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here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. the uk's newest city. strategy still at the front of peoples minds. sir david amess campaigned so hard for southend to be made a city and today it has happened. 5ir be made a city and today it has happened-— be made a city and today it has hauened_ ,, n, , , be made a city and today it has hauened. ,, , , ., happened. sir david is absolutely at the centre of— happened. sir david is absolutely at the centre of this, _ happened. sir david is absolutely at the centre of this, city _ happened. sir david is absolutely at the centre of this, city status - happened. sir david is absolutely at the centre of this, city status is - the centre of this, city status is his legacy to southend and it is an enormous sadness to us all that he is not here to see the fruits of his labour. ,, . , is not here to see the fruits of his labour. ,, ., , , labour. david stanley is southend born and bred. _ labour. david stanley is southend born and bred. his— labour. david stanley is southend born and bred. his music - labour. davi

daniela relph, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.ll the way up to 18th but look north to shetland, just five celsius this afternoon. much colder air, and that will be sweeping its way southwards over the next few days. in fact it will be cold enough for snow. in some parts of the uk. rain showers and places out there at the moment. we will see some quite hefty dampers across parts of southern england and the channel islands, a few showers elsewhere. lots of mist and murk and low cloud rolling in from the north sea coast and some fog patches elsewhere. a mild night where it is cloudy, a bit chilly we have clear skies. quite a lot of cloud around tomorrow, the best of an sunshine will develop towards the west. some rain across southern counties of england for a time. a few showers elsewhere and a band of rain, sleet and a little is now starting to push southwards across scotland. most of us tomorrow, 11 to m celsius. but temperatures across the northern half of scotland, just for to 6 celsius, more places getting into that cold air. to

daniela relph, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.e a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha who is the chief lead writer for the observer and peter foster the public policy editor for the ft. tomorrow's front pages starting with the financial times leads with the story of russian billionaire roman abramovich, who suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at talks on the ukraine—belarus border earlier this month. the metro is reporting that prince andrew is to make his first public appearance with the royal family since settling his us sex assault case. the paper says he's going to tomorrow's service of thanksgiving for prince philip. the guardian has an exclusive — telling us the met police is about to issue the first fines for breaches of covid rules as part of an investigation into government lockdown parties. the i newspaper says the uk s new energy strategy is being delayed because of a row between the prime minister and the chancellor over the

here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. it will be just as he'd wanted it.hanksgiving, and since his death the queen has overseen the service. much of today would have been part of last year's funeral — but covid meant restrictions, with just 30 guests, no singing from the congregation, and that image of an isolated, masked queen. that sense of loneliness is so desolate, actually, in the feeling. for the country and the whole commonwealth to be able to give thanks for this amazing marriage, for two people who devoted themselves to each other and then to duty and service of others — a chance to say thank you, i think, will be wonderful — and healing, as well, at the same time. the thanksgiving service here for prince philip will be a celebration of his contribution to public life. westminster abbey will be full of family, friends, and those organisations he worked so closely with over the years. the service includes many personal touches. the congregation will sing the hymn guide me 0 thou great redeemer, as requested by prince philip. clergy from the royal e

our royal correspondent, daniela relph has more. giving thanks for 99 years of life.nce prince philip died. like so many others, the royal family held a funeral with only 30 guests. the queen, a vivid image of grieving during covid restrictions. seeing her dressed in black alone, this speaks of so, so many people's experience. even in death, really, losing somebody, she still keeps that dignity. a chance to say thank you, i think, would be wonderful, and healing as well at the same time. the thanksgiving service here for prince philip will be a celebration of a life on a grand scale. but across the country, families who held restricted funerals, whose mourning was limited by covid, are now finding ways to celebrate the lives of the people they loved. music: clair de lune by claude debussy. it was one of his favourite pieces of music. now, sue horsfall has learned it too — her own tribute to her husband, steve. steve died of complications from covid in 2020. with a small funeral, the family couldn't properly celebrate the full life he had lived. now, with greater freed

daniela relph, bbc southend.ir homes. our correspondentjon kay has visited one community in swindon to see what they're doing. it started with one facebook post, and now, all this. at swindon's polish community centre, tonnes of donations and hundreds of volunteers. i sat watching the tv and felt helpless, and i thought i'm going to sit here and get upset or i'm going to go out there and find somewhere where i can help. i suppose at the end of the day, if this happened to me i'd want somebody to be there to help me out. they have had so many clothes here, they can't take any more. instead, they need practical help. barbara is packing up baby milk powder and breast pads for new mums, she grew up close to the polish border with ukraine. 0h. i've been crying every day, it's really, really hard, but every minute i spend here, everything counts, i think. you guys are working fast. we have to. because the help is needed fast, so we work fast. water container. torch. robin's turned up with a boot full of donations — he

our royal correspondent, daniela relph, joins us from westminster abbey.ndeed, it was a traditional, restrained, l family? indeed, it was a i traditional, restrained, no family? indeed, it was a - traditional, restrained, no fuss kind of service, very much in the spirit of the duke of edinburgh himself and crucially the queen was there, as she had so wanted to be, using her walking stick, escorted in and out by her son, prince andrew, notable in itself. he has cause to a degree of difficulty in recent times but today he took his mother to and from her seat inside the abbey for this service and it is a show of support for him. this was a public thank you from the military, from charities whom the duke of edinburgh worked closely with but it was also a decent good buy for family and friends who could not pay full tribute last year or give the duke of edinburgh to send off they wanted. ., , of edinburgh to send off they wanted. . , ., ~ , ., our top story this lunchtime... the met police issue 20 fines, as part of their inquiry into parties held in government

daniela relph, bbc news, westminster abbey.ill know within the next couple of hours. buckingham palace is being very careful in the words it is using. it says they hope the queen will be able to attend a thanksgiving service today. we will know one way or another before the end of the programme. there is a question about whether she is well enough to come today, she has mobility issues and is finding it hard to walk around. everything will be being done behind the scenes to make sure she can attend. staff will have looked at herjourney from windsor castle to hear, to make it as comfortable as possible. in terms of getting inside westminster abbey, there are a number of ways in which mean that will to your seat is as short as possible. everything is being done for her to be here, to celebrate the life of her husband of 73 years, with the rest of her family. that will include prince and he is a guest here today because it is being seen as a family occasion rather than a working royal engagement he would not be part of. we are goi

let's go to our royal correspondent, daniela relph who's at westminster abbey.to rest to give her the best possible chance of attending the service, so interesting phrasing from buckingham palace, in that statement. yes, i think what they are doing is giving themselves a tiny bit of wiggle room in case anything should go wrong between now and 11.30. the problem we have with the queen is lots of people understand she has a mobility issue so it is difficult for her to walk and move round, but absolutely everything has been done to try to make sure she gets to the service today, so that includes making herjourney from windsor castle here to central london, as comfortable as possible. there are a number of ways to get into westminster abbey, she will use one of the entrances that means her walk to her seat is as short as possible. and then, again, the service is only 45 minutes long, again, making it much more comfortable for the queen to sit there, so everything has been done, to make sure that she makes it here, and as things stand, we will see the queen at the se

daniela relph, thank you very much.an't help but think this morning about that image of the queen sitting by herself at prince philip's funeral following the covid rules of the time and think that she must absolutely want to be at westminster abbey today surrounded by her family, to remember him? this abbey today surrounded by her family, to remember him? as you say, surrounded by — family, to remember him? as you say, surrounded by her _ family, to remember him? as you say, surrounded by her family _ family, to remember him? as you say, surrounded by her family and - family, to remember him? as you say, surrounded by her family and friends . surrounded by her family and friends and other members of the european royalfamilies who will and other members of the european royal families who will all be at their servers today, a service that perhaps was what we would have expected for the duke's official funeral but that'll change with covid, there were just 30 guests at the congregation and i think you are right, the image

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