professor adam finn, thank you _ facilities. professor adam finn, thank you very _ facilities. you very much for - facilities. professor adam finn, thank you very much for your i facilities. professor adam finn, i thank you very much for your time. thank you. cuba is preparing to evacuate residents along its southern coast amid fears that tropical storm elsa could wreak havoc on the island. the storm has already left a trail of destruction through the eastern caribbean, killing a young boy and his grandmother in the dominican republic and a man in st lucia whose house collapsed on top of him. the government in cuba has opened shelters and moved to protect crucial sugar cane and cocoa crops. the approach of stowe elsa has led to a pause in search and rescue operations at the tip at —— at the apartment block in miami. at least 120 people remain missing nine days after the block collapsed, 24 people have been confirmed dead. representatives of the owners of the ship that blocked the suez canal in march say they've struck an agreement with the egyptian authorities that will finally

so this study, professor adam finn, what have we learned on how it can be used? y interesting study, very thoroughly done and it gives us a lot of very important information. what it is telling us is that this infection, when you get it and get sick enough to be hospitalised, is notjust going to affect your lungs. it is a high probability you're going to have other organ injury that we can measure. you know, these are things we have got tests for, we can look at a function of the kidneys, heart and the lungs, and these are serious long—term health consequences. and although we have long known that this is a disease that primarily affects older people and men are more than women, what this is showing us is that the young people, men and women, who fall sick with this infection, are similarly injured by the virus. so this is an important message, really, for young people at the moment because the hospitalisations we are seeing this time round are proportionately more in young people because the older folks are being protected by vaccination.— folks are being protect

professor adam finn is a member of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation — thejcvi.tarian imperative that these vaccines end up in somebody�*s arms, preferably some people who are at high risk of being exposed to or dying of covid. there is a desperate need to sort this. i do not know the risks of it not being sorted but my experience working within the uk in a research environment during the last 18 months is things can happen much more quickly than was the case in the pre—covid era, so one would hope that on the international stage, similarly the right people will make decisions swiftly to make sure vaccines do not go to waste. i think ithink in i think in cheese with the financial muscle have ordered more vaccines than they need and there needs to be a mechanism to make sure they do not go to waste —— i think countries with the financial muscle. the un has been calling out for donations to the covax programme, which would be one way of making sure the vaccines are equally distributed. there are other bilateral deals that might be able to be done. in terms of what

professor adam finn, thank you.orrespondent and a virologist on what the proposed changes in england might mean for you. any questions you have, perhaps you are a teacher, perhaps you're a parent, whatever questions you have, you can send them through. use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. and there is an e—mail address as well. coming up at 5:30pm. the day's other main news. a 19—year—old man has been found guilty of murdering two sisters in a park in north london last summer. danyal hussein repeatedly stabbed 46—year—old bibaa henry and 27—year—old nicole smallman, as they were out celebrating bibaa's birthday. hussein's victims were chosen at random as he roamed the park in the early hours of the morning on the 6th ofjune. the old bailey heard that hussein wanted to kill more women, in a deal he thought he'd done with a demon to win the lottery. he'll be sentenced in september, after psychiatric reports. june kelly has the background to the case. bibaa henry on the left and nicole smallman out together during the fi

professor adam finn. _ tolerable thing to do. professor adam finn, always _ tolerable thing to do.h winfrey. so might this moment today signal an end to the conflict? we can speak now to royal author and historian robert lacey. good morning. first of all, this statue, if we can talk about it, we know very little about it. have you had any insight? 1110. know very little about it. have you had any insight?— had any insight? no, i have 'ust been over there i had any insight? no, i have 'ust been over there to i had any insight? no, i have 'ust been over there to try �* had any insight? no, i have 'ust been over there to try and i had any insight? no, i havejust been over there to try and look| had any insight? no, i havejust i been over there to try and look at it, and there is nothing visible. apparently, after today, it will be possible for members of the public when the gardens are open, 10am to 6pm also, you will be able to go and look through a gap in the hedge. apparently the sculptor designed it to be seen with hedges on either side. and if you care to pay money, you can go in

professor adam finn is a specialist in children's health and a member of the uk's vaccination board.as been massively impacted from the very start and so we really do need to prioritise our children now and ensure that their lives can go back to normal and as a paediatrician i feel that's a much more important priority than giving freedoms to adults to do the things that they like to do. but schools will have to mass test before the start of the new year in autumn. here's a head teacher with the problems that brings. the problem for us is that to establish testing stations we need to develop significant area of of a school which impacts our teaching and learning for our school and it would be for sports hall once again and that impacts on activities retaining have been even further impacted throughout this time and the concerns about students not getting physical exercise that needs to be a priority for us when students return to school. we would also potentially struggle to recruit the same body of volunteers to be enjoyed from the local community because of course we now that many

iamjoined by i am joined by adam finn, iam joined by adam finn, professor of paediatrics at the universitye vaccines don't just stop people getting sick, they actually do reduce their risk of getting infected and passing the infection onto others. they are not by any means perfect in that regard, but it kind of makes logical sense that people who have been fully immunised pose a much lower risk than those that haven't, in terms of carrying the virus around. so i think this was inevitably going to happen sooner or later. it has perhaps happened a little bit sooner than some of us would have liked, just in the sense that there are of course still quite a lot of people who are not in a position to have received two doses of vaccines, so it's a bit hard on them, but nevertheless i think it was going to be hard to hold this back, and it is good news that the various governments are now beginning to talk to each other and reach agreement on this.- talk to each other and reach agreement on this. talk to each other and reach aareement on this. ., ._ agreement on this. through the day, i've been he

adam, always good to talk to you, thank you so l good to talk to you, thank you so much, adam finn, a immunisation. one of the impacts of coronavirus is long covid. scientists at imperial college london believe they've discovered the basis for what could be the first diagnostic test for long covid. researchers have told the bbc�*s panorama programme they hope their study will help develop improved treatments for the condition, which leaves sufferers unwell for months. 0ur correspondent lucy adams, who has been suffering from long covid herself, has this report. i started recording a video diary when i first got covid in march last year, thinking it would just be a few weeks illness. i've been ill for eight... i've been ill for eight months now. and i'm getting really fed up on it. doorbell rings. hi, guys. how was school? i'm one of a million people in the uk suffering from long covid, an illness with a huge range of symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog. it's had a huge impact on me and my family. much about the illness is still unknown. i look fine on the outside,

i�*m joined now by adam finn, a professor of paediatrics at the university of bristol and member of thejoint vaccines to pregnant women, doesn�*t it? i safety of these vaccines to pregnant women, doesn't it?— women, doesn't it? ithink what it in fact points _ women, doesn't it? ithink what it in fact points to _ women, doesn't it? ithink what it in fact points to is _ women, doesn't it? ithink what it in fact points to is that _ women, doesn't it? ithink what it in fact points to is that at - women, doesn't it? ithink what it in fact points to is that at that - in fact points to is that at that point in time people at the age where people get pregnant were it not been offered the vaccine. we actually had very limited information at that point about the safety of the vaccines in pregnancy. that has really changed now and we are in a completely new situation, where we have got a summer wave, there is a lot of iris around, and we do know for sure that pregnant women and their babies are at significant risk of this virus. pregnant women are more likely to get seriously ill that women who are not

she'll be speaking to professor adam finn of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation amongdar showing the rain from the north east, further south we have got showers, they are affecting the south—east so wimbledon could catch one or two and there will be further showers in the forecast for tomorrow as well. through the second half of today, the most persistent rain in the north—east here. to the south, west of the uk, a cluster of showers coming in carried by quite a strong breeze. it is still quite windy in the south, even into this evening. fairly breezy at least. not much changes through the night. lots of clear spells around but also a scattering of showers. 14 in the south, around 13 in the north. so not a particularly cold night. here is the weather map for the middle of the week, for wednesday, the low pressure around the northern isles, there's another weather front crossing the country. that is going to spark off some showers as well. generally, a fair bit of cloud around but also i think some decent sunny spells around as well. but notice the showers here. almost

two children will be offered the jab because she has previously had cancer, and also to professor adam finnsion _ these children. this has been a tricky decision to _ these children. this has been a tricky decision to make. - these children. this has been a tricky decision to make. all. these children. this has been a tricky decision to make. all the these children. this has been a i tricky decision to make. all the way through the pandemic with the vaccines, what we have done is look at the evidence for effectiveness, the safety the vaccines, and made the safety the vaccines, and made the bestjudgment on the balance of risk and benefit. and sometimes it has been a very obvious decision, the beginning it was clear that we needed to focus our attention on health care workers and the elderly, then progressively work our way through people at higher risk. when it comes to younger children, the risks of the disease are actually extremely low, but there are some groups of children who are at higher risk, and therefore do need to have the protection of that this one a vaccine that we have now aut

adam klotz is tracking the storm, but we begin with matt finn live in surfside.i, matt. >> reporter: there's a pretty big development today. a short while ago governor desantis now saying that the remaining part of the tower could come down as early as tomorrow. initially they thought it might be a couple weeks, but we do have that storm off the coast of florida threatening search and rescue crews here. you can see the 13-story in the distance, it's hovering directly are over the search and rescue crews, so if any effects of a tropical storm or hurricane were to hit, there could be another catastrophe. >> we have a building hear in surfside that is tottering, it is structurally unsound. and although the eye of the storm is not likely to pass over this direction, you could feel gusts in this area. >> reporter: and all the residents who already evacuated, they're not being allowed to go back in to collect their belongings. it's just too dangerous. officials tell us they are using a camera looking for any pets that might be trapped. so far no animals have been found

finn fox news. he is one of the best wide receivers in the nfl, but he is also making a big impact off the field as well. ktvu joe fonzi shows us how davante adamsrew up. davante adams high school field credentials couldn't have been better. his palo alto high team won the state championship in 2010, what's going on everybody happy to be here, and this week, adams was back in his east palo alto roots. joining forces with optimum nutrition, a nutrition and fitness training product, adams was using the visibility he has in his hometown to encourage fitness and more in the next generation of kids growing up like him, i think about myself being in that position, um how much on, having more resources in our community. sports has done so much for me. just keep me out of trouble. my whole life, um, again being freeze followed until there's many distractions, different things that you can get caught up in. i feel like a lot of these kids these days. um you know they're even better than what i was academically, you know, and if they're on top of the sports as well, it just kind of reminds them that they where they are right now. it's still step ahead of

finn, thank you. >>> elsa now downgraded to a tropical storm as it approaches the dominican republic and haiti. it could headache landfall in florida next week -- make landfall next week. adam now back down to tropical storm status, currently spinning just south of the dominican republic, winds at 70 miles an hour. the track is going to run it over the island of cuba taking you into sunday and early monday morning. and as it makes that move and can eventually works itself up into portions of south florida late sunday, early monday morning. we're still going to have a little bit of an indecision on where exactly the storm will track because once with it hits the island, that's going to shift it a little bit. here's several tropical models, a all in pretty good agreement until we run into cuba, and then there's a wider area, but we are still targeting it very early monday morning when you're going to start to see impacts in south florida, and that's something we'll be a paying attention to. otherwise the weather across the country, hot in the middle of the country. that's been the story for a little while. quite a bit cooler in portions of the midwest, also up into new englan