good afternoon. parents are being urged to know the symptoms of scarlet fever after six children in england and wales died recently from the bacteria that causes it. the strep a infection is normally mild, but there have been more cases than usual, and a higher number of deaths compared to recent years. here's our health editor hugh pym. pupils at this school in penarth in south wales have been saying goodbye to hanna roap. she died after contracting invasive group a streptococcal disease. in a tribute online, her parents say, "our hearts have been broken

into a million pieces." infections caused by group a strep bacteria are usually mild, with symptoms like sore throat or skin infections. the bug can also cause scarlet fever. health officials say they are seeing more scarlet fever this year than usual. in the week to the 20th of november, there were 851 cases recorded in england. the average for the same week in preceding years was 186. it can cause a variety of illness, including impetigo, which is a skin infection, and scarlet fever, which is an infection quite often preceded by a sore throat, which is very common with group a streptococcal infections, but then proceeds to high fever, headache, and a classical rash that people get, which is like sandpaper, can be red or purple on lighter skin types. it is believed one reason for the increase in cases is that children were less exposed to scarlet fever and other infections during the pandemic,

and very rarely strep a can cause the invasive condition which can prove fatal. strep a infections and scarlet fever are easily treated with antibiotics and, if there are clear symptoms, parents are advised to contact nhs iii or a gp. if a child shows signs of deteriorating after a bout of scarlet fever or serious symptoms develop, the advice is to seek urgent medical help. hugh pym, bbc news. almost a fifth of unaccompanied albanian child migrants who have come into the care of kent county council this year have gone missing. charities fear they could become the victims of trafficking. simonjones is here with more details. what more can you tell us? there have been — what more can you tell us? there have been a _ what more can you tell us? there have been a huge _ what more can you tell us? there have been a huge rise this - what more can you tell us? there have been a huge rise this year. what more can you tell us? there have been a huge rise this year in| have been a huge rise this year in the number of albanians crossing the channel by small boats. if a child arrives unaccompanied by any relative, they often become

responsibility of kent county council. it says it has taken almost 200 albanian children but 39 have gone missing. a charity which aims to protect vulnerable children says it fears some of the missing children could be sexually exploited or forced to work in the so—called grey economy. kent county council says it tries proactively to identify children at risk of going missing and if a child is eventually found there will be a full debrief to find out if lessons can be learned. ., ~ to find out if lessons can be learned-— the mp for bournemouth west, conor burns, is to be reinstated to the conservative party after being cleared of misconduct. he was suspended as patron of the party's lgbt+ group and sacked as trade minister, following a complaint about his behaviour at the tory party conference. mr burns consistently denied any wrongdoing, and said the experience was "a living nightmare". five recipients of the earthshot prize, set up by prince william, have been announced at a star—studed

ceremony in boston. the event marks the culmination of the prince and princess of wales' trip to america. daniela relph�*s report contains flash photography. a green carpet for the earthshot arrivals. it was sustainable glamour wherever you looked. and that included from the royals. the princess of wales was wearing a dress she hired for the night, and the jewellery once belonged to princess diana. the event was the final engagement on their visit to boston and the centrepiece of this trip. launched by the prince of wales, it's now one of the most significant projects he supports. it's right across the board, you could be a royal, you could be a prince, a princess, but if we don't have an earth in the future, there is none of that, even. famous faces and friends of the couple. many came to take part in the ceremony that honoured

the most innovative and ambitious ideas to solve the biggest environmental problems. it's my hope the earthshot legacy will continue to grow, helping our communities and our planet to thrive. after a tricky week, the prince and princess of wales will be relieved to have ended their trip to america on a positive note here at the awards ceremony. but it has all been a reminder that this is going to be a difficult and exposing time for the royalfamily. events this week have at times overtaken the planned schedule. the trailer for harry and meghan�*s new series on netflix released right in the middle of the trip. but the approach of the prince and princess of wales has been to try and avoid distraction and focus on thejob in hand. from the full spectator experience at the basketball, to the odd impromptu walkabout... spectacular setting.

..and a meeting with the president. they started this trip having to release a statement condemning racism. they ended it thanking the american people for the warm reception they've received. it's been quite a journey. daniela relph, bbc news, boston. with all the sport now, here's gavin ramjaun at the bbc sport centre. we're into the knockout stages of the world cup in qatar now, with first matches of the last 16 under way later this afternoon. england have to wait until tomorrow, when they take on african champions senegal. let's get the latest from the england camp now, with our reporter alex howell, who's at their training base for us. how are preparations going for gareth southgate's side ahead of this crucial match?

preparations are under way. behind me all 25 england players are on the pitch going through the final session they have before the match with senegal tomorrow. they might do some tactical work in our meeting room or walking through different scenarios on the pitch tomorrow but todayis scenarios on the pitch tomorrow but today is the last time gareth southgate can look at his players and decide on the line up, he has big decisions to make in the attacking area is whether to play marcus rashford, boakye sacko, raheem sterling or phil foden. for senegal, the first time they have beenin senegal, the first time they have been in the knockout stages for 20 years in the world cup. gareth southgate will hope his side can get through that match and avoid any of the upsets we've seen in other games in the tournament. away from the world cup, england's cricketers took late wickets against pakistan in the first test in rawalpindi. it looked to be another frustrating day, as the home side racked up the runs, in pursuit�*s of england's huge total. joe wilson reports.

test cricket is the battle between ball and bat. guess which is winning in rawalpindi. abdullah shafique passed 100 in control. england trying everything, trying willjacks. edge caught, shafique gone, 225—1. imam—ul—haq was another 100 maker in this record—breaking, bowler—aching match. would he ever make a mistake? well, it turns out, yes, like that, gone. there are a permitted ways to alter the state of the ball — using the sweat onjack leach�*s head a new one. but that's a new ball in leach�*s hand, and that's azhar ali out. lbw, yes. next, babarazam, showman, captain, the real thing. on this pitch in these conditions he made his 100, of course he did. that's why matches in pakistan matter. their hero right in front of their eyes. and did they really see babar hit this to a fielder? 0ut.

pakistan closed seven down, 158 behind, and he will always believe he can win. joe wilson, bbc news. that's all the sport for now. but a reminder, there is domestic football today, with women's super league matches taking place today — leaders manchester united playing aston villa. updates on the bbc sport website. that's it for now, we're back at 5.20. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. welcome to bbc london with me, alison earle. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel.

returning now to the news that conor burns has been cleared of wrongdoing and is set to be readmitted to the conservative party. he was sacked as trade minister by liz truss of allegations of inappropriate behaviour in september. 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart explains. so, conor burns is the mp for bournemouth west. he was a government minister under borisjohnson. he continued as a government minister under liz truss as a trade minister, but he was swiftly sacked from that position and suspended from the conservative party in october after a complaint of serious misconduct was made. now, the bbc was previously told that this complaint came from an eyewitness who saw him touching a young man's thigh at a hotel bar during the conservative party conference in october. it was, we understand, a third party who made the complaint, not the man mr burns was seen with. it was raised with party whips. that led to his suspension while in investigation was under way. he consistently denied any wrongdoing and today we've heard that that investigation has cleared him. and he's done an interview, hasn't he, and he's been talking about the process, the process of the investigation and concerns he has about it?

that's right, and he's done the interview with his local newspaper, the bournemouth echo, and in the interview published today he said the whole process was a living nightmare. he criticises how long it all took. he told the paper he felt he'd been thrown to the wolves and that it "felt and smelt like a stitch—up." now, his suspension came while liz truss was prime minister. conor burns, in this interview, suggests that part of his treatment was connected to praise he'd made for the international trade secretary kemi badenoch. it was reported at the conservative party conference he made a comment about her not being too focused on her instagram, which i think a lot of people look at a slight dig at liz truss, who has in the past been quite keen to raise her profile on social media. i've spoken to a source close to liz truss. they've certainly pushed back against this idea of there being any sort of personal vendetta in all of this, saying that with the facts they had at the time they believed it was responsible to launch an investigation and the right path was followed.

a conservative party spokesperson has said that the party investigated in line with his code of conduct and that the matter is now closed, so conor burns will be back in the conservative party shortly. david wallace lockhart. let's get more now on the news that health officials are urging parents to look out for the symptoms of scarlet fever, after six children in england and wales died from the bacteria that causes it. professor beate kampmann is a professor of pediatric infection and immunity. she said it's important to state that it's very unusual for strep a to cause serious illness many of us carry group a strep in our noses, and often it's completely asymptomatic and some people get tonsillitis and then some, especially children, progress to scarlet fever, which is a more systemic infection that includes producing a toxin that, sort of, gives this rash and the fever. now, it's absolutely rare that this bacteria becomes that, sort of, gives this rash and the fever. now, it's absolutely rare that this bacteria becomes what we call invasive. so, when we are talking

about invasive group a strep, and this is unfortunately what's happened in the children who have died, and that's obviously tragic, but it is an extremely rare occurrence. now, some of the symptoms, like fever, are common to lots of childhood ailments, aren't they? so what should parents and carers look out for that is unique to strep a or any infections that it can cause? yeah, so this is obviously critical because many children get a sore throat, especially at the moment when we have so many viruses circulating, as well, and the vast majority is due to viral illnesses. so the rash is very pathognomonic, orvery typical. it feels a bit like sandpaper and it's a sort of red, very finely raised rash which is sometimes hard to spot, depending on skin tone, as well. i hardly ever encourage people to look at pictures of rashes on the internet, but the rash for scarlet fever is fairly typical, so i would take the opportunity to familiarise myself with the picture, because it's hard to describe. and if in doubt, check it out. yeah.

are any other groups susceptible to this, apart from young children? yeah, so especially people over 75 appear to be having a higher rate of scarlet infections at the moment, and when we look at the reporting data from the uk hsa, we can see that especially in the group of people over 75 and in children between 1—4 and 5—9 the numbers of infections have gone up, so the bacterium has been isolated from throat swabs. that doesn't mean people are at high risk of getting invasive infection, but if we have much more infection going out there, of course we need to keep an eye on people not deteriorating with scarlet fever. at what point is additional medical help or should additional medical advice be sought? so if someone has a child or is an adult who's concerned about a very sore throat that is not settling down with a high fever, the child being lethargic, and especially

if not getting better after penicillin, antibiotics have been started, then they should seek medical attention. parents usually have a good gut feeling for their worry about their children, and we would encourage them to then to seek help. professor beatte kampmann there. western allies have agreed to put a cap on the price of russian oil. the g7 group of nations, as well as australia and the european union, have decided that no country should pay more than $60 a barrel — slightly below the current price of $64. the us says it will "immediately cut into putin's most important "source of revenue". louisa pilbeam reports. the latest russian missile strike in kharkiv. more destruction and suffering in a war that is showing no sign of ending. but a move by the g7 — the world's seven largest advanced economies — australia and the european union, to cap the price of russian oil is hoped to bring an end this war closer.

they've agreed to restrict the price of russian oil at $60 a barrel — hoping to wound russia with another financial sanction. this price cap has three objectives. first, it strengthens the effect of our sanction. second, it will further diminish russia's revenues. and thirdly, at the same time, it will stabilise global energy markets. the limit will come in on monday, after the eu persuaded poland to back the plan after warsaw initially considered it too high. and some market experts believe it's more of a symbol of rebellion against the kremlin, than a realistic financial weapon. they want one measure in place to suddenly contribute to that discount being bigger, but not as large as some wanted, and the fact it has taken the eu so long to agree on a cap is because some countries which tend to be hawkish on russia

wanted that cap to be much lower. other experts say sanctions like this are hurting russia, but president vladimir putin is still making huge amounts of money through oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme, saying it would not supply those countries which enforced a price cap. before the war, more than half of russia's oil exports went to europe, but russia has found new markets in india and china — and new money to fund its war. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. (pres)a third teenager has been charged over the murders of two 16—year—old boys a mile part in south—east london last week. kearne solanke and charlie bartolo died last saturday after being found with stab wounds on two different streets. 18 year old hussain bah, 18 is due to appear at bromley magistrates�* court charged with their murders. two other teenagers, who cannot be

named for legal reasons, were remanded in custody yesterday after being charged with murder at bexley magistrates court yesterday. today is the un's international day of persons with disabilities. it's a project aimed at increasing awareness — and accessibility — for those people who have different needs and challenges. this year the two main themes are innovation and inclusity. earlier i spoke to caroline casey, who's a businesswoman and activist behind the valuable 500, that's a global collective of 500 ceos and their companies working to improve disability inclusion. i began by asking her about what an inclusive workplace should look like. the valuable 500 is the world's biggest business partnership, as you've heard, with 500 companies and their brands, and we span 22 million employees, have 41 headquartered countries and 64 sectors, and our work is to collectively work together against some of the greatest barriers in the business system, so we're passionate about ensuring

that we see the youngest talents in the ceos of the future, ——that we see young disabled talent be the ceos of the future, the leaders of business. we're absolutely passionate about getting inclusive reporting and reporting on disability performance and we are absolutely passionate about getting accessibility, moving barriers for consumers with disabilities and their families, because we've got to remember this day is all about the value of people with disabilities. there are 1.3 billion people in the world who have a disability and yet the discrimination and marginalisation is huge and if you put a mother and father to the 1.3 billion people — and i am one of the disabled people in the world — that's 54% of our that's 54% of our global economy,

so the valuable 500 believes truly if we want to end the discrimination of people with disabilities in the world we need business at the table to value us as consumers and suppliers and leaders and points of innovation and i just want to say one of the big things... and how does this, what you do, how does it fit in with this un day? well, listen, the un day is a day, 0k? we live 364 other days of the year. it's a day for us, i believe, to track progress. to hold ourselves accountable. it is the day when we're talking about it and highlighting it, isn't it? yes! and first of you on here. can ijust say in these few hours the valuable 500 companies in actions because we believe in #inclusionmeansaction, believe in #inclusionmea nsaction, with believe in #inclusionmeansaction, with its hundreds of people in the last few hours and we have launched an organisation called generation valuable, gen v, and that is all about getting our the valuable 500 companies and ceos to nominate disabled talent in the business so

they can help businesses become progress and close to but also to see disabled talent and a powerful position in the future so therefore for me that is where we have to build on hope and build upon that because the discrimination marginalisation that exists is generally so serious that we need businesses to be at the table meaningfully.— businesses to be at the table meaningfully. businesses to be at the table meaninufull . ., . ., ~ ., meaningfully. you have talked about the barriers to _ meaningfully. you have talked about the barriers to inclusion, _ meaningfully. you have talked about the barriers to inclusion, caroline. i the barriers to inclusion, caroline. so running a business, either as an employee or owner is watching this and wondering how they can make their business more inclusive, what are the first steps? the their business more inclusive, what are the first steps?— are the first steps? the best i can sa to are the first steps? the best i can say to you — are the first steps? the best i can say to you is _ are the first steps? the best i can say to you is start _ are the first steps? the best i can say to you is start asking - say to you is start asking questions. starts going to organisations in your communities or in your countries like the disability forum who are there to help. the second pieces we would encourage all of our companies to get an employee resource group around disability, like you do with

many others and to start asking your people because we forget 80% of disability is invisible and a lot of people are hiding that are not disclosing and the intelligences in our businesses and i think the third thing is to statin to begin. today inclusion means action. not everybody can be like apple, which i really encourage everybody to see the greatest, that's a film they have released and it is phenomenal and it is around accessibility but the biggest moment of action is asking for help or asking what i can do. if we don't speak about this the problem will continue to exist so we need to work together to make uncomfortable conversations happen because from that we will see action. �* , , , because from that we will see action. �* , ,, ., , because from that we will see action. , , , action. business and activist behind the valuable — action. business and activist behind the valuable 500 _ action. business and activist behind the valuable 500 collective. - ——businesswoman and activist behind

the valuable 500 collective. jonathan the seychelles giant tortoise is about to celebrate his 190th birthday with a three—day bash. hatched in the seychelles in 1832, jonathan now lives on saint helena as the oldest known living land animal. earlier, i spent on other people who looks after him, beginning with what he likes to eat. he receives an awful lot of different fruits and vegetables but i think is favourite is banana and guava but he tends to make a big mess when he eats those but he really likes them. it is mess when he eats those but he really likes them.— really likes them. it is really important — really likes them. it is really important when _ really likes them. it is really important when you - really likes them. it is really important when you feed - really likes them. it is really | important when you feed him really likes them. it is really - important when you feed him that you wear that gauntlet because his beak and his jaw as extremely strong, aren't they?— and his jaw as extremely strong, aren't the ? , , ., , , aren't they? extremely strong, yes. m self, aren't they? extremely strong, yes. myself. i'm — aren't they? extremely strong, yes. myself. i'm not _ aren't they? extremely strong, yes. myself. i'm not a — aren't they? extremely strong, yes. myself, i'm not a vet, _ aren't they? extremely strong, yes. myself, i'm not a vet, and - aren't they? extremely strong, yes. myself, i'm not a vet, and just - aren't they? extremely strong, yes. myself, i'm not a vet, and just the l myself, i'm not a vet, and just the assistant feeder, we've both lost four males we haven't had gone the sun. it's like having a film shot in aduu sun. it's like having a film shot in adult —— with both lost thumbnails,

it is like having a film shot in a car door. ., it is like having a film shot in a car door-— it is like having a film shot in a car door. ., ., , , it is like having a film shot in a car door. ., . , , ., ., 4' car door. you have been helping look afterjonathan _ car door. you have been helping look afterjonathan ten _ car door. you have been helping look afterjonathan ten years _ car door. you have been helping look afterjonathan ten years but - car door. you have been helping look afterjonathan ten years but then - car door. you have been helping look afterjonathan ten years but then to i afterjonathan ten years but then to continue, consider he has been around for 190 is quite something. it really is. the amount of history that has passed him by on the silent and worldwide is quite incredible, really, when you think about it. he was here when they were both prisoners of war here the amount of history that has passed him by on the silent and worldwide is quite incredible, really, when you think about it. he was here when they were both prisoners of war here was actually five

when queen victoria ascended to the throne —— boer prisoners of war. that they put his life span into some context, doesn't it? picking dominic typically, this - species are taught can live around hundred and 50 years, why they have a longevity. we are not sure why they live that long in the seychelles because we think they do live longer here than they did in the seychelles because they did in the seychelles because the climate here does get quite chilly, especially 500 metres above sea level on the tortugas is noticeably slow down in an otter hibernating species but i guess that preserves them.— preserves them. being such an esteemed _ preserves them. being such an esteemed character _ preserves them. being such an esteemed character in - preserves them. being such an esteemed character in a - preserves them. being such an| esteemed character in a special tortoise, does he get any special treats? ~ �* , treats? whenever... and fruit is difficult to _ treats? whenever... and fruit is difficult to come _ treats? whenever... and fruit is difficult to come by _ treats? whenever... and fruit is difficult to come by here - treats? whenever... and fruit is difficult to come by here unless| treats? whenever... and fruit is l difficult to come by here unless it is local fruit in season, whenever there are some pairs that come in on there are some pairs that come in on the ship or some special feat we do let him have some, yeah. bud the ship or some special feat we do let him have some, yeah.— let him have some, yeah. and we heard about _ let him have some, yeah. and we heard about frederica _ let him have some, yeah. and we heard about frederica who - let him have some, yeah. and we heard about frederica who turnedj let him have some, yeah. and we - heard about frederica who turned out to be fred. doesjonathan have any offspring? to be fred. does jonathan have any offs-urin ? ., to be fred. does jonathan have any offs-urin? ., ., ., ., offspring? no, none at all, actually- — offspring? no, none at all, actually. we _ offspring? no, none at all, actually. we don't - offspring? no, none at all, actually. we don't think . offspring? no, none at all, i actually. we don't think they offspring? no, none at all, - actually. we don't think they would ever breed here and it is just to

hold in the winter really they have shown no interest. we have got one female and she has laid a few sterile eggs but not really, so... that was keeney lucy along with jonathan, of course. ——that was teeney lucy along withjonathan, of course. trainers from some of the world's greatest athletes are currently up for auction in new york. but they're not your average sneakers, as emer mccarthy reports. the old saying goes, don'tjudge someone before you walk a mile in their shoes. well, if you've got a spare bit of cash lying about, what about walking a mile in michaeljordan's sneakers? we have two pairs of 1985jordan 1s. nothing more iconic thatjordan's style is still celebrated and worn. both pairs game worn, one pair signed. the estimates are 200,000 to 300,000 on our top lot and then 100,000 to 200,000 on our next top lot, bothjordan1s. the jordans form part of the first sale of christie's new york's new department — sneakers, streetwear and collectibles, with bids closing next week.

the online auction, aptly named the greats, includes collectibles from other sporting icons, designers and streetwear brands, and demand is high across the globe. we have amazing collectors who are in asia, amazing collectors in the middle east, across europe, in the us, you know, across all age ranges. and that for me is one of the most exciting parts, is watching an auction registrant be anywhere from 17 years old to 75. if tennis is more your game, a pair of trainers worn and signed by serena williams, designed by the late virgil abloh, has an estimated sale price between 17 and $20,000. another pair also comes with a signed tennis ball. the only thing not included, serena's 23 grand slam titles. unfortunately, there's something money can't buy. emer mccarthy, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. hello, there. this weekend, we are going to keep easterly winds feeding in a number of showers, particularly to eastern areas. earlier today, we saw some of those showers move into lincolnshire. most of them are not too heavy and they don't last too long on account of the brisk winds. but those winds will continue to make it feel quite chilly, both today and tomorrow. the wind is coming in from the east thanks to this area of high pressure. the wind is blowing clockwise around that, hence the easterly flow. as those winds come across the north sea, they pick up moisture and we start to see those showers form and that is why we have got lots of showers in the forecast today for eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. one or two will cross the midlands into east wales but west wales and north—west england having the best of this afternoon's sunshine. wherever you are, it is going to feel quite chilly. temperatures 7—8 degrees, with those easterly winds making it feel a little bit chillier than that. the cloud will thicken up enough at times to bring some patchy rain to the north—west of scotland. but overnight, that will tend to pull back out of the way. showers continue to feed

in and with it being quite a chilly night, cold enough for some patches of frost in the countryside, there is a threat of seeing one or two icy surfaces on untreated roads and pavements first thing sunday morning. sunday will see more of those showers. again, brisk easterly winds making it feel quite cold. but this time for northern ireland and western scotland, i think you have a better chance of seeing a brighter day overall with a bit more in the way of sunshine. cold, though, 6—7 degrees pretty widely across the country. into monday's forecast, the wind still coming in from an easterly direction but we do have a little ridge of high pressure which will tend to kill some of the showers. the showers not as widespread. the best of the day's sunny spells across western areas of the country. temperatures, well, we are looking at 8—9 degrees across parts of eastern england, but signs of things starting to turn a bit colder across the far north, and that is just a sign of things to come. deeper into next week,

high pressure builds over greenland which sends cold northerly winds plummeting across the whole of the uk. with that will come the first snowfall of winter for a number of you, particularly across northern scotland. i think we could see some accumulating snow potentially causing one or two issues, and certainly ice will be a hazard. further southwards, temperatures struggle. there will be a widespread frost with temperatures not getting much above freezing, and don't rule out the threat of a few wintry showers as well. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... some health experts say it's likely the rise in strep a cases is linked to young children not mixing as much due to the pandemic. six children in england and wales have died recently after contracting the infection. almost 20% of unaccompanied child migrants from albania who've come into the care of kent county council in southern england this year have gone missing.

charities fear they could become the victims of trafficking.