and potentialfor will start to feel quite a lot of calder and potential for wintry showers in the north. temperature stay a little lower as we head through the week and it remains unsettled with more rain at times. the number of nhs staff off work in england because of covid went up by more than a0% during christmas week. one in 30 people in the uk were estimated to have tested positive for covid heading into christmas, a new record high for infections. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has urged people in the uk to take a covid test before celebrating new year's eve tonight. the number of teenagers killed in stabbings in london this year reaches the highest in more than a decade after two further attacks in the capital. mourners in south africa have been paying their respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu.

getting calder, they are, they are now. we're not seen in the n b a so far this season. it's only been a couple months. no games have been postponed, but the players are getting the rate of positive cases because they're tested every other day are rising, but it's not affecting whole teams yet and be it. but we'll see that's to be determined as we get into the season. now. you mentioned the nfl were seen individual players such as antonio brown, for example, in the tampa bay buccaneers. speaking of vaccination card, he received the 3 game suspension without pay. so kind of a slap on the wrist for that which sum, i guess it could be a felony in certain areas if you take a vaccination card. so he only got that, but were seen in the n h l, it is affecting that we already had the ottawa senators, the entire team have to take a break from plane. and now the 2nd team recently, the islanders had an outbreak in which they had to stop down from playing games as well. that slap on the wrist was probably 6 figures that it wasn't a 3 game again without pay. oh, yeah, a sleeve is jus

simon calder, the travel editor of the independent. he is in the knowfor— editor of the independent. he is in the know for travel _ editor of the independent. he is in the know for travel things. - editor of the independent. he is in the know for travel things. it - editor of the independent. he is in the know for travel things. it is - the know for travel things. it is 7:20am. the images of people desperately trying to board aircraft to flee kabul earlier this year were some of the most harrowing of 2021. since then thousands of afghans have settled here, trying to build a new life in the uk. breakfast�*sjohn maguire has been to meet one of those families. the speed and the chaotic fall of kabul, and ultimately afghanistan, shocked those who watched from a safe distance. but for those trapped, those who'd worked with the british military, and whose names were on taliban death lists, the only way to survive was to escape. when taliban took the kabul, i was in trouble because of my background. i was working with special forces unit,

calder through most of the weekend. forsome morning. calder through most of the weekend. for some of us, pictures like this. this is the scene in north—west wales this morning. loot living cloud, mist and fog, and some producing drizzly outbreaks of rain. a morning of mixed fortunes. this is the picture in north wales but this is in the scottish borders. some pockets of mist and fog as well. where you have the fog and the low cloud, are lucky enough to see the blue skies, predominantly dry. this area of high pressure is dominating our weather through the next few days. some drizzle around here and they are coming out of the thick grey cloud. much of eastern england will keep the fog for much of the day. it's not too clear. perhaps part of the central belt, misty and murky. for much of scotland, some blue sky, particularly over the higher ground. temperatures between three to 10 celsius. some breaks in the cloud for wales. and south—west england and northern ireland, too. mist and fog pockets re—farming this evening. stays quite cloudy across much of england and wale

stephen port was arrested on suspici°n of — murder. stephen port was arrested on suspici°n of lying _ murder. stephen port was arrested on suspicion of lying about _ murder. stephen port was arrested on suspicion of lying about moving - suspicion of lying about moving anthony's body but the investigation of the death went no further and he remained on bail, free to kill again. ten weeks later, a second body was found in a church graveyard, less than 400 metres from stephen port�*s front door. it was gabriel kovari, another gay man in his 20s. detectives did not connect the two deaths and did so little that the officer tasked with liaising with gabriel's family never spoke to them. just over three weeks later, in the same corner of the same graveyard, the body of daniel whitworth was found he had a suicide note around his neck, in which he also said he had taken gabriel's life. detectives had accepted what was written, when in fact, simple investigation would have shown that he was nowhere near barking when gabrielle died. police wer

calder still into christmas week. not a huge amount of rain. the rainfall forecast for the next few days. the bulk of it will be in the next 24 hours across parts of western scotland. even there, not a great deal. these areas are blue, the potential for some drizzle as the potential for some drizzle as the cloud thickens into the weekend. most places predominantly dry. the reason behind all that is this area of high pressure which is mainly to the south of us at the moment. it is going to push northwards during the coming days. these weatherfronts will work their way to the north. they will produce in the coming hours are some outbreaks of rain across parts of central, southern scotland. turning right through the day in parts of northern ireland. maybe the odd splash of rain across cumbria, north lancashire and northumberland. northern ireland will be brighter than yesterday. temperatures drop a little bit relevant to what we have at the moment. sunshine in north wales, noting that, midland is coming to east anglia. very cloudy and grey across