this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm — the duke of edinburgh's children pay tribute to their late father after a private church service attended by members of the royal family. i think the way i would put it is we've lost almost the grandfather of the nation. and i feel very sorry and supportive of my mother, who's feeling it, i think, probably more than everybody else. it's been a bit of a shock. however much one tries to prepare oneself for something like this, it's still a dreadful shock. and we're still trying to come to terms with that. i mean, it's very, very sad. in a statement released earlier, princess anne said her father has left a legacy that would inspire. we'll continue look at the tributes being paid. also ahead —

david cameron insists that he complied with the rules when lobbying the government on behalf of greensill capital. one day more — lockdown easing in england will see outdoor hospitality, shops and hairdressers reopen tomorrow. in india, hospitals struggle to cope with the second wave of covid and more than 150,000 new cases in 2a hours. yeah, i'm going to be a millionaire. after seven nominations, could the british film rocks dominate the baftas tonight? good afternoon. the duke of edinburgh has been remembered today in a service at canterbury cathedral led by the archbishop of canterbury. at windsor, members of the royal

family attended a private service this morning, speaking afterwards about the impact of the death of the duke, who prince andrew described as "the grandfather of the nation". he said the queen had described his passing as leaving a huge void in her life. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. on a day of pause and reflection, prayers for the duke were said in many church services, and after the service at the chapel of all saints in windsor great park, members of his family spoke about him. it's a great loss. i think the way i would put it is that we've lost almost the grandfather of the nation. and i feel very sorry and supportive of my mother, who's feeling it, i think, probably more than everybody else. she described it as having left a huge void in her life, but we, the family, the ones that are closer, are rallying

round to make sure that we're there to support her. the earl and countess of wessex also spoke about how the queen was dealing with the loss. thinking of others before herself. as always. she's amazing, yeah. so...bearing up, but, again,| it's just that wave of affection for him and just those lovely- stories, theyjust mean so much, and, you know, the tributes have been just fantastic and that's - really, really important, and we really do appreciate it, so... - and i think it's so lovely for so many people to learn about what he did, because i think, actually, quite a lot of the things that have come out will have surprised some people. the countess spoke to members of the congregation about the manner of the duke's death. it was right for him. it was so gentle. she said his passing had been very, very peaceful, as if someone had taken him by the hand

and off he went. at a special service of remembrance for the duke in canterbury cathedral, the archbishop spoke about loss. we may pray and offer love for all who find that a great life leaves a very great gap. britain's former prime minister, sirjohn major, knew the duke. he said his death would leave an enormous gap in the queen's life. i hope she will be given some time and space. i know she is the monarch. i know she has responsibilities, but she has earned the right to have a period of privacy in which to grieve with her family. and sirjohn said he hoped the duke's funeral would give princes william and harry a chance to mend their differences. the friction that we are told has arisen is a friction better ended as speedily as possible,

and a shared emotion, a shared grief, at the present time because of the death of their father, of their grandfather, i think is an ideal opportunity and i hope very much that is possible to mend any rift that may exist. 0utside buckingham palace, barriers have been erected around the pavements, and signs are on display to discourage people from leaving flowers. but despite the discouragement, bouquets and personal tributes are still being placed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. all four of the duke of edinburgh's children have now released their own statements. earlier, i spoke to our royal correspondent daniela relph from windsor castle about the latest addition, which comes from princess anne. we have now had a further statement,

this time from princess anne, the prince's daughter, who has issued some words but also a meaningful photo, one that we are told was chosen by her especially to be released to the public. it's an image of her with her father taken during the london olympics back in 2012, an informal image that really gives the sense of the bond between them, and in her statement, she said, "you know it's going to happen, but you are never really ready. my father has been my teacher, my supporter and my critic. we will miss him, but he leaves a legacy which has inspired us all." we have now heard from all four of that duke's children over the past 48 hours, and i think what is striking about what they've had to say is just how personally they've spoken about him. the language is quite intimate, the memories, the way that they are talking, and it gives a real sense of how the family are feeling at the moment. a lot of people have lost parents in the last 12 months, some rather sooner than they might have expected. there must be an awareness within the royal household of the important of getting the tone of this right. it was a long life well lived,

terribly painful for those who were close to the prince, but it's been a painful year for many people. yes, very much so, and i think the palace, buckingham palace, are at pains to say that they do want this to be a celebration of what they see as a remarkable life. yes, of course, there is personal sadness and personal grief, but the duke was 99 years old. he had led an incredibly full and active life, and they want that to really be the focus in people's minds over the coming days and at his funeral service. and on that, as you said, over the last year, so many have sadly lost membes of the family and the royal family like them will have to abide by the restrictions of how they all now live in the moment and the restrictions will be just 30 people and we will get a better idea

of what that will include an to those people be later on this week. prayers were said for the duke at churches around the country today. a service was held at crathie church on royal deeside, where the royal family worship when they're at balmoral. let's have a listen to some of the thoughts of the people who attended that. a lot of memories of prince philip. i first met him in 1975 in germany. i was in germany doing the duke of edinburgh awards school with a school i taught in there and i met him. fond memories of him then, and then, of course, we met him since we came to balmoral, have seen him down here. a long—lasting memory of him sitting at the end of the royal pew. i think it's just very poignant to be here when the duke was such a close neighbour. it was a very reflective service, and it was all very thoughtful. i we who live in the area are always glad to see her majesty the queen and the duke of edinburgh here. they love this part of the world, and we love having them as our neighbours.

i think they enjoy the opportunity to be away from the hubbub of the city and get away here to enjoy family life, if you like, in their own private peaceful area. well, one particularly happy period in prince philip's life was when he was based in malta. the second world war was over, he was newly married to the queen and was pursuing his successful career in the royal navy. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has travelled to the maltese capital of valletta to reflect on the duke's time there. it was more than 70 years ago that newlyweds philip and elizabeth fell in love with this island, and it wasn'tjust the majestic beauty of the maltese coastline, it was the sort of lifestyle it afforded them at this particular moment in their lives. this was the early 1950s,

and the prince was able to pursue his naval career. his ship could often be seen docked in the harbour here. for the queen, she was able to go to the shops. it was the closest to normality that they may be able to have ever imagined, and they have spoken over the years with great fondness about this particular place. and that is why the prince will be in many people's thoughts and prayers today. of course, the way that they remember him will be shaped, as it will be in the united kingdom and elsewhere, by the current coronavirus pandemic. and so, for example, the anglican cathedral, where often the couple would worship, today that is closed. there is no service, although there is a special recording that will be streamed so that people on the island and elsewhere will be able to see that. but, really, the duke of edinburgh was at the heart of this island for many years, and in 1964, when it gained independence, he took centre stage,

and that is why in the coming days and weeks, they will be remembering him. also the villa where the royal couple lived for two years between 1919 and 1951, that is currently being refurbished, and the hope is that in the years to come, people will arrive on the island and learn more about the links between the duke of edinburgh and malta, a place that was certainly in his heart. more than three months after a third national lockdown was imposed in england, thousands of businesses are preparing to reopen under the next phase of covid restrictions easing. shops are reopening and pubs and restaurants will be able to serve outdoors. hairdressers, salons, gyms and outdoor attractions like zoos and theme parks can also reopen. wales also reopens retail tomorrow, remaining pupils will return to school and restrictions on travelling across the border will ease. in scotland, all pupils, except those who are shielding, will return to the classroom. and pupils in northern ireland will also go back to school. we can speak now to fiona hornsby, the owner and landlord

of the bridewell pub in liverpool. fiona joins me now from the pub. it isa it is a wonderfully atmospheric location because it is the bridewell so it is an old prison. with that help for at least of lockdown? it helped some of the socially distancing because it is nationally social distances because we have five prison cells behind us. this was an event we could not really for people much in there anyway behind us. 50 people much in there anyway behind us. ., people much in there anyway behind us, ., , people much in there anyway behind us. ., , , , people much in there anyway behind us. ., , ,, ., people much in there anyway behind us. so that is the upside of what has otherwise _ us. so that is the upside of what has otherwise been _ us. so that is the upside of what has otherwise been a _ us. so that is the upside of what has otherwise been a really - us. so that is the upside of what| has otherwise been a really quite difficult year and that is a bit of an understatement. film. difficult year and that is a bit of an understatement.— difficult year and that is a bit of an understatement. oh, my word. i think when — an understatement. oh, my word. i think when we _ an understatement. oh, my word. i think when we looked _ an understatement. oh, my word. i think when we looked up _ an understatement. oh, my word. i think when we looked up last - an understatement. oh, my word. ij think when we looked up last march an understatement. oh, my word. i. think when we looked up last march i don't think any of us that we would still be here now genuinely. i think if we had known, we might have given up if we had known, we might have given up then. but we did and we dug in and we are so praet of ourselves and we are a small independent and we are so proud of ourselves that we made it through. notwithstanding the help and support we have had of

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talk at this stage of the day in mid—may if everything remains on track. that could be the network assembly could have customers inside. but presumably inside subject to restrictions. but inside. but presumably inside subject to restrictions. but we will still be grateful _ subject to restrictions. but we will still be grateful for _ subject to restrictions. but we will still be grateful for that _ subject to restrictions. but we will still be grateful for that at - subject to restrictions. but we will still be grateful for that at this i still be grateful for that at this stage because we cannot open because there are those who don't have outside areas so we are desperate to get that open even if it is inside with restrictions because we need to get back to work. everybody needs to start moving back slowly. i appreciate people will be cautious but i think we just all need to slowly start going back to normal and the sooner we can open inside the better, especially with the great british weather. bud the better, especially with the great british weather.- the better, especially with the great british weather. and we also need to start _ great british weather. and we also need to start rembrandt _ great british weather. and we also need to start rembrandt what i great british weather. and we also need to start rembrandt what it i great british weather. and we also need to start rembrandt what it isj need to start rembrandt what it is like to socialise again.— like to socialise again. yeah, we do. i like to socialise again. yeah, we do- i went _ like to socialise again. yeah, we do. i went around _ like to socialise again. yeah, we do. i went around the _ like to socialise again. yeah, we do. i went around the family i do. i went around the family yesterday to watch the grand national and it was lovely to be in somebody�*s garden even though it was a bit cold. it was lovely to be with people because it is been such a long time. people because it is been such a long time-— people because it is been such a lonutime. ., ., , , ., ., long time. fiona, best of luck for the bridewell _ long time. fiona, best of luck for

the bridewell reopening - long time. fiona, best of luck for. the bridewell reopening tomorrow long time. fiona, best of luck for- the bridewell reopening tomorrow and we wish you good fortune and lots of sunshine this week.— sunshine this week. thanks very much. sunshine this week. thanks very much- thank— sunshine this week. thanks very much. thank you. _ sunshine this week. thanks very much. thank you. fiona - sunshine this week. thanks very much. thank you. fiona hoping | sunshine this week. thanks very i much. thank you. fiona hoping to finall aet much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out _ much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of _ much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out ofjail. _ much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of jail. she - much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of jail. she is i much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of jail. she is been | finally get out ofjail. she is been stuck in there for months and i'm sure is very grateful. no bookings so you know you are going to be insured something. david cameron says he should have communicated with government "through only the most formal of channels" amid row over the ex—pm's lobbying work. after several weeks of silence over the issue, the former prime minister has issued a statement to the press association. a little earlier, our political correspondent chris mason took us through the statement. two ways we should chuck it up. one is that mr cameron's dealings with greensill when he was by minister and the other is their relationship after mr cameron had left office and then went to work for mr greensill. in essence, the time that mr cameron was prime minister and lex greensill was brought in as an adviser,

basically david cameron says he didn't have much to do with him and he was a civil servant and not a political appointee, and from his memory he only thinks he met mr greensill on a couple of occasions. so let's fast—forward to the whole question of lobbying. trying to influence government, entirely normal part of democracy for businesses, individuals, charities, trade unions... and it was a job he did before he entered politics, because he only came into politics in 2005 or something, and he was a public affairs man in commercial television? yes, which is a euphemism for lobbying. exactly. he stuck by the rules, and the rules say you can be for two years, and he stuck by those rules, and also because he was working as an in—house lobbyist. he was a paid employee of a particular company, as opposed to working on behalf of a range of clients. that means he didn't have to register that he was a lobbyist, so in that sense, he didn't

break any rules either. but the key thing, we put all the verbiage to one side, is two things, two things which we know have happened. david cameron texted and phoned rishi sunak, the chancellor, on behalf at greensill capital. 0n quite a number of occasions in this particular period? multiple times, as the chancellor put itjust the other day. we also know courtesy of the sunday times this morning that he went for what was described as a private drink alongside mr greensill with matt hancock, the health secretary. mr hancock says he declared everything and has acted entirely appropriately. so, there was now this huge list of questions beginning to mount for david cameron about the nature of their relationship in government, about the nature of his professional relationship since he's been a lobbyist. in this statement, the most striking thing is basically an acknowledgement of dud judgment, so two sentences, might even be three. there are important lessons to be learned, he says, meaning for him to learn. "as a former prime minister, i accept that communications with government need to be done

through only the most formal of channel so there can be no room for misinterpretation." in other words, "don't text the chancellor or go for a beverage with the health secretary" is basically the thrust of that. he says he believes he was acting honourably at all times. he emphasises the context, which was a year ago, huge pressure on the british economy, the treasury doing what it could to prop up as much as the economy as possible, and he was doing that on behalf of his employer, and greensill has important stakes in key parts of the british economy, not least the steel industry. so he says he believes he was acting in good faith throughout, but acknowledges that the sniff test, if you like — my phrase, not his — around lobbying... it's one thing talking about the other rules, the other thing is what does it smell like? does it feel to the average person hearing about it like the sort of behaviour that is appropriate and right? and he's pretty much acknowledging here it doesn't. when he was prime minister, he made a very famous speech saying lobbying is going to be the next scandal in british politics, an acknowledgement that there is a real issue in terms of how

people perceive the relationships, those who have access, it's not what you know, it's who you know, and this plays to that ongoing and arguably perfectly natural suspicion that people have of those people who know people who therefore can get to talk to people who matter. yeah, and people will reflect that judgment of his 11 years ago was right and hisjudgment, as he acknowledges it now, was wrong. and there are those who say that the lobbying, he might not have broken the lobbying rules, but the lobbying rules are already broken. and certainly when you speak to commercial lobbyists of behalf of lots of different clients, they say, look, we have to register and that is fine and we are willing to do that. we want to be as transparent as possible in an industry which often doesn't have the greatest of reputations. transparency, i guess, helps, they would argue. but they make the point, loads of lobbying that goes on doesn't fall within the rules

and so can happen without it being fair and transparent so, yes, the former prime minister acknowledging dud judgment and i think it is worth as well emphasising the importance of good journalism here. the sunday times and the financial times doggedly pursuing this for several weeks and david cameron acknowledged this because they exposed awkward truths. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are political commentator faiza shaheen and lizzy burden, who is uk economy reporter at bloomberg. she would doubtless have lots to tell us about the reopening of such huge parts of the british economy from tomorrow. the british film and television awards are under way this evening for the second night of this year's ceremony. the presenters are at the royal albert hall, but all the nominees are appearing via video link because of the coronavirus pandemic. let's get more with caroline frost, who's an entertainmentjournalist. a regular contributor to us. lovely to see you again. you are having all

these very strange awards ceremony is when you were at home with a bag of popcorn and a drink or something like rather than some swanky event. but what is happening and what should we look out for when the events eventually occur? i should we look out for when the events eventually occur?- should we look out for when the events eventually occur? i have it u . events eventually occur? i have it u- on m events eventually occur? i have it no on my tv _ events eventually occur? i have it no on my tv here- _ events eventually occur? i have it up on my tv here. you _ events eventually occur? i have it up on my tv here. you grant i events eventually occur? i have it up on my tv here. you grant has| events eventually occur? i have it i up on my tv here. you grant hasjust appeared. a little star power if he has dazzled everyone's screen. —— hugh grant. they had to embrace the options that are available to them so we have edith bowman and david 0'leary basically lost in the cavernous hall of the royal albert hall. not a star in sight, no crowd. rather strangely some canned laughter which keeps popping up like a sort of 1970s sitcom. but it is all kind of pretty forgivable in the sense and what they are making up for is the enthusiasm and the very genuine and natural reactions. we just had the best british rising star, a very young very talented

actor has —— actress has picked up the first of what will be sure that many awards and her crew to come. a lot of enthusiasm and tolerance and understanding this is not a normal year but also a reminder that when we do get we have some good things waiting for us. mat we do get we have some good things waiting for us— waiting for us. not all straight to streaming. _ waiting for us. not all straight to streaming, has _ waiting for us. not all straight to streaming, has equipment i waiting for us. not all straight to streaming, has equipment lots l waiting for us. not all straight to | streaming, has equipment lots of stuff. you mentioned her success and we have eight nominations for rocks this evening across a range of categories. 50 this evening across a range of categories-— this evening across a range of cateuories. ., ., ., ., categories. so rocks and nomadland are livin: categories. so rocks and nomadland are living the — categories. so rocks and nomadland are living the nominations _ categories. so rocks and nomadland are living the nominations with i are living the nominations with seven apiece. but really at the moment i can cite this halfway house is pretty much praet with promising young woman also picking up two awards for emerald fennel for screenplay and best british film. they are ahead in the categories, nomadland picked up some already with waiting for best mythography but really rocks and nomadland, a real sign there is some fresh blood at the academy this year and we know

there has been all sorts of complaints in the last couple of years that baftas so white with a huge amount of complaints and huge changes. massive overhaul of your ship compulsory to watch all the films to keep those open minds and open eyeballs and you can really tell already with the new names coming through. some people will be sitting at home saying who are the people but we will hear about them. that's the point. that people but we will hear about them. that's the point.— that's the point. that is what's interesting _ that's the point. that is what's interesting is _ that's the point. that is what's interesting is that _ that's the point. that is what's interesting is that it _ that's the point. that is what's interesting is that it does i that's the point. that is what's i interesting is that it does suggest that when there was a problem with the old system many people were not watching all the films that were nominated. they were ticking the boxes for people they already knew either mates names that they knew. and it saves me having to watch the things as i know they are pretty good so i will back them. now they are actually watching and having to be confronted by new talent in the future of the industry. film reflects life _ future of the industry. film reflects life and _ future of the industry. film reflects life and reflect i future of the industry. film | reflects life and reflect film. future of the industry. film i reflects life and reflect film. so cycle has to be broken and disrupted somewhere. so what they have done is they have put themselves as very much in the vanguard of this whole

cultural ecosystem so the oscars did not quite do it this year and the golden gloves did not quite do it. the baftas has said that will be a very essential part of our mission is to be pushing ahead with inclusion and notjust diversity and not ticking boxes but real inclusivity and that is what we have seen so far. if you overhaul membership, they are going to bring different ideas and different attitudes and different mindsets and you're not going to be somebody who says martin scorsese, like a bit of him or clint eastwood, like a bit of him. a complete overhaul and we are getting this with brainy stories are part of the country and society that we have not always heard from. thank ou so we have not always heard from. thank you so much — we have not always heard from. thank you so much for— we have not always heard from. thank you so much for that. _ we have not always heard from. thank you so much for that. we _ we have not always heard from. thank you so much for that. we will- we have not always heard from. thank you so much for that. we will watch out for best director which is a big test between those two films and actually having women directors right at the front of the awards for this year and hopefully many of those for the future. we will get an update from you on the baftas later in the evening but for now thank you very much. let's take a look now at the latest government figures on coronavirus. there were 1730 new infections

recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 2629 new cases reported per day in the last week. seven deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 36 deaths per day. this will be figured when you get the comparative excess deaths between march last year in march 2021. the total number of uk deaths is now 127,087. 0n vaccinations, 111,109 people were given their first vaccine dose in the last 2a hours. the overall number of people who've had their first jab is over 32 million.

over 7.4 million people have now had their second jab. while cases continue to fall here, india's second wave of covid has just seen it record more than 150,000 new daily cases as the disease spreads faster than anywhere else in the world. some hospitals have already been overwhelmed, particularly in the worst affected state of maharashtra. from mumbai, the capital of the state, yogita limaye reports. a hospital in the western town of bhavnagar. "these are covid patients, and there are no doctors to treat them," says the man filming the video. in pune city, people are being given oxygen outside a hospital because it's too full. medical facilities are falling short during a fierce and rapid covid surge. 73—year—old mary was turned away from six hospitals.

she died on her way to the seventh. her son, anthony, spoke to me from isolation. "all these years she never needed to go to a hospital, "and when she did, i failed her," he said. field hospitals built last year are already full. this one in pune is managed by dr sangram kapale, who's been on the front line since the pandemic began. right now, what i'm seeing is if a single member of the family gets positive, the entire family is positive. the virulence has gone up, the infectivity ratio has gone up... it is affecting young adults, which is quite, you know, surprising. deaths remain low compared to india's population, still to be conclusively explained, but hundreds are dying every day. the government says the flouting of covid norms has caused the surge, but many argue that's not the main reason. it cannot explain the kind of surge

in cases that we are seeing now currently in india, which clearly suggests that there is a great role for highly infectious variants of the virus which are spreading faster. in the midst of the crisis, dozens of vaccination centres in mumbai and around are closed because of a lack of supplies. india's health minister says there's no shortage of vaccines. this country has been mass—producing them, and over the past few months has exported tens of millions of doses. so, people who've been turned away from centres like this one are asking where their doses are. the worst—hit areas are locked down, but surges are being seen across india. despite that, mass gatherings are being held for political rallies and religious festivals. this country appears to have let its guard down. yogita limaye, bbc news, india. there's been another eruption from the volcano on the caribbean

island of st vincent. after remaining quiet for nearly 42 years, la soufriere first erupted on friday. heavy ashfall has caused power outages and cut off water supplies. scientists warn that eruptions could continue for days or even weeks. 0ur central america correspondent will grant reports. it is an awe—inspiring, frightening sight, captured by the islanders of st vincent as they fled the affected areas. huge, thick plumes of smoke and dust were sent shooting several kilometres into air, as la soufriere unleashed its incredible explosive power. it was bright, but then the light began to deteriorate. and it wasn't at a slow pace, it was rapidly deteriorating. it was just darkness. and then what happened, you began to feel something