fatuma kadir, aged 11, safe and well.o avoid covid self—isolation in england — has been significantly expanded — following criticism it did not go far enough. currently, most people identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus have to self—isolate for 10 days — which the government says is "crucial" in controlling the spread of the virus. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate, whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it is late. what we need is the government to realise that we have major problems occurring across all industrial sectors, because people are being pinged and are having to self—isolate and the vast, vast majority of them it happens unne

well, i the latest is, as you said, that the police have issued an appeal and fatuma kadir�*s parentsl and they are particularly keen to try to track down a couple who fatuma kadir spoke to, according to the cctv, on the train between bolton and manchester. they are not suggesting this couple have anything to do with her disappearance. theyjust think have anything to do with her disappearance. they just think that fatuma kadir might have given them some indication of where she was going and what her plans are. family and friends have told the police that in the past she talked about wanting to set up her own close business, perhaps in the london bridge, tower bridge area, but of course she is only 11 and she is extremely vulnerable. it looks like the male and female are concerned for her welfare. the three get on the train, on the same train to manchester piccadilly. they get on the same train again to birmingham new street. i am not saying they travelled together, but they were all on the same train, so we really want to find this male, this female to get in touch because they may wh

you mentioned where fatuma kadir was going. ym. mentioned that line about her perhaps wanting to seturney at that time?— where she may have made such a journey at that time? no, they said there was no _ journey at that time? no, they said there was no indication _ journey at that time? no, they said there was no indication she - journey at that time? no, they said there was no indication she had - journey at that time? no, they said i there was no indication she had been in any way lured to london. there was no indication of why she had left at that time. they said that she was described by her parents as, a really intelligent girl, a very independent minded girl, but as i say, she is only 11 and to arrive in london in the middle of the night and then police believe she was headed for the london bridge, tower bridge area, they are very, very concerned and they said, if anyone does see her... she is five foot two, she is wearing a dark robe and headscarf, a blue scarf, she they should call 999 because, as i say, it is quite unusual for the police toissue it is quite unusual for the po

the good news that fatuma kadir has been found safe and well.ing in hungary's capital budapest today as the annual gay pride march is taking place. but this year, the country's government has approved a law that bans the depiction of what it describes as promotion of homosexuality and transgender issues to anyone under the age of 18. pride organisers say they want to stand up for a diverse, open and inclusive society against what they call the government's stigmatising policies. i'm nowjoined by shaun walker who is the guardian's central and eastern europe correspondent. he is in budapest. first of all, what turnout has there been today? how would you characterise the mood? there has been a really _ characterise the mood? there has been a really impressive - characterise the mood? there has been a really impressive turnout, | been a really impressive turnout, always hard to put a number on these things but definitely in the tens of thousands, some of the central streets of budapest were closed off and the crowd went for a kilometre or two going

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.er viktor orban's right—wing government. thank you for your company. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, on thursday, and arrived in london in the early hours of fridayhit by torrential rain and flash flooding. two houses in andover in hampshire were hit by lightning and caught fire. a 70—year—old woman escaped unharmed. andy weeks from hampshire and isle of wight fire and rescue service went to the scene. it is purely random and very unlucky. i very much feel for the people involved. fortunately, they were woken up by the storm and they knew how to get out of the house, they had prepared, so they managed to safely make their way out. i can imagine it was very frightening and quite distressing to have that happen to you. the headlines on bbc news... the olympics host nationjapan picks up its first medals — a gold and a silver in thejudo competition. that was after ecuador�*s richard carapaz won the men's cycling road race and a golden run for china — with its team picking up two golds in shooting and weightlifting. tackling britain's "pingdemic" — hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.orkshire. part of the m62 had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. now on bbc news, three engineers leading the field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by kevin fong, at the victoria and albert museum in london. hello, i'm kevin fong, and welcome to the engineers: clean energy.

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, on thursday, and arrived in london in the early hours of fridayrst two legs of fatuma's journey to london, from bolton to manchester, manchester to birmingham. they are not suggesting the couple had anything to do with her disappearance, but they believe fatuma might have confided in them, have told them her plans, where she was going. after that, she got a train to euston where she was seen on cctvjust train to euston where she was seen on cctv just after one train to euston where she was seen on cctvjust after one o'clock in the morning on friday, and police believe that then she would have gone to tower bridge or london bridge because she had told friends she dreamt of setting up a clothes business in that area. but she didn't know london, she had no friends, no contacts down here. she is only 11 years old, her family, friends, no contacts down here. she is only 11 years old, herfamily, as you said, are extremely worried about her and police say if anyone sees her they should call 909. thank ou. one of the largest music festivals in europe to b

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.an has declared a night—time curfew in almost the entire country in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no—one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. army explosives experts are preparing to detonate a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 has had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. sportsday is coming up at 7.45, but now on bbc news, it's time for the film review with mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. tuesday, january 1st, 1856. with little pride and less hope, we begin the new year. in the world to come, us—based norwegian film—maker mona fastvold captures an intense romantic relationship set against the bleak, unforgiving backdrop of 19th—century frontier life. when the day is

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.—time curfew has come into force across almost all of afghanistan in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no—one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. army explosives experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips, and nigel nelson, who's the political editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the observer has been hearing from bosses within the uk food industry, who say government measures to prevent staff from isolating have been so badly mishandled, they've made the crisis worse. the sunday people focuses on the transport industry which is also suffering the

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, on thursday, and arrived in london in the early hours of fridayed an appeal and they are particularly keen to try to track down a couple who fatuma spoke to, according to the cctv, on the train between bolton and manchester. they are not suggesting this couple have anything to do with her disappearance. they just think that fatuma might have given them some indication of where she was going and what her plans are. family and friends have told the police that in the past she talked about wanting to set up her own clothes business, perhaps in the london bridge, tower bridge area, but of course she is only 11. one of the largest music festivals in europe — to be staged since the start of the pandemic is taking place this weekend in sheffield. around 40,000 people are expected to attend tramline which is one of the government's test events. there'll be no masks or social distancing but concert—goers will need to prove they're fully vaccinated or can show a negative covid test. corinne wheatley reports. it's a scene we used to take for granted during t

police appealed for help infinding fatuma kadir after she travelled to london by train without her parentsg start in the opening test against south africa in cape town. the home side dominated the first half, leading 12—3 at the break. but it was a different story in the second half with the lions controlling territory. four penalties and a try saw the lions win 22—17. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear good evening. the weather story is on the change, and we've seen signs of that today with some contrasting conditions out there. yes, there were early morning thunderstorms across southern england, and then those eased to a legacy of cloud for much of the day. further north and west, we've had some beautiful sunshine, and yet again, some warmth — not the extreme warmth, but 25 celsius. that's 77 fahrenheit. it looks likely that we see that north—south divide through the night with clearer skies to the north—west. but low pressure really dominating the story over the next few days, and that could trigger off further thundery downpours overnigh

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.explosives experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. now on bbc news, three engineers leading the field in clean energy solutions come together for a special event presented by kevin fong, at the victoria and albert museum in london. hello, i'm kevin fong, and welcome to the engineers: clean energy. we are here at the victoria and albert museum in london with a socially distanced public audience, a virtual audience from around the globe, and three of the world's leading engineers. now, the climate catastrophe threatens all of us. but these engineers are at the forefront of providing our world with real solutions. applause. please welcome henry snaith, professor of physics at oxford. through his engineering of low—cost photovoltaics, he discovered thin film solarcells. it could be a hugely significant disco

fatuma kadir left her home in bolton, greater manchester, on thursday.ual pride march is taking place in the hungarian capital budapest, as lgbt rights are curbed under viktor orban's right—wing government. thank you for your company. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, welcome to a packed sportsday, after day one of the tokyo olympics. i'm austin halewood. here's what's coming up in the programme. they're under way, and it's been a solid start for some of team gb's biggest medal hopes on day one in tokyo. two from two — team gb are through to the knockout stage of the women's football competition after a win overjapan. but the hosts are up and running, their first gold of the games coming in thejudo. also coming up in the programme, away from the olympics... time for the talking to stop. the first lions test match against south africa is under way in cape town. and hope for hull — charlie shoots a brilliant round on day three of golf�*s evian championship. good evening, welcome to sportsday. well, we are under way. after a year—long delay,

fatuma kadir was seen boarding a train from manchester piccadilly on thursday evening, and was last spottedain as her from bolton to manchester and are believed to have been worried about her. you're watching bbc news. one of the largest music festivals in europe to be staged since the start of the pandemic is taking place this weekend in sheffield in the north of england. around 40,000 people are expected to attend every day over the weekend. masks and social distancing will not be required but to get into the grounds, concert goers will need to prove their covid—19 status. corinna wheatley explains how that's being done. it's a scene we used to take for granted during the festival season. now it seems a little unfamiliar. around 40,000 people are attending tramlines each day this weekend, and once they're in, social distancing and masks are not required. there are measures in place around the site to try and keep people safe, like this one—way system, for example. but the main thing that's changed this year is how you get in. if you're not double vaccinated, you have to do a lateral flow