Doctors warn that the pandemic has had a ‘very detrimental effect’ on youngsters after paediatric staff were redeployed to treat adults with Covid. It means young patients had operations cancelled.

DR ELLIE CANNON: Over the past fortnight, I’ve had first-hand experience of just how head-bangingly frustrating it can be trying to find help for this increasingly common problem.

A baby that was seen being handed over to US Marines over a wall topped with barbed wire at the airport in Kabul has been returned to her father. The infant was taken to receive medical treatment.

There were 207 under-19s in England waiting for ‘urgent’ care for conditions including bulimia and anorexia by the end of June – the highest number since records began in 2016.

Afghan translator, Habib, said his family was saved only by the quick thinking of his 11-year-old daughter, who refused to let in the militants despite them posing as his friends.