Morning mail: Kabul airport despair, Rolling Stones drummer dead, Patty Mills’ Olympic journey

Wednesday: Australia offered hundreds of Afghans an evacuation flight, but when they got to the airport they were turned away. Plus: music legend Charlie Watts dead aged 80

Good morning. There is growing despair in Kabul, as many trying to flee the Taliban regime before the 31 August deadline are blocked from its airport. In Australia, Covid continues to dominate headlines. And the world has lost a rock'n'roll legend with the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.

Hundreds of aged care homes are lagging behind in their efforts to vaccinate workers against Covid. Some centres have vaccinated fewer than 10% of their staff with a single dose, three weeks before a vaccine mandate for the sector is in force. Just one in five of aged care homes have vaccinated more than 90% of their workers with at least one dose, according to federal health department data. At the other end of the age spectrum, parents of children eligible for the vaccine say it has been almost impossible to make an appointment. The mother of a 14-year-old with Down's syndrome was forced to turn to Twitter to find a vaccine appointment for her daughter. In a new Guardian Australia series, people in a range of circumstances tell us what life in the pandemic is like for them. Today, we hear from a healthcare worker and a school leader.