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i'm lucy hockings, live outside windsor castle where a special concert is taking place to mark the coronation of king charles. all going off without a hitch. they have been up and dancing with the younger royals, having a great time, particularly to lionel richie. prince william has paid tribute to his father. my father has always understood that people of all faiths, all backgrounds and all communities deserve to be
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celebrated and supported. applause pa, we are all so proud of you. earlier prince william and princess catherine met royal fans as parties continue, at the big lunch, one of the big events taking place up and down the country. i'm anjana gadgil, one other top story this hour. in texas, at least seven people have died when a car struck a crowd hello, everyone, and welcome to windsor. what a couple of hours it has been inside the grounds of the castle, 20,000 fans who when they were queueing to get and told us like they felt like they had won the golden ticket to be able to see
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fantastic scenes, with the coronation choir performing, and lionel richie had the royals all up and dancing as well, and we had an incredibly moving tribute from prince william to his father, also. in the last few minutes the sky has been lit up by drones, one of the final drones was a huge whale, and nod to the love of king charles for the planet and conservation as well. lots of messages have been coming out of the concert, about the things king charles cares about and we have a look back at the day now. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was watching the show. five, four, three, two, one... from the intense — five, four, three, two, one... from the intense formality _ five, four, three, two, one... from the intense formality of _ five, four, three, two, one... from the intense formality of westminster abbey to the energy of the coronation concert on the east lawn of windsor castle, with an audience of windsor castle, with an audience of 20,000 charity volunteers, nhs workers and guests chosen by public
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ballot. watching from the royal box, the king and queen. the prince and princess of wales, princess charlotte and prince george, and other members of the family. there was music from the coronation choir, 300 singers from many walks of life and different parts of the uk. find and different parts of the uk. and palm to palm... _ and different parts of the uk. and palm to palm... there _ and different parts of the uk. and palm to palm... there was - and different parts of the uk. and palm to palm... there was dramai and different parts of the uk. and - palm to palm... there was drama from shakespeare's — palm to palm... there was drama from shakespeare's romeo _ palm to palm... there was drama from shakespeare's romeo and _ palm to palm... there was drama from shakespeare's romeo and juliet. - shakespeare's romeo and juliet. dance from the royal ballet. and humour from dance from the royal ballet. and humourfrom miss piggy. it is dance from the royal ballet. and humour from miss piggy.- humour from miss piggy. it is a lord, a humour from miss piggy. it is a lord. a real _ humour from miss piggy. it is a lord, a real lord. _ humour from miss piggy. it is a lord, a real lord. i— humour from miss piggy. it is a lord, a real lord. ijust- humour from miss piggy. it is a lord, a real lord. ijust play- humour from miss piggy. it is al lord, a real lord. ijust play one lord, a real lord. i 'ust play one on television. _ lord, a real lord. i 'ust play one on television. give _ lord, a real lord. ijust play one on television. give me - lord, a real lord. ijust play one on television. give me a - lord, a real lord. ijust play one on television. give me a bear. lord, a real lord. ijust play one on television. give me a bear of| lord, a real lord. ijust play one. on television. give me a bear of a marmalade — on television. give me a bear of a marmalade habit any time. so marmalade habit any time.
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adorable! marmalade habit any time. so adorable! as _ marmalade habit any time. so adorable! as dusk _ marmalade habit any time. so adorable! as dusk fell, - marmalade habit any time. so adorable! as dusk fell, lionel| adorable! as dusk fell, lionel richie san. — adorable! as dusk fell, lionel richie san, and _ adorable! as dusk fell, lionel richie san, and the _ adorable! as dusk fell, lionel richie san, and the royal - adorable! as dusk fell, lionel| richie san, and the royal box adorable! as dusk fell, lionel- richie san, and the royal box did its best to keep up. then it was time to be a little more serious. 0n the stage came the prince of wales. i will say a few words about my father and why i believe this weekend is so important. but don't worry i like lionel, i will not go on all night long! cheering —— unlike lino. —— lionel. i5 cheering -- unlike lino. -- lionel. , , -- unlike lino. -- lionel. is my grandmother— -- unlike lino. -- lionel. is my grandmother said _ -- unlike lino. -- lionel. is my grandmother said when - -- unlike lino. -- lionel. is my grandmother said when she - -- unlike lino. -- lionel. is my| grandmother said when she was crowned, coronations are an expression of hope in the future. and i know that she will be up there, looking down, and are very proud mother. like a mackie spoke about his father was back 50 years of service, his work to protect the environment, and establish the prince's trust.— prince's trust. perhaps most importantly _ prince's trust. perhaps most importantly my _ prince's trust. perhaps most importantly my father - prince's trust. perhaps most importantly my father has i prince's trust. perhaps most - importantly my father has always understood that people of all
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faiths, — understood that people of all faiths, all backgrounds and all communities deserve to be celebrated and supported stop cheering pa, we are also proud of you. i also want _ pa, we are also proud of you. i also want to— pa, we are also proud of you. i also want to express my pride and gratitude for the millions of people who serve, in the forces, in classrooms, hospitalwards, and classrooms, hospital wards, and local— classrooms, hospital wards, and local communities. cheering i wish i could mention you all. your service _ i wish i could mention you all. your service inspires us, and tonight we celebrate — service inspires us, and tonight we celebrate you too. i commit myself to serve _ celebrate you too. i commit myself to serve you — celebrate you too. i commit myself to serve you all, king, country and commonwealth. god save the king. cheering # rain keeps falling down... like an
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mac there was a spectacular night show with an environmental theme. 1000 drones over windsor castle and at ten different locations around the united kingdom. it was a celebration with a serious message, of service. a theme which will continue tomorrow with the big help 0ut, when thousands of volunteers will give their time to help others. nicholas mitchell, bbc news. there are 50,000 participant down the country, big lunch parties where communities gathered to share food for the coronation, coronation chicken perhaps or coronation quiche, which is what people are subject eating to celebrate the coronation of king charles, but the one in windsor were special, a big crowd, the hottest day of the year so far and windsor, so everyone is happy about the weather and a magical moment when prince william
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and princess catherine appeared quite spontaneously, no one was expecting them, and join some of the people eating their lunch. they took selfies, there was a special moment where princess catherine had the little girl who was so overwhelmed and told princess catherine how nervous she was about performing later. she was very reassuring towards her. it was a lovely moment that has already gone viral on social media. as she made her way down the line towards us the crowd were ecstatic, to share some of the uniqueness of the day, i think. we can bring in more about the day up and down the country with niki fox. in northampton, onion bhajis and samosas were very much on the menu as the indian community hosted a big lunch with everyone welcome. people have come out tojoin in and celebrate
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this momentous occasion. and long live our king. absolutely delighted. i am very much into the royal family, i don't apologise for it, and i am just so happy that we have seen something that is once in a lifetime. dozens of people enjoyed home—made curries, pickles and pakoras, all shared by the different tables. parents, grandparents and children alljoined in on the fun. here in northampton, it's all about people from different communities and faiths coming together to eat and enjoy each other�*s company. and it's this party atmosphere that's reflected across the rest of the country. and in windsor, people who turned up for their big lunch got a surprise visit from the prince and princess of wales. william and kate looked relaxed as they mingled with the crowds. though it was all a bit too much for one young royalfan. well—wishers were delighted by the royal visit. i asked them if they'd got wet. and kate said that she had got a bit wet and the gowns
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that they were wearing were really heavy, so especially when they get wet, they are really like towels. and... and then we offered william some of our purple reign, which is our gin cocktail, and, yes, he accepted, took a little cup and helped himself to it and tried some and liked it. and in swindon, princess anne joined a community street party handing out tins to local youngsters. in coventry, they were dancing in the streets to celebrate the new king. downing street held its own street party hosted by the prime minister. there are community groups among the guests along with ukrainian families and the first lady of america, jill biden, joined the party.
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in bude in cornwall, the sun was shining and children were enjoying the coronation weekend. here, they gave the day a cornish flavour by hosting a big cream tea, delivered by paddle board. it was a day for communities across england to celebrate the new king. that was the picture across england. the bunting and unionjacks were that was the picture across england. the bunting and union jacks were out across parts of wales, northern ireland and scotland, as well. lorna gordon has been at a very special island celebration. westray in 0rkney — beautiful, remote, and one of the most northerly parts of the uk to host a party to mark the coronation. this a lunch to which notjust a street but the entire island was invited. we've got a fantastic community. it's just a really, really good community that hauls together whenever it's needed.
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and you came dressed for the occasion. yes, i've got the unionjack and the tiara, and i wore it to church this morning as well. this was a day for soup, sandwiches and conversation. volunteers on this island, which is known as the queen of the isles, say they have been preparing a feast fit for a king. many hands, and everybody�*s been very willing and helpful. a lot of our wi ladies offered to bake, and that was just a call—out to say, "can anybody bake?" and that was it. an island of bakers. an island of bakers, yeah. scotland did have less street parties, but here on westray, a community celebrated and memories were made. a stereotypically rural welsh start to the day — tractors down the high street, on their way to the town's main field, where it's picnics and prosecco all around. there's a real sense of community here in the vale of glamorgan today, and there's more people here than there were
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at cardiff castle yesterday to watch the coronation live on the big screen. and, of course, the weather may have something to do with that — it's much better today, but that sense of people coming together, regardless of reason, is also playing a big part. we just want to enjoy some sunshine now it's nearly summer, and now that covid's over, and we can all get together and celebrate, really. not too much here to celebrate the coronation, though. it's fantastic to celebrate king charles going onto the throne, but at the same time, as a by—product of that, having people come together, like i said, and celebrate is a really good thing. the king of rock and roll signed off here, before the main event started in london earlier this evening. in one of the most westerly parts of the uk, some artisan bacon was on the menu in northern ireland, as local butcher pat doherty brought people together in county fermanagh to try a local delicacy. well, a couple of years ago, charles and camilla did come to fermanagh, and they actually ate the fermanagh black bacon. now, it's cooked a special way, isn't it? we wrap it up in rushes,
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we tie it up in the rushes, and we add local mint that grows along the shore. the reeds this bacon is cooked in come from right here in the lough, and pat's been cooking today for a bunch of local young farmers, from some of the clubs that have come together. we are quite rural here - in fermanagh, so when it is a big occasion like this, it's nice that we take the time outi of really busy schedules. meanwhile, not all communities in northern ireland see the royal family as their monarchy, but there were many events today in mainly unionist areas, where british traditions are enthusiastically observed. and street parties too brought communities together for the areas that chose to celebrate. with me is afua hagan, a royaljournalist she has revealed to me that she is more than just a royaljournalist.
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she is a mega fan of take that. never forget she is a mega fan of take that. neverforget all of she is a mega fan of take that. never forget all of the clapping in unison, they had all of the clapping in the background.— in the background. there are some maaical in the background. there are some magical moments. _ in the background. there are some magical moments. there _ in the background. there are some magical moments. there are - in the background. there are some magical moments. there are some really magical _ magical moments. there are some really magical moments. _ magical moments. there are some l really magical moments. coronation concerts are such a jolly good mishmash of absolutely everything. lionel richie, everyone's uncle, absolutely amazing. take that incredible. miss piggy and kermit the frog. kermit the frog was dancing with baroness amos. it was so funny. she botteril was an excellent house. katy perry looked incredible in that dress, the coronation choir, the ballet excerpts, it was also beautiful. and the light show. excerpts, it was also beautiful. and the light show— the light show. particularly as well, the drones _ the light show. particularly as well, the drones are - the light show. particularly as well, the drones are lighting l the light show. particularly as i well, the drones are lighting up the light show. particularly as - well, the drones are lighting up the sky. and to see king charles and
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queen camel up and dancing and the children as well. find queen camel up and dancing and the children as well.— queen camel up and dancing and the children as well. and sophie duchess of edinburgh- — children as well. and sophie duchess of edinburgh. she _ children as well. and sophie duchess of edinburgh. she definitely - children as well. and sophie duchess of edinburgh. she definitely got - of edinburgh. she definitely got some moves. she got the memo, but we did as well. everybody clearly having a really good time. there was a real sense of relief, now is a time to party after all of the pomp and circumstance of yesterday. anchor mac what did you make a prince william's simple and quite short and poignant speech? really poignant speech. like you said, very simple. he talks about the queen saying that she would be proud, looking down, saying that he was so proud of his pa, and a classic dad joke, saying that unlike lionel richie would not be there all night long! i'm talking about service being at the heart of everything that the king does. and then leading a chorus of god save the king.
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short, simple, to the point, poignant, he absolutely nailed it. it has been a very busy and stressful couple of days but what do you expect next from king charles in terms of what he does?— you expect next from king charles in terms of what he does? tomorrow is the bic terms of what he does? tomorrow is the big help — terms of what he does? tomorrow is the big help out. — terms of what he does? tomorrow is the big help out, the _ terms of what he does? tomorrow is the big help out, the royals - terms of what he does? tomorrow is the big help out, the royals will- terms of what he does? tomorrow is the big help out, the royals will be l the big help out, the royals will be encouraging people to take part in that, then he will be looking at which royal tour comes first, which country is going to take in, which country is going to take in, which country will be as first visit after the coronation is very important, so where will he and queen camilla go? they will probably head to a country in the commonwealth or of one of the commonwealth realms, that are super important, he has to face the fact that the realms will become a smaller number of countries and you will have to do that alongside modernising the royal family and appealing to younger generations. he has to surround himself with younger
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advisers who have a bit of a finger on the pulse and hear what younger people want, because he has to appeal to them. it people want, because he has to appeal to them.— people want, because he has to appeal to them. it has been lovely to have you _ appeal to them. it has been lovely to have you with _ appeal to them. it has been lovely to have you with us _ appeal to them. it has been lovely to have you with us this _ appeal to them. it has been lovely to have you with us this evening. i to have you with us this evening. thank you forjoining us. we expect to see the crowds leaving the castle shortly, now that the concert is over. and they will be thrilled with the evening and the performances that they have had. a concert watched by millions around the world, the display, the weather, the fact that it was a representative, i think, is what people will be thrilled by and those amazing numbers, lionel richie, take that, katy perry, who was fantastic, kicking off events, and all the murders, as well, also a great success, so much to dwell on and people here will be very satisfied with how things have gone. thank you, lucy, bringing us all of the action from the concert at windsor castle. the head of an anti—monarchy group
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who was arrested before a planned protest on coronation day has called his detention, and that of dozens of others, a �*direct attack on our democracy�*. graham smith, who was released on saturday night after nearly 16 hours in police custody, said officers should hang their heads in shame. the culture secretary, lucy frazer, has backed the metropolitan police, following criticism of the arrest of more than 50 people yesterday. robin brant reports. chanting: not my king! not my king! _ as tens of thousands celebrated and cheered yesterday, some protested and booed. but before it got to that, anti—monarchy campaigners had already been targeted by police. some were arrested, their placards confiscated. graham smith from the group republic was one of them. they were hoping to stop us from staging a large, peaceful protest on the edge of the coronation. i think that that was a spectacularly poor decision for all sorts of reasons, not least because there were no grounds for arresting us. and it is an affront to democracy
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and an attack on our rights. 52 people in all were taken in. some, like mr smith, under a controversial new law, the public order act. it gives police new powers to proactively target people they think are planning to disrupt. but using those powers was justified according to a cabinet minister. they will have made operational decisions on a case—by—case basis as to what steps they should have taken. and i know that they took into account, and i think they were quite right to take into account, the context of the event as a whole. we were on the global stage. there were 200 foreign dignitaries in the uk, in london, at an event. the commissioner of london's met police was out with a distinctly peaceful bunch for lunch today. his force said its focus yesterday wasn't protesters but potential disruptors. it said it had received intelligence about plans to deface monuments or disrupt the coronation procession. labour wants more of an explanation, though.
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people can disagree, and disagree well, i hope. i think it is for the met to explain the arrests and make sure they got the balance right. and as we've seen, if they didn't get it right, you know, i think the casey review demonstrates it's important to hold your hands up. obviously no—one . likes to be arrested! the senior officer in charge of the security operation said the context of these arrests was key. democracy not monarchy! but with a former chief constable warning about the spectre of a totalitarian police state, the met�*s now fending off claims it acted like counterparts in moscow. robin brant, bbc news. police in the us state of texas are investigating what caused a man to crash his car into a group of people waiting at a bus stop, killing seven. the incident occurred near a migrant centre in the town of brownsville, close to the us border with mexico. at least six others were injured, some of them critically. the driver, who is being treated in hospital, has been arrested and charged. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy
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is in the newsroom with more. what more can you tell us? the ictures what more can you tell us? the pictures coming _ what more can you tell us? tia: pictures coming out of what more can you tell us? ti2 pictures coming out of texas what more can you tell us? t'i2 pictures coming out of texas show the extent of the chaos and tragedy in brownsville. the incident took place at half past eight sunday morning texas time, with a car careering into a group of people waiting at a bus stop. we know that this bus was next to a migrant centre, housing some 200 or so people. we don't know if the migrants were involved in this incident. we know that seven people were killed, some, if not all, at the scene. six others were taken to hospital, some of them having serious injuries. the driver of the car was also taken to hospital. we don't know the extent of his injuries, he was charged under reckless driving offences and is being held under guard. we don't know exactly what the police investigation is, it is under way at the moment but they are saying that
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he has been tested for drug and alcohol use, which is standard procedure in the united states. brownsville police have been at pains to say that there had been speculation on social media about what was the motivation behind this, why this accident happened, and they are keen to cool it down if you like stop they have three theories at the moment, eitherthat stop they have three theories at the moment, either that it was intoxication, oran moment, either that it was intoxication, or an accident, moment, either that it was intoxication, oran accident, or that it was intentional but as yet their investigation hasn't come to a conclusion so, they don't know exactly what has happened. but it is a double tragedy for the people of texas, coming as it did 2a hours after that shooting incident in dallas were eight more people died, i related incidents but a tragedy for the people of texas and the people of the united states. —— unrelated incidents. authorities in southern india say at least 21 people died when a tourist boat capsized in the state of kerala. they said the double decker boat
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overturned in the middle of a river in the district of malappuram, trapping many people. five of the dead are reportedly children. eyewitnesses said there were nearly 50 people on board. some of those rescued are said to be in a critical condition. several are still missing and the casualty figure could increase. it's not immediately clear what caused the boat to overturn. now to russia's war on ukraine — and reports are coming in that a village in western russia has been hit by shellfire. spodaryushino sits in the belgorod region very close to the border with ukraine, an area which has often been targeted since russia's invasion. the regional governor said that power lines and a gas pipe were hit, though there were no injuries. meanwhile there are warnings over renewed shelling around the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in ukraine. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog has voiced extreme concern as russian occupying forces begin evacuating residents from the area. rafael grossi described conditions as increasingly unpredictable and potentially dangerous — and called for immediate action to prevent the threat
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of a severe nuclear accident. i got the latest from professor michael fitzpatrick, a nuclear energy expert who teaches at coventry university. firstly, it's worthwhile reiterating that the zaporizhzhia plant has been shut down for nearly ten months. so the likelihood of an extremely severe incident, with significant release of radioactivity, is now much lower than it would have been a year ago. so that is the good news. but the iaea have repeatedly asked for intervention to ensure that the plant is well away from any conflict zone. and it isn't. there's continued, as we've heard, to be shelling near the plant and that's what the concern is, that there could be an incident where you have a shell strike on the plant that breaches some form of containment and you end up with a local release of radioactivity. turkish president recep
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tayyip erdogan held a major rally in istanbul on sunday ahead of the upcoming election on may 14th. according to some reports, 1.7 million people attended the rally. the president was joined on stage by his wife emine and harshly criticised the opposition coalition. polls are prediciting a tight race in next week's vote as we mentioned earlier — capping the coronation ceremony at buckingham palace was a spectacular fly—past the aerobatics display team of the royal air force. the royal family and crowds of onlookers looked to the skies for an aerial display fit for a king. this is what it looked like from inside the cockpit — the red arrows releasing this first—person view shortly after the spectacle. what you're seeing here is the moment the royal air force pilots swooped in formation
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above the streets of london. the original performance featured more than 60 aircraft — but had to be scaled back due to the rainy weather. it has been a fine and warm day for many areas with just a few showers to the east of scotland and eastern england. showers spreading this evening, overnight many places will be dry but the stronger breeze will be dry but the stronger breeze will be pushing in from the west. that will make or cloudy, damp bank holiday monday. here it is showing up holiday monday. here it is showing up clearly on the pressure chart. it will arrive across northern ireland later on today and into the evening. some of the rain will be quite heavy at times and through the night it will transfer toward central and western parts of britain. i had of it, it will stay dry. the show is fading away through this evening. —— ahead of it. clear skies through the
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night, and temperatures dip into single digits in some of the chilis spots back to the west, temperatures will be rising as the rain moves in. we can start with some early practice in east anglia and the south—east but it will not last. rain will arrive later in the morning and into the afternoon. skies brightening up in scotland and northern ireland but heavy showers developing. we can see some significant thunderstorms developing across northern ireland with some torrential downpours and places. in the sunshine into the high teens but, for most, the mid—teens where it is rainy, cloudy and breezy. heading through monday night, looks like the rain will tend to push away into the north sea. leaving a legacy of cloud, mist and murk with some showers continuing across scotland and temperatures of 9—12 celsius so still quite mild. 0n and temperatures of 9—12 celsius so still quite mild. on tuesday, few isobars, we have some weather fronts that will enhance shower activity. many places starting driver
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sunshine. showers will continue across northern and eastern scotland. some showers peppering the east of england and showers also into northern ireland, south wales and south—west england. elsewhere, could stay dry altogether. in the sunshine, temperatures of 17, 18, maybe 19 celsius in the watersports. becoming cooler as we move deeper into the beat, low pressure nearby so, remain unsettled, and bringing some slightly fresher air to our shores as we push towards the end of the week. friday could be the driest day of the working week but sunshine and showers return for next weekend.
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