this is bbc news. the headlines at eight... the queen celebrates 70 years on the throne — and marks the occasion by saying that when prince charles succeeds her, camilla should become queen consort. in the uk, a lawyer says levi bellfield — who was jailed for murdering millie dowler — has now admitted carrying out a double murder another man was jailed for. india mourns the loss of lata mangeshkar — the legendary singer who made her name in bollywood. she's died at the age of 92. and in the africa cup of nations final — an early penalty save keeps it goalless between egypt and senegal.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth is marking the 70th anniversary of the start of her reign — a milestone never before reached by a british monarch. to mark the occasion, she released a statement — in which she said she'd like camilla, the duchess of cornwall, to be known as queen consort, when prince charles becomes king. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this report. "i look forward to continuing to serve you with all my heart," so says the queen in her accession day message. on this day when she marks the 70th anniversary of the moment she came to the throne, it's clear that her commitment remains undimmed

by the passage of years. and with that message, a glimpse from buckingham palace of the unseen work of the monarch, the paperwork which comes every day in the official red boxes — a routine which this monarch has followed virtually every day of those 70 years. behind her, a photograph of her late father, george vi as, with her private secretary, sir edward young, she reviewed government documents and messages from abroad. nice comments, including one from president biden. oh, that's very kind. from clarence house, the prince of wales acknowledged what he called the "honour" of his mother's wish that camilla be known as queen consort when he becomes king. and he said...

guests who saw the queen yesterday in the ballroom at sandringham said she looked a little more frail physically than the figure to which we've been accustomed, though she was as alert and sharp as ever. in her message last night, the queen said she was humbled by the loyalty and affection that she continued to receive. the message was signed "your servant, elizabeth r". nicholas witchell, bbc news, sandringham. the duchess of cornwall�*s journey to acceptance by the public and the royal family has at times been a difficult one. just a warning, daniela relph's report here contains some flashing images. when charles is king, we now know camilla will be his queen. it is the ultimate recognition from the current monarch and a total rehabilitation for camilla. their wedding day in 2005. the journey to this point had, at times, been rocky.

camilla parker bowles was a controversial figure, blamed by some for the end of the prince's first marriage. his relationship with a young camilla had faltered in their 20s. decades later, it took until camilla's 50th birthday party at the ritz for them to go public with their romance. the path to acceptance, though, was difficult. but slowly, carefully, camilla won the trust of the queen and began to win over a cautious public. in making it clear what she wants for camilla, the queen has rewarded her daughter—in—law for her loyalty to prince charles and the happiness and stability she has brought him. it's also a recognition of camilla's own campaigning — from literacy, to animal welfare, to domestic violence, where she recently spoke about the horror of abuse. this country has been appalled and saddened by the loss of women to violence this year. on average, one woman is killed

by a man every three days. and in media interviews — here, with the bbc�*s emma barnett — she spoke personally, with warmth and honesty, about missing her grandchildren during lockdown. i shall look forward to the day when i can really give them a huge hug again. camilla had always been described as a non—negotiable part of the prince's life. now we know it is the queen's wish too that camilla will be at her husband's side in the years ahead — as his wife, his supporter and his queen. daniela relph, bbc news, sandringham. the state funeral has taken place in mumbai of one of india's greatest ever singers, lata mangeshkar. it was attended by huge crowds, including prime minister, narendra modi. the superstar of indian cinema, known to millions as the �*nightingale of india', was 92. her extraordinary career spanned seven decades. mr modi said she "left

a void in the nation that cannot be filled". two days of national mourning has been announced. navin kundra, is a british asian singer and has achieved six number one singles in the asian charts — he shared his memories. i think she had the voice of a goddess. i remember hearing a song for the first time, my father introduced me to it, and this voice just completely pulled on my heartstrings, took my breath away. and i was like... i was hooked from then, and she is india's nightingale. she is very much loved all over the world. her legacy is truly unparalleled. i mean, she has sung over 25,000 songs. that gives you an idea of how much of a hard worker she was. but every song, so much emotion, so much precision in her vocals. and an artist like myself

and artists all over the world can only take inspiration from all that she has achieved. her vocal prowess is what every british, british asian producer likes to capture. her voice has been sampled in lots of records, both within bollywood and within the mainstream. and i have gone on to do a tribute concert where she features very heavily as one of the legends that i get to pay tribute to. so, she is in our culture, she is in everyday life for us. she is very much a part of all that we are, and i find it... it's strange. she has passed away at 92, so she has lived a very illustrious and long life, but somehow you just never felt that she would not be here any more, thankfully she has left all of incredible music,

all of her incredible work for us to admire and for us to just learn from, enjoy and she will be immortalised for that. lata mangeshkar, who has died at the age of 92. the convicted murderer levi bellfield — who is serving a whole life sentence for killing the schoolgirl milly dowler — has admitted carrying out a double murder for which another man has been jailed. michael stone has always denied responsibility for the deaths of lin and megan russell in kent in 1996. his lawyer, paul bacon, says he's now received a four—page statement from bellfield, in which he claims to have carried out the attacks. matt graveling reports: lin russell was walking her daughters through the kent countryside when they were attacked with a hammer. lin and six—year—old megan were killed. nine—year—old josie survived. michael stone has twice been found guilty of the murder.

but now, almost 26 years on, michael stone's solicitor says he has a document stating that levi bellfield — the man guilty of murdering schoolgirl milly dowler, amelie delagrange and marsha mcdonnell — has confessed to killing lin and megan russell. the last paragraph in the statement says he wants to apologise to michael stone. yes, i think it's a very important statement. i think there are things in it which can be corroborated. my first step, as i say, is to send it to the criminal cases review commission. my second step is to pass it to the police. as reported in today's sun newspaper, in the four—page statement, bellfield — who now goes by the name yusuf rahim — details how he carried out the killings, saying he wore yellow washing—up gloves and carried the hammer in his right hand. he said his intention was only to attack lin, but when she failed to scream, it gave him more confidence. is there anything in that document that strikes you? the level of contrition at the end

of the statement is quite striking. "something like this has never happened before. i committed a crime and another person has been arrested for it. i guess if i'm honest, it was a relief. i apologise to stone and the russell family for my heinous acts. i was not well in the head during my reign of violence." bellfield went on to add he is willing to speak to the police. in 2017, stone's legal team obtained evidence of a confession that bellfield had made in prison confessing to the russell murders, but stone's conviction was not overturned. today, kent police said a comprehensive investigation has been carried out into allegations levi bellfield was involved in the russell murders. it concluded there was no evidence to support those claims. matt graveling, bbc news. the prime minister should be given "time and space" to deliver on his election promises. that's the message from his business secretary kwasi kwarteng to conservative mps today —

after a week which has seen resignations from downing street and more tory mps submitting letters of no confidence. 0ur political correspondent helen catt says it's a message directed at mps in their constituencies this weekend considering handing in those letters. so there were two new appointments in the downing street team last night. guto hari, who worked with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london, has been brought in as director of communications. and a slightly more unusual appointment, an mp, cabinet minister, steve barclay, has become the new chief of staff, which is a role usually done by an official. the thinking behind that is that it sort of integrates the cabinet and the party more into the downing street operation. there's been lots of questions from people, including those who have done the role, about how feasible it is to do all three jobs at the same time. another interesting thing today is there's been another call for holding fire from the backbenches, with iain duncan smith saying he does not think it's the right time for a leadership challenge.

and he had a warning, or message if you like, for those who might be rivals to the prime minister — temper your ambitions. reports from the united states say russia has amassed 70 % of the forces needed for a full—scale invasion of ukraine. american security officials are warning that a russian invasion could cause as many as 50 thousand civilian deaths. moscow has repeatedly denied its planning to invade and says its troops are in the region for military drills. meanwhile, additional us troops have been arriving in poland and germany as part of a new deployment to bolster nato�*s forces in the region. the former spokesperson of the western military alliance, jamie shea, gave us his analyis of the currently situation on the border. russia has gone, just in the space of a week or so, from having about 60 so—called battalion tactical groups amassed on the ukrainian border to over 80, and what we have seen is russia has not only increased its presence

on the eastern flank of ukraine, but also put troops into belarus, which is only 50 miles from kyiv, the capital of ukraine, and also naval and amphibious assets in the black sea. i don't know if putin is planning an invasion or not, or what kind of invasion he might be planning, but he is certainly giving himself an increasing number of options when it comes to intimidating ukraine or potentially invading it. this will be worrying to nato planners. the united states has been sending a lot of weapons to ukraine, defensive weapons, over the last few weeks, and countries like the uk and others have participated in this, so this will give the ukrainian armed forces, in terms of anti—tank missiles, anti—air missiles, the acquisition of very effective turkish drones, much greater capabilities to frustrate a russian advance, that would have been the case six months ago. it is notjust economic pressure that is being applied.

but, yes, the eu and the united states have been talking intensively on a pretty significant package of sanctions, particularly when it comes to the russian banking sector, consumer technologies, making it clear that president putin would pay a heavy price. the chairman of tesco has warned consumers to expect further increases in the price of food over the coming months. john allen told the bbc that rising inflation meant "the worst was still to come". food is a relatively small part of household spending, probably only about 9%, and that figure has halved in the last half—century but it's a bigger proportion for those on the lowest income,s so we are concerned particularly about what we can do to try to protect those who are hardest up who are going to suffer most from that, and in some ways the worst is still to come because although food price inflation in tesco in the last quarter was only i%, we are impacted by rising energy prices and our suppliers are impacted by rising energy prices

so the likelihood is that that inflation figure will rise but we are doing all we can to offset it. so the worst is yet to come? how bad do you think it could get? i predicted last autumn that food prices by the spring might be rising at 5% and i sincerely believe it won't be any more than that. it might even be slightly less but that's the sort of number we are talking about, but of course, 5% if you are spending as some of the least well—off families are spending 15% of your household income is significant and it troubles us and i'm sure it troubles many people that people may have to choose between heating their homes and feeding their families and clearly that is not a situation that any of us should tolerate. the headlines on bbc news: the queen celebrates seventy years on the throne — and marks the occasion by saying that when prince charles succeeds her, camilla should become queen consort.

a lawyer says levi bellfield — who was jailed for murdering millie dowler — has now admitted carrying out a double murder another man was jailed for. india mourns the loss of lata mangeshkar — the legendary singer who made her name in bollywood. she's died at the age of 92. 0n the second day of the winter olympics in beijing, britain's mixed curling team have qualified for the semi—finals, despite losing to norway. there was also an impressive result for makayla gerken schofield, making it to the final of the moguls skiing. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has the latest. very close... for britain's curlers, a nail—biting day. bruce mouat and jen dodds knew a win over norway would see them into the semis of the mixed event. it didn't look good.

that's exactly what has happened. but despite losing 6—2, other results later went their way, taking them into the last four and a shot at the medals. this is textbook! elsewhere, it was a day for speeding through the snow. makayla gerken—schofield became the first british skier to reach an olympic moguls final, finishing an impressive eighth. here we go, then. while earlier on, the cross—country skiathlon proved a victory for perseverance. an early tumble for alexander bolshunov, but the russian got up, stormed to the front and won by more than a minute. britain's hopes lay with the experienced andrew musgrave but on a brutal course, he had to settle for 17th. well, a gutsy performance from andrew musgrave but not the medal he had hoped for. he still has more events to come, but it has been a gruelling start to his games. it was a battle! it is one of the most nuts races there has been. like, the gaps were massive and just, it is one

of the hardest races i've done. the back 10 to finish! but it was the women's snowboarding that conjured the day's most magical moment. massive! oooooh! the leap of a lifetime from zoi sadowski—synnott winning a first ever winter olympic gold for new zealand, and uniting even her rivals in celebration. sport, and sportsmanship, at its very best. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. the final of football's africa cup of nations is taking place in cameroon with senegal playing egypt. senegal have never won the tournament, while egypt are hoping to extend their record haul of seven titles. let's take a look at the live coverage on bbc three — still 0-0. at 60 still 0—0. at 60 minutes in.

0k, halfan 0k, half an hour of that game left, we will bring you the result or any big changes in the score as soon as it happens. the king of morocco has expressed his condolences to the parents of a five—year—old boy who died after being trapped in a well since tuesday. a huge rescue effort, in the small northern town of tamorot, had captured the imagination of many around the world and ended last night, when emergency crews finally reached rayan 0ram, 32 kilometres below ground. simonjones has the story. voices clamour. as huge crowds watched on, initially relief that rayan had been found, carried by his rescuers to a waiting ambulance, but that quickly

turned to despair and grief. despite painstaking efforts to save him, the little boy didn't survive. rayan�*s parents had been hoping and praying for good news. instead, they received a call of condolence from king mohammed — the boy's family now trying to come to terms with their loss. translation: i can't describe how it feels | that my cousin is gone. what can i say? now my heart is aching for him too much. my nephew, my heart aches for him. may god be with him, just like how god stood with us. rayan had fallen down the well on tuesday evening while his father was trying to fix it. this image of him captured on thursday by a camera lower down, showing him injured but conscious. it prompted a huge and complex rescue operation around the clock. the five—year—old was trapped more than 30 metres down, the shaft too narrow for rescuers to reach him.

instead, they gouged out a new trench by the side, then tunnelled towards him, all the time, having to contend with the risk of landslides. it was a race against time, but time ultimately ran out. the rescue attempt was followed, not just by the crowds at the scene, but by people watching online around the world. for rayan�*s family, the worst news, but they will find some comfort in the huge efforts made by those who had never met rayan to try to save him. simon jones, bbc news. at least six people have been killed and 50,000 displaced by a tropical storm that is crossing madagascar. a minister told the bbc at least 35,000 people have been forced to leave their homes and move to safety. lucy grey reports. cyclone batsirai making landfall, heavy rain and winds of more than 180 kilometres an hour batter madagascar, the island still reeling from a storm less than a fortnight ago.

they've been preparing, reinforcing their roofs here, and taking shelter. 200 people crammed into this one room, bracing themselves for the full force of the cyclone. translation: the probleml is there is no drinking water, there is nothing, we make do with what we have at first but it scares us because of diseases and all that, it makes us anxious. i am a widow, i have no husband. i have difficulty finding food and so do my children. less than two weeks ago, tropical storm anna caused landslides and widespread flooding, leaving at least 55 people dead, and tens of thousands homeless. many are still in the evacuation centres and temporary shelters they had fled then. it's a major concern for aid agencies and the un. madagascar was already hit by tropical storm anna, which brought winds, heavy rains, destruction and loss of life. more than 130,000 people

were affected across madagascar, including over 70,000 people who were displaced. storm anna also hit malawi, mozambique and zimbabwe, killing dozens of people. the emergency services are already at full stretch, and humanitarian agencies warn hundreds of thousands of people will be directly affected by cyclone batsirai with widespread damage to homes. around four million people now nervously wait to see what they will have to deal with after the storm has passed. lucy grey, bbc news. if you're heading out this evening, take a look at how many cars are parked on the pavement. the chances are — there'll be loads. that's unless you live in london, where a blanket ban on pavement parking has been in place — and enforced — since 197a. the charity guide dogs says it's causing huge problems for blind and partially sighted people — and it wants the rest of the uk brought into line with london. heidi tomlinson has been finding out more. meet terry quinn and

guide dog spencer. i trust spencer with my life and he is my eyes, really. to the curb. they both enjoy a daily walk baildon and shipley, except, that is, when the footpath is blocked, which is what happened a few days ago. it is a really, really busy road it is horrendously busy. the paths are very narrow we couldn't get past, so at that point you have to put your trust in spencer, but it terrifies you because you can hear all this traffic whizzing by. you are not quite sure how far into the road this vehicle is. my heart is beating out of my skin. spencer is trained to keep quite close to whatever the obstacle is, and then he'll find his way back onto the pavement. in, in, in. guide dogs are trained to deal with these situations,

but it is still risky. good boy. thank you. the police have been in contact with some of the drivers of the cars that were blocking the path. they say they just weren't aware they were causing such a problem, and there will now be more patrols in this area as a result of terry's experience. now the guide dogs charity is calling for parking on pavements to be banned, like it is in london. the government held a consultation on the policy in 2020 and is considering further restrictions. i worry each time i go out. i am scared that either spencer or myself can get hurt. 0n the day terry was filming, his path was blocked twice. once again, spencer calmly guided him round. how many more times before there is an accident? neighbours has been dropped by channel 5, putting the long—running australian soap opera's future under threat. the network announced earlier it would stop showing the programme later this year,

after airing it for more than a decade. tv critic scott bryan told me what's behind the soap facing such an uncertain future. the reason why neighbours is under threat is because of the unique way that neighbours ends up being on tv. unlike many shows which are shown around the world and then shared across different broadcasters, neighbours is really... its core audience is only in the uk, much more popular here than it is in australia currently. so, the issue is that channel 5 have decided it costs too much. they're focusing a lot more on their late evening schedule, they're trying to go for an older demographic than i think what neighbours currently attracts, so the issue is if australia are not able to find another broadcaster after channel 5 ditches it, then that means they think the show would not be able to continue at all, and i guess that's the issue. i find very strong similarities

between this and when big brother was on channel 5, because that's a very expensive show to produce, and there is still an audience that would want to watch that show too, but no broadcaster's willing to go and take up the cost to keep it running. and, of course, it is a programme that has launched the careers of many huge global names. obviously, the biggest of them kylie minogue, jason donovan, but others as well. yes, hugely. margot robbie, russell crowe was in a few episodes, along with liam hemsworth. i see it in the uk being very similar to doctors. it is on the middle of the day, people might not see of it as being the most core programme, but it's there to spark off the future careers of many people, giving them the exposure and the time. and also i think it's just a show that has been so much part of a tea—time routine. it was for me in the noughties — directly after newsround with lizo mzimba, bang, straight onto neighbours. and even though some

of the storylines could be fairly ridiculous at times — there was the time susan slipped on milk, banged her head and thought she was a teenager, there was the time when marlene went on a cruise and never came back, there was the time when harold returned after being presumed dead. then he had amnesia as well. he was only able to remember his memory when another character said "jelly belly", and, of course, bouncer�*s dream, the time we saw a dream from the perception of one of the show�*s famous dogs. but the show also managed to have hard—hitting storylines as well, and i think those storylines, when there were far fewer channels, were much more connected to where we were when we were young. so having the loss of this show is notjust because of the stars in it. i think it's also because it makes us feel nostalgic for our own younger tv viewing experiences. yeah, i think that it's it for me, scott, because, as you describe, it was part of the evening routine. 5.35pm, bbc one — when it was on bbc one — after school, after newsround, after blue peter, then it

would be neighbours time. and i wonder whether it's symptomatic of the time that, now, appointment to view tv, yes, it happens for some of the big saturday night shows, but it's less a part of people's daily routine than perhaps it once was. yeah, and i think the soaps have been struggling a little bit to get the next generation of people on board, because soaps used to be something that used to be just kind of there for us to get into. the fact that they never really had a beginning, they never really had an end meant that you were able to latch on at any moment. and i think some soaps have been really struggling because what seems to be the appeal right now of these very high—end, very expensive dramas that really get millions of us watching at the same time... i still think there is some plans and a longevity for linear tv schedules. of course, we onlyjust had bbc three coming back in the last week, which shows that the bbc at least thinks that they have a long—term future rather than a blip, but i think you're right. it's the daytime shows, the early shows, the ones that are on as part of our general

day—to—day, that are going to be very much at risk over the next few years. but, trust me, there is a concerted campaign to keep neighbours on board. i think this is not going to be the end we're going to hear to this story. we shall see. i have to say, i was fortunate enough to go and visit the set a few years ago... i saw your photos! i saw your photos on twitter! ..and the biggest revelation of all is when they told me that erinsborough — the fictional area — is an anagram of neighbours itself. no! i didn't know this! there you go. if you didn't know that... revelation for the nation watching! scott... go and rearrange the letters, i promise you it's true... i don't believe you. i'm going to try it now. do it, do it. keep me on camera whilst i work this out! we'll come back to you later. scott, thank you very much. good to talk to you. scott bryan there, tv critic. yes, and quite a few people have