this is bbc news. the headlines at six: the father of a four—year—old girl on a ventilator with a strep a infection, warns other parents to be alert to the symptoms and act quickly. cameela burns was admitted to liverpool's alder hey children's hospital earlier this week. any doubts, if they don't look right or anything, just scoop them up and take them, get them checked out rapid. 39 unaccompanied albanian children who have come into the care of kent county council this year have gone missing, raising fears of human trafficking. moscow warns the west against adopting a price cap on russian oil, saying it would endanger their energy security. and... keen to be seen in green.

prince william and kate arrive for the environmental awards the earthshot prize in boston. coming up in sportsday at 6.30pm: england's footballers say they're prepared for extra time and penalties in tomorrow's world cup knockout match against senegal. good evening. the father of a four—year—old girl with a strep a infection, currently on a ventilator in hospital, is urging other parents to act quickly, if they think their child might be affected. dean burns says his family has been "living an absolute nightmare�* since his daugher, cameela, was admitted to liverpool's alder hey children's hospital earlier this week. the strep a infection, which often causes scarlet fever, is normally mild, but there have

been more cases than usual recently, with six children in england and wales dying from the bacteria. here's yunus mulla. cameela, from bolton, has been described by her father as a "special little girl", but the four—year—old is in intensive care and on a ventilator at liverpool's alder hey children's hospital. it was thought at first she had a sickness bug and her chest started hurting. a day later, she was rushed to hospital and needed life—saving intervention. her family have been told she had a serious strep a infection. we've been here since monday. just trying and willing her to make a full recovery. to stay with us. how has strep a affected her? just devastated her. she's just such a little girl. yeah, just a special little girl.

infectiona caused by group a bacteria are usually mild, with symptoms like sore throat and skin infections. it can also cause scarlet fever. health officials say they are seeing more scarlet fever and in the week to 20th of november, there were 851 cases recorded in england. the average for the same week of preceding years is 186. very rarely, strep a can cause invasive group a strep, which can be deadly. five died of invasive group a strep since september and another in wales. the uk health security agency has said there is no evidence a new strain is circulating and the rises are most likely because of higher amounts of circulating bacteria and social mixing. any doubts, if they don't look right or anything, just scoop them up and take them, get them checked out rapid. these infections are rare,

but if parents have concerns, they are being urged to contact nhs 111 or their gp. yunus mulla, bbc news, liverpool. earlier, iasked dr chris smith, virologist at cambridge university and presenter of the naked scientists podcast, why there has been an increase in infections. we don't know, but what we can speculate is that it's some kind of consequence of the measures taken to stop the coronavirus pandemic over the last two or three years. and there are other infections that have also shown a change in their seasonal patterns and this is just one of them. so we think it's probably part and parcel of the same thing. perhaps a group of children who would normally be exposed to this earlier on in their lives haven't, so they are all catching it all at the same time and when lots of people have got something, there are lots of people to give it to lots of other people so if you are one of the susceptible ones, you could become severely unwell and you are more likely to run into somebody who will give it to you, that may explain it.

the other possibility is as other infections are rising, perhaps we are seeing a punch phenomenon, where people catch one infection and this makes them susceptible to another — and this can happen if you have a viral infection first, then you run into this group a streptococcal infection and it penetrates your defences and causes severe disease when you have had that prior infection and those other infections are much more common at this time of year at the moment as well. at the moment, we don't think it is anything different about the bacteria, it's something different about us as a population making it happen. talk us through the data and the numbers of cases we are seeing. we've seen about a fivefold increase in the number of cases of diagnoses with group a streptococcal infections. these are normally common infections anyway and about 10% of the population carry this bacteria in their nose and throat and on their skin anyway. so for years, we have documented people having things like sore throats,

skin infections and joint infections with them, but what we have seen is a big uptick compared with during the pandemic and prior to the pandemic of people with this infection. in a small minority of cases, it can progress beyond a trivial infection causing a sore throat for example into what we call an invasive infection, where the bacteria game access where the bacteria gain access to the bloodstream and beyond and they can cause more severe manifestations. and if that is not treated promptly, that can be fatal and that is what is being reported and unfortunately led to the loss of life of a small number of individuals. very briefly, it is rare that a child will die, cold comfort if you have a child in very poor shape and for those families as well who have lost a child. butjust set it into context for us, we don't want people to panic, just briefly. no, absolutely not. the vast majority of sore throats will be caused by a viral infection, 80% or 90% of the time.

a good giveaway is that you have got a virus is if you have a runny nose to go with it because most viruses that cause the sort throats also caused by this infection will be caused by a virus that causes a runny nose. it is not exclusively the case, but you can be somewhat reassured it's probably a virus 90% of the time. but if people do get a severe sore throat or other manifestations and flushed cheeks and a red rash that feels a bit rough, and the child is not getting better after the normal period of time, you should escalate this, you should get a professional opinion, get someone to look at the child to make sure they're 0k. virologist doctor chris smith. 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. our correspondent simon jones has more we're talking here of 39 children who have gone missing who were in

the care of kent county council. this year, we have seen a huge increase in the number of albanians making the crossing over the channel in small boats. so unsurprisingly, there has also been a big rise in the number of unaccompanied children from albania arriving in kent. now, 200 children have been passed into the care of kent county council, and around a fifth of those have gone missing. now, that has raised some concerns. you've got the charity, ecpat uk, who basically campaign to try to make the life of vulnerable children more safe, and they are saying it's possible these children are now being forced to work in the so—called grey economy — it could be in construction, car washes, or perhaps even more seriously, in cannabis factories. we know from the national crime agency that albanian gangsters play a lead role in running those cannabis factories. these children could also end up being sexually exploitated. what is being done

to try and find them? kent county council says initially, proactively, what it's trying to do is identify children at risk of going missing in the first place to try to stop them from going missing. and if necessary, it can refer people to the national mechanism where you can flag up people who are at risk of potentially falling victim to modern—day slavery. but after people have gone missing, kcc says it is working closely with the police and home office to try to locate the children. but in this case, 39 this year have not been located. we've got no idea where exactly they are. if a child is found, we are told by the authorities that there is a full debrief with that child afterwards to find out the reasons why they went missing and whether any lessons can be learnt from the cases. simonjones. the government is to review why many small businesess across the uk, are owed £23 billion in unpaid invoices. some firms face bankruptcy. with more, here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown.

at the tom foolery cafe in shoreham by sea, they do make a mean cappuccino, but the past few years have been nojoking matter for husband and wife team bob and vanessa, as they struggle with the difficulties facing many small businesses. numerous, numerous challenges! darling? i think one of the key challenges that we've been facing is recruitment along the south coast. we keep a weekly spreadsheet, don't we, of costs? so we're sort of up to date with it. and that is the challenge. we are all being squeezed, both the suppliers from their end, and us who sort of serve the public. yeah. to mark small business saturday, the government is launching a review into late payments. ministers estimate small firms are owed £23 billion in outstanding invoices. they want to make sure bigger players aren't ripping them off. |the number one thing people talk| about is wanting more customers, needing more turnover, - more people buying their stuff. but also, of course, when you're selling stuff, you want to get - the money in for that stuff. and businesses that have to wait | for payment are really suffering | and that can really be life -

threatening for many businesses. your own costs are going up? labour wants full transparency, with a list published naming slow payers. a new survey found two thirds of the uk's five million small businesses think they'll struggle next year with rising costs, especially energy bills. the message we're getting back, loud and clear, is that small businesses are fed up with the government that's crashed the economy. and it's notjust the last 12 weeks that's caused huge problems, it's the last 12 years. and we need to listen to that. we need a positive plan to turn the economy around. during the pandemic, when we could go out, we tended to shop local. so, high streets like this got a real boost. already, though, that's starting to change. as the cost of living is rising, it seems we're turning back to bigger names, bigger brands who, of course, are better placed to cut costs and offer us a bargain. can i get you anything at all? but it's the little touches, the personality, attention to detail,

that really makes a difference. as another husband—and—wife team, simon and sophie, here in brighton know all too well. you can't have a more personal experience or a more intimate experience than you get when you buy locally and when you support a local business. the people who are running the business, making those decisions, are the people that you meet every day. these businesses are described as the beating heart of our communities. they're hoping by this time next year, they might have a bit more to celebrate. marc ashdown, bbc news. 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". our political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave us this update. conor burns, mp for bournemouth west, he was a government minister under boris johnson. when liz truss became

prime minister, she kept him on him on as a minister. but he was swiftly sacked from that position and suspended from the party in october of this year, after a complaint of serious misconduct. the bbc was previously told this came after an eyewitness said they saw him touching a young man's thigh at a hotel bar during the conservative party conference. it was a third party that made the complaint, not the man mr burns had been seen with. they raised the incident with party whips that led to his suspension. that obviously has lasted for the last couple of months, but now that investigation has concluded and they found that conor burns has no case to answer and he will be getting the conservative party whip back. he's took an interview talking about how unhappy he was with how the whole thing has been handled. yes, he's spoken to his local paper, the bournemouth echo, making it clear he did not think this was handled well.

for one thing, he talks about this being quite a long process for him, he called it "a living nightmare". he told the paper he felt he had been thrown to the wolves and it smelt and felt like a stitch—up. his suspension came when liz truss was prime minister. conor burns has suggested in this interview that a comment he made at the conservative party conference praising kemi badenoch, who is another member of the cabinet, she ran to be leader at the time that liz truss won. he was reported to have made a comment about her not being too focused on instagram and being focused on her dayjob. liz truss, a big fan of instagram. some took it as a bit of a dig at her. so he's sort of suggesting, i think, there was an element, when he talks about it being a stitch—up, that there was retribution perhaps. people close to liz truss are pushing back on that. they are saying she acted decisively, based on

what she had been told at the time, and the right thing to do was to launch an investigation. a conservative spokesperson has said the party investigated, in line with its code of conduct. the matter is now closed, conor burns will be back in the party. the headlines on bbc news: the father of a four—year—old girl on a ventilator with a strep a infection warns other parents to be alert to the symptoms and act quickly. cameela burns was admitted to liverpool's alder hey children's hospital earlier this week. moscow warns the west against adopting a price cap on russian oil, saying it would endanger their energy security. and coming up in sportsday at 6:30: we'll get the latest on the world cup, as the netherlands become the first side through to the quarter—finals. we'll have more on all the stories from the world cup in qatar and on all today's sport in sportsday at 6.30pm. five winners of the environmental award the earthshot prize have been announced at a

star—studded ceremony in boston. the annual awards were created by prince william, to fund projects helping to save the planet. the event marks the culmination of the prince and princess of wales' trip to america. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has more on the winners. his report contains some flash photography. cheering the prince and princess of wales were greeted with cheers in a chilly boston last night. they'd rolled out the green carpet and invited a host of celebrities — actors... singers... and david beckham. but this was really all about the environment. it's my hope that the earthshot legacy will continue to grow, helping our communities and our planet to thrive. he says earthshot scours the world for the most innovative ideas to help repair and restore the natural world. and we had ourfirst uk—based winner — a company that turns seaweed into this...

a biodegradable alternative to plastic that has already lined a million fast food containers and can even be formed into edible liquid bubbles. cheers! we were really inspired - by the way nature makes these elegant shapes and uses i all these natural materials, and how we could translate that into packaging. - there was a low—cost and portable greenhouse, designed by an indian firm, that dramatically reduces water and pesticide use by the poorest farmers, as well as boosting their harvests. and the kenyan company — led by women — that has designed a cheap, efficient and cleaner alternative to traditional cooking stoves. each of the five winners get £1 million and support to grow their businesses, helping them share the benefits their ideas can bring. this firm in oman has developed technology to store carbon dioxide in rocks.

the award ceremony coincided with the release of this trailer for harry and meghan�*s new documentary series. no—one sees what's happening behind closed doors. it made an uncomfortable backdrop for the awards. but the waleses kept their attention studiously on the future, and how these new earthshot prize—winners can improve it. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the kremlin says russia will not accept a cap on prices on its oil by ukraine's western allies, with its embassy in washington describing it as "illegitimate" and "dangerous". the $60 a barrel cap was agreed on friday to put pressure on russia for waging war on ukraine. moscow has warned the european union and the g7 against adopting a price cap. the 60—dollars—a—barrel cap was approved yesterday.

washington says the move will restrict revenues for russia's war in ukraine. 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 to 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's 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.

the bbc has uncovered evidence that the rising cost of living is leading more women onto the street and into sex work. while some of these women may been on the streets for years — some since they were teenagers — they are also reporting an increase in violence and fewer places to turn to for help. frankie mccamley and cameraman richard milliken have spent the night with one outreach team in london. when night descends on the capital, a different world comes to life — the world of sex work. and we've been given rare access to those forced to sell sex on our streets just to make ends meet. every week, stella and charmaine trawl the streets of south london, helping homeless women, many selling sex. we're around. give me a call if you need me. do you know her quite well? is she new to the streets? no, probably about two years, we've known her.

most of the women you speak to, have they suffered some kind of violence? yeah, yeah. i would say probably... 100% of them. they also hand out bags with snacks and sexual health products. the condoms are for us, in a way, to help them have safe sex. we're just in an area that these outreach workers know as the red light district, and they say a lot of sex workers will be around here, as well as pimps and drug dealers. and they will all stay in a certain area because they don't need phones, they can find each other quite quickly. and just out of the busier area, we're going to go down some side streets, which is where the workers say a lot of men will come to pick up women. it's not always easy spotting women, and some don't want to engage, or are too consumed by drugs to speak. but after leaving a client, this sex worker wants to talk. these bags they give out,

as well, does this help? yeah, it does help, because they put little bits of food in there with some tissues, some wipes, condoms, which is very important when you're working because you need to keep yourself clean. because if we ain't got condoms, we're putting ourself at high risk. but this is a high—riskjob. how safe do you feel out here? i've been out here since i was 14, so i'm very used to it. i've been attacked so many times, i've been raped so many times. so i don't feel scared, because the drugs don't make me feel fear. they hide my fear. does that make sense? so, when i'm out here, the drugs make me not care, but that's still not a good way to be. because when i don't really care, i'm putting myself at more risk. i've put myself in some very dangerous situations. do you feel like the police are out helping you keep safe? do you feel like you trust the police? i trust them, but i don't, because they're not consistent enough. they used to have, like, an undercover vice squad, and they're not here no more. when they were out, i felt safe.

and now, more of the girls are getting attacked. the metropolitan police says it no longer has a vice squad, but says it's shifted towards a vulnerability model, looking at human trafficking and exploitation. it says it knows assaults on sex workers are significantly underreported, but says officers treat anyone reporting a crime respectfully, with dignity and withoutjudgment. but with budgets slashed and the cost of living soaring, how can this complex, deep—rooted issue really be tackled? the former chancellor george osborne, who's the chair of the british museum, has been holding secret talks with the greek prime minister over the possible return of the elgin marbles. negotiations have been taking place in london since november 2021. our culture editor, katie razzall, told me more about these latest talks. a greek newspaper, called ta nea,

have this exclusive story today that, as you say, these secret talks have been happening, the latest of which supposedly happened this week, at a hotel in central london between george osborne, who is now chair of the british museum, and the greek prime minister. more than 13 months, they say, these talks have been going on, not just with the greek prime minister, but also with other greek politicians. clearly, this has been briefed by the greek side. i think it's interesting that the british museum, though they certainly aren't confirming the status of the talks — because let's remember, what's being said in this newspaper is that the greek side say an agreement is 90% complete, but a critical 10% remains unresolved — so the british museum certainly not confirming that, but they are not denying that these talks have happened. they have said to me today that they have publicly called for a new parthenon partnership with greece and will talk with anyone, including the greek government, about how to take that forward.

i'm sure everybody will remember what these beautiful sculptures are, classical greek sculptures, we have quite a few of them in the british museum here in london and the uk because back in the early 19th century, lord elgin, a scottish diplomat and the ambassador for the ottoman empire, he brought them, took them. we understand at some cost to himself, i think £70,000 it cost him, to remove some of these items from the parthenon temple and bring them back to the uk. the british government then bought them and they ended up in the british museum. but they are hotly contested and, of course, greece have been asking for them back for a very, very long time. so it's very interesting to hear that we might perhaps be close to an agreement. they are one of the big draws to the british museum. would they literally be sent back to greece, orjust ownership returned to greece? well, it's interesting. greece absolutely wants

them back in athens. between 2000 and 2010, they built this new museum on the acropolis. and one of the galleries is the parthenon gallery, and it has the items, the artworks from the parthenon that didn't get taken by other countries. and they've left spaces where they've put very good plastic replicas of, for example, the works that are in the british museum. but they have always been very clear that these items need to be reunited with the rest of them, they need to be back in greece. but the british museum is pointing out — and has done for many years — that unlike a lot of museums up and down the uk... viewers might remember only this week that the horniman, a london museum, has returned ownership of 72 benin bronzes back to nigeria. but the british museum is bound by very different laws. according to laws set by parliament — and parliament would have to change them — they can't deaccession items in their collection, except under very specific reasons. effectively, that means they can't

give ownership of these unless the government decides they are going to change that. at the moment, we understand the government is not minded to do that. having said that, greece won't take anything else other than ownership. you can imagine they could do a deal where they send them back on long loan, but imagine if you're greek and you really think those things belong to you, i'm not sure the greeks can sell it to their citizens that they are being loaned these items that they think belong to them. so it is very difficult, and maybe that's the crucial 10% they need to get over the line to do this. 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 $17,000 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 stav. hello, there. there's very little change to the weather for part two of the weekend. it's staying cold for all areas and we'll see strong easterly winds again across england and wales, making it feel quite bitterly cold, in fact. that'll drive in a few showers to north sea coasts. the easterly winds also pushing this weather front away from the north—west corner of the uk, so it'll be turning a little bit drier here, as well. it will drive further showers into eastern scotland, eastern england, particularly north—east england, one or two into northern ireland during the overnight period. some of them could have a wintry flavour over the higher ground. where skies are clear we will likely see a touch of frost and there is a chance where you get a shower and then skies clear

and temperatures fall then there could be a touch of ice