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from that zone. we could see temperatures 22—23 degrees. it will feel pleasant out there. these showers and thunderstorms in central and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. and eastern areas rumble on and then clearaway. it and eastern areas rumble on and then clear away. it turns drier tonight but this new area of low pressure pushes in, that will bring cloud, rain and wind, temperatures will start to lift as well across southern and western areas by the end of the night but it is all change for thursday, friday into the weekend, we have low pressure sweeping in. it will bring more unsettled conditions. it will turn windier as well. here is the culprit. this area of low pressure, more isobars on the chart as you see hence the winds, only slowly moving eastwards during thursday, bumping into the area of high pressure. it means central and eastern areas staying dry. the cloud picks up and a band of rain spreads eastwards through the day, some could be heavy and thundery, that will be followed

by sunshine and blustery heavy showers across more southern and western area, so that will impact the temperatures, probably the high teens for many. we could see 20—21 in the east. as we head into friday, low pressure is slap bang on top of us, bringing windy showery condition, this running in across the south of the country friday into saturday, bringing more rain, so it is going to be a pretty uncelticled outlook for august, friday into the weekend. it won't be raining all the time everywhere, there will be some sunshine, as you can see here, but some the downpours could be heavy, thundery could gif rise to flooding. signs it is turning less surery by sunday but these temperatures are a little below par for the time of year. that it is from me. a reminder of our top story. there it is. that is what we needed.

this place has erupted for her. sky brown becomes britain's youngest olympic medallist. winning a bronze. and britain's hannah mills becomes the most successful ever woman olympic sailor, winning gold, in the 4—70 class, alongside eilidh mcintyre. there are more medal hopes in the equestrian vents but it is not looking good for katarina johnson—thompson who has just pulled up johnson—thompson who has just pulled up in the 200 metres, but that is it. goodbye from me. now let usjoin our news teams where you are. hello, i'mjane dougall with your latest sports news. celebrations for team gb after wining four medals on day 12 of the olympics. hannah mills becomes the most

successful female olympic sailor of all time after she won gold along with eilidh mcintyre in the a70 class. the pairfinished fifth in the medal race, but their earlier performances were enough to secures mills' third gold in three games. gb now have five sailing medals in tokyo, including three golds. it is mad, absolutely mad. growing up, obviously a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on top of the podium and to do it twice with saskia before and eilidh this time, i have had two incredible crews to sail with and i feel really lucky. the support back home has been unreal, so thank you, everyone. sky brown has made history of her own too, becoming team gb�*s youngest ever olympic medal winner of all time, aged 13 and 28 days. brown produced a composed final run to finish third in the women's park skateboarding final and claim bronze.

hosts japan got the gold and silver as the sport made its olympic debut. it's incredible. i mean, it feels unreal! i'm so happy to be here with sakura and kokona. all the girls were ripping it, it was insane. it was a super sick final and qualifier, semifinals. it was insane. ben whittaker said he was disappointed after losing in the gold medal light heavyweight match, but the british boxer walked away with a silver medal. cuba's arlen lopez was the winner in the gold medal match, landing more punches than whittaker. the brit is from wolverhampton and had said if he won gold he wanted to become the new mayor — that won't be happening now, unfortunately. well, earlier frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer's

eye opened up again by his opponent, the uzbekistan six foot eight giant. but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said, "it was not the fairytale i wanted but i'm proud of myself". reigning world champion katarina johnson—thompson is in fifth place after three events in the women's heptathlon. she looks like she could be in trouble after a leg injury in the 200 metres. she won her hate for the 100 metre hurdles but did not perform as well in the high jump, clearing 1.86 metres. —— she won her heat. the shot put went better than expected with a throw over 13 metres. she has just pulled she hasjust pulled up limping in the 200 metres, we will get you more details when they come in. and laura muir is into the final of the 1500 metres, as she aims for her first major medal.

the scot was second in her semifinal behind sifan hassan of the netherlands, but team—mate katie snowden finished ninth in hers and failed to qualify. despite being the fastest briton over 800m going into the games, muir has opted to focus on the 1500m. after winning silver in the men's team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are through to the quarter—finals of the individual sprint. kenny, who's the defending champion and going for a seventh gold medal, beat yuta wakimoto of japan to reach the last eight. and carlinjoined him there soon afterwards, outpacing muhammad sahrom of malaysia. the quarter—finals get under wayjust before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. in the women's keirin, team gb�*s katy marchant made it through to the quarter—finals at the second time of asking. she had to race again in the repechage, after being relegated from her first round heat for a technical infringement. players from all 20 premier league clubs say they'll continue to take the knee next season as a symbol of their "unity against all forms of racism". a "no room for racism" sleeve badge

will also be worn by players and match officials. the premier league say they "wholeheartedly support" the decision. the opening game of the new season takes place next friday, with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenal. away from the olympics — the first test between england and india is under way this morning at trent bridge. england are notably without ben stokes. india have made a very good start — rory burns has gone for a duck, bowled byjasprit bumrah in the first over. england are 42—1. that's all the sport for now. more information on all those stories on the bbc sport website. welcome back and let's stay with the olympics. and after that new record by 13—year—old team gb skateboarder sky brown, who took bronze, nesta mcgregor has been at the xc skateboarding park in hemel hempstead. these olympics are not over yet, but all eyes are already in paris in 202a. like you said, sky brown,

13 years of age, britain's youngest ever athlete and youngest ever medallist as well at 13 years of age. looking to replicate and follow in her footsteps are two 13—year—olds who are very, very highly rated, miriam and lola who finished second and third in the uk nationals as well and will be looking to make it to paris in a few years. miriam, you stayed up all night to watch sky's performance. firstly, how tired are you and what did you make of the performance? i'm not that tired, but the performance was amazing. it was so exciting. watching sky fail her first two runs was very scary but then in the end she landed it perfectly. and you could have chosen many sports to participate in. what is it about skateboarding that you love so much? just the freedom and it is so fun and there is creativity and the community is amazing.

and lola, yourself, you came second in the national championships and does seeing sky brown achieve what she achieved, a bronze yes, definitely. medal, make your dream a bit more realistic? yes, definitely. it makes me want to do the olympics, watching her, and it is really cool. and we saw sky fall over twice and there was a lot of pressure on that third run. it may be a position that you would have been in yourself, how difficult it is knowing you have fallen twice and you have one more shot. it is quite a lot of pressure and i know her feeling, it is quite scary, but she managed to put it all together and land it and it was really cool and we were all, like, cheering for her and it was such a relief. ok, and you are watching sky now in awe, but in paris you want to be competing against her, don't you? yes, hopefully. no worries, we will leave you guys to go and have a practice. also with us is alex. alex, you are part of team gb, narrowly missed out on qualifying for the olympics.

just how high is the standard in the uk? the standard in the uk is very high. as the facilities are getting better, it keeps going up and up, so hopefully for the next olympics we will see more uk skaters in there. there was a lot of controversy about skateboarding becoming an olympic sport. there were the purists who didn't want it to happen because it might lose its sense of community and that it is not about competition. do you think that might have changed now? well, i think it has definitely changed a little bit, it is getting more accepted and at first skateboarders love... change is always is a bit scary, and skateboarding is not really about medals and that kind of thing, like you say, but if it brings more awareness to the sport, better facilities and more acceptance of skateboarding in the wider public, then that is all positive things. and we have seen some really young people in the competition.

does that mean if you are old you cannot skateboard? no, but as you get bigger, it definitely gets a bit further to fall, as it were. but yes, young people do have an advantage size wise i guess and not as easy to hurt yourself and you heal quicker and stuff, but you are still seeing people like rune glifberg in the men's park tonight. he is in his 40s, still absolutely top of his game, so it is not the children, the younger skaters necessarily winning the men's park and stuff, so it is going to be exciting to watch it tonight. yes, and sky brown, the next superstar? someone who can really take skating to the next level? yes, she is doing her thing and she is very talented, so hopefully she's going to keep improving and keep getting better and she is so young, so there is a lot of time for her which is awesome. yes, we spoke to lola and miriam about paris 2024, is that the dream as well? yes, it would be nice.

as you said before, narrowly missed the cut this time, which was a bit disappointing, but the next one is only three years away, so if i'm still on top of my game then, hopefully i will get another chance. borisjohnson is setting off on a two—day visit to scotland today. but he's declined an invitation to meet the first minister, nicola sturgeon, for talks. she had invited the prime minister to her official residence to discuss recovery after the pandemic. mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with the first ministers of other devolved nations at a later date instead. nicola sturgeon has been speaking about the prime minister's visit. ido i do not feel snubbed, i think most people would think it is a bit odd and strange that we have eight prime minister visiting scotland who talks a lot, rightly, about the need,

despite our political differences, to work together when we can on it getting through covid and anti—covid recovery, but does not take opportunity when in scotland to talk to me directly about how we might cooperate and work together, i think people will just find cooperate and work together, i think people willjust find that cooperate and work together, i think people will just find that the strange. and it is for borisjohnson to explain, i suppose, why... strange. and it is for borisjohnson to explain, isuppose, why... this would have been the first opportunity given covid to sit down perfectly, socially distilled, and have a face—to—face chat and i think it would have been a good opportunity. i was getting ready to welcome him to bute house today, there are lots that borisjohnson and ifundamentally there are lots that borisjohnson and i fundamentally disagree on, there are lots that borisjohnson and ifundamentally disagree on, but we both lead governments that are trying to get our countries through covid, and so there is a lot for us to cooperate on. missed opportunity, but that is on him. i stand ready to work with whoever, however i can, to get scotland through covid and into recovery. get scotland through covid and into recove . . ., . get scotland through covid and into recove . _, ., ,, .,

the government's vaccination committee is set to recommend that all 16 and 17—year—olds should be given a covid jab. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. about 1.4 million teenagers would be included in the new roll—out. some countries, including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. joining me now is professor beate kampmann, director of the vaccine centre at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. very good to have you with us, professor. as i said, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation had not recommended this roll—out to 16 and 17—year—olds last month, so i wondered if you could give us a sense of what might have changed in the intervening period?

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right age group to include, given educational opportunities for this particular age group that are coming up particular age group that are coming up and also that social networks. 50 are you suggesting we should go further and vaccinate all children over the age of 12, which, as you say, some of the countries are already doing?— say, some of the countries are already doing? yes, i think it is one step at _ already doing? yes, i think it is one step at a — already doing? yes, i think it is one step at a time, _ already doing? yes, i think it is one step at a time, because i already doing? yes, i think it is. one step at a time, because also already doing? yes, i think it is i one step at a time, because also the roll—out to younger children, or to teenagers, will take some logistic considerations and i think it is right to do this in a sort of what we would call a de—escalation at step and go for the 16 to 17—year—olds might make good sense because looking at the data from the office for national statistics that were published recently, only about 15%, sorry 50% of the 16 and 17—year—olds have been found to have antibodies in at that survey, so there's clearly a need for that age group to now be vaccinated as a

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although it will also protect them from covid and possibly the smaller fraction of people who might be getting along covid, it is essentially another manoeuvre to cut through transmission chains within the uk. -- through transmission chains within the uk. —— who might be getting long covid. we give vaccines against rubella, hpv, to protect other people, notjust the ones getting the vaccine, so it is not entirely new, but i think we need to engage with the teenage population at a level they find helpful to figure out how they want to deal with this offer and of course surveillance needs to continue. you offer and of course surveillance needs to continue.— offer and of course surveillance needs to continue. you did mention a loaistics needs to continue. you did mention a logistics put — needs to continue. you did mention a logistics put uo _ needs to continue. you did mention a logistics put up a _ needs to continue. you did mention a logistics put up a couple _ needs to continue. you did mention a logistics put up a couple of _ needs to continue. you did mention a logistics put up a couple of final- logistics put up a couple of final questions about that. first, has britain got sufficient vaccine to extend its programme in the way that is being discussed? also, is there an issue about offering vaccines to this age group when so many people in it so many different parts of the world have not even had access to a

first vaccine?— first vaccine? you are absolutely riaht first vaccine? you are absolutely ri . ht and first vaccine? you are absolutely right and i'm _ first vaccine? you are absolutely right and i'm speaking _ first vaccine? you are absolutely right and i'm speaking to - first vaccine? you are absolutely right and i'm speaking to you i first vaccine? you are absolutely l right and i'm speaking to you from west africa today and we are just about managing to get vaccines to the 20% most vulnerable people in society over here and africa remains usually under vaccinated and it is a massive issue and covax has made strides in the last few weeks to get vaccines out to africa. with talking about 1.4 million teenagers here. giving the 1.4 million to the rest of the world will not solve the massive problem of under resourced vaccination in a low and middle—income countries and this is really an important discussion that needs to be had at all levels and i believe the vaccine supplies in the uk are usually sufficient that including this teenage population, but we must continue the international efforts to get vaccines to other populations out as quickly as possible and ultimately, we need more vaccine manufacturing and many more countries in the

world. ., , and many more countries in the world. ., ., ., ~ and many more countries in the world. ., ., .,~ ., world. professor, good to talk to ou. world. professor, good to talk to you- thanks _ world. professor, good to talk to you- thanks so — world. professor, good to talk to you. thanks so much. _ world. professor, good to talk to you. thanks so much. thank i world. professor, good to talk to | you. thanks so much. thank you. if you've got any questions about vaccines for under 18s, the roll—out, and how it might work, we'd love to hear from you. at 2:30pm we'll put them to our health correspondentjim reed. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. the headlines on bbc news: there is the kick flip indie, that is what we needed! in tokyo, team gb�*s sky brown, just 13 years old, becomes britain's youngest ever olympic medallist. team gb�*s hannah mills becomes the most successful ever

woman olympic sailor, winning gold in the 470 class, alongside eilidh mcintyre. jabs for teenagers — more than a million could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. exactly a year ago, lebanon witnessed a blast which experts say was one of the biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died and thousands were injured after a port's warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, the families of the victims are still looking for closure, and for those responsible to be held to account. bbc arabic�*s carine torbey reports. one year has passed since the apocalypse and beirut is still assessing the impact.

the port area where an unknown quantity of ammonium nitrate exploded stands in ruins. one year after the explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner and it is kept here at the port. names of the victims fill the walls surrounding the area that some here call the crime scene. their families still don't have answers for what happened that day and why. thejudge investigating the port explosion wants to summon high—ranking politicians and security officers for interrogation. so far he hasn't been able to do so. most of them have legal immunity. this protest is part of a movement by relatives of the victims of the blast to press the authorities to allow the judge

to interrogate politicians and security officials. they say they will fight to the end for those responsible to be held to account. annie lost her 29—year—old daughter, gaya, in the blast. if they are innocent, they can go to the court and say, these are my, you know, and since they are hiding themselves and hiding the covering on each other, it means they all of them, they have a kind of responsibility in this. for some of the victims, the pain of that day lingers. this man almost lost his leg in the explosion. he has been undergoing one surgery after another since then. translation: sometimes my kids ask . me to play with them and i cannot. i it is very hard.

but i try to not let them feel my pain. i try my best. i stand on one leg and go and play with them. i try to let them not hate lebanon for what happened to me. the port explosion has been another painful symbol of the decay in the system. the country was already facing its deepest financial and economic crisis. more than half the population is living in poverty, amid crippling shortages of medicine, fuel and electricity. the destruction of huge parts of the port and neighbouring areas plunged the country into misery. you are watching bbc news. some good

news from tokyo. team gb has won another cold. great britain's ben maher has won the gold medal in the showjumping individualfinal at the showjumping individual final at the tokyo showjumping individualfinal at the tokyo olympics. that news just enter us that ben maher has just won the gold medal in the showjumping individualfinal at the gold medal in the showjumping individual final at the tokyo olympics. more in the sports bulletin coming up. the oxford coronavirus vaccine co—creator, professor dame sarah gilbert, has been honoured with a barbie doll from the toy company mattel. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is now the most widely used around the world, with doses sent to more than 170 countries. ramzan karmali has the details. a barbie doll with a difference. this one is modelled on the scientist professor dame sarah gilbert. she's the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. although she finds the concept of a barbie doll created in her likeness strange, she hopes it will inspire girls to think about a career in science.

i hope that my barbie doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing they're also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour. so where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. mattel also agreed with dame sarah to make a financial donation to a non—profit organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. ramzan karmali, bbc news. now, it turns out it's notjust humans who can stage a pitch invasion.

this was the moment a cat interrupted play at the new york yankees stadium — the cat, who is yet to be identified, deftly weaved its way across the field, much to the amusement of the crowd and the players. staff had a tough time catching the animal, who seemed to enjoy evading them. potential olympic champion at there. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. much like the last few days, i think a lot of us will see dry and sunny weather today, a lot of us will see dry and sunny weathertoday, but a lot of us will see dry and sunny weather today, but there will be a sham clouds bubbling up, particularly across central and northern parts of the uk and i will continue to give rise to heavy showers, thunderstorms, may be localised flooding in places. this weather front is bringing localised flooding in places. this weatherfront is bringing more localised flooding in places. this weather front is bringing more cloud to the rest of the uk, this area of low pressure will arrive thursday,

friday, into the weekend, turning things very unsettled. we have these showers and thunderstorms across central areas which will fade this evening and in many places turn drier but we will see the influence of this new area of low pressure sweeping into the west and wings will pick up. damages will also be writing as well. for the end of the week, a lot more unsettled. —— temperatures will be rising. also some some turnaround, not a complete wash—out each day. you can see an unsettled picture for the end of the week, temperatures a little below the seasonal average. hurdles, a bit lower down than her usual height on the high jump, hurdles, a bit lower down than her usual height on the highjump, and then a decent shot but as well. she is a very fast athlete, ordinarily she would be going on one of the final heats but she has not raced yet over 200 metres this year. let's look with steve cram now. commentator: watching with a keen

eye as katarina johnson—thompson moves that and seems to be moving quick. schaefer on the inside as we expected. oh, no! oh, katarina johnson—thompson, it all comes crashing down, and that achilles has been her own doing in the 200 metres it ends in heptathlon for katarina johnson—thompson. noorvidts, a johnson—thompson. noor vidts, a smile johnson—thompson. noorvidts, a smile from heresy crosses the line but not the main story of the i don't feel snubbed. i think most people think it's a bit odd and a bit strange that we have got a prime minister visiting scotland, who talks a lot rightly about the need, despite our political differences, for us to work together where we can on getting through covid—19 and getting into covid recovery but doesn't take the opportunity when in scotland to come and talk to me directly about how we might cooperate and work together. i think people will just find cooperate and work together. i think people willjust find that cooperate and work together. i think people will just find that strange and it is for borisjohnson to explain why. this is the first opportunity given covid is to sit down socially distance and have a face—to—face chat and i think it would have been a good opportunity. i was getting ready to welcome him to bute house today. there is a lot that boris johnson to bute house today. there is a lot that borisjohnson and i fundamentally disagree on but we both need governments that are trying to get the country through

covid and so there is a lot for us to cooperate on. a missed opportunity but that is on him. this is bbc news. the headlines... in tokyo, team gb�*s sky brown, just 13 years old, becomes britain's youngest ever olympic medallist winning bronze in skateboarding. that's what we needed. this place has erupted for her. she took bronze, the first ever medal in the skatepark for great britain at any olympic games. team gb�*s hannah mills becomes the most successful ever woman olympic sailor, winning gold, in the 4—70 class, alongside aylie mcintyre. it's been one of the hardest weeks of my life, i am sure for eilidh as well. just every day, feeling sick, not being able to eat, just nerves building up, and yeah, the emotion ofjust — we've done it. it's over, we've done what we came here to do. jabs for teenagers... more than a million could soon be eligible, for a covid vaccine. jabs for teenagers... more than a million could soon be eligible, for a covid vaccine. borisjohnson is to begin a two—day visit to scotland later, and is expected to meet police officers and visit renewable energy projects. he will not, however, meet nicola sturgeon for talks, which she says she would have welcomed. a missed opportunity but that's on him. i stand ready to work with whoever, however i can to get scotland through covid and into recovery. wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes.

and coming up this hour, professor barbie, the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll, alongside five other women working in science, technology, engineering and maths. good afternoon. team gb are racking up the medals in tokyo at the olympics, and the success is across a wide range of sports. in the last few minutes, ben meher has secured individual showjumping gold on his horse, explosion w. history was made in the skate park with skye brown who's just 13, taking britain's first ever skateboarding medal,

and securing her place as the country's youngest ever olympic medallist. and there was a gold in sailing for hannah mills and aylie mcintyre, winning the 4—70 class, making mills the most successful female olympic sailor of all—time, after a gold in rio, and a silver at london 2012. there were two more boxing medals, with ben whittaker taking silver in the light heavyweight category and frazer clarke claiming bronze in the men's super—heavyweight division. and the reigning heptathlon world champion, katarina johnson—thompson, has made a mixed start to her olympic campaign, lying fifth, after three events. with a full round up of all the action, natalie pirks reports from tokyo. she has already left her young life in the spotlight. that she has already left her young life in the spotlight.— in the spotlight. at 13 years of are. .. in the spotlight. at 13 years of age- -- but _ in the spotlight. at 13 years of age... but for—

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tears flowed, the camaraderie was clear, friends and teenage girls living out a dream. jts clear, friends and teenage girls living out a dream.— clear, friends and teenage girls living out a dream. its so called because i _ living out a dream. its so called because i got — living out a dream. its so called because i got to _ living out a dream. its so called because i got to be _ living out a dream. its so called because i got to be with - living out a dream. its so called because i got to be with my i living out a dream. its so called i because i got to be with my friends and being in tokyo and eating my favourite food and spending time in the village, this is honestly one of my best memories. ska; the village, this is honestly one of my best memories.— my best memories. sky says she wanted to come _ my best memories. sky says she wanted to come here _ my best memories. sky says she wanted to come here and - my best memories. sky says she wanted to come here and inspire j wanted to come here and inspire girls around the britain's youngest ever medallist did all of that and so much more. she was born injapan to men and her british dad stew. we said if you want to give it a go, we are skateboard gb, we don't have much resource, we don't have much capacity, but we would be absolutely honoured to help you in that journey in any way we can. who knew that she would be

an olympian and a bronze medallist? when i filmed with her in la in 2019, she had her head and heart firmly set on her olympic dream. but it almost didn't happen when last year she fell 15 feet while her dad was filming. she was airlifted to hospital with skull fractures and broken bones with doctors saying her helmet saved her life. every time she goes. in the air i flinch and i can't watch it, myl wife can't watch it. you are an amazing skater and olympics doesn't define you. the fact that you are going for. it is what skateboarding is about. it is not about holding back, it is about going for it, that is what sky is i about. she went for it and she got it. her aim is now to qualify for paris in three years' time in both skateboarding and surfing. don't believe her? just watch. team gb�*s sailors have claimed another gold medal. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre won the women's 470 class. their victory takes the overall gold tally for britain to 14.

andy swiss reports. sailing to glory, and jumping forjoy. a golden day for hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre. and for mills, it was also an historic one. they had begun their final race with a title in their sights. all they had to do was finish the top seven and they were soon up into second place. by the final buoy, they had dropped back to fifth, but they held their nerve, and held on for victory. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in. sinking in, so did they. mcintyre had emulated herfather mike who won sailing gold in 1988, while for mills there was a place in the record place with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. it is mad. it is absolutely mad. growing up, you know, i obviously like, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on the podium and to do it twice, with saskia before

and eilidh this time, i have had two incredible crews to sail with, and ijust feel really lucky. and thousands of miles away at cardiff bay yacht club, the celebrations could also begin. for the family, particularly her parents, it was just as special. i was so relieved for them both, they have worked so hard, they have tried every different approach to tactics, communication and anything else they possibly could to give them that extra little edge, it was just, just amazing, absolutely amazing. but elsewhere gold proved agonisingly out of reach. in the boxing, ben whittaker had to settle for silver after losing his light heavyweight final and his disappointment was all too clear. at the presentation he couldn't even face putting his medal on. coming second, it seems, was precious little consolation. i just want to say to everyone,

i don't want to look like a baby, or a spoilt brat, but, ijust am so upset i didn't win the gold, to me i feel like i have lost the gold, i can't celebrate a silverjust yet. meanwhile in the superheavyweight category frazer clark's hopes of gold were ended by a nasty cut in his semifinal. but for the man who just missed out on a place at the last two games, bronze was worth the wait. and it is the best the women's hockey team can hope for, after their reign as olympic champions came to an end, the netherlands beating them 5—1 in the semifinal. in the athletic, katarina johnson—thompson began her quest for heptathlon gold. after an excellent start in the hurdles but a slightly disappointing highjump she was in third place after the first two events. once again, though, the stand out performance came in the 400 metres hurdles after warholm smashed the men's world record yet, america's sydney mcloughlin did the same to the women's. it's mcloughlin's title,

and a new world record. two new records in just 24 hours, the hurdles it seems are proving no barrier to brilliance. andy swiss, bbc news. more than a million teenagers could soon be offered a covid vaccine. it's understood thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, is to recommend that 16 and 17 year olds are given the jab. at the moment, only under 18s with underlying health conditions or living with someone vulnerable, qualify for the vaccine. here'sjim reed. 46 million adults have already received a covid vaccine. now the jab is set to be routinely offered to under 18s for the first time. scientists on thejcvi are expected to recommend that all 16 and 17—year—olds should be next in line. throughout the pandemic we have listened to thejcvi, and we have

adopted their recommendations because they are the experts, so all i can say at this stage, i am afraid, is that it is imminent and people will get clarity very soon. olly is one of a small number of 17—year—olds who have already been jabbed. he has been volunteering in bolton a&e through the pandemic, so qualified as a health care worker. 16, 17—year—olds have had such a big social life and quite a lot of us have been going out quite a lot, and you know, there's a lot people as well who aren't wearing masks at the moment, so i think it is really important to be jabbed because it reduces transmission, and also if you get covid you don't know how bad you're going to have it. some people are more affected or less affected than others, and you wouldn't want to be one of the ones who is really badly affected. but this decision wasn't straight forward. the statistics show under 18s are far less likely to get seriously sick with covid, and while side effects such as inflamed heart tissue are very rare, they do exist. i think it's the right thing

to start extending vaccination down into older teenagers. we know that they have a very high rate of infection, and if you look at where the infection is currently flourishing within society, it's largely in those younger age groups. i mean, there is a balance, obviously, between the potential side effects and the damage that covid can do. other countries, including the us and france, have gone further, and already offerjabs to all children over 12. a similar move in this country looks unlikely for the moment. the recommendation to extend the jab roll out to those 16 and 17—year—olds will need to be signed off by ministers in all four nations of the uk. after that happens, we could see appointments offered in just two weeks' time. jim reed, bbc news. new research suggests most children who become ill with covid, recover within a week,

and long—term symptoms are rare. scientists from king's college london say they're "reassured," that the number of young people who experience prolonged illness, is low. here's our health correspondent, anna collinson. a joker and a daredevil. that's how arlo's mum describes him. but a few weeks ago, he became poorly after testing positive for coronavirus. there was definitely a point where, you know, i did wonder how this might continue in terms of symptoms, with it's kind of get increasingly worse? it's definitely an element of the unknown, which is slightly unsettling as a parent. is that high enough? no, i want higher. but within a week, arlo's cough and runny nose was gone and he was back to his normal self. new research suggests that recovery time is typical for most children with few experiencing long—term symptoms. the study looked at more than 1700

children who were reported to have developed symptoms and had tested positive for covid—19. it found fewer than one in 20 experienced symptoms for four weeks or more and just one in 50 had symptoms for more than eight weeks. the most common issues were headaches and tiredness. can children have prolonged illness after covid—19? yes, they can but it is not common and most of these children get better with time. children can have prolonged symptoms from other illnesses as well and an important take—home message is we need to be looking after all children who have contracted illness duration. scientists hope their findings will reassure families whilst also validating those who have experienced prolonged illness like valentina's to children. she runs a long covid support group and thinks their continuous cough for three months could be a long—term symptom following the infection. we haven't been seen at that time

by specialists to identify that this is covid—19 related but we can't really define whether they had long covid but based on my own experiences and families that i have contacted with, it is very much likely that they had it. specialist centres have been set up to help those living with the long—term effects of the virus. anyone concerned about a child is advised to contact their gp. new figures from the office for national statistics, show more than 9 in 10 adults in the uk, now have antibodies against coronavirus. roughly 93% of adults tested by the ons during the week to the 18th ofjuly, had covid antibodies, up slightly from 92% the previous fortnight. antibodies are evidence of a past infection with covid, or of having received at least one dose of vaccine. if you've got any questions about vaccines for under 18s,

the rollout, and how it might work, we'd love to hear from you. at 2:30pm, we'll put them to our health correspondentjim reed. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk the headlines on bbc news... youngest ever olympic medallist. team gb�*s hannah mills becomes the most successful ever woman olympic sailor, winning gold, in the 4—70 class, alongside aylie mcintyre. jabs for teenagers... more than a million could soon be eligible, for a covid vaccine. borisjohnson is setting off on a two—day visit to scotland today.

but he's declined an invitation to meet the first minister, nicola sturgeon, for talks. she had invited the prime minister to her official residence to discuss recovery after the pandemic. mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with the first ministers of other devolved nations at a later date instead. nicola sturgeon has been speaking about the prime minister's visit... i don't feel snubbed. i think most people think it's a bit odd and a bit strange that we have got a prime minister visiting scotland, who talks a lot rightly about the need, despite our political differences, for us to work together where we can on getting through covid—19 and getting into covid recovery but doesn't take the opportunity when in scotland to come and talk to me directly about how we might cooperate and work together. i think people willjust find that strange and it is for borisjohnson to explain why. this is the first opportunity given covid is to sit down socially

distance and have a face—to—face chat and i think it would have been a good opportunity. i was getting ready to welcome him to bute house today. there is a lot that borisjohnson and i fundamentally disagree on but we both lead governments that are trying to get the country through covid and so there is a lot for us to cooperate on. a missed opportunity but that is on him. i stand ready to work with whoever i can, however i can to get scotland through covid and into recovery. tony bonsignore is our political correspondent. hejoins us now. tony, nicola sturgeon says it is a bit odd that she is not meeting borisjohnson. is this a smug? she is not meeting boris johnson. is this a smug?— this a smug? what i think it is is re this a smug? what i think it is is pretty clever _ this a smug? what i think it is is pretty clever politics _ this a smug? what i think it is is pretty clever politics on - this a smug? what i think it is is pretty clever politics on the i this a smug? what i think it is is pretty clever politics on the part | pretty clever politics on the part of the snp. on monday they made a public invitation, come and talk to me when you are in scotland, and

that really left borisjohnson with a couple of options. either he did, he went to meet her, and then the dangerfor the prime he went to meet her, and then the danger for the prime minister he went to meet her, and then the dangerfor the prime minister and danger for the prime minister and for the dangerfor the prime minister and for the government is the pictures are then of nicola sturgeon looking like a great statesman having a foreign dignitary meeting her in bute house all he declined the invitation, which he did, and then the accusation is that he is not taking it seriously and being petty and there are more important things to talk about. borisjohnson did try to talk about. borisjohnson did try to get around this in his response by saying, yes, we should talk about in a structured way with other first ministers to try and talk about the covid—19 recovery but as you heard there from nicola sturgeon, it wasn't enough to stop her being able to make that accusation. in the general scheme of things, this isn't a big deal. but the snp will be using this as a little victory. thank you. i'm just being told that

we are going to have a covid—19 briefing from the government at 3:30pm this afternoon. you're viewing that viewing with me. it will be with some familiar names. that's briefing will be live on government channels at 3:30pm. i'm sure here on the bbc news channel as well, so stay with us for that. exactly a year ago, lebanon witnessed a blast which experts say was one of the biggest non—nuclear explosions in history. over 200 people died and thousands were injured, after a port's warehouse storing ammonium nitrate exploded. a year on, the families of the victims are still looking for closure, and for those responsible to be held to account. bbc arabic�*s carine torbey reports.

one year has passed since the apocalypse and beirut is still assessing the impact. the port area where an unknown quantity of ammonium nitrate exploded stands in ruins. one year after the explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner and it is kept here at the port. names of the victims fill the walls surrounding the area that some here call the crime scene. their families still don't have answers for what happened that day and why. thejudge investigating the port explosion wants to summon high—ranking politicians and security officers for interrogation.

so far he hasn't been able to do so. most of them have legal immunity. this protest is part of a movement by relatives of the victims of the blast to press the authorities to allow the judge to interrogate politicians and security officials. they say they will fight to the end for those responsible to be held to account. annie lost her 29—year—old daughter, gaya, in the blast. if they are innocent, they can go to the court and say, these are my, you know, and since they are hiding themselves and hiding the covering on each other, it means they all of them, they have a kind of responsibility in this. for some of the victims, the pain of that day lingers. this man almost lost his leg in the explosion.

he has been undergoing one surgery after another since then. translation: sometimes my kids ask . me to play with them and i cannot. i it is very hard. but i try to not let them feel my pain. i try my best. i stand on one leg and go and play with them. i try to make them not hate lebanon for what happened to me. the port explosion has been another painful symbol of the decay in the system. the country was already facing its deepest financial and economic crisis. more than half the population is living in poverty, amid crippling shortages of medicine, fuel and electricity. the destruction of huge parts of the port and neighbouring areas plunged the country into misery.

i'm joined now by kimn ghattas, writer and author of black wave on the saudi—iran rivalry. she's in beirut. really good to have you with us. 12 months on, i'm interested to know what your take is on why no one has been held accountable.— what your take is on why no one has been held accountable. thank you for havin: me. been held accountable. thank you for having me- no _ been held accountable. thank you for having me. no one _ been held accountable. thank you for having me. no one has _ been held accountable. thank you for having me. no one has been - been held accountable. thank you for having me. no one has been held i having me. no one has been held accountable because everybody knew in the authorities and the government over the last decade or so, many of the officials at the top knew about the nitrate and ammonium being stored there and they knew the danger and no one did anything about it. they are protecting each other. there is a very good report that came out yesterday by human rights watch with some information, very

thorough, frankly better than anything we have seen from the lebanon authority so far, which spells out exactly what everyone knew and what they did not do to protect and help and make sure that this did not become this terrible bomb that exploded in the midst of a city. there are many questions that remain unanswered including why it was there and based on a recent fbi report, which said that less than 27 turns exploded and that some of it had been removed or missing or wasn't there. there is also the question of where, if indeed some of the ammonium nitrate had been removed, where it had gone too. some had suggested that it was shipped to syria to assist the bombardment of its people. so, still a lot of unanswered questions and certainly no one held to account yet in a

country where impunity is systemic and in a region where a lack of accountability is a real issue. and accountability is a real issue. and . iven accountability is a real issue. and liven that accountability is a real issue. and given that most _ accountability is a real issue. and given that most government ministers and officials seem to have this legal immunity from prosecution, really how confident can anyone be of the truth ever being found? melt. of the truth ever being found? well, there have been _ of the truth ever being found? well, there have been so _ of the truth ever being found? well, there have been so many _ there have been so many assassinations in this country and so many other crimes that have been swept under the carpet, including of course, 30 years of civil war, where the warlords, and we see themselves, ruled over the piece. it is very hard to have much hope when it comes to justice and accountability, however the international community is also pressing for further investigation and the lebanese, who are victims of this explosion, not only the direct victims or the

direct relatives but frankly everyone in lebanon on are looking forjustice outside of the country, pursuing wherever they can with whatever sovereignty there is, in courts in the uk or in france and also appealing to the un human rights council to intervene. the re ort rights council to intervene. the report touched _ rights council to intervene. the report touched on this, telling us that more than half of the population in lebanon is living in poverty. i wonder if you can give us more of a sense of an ordinary life, a day—to—day life is of what the people —— for the people living there. jt people -- for the people living there. ., , people -- for the people living there. . , ., , there. it has faced a terrible trifecta of— there. it has faced a terrible trifecta of events. _ there. it has faced a terrible trifecta of events. not i there. it has faced a terrible trifecta of events. not only | there. it has faced a terrible i trifecta of events. not only what happened in 2019, which led to protests that went on for several months, which brought down when cabinet, then came the pandemic, which is really something that brought the world into a standstill

that many countries, even developed countries are having trouble dealing with. then came the port blast. one of the worst economic crisis in the last 150 years around the world, according to the world bank and the blast which is one of the largest non—nuclear explosions in history. it is very hard for a lot of people in lebanon on even if they have many but certainly a lot of people have also been pushed into poverty. to summarise, you could say that lebanon went from being a middle income country with a lifestyle like greece or southern italy and catapulted into a lifestyle similar to venezuela with drastic shortages, power cuts, medications shortages. it's notjust the difficulty of day—to—day life that is so hard to bearfor day—to—day life that is so hard to bear for many people but this whiplash, this sudden change in lifestyle and the sudden realisation that they are staring at the abyss and there is really no clear way out

at least for now. lebanon will have parliamentary, presidential elections next year and there is a lot at stake then. not only will the opposition in lebanon on try to fight hard to have a breakthrough but the political establishment including his brother will fight with everything it can to try and hold onto power.— with everything it can to try and hold onto ower. ., ~' ,, . hold onto power. thank you so much, aood to hold onto power. thank you so much, good to talk — hold onto power. thank you so much, good to talk to _ hold onto power. thank you so much, good to talk to you. _ families of some of the victims of the croydon tram crash have submitted a formal request to attorney general for a fresh inquest. seven people died when the tram tipped over and spun off the tracks in november 2016. the original inquest found they were accidentally killed. but families of five of the victims are asking for a new inquest, citing multiple irregularities with the conduct of the original inquest. nineteen men have been arrested in the bradford area in connection with allegations of historic child sexual abuse. they are aged between 36 and 55.

west yorkshire police say the alleged offences took place between 2000 and 2005, and relate to one female victim. now it's time for a look at the weather. much like the last few days, i think a lot of us will see dry and sunny weather today, a lot of us will see dry and sunny weathertoday, but a lot of us will see dry and sunny weather today, but there will be shower clouds bubbling up, particularly across central and northern parts of the uk and that will continue to give rise to some heavy showers and thunderstorms, may be some localised flooding in places. we have this weather front bringing more cloud to the rest of the uk. this area of low pressure will arrive thursday, friday, the uk. this area of low pressure willarrive thursday, friday, into the weekend, telling things at very unsettled. we have at these showers and thunder storms across central areas which will fade away this evening and then many places turn drier but we'll start to see the influence of this new area of low pressure sweeping in to the west, went picking up, thicker outbreaks

of rain and temperatures rising as well. by the end of the week, a lot more unsettled. showers or longer spells of rain at times. certainly quite heavy, but windy for many. there will also be some turnaround, it will not be a complete wash—out each day. you can see an unsettled pitch at the end of the week, with temperatures a little below the seasonal average. temperatures a little below the seasonalaverage. —— temperatures a little below the seasonal average. —— unsettled picture. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: there is the kick flip indie, that is what we needed! the place has erupted for her! in tokyo, team gb�*s sky brown, just 13 years old, becomes britain's youngest ever olympic medallist, winning bronze in skateboarding. gold number 15 for team gb, as ben maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping on his horse explosion w. team gb�*s hannah mills becomes the most successful ever woman olympic sailor,

winning gold in the 470 class, alongside eilidh mcintyre. jabs for teenagers — more than a million could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. borisjohnson is to begin a two—day visit to scotland later and is expected to meet police officers and visit renewable energy projects. he will not, however, meet nicola sturgeon for talks, which she says she would have welcomed. wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. president biden has called on the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, to resign, after an independent investigation, after an independent investigation found he'd sexually harassed numerous women while in office. the five—month inquiry described a "toxic" workplace, where staff were too

afraid to complain. barbara plett usher has the story. new york's ambitious combative governor had been banking on a run for a fourth term in office. now he is plotting furiously to salvage his job. just a year ago, he was arguably the most popular governor in the us, leading the fight against covid. a darling of the democrats. more like a pariah now, deserted at the party's highest level, after the damning results of an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen employees. i think he should resign. what i said was, if the investigation of the attorney general concluded that the allegations are correct, that, back in march, that i would recommend he resign. that is what i am doing today. the report was five months in the making. investigators revealed a disturbing pattern of abusive behaviour that they say said violated state and federal law. the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york

state employees by engaging in unwelcome and non—consensual touching, and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature. they described a climate of fear that long prevented women from coming forward with complaints. the most serious was the governor's unwelcome physical contact with women, including touching intimate body parts. mr cuomo has remained defiant. he called the report politically biased, and he defended his hands on style as a harmless tradition of showing warmth through touch. i never touched anyone inappropriately, or made inappropriate sexual advances. that is just not who i am. and that's not who i have ever been. even so, the governor could face civil and criminal prosecution, and his political career is in peril. there is talk of impeachment. i thought he should have

resigned a long time ago. i hope he has the decency to resign today. the #metoo movement has been slow to come for new york's irrepressible political survivor, but he now stands on very shaky ground. barbara plett usher, bbc news, los angeles. three people have died in the czech republic, after two trains collided near the border with germany. around 40 people have been injured. the czech transport minister says one of the trains involved, an express from munich to prague, had failed to stop, at a designated location. when the huge container ship, the ever given, ran aground and blocked the suez canal for a week in march, roughly 15% of global trade was halted. well, now the vessel has finally made it into port in felixstowe, to the relief of hard—up businesses, with the whole affair highlighting just how precarious global supply chains can be. here's theo leggett.

four months late, and still bearing the scars of her encounter with the sandy banks of the suez canal, the ever given finally limped into felixstowe, her last port of call. this giant of the seas became stranded while negotiating one of the narrowest parts of the canal. she was stuck fast, and the waterway was blocked for six days. hundreds of ships were unable to pass through, causing havoc in a global container industry that was already under intense pressure due to the covid outbreak. the saga of the ever given itself may now be over, but what this affair has shown is just how much impact a single event involving one giant vessel can have on the entire global supply chain, and just how vulnerable the systems we rely on for imports every day really are. and those supply chains are still under strain, thanks to other factors, such as covid outbreaks in key chinese ports and severe weather. it means freight rates are continuing to soar.

and this has won awards for us all over the world. gavin ucko runs the happy puzzle company, which imports toys and games from china to be sold in britain. he's ordering supplies for the busy christmas period, but he says the costs are becoming insurmountable. prior to this year, we had never paid more than £2,700 for a 40 foot container coming to us from china. the morning i was quoted over £15,000 for a similar container. prices have gone through the roof and it is becoming unworkable. and it isn'tjust prices that are the problem. some traders are simply struggling to find space on vessels coming from east asia at any price, such is the level of demand. if you manage to get a container loaded at the suppliers and you book it on a vessel sailing next week, the line may not load it on that vessel, and they may not load it on the next vessel and the next vessel after that, so in other words, your container is stuck in shanghai port for three

additional weeks before it is shipped on the vessel. some businesses are happy. with space on their services so scarce and cargo rates so high, the shipping lines themselves are making record profits, although they argue this is simply compensation for the many lean years they have suffered in the past. but they are the only happy ones. for importers, retailers and consumers in europe and north america, as well as supplies in east asia, this is a crisis they could certainly do without. and the ever given remains a potent symbol of a troubled year they would like to forget. theo leggett, bbc news. wildfires continue to rage in turkey, seven days on from the first blaze, criticism of how the government is handling the situation is growing.

fires have also broken out in other parts of the mediterranean. sancha berg reports. fires blazing, wildfires have been burning for seven days in turkey and these claims are approaching the power station. the strong winds, low humidity and scorching temperatures. the weather conditions that helped the fire spread. they are likely to continue into next week. so far, over 130 fires have been extinguished, but many new ones have broken out. these spanish planes are part of the latest efforts to get the flames under control. criticism of the government's handling of the situation is going. it insists it is doing everything it can. translation: j doing everything it can. translation: ., , translation: i answered the delegation _ translation: i answered the delegation that _ translation: i answered the delegation that we _ translation: i answered the delegation that we do - translation: i answered the delegation that we do not i translation: | answered the l delegation that we do not accept translation: | answered the - delegation that we do not accept out coming from abroad. once again i would like to reiterate that not just today, notjust during such a disaster, but it is out of the question to reject offers coming to

us because of pride and arrogance as our forests are burning.— our forests are burning. turkey is not the only _ our forests are burning. turkey is not the only country _ our forests are burning. turkey is not the only country in _ our forests are burning. turkey is not the only country in the - our forests are burning. turkey is not the only country in the region are fighting wildfires. in this suburb of northern athens, more than 500 firefighters have been deployed. houses have burnt down, many have been forced to evacuate as it grease experiences at its worst heatwave in 30 years. —— as it greece experiences. transition recruit in the area where the fire broke out, temperature is reached 45 celsius with less — temperature is reached 45 celsius with less than 10% humidity. these extreme _ with less than 10% humidity. these extreme conditions are due to the intense _ extreme conditions are due to the intense heatwave that has been affecting our country for the last week _ affecting our country for the last week. �* , ., , week. and in israel, firefighters also used planes _ week. and in israel, firefighters also used planes and _ week. and in israel, firefighters| also used planes and helicopters week. and in israel, firefighters i also used planes and helicopters to fight the wildfire in the forest west ofjerusalem. many fiat these extreme scenes will become more commonplace as a climate change is. —— many fear.

banks are still not reimbursing scam victims as they should, according to the uk's payments watchdog, the psr. last year alone, around one in 450 people in the uk lost money to so—called authorised push payment scams, where fraudsters trick people to transfer money to them. but we've heard banks are continuing to ignore a commitment to pay back their customers' losses. last month, our reporter jon ironmonger recorded a conversation with a scam caller, which revealed the lengths that some were prepared to go to. he's been speaking to two of their many victims. since my little chat with the now infamous mr richard jones, loads of people have told us that they have been hit by the same sort of scam that starts with a text or an e—mail asking for your personal details, follow—up call from a spoof number and a man who claims to be calling from the fraud department your bank. these scammers trick people like georgia to move their money

to another account. not one part of me on the entire time i was on the phone to them and thought this could be a scam. they were so convincing. and ifind myself now, every time my phone goes off with a number i don't recognise, i pick it up like i am expecting them. remember, we will never ask you to transfer money to another account for safekeeping. so—called authorised push payment scams are the bane of banks and their customers, now staggeringly common, with around 145,000 reported victims last year. a scammer told mike his card had been compromised and took all of his money. i know what to look out for, but i never knew that these scams are so prolific and easy to fall into. all of the big—name banks are obligated to reimburse customers who have been deceived by app fraud under a voluntary new code.

first direct bank is officially number one for overall service. but of the £388 million that was lost to the scams in 2020, less than 45% of it was returned to people. georgia got a partial refund from lloyds, which left her £300 in debt. i will be honest, i had a complete breakdown. i don't think it helped that the second gentleman i spoke to about the overdraft kept on telling me to calm down. and he told me that he'd refuse to talk to me if i didn't stop crying. i just thought to myself, i'm sorry, but i've literally just lost all my money. how dare you tell me to calm down? lloyds told us they were very sorry the service ms pilgrim received fell short of the level she expected. after we contacted them, they refunded her a further £340 as a gesture of goodwill. mike didn't get a penny from nationwide of the near £11,000 he lost.

all they did was give me a case number. two days before this happened, i was diagnosed with leukaemia. so i didn't pursue it. i should have done. ijust lived on my credit cards at the time, which are now full. you are on your own now. you lost your wife 23 years ago, is it? yes. you have got leukaemia and all of this debt hanging over you. to be honest, when this happened, i have got a big pile of pills there, i almost took them. almost. nationwide told us mike's loss wasn't refunded because, based on the information they had at the time, no error had been made by them. however, since we got in touch with nationwide, mike has been fully reimbursed. jon ironmonger, bbc news.

time to look at what's happening in our regions from across the uk. a world war two veteran from york has taken to the skies in a hot air balloon to celebrate his 99th birthday. it's a wish come true for ron shelley. after numerous postponements because of covid and bad weather, his dream flight finally took off. dave edwards was there to see ron go up, up and away. meet ronald lewis shelley, army veteran and adventurer. now almost 99, he turned 17 the day world war i! began. ron spent 20 years in the army, leaving as a sergeant with a collection medal is to recognise his bravery. medals to recognise his bravery. i went over to france as a wireless operator, sending dummy messages to confuse the germans like we did. we sent dummy tanks and goodness knows

what to confuse them to know which way we were going to attack. ron now lives at connaught court care home in york. they have a tree of dreams where residents can list their unfulfilled ambitions. some, though, are easier to achieve than others. ron's wish was to go on a hot air balloon, so the staff got to work on making it happen. cheers. where do you begin with a gentleman like this? at his age, he puts us to shame. he jogs twice a day up and down the outside area at connaught to keep fit, whilst we are all sat there in amazement. he is full of vitality, joins in everything and whilst he thinks we keep him going, he keeps us going. i am looking forward to it. yes, do not know where i'm going to land, as long as i do not [and in the mud! now, this was supposed to happen way back in 2019 to mark

ron's 97th birthday, but a combination of coronavirus and bad weather led to several postponements. i had certainly got fed up of it being postponed and waiting and thought it is never going to happen, so when oliver rang me up this morning and said it is on, i suddenly was very excited and i think my dad is beyond excited. last night, at york racecourse, ron finally climbed aboard. and with friends and family watching on, it was time for take—off. out of this world. i could not have asked for anything better. from the battlefields of war, to the skies above his home city — 99 years and counting, this was some way to celebrate. dave edwards, bbc look north, york. it's been discovered that the fashion brand burberry had a factory in winchester during wwi.

the city has recently marked winchester fashion week, with students from the winchester school of art repurposing dead stock burberry fabric. their creations were modelled in front of the former factory in tribute to the site. just to warn you, laura ancell�*s report contains some flash photography. thomas burberry opened his first shop in basingstoke in 1856 and was soon manufacturing half a million trench coats for the mod. i realised that as well as having a factory in basingstoke, you also had one in reading and another in winchester. but where was it? nobody seemed to know where it was. that is, until now. it has been confirmed it was here at the winchester churches nightshelter on jewry street. there was this hall full of young women with sewing machines making trench coats for the first world war and i think it is ironic in a way that that building still exists and has now found a new purpose to help people who need it.

and the nightshelter�*s history makes it the perfect backdrop for a photo shoot by winchester school of art. so, i have designed a menswear boiler suit with inspiration from the 1990s and aviation aspects like panelling. the fabric was given to us by burberry and it is thier dead by burberry and it is their dead stock fabric that we have repurposed into our own garments. the students came up with really creative yet wearable designs. other students came up with completely creative outcomes, sort of incorporating textiles and other found fabrics. so i was inspired by power dressing and then i was looking _ at baroque versace prints and escada i vintage prints and then i purchasedl those with vintage horse brasses land then i played around with it| to create my own print for my collection. i this creative project has helped weave together the fabric of this

historical building with that of the students' imaginations. laura ancell, bbc south today. more than 40,000 uk students will be able to study and work abroad from this september as part of the government's post—brexit replacement of the erasmus exchange programme. more than 120 universities, as well as over 200 schools and further education colleges across the uk, will be awarded grants from the £110 million turing scheme. but labour says it doesn't do enough to target disadvantaged students. michelle donelan is the minister of state for universities. it replaces the eu scheme, erasmus, and what's different about it is it's going to be global in nature, so those placements you just referenced,

they are across 150 different countries across the globe, notjust confined to the eu, and almost 50% of the students that will be participating are from disadvantaged backgrounds. worlds apart from erasmus — this will be open and inclusive to those from deprived backgrounds and from all parts of the uk, parts which didn't tend to really engage with erasmus and send students abroad, they will now be doing that. an annual street art festival, nuart, is back on in aberdeen after a year's hiatus. artists from around the world come to the city to add public works of art to the grey walls. four new works have popped up this year and our reporter india grant went out hunting to see if she could find them. stroke by stroke, splash by splash, the cityscape around aberdeen has been changing. the nuart festival invites street artists from across the globe to paint murals on the city streets, bringing pops of colour

to the granite city. the artists have added to the artwork of the previous four festivals. this piece has gone up next to a building that's due to be demolished, and it mirrors one in stavanger, norway, where the festival started. it might not be here next year but it is a way to beautify the city. i like the unexpected nature of what the city has become because really if you picked scotland, you would say, definitely glasgow or edinburgh, but you probably really wouldn't go to aberdeen. that, for me, is such a great thing because it really helps to engage a city that might not have the same opportunities that glasgow and edinburgh does. we asked what people in aberdeen what they thought of the new pieces. it looks nice. obviously, aberdeen's just declined since covid and all that, a lot of places are shutting down, but it's nice that people are making improvements and making it more of a nice destination to come to. it is stunning, really,

really nice, yeah. i think it brings a lot of visitors to the city, yeah. it's smart. it's nice to come across them when you aren't expecting it. yeah, like little hidden secrets. some pieces of art are hard to find — well hidden until you stumble across them. meanwhile, others loom a bit larger. i like that it's so... out there? yeah, i love how random it is but also that there's so much to it. i think it is just so cool. i think it is really nice, it's definitely really good to see artwork out in public places rather than hidden and kept away in galleries that people might not necessarily visit on the daily commute or anything like that. i really like it, i wasjust about to take a picture of it, actually, when i saw it. a lot of my friends live outside of aberdeen. they come into aberdeen just you go on the tours. people just walk around and see all of these bits of art, it's really good. sometimes, a fresh lick of paint is all that is needed to liven up a wall, just as aberdeen comes back to normality.

india grant, bbc news. the oxford coronavirus vaccine co—creator, professor dame sarah gilbert, has been honoured with a barbie doll from the toy company mattel. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is now the most widely used around the world, with doses sent to more than 170 countries. ramzan karmali has the details. a barbie doll with a difference. this one is modelled on the scientist professor dame sarah gilbert. she's the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. although she finds the concept of a barbie doll created in her likeness strange, she hopes it will inspire girls to think about a career in science. i hope that my barbie doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing they're also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created six new models based on women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

mattel said the aim of creating these dolls was to help shine a light on the efforts of all front line workers during the pandemic. dame sarah joins the likes of beyonce and marilyn monroe with this new honour. so where will she keep the doll? probably in my office at work, along with other trophies from 2020 and 2021. mattel also agreed with dame sarah to make a financial donation to a non—profit organisation dedicated to inspire young girls considering a career in science. ramzan karmali, bbc news. now, it turns out it's notjust humans who can stage a pitch invasion. this was the moment a cat interrupted play at the new york yankees stadium. the cat, who is yet to be identified, deftly weaved its way across the field, much to the amusement of the crowd, and the players. perhaps not so much the stewards. staff had a tough time catching the animal,

who seemed to enjoy evading them. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. not a bad day out there for many of us. a lot of places are staying dry with good spells of augustinsson sun. that there will be showers developing certainly through the afternoon. —— good spells of august sunshine. showers likely to cause localised flooding if you catch them because they will be slow moving which is due to light winds, barely any isobars on the pressure chart this afternoon. this front will enhance shower activity across the west that area of low pressure behind me will arrive into the weekend, telling things unsettled. for the rest of the day, looks fine for many, lots of sunshine around. showers and thunderstorms developing over central and northern parts of england into parts of wales, like i mentioned. that slow moving and heavy, could provide localised flooding. cloud across western

scotland, northern ireland, but temperatures reaching low 20s, could feel quite pleasant. showers clearway, we will start to see that new area of low pressure arriving across the west. thick cloud, outbreaks of rain, wind is picking up, particularly in the south—west. also temperatures will be picking up, so milder night than of late. for the end of the week, thursday, friday and into the weekend, it will be a lot more unsettled thanks to the low pressure. we will seek showers and longer spells of rain and it will be telling windy as well. you can see why, this new area of low pressure has more isobars wrapped around it, active weather front which will slowly move eastwards across the country for thursday. it doesn't mean many central and eastern parts of england, eastern scotland, will start dry, maybe some sunshine. —— it does mean. outbreaks of rain start to spread eastward through the day and that will be followed by sunshine and heavy blustery showers across southern and western areas.

that will impact the temperatures, high teens celsius for most, but can see 20 or 21 across the east given the brighter, sunnier start to the day. as we head into friday and the weekend, low pressure just sits across the uk, bringing further, windy weather. showers or even longer spells of rain. certainly some pretty heavy, may be thundery downpours through friday and saturday. will be sent sunshine in between, despite attempt is being a little below average for the time of year. —— despite temperatures.

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