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Doctors urge MPs to take action over flu jab shortage
Doctors have urged MPs to take action over what they say is a worrying shortage of flu jabs. 


Former footballer Ian Wright on his book for children and ugly racism in the ‘beautiful game’
He was one of the biggest sports stars of his generation, and it all began on a south London housing estate. Now former England footballer Ian Wright has written a children's book inspired by that journey.


IS ‘Beatle’ Alexanda Kotey admits terror offences in US
A British extremist accused of conspiring to kidnap and murder Western hostages in Iraq and Syria faces life behind bars, after pleading guilty to a series of charges in a US federal court. 


‘My responsibility is to children not government’ – JCVI deputy chair defends vaccine decision
We spoke to Professor Anthony Harnden, the deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, and asked him why they had ruled out vaccines for healthy 12 to 15-year-olds.


Covid: JCVI not recommending jabs for healthy 12 to 15-year-olds
The government's advisers on vaccinations have for the first time ever asked ministers to seek extra advice on giving 12 to 15-year-old children the Covid jab.


Will Rishi Sunak bring government spending under control?
Today saw the opening salvos in what's set to be a ferocious battle this autumn over the government's spending plans.


‘Shocking failures’ in child protection in religious institutions, report finds
Religious institutions are failing to protect children from abuse, according to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.


Delay to vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds ‘has a cost’, Prof Devi Sridhar warns
Covid cases in England have remained steady recently, but the start of the school year is being treated with caution. In Scotland, where pupils are already back, cases have surged. 


Covid: Third vaccine dose for half a million people in UK
Around half a million people in the UK with severely weakened immune systems are to be offered a third dose of the Covid vaccine, but it's not to be confused with any potential booster.


Afghanistan: UK government ‘caught out’ by speed of Taliban takeover
The decisions made by the British government as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan were scrutinised by the Commons foreign affairs committee this afternoon. 


‘Lack of planning’ to house Afghan refugees says Labour councillor
We spoke to Peymana Assad, a Labour councillor for the London borough of Harrow, who was evacuated from Kabul herself by the RAF, caught up in the chaos while visiting.


British Afghans call on western nations for support in London rally
Hundreds of British based Afghans - many of whom escaped Taliban rule more than twenty years ago - joined a rally in central London


Afghans in UK fear for relatives left in Afghanistan
We hear from one Afghan man, now living in the Midlands.


Kabul explosions: UK will continue evacuation effort despite ‘barbaric’ attack, says PM
Boris Johnson has said British evacuations would continue despite what he called the "barbaric" airport attack.


Afghanistan: Evacuation of interpreters ‘an abject failure’, says former British Army major-general
We spoke to Charlie Herbert, the former British Army major-general, who is trying to save Afghan interpreters from the Taliban. 



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