well, soon we will have the wreath laying, the next formal wreath laying by the royal british legion legion, who have arranged all of this, take over. they themselves will be laying wreaths and then the veterans will start their march past. at this point let's rejoin sophie raworth. there are 11 world war ii veterans here today and we had six normandy the 20, the youngest is 98, the oldest is 101. henry rice, who served with the royal navy, you've been here before, what does it mean to be you can hear the quiet there has been over the last half—hour. that is to change, people starting to talk again. there is the march past, so important to so many groups. there is 10,000 veterans who are registered to march from more than 300 individual organisations. we have the newly formed uk afghanistan veterans. marching here for the first time. marchers from far afield as australia and canada. there is a wide age group, the oldest person marching here todayis oldest person marching here today is a 104—year—old wren, christian laing, marching for the first time. six d—day veterans here who are ma

but the queen will miss this year's commemorations, as well as at the royal british legion festival ofhest infection. buckingham palace says, following doctors guidance, and for a full recovery of a season a chest infection, her majesty will not attain at this weekend plus manic remembrance events. it is understood her condition hasn't worsened, but she was concerned about passing on any lingering infection to others. the queen, more than anyone, is acutely aware of the importance of remembrance sunday, she is the daughter of a much decorated war veteran. she has grown up with the army, she has had the army around her all her life. she is very much part of the forces family. for her it is really essential day. she will be thinking of people who fell in the second world war with herfamily, so she fell in the second world war with her family, so she will want to be there. because she is unwell, she will not have taken this decision lightly. they queen, who is 77, fell ill after a long haul trip with the king to australia and samoa. the couple also stop in india on the way back. it has be

going to miss two key events this weekend for the rememberance service events, which is the royal british legiont the royal albert hall on saturday evening, that's tonight, and she is not going to be at the remembrance day service at the cenotaph tomorrow. now a palace spokesperson said following doctors' guidance to ensure an full recovery from a seasonal chest infection, and to protect others from any potential risk, her majesty will not attend this weekend's events. while this is a source of a great disappointment to the queen, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week. it is not thought her condition has got any worse, it is just that basically she doesn't want to pass on a lingering infection to other people that will be attending the events. however, the princess of wales, who we have rarely seen in public this year because she has been undergoing cancer treatment, she will be at the events this weekend, as will the king, who is also still undergoing cancer treatment. donald trump and his republican party are inching closer to taking

including coverage of the royal british legion�*s annual festival of remembrance from the royal albertbbc one and iplayerfrom 9pm. the metropolitan police has denied claims that farmers have been banned from protesting in london later this month. they are angry at the chancellor's plan to extend inheritance tax to land and assets worth more than a million pounds, which had previously been exempt. farmers, including the tv presenterjeremy clarkson, claimed they'd been prevented from holding a rally on november the 19th because of what they claimed was "two—tier" policing, which favoured pro—palestine protests. in a statement, the met said "at no point have we banned anyone from marching on this date." 0ur political correspondent harry farley gave us the latest. the nfu say it's not a protest, it's sort of a mass lobbying event, but there is a limit on places. and so some people have been turned away, and that seems to have led to claims that the protest was being blocked. and, as you say, several well—known figures, including the tv personality jeremy clarkson, saying it seems that if y

we are the march past, organised the royal british legion, involving 10,000 veterans from hundreds ofay. it is the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings, so very special to see them here today. this brings me to my next guest. you have a connection to d—day. tell me about your grandfather. thank _ tell me about your grandfather. thank you, my grandfather was a royal— thank you, my grandfather was a royal marine in a sherman tank on the — royal marine in a sherman tank on the beach on d—day. when i was _ on the beach on d—day. when i was a _ on the beach on d—day. when i was a child _ on the beach on d—day. when i was a child he would tell me about— was a child he would tell me about d—day for school projects and where he landed and the dates— and where he landed and the dates involved and what not. it was not — dates involved and what not. it was not until after i wanted to come — was not until after i wanted to come back to the uk and find out it— come back to the uk and find out it difficult to talk to about _ out it difficult to talk to about what you might see in operations. my g

including coverage of the royal british legion's annual festival of remembrance from the royal albert to travel on foot, to get from one stream to another. as a result, the uk wild otter trust says "countless" otters are killed and seriously injured on our roads every year. but they have come up with a simple idea to help, as our reporter andrea ormsby has been finding out. meet menai, a little otter cub orphaned when his mum was killed crossing a road. menai was found at around about eight to 12 weeks—ish, roughly, on anglesey, by a reserve warden of the rspb. they called us. we arranged the transport. got it down to us and he's doing ok. he's putting weight on now daily, so that's a good sign. now, to try to stop more otters being killed and more cubs orphaned, these signs are going up. the uk wild otter trust, based in north devon, says every year countless otters lose their lives or are seriously injured on uk roads. this stretch of the a361 from barnstaple to braunton, right in the heart of tarka territory, is notorious. this is an accident black spot for otters. over the past fe

but the queen will miss the commemorations and the royal british legion event.rstood her condition has not worsened, but she was concerned it is understood her condition has not worsened, but she was concerned about passing on any lingering infection to others. the queen more than anyone is aware of the importance of remembrance sunday, she is the the daughter of a much—decorated war veteran. she has grown up with the army. she has had the army around her all her life. she is very much part of a sort of forces family. for her, it is a central day. she will be thinking of people who have fell in the second world war with her father. she will want to be there. because she is unwell, this will have been taken. because she is unwell she will not have taken this decision lightly. the queen who is 77, fell ill after a long haul trip to australia and samoa with the king. it has been confirmed that the princess of wales will be at events this weekend, as she slowly returns to public duties, following cancer treatment. earlier the prince of wales said it had been the har

this weekend to the first one is delighted at the royal albert hall in london which is the royal british legionservice in london. we have a statement that said following doctor's guidance, to ensure a full recovery from a seasonal chest infection, and to protect others from any risk, her majesty will not attend this weekend's events. they said while this is a great source of disappointment, she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week. they said that there is no real cause for alarm, it's not that hip and she got any worse, essentially that she does want to pass on any lingering infection. the duchess _ lingering infection. the duchess of _ lingering infection. the duchess of cambridge | lingering infection. the duchess of cambridge will be in attendance. the duchess of cambridge will be in attendance-— attendance. the princess of wales is going _ attendance. the princess of wales is going to _ attendance. the princess of wales is going to be - attendance. the princess of wales is going to be there, | attendance. the princess of. wales is goi

princess of wales along beside her husband princess went in his majesty the king attending a royal british legionoyal albert hall tonight. noticeably absent queen camellia that she will miss this because events due to a chest infection. it's under stood there is no cause for concern just doctors recommend rest. earlier saying quote is probably been the hardest year in my life after his father and wife are both diagnosed with cancer within weeks of each other. princess has made a few tentative returns begin of the first public appearance in june of the tripping of the color parade she also said back in september and the video she had finished chemotherapy was looking forward to getting back to work. the king is still undergoing treatment but just got back from a long-haul trip visiting australia and samoa. tomorrow the royal family will attend the annual remembrance day service laying wreaths. sundays and that will also include a parade of veterans and national two minutes out so will start around 11:00 a.m. speed up or it stephanie bennett thank you very much there live in london. the fox corpora

wales, alongside her husband prince william and of course, his majesty the king, attending the royal british legionval of remembrance at the royal albert hall saturday night. noticeably absent queen camilla. the palace says the queen will miss this weekend's events due to a chest infection. but it's understood that there is no cause for concern. her doctors are just advising a short period of rest. earlier this week, prince william described the past year as dreadful, saying, quote, it's probably been the hardest year in my life. after his wife and father were both diagnosed with cancer, the princess has made a few tentative returns, beginning with her first public appearance in june at the trooping of the color parade, and in october she met with the families of three children killed in a knife attack in southport. in a video released in september, the princess said she had finished chemotherapy and was looking forward to getting back to work. the king is still undergoing treatment, but recently completed his first long haul overseas trip since his cancer diagnosis. visiting australia and samoa on

the royal british legion themselves said that the commonwealth isn't equally commemorated.ttle bit of work to be done. i appreciate that we commemorate the commonwealth far more than we used to, and that there are efforts there, but this is just asking for to widen the inclusion. and i don't know whether you've noticed, but this year people seem not as interested in remembrance sunday as they perhaps once was. and surely if we let it evolve and we let people engagement with it continue. >> no, no, i'm sorry. remembrance is an incredibly local where it deserves to be. i come back to the people who are critical, have never been to a remembrance event. when you go to a remembrance event, you're very specifically remember the people in your area, your town, or your school who died. therefore, it's no great surprise that people don't mention people from kenya or burma. and the notion that you could just artificially begin to promote remembering people from different parts of the world, that that could somehow transform people's remembrance, experience. you know, if people aren't

public official engagements. 10,000 veterans have marched past the cenotaph as part of the royal british legion'sade . a man has died legion's parade. a man has died and two are in hospital after three people were stabbed at a london market. police were called this morning to reports of a number of people stabbed in woolworths. three people were found with injuries and one man died at the scene. enquiries are underway to confirm his identity and inform his family. a man in his 60s was arrested at the scene and taken into police custody. the incident is not being treated as terrorism and the israeli government has told its citizens not to attend cultural or sports events abroad over the next week, following violence in amsterdam. it comes after israeli football fans were attacked in the dutch capital on thursday, following a match following the violence. a three day public protest ban was put in place, but today dozens of pro—palestinian demonstrators were detained by police after ignonng were detained by police after ignoring the ban. hundreds of demonstrators. demonstrators gathered in the capit

british and commonwealth forces. members of the royal family and senior politicians, including former uk prime ministers, also attended the national service of remembrance in whitehall. the royal british legion'seteran parade will see 10,000 veterans marched through the streets of the capital this afternoon. so let's cross live to gb. reporter jack carson, who is in whitehall for us. jack, thank you very much for joining for us. jack, thank you very much forjoining us. an incredibly emotional morning. and can you just paint a portrait of what it's like for you there today ? you there today? >> i mean, it's been absolutely fantastic , dawn, as you were fantastic, dawn, as you were mentioning there, 10,000 veterans, civilians as well , veterans, civilians as well, part of this royal british legion march past the cenotaph. it happens every year. but when we saw them all line up perfectly here at horseguards earlier today, we've just seen the final of those 10,000 march past, taking a salute from the prince of wales, prince william as well, taking that salute as they get back here to horse guards, many of them really poignant, really personal time. a lot for a lot of people as well. for those who

involving british and commonwealth forces and members of the royal family and senior politicians laid wreaths during the national service of remembrance in whitehall and the royal british legionan parade also saw 10,000 veterans marched through the streets of the capital as services continued to take place across the uk. well, joining me now, former british army officer stuart crawford. stuart, thank you so much forjoining me. oh is he here? there you are. stuart. there you are. well, do you know stuart? i was i was really pleased to see that today there wasn't any real protests around the ceremony or anything. and it was kind of left as a day for us to remember our war dead. what are your thoughts on the day? >> yes. i think i'm very pleased to that. there was no real disruption to what is the our day of national mourning, if you like. day of national mourning, if you uke.the day of national mourning, if you like. the paradox is , of course, like. the paradox is, of course, the ability of people to choose to protest on an important day for the nation, as today is actually part and parcel of why so many did lose their lives dunng so many did lose their lives during the last c

there's an urgent appeal to save the royal british legion club with help from the military communitythe line. the branch has existed for over a hundred years, with this club welcoming ex—service personnel for a drink and chat. since the 19805. for a drink and chat. since the 1980s. but the rising cost of energy and other bills has meant they've had to tighten their belt and do anything they can to keep themselves afloat, including starting a gofundme page.john including starting a gofundme page. john rawlinson , chairman page. john rawlinson, chairman of the branch, says the club is like a family. >> it's all the veterans and acas rmt they all come here, they all love the place. they bnng they all love the place. they bring their families. everybody knows each other. it's like a family community and you just come and have a good time. >> i mean, what would it mean if you lost this place, if the doors were to close, that would be catastrophic. >> i mean, this this is a lot of people coming here. it's not just this group . it's a large just this group. it's a large group. but we can't

british legion the royal british legion festival of remembrance. this evening. it comes as the queen is missing remembrance events this weekend to ensure she makes a full recovery from a chest infection. william and kate were both wearing poppies and they were seen in conversation after taking their seats next to each other at the royal albert hall, buckingham palace has said the princess of wales would also attend the remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph . donald service at the cenotaph. donald trump has reportedly told sir keir starmer you have a friend here. when the prime minister spoke with the president elect after his election victory this week. the sun newspaper is reporting that newly elected us president also spoke about his love for the uk and said he is a huge admirer of the royal family. the friendly phone call will fuel hopes that britain can avoid trump's proposed tariffs and do its own trade deal with the us. meanwhile, joe biden has ianed the us. meanwhile, joe biden has invited donald trump to meet him invited donald trump to meet him in

princess catherine has made a royal return as she joined the prince of wales and the king at the royal british legion of remembrance this evening. it comes as the queen is missing remembrance events this weekend to ensure she makes a full recovery from a chest infection. william and kate were both wearing poppies. they were seen in conversation after taking their seats next to each other at the royal albert hall, buckingham palace has said. the princess of wales would also attend the remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph . nigel service at the cenotaph. nigel farage said the uk needs to roll out the red carpet for trump and that america is our most important relationship in terms of trade. farage also said he would help mend fences between sir keir starmer's government and the incoming trump administration, following tensions over previous comments. >> this is a pro—british american president that gives us potentially huge opportunities if we can overcome the difficulties that the whole of the cabinet have been rude about him. i might be useful as an interlocutor , unofficially interlocutor, uno

public official engagements. 10,000 veterans have marched past the cenotaph as part of the royal british legion's parade to the us now, where overnight, joe biden is reportedly set to make a personal plea to donald trump about the importance of funding ukraine. it's understood the outgoing president will urge trump to not walk away from ukraine when the pair meet in the oval office on wednesday. elsewhere, israel's prime minister says he and donald trump see eye to eye on iran. benjamin netanyahu said he has spoken to the us president elect three times since the election , three times since the election, and sticking to us politics this morning . chief secretary to the morning. chief secretary to the treasury darren jones has said that it treasury darren jones has said thatitis treasury darren jones has said that it is probably unlikely that it is probably unlikely that the government will work with nigel farage as an intermediary to the trump administration, adding that mr farage should focus on working with his constituents in clacton as opposed to being a transatlantic commentator and dozens o

public official engagements. 10,000 veterans have marched past the cenotaph as part of the royal british legion'sade in london. a manhunt is underway after a shooting left one person dead and two injured. officers were called to wells park road in sydenham this morning, where they found a man with gunshot injuries who died at the scene . injuries who died at the scene. a woman and a third person were taken to hospital with what are also thought to be gunshot wounds . no arrests have yet been wounds. no arrests have yet been made so far over what the metropolitan police are calling a senseless act of violence, and dozens of pro—palestine demonstrators have been detained by police in amsterdam after ignonng by police in amsterdam after ignoring a ban on public protests in the dutch capital. hundreds of demonstrators defied the ban to gather in dam square, chanting demands for an end to violence in gaza and free palestine . but police moved in, palestine. but police moved in, instructing protesters to leave and several people were dragged away . the three day ban was away. the three day ban was impo

been inundating his majesty with best wishes and thanks on the occasion of his birthday, the royal british legion , of course, who just legion, of course, who just concluded a really exceptional year of remembrance commemorative events. they said we joined the entire armed forces community in wishing his majesty the king a very happy birthday. king charles is the patron of the legion and of course, the head of the armed forces. i've also seen as a great shot of some of the chelsea pensioners on parade this morning to wish his majesty the king a very happy birthday from the royal hospital, chelsea. and also you start to realise just how many military uniforms king charles has with with the army, navy and air force units also celebrating his birthday . force units also celebrating his birthday. cameron, force units also celebrating his birthday . cameron, talk to force units also celebrating his birthday. cameron, talk to us about the importance of the royal salute . royal salute. >> yeah, i mean charlie, the king's troop, royal horse artillery, they really are known for their ceremonial excellence

the royal british legion's veteran parade will also see 10,000 veterans marched past the cenotaph. buckingham palace has said that the queen will not attend remembrance events this weekend, as she recovers from a chest infection . wing—commander infection. wing—commander howard, leader, spoke to stephen and anne earlier on about the importance of today , which is importance of today, which is much deeper. >> almost like peeling an onion, really, of a set of considerations that are be thinking about every remembrance. and that's to do with, of course, paying our respects to those who've lost their lives, but remembering also that a great many people who have been put into those very challenging circumstances forever carry the sometimes extreme physical injuries that have come with that, because they've been involved in an incident that's cost them arms and legs or whatever. and the mental stress stays with a lot of people to , to the us, where of people to, to the us, where in some breaking news overnight, president elect donald trump has won the state of arizona, meaning he has now

queen camilla had hoped to join the royal family at the royal british legion festival of remembrance this evening. and to honour the war dead at the remembrance sunday ceremony on whitehall. this comes as buckingham palace has said the princess of wales would attend both the remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph and the festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall tonight . at the royal albert hall tonight. bohs at the royal albert hall tonight. boris johnson has suggested that donald trump would certainly do a trade deal with the uk. the former prime minister said the us president elect is offering economic hope, but that the government would be too pathetic to try to secure a deal. meanwhile, nigel farage said the uk needs to roll out the red carpet for trump and that america is our most important relationship in terms of trade . relationship in terms of trade. farage also said he would help mend fences between sir keir starmer's government and the incoming trump administration, following tensions over previous comments. >> this is a pro—british american president that giv

businesses who refuse cash .7 who refuse cash.7 >> and as november the 11th approaches, the royal british legionens its largest field of remembrance at the national memorial arboretum. we sent our reporter, jack carson, to have a look . look. >> good morning. there was late heartache for england at twickenham as george ford's late drop goal miss allowed new zealand to snatch victory in the premier league. manchester city's 32 game unbeaten run is brought to an end by bournemouth , brought to an end by bournemouth, and rain delays qualifying at the sao paulo grand prix. >> join me later for your full weather forecast and what to expect if you've got any bonfire celebrations this evening . celebrations this evening. >> just gone 6:00. i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond, and this is gb news breakfast. young jonathan vautrey there, who said he'll let us know what the weather is going to be like tonight. if you're having a fire. according to the daily star sunday, the fun police , as star sunday, the fun police, as they're calling them, are throwing cold water on bonfire night celebrations. counc

. >> the royal british legion is appealing for donations to help support our brave veterans. >> reform uk holds a conference in newport. nigel farage will speak to his party for the first time since donald trump soared to election victory. >> should we ban under 16 seconds from social media? we'll be debating that very topic after aussie pm anthony albanese announced new laws to crack down on techie teens. >> it was a mixed night for british clubs in europe, with wins for manchester united and chelsea, defeat for tottenham and a draw for rangers. lee carsley, meanwhile, announces his latest england squad and we'll find out why f1 drivers want their bosses to treat them like adults. >> dry and dismal is again the forecast today. for most places. yet again, northern scotland will be favoured for a bit of blue sky. join me later for a full forecast. >> it's just gone. >> it's just gone. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. i'm really struck by prince william talking about this year , 2024, being the about this year, 2024, being the hardest year of h

queen camilla had hoped to join the royal family at the royal british legion festival of remembrance. this evening, and to honour all of the war dead at the remembrance sunday ceremony on whitehall this comes as buckingham palace has said the princess of wales would attend both the remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph and the festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall tonight . boris royal albert hall tonight. boris johnson has suggested that donald trump would certainly do a trade deal with the uk. the former prime minister said the us president elect is offering economic hope, but that the government would be too pathetic to try to secure a deal . to try to secure a deal. meanwhile, nigel farage said the uk needs to roll out the red carpet for trump and that america is our most important relationship in terms of trade . relationship in terms of trade. farage also said he would help mend fences between sir keir starmer's government and the incoming trump administration, following tensions over previous comments. in other news, iran has rejected a report that it was behind

public official engagements. 10,000 veterans have marched past the cenotaph as part of the royal british legion'sarade to the us now, where overnight, president elect donald trump won the state of arizona, meaning he has now won all seven swing states. the white house announced yesterday that president biden has invited donald trump to a meeting in the oval office on wednesday. it comes as the president elect has begun appointing his top team. last night, he shared that former republican presidential contender nikki haley and former secretary of state mike pompeo will not be asked to join his administration. sticking to us politics this morning, chief secretary to the treasury darren jones has said that it is probably unlikely that the government will work with nigel farage as an intermediary to the trump administration , adding trump administration, adding that mr farage should focus on working with his constituents in clacton as opposed to being a transatlantic commentator . those transatlantic commentator. those are the latest gb news headlines. >> more in an hour for the very latest gb news d

princess catherine has made a royal return as she joined the prince of wales and the king at the royal british legion festival of remembrance. this evening. it comes as the queen is missing remembrance events this weekend to ensure she makes a full recovery from a chest infection. william and kate were both wearing poppies and they were seen in conversation after taking their seats next to each other at the royal albert hall, buckingham palace has said the princess of wales would also attend the remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph . donald service at the cenotaph. donald trump has reportedly told sir keir starmer you have a friend here. when the prime minister spoke with the president elect after his election victory this week, the sun newspaper is reporting that the newly elected us president also spoke about his love for the uk and said he is a huge admirer of the royal family. the friendly phone call will fuel hopes that britain can avoid trump's proposed tariffs and do its own trade deal with the us . meanwhile, joe biden has the us. meanwhile, joe biden has ianed the us. meanwhile, joe bi

queen is going miss two key event for the remember ran service, which is the royal british legion festivalnight, and she is not going to be at the remembrance day service at the cenotaph tomorrow, a palace spokesperson said following doing doctor's guidance for a full recovery and protect others for her majesty will not attend this weekend's event. while that source of great disappointment she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week. it is not thought her condition has got any worse, it is basically she doesn't want to pass on a lingering ininfection to others that will by a tending the event. the princess of wales who we have rarely seen this year, she will be at the events this weekend, as will the king, who is also still undergoing cancer treatment. charlotte. thank you — cancer treatment. charlotte. thank you for _ cancer treatment. charlotte. thank you for that. - there's been a powerful explosion in west pakistan at a railway station in quetta, the capital of the western province of balochistan. police say 1a soldiers are among 25