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this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 3.00pm. the royal family thanks the public for their support of the royal wedding — after thousands lined the streets of windsor to see prince harry and meghan markle. the british designer who created meghan‘s dress has been talking about why she was chosen for thejob. she really, i think, is embracing women and what they do and the fact that i was a working mother, that i have worked for many different houses, and absolutely love what i do, i think really was a very interesting story for her. in other news, the biggest overhaul of train timetables in decades, affecting half a million passengers. it started today but there were some delays and cancellations. survivors of terror attacks and relatives of those who were killed sign an open letter calling on the public to help prevent future atrocities. also in the next hour, officials in cuba say it's now known
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that 110 people died in a plane crash near havana. three women who survived remain in a critical condition. one of the plane's flight recorders has been recovered from the wreckage. stay with us here on bbc news — in half an hour we'll take a look at how the new data protection laws could change how we use the internet, in this week's edition of click. good afternoon. the royal family has thanked those who travelled to windsor yesterday for the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. thousands of people lined the streets to see the couple on their big day and many more were watching on television — over
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13 million on bbc1 alone. the wedding celebrations ended with a black—tie dinner and fireworks display at frogmore house, near windsor castle and asjessica parker explains the party atmosphere continues in the town. so many people have descended on windsor today, notjust tourists, but actually, plenty of local people, as well. i have been talking to people here today who come from the local area, and they are really keen, the day after, harry and meghan‘s wedding, i should say, the duke and duchess of sussex, to come along and soak up the atmosphere, because of course, there are still many signs here of what has gone on. there is still quite a heavy police presence, there is still lots of bunting up across the town. i was speaking to a local councillor earlier, he was telling me how there's about three and a half miles of bunting strung up along windsor. of course, that will start to be de—rigged as part of a wider de—rigging
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process. the world's media descended on windsor for yesterday's occasion, so that is beginning to be packed up, but still very much a celebratory atmosphere and lots of people, as well, queueing up just up the road, there, you go and take a tour of windsor castle, because of course, the grounds of windsor castle have reopened. it has been a great event for winter, great exposure for the town, which is already, of course a very busy tourist destination, and lots of people coming here today to try and get a sense of the atmosphere, the day after the big day. the next chapter of their journey together begins, after a memorable day shared with all the world, the now duke and duchess of sussex headed to a private reception at frogmore house. meghan wearing a gift from her new husband, an emerald cut aquamarine ring, which had belonged to his late mother, diana, princess of wales. it followed a day of pageantry, as thousands lined the streets around windsor, to catch a glance of the bride. meghan wearing a pure white, boatneck gown, by british designer, clare waight keller, of givenchy. then, a ceremony noted
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for its diversity amongst the usual traditions, a nervous looking prints, a gospel choir. # stand by me.# a passionate sermon. those who do not love, do not know god. more than 13 million people tuned in on the bbc to watch this fairy tale wedding, with a modern twist. then, as the sun set, the clear up began, three and a half miles of bunting needs to be taken down, but people here remain in a celebratory mood, and after the worldwide exposure, windsor might expect to welcome more tourists than ever, when the castle we opened to the public this morning, the harry and meghan effect was clear. we planned our trip around it. a bit of fun, we love the royals. anything royal, everybody goes crazy. we wanted to visit before the wedding, but now the wedding was here we want to see it even more. it was also beautiful,
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the dress, and the ceremony... as royal wedding fever subsides, a new focus, in a couple that have captured so many people's imaginations, the world waits to see what they do next. well, of course, as you are just hearing there, lots of speculation as to what will happen next. now, we know that the duke and duchess of sussex spent the night here last night after their private reception with 200 guests, in windsor castle. we understand that they are expected to leave here today, lots of people here i am sure will be hoping to get a glimpse of the royal couple, but i think that is possibly unlikely. i think, after yesterday's huge event, that they have obviously shared their wedding with the world, today, perhaps a more private day for the couple and their family. so, lots of people i am sure will be hoping to get a glimpse of them, but i think they will be lucky to do so. in terms of the honeymoon, we know that they are not immediately going on the honeymoon.
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we don't know where they are going when they do end up going, but we do know is that on tuesday, they will attend their first public engagement together as a married couple. it is going to be a charity garden party event in buckingham palace. the designer of the duchess' dress has been speaking today about the inspiration behind the design and the significance of the flowers embroidered on herfive metre train. contacted me late last year. i had hugely work with a charity so that was something and was very interested in. she did have an idea of what she wanted and in a moment like this when you are designing a dress there are a lot of ideas that go around, but they truly do believe that we work closely together on bringing ideas to the table. she had definitely our vision of what she thought and a very much tried to bring even more to that, so part of the process of that brings you these incredible moments of working together. she is so modern and fresh and i think that was part of what she wanted to be. i really wanted to represent her,
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for her to feel incredible in the dress and i also wanted her to feel like it was absolutely right for the occasion, too. as things evolve, you talk more about the different aspects of the dress, not only the silhouette or the proportions, but also the other elements that she wanted to bring in that actually became very critical and important to the whole story with this incredible moment. the veil was a huge part of the conversations that we had early on. we talked about what we wanted to do in terms of trying to embrace some of the royal connections in there. a lot of the work she will probably do in the future will be connected to the commonwealth, so that was something that i really thought could be quite compelling. part of the discussions around the veil were what we are going to do, would it be a lace edge or a border? wouldn't it be amazing if we took
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the 53 countries of the commonwealth and embroidered flower and some flora and fauna from each one of those and that they would go up the aisle, thatjourney up the aisle with you. she said, i love the story of that. she said that was an amazing moment for her, to have that idea of all of those countries walking with her through the ceremony. i saw her after the service. she was absolutely radiant. there was just a glow to her. you could tell they were so in love in that moment when it had all come together for them and she just looked absolutely exquisite. although details of the evening reception have been scarce a firework display was seen over the windsor rooftops late last night. the party for 200 close friends and family was hosted by prince charles and held at frogmore house on the outskirts of the town.
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continuing the many breaks with tradition, the bride gave a speech. that event will celebrate prince cha rles‘ that event will celebrate prince charles' 70th birthday. the event will be to thank the charity for the military regiments from which he is involved and will of course have a garden party. there have been problems on the first day of a major overhaul of rail timetables, designed to reduce pressure on services in and out of london. all trains run by great northern, thameslink, southern, southeastern and the gatwick express are operating to a new schedule. it has already caused delays with some services today not running at all. angus crawford reports. all changed before million train journeys across the uk, and every single service run by great northern, thames link, southern and
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the gatwick express. there will be a knock—on effect to south—eastern trains, too. he's a can of the 25% of all train journeys nationwide. long in the planning, these changes we re long in the planning, these changes were pa rt of long in the planning, these changes were part of what was once called thames link 2000, now running a little late. basic problems remain the same, overrunning and unreliability —— overcrowding. the new timetable promises more trains, more seats, better stations, all at a cost of £7 billion. it is going to be ok we will have if you bounce, but we are here for the next two weeks, with long hours for me, to make sure that the transition is as smooth as possible. passengers have been warning about those bumps for months. some stations will lose services at peak times, and today, real teething troubles for the new timetable. govia thames link counselling services across the
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network, blaming the huge logistical challenge of introducing the new timetable, and promising that the situation will improve. it is in pa rt situation will improve. it is in part due to these new trains and new infrastructure, meaning in theory, more services, closer together across the capital. the upgrade would be complete, though, until 2020, it will be tomorrow morning, that the timetable gets its first real test. angus crawford, bbc news. well the travel journalist simon calder said the overhaul would benefit some passengers, but does have this advice. i have been running around the railway station since early this morning, and i am afraid that it seems to be getting rather worse, bearing in mind that this project was originally known as thames link 2000, because it began in the millennium, and here does and 18,
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and there has been a bit of time to prepare for it, and i'm seeing, not just problems on the thames link call, that is the line from which these nutrients from brighton to kimmeridge and so on will be running, but more dates going up into hertfordshire, and up to cambridge, and these are lines which are supposed to be relieved by the new trains, and the fact that things are going wrong is not particularly encouraging, and really into staying following social media, great northern is saying that this is happening because of operational incident, and people are saying, tell us what that incident is, as they are not privy to the nature of this operational incidents. there will be a lot of worried commuters, and a lot of people who will be furious, because their service has changed for the worse. what about the improvement side of this? there isa the improvement side of this? there is a heck of a lot of work being going on over the last couple of
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yea rs. going on over the last couple of years. huge closures at blackfriars and london bridge. presumably, this is supposed to be the benefit of all of that disruption that they enjoyed your nose long months? when things settle down, it is undoubtedly go to bea to be a huge benefit. you are going to be a huge benefit. you are going to have more trains, better infrastructure, with buds of the bottlenecks taken out, that more or less guarantees that most people will enjoy a better service, for example, long—suffering commuters in brighton, heading to london victoria on southern, have had two years of destruction, partly caused by strikes, but because by the nature of the timetable, but they are going to get faster trains, but of course, those trains are faster, partly because they are missing out stations, and if you are waiting at one of those stations, you are going to be slightly cheesed off. there area to be slightly cheesed off. there are a huge sorts —— a few hot spots, and angus mentioned why stone in hertfordshire, and harpenden, they are being mad, because they say that
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one third of rush—hour services are being taken out of circulation. the train manager says that is only between certain hours, if you look more widely at morning rush hour, it will be roughly the same. north of that, in wellingborough, and the impact of the new thames league service, means that this patient, which is beyond the thames lake area, is affected because of the new train pattern, so if you've commute from wellingborough to bedford, instead of getting your 30 minute train service, you will be put on a bus, because there will be no rush—hour train at south to bedford. and sussex, while brighton is doing well, lewis isn't. they now have the average train times to london the 68 minutes, andi average train times to london the 68 minutes, and i have seen timetables from 1912, when the fastest trains are significantly quicker than that. simon calder, the travel editor of the independent. more residents have been rescued from their homes in hawaii as molten lava continues to pour from the ground following the eruption
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of the volcano. the latest explosion from kilauea sent an ash cloud three thousand metres into the air. 0ur correspondent chris buckler has the latest from hawaii. well, people are being invented from getting anywhere close to the volcano, and certainly that area where fishes have been opened up. those are volcanic vents, and they really create cracks in the ground, and they are getting ever bigger, and they are getting ever bigger, and lava is shooting up from them. last night we saw fountains of lava springing up from one of those bands. we can see the national guard and the police are here to make sure that people are not going into those areas, and of course, that means that people have been moved out of their homes. that has caused all sorts of difficulties. just across the road from here, you can see that there is a centre that has been set up. in there, people have got clothes, they are being given food, because there are families that have lost literally everything, notjust their houses, but everything inside
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it, because it has been destroyed by the lava. and with those pitches, if they continue to get longer, that is a real concern for other people. and last night, the national guard had to re m ove last night, the national guard had to remove people from their homes, and that is because some people have been reluctant to leave, but they have been told that they have to leave for their own safety. the other concern is toxic gases. that isa other concern is toxic gases. that is a realfear other concern is toxic gases. that is a real fear the other concern is toxic gases. that is a realfear the people. people are being given masks to make sure that they are all right, but the real concern at the centre of this is the volcano itself. there has been another violent eruption, and there are fears of other explosions, which is by people are being prevented from getting anywhere near it. if you listen to the radio, you will hear amazing announcements, like the idea that the volcano could spew boulders the size of cows. that gives you an idea ofjust how dangerous kilauea is becoming. a man believed to be his twenties has been stabbed
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to death in mitcham in south west london. a man in his forties has been arrested on suspicion of murder and officers are yet to formally identify the victim or inform his next of kin. more than sixty people have been murdered in the capital so far this year. the headlines on bbc news: the royal family thanks the public for supporting the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle — after thousands lined the streets of windsor to see the newlyweds. a major overhaul of train timetables begins today, affecting half a million passengers. some commuters say it's left them with fewer services at rush hour. survivors of terror attacks and relatives of victims sign an open letter calling on the public to help root out extremism. and its port, mo farah has won the great manchester run for the first time, but british olympic and world 10,000 metre champion had to outsprint his, but it up. svitolina
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has won her birds consecutive italian title by beating simona halep. and manchester city have qualified for next season's champions league with a 3—0 win over everton on the final day of the women's's super league season. i will be back in around half an hour's time for more on that story. the family of a 17—year—old accused of shooting dead ten people at a school in the us state of texas have expressed shock and confusion about what happened. the parents of dimitrios pagourtzis said he had been a smart, quiet boy and that they, too, wanted answers. gary 0'donoghue reports from texas. 2a hours on, parents and teachers were allowed back to the scene of the shooting to collect their cars, as the police continued to gather evidence. we've got people with lost loved ones.
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some of them students, some adults. we are going to pull through this. this is going to be a time for the community of healing. this is the second time in eight months we have gone through tragedy. we had hurricane harvey at the end of last august. and now this. some of the names of those who died are beginning to emerge. one was a 17—year—old pakistani exchange student, whose ambition was to be a diplomat. another, cynthia tisdale, was a stand—in teacher who loved her job, according to her son—in—law. she had been married for 47 years. a number of people remain in hospital after the shooting. and according to a statement from the medical authorities, two are still in intensive care. this latest tragedy comes just three months after the killing of 17 students and teachers at the parkland school in florida. that has sparked a nationwide protest movement by young people demanding change.
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but in washington, beyond the symbolic, the administration seem to have little by way of an answer to the question, how does america stop this continuing to happen? i don't have anything to announce on that front at this point, but certainly conversations are ongoing about the best ways to protect kids across the country. they started the school safety commission, and i know that group has been activated today, to start that conversation, and starting again in the first part of next week, they have a meeting. local police and the fbi are saying little about their investigation. but in an affidavit, dimitrios pagourtzis is quoted as saying that he hadn't shot students he liked because he wanted his story to be told. it is that story the authorities are now trying to piece together. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, at the santa fe high school in texas. police have charged a man with the murder of an 85—year—old woman whose body was found at her home in romford in east london on tuesday.
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65—year—old paul prause was arrested on friday in connection with the death of rosina coleman. he'll appear before redbridge magistrates court tomorrow. the culture secretary, matt hancock, has said the government will introduce new laws to tackle online abuse — including fines for social media companies that could run into billions of pounds. he said the government wanted to tackle the internet‘s "wild west" to make britain the safest place in the world online. the pope has announced he will create 1a new cardinals from a wide swathe of countries around the world including iraq, pakistan and japan. the pope said in a speech during a pentecost mass in the vatican that the diversity of the new cardinals reflected the universality of the catholic church. cardinals act as advisors to the pope and also elect his successor. survivors of terror attacks and relatives of those killed have signed an open letter, calling on the public to do more to catch those responsible. the widow of fusilier lee rigby
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and the brother of a man killed in last year's manchester arena attack are among those who've signed the letter. james waterhouse reports. the timing of this letter is certainly poignant. not only is it a year since young ariana grande fans were so brutally targeted in manchester, in an attack the singer recently described as the worst of humanity, it's also five years since lee rigby was murdered as he made his way back to woolwich barracks. it reads... the signatories, including the brother of one of the manchester victims, say it is this hatred we must take on and defeat. we strongly believe that it is well within the power of ordinary people to have a positive effect on how we handle these things. it really is about reaching out to people who, although they haven't been directly affected, can definitely help us. this appeal is signed by dozens of people affected by attacks, including those in paris
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at the bataclan, the brussels bombing, and bali. it calls for focus on the honouring the memories of those being killed and not mentioning the names of the killers. there are practical points — to come forward if you know something or suspect a plot, but the core message is simple, to take on hatred wherever you find it. james waterhouse, bbc news. officials in cuba say 110 people are now known to have died in the plane crash near havana on friday. ninety—nine were cuban. three women who survived remain in a critical condition. the boeing 737 was on a domestic flight to the eastern city of holguin when it crashed shortly after take off at havana airport. one of the plane's flight recorders has now been recovered from the wreckage. will grant reports. cuba is in mourning. two full days of national mourning are taking place for the victims, more than 100 of them,
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in the island's worst air disaster since the 1980s. amid their pain, people also want to know the full story — how a plane on a routine flight across the island ended this way. eyewitness testimony is beginning to provide some clues, but there isn't a clear picture yet. translation: the plane left the airport, then came to here. it seemed unable to lift, and it came to here, and when it arrived at the house, it turned, it got tangled in the cables, and that is where it fell. now an important breakthrough. the cuban government confirmed it had recovered one of the black box recorders from the wreckage, and potentially vital information as to what caused the plane to come down so soon after take—off. translation: we already have the black box in our possession, and we are searching for the other black box. the grief and confusion extends beyond cuba too. the plane was owned by a mexican
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company, and families of the mexican crew and passengers gathered in vain for more information. translation: they do not have any data right now. they are just like us, waiting for more information about what happened. earlier, the cuban president visited the crash site, and promised a full investigation. for now, though, the emphasis is on supporting the victims‘ families, and praying that the survivors, just three of them out of 110 people, pull through. cuba has experienced air disasters in the past, but none this bad for decades. the questions are already being raised about the reliability of the rest of its air fleet, much of which dates to the soviet era. for a new president who only recently took over power from raul castro, this represents his first real test as leader. will grant, bbc news. the bbc understands that chelsea football club's owner
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roman abramovich has experienced delays in renewing his visa for the uk. the russian billionaire didn't attend yesterday's fa cup final at wembley when chelsea beat manchester united. his office said it doesn't discuss personal matters with the media. but a source close to mr abramovich suggested he was in the process of renewing his visa and said it was taking a little longer than usual. reports suggest his visa expired last month. a new tougher mot test has come into force today, to try to improve air quality and make roads safer. there will be tighter smoke limits, new fail categories and a number of components tested for the first time under the new regulations. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. it is the annual car health check that we all have to do, and some dread. standards are being raised from today, to keep deficient vehicles off the roads. among the new reasons to instantly fail an mot test include
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underinflated tyres, the engine management light being on when you turn on the engine, and this showing up, or the reversing light not working at all. and if you have a diesel car with a special filter, you will fail if there is any smoke coming out of your tailpipe. on top of that, there will be a new "dangerous" category, meaning your car will not be allowed back on the road. our priority is to make the roads safer, so we are making changes to two areas. we are changing some parts of the content of the test, but also changes to how we present the information to motorists, to help them look after their cars. mot testers hoped the new rules will remove inconsistencies about why a car may pass or fail. for us, a lot of the subjectivity is being removed. the testing service we use to create mots is largely far more
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prescriptive now than it has been before. the good news is that our cars should be safer, thanks to the new mot test. the bad news, initially, is that more cars are likely to fail. right, after the spectacular weather we saw over much of the country yesterday, let's join we saw over much of the country yesterday, let'sjoin nick miller at the map to find out what lies ahead. glorious warm sunshine again today across many parts of england and wales. cloudy skies in scotland and northern ireland. a week where the front that has been moving in here, and with this cloud, we have also seen a and with this cloud, we have also seen a bit of rain. some of the card pushing into northern ireland and wales, as well. but some spots along north sea coast, and english channel coast, too. here's an example from east sussex earlier today. way we have had that, it has been rather cool compared to the sunshine a lad. overnight, we will see some of this pushing across parts of england, to
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give equals that of monday. overnight, the rain gets heavier and more widespread in northern ireland, a stash of pain in the gardens. on the way to northwest pollard, the western and northern isles, as well. range of temperatures overnight at their lowest, in eastern england. tomorrow, we will start to put it back to the coast, again, where it might linger trimmer day, keeping it rather cool. inland, you will see some warm sunshine. that whether faragist are stuck across northern ireland, the rain retreating to western countries, . .. echo ireland, the rain retreating to western countries,... echo elsewhere in scotland is some sunshine. cards increasing, the chance of a shower developing across parts of southern end of, the midlands, and then later wales. it could be heavy and possibly thundery, but not everybody will catch those showers. some of these shower still around on monday evening, putting a bit further west. notice this weather front, rain on its asked to weaken. that is about to his art. a strengthening area of
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high pressure to the north of the uk going into tuesday. it does mean that as tuesday begins, that scotla nd that as tuesday begins, that scotland and northern ireland expect a lot of clouds, although as many —— femenia bus, it will include, although northern scotland stay rather cloudy. still, across southern england and made the —— may be the midlands and wales later, there is the chance of a shower, and thunderstorm. very few and far between, most will not get theirs, continued warm sunny spells. north sea coast will be cooler than as well, femenia, try this week, with warm sunshine, and the chance of a shower, or a thunderstorm, especially in parts of england and wales. that is how your week is looking.

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