our health correspondent sophie hutchinson has this report.in the uk have now had two doses of a covid vaccine, but how long that protection lasts is a crucial question. sarah, a head teacher, received her second dose in april, but injune, after herfamily all caught the virus, she became infected too. obviously, i'd been shielding at home, i'd been staying in different rooms, keeping doors and windows open, wearing masks in communal areas of the home. so i'd hoped not to get it with my double vaccine, but i knew there was always a possibility of getting it. it was obviously very disappointing to get it in the end, and my symptoms were just like that of a heavy head cold, really. i didn't have to stop working, i was working from home throughout that period. i had to rest a little bit more than usual, but i felt like it was a much lighter version than i had the year before. sarah's one of a growing number of people who've been infected despite being double—jabbed. today's study by the zoe covid team adds to the evidence that vaccines lose some e

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.any of the topics we have touched on on newsday, i'm on twitter. @bbckarishma you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: vice president kamala harris continues a diplomatic charm offensive by the biden administration in south east asia. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, and unfamiliar light will appear in the southeastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this connection is an important milestone there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions i of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off—duty in 117 years, so it was with gre

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news — still to come.cs team — who have joined the exodus from kabul. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, and unfamiliar light will appear in the southeastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions of dollars to repair— what katrina achieved injust hours. - three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off—duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben chimes this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. the united states and britain warn their citizens to stay away from kabul airport — amidst fears of a potential terror atta

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.king up smoking during the first lockdown in england. according to a study by cancer research uk, the number of 18 to 34—year—olds, who classed themselves as smokers, increased by a quarter. it's thought many turned to cigarettes in response to stress. the mother of claudia lawrence — who disappeared more than a decade ago — has said she's in shock after detectives revealed they've begun a new search for her. our correspondent alison freeman is at the scene. it is to be expected, is in tick, the claudia's man would be deeply shocked with the latest turn of events. —— claudia's mother. nine people have been questioned but no arrests or charges have been made. so far police have not said what has led them here to carry out these searches. lordy a's mother told she was upset that she did not receive enough information before the searches began yesterday. —— claudia's mother. utter shock. i am very, very churned up, actually. lam certain i am certain this did notjust happen— i am certain t

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. our top story this evening...d to get people out of afghanistan after the us refuses to extend its deadline beyond next tuesday. and it's a sensational start for england in the third test against india at headingley. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel... the harry kane transfer saga is over for now. he's says he's not going to leave spurs this summer and is 100% focused on helping the team. the cyclist dame sarah storey moved a step closer today to becoming britain's most decorated paralympian, after she won britain's first gold medal at the paralympics in tokyo. the gold was the 15th of her career and she broke her previous world record in the process. in total, great britain claimed six medals on the first day of the games. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, has been watching the action in tokyo. a golden start from one of britain's most golden athletes. for dame sarah storey, it seems winning is just a way of life. storey arrived here with 1a paralympic titles, and the 15th

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.ern ireland. more than half of patients needing an initial appointment with a consultant have been waiting for more than a year. there are also long waiting lists for people needing other forms of treatment. here�*s chris page. mary anderson is at the sharp end of northern ireland�*s waiting list emergency. she has arthritis and has been referred for an operation on her ankle and a scan on her shoulder, but she�*s not sure when they are going to happen — and in the meantime she has many difficulties. i can�*t do a full shop, for example. i have to sit down regularly because the pain isjust so bad. i was also advised very strongly by the surgeon to be very careful, because the ankle, if i went over on it, could shatter and that would be a major problematic surgery. so it affects every aspect ofjust moving about. she�*s frustrated notjust by how long she has been waiting, but also by how little she has been told. since april 2020, i have heard absolutely nothing. but it�*s the fact that,

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. >> let's take a look at some of the other needs from around the globe.s begin with china. all children in the country will begin to study the political ideology of the chinese president, xi jinping, as part of the national curriculum. from kindergarten through to university, china's ministry of education said the new material would resolve the ruling communist party and cultivate patriotic feelings. let's turn to morocco. they have dismissed accusations from algeria that it was indirectly involved in starting forest fires that claimed at least 90 algerian lives absurd. algeria cut all diplomatic ties on tuesday due to what they called hostile actions. the decision follows months of resurgent tensions between the two north african rivals. members of an all girl afghan robotics team have arrived in mexico after fleeing their home country. originally from the western city of harass, the team made it out after fearing the taliban would impose harsh restrictions on girls education. the team has been heralded for winning international robotic competitions, and

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.f bristol and member of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. clearly the protection of the vaccine does wane over time and the question is if it is leading to a significant increase to the number of people getting seriously ill from covid—19 are ending up in hospital? i think the answer to the final question that you post is that all the evidence points to good sustain protection against hospitalisation at the moment but we have to watch that very carefully during the current wave and see if there are any signs that people who receive the vaccine is airless, the elderly and health—care workers, are beginning to lose their protection against illness. it is difficult to comment on the report, it has been widely reported in the media but we have not seen a paper or preprint on the data, but there are other studies that are showing the protection against mild infection or a symptomatic infection is waning with time so the real question is whether that translates into a loss

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.ockdown in england. according to a study by cancer research uk, the number of 18 to 3a—year—olds who classed themselves as smokers increased by a quarter. it's thought many turned to cigarettes in response to stress. deborah arnott, chief executive of the charity action on smoking & health, explained the increase may be due to stress experienced by younger people during the pandemic. it is not completely surprising, because we all know how stressful particularly young people have found covid—19 and the impact it has had on their lives. i think what is more important is how we address it, because the lessons for the future are extremely worrying because we know that smoking, once started, is highly addictive. currently, of every three young people who start smoking, only one will quit before they die. so we need to get more investment by the government in helping people to quit, in motivating them to realise that smoking is not the solution to stress they think it is. the mother of clau

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.. ii the joint committee of vaccination at ten o'clock.— at ten o'clock. if you have got any ruestions at ten o'clock. if you have got any questions on _ at ten o'clock. if you have got any questions on vaccines _ at ten o'clock. if you have got any questions on vaccines and - at ten o'clock. if you have got any| questions on vaccines and whether roosters might be needed, send them to me at twitter. dame sarah storey has clinched great britain's first paralympics gold medal at tokyo 2020. sarah won the women's individual 3000—metres pursuit, after setting a new world record in the earlier semi—final. she continues her dominance of an event she has now won at four successive games. paralympics gb crystal lane—wright also took silver. the win takes storey�*s gold medal haul to 15, one short of swimmer mike kenny's british record. sarah's husband barney, a fellow paralympic gold medallist, and her daughter louise, explained what it's been like to watch her compete while coping with being

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sophie hutchinson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz.week, as this area of high pressure persists across the uk. the only regional difference across the uk will be the amount of cloud that we will have — you can see earlier on here across many western and northern areas, and indeed the south, it was sunny. further east, and also across the midlands, we've had some persistent cloud. now this pattern will continue over the next couple of days, we'll see northerly winds here affecting the north sea — they will continue to drag in some cloud, so that does mean a pretty cloudy start for some of us on thursday. the further west you are, i think the clearer the weather will be in the morning, but you can clearly see that it's pretty overcast first thing. then quite a cool day i think on the north sea coast — only 15 celsius in newcastle, but in glasgow, it'll be 21, and cardiff, up to 23 in the sunshine. 26, 26 hello, this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the headlines. britain says it will use "every hour that's left" to get people out of

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.continue for quite a few more days. tomorrow, obviously little change. the day after that, little change. in fact, well into next week, hardly anything is going to change as this high pressure persists across the uk. regionally, though, there will be subtle differences between each day. this is what it looks like on the recent satellite picture. clearly, the majority of the country enjoying the clear, sunny weather, but some eastern and central areas have been quite overcast at times, and this pattern's going to get through the night as we see northerly winds affecting the north sea coasts there and dragging in cloud further inland. that does mean that thursday morning for some of us is going to be overcast — for example, from newcastle to norwich — but towards the west of scotland, once again, it's sunshine right for the word go. and once again, glasgow is in for another beautiful day, fine weather for belfast, the irish sea is looking fine, a little bit of high cloud out towards the

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.findings? yes, i was a bit disappointed, because we - by these findings? yes, i was a bit| disappointed, because we reported from the covid data earlier in the year, the first results of the vaccine effectiveness, and it was looking actually better than we expected in the early days, and that was really important. so i think these results were a bit of a disappointment, but, actually, no different to what virologists had expected from any vaccine, so i think that's the other point to make, that it is certainly better than most flu vaccines, etc, and perhaps we should expected they would be going like this, but i think we were misled by the early data showing 95% protection, so this is a bit of a wake—up call for all of us. but people vaccinated back in january coming down with covid again, the reality is on the ground that no faxing is 100% successful and they do wear out. and i think this is a wake—up call to all of us to do something about its. tt to do something about its. it wake—u

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.if beavers should be reintroduced to england's rivers. the mammals were once widespread throughout britain, but were hunted to extinction 400 years ago. studies have shown that the return of the animals could help to restore river habitats. but farmers have expressed concern that the creature's dams can cause disruption. why is it every time we sit together on the sofa there is a beavor story. i remember when we had one and it was belvoir castle. we will be talking about beavors later in the programme. thousands of lives could be harmed if more isn't done to reduce regional inequality in britain — that's according to a report by the salvation army. the government says it's investing billions into the levelling—up agenda. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports from the seaside town of rhyl, which has the two poorest neighbourhoods in wales. the pandemic has been devastating. in an instant, the tourism stopped, a lot of the caravan parks shut. so those jobs that people

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.ation orfinal immunisation, has made no recommendation or final decision yet, but give us a sense of what they will be considering in that decision—making process for 12—15 —year—olds? decision-making process for 12-15 -year-olds?_ decision-making process for 12-15 -year-olds? good afternoon. they will be going _ -year-olds? good afternoon. they will be going back _ -year-olds? good afternoon. they will be going back first _ -year-olds? good afternoon. they will be going back first of- -year-olds? good afternoon. they will be going back first of all- -year-olds? good afternoon. they will be going back first of all to - will be going back first of all to the original trial that pfizer produced in the us of several thousand young people between the ages of 12 and 17 who volunteered to take part in the trial and that showed that the vaccine was safe and effective for that age group and there were no real concerns, similar levels of safety and effectiveness to people, for example, in their