duncan kennedy, bbc news, thruxton.ootballer marcus rashford, and child poverty campaigners, have welcomed the government's decision to provide free meals to disadvantaged children in england during the christmas holidays. after facing weeks of pressure, borisjohnson spoke to rashford to confirm he was making specific funds available. here's our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. these are the volunteers on the front line of food poverty. we have about 160 families in the school holidays and then through the non—school holidays, it is 20 to 50 families depending on need. the cherry tree project in stockport provides emergency supplies for those in need. we've come across huge amounts of people where they are made redundant or where they have lost jobs, where are made redundant or where they have lostjobs, where the job has changed so they now have less hours oi' changed so they now have less hours or they are on furlough and they are oi'i or they are on furlough and they are on less money. gemma, who is looking fo

duncan kennedy, bbc news, thruxton.ited footballer marcus rashford, and child poverty campaigners, have welcomed the uk government's decision to provide free meals to disadvantaged children in england during the christmas holidays. after facing weeks of pressure, borisjohnson spoke to rashford to confirm he was making specific funds available. here's our education correspondent elaine dunkley. these are the volunteers on the front line of food poverty. we help about 160 families in the school holidays and then through the non—school holidays, it is 20 to 50 families depending on need. the cherry tree project in stockport provides emergency supplies for those in need. we've come across huge amounts of people where they are made redundant or where they have lost jobs, where the job has changed so they now have less hours or they are on furlough and they are on less money. gemma, who is looking for work, is worried about providing for her children over the christmas holidays. takes off a lot of pressure from a lot of paren

duncan kennedy reports. a303, gateway to the south—west, but routed past the richness of this world heritage site. for 30 years, they've debated how to save stonehenge from the roads noise and pollution. well, now the government says the a303 is to be buried into a tunnel, creating a traffic—free landscape. english heritage say it will transform the monument. it makes good on a decades—long ambition to remove this noisy and polluting road from this very important prehistoric landscape. the tunnel will be two miles long, and the government insists there won't be any major damage to the archaeology here. it's only when you get here on the ground that you realise just how close the stones are to the a303. it's just a matter of about 150—200 yards. and this is a road that attracts between 30—50,000 cars a day. but some campaigners have fought for years to stop a tunnel, saying it will damage the archaeology of this unique setting. the landscape to each side of the tunnel will be gouged out into deep cuttings, wi

duncan kennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire. posts on twitter, but it does seem as if the president has finally got round to accepting that joe biden did win the us election three weeks ago. he's authorised officials to start cooperating with mr biden‘s transition team, a process which would normally be well under way by now. our north america editorjon sopel joins me now from the white house. jon? so, has he finally accepted defeat? george, the great gift that richard nixon and the watergate era gave the english language was the non—denial denial. last night, from donald trump we got the non—concession concession. in a series of tweets he said the fight goes on, we will prevail, but he also said this, do what needs to be done with regards to initial protocols. that sets in train the setting off of the transition process wherejoe biden is going to start to get daily intelligence briefings to bring him up intelligence briefings to bring him up to speed. officials will be able to meet with the joe up to speed. officials will be ab

duncan kennedy reports.tional style, with guest against guest. in may last year, steven dymond appeared and took a lie detector test to prove he wasn't cheating on his girlfriend. today's pre—inquest hearing in winchester heard that he was booed and became distressed. seven days later, he was found dead after apparently taking his own life. the coroner, jason pegg, said today he had madejeremy kyle an interested person and that he may have caused or contributed to mr dymond's death. jeremy kyle himself wasn't at today's hearing. but his lawyer said that he had found this experience upsetting. his tv show was later cancelled by itv. the coroner said it would be ludicrous ifjeremy kyle wasn't called in person at the full inquest into steven dymond's death, which is due to begin next year. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in winchester. rebecca vardy has won round one of her legal battle against coleen rooney. ajudge has ruled that mrs rooney "clearly identified" mrs vardy when she made allegations against her about s

duncan kennedy, bbc news, at stonehenge.ng. both are one win away from a place. scotland face serbia in belgrade and northern ireland host slovakia in belfast, where our sports editor dan roan is. as you say, a huge night of international football in store tonight both in belgrade and here in belfast, whereas you say northern ireland have the opportunity to emulate the side of four years ago that reached the euros and the first major tournament for some 30 years. will it happen for them? we will find out in the coming hours. it will be the fifth time in their history that northern ireland have made a major tournament. given that they had to switch managers this year and were drawn against giants like the netherlands and germany in the group stages, it would be some achievement. in the past they have been cheered on against the likes of england, spain and greece. they will only have 1000 fans who have been allowed into night because of the covid restrictions but maybe it could prove the difference. meanwhile over in belgrade

duncan kennedy, bbc news, at stonehenge. that takes us bbc news, at stonehenge. when it comes along because the next few days are wet and windy. we saw some sunshine

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in winchester.different from the last one and what you can and can't do. here to try to give some clarity is our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. first question, what are the differences from the lockdown in march? schools and universities will remain open, that's a significant difference. but there are some other differences. this time you will be able to meet one person outside your bubble in an outdoor space and you will be able to take children under school age. playgrounds will remain open. while we are being asked not to leave our local area, so no holidays in the uk or abroad, no overnight stays on second homes, people can do overnight stays for work reasons. workmen in the home and remembrance ceremonies? perhaps the key outstanding questions are regarding visiting people in care homes. cleaners and workmen will be allowed in your home but the government is yet to be clear whether that includes nonessential work, such as getting decorating done. there has been no detailed guidance

duncan kennedy reports. when he met his death in august 2019. he was knocked off his bike in northamptonshire by a by a woman he was knocked off his bike in northamptonshire by a car driven by a woman driving on the wrong side of the road. she was anne sacoolas, the wife of an american technical assistant at a nearby us military base. soon after the crash, ms sacoolas left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. but harry's parents, charlotte account tim, refused to accept that and went to the united states to try to get ms sacoolas to come back, but failed, so launched a judicial review to ask the british courts if ms sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. today they heard they had lost their case at the high court rules ms sacoolas had immunity. it is upsetting, of course, but it is just a blip, just another hurdle. we have come across many of them. yes, we have. we're going to keep going. foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had ruled in his favour over immunity, but he said he felt for harry's parents

duncan kennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire.ounds, have been missing for twenty years. one of them contains the nineteenth century scientist's famous tree of life sketch, exploring the evolutionary relationship between species. following a number of intensive searches, curators have now concluded they have probably been stolen — and they've launched a public appeal for help in trying to find them. our arts correspondent rebecca jones has this exclusive report. imagine losing something in here. cambridge university library is vast. 200 kilometres of shelving, 10 million books, maps and manuscripts and amongst it all, two missing notebooks by charles darwin. each of these notebooks which are the same as the ones we are looking for, are about the size of a postcard. they are written in landscape so across the page and they have, of course, darwin's writing. the notebooks have been digitised but the originals have not been seen since november 2000 when they were taken to be photographed in a temporary studio in the university's grou

duncan kennedy is at stonehenge for us now.ehenge for more than a0 years. everyone agrees the a303 is both noisy and polluting, but whilst campaigners say a new tunnel will damage the archaeology of this site, the government say it is now time to act. the a303, gateway to the south west, but routed past the richness of this world heritage site. for 30 years, they've debated how to save stonehenge from the roads noise and pollution. well, now the government says the a303 is to be buried into a tunnel, creating a traffic—free landscape. english heritage say it will transform the monument. it makes good on a decades—long ambition to remove this noisy and polluting road from this very important prehistoric landscape. the tunnel will be two miles long, and the government insists there won't be any major damage to the archaeology here. it's only when you get here on the ground that you realise just how close the stones are to the a303. it's just a matter of about 150—200 yards. and this is a road that attracts between 30,000—50,000 c

duncan kennedy, bbc news, at stonehenge. that takes us bbc news, at stonehenge.hat takes us to the weather prospects, let's get the latest from chris fawkes. make the best of the sunshine when it comes along because the next few days are wet and windy. we saw some sunshine in northern ireland but clouds are beginning to gather out west and this weather front will swing our way bringing a spell of heavy rain and some squally winds particularly this evening and overnight, so there is rain on the way. before we get there, for england and wales are still some sunshine left in the day. the same for scotland. wales and west in england seeing a few patches of cloud, bringing a few isolated, mainly light showers. a bit of light rain pushing into western scotland, that will turn steadier later in the day. mild, temperatures up to iii degrees, but overnight the band of rain starts to push on. we will have some strong gusts of wind, particularly ahead of the weather front, gusts of about 40—16 miles an hour, so it will be pretty gusty overnight. the rain quite intense for a

duncan kennedy reports.—— harry dunn had been. he was knocked off his bike in northamptonshire by a culture than bya northamptonshire by a culture than by a woman driving on the wrong side of the road. she was anne sacoolas, the wife of an american technical assistant at a nearby us military base. soon after the crash, ms sacoolas left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. but harry's pa rents, diplomatic immunity. but harry's parents, shall account him, refused to a cce pt parents, shall account him, refused to accept that and went to the united states to try to get ms sacoolas to come back, but failed, so launched a judicial review to ask the british courts if ms sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. today they heard they had lost their case at the high court rules ms sacoolas had immunity. it is upsetting, of course, but it is just a blip, just another hurdle. we have come across many of them. we are going to keep going. foreign secretary dominic raab said the judges had wilted going. foreign secretary domin

duncan kennedy, bbc news, at stonehenge. four day bank holiday weekend to mark the queen's 70 years on the throne. we do have to wait until 2022 for the platinum jubilee but ministers are promising a spectacular, once in a generation show injune that year, and buckingham palace says it wants as many people as possible tojoin in. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. no british monarch has celebrated a platinum jubilee before. by the time the country marks the queen's 70 years on the throne in 2022, she'll be 96. nonetheless, the government says this milestone will be marked by what it calls... the celebrations will climax over an extra—long bank holiday weekend from thursday 2nd ofjune to sunday 5th ofjune inclusive. events are at an early stage of planning, but they're likely to echo some of the features of previousjubilees. the queen marked the 25th anniversary of her accession with her silverjubilee back in 1977. 50 years on the throne was celebrated by the goldenjubilee in 2002, when she undertook a lengthy s

here's more from duncan kennedy.s to be buried into a tunnel, creating a traffic free landscape. what heritage say it will transform the mortgage —— monument to. heritage say it will transform the mortgage -- monument to. to remove this noisy and polluting road from this noisy and polluting road from this very important prehistoric landscape. the terminal would be two miles long and government insists it won't be any major damage to the archaeology here. it's only when you get here on the ground when you realise just how close the stones are to the a303. this is a road that attract between 30 and 50,000 cars a day somehow the landscape to each side of the tunnel will be gouged out into deep cuttings with dual carriage ways in them, huge tunnel entrances, masses of concrete, major road interchanges to each side of the world heritage site. this is devastation on a major scale. been many promises before to put the a303 into a tunnel, the main work here is finally accepted —— expected to start in three years time. covid—

duncan kennedy, bbc news, at stonehenge. it has been an election of firsts here in the us.es history, so does her husband. it's the first time that the spouse of a vice president or indeed a president is a man, leading to confusion about what his official title might be. second husband? his official title might be. second husband ? second his official title might be. second husband? second gentlemen? and online hashtag, celebrating the first second husband is proving popular. so what can doug expect from his new role, and what can we expect from him? jessica goldstein profiled doug us now. jessica, can you clear it up, what is his going to be? that is an excellent question that i not only asked him, i asked every single person that i spoke to for my profile, and at that time, they were not yet, they were not yet committed to a title. i believe that the most traditional option would be second gentlemen, but as you both just pointed out, this is benign traditional tickets, so they could go in any direction they choose. jessica, what is he going to do for the next four years?

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in winchester. report there from duncan, one viewer says we are furious in east sussex, the count is low, we have obeyed the rules. lockdown is unnecessary in the south. steve says, why have care homes been forgotten, my mother is locked away in her care home and i haven't seen her since february, this is heartbreaking, no one talks about it. she will die alone. another viewer says regarding school staying open because of the mental health of the children, what about the teachers? trying to keep 30 children safe and teaching them, its training, my wife is mentally exhausted when she gets home every day. there was one on gymnasiums, if icanfind day. there was one on gymnasiums, if i can find it, how day. there was one on gymnasiums, if i canfind it, how are day. there was one on gymnasiums, if i can find it, how are not essential? government has no idea how important they are too many transmission rates are minimal here, iamso transmission rates are minimal here, i am so lost. and in fact we will spe

duncan kennedy reports from winchester. it's home to 125,000 people.en you ask people in winchester what they think of this week's new lockdown, the first thing you hear is resigned weariness. boring, boring. to go through it again? boring, yeah. but places like winchester in the south of england haven't seen the kinds of covid numbers areas in the north have experienced. here in winchester, the figure is running at about 135 cases per 100,000 people. but compared that to a town in the north of similar size, say, preston, and there, the figure is more like 466 cases per 100,00 people. and that's why many here, it's hard tojudge numbers, think an england wide lockdown isn't right. i still think it's a bit unfair on the south, when the cases down here are quite low in comparison the north. so the tiered system would have probably worked out better. yeah, i totally agree. i think in the south, we are coping, it seems, anyway, people are sensible. but up in the north, obviously, it doesn't seem to be going as well. in the shops and businesses here, the vie

our correspondent duncan kennedy has been getting reaction from harry's family. a new set of boxing gloves perhaps, the ones that we have had for the last 15 months i think we have worn them out a bit, but we are good. we have a fantastic tea m but we are good. we have a fantastic team of qcs, and lawyers behind us, with the support of dominic raab as well, we know that we have so much confidence in them. they knew right from the off that she did not have immunity at the time of the crash, she did not have immunity at the time to to carry‘s light. their confidence instills confidence in us. absolutely. iam harry confidence instills confidence in us. absolutely. i am harry will prevail, it doesn't matter how it ta kes. imagine this — you're walking your new puppy in the local park when, suddenly, he's snatched by an alligator and pulled under water — what would you do? it was a dilemma faced by richard willbanks in florida, who didn't hesitate to dive in after his king charles spaniel. you can see richard wrestle with the alligator, prising open its jaws, allowing

kennedy. district,ongressional viewers may recall this district formerg the seat of the congressman duncan hunter, who resigned in january after pleading guilty to charges stemming from misuse of campaign funds. republican darrell issa trying to win the 50th district. --is leading right now 50.2% 52.2 percent against the democratic challenger. that is some of the scene out in california. 41 house races still yet to be called around the country. after the show is done at 10:00 we invite you to stay close for information on the election. the best way to do so is our website. that is c-span.org. you will get the latest results and also video there as far as things we have taken. one of the things we took in yesterday was republican susan collins. you heard john mcardle talk going into the election, she was set to be in a tough race but ended up winning her race in maine. she took before our cameras and microphones yesterday. >> we had a good talk and i very much appreciate her taking this time to call. let me say what an extraordinary ther it is to represent great state of maine. to know i will have

kennedy. district,ongressional viewers may recall this district formerg the seat of the congressman duncan hunter, who resigned in january after pleading guilty to charges stemming from misuse of campaign funds. republican darrell issa trying to win the 50th district. --is leading right now 50.2% 52.2 percent against the democratic challenger. that is some of the scene out in california. 41 house races still yet to be called around the country. after the show is done at 10:00 we invite you to stay close for information on the election. the best way to do so is our website. that is c-span.org. you will get the latest results and also video there as far as things we have taken. one of the things we took in yesterday was republican susan collins. you heard john mcardle talk going into the election, she was set to be in a tough race but ended up winning her race in maine. she took before our cameras and microphones yesterday. >> we had a good talk and i very much appreciate her taking this time to call. let me say what an extraordinary ther it is to represent great state of maine. to know i will have