tom symonds. _ identified over the years. tom symonds. many _ identified over the years.ny thanks, - identified over the years. tom symonds, many thanks, our home affairs correspondent will evacuation flights from afghanistan could resume very soon, according to the foreign secretary dominic raab, who's held talks with leaders in qatar. more british nationals and afghan allies are waiting to leave afghanistan, and the airport in kabul could be set to reopen in the coming days. qatar says it's working with the taliban to ensure the airport is up and running "as soon as possible". our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to one contractor who worked at the british embassy in kabul. 0h, there's christmas. christmas parties, diplomatic dinners. daily meals. head chef hamid was part of british embassy life in kabulfor 13 years. this was the last meeting of kitchen staff, with the british ambassador sir laurie bristow. he spent days at kabul airport overseeing the massive airlift. hamid and about 60 others were left behind, because they weren't employ

tom symonds, bbc news. the time is 6:18pm. our top story this evening...amily who have won a court battle to get the environment agency to clean up its act at their local landfill site. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel — women's football at war in the usa. the world champions dispute over pay equality intensifies with a very public social—media spat with their own federation. working from home has become the norm for millions of people during the pandemic. but as life slowly readjusts again, what will the office of the future look like? a survey conducted for the bbc shows that most workers and bosses who were polled are predicting that staff will never return to offices at the same rate as before the pandemic. 22% of workers said they would like to work from home all of the time, and 38% say they want to work from home some of the week. our business editor simonjack has been looking at the changing world of work, and the potential power shift from employer to employee. remember this? millions of people may not have see

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the details.en you're on your own. this is sarah, born into the jehovah's witnesses, into a family dominated by the church. effectively, you were sexually abused by both your father and your mother? yeah. your father, when you were much younger, and your mother, when you were a little bit older. they had control over you. what was that like? i don't really have words to describe what that was like, honestly. the sense of powerlessness and hopelessness. sarah's not her real name. she was taken into care. she settled by the sea for a new start, away from the witnesses. they teach everyone who is not a witness is part of satan's world, or satan's system, as they call it. it makes you as a young person terrified to trust anyone outside of the organisation and at the same time, terrified to trust anyone inside the organisation. it was very difficult. it's a pattern repeated across religious groups investigated by this enquiry, which has also examined the catholic and anglican churches. the way that lea

tom symonds, bbc news, westminster.landfill site in staffordshire , "as a matter of urgency". the legal action was brought by a motherfrom newcastle—under—lyme. she worries that her five—year—old son — who has chronic lung disease — has been put at risk by poor air quality. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. five—year—old matthew richards was born at 26 weeks and has had problems with his lungs ever since, but his family says he has faced a bigger barrier to hell in his short life. ——faced a bigger barrier to health in his short life. the noxious hydrogen sulphide gas released from the landfill site he lives next to. in an important legal case, they took the environment agency to court under human rights law for repeatedly failing to tackle the issues at the quarry. today a judge ruled in the family's favour, saying he was satisfied there was a direct effect on matthew's private life and that the real and significant change is needed is a matter of urgency. it is absolutely amazing, absolutely amazing what has happened today.

not nearly enough — with their buildings facing repair bills running into millions of pounds, as tom symonds. some of the hundreds of flat owners today demanding protection from the costs of what's been called a building safety crisis. a key question, could this crisis have been predicted? well, these are fire test results circulated confidentially within an advisory group on safety standards. five types of cladding failed the tests and this was 13 years before grenfell tower. we can find no sign that these tests were made public. the tests, commissioned by a labour government — similar to this — included aluminium panels like those at grenfell and high pressure laminate, known as hpl, made from wood fibre, common across the uk. zoe barkley knows about hpl, it's been flagged as a risk on her building. she can't sell. she and her partner ash are stuck in a three—roomed flat with a new baby a dog and a cat. we have been told this could be, you know, years and years. there is no finish line. and it'sjust all—consuming at times. and her reaction to hearing about the 2004 tests? disgusting. i mea

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our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the details.d by both your father and your mother? yes. yourfather, when you are much younger? your mother, when you were a bit older? they had control over you, what was that like? i don't really have words to describe what that was like, honestly. the sense of powerlessness and hopelessness. sarah is not her real name. she was taken into care, she settled by the sea for a new start, away from the witnesses. they teach everyone who is not a witness is part of satan's world, satan's system, as they call it. it makes you terrified to trust anyone outside of the organisation and at the same time, terrified to trust anyone inside the organisation. it was very difficult. it is a pattern repeated across 38 religious groups investigated by this enquiry, which includes the anglican and catholic churches. the way that leaders are revered. the culture of community and not taking things outside the community, so dealing with everything internally, not making outside authorities aware, so they can be looked

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earlier, our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, gave me some more background to the report.the public enquiry, has been looking at the catholic church, has looked at the anglican church. this is about 38 other religious organisations, a whole wide range of organisations, ranging from thejehovah's witnesses in some cases to an organisation representing 100 synagogues in the orthodox jewish tradition, and also a number of major mosques. and the enquiry found problems across the board, really. just to sum them up: victims being blamed for reporting child sexual abuse; matters of sexuality not being discussed for religious reasons, making it harder for children to disclose; the abuse of power by religious leaders, many of whom were men; mistrust of organisations outside the religious orders, for example, the police; and also misusing the concept of forgiveness, as the enquiry says. what they are saying is that religious believers, this is a quote, can find it difficult to accept that members of their congregation or religious leaders could perpetrate abuse. as a result, some con

i'm joined now by our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. victims rather than perpetrators, infact, protecting perpetrators, infact, protecting perpetrators from being held to account, that often matters of sexuality are not openly discussed for religious reasons, religious leaders are abusing their power and men dominate the leadership of many of these organisations. there is mistrust of the police and child protection agencies outside of the religions and they are misusing the concept of forgiveness in a whole variety of ways. i think it sums up in one quote, this from the report, religious believers can find it difficult to accept that members of the congregation or religious leaders could perpetrate abuse. as a result, some consider it is not necessary to have specific child protection procedures or to strictly adhere to them. the enquiry found are often where child protection procedures but there was a difference between what was said and done. ~ , , . . difference between what was said and done. .,,, difference between what was said an