a survey from the association of optometrists found around a quarter of children have never been to ana full sight test at primary school. that is not always the case. well, it's a bit of a postcode lottery at the moment, with screening being available in some areas, but not universally, across—the—boa rd. amblyopia has few symptoms. parents often don't know there is a problem until it is too late. taking a child for their free eye test at around three years of age is key. now it's time for a look at the weather we can cross the newsroom. hi there. a very good afternoon. it is the last day of high temperatures are crossed southern and eastern parts of the country. further north and west things have already started to change. some rain and then some cooler, pressure conditions. in the south east there is a little bit of sunshine. in suffolk. thicker cloud in cheshire. 0utbreaks sunshine. in suffolk. thicker cloud in cheshire. outbreaks of rain. you can see this type of cloud here. it is behind that that we start to get into cooler pressure conditions. there is quite a lot of cool at lyi

a survey from the association of optometrists found a quarter of children have never been to an eye testht test at primary school. that is not the case. well, it's a bit of a postcode lottery at the moment, with screening being available in some areas, but not universally, across—the—boa rd. this condition has few symptoms. parents often don't know there is a problem until it is too late. taking their children for a free eye test at around three years of age is key. the icelandic actor stefa n karl stefa nsson, who played the villain robbie rotten on lazytown, has died aged 43 from cancer. stefansson was best known for his role on the children's show, which was produced from 2004 to 2014. the programme was translated into dozens of languages and was broadcast in more than 180 countries. the headlines are coming up on bbc news channel. in a moment we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc2 — first we leave you with a look at the weather. you may have heard we have some changes in the weather over the next few days. it's going to turn much cooler by the time we get to friday, a freshening proces

that is according to a survey by the association of optometrists. more than half of parents think their child will have a full sight test at primary school, but not all schools offer this, and those that do usually only provide a basic screening. a bbc news investigation has found that some ryanair passengers who received compensation for cancelled and delayed flights were sent cheques that hadn't been signed. other customers said they had been charged extra banking fees after cheques bounced. rya nair has apologised and blamed the problem on an administrative error. it has been a difficult summer for the airline, which has suffered delays and cancellations at airports across europe. facebook says it has removed more than 600 pages and accounts linked to iran and russia for what it called inauthentic or manipulating behaviour. it is believed the misinformation campaigns were targeting britain, america and the middle east. twitter says it has also suspended around 300 accounts. it comes a day after microsoft said it had thwarted russian cyber—attacks

a survey from the association of optometrists found a quarter of children have never been for an eye half of parents think their child will have a full sight test at primary school. that's not always the case. well, it's a bit of a postcode lottery at the moment, with screening being available in some areas, but not universally, across—the—boa rd. amblyopia has few symptoms. parents often don't know there is a problem until it is too late. taking a child for their free eye test at around three years of age is key. the icelandic actor stefa n karl stefa nsson, who played the villain robbie rotten on lazytown, has died aged 43 from cancer. stefansson was best known for his role on the children's show, which was produced from 2004 to 2014. the programme was translated into dozens of languages and was broadcast in more than 180 countries. madonna has hit back at critics who claimed her tribute to aretha franklin at the mtv video music awards was self—indulgent. the singer posted on instagram explaining that she had been asked to share "any anecdotes i had in my career connected to aretha

a survey from the association of optometrists found around a quarter of children have never been to anst, we go to amelia reynolds in cambridge. there, look east have been looking into the huge discrepancy between the length of time women are having to wait for their smear test results. in some parts of the country it‘s just weeks whereas elsewhere, some women are waiting more than three months. it is all down to the way these tests are being analysed. traditionally, the smears are analysed by technicians, but that ta kes analysed by technicians, but that takes time. now there is a machine which can speed up that process. this machine filters the samples first, picking out those with problems, and then screams for the hpv virus which causes 99% of cervical cancer. those samples which test positive will then be further looked at. but as a result of this new technology, the number of testing labs around the uk is being cut from 50 to 13. this is where the problem comes, because staff at those sites not using the screening machines are worried they will be out of a job. that means the who