professor of public health at the brick university of edinburgh. occurs, it is the poorest who are usuallylf forward to be prime minister in the race won by borisjohnson in 2019, has been appointed president of givedirectly, which seeks to help donors send money straight to the world's poorest households. givedirectly was started by economists from harvard and mit. it currently operates in eight african nations, the united states and yemen. i'm pleased to say roryjoins us now. thank you for being with us what is the model of this charity and why is it different? the the model of this charity and why is it different?— it different? the big difference between what _ it different? the big difference between what we _ it different? the big difference between what we are - it different? the big difference between what we are doing . it different? the big difference| between what we are doing and it different? the big difference - between what we are doing and what traditional charities do it, i've worked nearly 30 years and traditional ones, most traditional charities go to a rural community an

well earlier i spoke to professor of public health at the university of edinburgh about the report. re smoking we just start with smokers and recent ex—smokers. those of the groups that we actually do want to encourage torts of —— they bang. and the young smokers. the young smokers are the ones who are vaping. we've also seen rises and youth use and cigarettes. they are not supposed to be sold to under 18—year—olds. we have to promote them appropriately to one group and keep them away from another and that is a difficult balance to strike. how is successful is beeping getting people off of cigarettes? we know this is successful because of quality control trials that we have been involved in so we are looking at looking at behavioural support and looking up many months up to a year. now we are seeing vaping is more effective than replacement therapy to help people quit. and we are seeing that today's survey that they are popular. they are flavours, that are separate from separate. they are not risk—free.

whether a person plays music or not, according to research according to scientists from the university of edinburghsic in childhood improves brain function for life. the main thing is not to lose this skill , tell me, and recently we recalled to you with marianna how i tried after 15 years. after graduating from music school, it means to play connect two hands together. you know it's not like that anymore. just. well, it is immediately said that if you practiced in childhood, then you get it for the rest of your life. here we have two. watching you can immediately see who was involved in music, and someone is so-so . yes, but uh, what happiness, you know, that at one time, the music took up the rays gave so much joy to his fans in his lunar turn. recently, his contribution to music was immortalized. i'm going to talk about it in more detail right now on our screen pour glory and you've got a star in hollywood, luciano turning this way almost 15 years after the death of the italian. the selection committee of the memorial complex decided to celebrate his contribution to the development of music at a

this road came from is an academic robe, and there's the story that it's a rope from the university of edinburghwhich came an honorary degree in 1792, but as you can, say the justices were already wearing the roads and 1792. so it couldn't come from scotland. then there's a story came from the university of dublin, and that it's a harvard rope. that's a story that is more talked about and books more recently published. there's no evidence that harvard ever gave out troops at the time. it did a war jay and degree in 1790. but there is no notes that they gave him any type of rogue. he did not attend the ceremony. so the idea that this academic robes from some university just doesn't hold water either. eventually, the road comes back to washington, the core can't take it in the 1920s so it goes to the smithsonian, and that's where it is today. that's a great thing, because they've taken very good care of it. like the drone martial, rove it's been very well taken care of. it went through several conservation efforts and is still in fairly good shape. we will see some examples of ropes that didn't ge

devi sridhar is chair of public health at the university of edinburgh. good to have you with us. - heat and we are now seeing temperatures recorded we know this summer up to 40 degrees and many days over 30 can lead to heat stroke, which can lead to death in vulnerable groups especially. we saw this in 2003 over a very hot summer, 70,000 excess deaths that summer attributed to heat. it's a warning attributed to heat. it's a warning at the planet gets hotter, how we prepare for this and how we in public health protect people from the severe impacts of heat. brute public health protect people from the severe impacts of heat. we need to be adaptable _ the severe impacts of heat. we need to be adaptable and _ the severe impacts of heat. we need to be adaptable and think _ the severe impacts of heat. we need to be adaptable and think of - to be adaptable and think of different ways of how we live and build our homes and so forth. on covid, what are your thoughts on the figures? fewer deaths registered in england and wales mentioning covid is a cause in the most recent week compared to

we are being joined by linda bauld, professor of public health at the university of edinburgh and chiefl wild virus that first emerged in china in 2019, but of course the virus has changed many times since then. it also has another component, intended to target the 0micron variant. it was tested with 0micron bai, which caused a lot of infection in the uk at the bailing of the year, and it showed there was a bigger antibody, immune response against 0micron with the new vaccine. they also did what we call a secondary analysis, a sub—study that looked at whether it would also work with ba4 and ba5, which we have seen recently. it is good news. which we have seen recently. it is good news-— which we have seen recently. it is aood news. . , , ., , good news. what severity of disease will rotect good news. what severity of disease will protect us _ good news. what severity of disease will protect us from? _ good news. what severity of disease will protect us from? it _ good news. what severity of disease will protect us from? it will - will protect us from? it will rotect will protect us from

university. narcis, a doctor, wants to practise here. and sepehr hopes to be a mechanic. lucy manning, bbc news. thousands of performers from across the world are in edinburghrts. they're pulling out all the stops for a free gala show, which will welcome the world back to edinburgh. it's incredibly exciting. i think, you know, none of us really knew for sure whether the audiences would be back, whether the artists would be back, but here we are, ready to go, and the city's buzzing as much as it ever has been. the show did go on last year, a smaller number of them in open—air venues like this multi—storey car park. those who took part say they owed it to edinburgh and its festivals. i cut my teeth here. in 1996, i was brand—new. i was in a competition called so you think you're funny. i learnt my craft in edinburgh. how to be a stand—up. over the years, they've had no mercy at all, you know what i mean? they'll go for your neck if they want when you're on stage. they're great hecklers, the scots! and it's notjust the fringe. all the summer festivals are back offering music, art, cabaret, philosophy and fun. and for an industry which has been so hard hit by t

university. narcis, a doctor, wants to practise here. and sepehr hopes to be a mechanic. lucy manning, bbc news. thousands of performers from across the world are in edinburghival fringe will see more than 3,000 shows from 58 countries to mark its 75th anniversary. pauline mclean reports. they are pulling out all the stops for a show that will welcome the world back to attenborough. it welcome the world back to attenborough.— welcome the world back to attenborough. it is incredibly excitina . attenborough. it is incredibly exciting- i — attenborough. it is incredibly exciting. i think— attenborough. it is incredibly exciting. i think none - attenborough. it is incredibly exciting. i think none of- attenborough. it is incredibly exciting. i think none of us i exciting. i think none of us really knew for sure whether the audience would be back or the artists would be back but here we are and ready to go and the city is buzzing as much as it has ever been. the show did go on last year. a smaller number of them in open avenues like this car park. those who took part so they owed it to attenborough and its festivals. i cut my teeth here. in 19961 was brand—new.

university. narcis, a doctor, wants to practise here. and sepehr hopes to be a mechanic. lucy manning, bbc news. thousands of performers from across the world are in edinburghl fringe will see more than 3,000 shows from 58 countries to mark its 75th anniversary. pauline mclean reports. they are pulling out all the stops for a show that show that will welcome the world back to edinborough. show that will welcome the world back to edinburgh. it is incredibly exciting. i think none of us really knew for sure whether the audience would be back or the artists would be back but here we are and ready to go and the city is buzzing as much as it has ever been. the show did go on last year. a smaller number of them in open air venues like this multi—storey car park. those who took part said they owed it to edinburgh and its festivals. i cut my teeth here. in 1996 i was brand—new. i was in a competition called so you think you're funny. i learnt my craft in edinburgh. how to be a stand—up. over the years they have had no mercy at all. they will go for your neck when you are on stage. the scots are great hecklers. and it is notjust the fringe. all the summer festivals

edinburgh. hundreds of btec students are still waiting for their results, five days after they were due to be released, throwing universityas indicated he'll plead not guilty to a charge of fraud. the 91—year—old, who is on unconditional bail, is accused of failing to declare overseas assets worth around 400 million pounds. the world's second largest cinema chain, cineworld, has announced it's considering filing for bankruptcy in the us, as it continues to struggle with high levels of debt. the firm, which also owns the picturehouse chain in the uk, said its cinemas remained "open for business as usual". the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has been charged with terrorism offences and contempt of court. it comes after he said he would sue senior police officers and a judge, alleging they had detained and tortured a close aide. mr khan's supporters gathered outside his house vowing to take over islamabad if he was arrested. mr khan has now been granted pre—arrest bail until thursday. pumza fihlani reports. walking into a sea of unwavering support, this is imran khan's first major appearance since being charged wi