power traps their kingdom in eternal winter. what we have all been through has added even more weight and meaning to this story because we all know elsa's sort of isolation, that feeling of being alone and not being able to be with the people you love the most. # do you want to build a snowman? # the idea of the live frozen was. not to duplicate the movie, right? it was to do something more original. - let's make this story about these - two women and the strength that they have for each other. the frozen phenomenon continues. eight years after the film's release, it's time to find out if a stage version can also cast a spell. tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's stav. thank you very much, ben, good

afternoon — thank you very much, ben, good afternoon-— thank you very much, ben, good afternoon. , , , . , , ., afternoon. high pressure has brought warm and sunny _ afternoon. high pressure has brought warm and sunny weather _ afternoon. high pressure has brought warm and sunny weather recently, i warm and sunny weather recently, particularly across the north of the uk. yesterday we saw 27.2 celsius in the highlands in scotland making at the highlands in scotland making at the warmest day of this august so far but it's not going to be as warm for the next few days, this weak cold front has been spreading south across the country introducing fresh air and quite a bit of cloud around, staying quite cloudy as you can see across the eastern side of the country. this area of cloud for wales, south—west and northern ireland will thin and break through the day. plenty of sunshine across many northern and western areas through this afternoon. we hold onto this cloud in the east. it looks cloudy, cool and breezy for the northern isles, perhaps the north—east of aberdeenshire, but elsewhere across scotland, lots of sunshine but not as warm as it was yesterday all the day before, highs of 21 or 22. 20 degrees in northern ireland, plenty of sunshine with low 20s celsius for western england, increasing sunshine for wales but it stays quite cool, cloudy and breezy

across eastern england, particularly close to the north sea coast. that means for the cricket at headingley it will be fair, cloudy and cool and breezy but at least both today and tomorrow it should stay dry for lots of play. as we head into this evening and overnight we hold onto the cloud for northern and eastern areas and if anything it will drift further westwards, so extremities of western scotland, northern ireland, wales and south—west which will see the clearest skies, cloudy or further east. double figures for most but it will be a cooler night for northern and western areas, down to six or 7 degrees in the coolest spots. friday is a similar data today, not quite as warm as we have had earlier in the week. variable cloud across england and wales, eastern scotland, the best sunshine will be across most of scotland and into northern ireland where we will see highs of 20 or 21 degrees, cool and breezy across north sea coasts. for the bank holiday weekend we hold on to high pressure, the centre drifts to the north—west of the uk, this area of showers over the near

continent could graze the far south—east of england on saturday, otherwise most places will be dry, quite a list of sunshine for north—western areas, cloud developing off no over central and south eastern england, breezy, cool near the coast and highs of 22 or 23 degrees, may be a degree or so up on today and tomorrow. a similar picture for sunday, more cloud across northern and eastern areas, the best sunshine in the south and west and it's going to be a similar story heading into the bank holiday weekend. many thanks, that's all from the bbc news that one, so goodbye from me and on bbc one we joined news that one, so goodbye from me and on bbc one wejoined the bbc�*s news good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. good afternoon, i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news. we start in tokyo, because as day two of the paralympics draws to a close, the british team are heading up the medals table. they're third now after

five more golds on day two. one of them came in the velodrome thanks to a new world record ride from jaco van gass, while swimmers tully kearney and maisie summers—newton both smashed records on their way to gold, as stuart pollitt reports... 13 years ago at 13 years old, ellie simmonds became a swimming sensation at the beijing games. now 26, she is in herfourth paralympics 0lympics in herfourth paralympics olympics and an inspiration to a new generation. but idols can quickly become rivals. simmons is a hero to her british team—mate, maisie summers—newton. summer is a hero to her british team—mate, maisie summers—newton. sommers newton, who watched simmons as a ten—year—old at london 2012 now left her in her wake. i5 london 2012 now left her in her wake. , ., ., , ., ., , wake. is going to be gold for maisie summers-newton! _ wake. is going to be gold for maisie summers-newton! simmons - wake. is going to be gold for maisiel summers-newton! simmons outside wake. is going to be gold for maisie - summers-newton! simmons outside the medals. at summers-newton! simmons outside the medals- at home — summers-newton! simmons outside the medals. at home in _ summers-newton! simmons outside the medals. at home in northampton, -

summers-newton! simmons outside the medals. at home in northampton, some| medals. at home in northampton, some of newton's family were ecstatic. it's just a bit unreal at the moment _ it's just a bit unreal at the moment. it isjust absolutely amazing _ moment. it isjust absolutely amazing. it wasjust moment. it isjust absolutely amazing. it was just unbelievable. wasn't _ amazing. it was just unbelievable. wasn't expecting it at all. it was 'ust wasn't expecting it at all. it was just kind — wasn't expecting it at all. it was just kind of exciting to know how she swims — just kind of exciting to know how she swims the race on the breaststroke leg we knew how she was --oin breaststroke leg we knew how she was going to _ breaststroke leg we knew how she was going to come forward but we weren't really— going to come forward but we weren't really expecting it to be thus amazing, really.— really expecting it to be thus amazina, reall . ,, , ., amazing, really. summers - newton wasn't the only _ amazing, really. summers - newton wasn't the only world _ amazing, really. summers - newton wasn't the only world record - amazing, really. summers - newton wasn't the only world record in - amazing, really. summers - newton wasn't the only world record in the i wasn't the only world record in the pool wasn't the only world record in the pool. maxi upgraded her record yesterday to gold in the hundred metres, taking two seconds off her own record time. there was guaranteed gold in the velodrome as former soldier than gas injured in afghanistan faced team—mate jim graham in a 3000 metres pursuit. the first 0lympic graham in a 3000 metres pursuit. the first olympic medal graham in a 3000 metres pursuit. the first 0lympic medalfor graham in a 3000 metres pursuit. the first olympic medal for the ex paratrooper. jodi is a different kind of better are now in his

seventh paralympics. he and another medal, this time silver in the time trial. the same colour for 48—year—old aileen mcginn. as britain's medal tally moved into double figures she proved that age is just double figures she proved that age isjust a number. stuart double figures she proved that age is just a number. stuart pollitt, bbc news. so a brilliant start to day two for paralympics gb, but it got even better. lets go live to tokyo now and speak to our reporter rachel lathem for more. rachel, a great start in the pool today but since that another gold in the equastrian for lee pearson once again. what can we expect on day three? yes, lee pearson picked up his 12th paralympic gold medal for great britain here in tokyo tonight. they call him the godfather of the equestrian in the power dressage. he is 47 years old and has been on the gb team now for over 20 years. he made his paralympic debut back in

2000 in sydney but he is still winning gold is now in tokyo. just a phenomenal athlete and also at the dressage team mate george wilson took a bronze medal in the equestrian.— took a bronze medal in the euuestrian. , ., ., ., equestrian. so, yeah, that rounded off a ureat equestrian. so, yeah, that rounded off a great second _ equestrian. so, yeah, that rounded off a great second day _ equestrian. so, yeah, that rounded off a great second day for - equestrian. so, yeah, that rounded off a great second day for the - off a great second day for the brits. what can we expect on day three in tokyo?— brits. what can we expect on day three in tokyo? well, back at the velodrome _ three in tokyo? well, back at the velodrome jacko _ three in tokyo? well, back at the velodrome jacko than _ three in tokyo? well, back at the velodrome jacko than gas - three in tokyo? well, back at the velodrome jacko than gas is - three in tokyo? well, back at the | velodrome jacko than gas is going velodromejacko than gas is going again. as we've just seen, he took the gold medal and a world record in the gold medal and a world record in the morning went up against his team—mate finlay graham. he beat finlay, took the gold medal and we are going to see him go again tomorrow. he has actually got five events here in tokyo so it is a very busy schedule forjacko than gas. they too, one medal, so many more to come for him. sticking at the velodrome, we have got to dean cox. she is the reigning paralympic champion from rio. she's going to

have a really tough competition in her time trial tomorrow because katie o'brien from canada broke her world record earlier this year so we're just going to have to see how she can go tomorrow.— she can go tomorrow. absolutely, eah. she can go tomorrow. absolutely, yeah- what's _ she can go tomorrow. absolutely, yeah. what's most _ she can go tomorrow. absolutely, yeah. what's most look _ she can go tomorrow. absolutely, yeah. what's most look forward . she can go tomorrow. absolutely, | yeah. what's most look forward to tomorrow. rachel latham in tokyo there. thank you much. thank you much. now to cricket and england have pressed home their advantage on day two of the third test against india at headingley. the home side completely dominated the first day — with a lead of 42 overnight and they've built on that in this morning's session. they've lost both rory burns and haseeb hameed though, so at lunch england are 182—2 — that's a lead of 104 with 8 wickets still remaining. you can listen to ball by ball commentary on 5live sports extra. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — including news of the new dates for the re—arranged rugby league world cup. that's at bbc.co.uk/sport — but that's all your sport for now.

thank you very much. now, let's talk more about the prime minister's comments on afghanistan in the last couple of hours. he said the "overwhelming majority" of eligible people attempting to flee the taliban in afghanistan have been evacuated. with time running out ahead of the united states' withdrawal deadline at the end of the month, borisjohnson has insisted the uk will do everything possible in the days left to help those who worked with western forces. he spoke while visiting troops in london — and was asked how long the flights will continue: well, we'll keep going, obviously, for as long as we can. and i think what people should also understand is what an incredible achievement this has been by the uk militaryjust in the last ten days or so. the operation, 0p pitting, has brought, airlifted 15,000 people to this country from afghanistan.

there's been nothing like it in terms of speed and scale in our lifetime, certainly in my memory. and that's equivalent to a town the size of beaconsfield or prestwick or abergavenny or armagh. obviously there is now a huge amount of work going on to make sure that we find homes, find ways of integrating those people into this country. but we owe them a debt, and they're people who looked after our armed forces, helped in for 20 years of the uk's engagement in afghanistan. it's absolutely the right thing to do, and we've got the overwhelming majority of those to whom we owe that debt out of afghanistan as i stand and talk to you. in the time we have left — which may be, as i'm sure everybody can appreciate, quite short — we will do everything

we can to get everybody else. but i want to stress that this is just the first phase. so, even beyond the us deadline of the 31st of this month, we hope continue to be able to say to people, "well, you can come out." one of the key things we are saying to the taliban, to the new authorities in kabul, is to engage with the west to unlock those funds, safe passage for those who want to come out is obviously the number one condition. but you're telling people to keep away from kabul airport. how great is the security threat? i think we have to be transparent about the risks and we have to be realistic about what's going on. you'll appreciate that there are islamic state khorasan province terrorists out there,

i can't go into the details clearly, but we have to be mindful of the security of our personnel, but also of the afghan people who are trying to get out. but what i would stress is that we're coming now towards at the end of this phase in any event, in the sense that we have already airlifted out of afghanistan a huge number of people, it's the biggest operation of its kind in decades. i think everybody involved, the uk military, everybody involved at the airport, everybody who has been helping us, they should be incredibly proud of what they have achieved. there's a suggestion that people who can't get to the airport should head to borders, but if the taliban haven't agreed to that, that

could be hugely dangerous. i want to just go back to what i was saying about phase one and phase two beyond august 31. just to stress that we think that we've got the overwhelming majority of those eligible under the eligible persons scheme or under the arap scheme, the afghan repatriation and assistance programme, both those schemes, we think we have done the lion's share. there will be people who still need help. but what we are hoping — this is the key point that the g7 agreed — is that the taliban understand that if they want to engage with development aid, if they want to unlock those billions of funds, if they want to have a diplomatic and political relationship with the outside world, then safe passage for those who want to come out is the key precondition. but are you advising

people to go to borders? i'm, the advice... people should look at the current advice. the advice at the moment is that the security situation is obviously not improving, but we've got the overwhelming majority out. and what i would say is i see a second phase where we hope very much that the taliban will understand that there's got to be a reasonable approach to people who still want to leave afghanistan. i would just repeat... i sometimes don't think people realise the immensity of what the uk military have already helped to achieve. this is, as i say, a sizeable uk town of afghans who risked their lives, in many cases, to help the uk are now coming to the uk. actually, in most cases, are now here. the realjob now is to make sure that they have the housing,

that they have the skills, they have the opportunities to integrate into our societies. as you know, our labour market currently offers many opportunities. but we must make sure that they're ready, and that's another whole job of work. that was the prime minister speaking earlier on. the time is quarter to two. you're watching bbc news. a new report warns that a lack of funding for rural youth support in england is leaving millions of young people at risk of isolation, loneliness and poor mental health. the national youth agency is calling for a government plan to ensure all children and teenagers have access to support, regardless of where they live. adam eley reports. we need to get ready... here in somerset, youth work can take many forms. yeah, we had to make a fire, obviously. we used the flint as a striker... this group of 12— and 13—year—olds have been carrying out habitat conservation work and learning to start campfires.

it's very different to what i've normally done, but, yeah, i enjoy it quite a lot, yeah. the charity young somerset provide many other support avenues as well, from safeguarding vulnerable young people to improving their employment opportunities in areas with poor social mobility. yeah, i've been learning how to do mechanics, learning the people skills that i should have and communication. in smaller towns, there's not really much that you can do or look into with getting a job. they're mainly in the cities and bigger towns. according to england's youth work body, the national youth agency, young people in rural areas risked being left behind. it wants more trained youth workers to combat an increasing trend for more young people to be targeted by county lines drug gangs, but it says council funding for youth services is 25% lower per person in rural communities than it is in urban areas. young people have been forgotten about in rural communities in terms of our national focus. you know, local authority budgets have shrunk, everything's gone to our towns and cities and therefore, if you live in a rural area,

you are less likely to be able to get access to those services. in every area, there should be a plan about how we're going to provide resources, services, and give young people access to the real support they need. youth services can also provide mental health support, but some organisations say they are becoming increasingly stretched. alyssa reached out for help during the pandemic. i'd already struggled with mental well—being beforehand and then i think lockdownjust made it a bit worse. and i think reaching out to people at young somerset after having the activities with them and gaining that trust with them, it made it a lot easier. she is now volunteering as a youth worker herself with the aim of helping other young people. if there's an issue or something that's gone wrong and you're able to talk from experience or from what you have been through to go, "look, this is how i did it... "this is what i'd recommend," and then you see them grow from it, it's a really, really nice feeling inside. the government says it's given more than £100 million to youth work charities during the pandemic and is investing in schemes

to help youth workers qualify, but after a decade of cuts to youth work from local authorities, campaigners say investment must be provided long—term. adam eley, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the threat is severe and imminent. the threat is severe and imminent. the uk tells its citizens in afghanistan to stay away from campbell airport because of concerns that militants could launch a terror attack there. —— kabul airport. meanwhile, is the elephant enters its final days but as johnson says the overwhelming majority of eligible people have been airlifted out of the country. tommy tierney is crowned champion in the 100 metres freestyle and maisie summers—newton sets a new world best time in the 200 metres individual medley.

—— tommy kearney. now it is time for across the uk. shoppers are being told to throw away food if they bought them from three supermarkets in west london yesterday evening. it's after a man was accused of using syringes to inject some items with an unknown substance. greg mckenzie has the latest. the police were called here to fulham palace road at about 7:40pm last night following reports of a man he was verbally abusing members of the public year. now, he was challenged by a number of security guards at the sainsburys local before starting on a number of members of the public — verbally abusing them, basically. now, shortly after that, it's believed he visited three stores, that's little waitrose, the tesco express which isjust behind me, and also the sainsbury�*s local.

now, he's accused of injecting food items, processed meats and microwave meals. it was shortly after that that he was arrested. now, locals i have spoken to say they're pretty worried and quite shocked at what happened here yesterday evening. so, we have got daughters, they come and shop in those shops as well. i don't like to think of them buying something that might be contaminated with something dangerous. what was injected? that's the thing i'm curious about. there is a man currently in police custody being held on suspicion of causing public harm or anxiety. greg mckenzie reporting there from fulham. senior figures in the welsh food industry have been speaking about the difficulties staff shortages are causing supply chains. the manager of a poultry firm in abergavenny says a combination of the pandemic and brexit means they're getting around a tenth of the job applications they used to receive. and the boss of a welsh supermarket chain says the shortage of drivers is the central problem,

as our economics correspondent sarah dickins has been finding out: so, this is the distribution centre for ck supermarkets based in llanelli. they've got 31 stores across wales, so i'm really interested in how the shortages are affecting them. joining me is chris kiley, who owns the business and set it up. chris, these shortages, how are you feeling them? well, we have got a lot of shortages going on but we have got got a lot of local suppliers, so, fortunately, we are doing a good job of it getting to our shops, but there is a lot of such shortages in the supermarket tray for sure. and what of the products that you are finding hardest to get from the big manufacturers? well, i think the big boys are looking after the big supermarkets, but generally there is no one product or there is no range of products, it's just above the board. and are you worried in the build—up to christmas, because we're hearing that, for instance, from iceland and also

some poultry producers. well, the poultry producers certainly seem to be struggling. if they can't supply nando's with chicken then there must be something wrong but i don't know how that's going pan out. i think it's the driver shortage is the biggest problem. do you think this is something we should have seen coming? how can you forsee something like this, you know? it's just strange to think. you'd never focus something like this, would you? chris, thank you very much. so, this is something that's being felt right across the industry, and as we've been hearing from some companies, they're already being worried about the months ahead. a huge effort is under way in bournemouth to collect donations of clothes, toys and sanitary products — for refugees arriving in britain from afghanistan. the initiative at a church in southbourne has sprung up in just a few days, following a single post on facebook by a local resident. mike apps reports. thank you. i was watching the news and there was actually the story

of the refugees coming over being stuck in the hotels, and ijust immediately got onto the internet posted up onto my local facebook community group, and it kind of snowballed from there. on a sunday, this was an empty back corridor at the church here in southbourne. four days and one social media post later, as you can see, it's become the hub for the local community here to make donations for refugees arriving from afghanistan. obviously, i watch the news daily, and i've got a daughter, so just picturing how helpless i would feel as a parent, i can't even imagine how they must feel. we've pulled together. i've done about seven trips with a car full of stuff and my boot has decided to completelyjam shut, so everything is going through the doors and the windows. i couldn't imagine having to take my son away to a completely different country with nothing but the clouds on my back.

it makes me well up now when i think about it, so, yeah, i have to do everything i can. a vanload of donations was taken to a0 refugee families quarantining in the midlands yesterday, with more trips planned. it's kind of opened my eyes to just how good people really are. and, you know , it's a very humbling experience to be just in the middle of it and see all of these people coming in and donating and giving and giving and giving. yeah, yeah, it's beautiful. it's beautiful to witness. a family from manchester are trying to raise awareness of — what they say — is a lack of diversity in children's books. amy, a primary school teacher, says her young children ask why people in books don't look like them. kelly foran reports. once upon a time, there were two children called max and mabel. this is my sister mabel. we're brothers and sisters. i'm mabel and i'm six years old, and this is my brother, max.

and i am nine years old. and it was mabel who unintentionally highlighted an issue when she got a new book. in the book was a character that looked like her, - and she was really excited that the character looked i like her and it highlighted that| when she's been coming home with books before, the characters haven't looked like her. - hello, nursery! it's time... her mum amy's a primary school teacher — she says schools do what they can but there just aren't enough options for everyday situations. we were trying to find a book- that was all about the tooth fairy, and when we looked at them - there wasn't many tooth fairies that were black or mixed race. we tried to look for a book- for phil's birthday the other day and we couldn't find any birthday books that had a family - that looked like ours. and that makes the children feel... a bit...sad. the latest research from a three—year period shows that 7% of children's books published

have characters of black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds — but that's not the reality of many classrooms today, where ethnic minorities make up more than a third of pupils. when i was growing up there weren't any, and i think now there's a lot more that can be done and i think it's brilliant because the children, when they find someone who looks like them, they feel like they are welcome in this society, like they add something positive. and that's why they have set up this social media page to help raise awareness, and for max and mabel to share their favourites. i like the naughtiest unicorn. "because he'd gone back to sleep..." i like it cos my dad reads it and it has a person who's mixed race and they're friends with a black person and a white and they all have unicorns. there are so many more books . with diversity than when i started teaching 12 years ago that represent the families of manchester, - but there's still so - much that can be done. kelly foran, bbc news.

that's it from me for now. annita mcveigh is here at 2 — i'll be back at 5. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav hello, there. there was plenty of sunshine across the uk yesterday. in fact, scotland saw the best of the sunshine and the warmth of 27.2 celsius reached in the highlands. that makes it the highest temperature we've seen all month in the uk. it's not going to be quite as warm through today. that was not because we got this weak cold front spreading southwards. it's introduced fresher air and we got a bit more cloud around. in fact, many central and eastern areas will hold onto that cloud throughout the day. the best of the sunshine will be across parts of northern ireland, england and wales in the south—west. 22 degrees, not as high as it has beenin 22 degrees, not as high as it has been in the past few days but quite chilly along north sea coast with an

onshore breeze, 15 to 17 celsius. as we head onto the night we held onto the cloud across northern and eastern areas and it drifts a bit further westward so it is extremities of scotland's, northern scotland, western ireland and cool elsewhere. a cooler night to come in a scene of the lottery nights, perhaps down to mid—single digits across parts of the north and the west. friday, then, it is a similar story. we'll have a bit more cloud across northern, central and eastern areas. a bit of sunshine breaking in here and there. again, the best of it across eastern areas but the breeze will be noticeable again across eastern parts, particularly close to the coast where it will feel cool, knitted high treatments there but further west where we have there but further west where we have the best of the sunshine then perhaps 20—21 c. the bank holiday weekend our area of high pressure sticks around so it is going to bring further dry settled weather. there are some sunny spells round but also a bit of cloud too. the centre of the high pressure will

drift towards the north—west of the uk. we will have more of the beast was the south—eastern showers over the near continent could get close enough just to push across the very far south—east on saturday so hear more of the peace, global to build up more of the peace, global to build up across central, southern and eastern areas and the afternoon. perhaps a bit of cloud for central and southern ireland but elsewhere wins will be lighter as well on top temperature is 22 degrees. similar story on sunday. variable amounts of cloud across eastern areas in the north north—east breeze just feeding the cloud into eastern areas where it will feel quite cool. the best of the sunshine will be from the south and west.

this is bbc news. the headlines: as the election and deadline draws closer, several european countries have either finished flights or plan to finish flights from kabul airport in the next few hours. the security situation is obviously not improving, but we've got the overwhelming majority out. warnings of an imminent and lethal terror attack on kabul airport with thousands of desperate afghans still waiting there for a flight out of their country. they're in such a state of confusion, i really don't think that information is trickling down to them and they've already endured so much that i don't think it's really going to be a majorfactor in whether or not they decide to stay at the airport. they're so desperate to leave the country. the covid vaccine roll—out could be extended next month to children aged 12 to 15.

nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare.