get the nation for i say you need to get the nation for it and you need decent exercise to help with obesity, so is there not an argument to be campaigning for more of that, than the actual adverts? ~ ., , ., adverts? we need a bit of everything- _ adverts? we need a bit of everything. there - adverts? we need a bit of everything. there are - adverts? we need a bit of i everything. there are many adverts? we need a bit of - everything. there are many reasons why people become overweight and as a result we need lots of different policies, that make it easier for people to be healthy, so changing the food environment, through advertising and information is one important step, but as you say it is also important that we are creating the spaces for people to be physically active and also we are creating the right psychological support and treatment support for people who want help losing weight. we need lots of policies that all work together. we we need lots of policies that all work together.— work together. we will keep a watchful eye. _ work together. we will keep a watchful eye. caroline - work together. we will keep a watchful eye. caroline from i work together. we will keep a l watchful eye. caroline from the obesity health alliance, thanks for joining us. the headlines on bbc news... the government prepares to update

its foreign travel guidance — with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. tv adverts for unhealthy foods are to be banned before 9pm — in a bid to tackle childhood obesity more than 2 million people in england are thought to have had long covid — that's according to a new study. the scottish government is facing calls to issue an official apology to mothers who were pressured into giving up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. it's thought up to 60,000 women had their babies forcibly taken from them, simply because they were unmarried. some have been meeting ministers this morning, and say an apology would help to lift the sense of shame. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, has been speaking to one woman, elspeth ross, about what she went through, and the lost decades, without her son. so here we are, this is it.

elspeth ross was unmarried when she became pregnant in 1962. it feels really weird, really weird. the shame was so great she was sent in secret to this house in glasgow, then a church—run mother and baby home. it's where she gave birth. this is the first time she's been back inside in 59 years. it feels strange walking in here after all these years. it's now flats, but she goes straight to the room where she last saw her baby. this is the last place i saw my son. it's a moment she yearns for the past. just turn the clock back. when you see this room, what does it mean to you? it's horrible. it's just horrible.

i saved this up for years. this was the last place you saw your baby. in that room. elspeth wouldn't see her son again for 35 years. did you give up your baby? no, he was taken, he was actually taken from my arms without telling me what was happening. there are no official figures for how many unmarried women were forced to give up their babies for adoption in scotland in the three decades after the second world war. i feel deep sadness that in the past women were forced to give their children up for adoption. earlier this month, the first minister nicola sturgeon said she would now examine whether an apology to the birth mothers is appropriate, and today, the mothers met the scottish children's minister

to discuss the idea. i have no doubt they are considering an apology and i'm in no doubt- that they are gathering information to assist them in that process. - the birth mothers were told today that the scottish government will now take evidence from more witnesses before deciding whether an inquiry or an apology should be given. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a major rescue operation is underway in miami in florida, after an apartment block partially collapsed. it happened near miami beach. it's not clear how many people were in the 12—storey building when it came down in the early hours of the morning. police have confirmed one person has died, as rescuers search the rubble for survivors. james reynolds has the latest, and a warning, his report contains flashing images. amid the rubble of the apartment building, fire crews managed to find a young survivor.

he is able to climb out himself. in an undamaged section, firefighters take an older resident to safety. no—one yet knows how many others may be trapped in the wreckage of the block, which is called champlain towers south. it partially collapsed in the middle of the night. i looked out of the window and you couldn't see. i thought it was a storm or something coming in, and when the dust cleared, the back half of the building or the back two thirds of the building was gone, down to the ground. it looks like the whole, just from the top to the bottom section of the building, just collapsed. it's crazy, it's something you'd see in an earthquake or something. this video was posted by the resident of a nearby hotel. the miami—dade fire rescue department has sent more than 80 fire and rescue trucks to the scene.

the oceanfront building, which was constructed in 1981, is in the surfside area of miami, just north of miami beach. the neighbourhood is home to many retired people. many only live there in the winter. in daylight, the damage is evident. 0ur police chief tells me that we treated ten people on site. two were transported to the hospital and sadly one has passed away. structures in this area have to be built to withstand hurricanes, so why this building partly came down is not yet clear. people from the building and from surrounding areas have been taken to a holding area whilst everyone waits to find out more. james reynolds, bbc news. we have an update on this. the miami dade commissioner tells reporters that 51 residents are still

unaccounted for in that rescue operation, so that is from the miami dade county commissioner, telling reporters that 51 residents are still unaccounted for. scientists who've been examining the long—term effects of covid—19, are warning the potential complications of the virus pose a "major challenge" for the nhs. researchers at imperial college in london say around 2 million adults in england may have had what's known as "long covid". here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. 42—year—old abbey robb, from london, thinks she caught covid on her way back from the netherlands in september. what started off as hay fever—like symptoms in isolation then turned into difficulty breathing, muscle pain and swelling. months on, she's still impacted every day. i'm still struggling now, so i really have to limit every activity that i do.

i need to think really carefully, do i have the energy to do this? i've had to turn down a lot of work, i need help around the house, i still am not able to really stand and cook myself a full meal. abbey's not alone. researchers surveyed half a million people in england. more than a third of people who reported they'd had covid went on to have at least one symptom that lasted for 12 weeks or more. the study didn't look at the severity of these symptoms but considered 29 different problems, ranging from muscle aches and chest pain, to headaches and tiredness. persistent symptoms were most common in women, older people, smokers and those living in deprived areas. researchers warn the long—term consequences could pose a major challenge for the health service. 0ur clinical colleagues are working out what the conditions they are seeing that's part of the syndrome, and it's only through getting greater understanding, more research, including actually trials of treatment, that we're really going to understand how to improve management and treatment of the condition.

more than 80 long covid clinics, like this one in surrey, have been opened across england, and the government has provided £50 million for more research. the long covid clinics are great. i've onlyjust been referred and i haven't been given any proper help yet. that's nine months into my illness. it's a long journey ahead for hundreds of thousands of people like abbey, needing help to manage a condition medics still know so little about. katharine da costa, bbc news. i'm joined now by stacey turner, who has been suffering from long covid since christmas. good afternoon. you got covid—19 in december and initially you probably thought it would spoil christmas and then everything after that would be ok, butjust pick up the story? i 0k, butjust pick up the story? i got through christmas day. i put it

down to christmas tiredness with cooking and children but by mid afternoon on boxing day i was unable to move. at that point i arranged a covid test and on the morning of the 29th the whole household had notification that we were all positive. it was just unbelievable, really. i knew i was ill and felt like i could not move but i was not expecting a positive covid test. after a number of days, and you did not seem to improve, how did that for you, not seem to improve, how did that foryou, how not seem to improve, how did that for you, how bad did it get? refill? for you, how bad did it get? really bad. iwas for you, how bad did it get? really bad- i was in _ for you, how bad did it get? really bad. i was in bed _ for you, how bad did it get? really bad. i was in bed for _ for you, how bad did it get? really bad. i was in bed forjust _ for you, how bad did it get? really bad. i was in bed forjust over - for you, how bad did it get? really bad. i was in bed forjust over two | bad. i was in bed forjust over two months. unfortunately, iwas bad. i was in bed forjust over two months. unfortunately, i was one of the ones thatjust went down in flames, really. my lungs were on

fire and my chest was squeezing and extremely painful. i was coughing so badly, raging temperature. vomiting. there were times when i could hardly move. i was stuck on the bathroom floor. vomiting, not knowing when it would be ok to move. my head was pounding. the headaches were so bad that each day, i would wonder if i was going to be ok and free of headaches and coughing, and itjust went on for so long, it felt endless, really. in went on for so long, it felt endless, really.— went on for so long, it felt endless, really. went on for so long, it felt endless, reall . ., endless, really. in that report we heard the mention _ endless, really. in that report we heard the mention of _ endless, really. in that report we heard the mention of long - endless, really. in that report we heard the mention of long covid. endless, really. in that report we - heard the mention of long covid when it is, what did the doctors say to you doing this? —— covid clinics. i'm lucky that i have a friend of mine who is a gp in the hs and she

was checking on me every day and making sure that i was doing 0k —— in the nhs. i had my own gp checking in the nhs. i had my own gp checking in on me every day, as well. i did go in on me every day, as well. i did 9° up in on me every day, as well. i did go up to hospital and i was immediately isolated and i was checked over. they did offer to keep me in to be monitored but i wanted to go home and be with my daughters, thatis to go home and be with my daughters, that is what felt most important to me. it wasjust that is what felt most important to me. it was just hard trying to offer them reassurance that they needed, while being so ill, and the covid clinics i've not had the experience of yet, but i do need to be referred and find some support. my ongoing symptoms are that i'm now on a inhaler because i get out of breath and i still get headaches and i'm still suffering from fatigue. just

often feeling dehydrated and rundown. i have declare —— carefully planned my days so i know exactly what needs doing. you planned my days so i know exactly what needs doing.— what needs doing. you are a keen swimmer. — what needs doing. you are a keen swimmer. i _ what needs doing. you are a keen swimmer, i understand, - what needs doing. you are a keen swimmer, i understand, are - what needs doing. you are a keen swimmer, i understand, are you i what needs doing. you are a keen - swimmer, i understand, are you back to swimming now?— to swimming now? yes, so i was trainin: to swimming now? yes, so i was training here _ to swimming now? yes, so i was training here to _ to swimming now? yes, so i was training here to swim _ to swimming now? yes, so i was training here to swim the - to swimming now? yes, so i wasj training here to swim the english channel for a children's ambience but thankfully thanks —— but sadly, thanks to covid, those plans have been cancelled. last week i returned to swimming, one session per week to begin with, and it is about working on my house because my mental health also did take a hit, as well —— working on my health. and we know to

my mental health charity it is ok to say that it has hit people massively. it isjust say that it has hit people massively. it is just about focusing on building strength and talking, staying hydrated, and allowing yourself to slowly recover, without feeling the pressure to try and resume the life that was pre—word—macro. it is about being kind to yourself and adjusting your needs —— pre—covid. kind to yourself and ad'usting your needs -- pre-covid._ kind to yourself and ad'usting your needs -- pre-covid. stacey turner, thanks for— needs -- pre-covid. stacey turner, thanks forjoining _ needs -- pre-covid. stacey turner, thanks forjoining us. _ now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. there is some sunshine around today and also some wet weather, as well. we have a band of rain moving down across much of scotland, and more wet weather over northern ireland and this showery patchy rain is moving through the midlands heading to east anglia and the south—east. it should brighten up over parts of wales and especially over northern england, some sunshine and temperatures of 23—24c. during the evening, it finally becomes drier across northern ireland and the rain

leaves much of scotland and heads into wales and across the eastern side of england later in the night, as well. a warmer night for england and wales, warmer than it has been of late. for east anglia and the south—east, it does cool off a bit. in scotland and northern ireland, a northerly breeze dropping the temperatures here on friday and drawing in cool air for most of the country. that wetter weather across eastern england finally clears away but we could see more rain coming back into some southern and eastern parts of scotland and the far north of england, not farfrom northern ireland. further south, as it brightens up, that could trigger some heavy and thundery showers. for many parts of the country it's a bit cooler. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance, with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. and the prime minister holds out hope that those who've received two covid jabs may have more freedom to head abroad.

the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. tv adverts for unhealthy food are to be banned before 9pm in a bid to combat childhood obesity. the scottish government is facing calls to issue an official apology to mothers pressured into giving up babies for adoption in the 1950s, �*60s and �*70s. more than 2 million people in england may have had long covid — that's according to a new study. britney spears tells a court, "i want my life back" as she battles to gain control of her financial affairs from her father. and we'll be talking to our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones about roaming charges for using mobiles in the eu.

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's austin. good afternoon. plenty of football news to come — but first, silverstone have confirmed that there will be a capacity crowd for the british grand prix next month. it's been included in the government s event research programme. that means 140,000 spectators will be at the circuit for the race on the 18th ofjuly. it'll be the biggest crowd at a uk event since the start of the pandemic. silverstone said it would work closely with public health experts on the "specific conditions of entry". a huge relief, i'm absolutely delighted of course that there are fans up and down the land who will be leaping in the air, knowing their favourite event of the year is on. for us, as a commercial business, this is essential. it was looking incredibly bleak, we are not alone in the hospitality and entertainment world at having

stared into the abyss for the last few months, and it's a blessed relief — i am delighted. meanwhile, england know who they will face next at the european championship... ..and it had to be germany, didn't it? their match is at 5 o'clock on tuesday at wembley. now, england have been back training at st george's park this morning but harry maguire wasn't with the rest of the squad. the defender started against the czech republic on tuesday night, but that was his first match in more than six weeks. the fa say he's not injured but they are managing his workload. but manager gareth southgate will want him in the squad for that huge match against germany next week — a fixture that, of course, has caused so much heartache for english fans over the years. look at the players, they've got quality all over the pitch, so again it's going to be a very tough test.

like you said, in games like this is not necessarily about form, is about whoever is better on the night and puts in the better performance, they will have more chance of winning, and we need to make sure that we are 100% ready, and i'm sure we will be. and there's one other football line to bring you... uefa has announced that it will scrap the away goals rules in all european competitions from next season. it's been in place since 1965 — so chelsea will be the last team to win the champions league with the rule in place. all ties level after normal time will now go straight to extra time, rather than the team with more away goals going through. uefa president alexander ceferin said "it's no longer appropriate for an away goal to carry more weight". andy murray has been included in britain's six—strong tennis team for the tokyo 0lympics. he's won gold at the last two games — victory in rio coming in the best season of his career when he also

won wimbledon, the world tour finals and finished the year as world number one. as well as defending his singles title injapan, he'll play doubles withjoe salisbury. and, as expected, jamie murray hasn't made the team, and there's no cameron norrie — he's decided to focus on the tour. dan evans, neal skupski, johanna konta and heather watson are also heading for tokyo. the paralympics gb line—up includes reigning singles champion gordon reid. he'sjoined by five—time grand slam winner alfie hewett — who claimed silver at rio 2016 — along with andy lapthorne, dermot bailey, jordanne whiley and lucy shuker. well, there's plenty more on all of those stories, including live coverage of wimbledon qualifying, on the bbc sport website. britain's katie swann has booked her place in the next round. that's all at bbc.co.uk/sport — but that's all your sport for now.

we're still waiting on details of an update to england's foreign travel guidance — that's due this afternoon. well, borisjohnson has said there is "a real opportunity" to open up international travel to people who have been fully vaccinated. the government will reveal changes to england's traffic light system and possibly the rules governing each tier later. this is what the prime minister said a little earlier. i think that the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab, and, if you look at it, we have more than 60% of our population now have had two jabs, 83% have had one jab. we are really getting through it now. the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that the summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. i don't want to cast a pall over things, but it will be different.

will you be taking a holiday? what would you say to others? my plans at this stage are at the unformed stage, i'm afraid. i'm going to see how we get on and i'm certainly not ruling it in or ruling it out. i think what we need to do is get on and do our double jabs, and i do think that offers a good way forward. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been looking at what european leaders need to consider. it would be a surprise if malta does not go on the green list, it has been a surprise frankly throughout because it has had consistently low rates of coronavirus and it has very high vaccination rates. the thing that has changed in the last four weeks, we have gone in the uk from having amongst the lowest rates of coronavirus per head of population in the eu to now having the standout highest level of coronavirus, so it is not so much now

about where the government may allow us to travel but which governments will allow us to travel there. in italy you now have to isolate for five days and in germany only allows uk citizens to come in for humanitarian reasons, like bereavement, and then if they do they have to do 14 days isolation. angela merkel said britains everywhere travelling anywhere in europe should be subject to two weeks' quarantine. the concern in the eu is about the delta variant and it is expected to be the dominant variant by the end of august across europe and if there is a peak of cases across europe that could cause real problems, because where as to in three adults in the uk are fully immunised, it is only one in three in the eu, so there are big gaps and there is big potentialfor this more transmissible variant to cause more problems.

0ur medical editor fergus walsh talking to us earlier. the tourism industry is hoping more countries will be added to the list that requires no quarantine on return to britain. but germany s angela merkel has suggested all eu countries should make british travellers self—isolate on arrival to slow the spread of the delta variant, first identified in india. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been flying in europe in the past few hours and following the story ? he began his trip in munich. travelling within the eu is generally much easier than travelling to and from the uk. despite the high vaccination rate, in britain. today we are flying from munich to brussels. you need to fill in a form online before you travel, you need a negative test, you can show it on your phone, passport, ticket and you are good to go. within europe different countries have different rules about what

happens when you reach your destination. at the moment, british people arriving in, say, spain, greece or portugal don't have to quarantine, but here in germany, and we are still in germany at least for the next few minutes, angela merkel has said she would like to see all brits having to quarantine this summer, that is to try to stop the spread of the delta variant first seenin spread of the delta variant first seen in india. well, we are back in brussels and we will not have to quarantine, but if we had arrived from the uk or another red zone it would be the start of at least a week of self isolation. travel within the eu is supposed to get even easier with the introduction of vaccine passports. they show if you've been jabbed or if you have taken a test they show if you've been jabbed or if you have ta ken a test recently, or in fact you have recovered from the virus. but with covid variants there is big uncertainty, so even if there is big uncertainty, so even if the uk government wants to ease quarantine restrictions for people coming into the uk, there is

absolutely no guarantee that brits will be able to travel freely around europe this summer. it was entirely right for the royal navy destroyer hms defender to be travelling through waters off crimea yesterday — that from the prime minister today. russia claims warning shots were fired at the british ship, which the government here denies. borisjohnson says the uk government doesn't recognise russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine, and the ship was passing through international waters. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has the latest. this is not something you see every day. a british warship in the sights — yes, the sights — of russian warplanes. i have a visual tracking light, altitude low. in all some 20 russian aircraft flew near hms defender as it passed close to crimea yesterday. too close, according to the russians, whose threat was explicit. if you cross the border line i will fire.

if you do not change course i will fire. do you read me? 0ver. the coastguard vessel trying to get defender to change course say it was in russian waters. the british destroyer said, no, it was in an internationally recognised seaway. what happened is disputed. russia claimed warning shots were fired. the ministry of defence said no shots were directed at or near defender. to russia this was a dangerous and premeditated provocation. to the uk an assertion of its right of navigation in what it sees as ukrainian waters. the man who ultimately ordered this mission said it was the right decision. we do not recognise the russian annexation of crimea. it was illegal. these are ukrainian waters and it was entirely right to use them to go from a to b. but the prime minister's test of russia's resolve prompted only further threats from moscow. russia's deputy foreign minister said, we can appeal to common sense and demand respect

for international law. if it does not help we can drop bombs, not only in the direction of but on the target itself, if colleagues do not understand. hms defender is part of the carrier strike group, currently in the mediterranean but bound for the far east and some say the message it delivered to moscow was designed to echo in beijing. russia is trying to determine where it is that british warships go in the black sea, and if russia gets away with that she will start stopping other ships going where they need to and where they want to, and if russia gets away with that china is going to do the same. this fleet and the incident of crimea shows a more assertive use of military force by the uk, but it has consequences. moscow summoned the british ambassador for a telling off and for the servicemen and women on board the physical risks are real. james landale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...

the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance — with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. tv adverts for unhealthy food are to be banned before 9pm — in a bid to combat childhood obesity. more than two million people in england may have had long covid — that's according to a new study. ee is introducing extra charges for new customers using their mobile phones in europe from january. ee is the first uk operator to introduce the charges since the brexit trade deal was signed at the end of december. anyonejoining or upgrading from the 7th ofjuly will be charged a flat fee of £2 a day in 47 european destinations. let's get more with our technology correspondent rory cellan jones.

if you remember, let's go back in history first. back in the run—up to the eu referendum the eu was gradually bringing in a directive that effectively abolished roaming charges, it made it illegal to charges, it made it illegal to charge more abroad than at home, so wherever you went in the eu you would be charged effectively the same. after a time, when those charges have been pretty high, used to go to germany or france and find you came back with a big bill. all of that disappeared and campaigners in the eu referendum, remain campaigners, warned that if the uk left then there was a chance those charges could return. well, that didn't happen at first, it didn't even happen after the uk signed the trade deal with the eu which came into effect injanuary. nothing happened. and most of the operators seem to be indicating, in fact they were pretty firm and their

indications, that roman churches would not return. now ee have been the first to change its mind. it is only for new customers who join or upgrade injuly, paying that £2 per day extra to have effectively their home deal when they travel to 47 european destinations. they say this will help them to invest in their uk network. and a bit more money to put into rolling out new networks, better services. and it's fair to say that the mobile operators never really liked the removal of roaming charges, they saw it as effectively a way to get foreign travellers to subsidise what happened at home. but ee has been the first to move, the others will be looking at it, but it won't be that surprising if others follow suit as eventually.- follow suit as eventually. thank ou. a "loving wife and mother" who killed herfive—year—old daughter while suffering from undiagnosed depression has been

given an indefinite hospital order. 36—year—old sutha sivanantham had earlier admitted the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of her daughter in south london. the little girl was discovered with knife wounds in a bedroom at the family home on 30 june 2020 and died at the scene. let's speak now to our correspondent helena lee. this was thejudge this was the judge today described it as a tragic case, the 36—year—old appeared in the dock at the old bailey today and she sobbed throughout the hearing, she was accompanied by two masses. as you mentioned, her daughter, her five—year—old daughter, was found with multiple stab injuries at the family home, in the bedroom, and next to her was her mother who had self—inflicted injuries. the little sisters, brother, found them and he

called emergency services. the 36—year—old appeared in the dock today at the old bailey to enter a plea, she had originally been charged with one count of murder, but a plea of manslaughter by diminished responsibility was accepted by the crown prosecution service today. the details came out after she pleaded guilty in court to manslaughter by diminished responsibility, and the court heard that in the months before the incident, when the country went into lockdown last spring, the mother of two was being treated by both her gp and also the hospital for various physical problems, but what emerged afterwards was thejudge physical problems, but what emerged afterwards was the judge said that she had an emerging mental illness at the time that had not really been recognised by anyone, not even her doctors, the court also heard that the 36—year—old in the weeks before

she killed her daughter had developed a morbid concern that she was seriously ill, this is the mother, and that she had been convinced that she was going to die. 0n the night before she killed her daughter, she had asked her husband if he would take care of their children in the event that she died. the court also heard she had been treated in the months afterwards, following those self—inflicted injuries, after she killed her daughter, and she had told the doctors on the day of the killing she felt as if she was asleep and dreaming and added, i didn't realise i was hurting her, referring to her daughter. we also lead to day in court victim impact statement read out by the prosecutor from the little girl's further and the 36 puss mac has spend, and in that statement he said the family had enjoyed a very happy, fulfilling and

blissful life before the incident, and said his wife was an exemplary mother who would do anything to nurture her children. sense and sing today, the 36—year—old, thejudge sentenced her to an indefinite hospital order, so a very difficult case, not only for the family of course you are listening to what was going on, the husband, the little girl's father, was there in court to hear his wife helped to their guilty plea of manslaughter by diminished responsibility of killing their five—year—old daughter. responsibility of killing their five-year-old daughter. helena, thank you- _ a little bit of breaking news. it involves the bbc�*s coverage of the euros, and in particular the coverage of the game that involved denmark, and christian eriksen when he collapsed to the floor with that cardiac arrest. the bbc has received 6417 complaints over its decision to

continue broadcasting the medical treatment that the former tottenham player received. at the time the bbc apologised and said that footage was controlled by uefa. in a statement the corporation said, we apologise to anyone who was upset by the images broadcast, in stadium coverage is controlled by uefa as the host broadcaster. christian eriksen, now out of hospital of course. so the bbc receiving 6417 complaints over its decision to continue broadcasting as christian eriksen received treatment in the opening game for denmark at euro 2020. britney spears has urged a judge in los angeles to remove her father's control over her personal and financial affairs. jamie spears was granted what's known as �*conservatorship' over his daughter in 2008, because of concerns about her mental health. the singer told the court she'd been traumatised, and wanted her life back. here's sophie long.

# oh baby, baby...# she was one of the biggest stars of the early noughties. britney spears lived, loved and lost in the limelight. but for the last few years, she's been publicly silent about the arrangement her fans have been so vocal about. but via video phone, she finally told a los angeles court her side of the story. in an impassioned speech, britney spears, clearly angry and upset, said she wanted the abusive and controlling arrangement to end. she said she had been forced to take drugs so strong she felt drunk and unable to hold a conversation. she told the court, "i want my life back". i am truly shocked at what i heard about the conservatorship. i think the reality was even worse than what we suspected. but i think we were also vindicated because a lot of what was suspected turned out to be true. in response, herfather�*s lawyer read a statement on his behalf. it said...

it did little to appease the anger towards him and the other conservators outside court. they are really all in on this together, and it's part of a corrupt system that has allowed this to happen in broad daylight for 13 years. she said that she hopes they all go to jail and i hope they do as well. # you're toxic, i'm slipping under #. the star now hopes an end to the arrangement she has found so toxic could soon be in sight. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. astronomers claim to have the first convincing evidence for when the first stars and galaxies began to shine. new analysis indicates that this crucial moment, known as the cosmic dawn occurred between 250 to 350 million years after the big bang. this report by our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. the night sky is littered with stars, but when did they first begin to shine?

discovering when this critical moment known as the cosmic dawn began, has been this man's life's work. and now he has the answer. the holy grail has been to look back far enough that you would see the very first generation of stars and galaxies. we've determined their ages and that gives us the first convincing evidence of when the universe was first bathed in starlight. because we are ourselves the product of stellar evolution, in some sense we are looking at our own origins. using telescopes from across the world, the team analysed some of the most far—away galaxies. so distant they are just a few pixels on the computer screen. there are also among the earliest, seen not long after the creation of the universe. by working out their age, the team calculate the start of the cosmic dawn — when the first stars began to shine. so, what is the cosmic dawn, and why is it so important?

the universe was created 13.8 billion years ago in the big bang. after a brief flash, it entered a period known as the dark ages. then, according to the new study, 250—350 million years after the moment of creation, the first stars began to form, bringing light to the universe. and here's what happened. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas, becoming ever denser until they form stars, blazing like fireworks. this simulation is based on astronomical data, but the new results indicate that the first galaxies will be bright enough to be seen by nasa's james webb space telescope, to be launched later this year. i am so excited! why are you so excited? isn't that just fantastic? that, as humanity, a tiny little civilisation on planet earth, that we can create a telescope that we can send up into space

and peer back to the universe as it was just a couple of hundred million years after the big bang. this simulation shows just how different the very first stars were to what we see today. but these objects led to the formation of the universe as it is now, including everything and everyone on earth. we are, ultimately, made from the stars that were born at the dawn of the cosmos. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. highest temperatures today are expected to be in the north—east of england in the sunshine. there is a slice of warmer, more humid air coming into some parts of the country. that warmer air between those two weatherfronts, there. the weather front in the north, much more active — that is where we are seeing the heaviest of the rain. that's moving down across scotland. more rain to come by late afternoon across northern ireland. first weather front producing this patchy rain and drizzle, that's moving towards east anglia

and the south—east. brightening up though, especially across northern england, with some sunshine. temperatures 23 or 24 degrees. there is no football to watch today, but there is live cricket — that's on bbc two this evening. there could be one or two showers first thing in cardiff. they will soon move away though, and skies will brighten. there is a lot of dry weather to come before the next band of rain arrives. that's moving away for much of scotland, northern ireland, heading its way into wales later on in the evening, and then pushing eastwards across the eastern side of england later on in the night. it's going to be quite a warm night across england and wales, much warmer than it was last night in east anglia and the south—east. it does cool off a little bit in scotland and northern ireland — there is a northerly breeze here, and that northerly breeze will push cooler air across much of the country. we will see that rain clearing away from eastern parts of england — continuing, though, to affect southern and eastern scotland, perhaps the far north of england, northern ireland. as it brightens up across wales, the midlands and southern england, it could trigger some heavy, perhaps even thundery, showers. temperatures on the whole will be lower than today —

a noticeable change in the north—east of england, a drop of 10 degrees or more. high pollen levels today for england and wales. higher levels restricted more to wales, the midlands southwards during tomorrow. and heading into the weekend we've got quite a contrast. high pressure trying to build all the way across the atlantic to northern parts of the uk, but we keep lower pressure to the south, threatening some showers. now, on saturday the heavy, thundery showers are more likely to be the other side of the channel. a few showers breaking out, mainly the midlands, parts of wales. there still could be some patchy rain clinging to the south—east of scotland, north—east england, keeping it cooler here. but, generally, for the northern half of the uk it is dry and bright. there will be more in the way of sunshine for these areas though, i think, during sunday. as a result, it should be warmer as well. but we've got an increasing risk of catching some downpours across southern england, perhaps into wales and through the midlands. a lot of uncertainty as to how far north that rain, though, will get during sunday.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. and the prime minister holds out hope that those who've received two covid jabs, may have more freedom to head abroad. the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. tv adverts for unhealthy food are to be banned before 9pm in a bid to curb childhood obesity. ee is introducing extra charges for new customers using their mobile phones in europe from january. more than two million people in england may have had long covid — that's according to a new study. britney spears tells a us court, "i want my life back," as she battles to gain control

of her financial affairs from her father. and astronomers find evidence of the cosmic dawn — the moment when the first stars began to form. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ministers are preparing to announce the latest update to england's traffic light system for travelling abroad, and there's speculation that malta could be added to the so—called green list, with no quarantine required on returning home. that's along with the spanish balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and minorca. earlier, the prime minister hinted that in future, foreign travel without quarantine might be possible for those who've been double jabbed. business leaders are hoping the government will relax restrictions on holidays, but any changes come amid rising concern, here and abroad,

about the continuing spread, of the delta variant. here's theo legget. summer is here. travel companies and would—be holiday—makers are desperate for restrictions to be eased so people can go to more destinations abroad without facing quarantine on their return. under the so—called traffic light system in england, arrivals from green list countries don't have to go into isolation, although they do need to take a test within two days. those coming back from amber, or medium risk countries, need to isolate at home. red means high risk, and quarantine in hotels is compulsory. the government in westminster has been reviewing the system. more countries could be added to england's green list today. scotland, wales and northern ireland have previously adopted the same list. but ministers have also suggested this week that quarantine restrictions might be removed for travellers coming from amber list countries, if they've been fully vaccinated.

the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab, and, if you look at it, we have more than 60% of our population have now had two jabs, 83% have had one jab. we are really getting through it now. easing restrictions in this way would make a big difference to rachel, who lives in switzerland. her stepfather is ill in hospital, while her 81—year—old mum has also been very unwell recently. they are both in england. it would make such a big difference if we could get over to see my mum, just to give her a big hug because she's gone through so much and... yes, it has been a difficult time. save travel! people within the travel industry attended protests around the country yesterday calling for more action to protect their livelihoods. travel businesses are lobbying hard. what we need today is government being transparent with us about how

they are selecting the countries to go onto the green list on the traffic light system or not, to use the traffic light system in the way that it was intended. not everyone wants britons to travel more freely. german leader angela merkel said this week that she would like all eu nations to impose quarantine measures on people arriving from the uk to limit the spread of the so—called delta variant of covid. but politicians in tourist hotspots disagree. i can understand ms merkel�*s concern that she wants to take precaution but tourism is a vital issue for different state members, france, greece or italy, or even in spain. the government has consistently said the main goal of its international travel policy is to protect public health. but with more and more people now being fully vaccinated, pressure to ease restrictions is becoming intense. theo leggett, bbc news.

the latest coronavirus data has been released. in the last 24 hours there have been 16,703 new covid—19 cases and 21 deaths within 28 days of a positive test compared to 16,135 cases and 19 deaths reported yesterday. 0n the vaccination programme, we are being told the number of people getting their first dose, 2700 and 47, second daily dose, 2700 and 47, second daily dose, hundred and 67,000, nearly 168,000 people. 0verall, dose, hundred and 67,000, nearly 168,000 people. overall, the total first dose, more than 43.5 million people and those who have received both vaccinations almost 32 million people.

with more on this is our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. i think the interesting thing we will see is that as this tension and expectation is building up around this issue of whether travel could be opened up through double vaccinations, beneath that, my sense is that things haven't moved that much. the prime minister said it opens the opportunity potentially for travel. we see the chancellor has been out today also to talk about the fact the vaccine roll—out should give us some options but then if you listen carefully, rishi sunak said we are going through the options, seeing what we can do, that work is ongoing. it's exactly the same message we had last weekend when this subject came up. at the time, public health england was saying they were going to be looking

our uk government was going to be looking at the experience of other countries, places like israel, but that the priorities are still remained to think about protecting the uk from importing new variants and new cases of the virus, and that those examinations of the evidence would take some time so i'm not sure we are going to get much more than the immediate future today or in the coming days than an aspiration from the government to do this but we'll see what they have to say. the government is banning television adverts for unhealthy food before the nine o'clock watershed, to try to curb childhood obesity. products affected include chocolate, soft drinks and cakes. there will also be new rules on online promotions, as sarah campbell explains. turn on the tv, computer or device and currently at any time of the day punctuating popular programmes and online content are images promoting foods high

in salt, fat and sugar. difficult enough for adults to resist, but also children who might be watching. as part of its obesity strategy, the government has proposed new legislation which will restrict when, where and what foods can be advertised. what children see on ads has an immediate effect on what they prefer after seeing an ad, and then how it sets or shapes their food preferences in the long term, so if we start to just change that environment, change that exposure, perhaps we can influence children to prefer better foods. 0n television, foods considered high in fat, salt and sugar will only allowed to be advertised between 9pm and 5:30am. 0nline, companies will only be able to advertise foods defined as unhealthy on their own websites or social media pages, not paid for advertising elsewhere. but the rules only apply to businesses with 250

or more employees. the government says because smaller companies have already been hit by the pandemic. many businesses have already reformulated, ie reduced the fat, sugar or salt content of their products, and industry representatives think this further restriction will be counter—productive. everybody agrees that we need to tackle obesity in the population and in particular amongst children. the real debate should be about what measures will be effective. the industry has cooperated with the government on a never—before—seen scale in terms of reformulation. the irony of these proposals is that, if enacted, they would actually make it impossible for businesses to advertise the products which the government approves. the government says it hopes the measures will wipe billions off of the national calorie count, with the new rules planned to be in place by the end of next year. sarah campbell, bbc news.

51 people remain unaccounted for after an appartment block partially collapsed in miami in florida. it happened near miami beach in the early hours of the morning. police have confirmed one person has died, as rescuers search the rubble for survivors. 0ur correspondent beatriz diez from bbc mundo is in miami with the latest. hello. there are 51 people that are still not found. this building was located in surfside next to the north side of miami beach and the collapse was one of the wings of the building, the north wing of the building. witnesses and people in the building said it sounded like an explosion, like a bomb and they didn't know what was happening. these buildings normally go through 40—year—old renovations or certification process, they have to

do construction and this was a building that was built in 1981 and now it is 40 years later so i suppose they were doing those renovations in the building. they are also doing the 40 year certification process so there are things that are unknown and it's an ongoing investigation and they have to see what was the cause but the reality now is that workers are still trying to find these people, they were doing a list of residents to see who is missing and they don't have much information. the witnesses, they are trying to locate them and some people are trying to talk to theirfamily them and some people are trying to talk to their family members and the people they haven't been able to get in contact with yet so there still a lot of things that we don't know that remained to be seen and we have to keep an eye on what's happening. 0n to keep an eye on what's happening. on top of this, the weather is very bad today, there is a storm and you can hear the thunder in the

background so that's going to make things worse. the rescue teams are there, the miami fire department is leading the operation and we are trying to see what's happening. it's very hard to get to the area because of this big mission and so the traffic has been diverted. we are just going to be keeping an eye on everything. just going to be keeping an eye on eve hina. �* . . ., ~ just going to be keeping an eye on eve hina. �* . . . , everything. beatrice, thank you very much forjoining _ everything. beatrice, thank you very much forjoining us. _ everything. beatrice, thank you very much forjoining us. thank - everything. beatrice, thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. - scientists who've been examining the long—term effects of covid—19, are warning the potential complications of the virus, pose a major challenge for the nhs. researchers at imperial college in london, say around two million adults in england may have had what's known as long covid. here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. 42—year—old abbey robb, from london, thinks she caught covid on her way back from the netherlands in september.

what started off as hay fever—like symptoms in isolation then turned into difficulty breathing, muscle pain and swelling. months on, she's still impacted every day. i'm still struggling now, so i really have to limit every activity that i do. i need to think really carefully, do i have the energy to do this? i've had to turn down a lot of work, i need help around the house, i still am not able to really stand and cook myself a full meal. abbey's not alone. researchers surveyed 500,000 people in england. more than a third of people who reported they'd had covid went on to have at least one symptom that lasted for 12 weeks or more. the study didn't look at the severity of these symptoms but considered 29 different problems, ranging from muscle aches and chest pain, to headaches and tiredness. persistent symptoms were most common in women, older people, smokers and those living in deprived areas. researchers warn the long—term consequences could pose a major challenge for the health service.

0ur clinical colleagues are working out what the conditions they are seeing that's part of the syndrome, and it's only through getting greater understanding, more research, including actually trials of treatment, that we're really going to understand how to improve management and treatment of the condition. more than 80 long covid clinics, like this one in surrey, have been opened across england, and the government has provided £50 million for more research. the long covid clinics are great. i've onlyjust been referred and i haven't been given any proper help yet. that's nine months into my illness. it's a long journey ahead for hundreds of thousands of people like abbey, needing help to manage a condition medics still know so little about. katharine da costa, bbc news. i'm joined now by paul elliott, director of the react programme

at imperial college london. good afternoon. can you tell us more about this study?— about this study? what we did was a- roach about this study? what we did was approach over— about this study? what we did was approach over 500,000 _ about this study? what we did was approach over 500,000 people . approach over 500,000 people randomly sampled from the population and we didn't ask about long covid, we asked people about, did they think they had covid or definitely had confirmed covid, then ask them about this range of symptoms and a proportion of them had symptoms that persisted for three months or more and that's the group we are really concerned about. as your report said, the person you spoke to, it can be very debilitating. can said, the person you spoke to, it can be very debilitating.- can be very debilitating. can you rive us a can be very debilitating. can you give us a sense _ can be very debilitating. can you give us a sense of— can be very debilitating. can you give us a sense of the _ can be very debilitating. can you give us a sense of the spectrum| can be very debilitating. can you i give us a sense of the spectrum of those symptoms? they are wide ranging. those symptoms? they are wide ranauin. , . those symptoms? they are wide ranauin. ,~ ., those symptoms? they are wide ranauin. , ., ., ., ranging. they are and what we did was we allowed _ ranging. they are and what we did was we allowed the _ ranging. they are and what we did was we allowed the data - ranging. they are and what we did was we allowed the data to - ranging. they are and what we did was we allowed the data to tell i ranging. they are and what we did was we allowed the data to tell usj was we allowed the data to tell us about the patterns we were seeing and we came up with two large groups of people that had these persistent

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physical aspect of long covid, many of them talking about the mental side of things as well.— of them talking about the mental side of things as well. indeed and we actually _ side of things as well. indeed and we actually had _ side of things as well. indeed and we actually had an _ side of things as well. indeed and we actually had an open - side of things as well. indeed and | we actually had an open question, side of things as well. indeed and i we actually had an open question, as well as asking about specifics, we had an open question and certainly people were telling us that they get what they call brain fog, cognitive problems, so it is both affecting things like respiratory performance but also how people have a clear head and think as well, and that definitely came through in our study. i5 definitely came through in our stud . . . definitely came through in our stud. , , definitely came through in our stud. , ., , ., study. is there a possibility that someone might _ study. is there a possibility that someone might be _ study. is there a possibility that someone might be watching i study. is there a possibility that| someone might be watching this study. is there a possibility that i someone might be watching this who doesn't know that they've had covid but, hearing you speak, may have some of those symptoms from long covid and just never got tested or diagnosed at the time? we covid and just never got tested or diagnosed at the time?— diagnosed at the time? we did include people _ diagnosed at the time? we did include people who _ diagnosed at the time? we did include people who didn't i include people who didn't necessarily have a test and going back to the first wave, many people did not get a test so in our study

we gave people the opportunity to say, did they believe or suspect they had covid and then tell us about symptoms they think related to their covid illness. again, this was a general population sample so we were picking up the sort of people you're talking about because they had the opportunity to think about their symptoms and then to tell us about symptoms and their persistent symptoms. about symptoms and their persistent s m toms. ~ . about symptoms and their persistent s mtoms. ~ ., ., ~ symptoms. what do you think the findinus symptoms. what do you think the findings mean _ symptoms. what do you think the findings mean for _ symptoms. what do you think the findings mean for the _ symptoms. what do you think the findings mean for the health i symptoms. what do you think the i findings mean for the health service going forward?— going forward? clearly the focus on the health service, _ going forward? clearly the focus on the health service, correctly, i going forward? clearly the focus on the health service, correctly, has. the health service, correctly, has been on the acute problem on the devastating issues around covid—19 that we have all been facing but now what we are seeing is around 20% of the population probably have had covid and report that they have had covid, and a significant proportion of those people will have these longer term symptoms so it's really important that the chronic phase of

a new disease clearly needs us to focus on research and to try and discover what the basis is of these long—term debilitating illness and what the treatments might be. the headlines on bbc news: the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance — with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. tv adverts for junk food are to be banned before 9pm — in a bid to curb childhood obesity. and ee is introducing extra charges for new customers using their mobile phones in europe from january. the scottish government is facing calls to issue an official apology to mothers who were pressured

into giving up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, �*60s and �*70s. it's thought up to 60,000 women had their babies forcibly taken from them, simply because they were unmarried. some have been meeting ministers this morning, and say an apology would help to lift the sense of shame. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, has been speaking to one woman, elspeth ross, about what she went through, and the lost decades, without her son. so here we are, this is it. elspeth ross was unmarried when she became pregnant in 1962. it feels really weird, really weird. the shame was so great she was sent in secret to this house in glasgow, then a church—run mother and baby home. it's where she gave birth. this is the first time she's been back inside in 59 years. it feels strange walking

in here after all these years. it's now flats, but she goes straight to the room where she last saw her baby. this is the last place i saw my son. it's a moment she yearns for the past. just turn the clock back. when you see this room, what does it mean to you? it's horrible. it's just horrible. i saved this up for years. this was the last place you saw your baby. in that room. elspeth wouldn't see her son again for 35 years. did you give up your baby? no, he was taken, he was actually taken from my arms without telling me what was happening.

there are no official figures for how many unmarried women were forced to give up their babies for adoption in scotland in the three decades after the second world war. i feel deep sadness that in the past women were forced to give their children up for adoption. earlier this month, the first minister nicola sturgeon said she would now examine whether an apology to the birth mothers is appropriate, and today, the mothers met the scottish children's minister to discuss the idea. i have no doubt they are considering an apology and i'm in no doubt- that they are gathering information to assist them in that process. i the birth mothers were told today that the scottish government will now take evidence from more witnesses before deciding whether an inquiry or an apology should be given. duncan kennedy, bbc news.

britney spears has urged a judge in los angeles, to remove her father's control over her personal and financial affairs. jamie spears was granted what's known as conservatorship over his daughter in 2008, because of concerns about her mental health. the singer told the court she'd been traumatised, and wanted her life back. here's sophie long. # oh baby, baby...# she was one of the biggest stars of the early noughties. britney spears lived, loved and lost in the limelight. but for the last few years, she's been publicly silent about the arrangement her fans have been so vocal about. but via video phone, she finally told a los angeles court her side of the story. in an impassioned speech, britney spears, clearly angry and upset, said she wanted the abusive and controlling arrangement to end. she said she had been forced to take drugs so strong she felt drunk and unable to hold a conversation.

she told the court, "i want my life back." i'm truly shocked at what i heard about the conservatorship. i think the reality was even worse than what we suspected. but i think we were also vindicated because a lot of what was suspected turned out to be true. in response, herfather�*s lawyer read a statement on his behalf. it said... it did little to appease the anger towards him and the other conservators outside court. they're really all in on this together, and it's part of a corrupt system that has allowed this to happen in broad daylight for 13 years. she said that she hopes they all go to jail and i hope they do as well. the star now hopes an end to the arrangement she has found so toxic could soon be in sight. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. let's speak to laura snapes, the guardian's deputy music editor.

how significant is it that britney has appeared in court to talk about this so openly? i has appeared in court to talk about this so openly?— this so openly? i think it's highly significant. _ this so openly? i think it's highly significant, the _ this so openly? i think it's highly significant, the proceedings i this so openly? i think it's highly| significant, the proceedings have been locked away so far and she objected to that via a statement from her lawyer a few months ago, she said she resented her father for keeping it locked away and wanted to be more of a public matter. what keeping it locked away and wanted to be more of a public matter. what you think this case _ be more of a public matter. what you think this case it _ be more of a public matter. what you think this case it says _ be more of a public matter. what you think this case it says about - be more of a public matter. what you think this case it says about the i think this case it says about the music industry in the us and on wider scale?— music industry in the us and on wider scale? , . , , wider scale? the music industry in reneral wider scale? the music industry in general it's _ wider scale? the music industry in general it's such _ wider scale? the music industry in general it's such a _ wider scale? the music industry in general it's such a specific - general it's such a specific situation to britney spears and controlled by her father and situation to britney spears and controlled by herfather and his team he has assembled around her. i do think it is reflective of how young female pop stars are only ever seenin young female pop stars are only ever seen in terms of their commercial potential and once they are seen to have exceeded that, they are written off. you can see it and how i've

interpreted britney said she is not allowed control over her fertility and reproduction because they want her to be able to work as you can is how it seems to me —— as long as she can. how it seems to me -- as long as she can. y ., ~ , how it seems to me -- as long as she can. ~ , , how it seems to me -- as long as she can. ~ , ., can. do you think this is a move towards britney _ can. do you think this is a move towards britney wanting - can. do you think this is a move towards britney wanting to i can. do you think this is a move | towards britney wanting to begin can. do you think this is a move i towards britney wanting to begin her p0p towards britney wanting to begin her pop career again? she towards britney wanting to begin her pop career again?— pop career again? she said recently she does not _ pop career again? she said recently she does not know _ pop career again? she said recently she does not know if _ pop career again? she said recently she does not know if she _ pop career again? she said recently she does not know if she will- pop career again? she said recently she does not know if she will return to the stage. she seems to have a nice relationship and probably wants to live the life she has been denied for 13 years, everything from being able to drive her own car, being driven by her boyfriend, to what colour to paint your kitchen cabinets according to a recent new york times report. —— her kitchen cabinets. york times report. -- her kitchen cabinets. ., . ., ,,, ., , cabinets. her fatherjamie spears has been described _ cabinets. her fatherjamie spears has been described as _ cabinets. her fatherjamie spears has been described as a - cabinets. her fatherjamie spears has been described as a loving i cabinets. her fatherjamie spears l has been described as a loving and loyal father and some will say this protector and prevents exploitation. 0bviously protector and prevents exploitation. obviously the other side is that she has lost control of her life. in

2007 and 2008 you could has lost control of her life. ii 2007 and 2008 you could make that argument because her life was in danger, we saw pictures of her being wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher but she has been able to form and function at a high level form and function at a high level for the past 13 years and i don't think anybody could make that argument legitimately now. what think anybody could make that argument legitimately now. what has the su ort argument legitimately now. what has the support beam _ argument legitimately now. what has the support beam towards _ argument legitimately now. what has the support beam towards her- argument legitimately now. what has the support beam towards her own i the support beam towards her own social media? we heard from some of the fans in that piece. it social media? we heard from some of the fans in that piece.— the fans in that piece. it has been explosive- — the fans in that piece. it has been explosive. twitter _ the fans in that piece. it has been explosive. twitter said _ the fans in that piece. it has been explosive. twitter said there i the fans in that piece. it has been| explosive. twitter said there were more than 1 explosive. twitter said there were more than1 million explosive. twitter said there were more than 1 million tweets about yesterday and half of those were the hashtag freebritney. she has had support from mariah carey, justin timberlake and even piers morgan who does not typically rush to the side of female pop stars.— of female pop stars. laura, thank ou for of female pop stars. laura, thank you forjoining — of female pop stars. laura, thank you forjoining us _ of female pop stars. laura, thank you forjoining us on _ of female pop stars. laura, thank you forjoining us on bbc - of female pop stars. laura, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i members of the entertainment industry are launching legal action to force the government to hand over the results from its coronavirus pilot events scheme. the group — which includes andrew lloyd webber and the music

industry trade body live — has accused the government of "making it impossible to plan for any live entertainment business" by not sharing their findings. event organsers had expected the findings of the events and research programme to be made available last week, but publication was delayed without explanation. anton du bek is to become a judge on strictly come dancing. he'll replace bruno tonioli, who says he can't take part because of uncertainty, over international travel restrictions. anton du bek says it's a dream come true, and he promises to be kinder to the contestants, than any of the judges, have been to him. now, the weather with darren bett. there is some sunshine around today and also some wet weather, as well. we have a band of rain moving down across much of scotland, and more wet weather over northern ireland and this showery, patchy rain is moving through the midlands heading to east anglia and the southeast. it should brighten up over parts of wales and especially over northern england, some sunshine and

temperatures of 23—24 celsius. during the evening, it finally becomes drier across northern ireland and the rain leaves much of scotland and heads into wales and across the eastern side of england later in the night, as well. a warmer night for england and wales, warmer than it has been of late. for east anglia and the southeast, it does cool off a bit. in scotland and northern ireland, a northerly breeze dropping the temperatures here on friday and drawing in cool air for most of the country. that wetter weather across eastern england finally clears away but we could see more rain coming back into some southern and eastern parts of scotland and the far north of england, not farfrom northern ireland. further south, as it brightens up, that could trigger some heavy and thundery showers. for many parts of the country, it's a bit cooler.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance — with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. and the prime minister holds out hope that those who've received two covid jabs may have more

freedom to head abroad. the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. tv adverts for unhealthy food are to be banned before 9pm — in a bid to curb childhood obesity. ee is introducing extra charges for new customers using their mobile phones in europe from january. more than two million people in england may have had long covid — that's according to a new study. britney spears tells a court, "i want my life back" as she battles to gain control of her financial affairs from her father. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon, we start with f1 news because silverstone have confirmed that there will be a capacity crowd for the british grand prix next month. it's been included in

the government's event research programme. that means 140,000 spectators will be at the circuit for the race on the 18th ofjuly — it'll be the biggest crowd at a uk event since the start of the pandemic. silverstone said it would work closely with public health experts on the "specific conditions of entry". a huge relief, i'm absolutely delighted of course that there are fans up and down the land who will be leaping in the air, knowing their favourite event of the year is on. for us, as a commercial business, this is essential. it was looking incredibly bleak, we are not alone in the hospitality and entertainment world at having stared into the abyss for the last few months, and it's a blessed relief — i am delighted. the organiser is obviously pleased. however, reigning world champion lewis hamilton, who's won the british grand prix

seven times — more than any other driver — said while he's excited about the news, he's also concerned. i'm kind of split. 0ne, i'm kind of split. one, i can't say how excited i am to see people and to see the british crowds because it is the best crowd of the whole year, and obviously last year we didn't have them. to be able to see them and the energy that they bring to the weekend. 0n the second, of course i watch the news i hear about the case is going up in the uk and so on that side, i worry for people, naturally. england know who they will face next at the european championship — and it had to be germany, didn't it? their last 16 tie is at five o'clock on tuesday at wembley. now england have been back training at st george's park this morning but harry maguire wasn't with the rest of the squad. the defender started against the czech republic on tuesday night, but that was his first match in more than six weeks. the fa say he's not injured, but they are managing his workload.

but manager gareth southgate will want him in the squad for that huge match against germany next week — a fixture that, of course, has caused so much heartache for english fans over the years. look at the players, they've got quality all over the pitch, so again it's going to be a very tough test. like you said, in games like this is not necessarily about form, is about whoever is better on the night and puts in the better performance, they will have more chance of winning, and we need to make sure that we are 100% ready, and i'm sure we will be. and staying with football... uefa has announced that it will scrap the away goals rules in all european competitions from next season. it's been in place since 1965 — so chelsea will be the last team to win the champions league with the rule in place. all ties level after normal time will now go straight to extra time, rather than the team with more away goals going through. uefa president alexander ceferin

said "it's no longer appropriate for an away goal to carry more weight". andy murray has been included in britain's, 6—strong, tennis team for the tokyo 0lympics. he's won gold at the last two games — victory in rio coming in the best season of his career when he also won wimbledon, the world tour finals and finished the year as world number one. as well as defending his singles title injapan, he'll play doubles withjoe salisbury — and as expected, jamie murray hasn't made the team — and there's no cameron norrie — he's decided to focus on the tour. dan evans, neal skupski, johanna konta and heather watson are also heading for tokyo. the paralympics gb line—up includes reigning singles champion gordon reid. he'sjoined by five—time grand slam winner alfie hewett, who claimed silver at rio 2016, along with andy lapthorne, dermot bailey, jordanne whiley and lucy shuker. and staying with tennis... britain's katie swan is one win away

from the wimbledon main draw, after coming from behind to beat american caty mcnally in the second round of qualifying. she plays australian arina rodionova tomorrow for a spot in the grand slam, which starts on monday. meanwhile, in the men's draw 20—year—old anton matusevich who's ranked 454th in the world, has lost in five sets to world numnber 125 bernabe miralles of spain. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed. just bringing out some lines that has come from brandon lewis. he has met with the irish foreign minister today concerning the trade deal with the eu. brandon lewis said that he was hopeful that the eu was being flexible in their approach over chilled meats, the so—called sausage

was. he said the discussion today on areas of mutual interest, economic and security cooperation as well as ongoing recovery from the pandemic. regarding the dispute over the trade deal, he said there was no formal response yet from the european union. we need to wait and see that, some technical conversations are ongoing about that, though. borisjohnson has said there is a real opportunity to open up international travel to people who have been fully vaccinated. the government will reveal changes to england's traffic light system and possibly the rules governing each tier later. this is what the prime minister said a little earlier. i think that the real opportunity we all have now is to open up travel through the double jab, and, if you look at it, we have more than 60% of our population now have had two jabs, 83% have had one jab. we are really getting through it now. the crucial thing is come forward

and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that the summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. i don't want to cast a pall over things, but it will be different. will you be taking a holiday? what would you say to others? my plans at this stage are at the unformed stage, i'm afraid. i'm going to see how we get on and i'm certainly not ruling it in or ruling it out. i think what we need to do is get on and do our double jabs, and i do think that offers a good way forward. changes to the uk's rules on foreign travel are set to be announced later. the tourism industry is hoping more countries will be added to the list that require no quarantine on return to britain. but germany's angela merkel has suggested all eu countries should make british travellers self—isolate on arrival to slow the spread of the delta variant,

first identified in india. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been flying in europe in the past few hours and following the story — he began his trip in munich. travelling within the eu is generally much easier than travelling to and from the uk, despite the high vaccination rate in britain. today we are flying from munich to brussels. you need to fill in a form online before you travel, you need a negative test — you can show it on your phone — passport, ticket, and you are good to go. within europe, different countries have different rules about what happens when you reach your destination. at the moment, british people arriving in, say, spain, greece or portugal don't have to quarantine. but here in germany, and we are still in germany at least for the next few minutes, angela merkel has said she would like to see all brits having to quarantine this summer, that is to try to stop the spread of the delta variant

first seen in india. well, we are back in brussels and we will not have to quarantine, but if we had arrived from the uk or another red zone it would be the start of at least a week of self—isolation. travel within the eu is supposed to get even easier with the introduction of vaccine passports. they show if you've been jabbed or if you have taken a test recently, or in fact you have recovered from the virus. but with covid variants there is big uncertainty, so even if the uk government wants to ease quarantine restrictions for people coming into the uk, there is absolutely no guarantee that brits will be able to travel freely around europe this summer. it was entirely right for the royal navy destroyer hms defender to be travelling through waters off crimea yesterday. that from the prime minister today. russia claims warning shots were fired at the british ship, which the government here denies.

borisjohnson says the uk government doesn't recognise russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine, and the ship was passing through international waters. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has the latest. this is not something you see every day. a british warship in the sights — yes, the sights — of russian warplanes. i have a visual tracking light, altitude low. in all, some 20 russian aircraft flew near hms aircraft flew near hms defender as it passed close to crimea yesterday. too close, according to the russians, whose threat was explicit. if you cross the border line, i will fire. if you do not change course, i will fire. do you read me? 0ver. the coastguard vessel trying to get defender to change course say it was in russian waters. the british destroyer said, no, it was in an internationally recognised seaway. what happened is disputed. russia claimed warning shots were fired. the ministry of defence said no shots were directed

at or near defender. to russia, this was a dangerous and premeditated provocation. to the uk, an assertion of its right of navigation in what it sees as ukrainian waters. the man who ultimately ordered this mission said it was the right decision. we do not recognise the russian annexation of crimea. it was illegal. these are ukrainian waters and it was entirely right to use them to go from a to b. but the prime minister's test of russia's resolve prompted only further threats from moscow. russia's deputy foreign minister said, we can appeal to common sense and demand respect for international law. hms defender is part of the carrier strike group, currently in the mediterranean, but bound for the far east and some

say the message it delivered to moscow was designed to echo in beijing. russia is trying to determine where it is that british warships go in the black sea, and if russia gets away with that, she will start stopping other ships going where they need to and where they want to, and if russia gets away with that china is going to do the same. this fleet and the incident of crimea shows a more assertive use of military force by the uk, but it has consequences. moscow summoned the british ambassador for a telling—off and for the servicemen and women on board, the physical risks are real. james landale, bbc news. a woman has died from cervical cancer, she was wrongly not screened in scotland cervical cancer screening. scotland's cervical cancer screening programme resulted in about 430 women being wrongly told they did not need checked.

a "small number" of these women later developed cervical cancer and one has since died. all of the affected women will now be given fast—tracked appointments. scotland's public health minister maree todd said that she is "extremely sorry". i regret. iam here i regret. i am here to inform parliament of a serious problem with the scottish cervical screening programme. in december 2020, the scottish cervical screening programme. in december2020, nhs board produced a report that showed that a small number of women had developed cervical cancer following hysterectomy is carried out over 20 years ago. i am extremely sad to see that a woman has died, can i offer them my wholehearted condolences and them my wholehearted condolences and the absent assurance that this government treats this issue with utmost seriousness. the board has contacted there affected to apologise and offer further

discussions with clinicians. i know that this will be enormously distressing to them and along with many of you, they will question how it happened. that is why i am now updating parliament on what we know about the errors and how we are responding. to prevent causing undue anxiety and distress to the women involved, i have waited until the nhs has completed the first part of the national review before making a statement. marie todd speaking earlier today. the government prepares to update its foreign travel guidance — with the possibility of new quarantine—free destinations. tv adverts for junk food are to be banned before 9pm — in a bid to curb childhood obesity. and ee is introducing extra charges for new customers using their mobile phones in europe from january. complicated non—surgical beauty treatments, such

as botox and micro—needling, are being taught on the internet and via unsafe one—day courses, a bbc investigation has found. the industry is worth around £3 billion, but is almost completely unregulated — putting patients at risk. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson reports. the aesthetics industry is worth billions of pounds, from micro blading to lip fillers. but trading is mostly unregulated. some study for years, others can be qualified within hours. victoria from brentwood in essex developed painful boils after receiving botox last year. she believes her practitioner didn't have enough experience to notice complications. so painful. i couldn't sleep, because i sleep on my side or on my front, so i wake up, blood everywhere. i mean, to a point, my son wouldn't let me take him to school. i couldn't go to tesco, i couldn't go shopping, i haven't been out of my house. stories like victoria's

happening across the uk, and as demand for treatments continues to rise, so does concern for patients. a bbc three investigation sent an undercover nurse on a course which teaches students how to do non—surgical face lifts, using a needle and surgical thread. you coming to do the course today? that's right, hoping to. so far, our nurse has received five hours of training for this academy. the patients here have been offered a discount in exchange for being models. i don't know if this needle might be a bit blunt. a panel of industry experts were shown what happened next at boss babes uni in liverpool. barbaric is the word that comes to mind. i would like to have stopped this procedure now. much of the footage is too graphic to broadcast. moments earlier, this trainer had punctured a patient�*s blood vessel. there is no explanation from the tutor here as to what's going on. the patient should not

be bleeding like that. there were also serious concerns about hygiene practices. the trainer stops her work so she can post a video on social media. and at one point, one patient smokes an e—cigarette. this is a medical procedure, and it needs aseptic technique, a sterile environment, and none of the requirements have been met. despite all the concerns raised by the panel, the day ends with our undercover nurse certified to perform an nonsurgical face—lift using threads. the government acknowledges there is more to do and says the regulation of premises, products and consumer safeguards are being explored. there are fears something really serious will have to happen before

improvements are finally made. i know there has been cases of eye blindness and severe tissue loss and damage and necrosis, and that hasn't made the image industry realise that they need serious regulation. unfortunately, i think it will be something like a fatality for this, you know, for the government to recognise what a serious problem this is. botched cosmetic procedures can cause physical and mental scars. anyone considering work is encouraged to ensure they check the qualifications of their practitioner, or how long the practitioner has trained for. anna collinson, bbc news. bbc3's under the skin: the botched beauty business is available to watch on the bbc iplayer now. ea is introducing extra charges for their customers in europe from

january. anyonejoining or upgrading january. anyone joining or upgrading from january. anyonejoining or upgrading from the 7th ofjuly will be charged a flat fee of £2 a day in 47 european destinations. buckingham palace has admitted it's got to do more to increase diversity among its staff. its annual report, detailing how the public funds the monarchy, shows only 8% of its work force is from an ethnic minority. it also reveals the prince of wales continued to financially support the duke and duchess of sussex, in the months after they stood down as senior royals. nicholas witchell reports. it is the institution which stands at the pinnacle of national life. but now, for the first time, buckingham palace has conceded that it has not done enough to promote diversity within the royal household. the publication of the palace's annual report has been accompanied by remarks by a senior royal official. 0n diversity, the official said, "we are not where we would like to be despite our efforts.

both the queen and the prince of wales have embraced the principles of diversity over many years. yet only 8.5% of buckingham palace staff are from ethnic minorities. a target of 10% has now been set to be achieved by the end of next year. according to the palace, this more active approach to diversity was under way before the duke and duchess of sussex gave their us television interview in which meghan suggested she had encountered racist attitudes within the royal family. elsewhere, the palace's annual report notes that the sussexes have made a payment of £2.4 million to cover the cost of the refurbishment of frogmore cottage in windsor, which it had been intended would be their permanent home. according to the palace, this payment is also deemed to cover rent for the cottage.

harry has said he was cut off financially. speaking of refurbishment, these are the latest pictures from inside buckingham palace. it's currently in the fourth year of a ten year, £369 million refurbishment programme. the closure of the palace to visitors last summer had a detrimental effect on palace revenue, down more than £10 million. but it meant that in some areas such as the palace picture gallery, work was able to proceed without interruption. for the queen, who had herfirst face—to—face audience with the prime minister yesterday since march of last year, it should mean that the palace is ready to receive visitors again in time for her platinum jubilee next year. nicholas witchell, bbc news. astronomers claim to have the first convincing evidence for when the first stars and galaxies began to shine. new analysis indicates that this crucial moment, known as the cosmic dawn occurred between 250 to 350 million years after the big bang. this report by our science

correspondent, pallab ghosh. the night sky is littered with stars, but when did they first begin to shine? discovering when this critical moment known as the cosmic dawn began, has been this man's life's work. and now he has the answer. the holy grail has been to look back far enough that you would see the very first generation of stars and galaxies. we've determined their ages and that gives us the first convincing evidence of when the universe was first bathed in starlight. because we are ourselves the product of stellar evolution, in some sense, we are looking at our own origins. using telescopes from across the world, the team analysed some of the most far—away galaxies. so distant, they are just a few pixels on the computer screen. there are also among the earliest, seen not long after the creation of the universe. by working out their age, the team calculate the start of the cosmic dawn —

when the first stars began to shine. so, what is the cosmic dawn, and why is it so important? the universe was created 13.8 billion years ago in the big bang. after a brief flash, it entered a period known as the dark ages. then, according to the new study, 250—350 million years after the moment of creation, the first stars began to form, bringing light to the universe. and here's what happened. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas, becoming ever denser until they form stars, blazing like fireworks. this simulation is based on astronomical data, but the new results indicate that the first galaxies will be bright enough to be seen by nasa's james webb space telescope, to be launched later this year. i am so excited! why are you so excited? isn't that just fantastic?

that, as humanity, a tiny little civilisation on planet earth, that we can create a telescope that we can send up into space and peer back to the universe as it was just a couple of hundred million years after the big bang. this simulation shows just how different the very first stars were to what we see today. but these objects led to the formation of the universe as it is now, including everything and everyone on earth. we are, ultimately, made from the stars that were born at the dawn of the cosmos. 0k, clive is up at five o'clock. now, let's get the weather with darren bett. hello there. highest temperatures today are expected to be in the north—east of england in the sunshine. are expected to be in the north—east there is a slice of warmer, more humid air coming into some parts of the country. that warmer air between those two weatherfronts, there. the weather front in the north,

much more active — that is where we are seeing the heaviest of the rain. that's moving down across scotland. more rain to come by late afternoon across northern ireland. first weather front producing this patchy rain and drizzle, that's moving towards east anglia and the south—east. brightening up though, especially across northern england, with some sunshine. temperatures 23 or 24 degrees. there is no football to watch today, but there is live cricket — that's on bbc two this evening. there could be one or two showers first thing in cardiff. they will soon move away though, and skies will brighten. there is a lot of dry weather to come before the next band of rain arrives. that's moving away for much of scotland, northern ireland, heading its way into wales later on in the evening, and then pushing eastwards across the eastern side of england later on in the night. it's going to be quite a warm night across england and wales, much warmer than it was last night in east anglia and the south—east. it does cool off a little bit in scotland and northern ireland — there is a northerly breeze here, and that northerly breeze will push cooler air across much of the country. we will see that rain clearing away from eastern parts of england — continuing, though, to affect southern and eastern scotland, perhaps the far north of england, northern ireland.

as it brightens up across wales, the midlands and southern england, it could trigger some heavy, perhaps even thundery, showers. temperatures on the whole will be lower than today — a noticeable change in the north—east of england, a drop of 10 degrees or more. high pollen levels today for england and wales. higher levels restricted more to wales, the midlands southwards during tomorrow. and heading into the weekend, we've got quite a contrast. high pressure trying to build all the way across the atlantic to northern parts of the uk, but we keep lower pressure to the south, threatening some showers. now, on saturday, the heavy, thundery showers are more likely to be the other side of the channel. a few showers breaking out, mainly the midlands, parts of wales. there still could be some patchy rain clinging to the south—east of scotland, north—east england, keeping it cooler here. but, generally, for the northern half of the uk, it is dry and bright. there will be more in the way of sunshine for these areas though, i think, during sunday. as a result, it should be warmer as well. but we've got an increasing risk of catching some downpours across southern england, perhaps into wales and through the midlands. a lot of uncertainty as to how far

north that rain, though, will get during sunday.

this is bbc news. the headlines... an update to international travel guidance is being prepared by ministers, with the possibly more quarantine—free destinations. meanwhile borisjohnson hints at hope for foreign travel, for those with two vaccine jabs. the crucial thing is come forward and get your second jab. now, i'm not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer. an announcement is expected in the next hour, amid speculation that malta and the balearic islands could be moved onto the green list. the phone operator, ee, is to charge british customers for using their mobiles in eu countries, despite saying it had no plans to do so after brexit. tv adverts for unhealthy food are to be banned before 9pm in a bid

to curb childhood obesity.