megan patterson has more.inics and grab—a—jab drop—ins, all aimed at encouraging as many students as possible to get vaccinated, amid some concern about covid spread in young people. we are aware just before the summer there was quite a high increase in covid infection rates amongst the 18—24—year—olds, so we're really keen to try and sort of capture them just as they're coming back to university, to make sure in the environment they live in — maybe in shared houses — that we minimise the spread and the transmission of covid as much as possible. obviously we want people to really enjoy their university terms and so it's to really make it possible for them to do that. in england, 72% of young people aged between 18 and 2a have already had theirfirstjab. among them is holly, now waiting for her second. it is as much about her own freedom as protecting others. we're socialising with other people and we'd like to be vaccinated, and eventually i'd like to be able to go on holiday. i'm worried about family members g

t�*iag�*ia; you, megan patterson reporting.care. the target is that nobody should be waiting that long. some patients are also waiting hours for an ambulance to arrive, as our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. an emergency service struggling with its own crisis. the wait for an ambulance in wales can be hours, even for those in desperate need. stuart knows what that feels like. in august, it took three hours for paramedics to reach him afterfalling ill with a stomach condition. injune, the wait was even longer. eight hours. that can't be. it's not the fault of the ambulance crews, it's not the fault of the front line, the coalface, the nurses, or anyone else like that, but there's got to be someone responsible. the man in charge of the ambulance service agrees it's an acceptable. agrees it's unacceptable. he's just called on the army to help them through winter. i need to apologise to all those patients who have waited longer than we would like for their ambulance in recent weeks and months. the pressure that we've be

megan patterson, bbc news.steps down as german chancellor, we assess her legacy in...0ur world. she's one of the world's most influential leaders. after 16 years as german chancellor, angela merkel is standing down. she has shaped european and global politics. what of her own country? what is angela merkel�*s germany? summer in berlin, and the end of an era. for the class of 2021, school days are done, new lives lie ahead. for germany, too, change is coming. angela merkel, the only leader these youngsters have ever known, will no longer be running the country in which they've come of age. we don't have a perfect democracy but i think we have a good democracy. every german citizen knows the common problems and i think in other countries, that is not the case. i love germany. it is, like, in my heart- and i never want to leave it. this country has changed significantly since these youngsters were born. come with me on a journey through merkel�*s germany. we'll explore the country she's shaped and the country she

megan patterson, bbc news. now on bbc news: it's time for the travel show with mike corey.ina, exploring an amazing sunken town that has re—emerged from under the water. then, i had to the country's spectacular iguazu falls. and in wales, wejoin a couple starting out on a pedal powered adventure at sea, searching for a more sustainable future. we're kicking off this week in south america. argentina, to be precise, where early last year i went to explore one of the strangest places i had ever heard of. a town that had to be abandoned due to flooding back in the 1990s, but has since re—emerged from beneath the water. you can find ghost towns all over the world and there's many different reasons why they could be abandoned but i've heard epecuen is special, because it is not abandoned, at not completely. there's not much left... just some bricks. you can only guess what they used to be. this place is wild. there is a couple of tourists here, notjust us, but more cows than tourists. epecuen was built in the 1920s, and at its peak was home to about 5000 people. tourists came fro

megan patterson, bbc news. now on bbc news... talking movies, with a lookahead to the award season.ado. i'm tom brook. welcome to our talking movies award season lookahead. we have travelled to the key film festivals of recent days, where this year's oscars race have been taking shape. it is a risky film, and for them to validate it means so much to me. from the venice film festival, , we hearfrom maggie gyllenhaal, who took home the prize for her screenplay for her directorial debut. and the new zealand director jane campion who won plaudits for her psychological study and western, the power of the dog. it showed off the talents of its star benedict cumberbatch. i was terrified of meeting jane. you know. she was coming with all the respect i have for her iconic work. and we report from the telluride and toronto film festivals, where an animated documentary, flee, chronicling the plight of an afghan refugee from kabul from 25 years ago was a very solid hit. what this story does is it shows what it can do to human beings to be on the run, to flee, and how you can move on. the telluri

megan patterson, bbc news. which killed seven children in kabul, was a mistake. from there, jeremy bowen reports. this is all that remains of the toyota corolla that the americans tracked for hours, as they convinced themselves — entirely incorrectly — that it was packed with explosives. five of the seven dead children were playing in the car when it was hit. its owner, zemari ahmadi — who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic state bomber — had just driven it home from his work with an american aid organisation. the survivors have moved out. after their terrible loss, they want compensation and resettlement in a safe country. this was america�*s last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan, and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic. and what a legacy. it isn�*t necessarily the parting shot of the americans, because they still have the capacity to hit targets from the air. the us relies increasingly on drones. across the road, the neighbours are still traumatised by what they heard and saw. p

megan patterson, bbc news. who attacked the us senate and house of representatives onjanuary 6th. but the organisers have acknowledged that the numbers are not as high as at previous protests. our correspondent nomia iqbal spoke to us from washington and told us about the turnout. this was the first large—scale security test for officials here in dc since january six and of course they don�*t want a repeat of what happened that day so the security was massively beefed up. there was the militarised perimeterfence that went all around dc. you had national guard troops on standby as well in the capital is fully armed and lots of roads blocked off so trying to get around dc took a little bit longer than usual. in terms of the turnout this particular group that held this rally, they had a permit of around 700 people. the captive lycee in terms of how many actually turned out that was about a50 and that definitely is how it felt. there were certainly more police there then there were actual protesters and of course l

megan patterson reports.termath of sarah everard's murder, shock, grief and anger were shed at vigils around the country. the chilling details of her death described as unspeakably grim. the everard family present throughout proceedings in a statement her mother said she was brokenhearted. the family tormented by the circumstances of her daughter's death. arriving at the old bailey this morning wayne couzens was later sentenced to a whole life order, his actions were described as warped, selfish and brutal. a man who under the guise of his duty as a police officer picked sarah everard in the street as she walked home from a friend �*s house. in an exchange that lasted less than five minutes, he showed his warrant card and use knowledge of covert macro constrictions to handcuff sarah everard and put her in his hire car. witnesses saw this. the moment of the calculator kidnap they believed wayne couzens was an officer doing hisjob. couzens drove wayne couzens was an officer doing his job. couzens drove to a rem

megan patterson, bbc news.an reeve reports. the posters may be up, but teesside�*s dorman long tower is coming down. just a week after being listed by conservation body historic england, it has been delisted. this former coal store, part of south bank�*s coke ovens and the wider redcar steelworks, found not to be of any great architectural interest and in a state of some disrepair. for tees valley�*s mayor, who controls the site, relief. the tower could be in the way of a new wind turbine factory, promisingjobs. we have to prioritise giving people opportunities and jobs, and saving tax payers�* money. i mean, 2,000jobs are not to be sniffed at. those people who say that this is a piece of heritage, my argument would be that teesside�*s heritage is in the structures that built the world — it�*s in the one world trade center, the shard, the sydney harbour bridge. those are the things we should be taking pride in. signing off the delisting of the dorman long tower was the first act of the new culture secretary, na

megan patterson, bbc news. now on bbc news, it�*s time for click. meet your robot squash coach. let�*s play squash! and we all know that mosquitoes suck, but so do these anti—mozzy machines. hey, welcome to click. hope you�*re doing ok. this week we are going to be talking about video games, but not perhaps in the way that you might think. i don�*t know about you, lara, but my boy is now playing more games online with his friends, which means i�*m starting to have to think about the type of games that he wants to play and who he�*s talking to online. are you at that stage yet? no, we�*re not therejust yet, but we are hoping, when the time comes, she�*s just now into the nice, light—hearted stuff, i really don�*t like shooting games. yeah, exactly. we know that there are constant suspicions about links between violent games and violent people, and that�*s something that infuriates the gaming community, but that is not actually what we are talking about this week. we are notjust talking about the playing of the games but also the chat that goes on alo

that was megan patterson re ttortin treatment. that was megan patterson reporting from — treatment.cess to, where tankers are driven by civilians are not soldiers, is beginning to assist of deliveries to four coats this afternoon. the tracks will provide support to the fuel industry. earlier, mr kuyt and denied there is a crisis in fuel supplies, although he did say the last few days have been difficult after long queues outside many petrol stations. since last friday, many drivers have either faced massive queues or empty filling stations, but for some councils it's having a real impact on key services. in buckinghamshire, getting children to school has been disrupted. there was a failure by one of our contractors to obtain the fuel supplies they had been promised, affecting something like 300 pupils, many of whom were already on their way to bus stops, so we quickly alerted schools and took action to make sure the children stayed safe. the government has resisted calls from labour to give key workers priority at the pumps and insists the pressure is starting to ease at forecourts.

megan patterson, bbc news. that's all for now.he next news on bbc one is at ten past five. bye for now. have a lovely afternoon. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's our reporter. good afternoon. pep guardiola says he won't apologise for calling on more manchester city fans to attend their home game against southampton this afternoon. it's after the etihad was only around two thirds full for their midweek champions league win over rb leipzig. it has been close to full for league games so far this season. city supporter groups have called his comments disappointing. the city boss says after a tough week every supporter counts. when you play champions league it is so demanding. so demanding in your physicality and mentally, when they have a long, long week to prepare the game, so that is why we need altogether, the players, our supporters and everyone to help us. you know, to do our best. after their champions league win overac milan, liverpool are back out at anfield this afternoon. crystal palace the vis

megan patterson reports.aftermath of sarah everard's murder, shock, grief and anger were shared at vigils around the country. at her killer's sentencing, the chilling details of her death described as unspeakably grim. the everard family present throughout proceedings. in a statement, her mother said she was brokenhearted, the family tormented by the circumstances of her daughter's death. arriving at the old bailey this morning, wayne couzens was later sentenced to a whole life order, his actions were described as warped, selfish and brutal. a man who under the guise of his duty as a police officer picked sarah everard up in the street as she walked home from a friend's house. in an exchange that lasted less than five minutes, he showed his warrant card and used knowledge of covid restrictions to handcuff sarah everard and put her in his hire car. witnesses saw this. the moment of the calculated kidnap, they believed wayne couzens was an officer doing hisjob. couzens drove to a remote rural area where he rape

megan patterson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there.e pretty well with the sunshine today, plenty of areas were dry, fine, quite warm for central, southern, eastern england, but we'll continue to see the chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms through the midlands this evening and into the first part of the night. it's not been sunny everywhere, we have had this weak weather front bringing more cloud to southern scotland, northern england, wales and the south—west. these weather fronts will start to reinvigorate as we move through the night. the showers and storms through the midlands fade away, but it is out west where we see to see these weather fronts bringing more persistent and at times heavy rain, but the eastern side of england will stay dry, quite mild and muggy here, but further north a bit fresher, particularly where we have any clear spells across the far north of scotland. so for part two of the weekend, we have more weather fronts round, so it's going to be cloudier generally, certainly to start the day, with outbreaks of

sean dilley, bbc news. 0ur correspondent megan patterson sent this update in the last hour. loved, the people's lives that she contributed to as a teacher. we have heard from our colleagues that she was very dedicated to her pupils and we have heard from her pupils that she was very much loved as a teacher, someone who spent time and took patience with her pupils. the police will be at that vigil this evening. the metropolitan police are hoping that people will be reassured by their presence but also that they will talk to the police, share their concerns and hopefully they can be made to feel more safe on these streets, because there is a degree of anxiety, as you would imagine, here amongst people living in the community about how safe it is to be out and about. the police think that it is safe to be on the street, but they will be here to offer reassurance. we know that 38—year—old man remains in police custody under suspicion of murder. the investigation continuing. the police still asking for the public to help too. a 31—year—old man has appeared in court charged with f

megan patterson reporting.turning point for humanity." our correspondent, barbara plett usher, sent this report from new york. it was not for the faint—hearted, this frenetic trip. the prime minister covered a lot of ground. he shook a few hands, conducted a few interviews, visited a few sites... even took a train ride. the final stop, back to the united nations, where he used his address to press for stronger commitments to end global warming, with a stark warning of the enduring consequences, if countries didn't step up. we will see desertification, drought, crop failure and mass movements of humanity on a scale not seen before, not because of some unforeseen natural event or disaster, but because of us, because of what we are doing now, and our grandchildren will know that we are the culprits. it's time for humanity to grow up. the prime minister chose to focus solely on the subject of climate change. he used this global stage to make the strongest pitch he could, ahead of the climate conference coming up so

her sisters are going to miss her so much. 0ur correspondent megan patterson joins us from kidbrooke sabina left the house. as a journey that took should have taken just five minutes, but she didn't complete that journey. five minutes, but she didn't complete thatjourney. her body was discovered on saturday afternoon in the park here. they believe she was attacked on friday night at around 8:30pm. the park to be relatively busy by then. it was a busy area, it was a nice evening. people were out jogging was a nice evening. people were out jogging and meeting theirfans. police say the investigation is making good progress. they are continuing to appeal for people to come forward to offer information, if you saw anything strange, if you saw anything the park, anything that might have seemed a bit odd, they want people to share that information. a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of murder, but he has since been released under investigation pending further inquiries. we are expecting a police press conference shortly this morning here. morning we press conference shortly this mor