banessa. i have marched alongside _ banessa. i have marched alongside the _ banessa.have they made mistakes, yes, but if you ask any new yorker the majority would say we want them to be part of this, we are in this together, we are the lgbtq community and we are a community and we are a community of inclusion. and we have never gotten far by saying "you can set out, you're not invited the party", that's not what works, that never works. pride sunday is going to be difficult to openly gay police officers in new york, a day to celebrate, yes, but a day to contemplate rejection from what is the oldest and most historic pride march in the world. and that's it from me for the time being. much more on all those stories on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. we would love to hear from you. from me and the rest of the team, thanks for watching. hello there. friday evening brought some quite dramatic weather for some of us, especially across parts of england. through the western side of the midlands, there was some heavy,