As the first draft of an agreement on how countries will cut emissions to avoid temperature rises above 1.5C is published, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging nations to "pull out all the stops". He’s returning to COP26 in Glasgow as the climate summit nears the end, and will meet with ministers and negotiators to find out what progress has been made and where gaps still lie. "There's still much to do," says Mr Johnson, however "negotiating teams are doing the hard yards in these final days of COP26 to turn promises into action on climate change".
Although the focus of the day is transport - with 30 countries already declaring they will work together to increase the use of zero emissions vehicles - the agreement about cutting emissions globally remains at the forefront of the conference. The "cover decision", as it’s known, is the negotiated outcome of the talks, and it’s being watched closely as the world is still heading for 2.4C of warming above pre-industrial levels, according to a report by Climate Action Tracker. This is despite promises, such as ending and reversing deforestation and cutting emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by 2030, made at the summit so far. The Met Office warns a global average rise of just 2C could mean a billion people are affected by fatal heat and humidity. With those fears, nations vulnerable to climate change, the US and Europe want countries to submit action plans in the next year in line with limiting warming to 1.5C - to prevent the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, according to scientists. "This is bigger than any one country and it is time for nations to put aside differences and come together for our planet and our people," Mr Johnson adds.

A video of Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Cox appearing to use his Commons office for private work for the British Virgin Islands inquiry has prompted calls for a standards investigation from Labour. The party’s asked Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone to investigate Sir Geoffrey, a former attorney general, over a possible rule breach. This comes after she found Owen Paterson, a Tory MP who later stood down, had broken lobbying rules and had breached them by holding meetings in his parliamentary office with companies who were paying him. While MPs can do extra jobs, they must declare their additional income along with gifts and donations. Sir Geoffrey, an MP since 2005, works as a lawyer and earned more than £700,000 for advising the British Virgin Islands inquiry. As the video emerged, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner says he appears to be in "brazen breach of the rules". While the Liberal Democrats' chief whip Wendy Chamberlain urges Sir Geoffrey to "save everyone the time and trouble of an investigation" and "come clean now". Sir Geoffrey has been contacted for comment by the BBC.

Weaning can be a testing time for any parent, and as well as coming up with and creating meals and snacks from scratch, help is available in pre-made form in UK shops. According to health campaigners Action on Sugar, some snacks contain alarming amounts of sugar which could encourage a sweet tooth from an early age. After analysing 73 baby and toddler products on sale, it found 27 of the products tested would qualify for a "red" or "high" sugar on the front-of-pack traffic light food labelling system. Only six met the criteria for a "green" or "low" label for sugars. It's "ludicrous" that certain food companies were being allowed to promote high-sugar sweet snacks to parents with very young children, says Dr Kawther Hashem, campaign lead at Action on Sugar. Heinz, which produces Farley's Mini Rusks Original that contain the equivalent of two teaspoons of sugar per serving according to the analysis, says "sugar reduction is a key focus" for its baby range, and it looks to improve products. There is a range of reduced-sugar rusks with 30% less sugar, it adds.

The Daily Mirror splashes on a "race to jab 100,000 NHS staff" following the government’s decision to make Covid vaccinations compulsory for frontline workers. The story appears in a few of the papers including the Daily Express, which says Health Secretary Sajid Javid "laid down the law" to unvaccinated NHS staff with the message have the jab or "face the sack". The other story featuring heavily on the front pages this morning is about Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Cox's second job earning hundreds of thousands of pounds defending the British Virgin Islands against UK allegations of corruption. The Metro reports Labour is calling for an inquiry into the former Attorney General while the Daily Mail claims it has "three new bombshells" in what it describes as the "Tory sleaze latest". Read the newspaper review in full here.

If you’ve been scrolling through YouTube, TikTok and Instagram you might have come across it, and if you’re under 30 you almost certainly will know about it. Fast-fashion firm Shein is outpacing rivals Asos and Boohoo following a surge in popularity during the pandemic. Why? We've looked into what’s behind the success of the secretive brand dressing Generation Z.
A lace-maker’s sewn the next one up for us. He’s worked in the lace trade for decades, notably helped craft Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress and is about to retire. Before he does, he’s shown us what it’s like to be a twist hand at the last manufacturer of Leavers Lace - a traditional machine-made lace - in the country. Take a look.
And finally, actors normally wait in their dressing rooms between scenes but not for these shows. Actors will be sprinting between three theatres to perform in three shows taking place at the same time - that is once the logistics have been worked out. If you’re not exhausted thinking about it, there’s more on this story here.

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