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the duke of edinburgh remembered by those closest to him — his children speak of their loss and his legacy. after attending church in windsor, prince andrew and prince edward said they were touched by the tributes and described the impact of the duke's death on the queen. she described it as having left a huge void in her life. 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 in a statement princess anne said the duke was her teacher, supporter and critic. we'll have more on the family's public responses and the preparations for the funeral.
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also tonight... david cameron breaks his silence over lobbying work, saying he should have contacted ministers through formal channels. one more day to this, at least outdoors, plus shopping and haircuts, as england's lockdown eases. in india, the hospitals are struggling amid an intense second wave of covid. and... i'm not homeless. a story of life on the road in america — nomadland is the big winner at the baftas. good evening. the duke of edinburgh has been remembered publicly today by some of those closest to him, with princess anne, prince andrew and prince edward speaking of what he meant to them. it follows yesterday's words from the prince of wales,
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and a special service this morning in canterbury cathedral. prince andrew also spoke of the impact of the duke's death on his mother, the queen, and how she'd described it as leaving a huge void in her life. our 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 close, are rallying round to make sure that we're there to support her.
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the earl and countess of wessex also spoke about how the queen was dealing with the loss. thinking of others before herself. she's amazing, yeah. as always, yes. so, er... but bearing up, but again, i it's just that wave of affection for him and just those lovely- stories, theyjust mean so much, and the tributes have beenjust fantastic, l and that's really, really important and we really do appreciate it. - and i think it's so lovely for so many people to learn about what he did, because i think 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".
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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 sir john 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,
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because of the death of their father, of their grandfather, i think is an ideal opportunity, i hope very much that it is possible to mend any rift that may exist. outside buckingham palace, barriers have been erected around the pavements, and signs have been put up to discourage people from leaving flowers. but despite the discouragement, bouquets and personal tributes are still being placed. this evening, one more family tribute, a written message from princess anne, the princess royal, describing her father as "my teacher, my supporter and my critic". "we will almost him," she wrote, "but he leaves a legacy which can inspire us all." and nicholas witchell is here. take us through what is coming up in the days ahead, before the funeral on saturday? fine the days ahead, before the funeral on saturday?— on saturday? one thing tonight, it is re orted on saturday? one thing tonight, it is reported though _ on saturday? one thing tonight, it is reported though not _ on saturday? one thing tonight, it is reported though not confirmed l is reported though not confirmed that prince harry has arrived back
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in the united kingdom from california, without his wife, of course, and he will need to have, if he is to fulfil the full five days of covid quarantine at home, buckingham palace insisting that everything will be fully covid compliant. other activity, everything will be fully covid compliant. otheractivity, behind compliant. other activity, behind the compliant. otheractivity, behind the scenes, there will be a lot of preparation and rehearsal, even though the ceremonial component is very small, but there are bearer parties from the grenadier guards and the royal marines who will be responsible for the movements of the coffin within the castle. so, rehearsals, finalising the guest list, whittling it down to 30 guests, that won't be easy. and what in all of this of the queen? well, we've heard from the wessex is that she is a stoic and bearing up and thinking of others. the business of monarchy will continue, the red boxes will continue to go to windsor castle for her to work on. and although of course it is the case that the duke's death cannot altogether have been a surprise, i was struck by the opening words in
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princess anne's statement this evening. she wrote, you know it's going to happen, but you are never really ready. and how true that must be in the queen's case. she now has rather less than six days to start to adapt and to prepare to appear at her husband's funeral.— her husband's funeral. thank you very much- _ the former prime minister david cameron has this evening broken his silence over his lobbying work on behalf of the financial firm greensill capital. after weeks of criticism over contacting ministers about greensill, he says he did not break any rules but accepts he should have gone through "only the most formal of channels". our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster now. what more has he said, chris? well, for three weeks, the headlines kept coming. and for three weeks david cameron said nothing. that is, until tonight, where, in a lengthy statement, running to 1,700 words, he acknowledges he made
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a duffjudgement. lobbying, by individuals, businesses, charities and trade unions, trying to influence government, is part of the normal functioning of a democracy. but how many people can arrange a private drink with the health secretary? how many people can text the chancellor and get a reply? david cameron did both of these things. he didn't break any rules. but this is about the sniff test. he appears to acknowledge in this statement that no, it didn't. take a look at this — he says... "there are important lessons to be learnt. labour say tonight he should come here to parliament to answer questions from mps. those ministers who were lobbied also face questions, although they say they behaved entirely properly. and some people are making the argument that if rules weren't broken, maybe it's the rules themselves that are broken and need fixing. one final point
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worth making. journalism matters. the work of the financial times and the sunday times in ferreting out these awkward truths is what has brought us to this news tonight. chris mason, thank you very much. thousands of businesses in england are preparing to reopen tomorrow in the next stage of easing the third national lockdown. they include shops, while pubs and restaurants will be able to serve outdoors. hairdressers, beauty 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. here's our business correspondent katy austin on the changes in england. the first lockdown pushed this lingerie and swimwear chain to the brink. since then, they've ramped up online and closed some stores for good, but they still see monday as hugely important. we've had lots of calls
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from customers, which tells us that obviously, lots of customers are wanting to come into shops, but we know that some will want to continue shopping from home for some time. and we are yet to find out exactly how much of that mix is a permanent shift. changing rooms can open, carefully managed, and bra fittings will be done, contact—free. our teams are using actually the fitting rooms opposite, so rather than actuallyjoining them in the fitting room, they're doing exactly what they would normally do, from further apart. people are being encouraged to shop alone and stay socially distanced. bravissimo is confident of opening safely. profitably — not sure. the british retail consortium says that non—food stores will have lost £30 billion worth of sales over the three lockdowns. it's also clear that the past year has sped up a change that was already under way towards there being fewer shops on our streets and people buying more online. but some things sell
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much better in person. after a slow winter, this bed retailer hopes to benefit from pent—up demand when it reopens 172 stores in england tomorrow. all of our stores will have very clearly designated sanitising areas, our products are for the majority requiring an assisted sales process where customers and the sales staff can touch and feel and lie on the products, and so being able to do that is an integral part of the sales process. pubs, restaurants and cafes in england can serve outside from tomorrow. gusto will open three restaurants including this one in liverpool. they are fully booked, but it's not worth opening nine others with small outdoor areas. by the time we've got in a team of chefs, someone to wash the pots, a team front of house to make drinks and serve the food and a manager to run the place, we would actually be worse off than we would be by staying closed. hairdressers are already open in wales and scotland. tomorrow, england, too.
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with social distancing, this salon will only have 50% capacity. we opened up our online bookings quite a few weeks ago, and we have been inundated. we're fully booked until the beginning ofjune, and we've also had our phone lines open, so, yeah, we've got our clients banging the door down, they can't wait for us to open. shops can open late to cope with an expected initial rush. after a painful yearfor retail, they're relying on customers to keep coming back. katy austin, bbc news. let's take a look now at the latest government figures on coronavirus. there were 1,730 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 2,629 new cases reported per day in the last week. seven deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week there were 36 deaths per day. the total number of uk deaths is now 127,087.
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on vaccinations, 111,109 people were given their first vaccine dose in the last 2a hours. the overall number of people who've had theirfirstjab is now more than 32 million. and 475,230 people havejust had their second jab, that's the largest number of second doses given in a day. and it means more than 7.4 million people have had two doses of a covid vaccine. our health correspondent anna collinson is here. cases and deaths continue to fall, anna. how much confidence is there that that will continue as restrictions ease? well, as we try to edge closer to normality by easing restrictions, infections are expected to rise. so, to protect the nhs, the government has put criteria in place so, a certain level has to be met before we can move onto the next stage. the
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first big test was the reopening of schools a month ago, and this week, government scientific advisers said there was nothing to suggest in the data that we cannot now move onto the next step, the reopening of non—essential shops and beer gardens. but some scientists say it is too soon, they are particularly concerned about some virus hotspots, particularly in parts of east midlands and yorkshire. the government would argue the uk in a very strong position, with nearly a0 million vaccinations now administered. tomorrow's easing is not viewed as particularly risky, as long as people stick to the rules. what is more of a concern is the possible easing of allowing indoor mixing and foreign travel next month. the fear is that if things move to quickly, there could be a third wave. move to quickly, there could be a third wave-— move to quickly, there could be a third wave. anna collinson, thank ou ve third wave. anna collinson, thank you very much- — in india, a second wave of covid has reached a record level of new cases, with more than 150,000 registered in a single day. the state of maharashtra, whose capital is the financial centre
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of mumbai, is the worst—affected, with some hospitals already overwhelmed. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from there. 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
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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.
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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. golf, and the final round of the masters is reaching its closing stages in augusta, with japan's hideki matsuyama in a commanding position. our correspondent andy swiss with the latest. the final day at augusta and this was the man to beat. japan's hideki matsuyama began four shots clear, but as his opening drive sailed into the trees, his rivals set about ramping up the pressure.
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america's will zalatoris, playing in his first masters, making an early move. hopes of a british winner lay with justin rose, but despite flashes of brilliance, he still had plenty of work to do. especially as matsuyama's early nerves began to disappear. oh, what a save! the leader was looking composed. the others, still playing catch—up. spain'sjon rahm put together one of the rounds of the day, while the unheralded zalatoris continued to shine. just 2a but showing a maturity beyond his years. very nice. but matsuyama was still the man they were all chasing. japan has never had a masters champion... ..could this be their year? andy swiss, bbc news. the annual bafta film awards ceremony has paid tribute to the duke of edinburgh, who became the organisation's first president in 1959. this year, because of the pandemic, winners delivered their acceptance speeches remotely. our arts editor, will gompertz, was watching. there was a sombre note to begin this year's baftas, as the academy paid tribute to its first and greatly
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admired president. before we start, we're extremely saddened by the passing of his royal highness prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, on friday. now, the duke was bafta's first ever president over 60 years ago and was the first royal patron, a line that goes through all the way to bafta's current president, his grandson, the duke of cambridge. it was a largely virtual awards in which the nominees appeared on giant screens while the celebrity presenters opened the golden envelopes in a virtually empty royal albert hall. nomadland was an early and fitting winner, a film about loss and loneliness striking a chord in a year when the pandemic has left a lot of people bereft and isolated. the film was helmed by chloe zhao... if you can look over your shoulder. ..who became only the second woman ever to be awarded the best director bafta. we would like to dedicate this award to the nomadic community, who so generously welcomed us into their lives.
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its star, frances mcdormand, won the leading actress award, as many expected, but she was unable to attend the event. nor was sir anthony hopkins, who won the leading actor bafta for his powerful portrayal of an elderly man with dementia in the father. oh, i was a dancer. were you? - dad! yes? you were an engineer. what do you know about it? yes, tap dancing was my speciality. the winner of the best supporting actress was... yuh—jung youn for minari. especially recognised by british people, known as very snobbish people, and they approved me as a good actor. so i'm very, very grateful and happy. she won for her performance as an equally straight—talking grandmother in minari. you can murder a liberator, - but you can't murder a liberation! daniel kaluuya followed his golden globes win with a best supporting actor bafta for playing fred hampton
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injudas and the black messiah. i'd like to thank chairman fred jr| and mama akua for partnering up with us and joining hands to bring this man to the position - that he belongs. emerald fennell won for outstanding british film and original screenplay, ending the night with two baftas to add to her personal collection. but i only have this chocolate bafta which has melted in my hand because my palms are so sweaty. bukky bakray, the teenager who plays the eponymous character in the british drama rocks, appeared genuinely surprised to win the rising star category. the big winner, though, was nomadland, which finished the night with four baftas, including the prestigious best film award. will gompertz, bbc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are.
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let's get more on the news that coronavirus restrictions are easing in england tomorrow. fiona hornsby is the owner and landlord of the bridewell pub in liverpool and is opening her doors tomorrow. my colleague shaun ley spoke to her earlier about what the last year has been like ahead of the reopening. when we closed last march, i don't think any of us thought we would still be here now, genuinely. i think if we had known, we might�*ve given up then. but we didn't and we dug in, and we're so proud of ourselves, and we're a small independent, and we're so proud of ourselves that we've made it through. notwithstanding the help and support we've had off the government and certainly off the liverpool city council, but also the customers have been fantastic in their support and messages of encouragement. have you been able to do sort of takeaways in the last few months or have you been completely shut? we've been completely shut. so we opened lastjuly and we got to october, because the pubs in liverpool got
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closed in october before anybody else. and so then we had six weeks where we could operate doing some take—out, which we did. we were then allowed to open for december, which was brilliant, and we were all looking forward to new year's eve and we got closed again then. and then from january onwards, pubs haven't been allowed to do any takeaway services at all. so what have you got lined up for tomorrow? just big smiles. big happy smiles, that's literally it. loads of those. big happy smiles, and we've got outside quite a small garden. it seats about 30—3a, but the council have us some seats outside, so we have an additional 2a seats outside of the walls, which is really helpful. what's the weather forecast like for liverpool tomorrow? sunny. the sun is shining. it's cold, i think it's only eight degrees, but we have blankets and we have got heaters and everybodyjust wears their big coats, i think we'll be ok. lots of customers are coming in tomorrow to see us.
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i guess you haven't got any free spaces. we haven't taken any bookings. so it's first come, first serve? we decided, because we thought about it and if you come to the pub and have a nice time, we didn't want to tell people to leave after two hours because somebody else was coming in. so we are fortunate as there are others who've got outside areas who are also not taking any bookings, so hopefully between us all, we'll all manage to fit everybody in. tomorrow is in a sense the good news, and thank goodness for that, but it's still not clear what's going to happen at the next stage. weve got to talk at this stage of a date in mid—may if everything remains on track. that will be the date when presumably you could have customers inside. but presumably inside subject to restrictions. do you know, we'd still be grateful
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for that at this stage because we have a second pub that we can't open because it has no outside area, so we are desperate to get that open, even if it isjust 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 getting back to normal and the sooner we can open inside, the better, especially with the great british weather. and we also need to start remembering what it's like to socialise again. yeah, we do. i went around the family yesterday to watch the great grand national, and it was lovely to be in somebody�*s garden even though it was a bit cold. it was just lovely to be with people because it's been such a long time. hello there. it's been another cold day today. we've seen showers developing widely across the uk, and again, it's been cold enough or wintryness in those showers, some hail, sleet and some snow, particularly over the high ground. we've got cold air across the uk with a northerly breeze heading our way. high—pressure sitting to the west of the uk. but if we look at the satellite picture, out in the atlantic, we've got this cloud heading towards the uk, and that's already
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arrived in northern ireland ahead of that shower cloud. there's still some showers around at the moment, they will linger longer across eastern areas before fading away. some icy patches are possible, as there could be in wales and towards the cotswolds with some rain, sleet and also some snow possible. it won't be as cold in northern ireland, but there's a pretty widespread frost elsewhere, lowest temperatures in northern england and also scotland, where we have got the clearer skies. this wetter weather moves through wales quickly into southern england. briefly, there could be a bit of wintryness before the cloud breaks and we are left with some showers. most of the showers will be in northern ireland. more sunshine, though, for scotland, northern england, through the midlands into eastern england, one or two showers, but a much drier day than today. and temperature should be a shade higher than they were today as well. that weather front bringing the cloud in from the atlantic just tends to fade away. the cloud breaks up, high—pressure builds in across that. now, you'd expected to be dry with high—pressure, and for many places, it will be dry on tuesday as well. it'll be a cold and frosty start.
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sunshine, cloud build—up, maybe a few showers coming into western scotland, or especially northern ireland, another area that could see some showers, wales and into the midlands. but more of the country are seeing temperatures just sneaking into double figures. still cold air, though, and high—pressure is sitting over our shores. that means potentially frosty again early on wednesday morning. a sunny start for much of the country, once again, we'll see the cloud bubbling up, probably spreading out a little bit more, but not as much depth to the cloud. so we are unlikely to see any significant showers, and it should be a dry day. those temperatures and western areas getting up to 13—1a celsius. so two elements to the weather over the week ahead, what's falling out of the sky first of all, probably won't be much of that, there is a lot of dry weather in the week ahead. but it's still going to be cold, not quite as cold as it has been over the weekend, but we still have the risk of frost at night.
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hello. welcome to bbc news with me, shaun ley. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment with my guests. first, though, the headlines: 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 that we have 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. david cameron insists that he complied with the rules when lobbying the government on behalf of greensill capital.
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but he admits he should have done is direct communication with the government more openly. one day more — lockdown easing in england will see outdoor hospitality, shops and hairdressers reopen tomorrow. and there are an easing of measures in the other parts of the uk as well. in india, hospitals struggle to cope with the second wave of covid and more than 150,000 new cases in just 2a hours. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. the start of a new working week. with me are faiza shaheen, political commentator and nonresident fellow at new york university, and lizzy burden, uk economy reporter at bloomberg.
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