today at six. the final day of the coronation weekend, sees thousands join in community events, right across the uk. after the street parties and cake, it's litter picking off beaches, and scout activities. the message, the importance of volunteering. even william and louis got involved, helping renovate the grounds of a scout hut in slough. offical coronation images are released, as king charles issues a message of �*heartfelt thanks�* to those who've taken part. also on the programme... police say they've charged four people, after making 64 arrests, related to saturday's coronation.

a bbc investigation finds the number of pharmacies in england has fallen to its lowest level since 2015. # she, queen of the kings. # broken her cage, threw out the keys. # she will be the warrior of north and southern seas... and getting ready, with less than a week to go before the eurovision song contest grand final in liverpool. right across the uk, people have been marking the final day of the coronation weekend, by getting involved in community events. members of the royal family have joined volunteers for what's been called the "big help out," for tasks including beach cleaning, litter picking and wildflower planting. princes george and louis, and princess charlotte, are among those who've lent a hand. our royal correspondent sarah campbell has more.

right on target. five—year—old prince louis, on his first royal engagement, was more than happy to get involved volunteering at a scout hut in slough. do you think prince louis would make a good scout? yes. yes, definitely. why? because he is actually good at helping out and working together with scouts. and he was pretty good at archery. he was better than me! better than all of us! seeing little louis out there, he isjust amazing! _ i mean, it'sjust marvellous that a little kid like him _ can do stuff like that. also helping with a spot of digging, his dad and big brother. as a former volunteer scout herself, mum proved expert at toasting marshmallows. the whole family, including princess charlotte, were here to support "the big help out". the call to encourage as many people as possible to spend a bit of time today, well, helping out.

when the bunting comes down and we move on from the coronation, the legacy of this weekend needs to be about service and thinking through, ok, this is notjust about this day or this weekend, it is about how volunteering plays a part in the fabric of this country and why it is important to individuals. not too far away in reading, sophie the duchess of edinburgh was perfecting her puppy training skills alongside the duke of edinburgh. i think i will help out with the strawberries. and the prime minister rishi sunak and his wife akshata murty were put to work in a kitchen. more than 30,000 charities and community organisations across the uk took part, inviting would—be volunteers to get involved. on a beach near carmarthen, the archbishop of wales helped out picking up litter. the new first minister of scotland, humza yousaf, visited a community larder in dundee. and locals got their paddles out around the town of enniskillen in northern ireland.

as well as helping others, "the big help out" is about bringing people together. on stage last night at the coronation concert, prince william said this had always been a priority for king charles. my father has always understood that people of all faiths, all backgrounds, and all communities, deserve to be celebrated and supported. cheering. this evening images taken on coronation day in the throne room of buckingham palace were released, along with a message from the king to those who had joined in the celebrations, that having their support and encouragement was the greatest possible coronation gift. sarah campbell, bbc news. the organisers say more than 50,000 events registered to take part in "the big help 0ut" so tens of thousands of people may have chosen

to get involved and that is important because since the pandemic volunteer numbers have dropped, they just have not bounced back so it is hoped that by reinvigorating volunteer numbers and encouraging people to help out neighbours and communities

on the assembly will want to ask questions about the events of this weekend. we meet fortnightly and i'm quite sure these questions will be coming up. policing relies on consent and public trust, from those who camped out to cheer the new king, and from those who waved placards to oppose him. sanchia berg, bbc news. in sudan, fighting around the capital, khartoum, continues, as representatives of the rival military factions hold talks in saudi arabia. both the sudanese army and the rapid support forces are claiming successes.

the talks, which began injeddah on saturday, are aimed at reaching a humanitarian ceasefire, with the fighting having

the doctorjust gave me antibiotics and put dressings on me. that is sudan just over on the horizon. and this is another group of people coming in, every day thousands of people crossing this no man's land between sudan and south sudan. this has been a long and dangerous journey. but for some of them, the challenges are onlyjust beginning. most of the people crossing into south sudan are south sudanese nationals. many had fled north because of the war in their own country.

but have now been forced to return. maria's baby sunday is malnourished. she is unable to breastfeed, and without any money, she can't buy her formula milk. she doesn't know where help will come from. translation: when i reached the transit centre they - didn't give me anything. just water. and today morning they gave us a small amount of food. it is not enough, even now i'm hungry. i'm worried about my children. the world food programme is providing basic meals to the new arrivals. but it was already supporting millions of people in south sudan and it has had to take food from them to help those newly displaced. we are already overstrained with the level of resources already existing in a programme supporting the south sudanese.

so now with the incoming influx it is over straining the resources. this is a part of the world where generations have faced war and displacement. hopes that a new chapter was being written are quickly fading. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, on the border between south sudan and sudan. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. the authorities in ukraine say at least three people have been killed in the biggest wave of russian drone attacks in months. targets were hit across ten regions, including this warehouse in odessa, as well as buildings in the capital, kyiv. police in texas are investigating whether a gunman who killed eight people at a shopping centre on saturday had links to far—right groups. the attacker has been named as mauricio garcia — a 33—year—old from dallas. a series of wildfires in canada has now forced 25,000 people to flee their homes.

the province of alberta has announced a state of emergency, with more than 100 separate blazes. rishi sunak, has been speaking today about last week's poor local election results for the conservatives. joining me now is our political correspondent helen catt. what did he say? we saw a lot of rishi sunak over the weekend but we had not heard from him since early friday morning, this is the first time since the scale of the defeat that the conservatives suffered became apparent the last more than 1000 councillors which was very much at the west end of tory expectations so today he was asked if he would apologise to those councillors who lost their seats. but he doubled down on his message of delivering. it's always disappointing to lose hard—working conservative councillors. and i said that at the time. you know, myjob is to deliver for the country and we have a big team of people determined to do that. we want to halve inflation,

grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and stop the boats. those are the country's priorities and me and the government are going to keep working incredibly hard to deliver on those. the liberal democrats are calling for a confidence vote in rishi sunak but there's not any way that they can force that to happen in parliament. the labour party who could say they would consider any motion say in their view that the local election results show the public have lost confidence in the conservatives. as for the toys themselves is not thought rishi sunak faces an immediate threat from within his own party but already there are signs that he is going to be under pressure to go beyond those pledges to try to improve the situation for the tories before they face general election.— situation for the tories before they face general election. helen, thank ou. a bbc investigation has found that the number of pharmacies in england has fallen to its lowest level since 2015. 160 closed in the past two years, leaving just over 11,000 community chemists. the government is expected to announce an expanded role for pharmacies tomorrow, as part of efforts to help patients get better access to gps.

but there are concerns, about how achievable that will be. our health editor, hugh pym, has that story. i'm a second generation pharmacist. my mum and dad set up the pharmacy in 1982, so we'vejust had our ao—year anniversary. preparing for the morning rush in birmingham. i hear lovely stories about my dad and how he helped so many patients when they couldn't get support and advice from their gps. it's sanj from hand pharmacy. but for the first time in their history, this pharmacy made a loss. thank you. staff shortages, higher costs and more people wanting help is making life difficult for pharmacists like sanj. we would love to help support the government, support the nhs, help gps, but we can't do it with the financial constraints that we're on. we can't give the advice, we can't be there for our patients. and for some of those patients, speaking to their local chemist is a lifeline. they've dealt with my sister's meds, my meds, my mum's

meds, the whole family. any time i've ever had a problem, couldn't get into a doctor's, i've come here and they've helped me out a lot _ don't go to the hospital, go to your gp. don't go to your gp, go to the pharmacy. so if you haven't got the pharmacy, where do you go? i really don't know what to suggest. we are full with deliveries, so i could try and get it out but it would be the middle of next week. tough to make those calls? yes, very. there's more and more people wanting delivery and we just can't get them all in. it's not right, but what can we do? they've got the potential to do so much more at a point when the nhs overall is under such strain. those representing pharmacists in england say real terms government funding has been cut, though they hope a new plan will improve things. what everyone learnt during the pandemic was one of the two places that will stay open is a pharmacy, so lots more people coming for advice and support that we're not paid to provide. have we got a new prescription

for this aspirin? 300 miles away in the scottish borders, a solution�*s already in place. it's a formal contract with the scottish government. unlike in england, pharmacies get paid for every consultation and some can prescribe medication for patients. i used to have an english pharmacy, but i sold it and all the outlets we have now are in scotland. the scottish contract is much more patient—focused. they like to get a problem sorted as quick as they can. is it a 60 dose, or is it...? it is a 60 dose? the department of health said the services pharmacists could provide in england were being increased and extra investment had been announced. hugh pym, bbc news. it's less than a week now until eurovision, and the grand final in liverpool. today, some of the acts have been in rehearsals on set, and our media and arts correspondent david sillito was watching.

eurovision 2023, the first glimpse of what is in store this week. # she, queen of the kings. # broken her cage, threw out the keys. # she will be the warrior of north and southern seas... welcome to liverpool and one word, as you can see, is everywhere. # her name is... # she, queen of the kings. # runnin�* so fast, beatin�* the wind... the party has well and truly started. however, when liverpool bid to host eurovision and said it had to be an event for the whole city. they weren't kidding! the opening has featured a huge concert that managed to reunite liverpool pop royalty, frankie goes to hollywood... ..a parade... ..and a rave, held in both liverpool and kyiv.

because this is an event that should be taking place in ukraine. which is why the city is decked in blue and yellow and reminding partygoers that ukraine's entrants should be performing to a home crowd. i feel like we're going to do our best to represent our country the best way possible because we feel honoured, we hope we can inspire people to be a bit stronger. to look at ukrainians who are united now. but after this, it is down to business. and the countdown to saturday. # instead i wrote a song... david sillito, bbc news, liverpool. we have all got to keep our fingers crossed for good weather for liverpool. exactly, a week—long party and let's start with the forecast for the week and it will not be getting nil points this week because a lot of

dry and bright weather, warming up towards the weekend but one or two showers possible particular on wednesday and thursday. elsewhere across the uk, showers is the story the next few days could watch out for the big clouds that could follow some silly moments and some showers could be heavy and thundery, some in northern ireland and south—west got with lively thunderstorms. —— some sunny moments. the thundery showers get the rain to northern england late in the night. most people are dried by the end of the night, central and western areas in particular and occult stop tomorrow, 7-13 -- a particular and occult stop tomorrow, 7—13 —— a cold start. east anglia and the south—east, some rain early on, it will brighten up before showers get going later. showers in the southern scotland and northern england initially but they develop across the country. it is hit and

miss, some avoid them altogether, and the afternoon is looking largely dry with long spells of sunshine. nice in the sunshine, mid to high teens, but to end the day, some of the heaviest showers will be in the south and east of england so for the commute they could be nasty conditions on some roads. they will fade through the night, looking very quite and a bit cooler but by wednesday, the next low pressure sets to work. that will bring a lot more cloud on wednesday, particularly to begin in western areas where the showers will be most likely. brighter in the east but notice the showers going across the map, just about all of us catch one through the day, some brighter spells in the south—west under the heaviest showers in eastern england with some thunder and a bit cooler than on tuesday. more showers on thursday but by friday and saturday, ahead of the eurovision final, it is drier and warmer. thanks, matt. that's it. i'll be back at ten. but you can keep up with all

the latest developments on the bbc website, and the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. bye for now. this is bbc news. but in the caribbean nation of st kitts and nevis, the country's prime minister has told the bbc his country is "not totally free" as long as king charles iii remains head of state. dr terrance drew said he would welcome an apology from the monarchy for its historic role in the slave trade. there are 1a commonwealth realms — or countries where the king remains head of state. eight are in the caribbean, where questions linger over the crown's role in the slave trade, and whether or not to go republic. 0ur correspondent celestina 0lulode reports. the shifting tides of constitutional change. this tiny island is reconsidering its relationship with the crown. the prime minister of st kitts and nevis says he wants to give people a say on who their head

of state should be. the head of state still resides in the monarchy in england. and so that aspect of it is telling us that we are not totally free yet. that consultation or discussion will start sometime during my leadership. the prime minister is also calling for an apology for the monarchy�*s historic role in the slave trade. i think that acknowledging that somthing would have gone wrong, something wrong was done, acknowledging it, and apologising for it, is a step in the right direction. buckingham palace says slavery is an issue the king takes profoundly seriously. last month, the palace said it was supporting independent research into the royal family's historic links to the slave trade and on the matter of countries becoming republics, king charles has said it is a matter for each nation to decide. britain's influence remains strong

here even after almost a0 years of independence but as this nation reaches that milestone, there is ongoing debate around its identity. we still have the same colonialistic thinking and that is one thing we have to move away from. that is why i think becoming a republic would just benefit our people more. for us to be so small ss to go such a big step would be impressionable onto the world, i would say. but a recent poll suggests the country is still split on whether becoming a republic is a good idea. if there is one place that illustrates st kitts and nevis colonial past it is brimstone hill fortress, the site of several royal visits, including the then prince charles in 2019. the entire structure was built by enslaved africans. they are the ones who harvested the stone, they cut them into shape.

historian leonard stapleton showed the king around the island. we recognise that the people that fill the office of the monarchy, they are in person kind and genuine human beings, but the office do represent the same force that was behind the enslavement of the africans. as the country strides forward, questions linger and reaching an agreement regarding any next steps appears to be a long way off. to have been numerous fashion moments of the coronation and we can listing a quick look at some of the most impactful ones with our reporter.

it is, of course, the king charles and queen camilla's long weekend. but some of the standout fashion moments came from various others attending the events over this last weekend. most commonly, at the service in westminster abbey, we've got the princess of wales here in alexander mcqueen. we know she wears the british brand on her big moments. she wore it on her wedding day. she's wearing it here again. you can see some of the embellishment on the dress. it's got has got the embroidery of the floral emblems of the uk. that's rose thistle, daffodil and shamrock. you can see embellished on her dress, princess charlotte wearing a matching cape coat dress, along with her mother. also, the mantle of the royal victorian 0rder cloak worn over her ivory dress by alexander mcqueen. also, you see the earrings worn by the princess of wales belonged to the late princess of wales, princess diana. lots of conversation about whether we'd see the prince of wales in a tiara. we'd heard that guests royal from abroad had been asked to wear day dress. i think the prince of wales has gone for something in between. silver bullion and crystal thread was used by the milliner, jess collett, in collaboration

with alexander mcqueen and interestingly, jess collett had received funding from the prince's trust when she started out as business. penny mordaunt, mp. she's the first woman to take on this role, and she had a custom outfit made by sophia london. the teal outfit has fern adorned onto it in gold thread. her cape coat dress had a matching headpiece to go. jill biden in ralph lauren, an american brand. we had the first lady, of course, representing the president of the united states. she attended the event with her granddaughter and cornflower blue and buttercup yellow. though they were representing america, they were in the colours of ukraine, as can be seen. as we've been hearing, the eurovision song contest gets under way properly tomorrow in liverpool with the first semifinal. as well as the spectacle and the music element of eurovision, this promises to be a huge week for businesses across liverpool. fans from all over the world have

poured into the city — providing a much welcomed boost to the local economy. hannah miller reports. # well, shake it up baby, now # twist and shout# liverpool doing what liverpool does best. entertainment already spilling out onto the streets in a city that's always up for a party. the karaoke has popped up out of thisjewellers, where inside, they're working on musically—themed jewellery. that's a guitar? that's a guitar, yeah. it's a treble clef. we've got some cufflinks in the shape of a guitar, which, you know, we hope to do really well throughout the eurovision. i think it's a huge opportunity. 0bviously we've got thousands of people coming to liverpool. we can showcase what liverpool is about. does it feel like it has already lifted people's spirits? oh, yeah, definitely, yeah. hi, i'm wondering if you have any jobs available for eurovision? and people likejoel are seeking out ways to get involved. if you can send your cv today

to this e—mail address, - and put your subject heading 'eurovision'... _ at these pop—up shops trying to recruit people to work in hotels, attractions, logistics, to name but a few, there is hope that even the temporaryjobs created by eurovision could be life changing for some. people might try something that maybe they have not tried before. it could be a career change for them. it could be starting out on the career pathway as a student or whatever else. and actually, we might then be able to move them into work after eurovision. so our strapline has been, eurovision and beyond. eurovision is the springboard. it's attracted people, and numbers, that we would not have seen previously, and people from outside of the job centre community. so, you know, those people perhaps have retired early and seeing this, some of this looks a bit of fun, but maybe it will attract them to come back to work and do a little bit more and contribute to the economy as we move forward. in ukraine they call these rashki, these little brown shrimps.

at this restaurant they are creating a special ukrainian—inspired menu using local ingredients. how many of these are you expecting to do? well, i think because we've got probably over 100,000 extra visitors coming to liverpool in the next two weeks, and we've put these dishes on both menus, so i think we're probably going to be quite a few! i hope we are anyway. i'd be very upset if we weren't doing loads of them now. but, yeah, something tells me we're going to be quite busy, yeah. how much is this needed right now? i know for a fact that it's given people hope, and made them continue to do business rather than potentially close the doors and just hang up their clogs, or hang up their keys, or whatever. i don't think this could have come at a better time. and many businesses hope the legacy lasts well beyond this week, a showcase for a city embracing its moment to shine. hannah millar, bbc news, liverpool.

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