a double blow for gloucester but the defending - gloucester but the defending champions looked shell—shockedis a captain's t when needed a spark. it is a captain's try when they — needed a spark. it is a captain's try when they needed _ needed a spark. it is a captain's try when they needed it - needed a spark. it is a captain's try when they needed it the - needed a spark. it is a captain's i try when they needed it the most. needed a spark. it is a captain's - try when they needed it the most. in the sandy park sunshine, it was bristol who looked at home. at half—time, shock waves were being felt in the west country. after the restart, gloucester delivered the perfect response. four unanswered tries to turn a game on its head. from finding themselves ten points behind, they were now 16 points in front. it was some turnaround. bristol simply stand as the red—and—white juggernaut bulldozed everything in a comeback to remember, the sign of a true champion, the full—time whistle confirming back—to—back titles. the cider will flow long into the night. there's two games in rugby league's super l

after the restart, gloucester delivered the perfect response.selves ten points behind, they were now 16 points in front. it was some turnaround. bristol simply stunned as the red—and—white juggernaut bulldozed everything in a comeback to remember, the sign of a true champion, the full—time whistle confirming back—to—back titles. the cider will flow long into the night. there's two games in rugby league's super league today. catalans dragons are taking on huddersfield giants right now. they held on to win 22—18. they are now fifth in the table. earlier, there was a dramatic finish as warrington wolves won 211—18 at hull fc, it was all square with two and a half minutes to go but a great try from matt dufty, his second of the game, clinched it for warrington. india have edged closer to a place in the semi—finals of the t20 world cup after a comfortable victory over bangladesh in super 8s. bangladesh won the toss and put india in to bat and it didn't look the best decision as india made 196 from their 20 overs, with hardik pandya blasting an unbeat

it's a shorter trip for the two finalists in the woman premiership playoff final, gloucester defendedrm. as the first time purcell have _ are on a great run of form. as the first time purcell have been - are on a great run of form. as the first time purcell have been in - first time purcell have been in this, and gloucester defended that title emma they are the south side circus, the bristol circus —— the bristol players like to call themselves the entertainers. so it should be fun or regardless based on that, with both sides packed with internationals with lovely matchups. the england scrum—half going against wheels nine. gloucester named at the start of the season to go back to back, they dominated the league season, only one loss under we to saracens, but they'll be happy with their under dog tag, bestows, they beat everyone —— they beat saracens i went home, but he will not be a gloucester procession at sandy park. also some international rugby tomorrow. england in tokyo facing japan tomorrow morning and wales taking on south africa at twickenham tomorrow afternoon. the olympic op

the wonderful words and tributes there from former gloucester and leicester player ed slater.yer, on the bbc iplayer, and the bbc sport website. the us open golf gets under way on thursday and the defending champion wyndham clark says players need to become better at checking on each other�*s well—being. mental health has become a key focus since 30—year—old grayson murray walked off midway through a pga tour event last month and took his own life the next day. clark, who won the title last year to claim his first major, says players need to do more to combat the loneliness of professional golf. ijust think it is more of maybe the caddies and the players may be checking each player and ask and how they're doing, notjust how you are playing golf, just how they are handed that stuff, that is more may be on the players to do that. it is lonely, and i have been in many spots where you have some negative thoughts which you don't ever want to have, but that —— god can do that to have, but that —— god can do that to what you have to do your best another to do that. remarkably here. e

obviously, gloucester is one of the stadiums that's been highlighted as effective.aching than that. it looks at athletes and fans, the health and safety for that for myself at player but it looks also at the impact of being able to run these events in the first place in the whole business of support behind it. these events are cancelled and it becomes a real issue for the sport. what is the answer? if there is to be a place like fiji, for example, you can't move like perhaps a premiership rugby club could. what is the best advice that you can give? what this report does is look at the impact of a 2 degrees world and a three degreed world of warming above preindustrial levels. to put that in context, we're already over 1.5 for the last 11 months have all been over 1.5 degrees in warming. so 2 degrees isn't far away. what 2 degrees in this report comes out as is 60% of extra days above a temperature at which it's dangerous and potentially fatal to compete for them and three degrees, some places that goes up to 30 days extra of which is dangerous to compete. the answer

i got out of 100 people are these cars from gloucester? we haven't signed the lease from candy. i wouldn't go with on the windows through. they'll be quite nice. the soils good, which is the other coast belong to the studies were allowed to do that just all right, so use one to help find a compromise between the farmers and herders. and that's why they want to help us and what they want to tell me, your concern is that we can find a peaceful solution. and now what i'm doing now, i'm doing well and with farmers do everything to create problem is i will go to our animals just have to walk by their fields and they are wrecked and barriers on the routes to the mental go on down the nothing but the west underway. oh, well, definitely, even if a count only enders, a tiny part of the field, they demand huge amounts of compensation that could open that out. we cannot, they forget we also must work hard to earn a living. the samples i've gotten several, they make you pay one. that's one of the damages. my yeah. no, yeah, that's about a bit of yes and large available. but you know, the pl

how climate change might impact rugby union for gloucester�*s him for more than a century and a quarterst risk. hello again. a list of problems facing this year's french open hasjust got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history. before returning yesterday to deal not only with another marathon match, but also a slippery court, which djokovic then claimed had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. ifa if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do we if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do we need to wait for for that to happen? i mean, today i injured myself. yes, i survived. i won the match, great. what will i be able to play the next one? i don't know. i don't know the severity of injury, but could this injury have been pre

actually, the second carriage we had, the duke of gloucester, the duchess of gloucester , vice duchess the husband of the princess royal as well, riding the horses as part of this royal procession is the prince of wales as colonel of the welsh guards , he's riding a the welsh guards, he's riding a horse called derby. the princess royal horse called derby. the princess royal, who is colonel of the blues and royals, riding a horse called noble and the duke of edinburgh riding a horse called sir john. edinburgh riding a horse called sirjohn. he edinburgh riding a horse called sir john. he is colonel of the scots guards , and the london scots guards, and the london guards as well. the king and queen in the scottish state. coach and the glass coach contains the princess of wales for the first time since december 2023. we've seen her and her three children prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis, it's clearly, quite a sight for the crowds who've lined them out despite the weather. >> yeah, i always think it kind of plays so well to the different personalities . i know different pe

. >> reporter: for a nine-pound wheel of double gloucester cheese. >> it's been recorded at 70 mileshese dairy chasing daredevils have pursued the prize, to claim the wheel and bragging rights. this year, 2022 champ abby lampy from north carolina will fight -- or rather fall to reclaim her throne. >> cheese, cheese, cheese! >> what's the secret to getting down this hill? >> fully committing and sending it. >> reporter: abby convinced her friend from university, kimmy gibbia, to give it the old college try. >> when you're in rome, you're here, you might as well do it. >> reporter: there are six races with six chunks of cheese up for grabs. >> are you worried about getting injured at all? >> no, i'm not. i heal fast. i'm only 23. >> a bit cocky, then. >> reporter: or maybe it's a winning attitude because off the line, abby tumbles with tenacity in front of a crowd of thousands and a live national audience. >> but she's a clear winner if she can just keep it together. >> reporter: watching every step, slip, and fall. and in the end, abby proves she's the big cheese, retaining her crown.

. >> reporter: for a nine-pound wheel of double gloucester cheese. >> it's being recorded at 70 mile centuries, these dairy chasing daredevils have pursued the prize to claim the wheel and bragging rights. this year, 2022 champ abby lampe from north carolina will fight -- or, rather, fall to reclaim her throne. >> cheese, cheese, cheese! >> what's the secret to getting down this hill? >> fully committing and sending it. >> reporter: abby convinced her friend from university, kimmy gebia, to give it the old college trial. >> once you're here, it feels like when in rome, you might as well do it. >> reporter: there are six races with six chunk tsz of cheese up for grabs. >> are you worried about getting injured at all? >> no, i'm not. i heal fast. i'm only 23. >> a bit cocky, then? >> reporter: or maybe it's a winning attitude because off the line, abby tumbles with tenacity in front of a crowd of thousands and a live national audience. >> but she's a clear winner if she can just keep it together. >> reporter: watching every step, slip, and fall. and in the end, abby proves she's the bi

and in the carriage behind, we have the duke and duchess of gloucester., the duke of edinburgh prince husband took over the colonel save the scots guards from the duke of kent in a few months ago. the duke of kent served in that role for 50 years. —— took over being colonel of the scots guards. and lady louise currently studying at st andrews university and reading english. and really enjoying her time in the kingdom of fife. you see the street line is charged with guarding the processional route from buckingham palace to horse guards parade —— street liners. underthe palace to horse guards parade —— street liners. under the command of lieutenant colonel andrew breach, commanding officer of 1st battalion welsh guards. chris, the street liners play a crucial role. absolutely, when the word for the vital work done by the street liners. first out unless back in. there is role —— their role is to be a symbolic and very real guarantee of the security of the route the king takes, drawn from all five foot guard regiments including the london guards, based here i

been detained by these really military kidnap and the tenant from health facilities across the gloucester. when a shoot back and followed wand indonesian hospital nicer hospital, the worse for invited to be military. 3 all was the 300 medical staff doctors and nurses and parent medic are good now been detained it from these health facilities and they are held in his, in his really defensive sensors without any charges. then we looked at also at the hundreds of paramedics and, and doctors are being killed either in, in gaza at the, at the civil hospital for the northern parts were in the central area and the funding part of this trip. this is part of the, the psychological warfare that is not only there is no safety place across the garza from not even health care facilities which deepening the, the shutter already shot, a sense of safety and security for a really traumatized, displaced person. but also your medical down does not protect, it doesn't give you the proper protection from is really attacks. and so far we've seen all was as the, the war rages across the gaza strip. we see that

veterans at a royal british legion remembrance service in staffordshire and the duke and duchess of gloucesterll in london. and the prime minister has pledged to boost veteran benefits in an election offering. rishi sunak says he wants to make the uk the best place in the world to have served in the armed forces. the policy pledge on the 80th anniversary of d—day includes reducing the price of veterans railcards from £30 per year to £21 and extending the existing national insurance relief for employers who hire ex—military members . employers who hire ex—military members. labour claims the tory record on veterans is shameful and their election plans mean no change. but secretary of state for work and pensions mel stride says it's an important step forward. >> we are to be re—elected and there will be looking at further plans and strategic plans that there will be a duty on ministers to come forward with. we're going to be decreasing the cost of the rail car to veterans from 30 to £21. we're going to be extending the national insurance reductions that are available to employers that recruit vet

david morton is the headmaster at the king's school in gloucester.rning, david, thank you very much for joining good morning, david, thank you very much forjoining us. presumably the king's school is an independent, fee paying school. just give us an idea of how many pupils do you have and how many pupils do you have and how many pupils do you have and how many families do you think this is going to impact ? this is going to impact? >> yeah. thank you. good morning. we are we're an independent day school in gloucester with 750 children. we go from three years old up to 18 years old and, the impact is going to be fairly considerable. we did a survey of our parents and we got some fairly precise figures back as to how many of them felt it was going to be unaffordable, if 20% was added on to the school fees. and that figure was that 80% of our parents said they would find it difficult, with 10% saying they would remove their children immediately. and i think those figures are probably broadly representative of other schools across the uk like us. >> wel

it has been held annually in the waters just off gloucester in massachusetts.there and grab the flag. it is 45 feet or 35 metres away. as you can see, there have been plenty of valiant events here, but success is rare. that guy didn't make it very far. it's not as impossible as it seems. there was some success. take a look at this. this is max allen making his way. he got the flag at the end. it's slippery, but it is possible. he made it back to shore to a hero's welcome. apparently the competition continues until sunday, when an overall champion will be crowned. i don't think that's the sport for me. i will stick to the desk right here in washington. we have much more news coming up at the top of the hour. stay tuned right here in bbc news. hello. thanks forjoining me. let's see what the weather's got in store for the rest of the weekend. and here's the headline — for most of us, it's not looking too bad. some sunshine, but at times it will be cloudy. could be a few showers as well. now, recently there was a weather front across northern wales and northern eng

event from the us — the greasy pole contest, which has been held annually in the waters just off gloucester to grab the flag — 45 feet, or 13 metres away. quite a few valiant efforts — but success is rare. but it's not as impossible as it seems. take a look at this. this is max allen, making it all the way to the end. he made it back to shore to a hero's welcome. that is all from me today, thanks very much for your company. goodbye for now. hello there. well, it's certainly now feeling cooler than it was earlier on through the week, and we'll see that cooling trend continue somewhat as we head through tomorrow and into next week. but through the weekend it is set to stay largely dry. some sunny spells around, but just some rain for central areas of the uk still as we head through this afternoon. and that rain is going to be pushing in from the west, some of it possibly a little heavy at times, but most of it is going to be light and patchy and there will be some spots of drizzle, i think, just easing into the midlands, where there'll be plenty of cloud as we head through the rest of the day

yes, it's a voice note from ben in gloucester. hello, newscast.n you explain what they mean by "fully—costed"? _ secondly, the parties question. whether each other's manifestos actually are fully—costed. so when comparing the manifestos, how fully—costed are _ they in your opinion? thank you. it's a great question. so fully costed. it basically means they write down how much they think their plans are going to cost and then the next column, how they are suggesting they're going to pay for it. and it's quite a new fangled thing actually, because really and i suppose in the last set of 20 years, i think the public's become more sceptical. i think also the parties have become much more sceptical about each other spending plans. so they're more into the idea of, "oh, we're going to publish our tables and we're going to show you our workings and our sums," and also the voices, the independent voices of number crunchers like the ifs, the institute for fiscal studies, who you may or may not have heard of, it's theirjob, and they're very

defending champions gloucester—hartpury thrashed fourth placed exeter chiefs 50—19 to reach the premiershipf the cherry and whites eight tries at kingsholm. they'll meet bristol at sandy park in a fortnight after the bears beat saracens 29—21. they had to come back from trailing by nine points at half time to reach the premiership women's final for the first time. from domestic rugby to the international game now. george ford has been ruled out of england's summer tour with an achilles injury. ford started at fly—half throughout this year's six nations but having completed the club season with sale sharks, it has been decided he needs time to recover from the pre—existing injury. england playjapan in tokyo later this month before travelling to new zealand for a two—test series injuly. the former scotland and liverpool defender alan hansen is seriously ill in hospital, his former club have confirmed on sunday. the 68—year—old had a distinguished playing career, winning eight league titles and three european cups before embarking on a successful punditry career with the bbc. he also won 26 ca

would decline to gloucester to emboss the department of legal counsel that no u.s.ney has ever pursued criminal contempt charges against an official that was asserting the president's claim of executive privilege. maria: thank you very much, monica crowley your reaction. >> is it rich merrick garland in the d.o.j. are talking about how they don't weapon ice their department and don't go after political opponents when of course they do is seems like they protest too much. how bad do the biden audiotapes have to be in terms of incriminating and being out to lunch that the attorney general is willing to take one for the team and go through a contempt of congress charge, the second thing merrick garland is charged with contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena, you peter navarro a former trump official sitting in a federal prison for doing the same thing and steve bannon facing four months in prison for doing the exact same thing but the attorney general of the united states has literally said we can pick and choose what subpoenas we will honor which wer

extended family members from cousins and children and right now all you see are the duke and dashes of gloucester, prince george, prince louis, the prince and princess of wales, the king and queen, the duke and duchess of edinburg and louise. this looks different from balconies of past. maybe in line with king charles slimmed-down monarchy but there is a question of whether that e is fit for purpose when two of its most senior members have been sidelined for health issues. >> a very important point. the context absolutely matters. join nest down from buckingham palace is nbc news correspondent megan fitzgerald. megan, tell us from your perspective what you are seeing? megan? as we work to get megan back michael you have been watching along. absolutely stunning. the sky is stunning and i think melissa's point is an interesting one. in years past that balcony would have been overflowing. we haven't seen it like this and i do think the diminished royal family and the tragedies they experienced over the past year specifically as it relates to the cancer diagnosis is something harrowing for any family

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england to watch competitors tumble down coopers hill in pursuit of an eight-pound wheel of double gloucester. american abby lampe came to play again, in the red nc sweatshirt, making her alma mater proud. abby dusting the competition and recapturing that cheese rolling magic that earned her the 2022 title as well. it would have been a three-peat but she skipped last year's competition for a taylor swift concert. good call. >> i honestly am in awe. i'm so happy i won again. i don't know how close of a race it was, but i just tumbled down and did my best. >> i don't understand how, but the 23-year-old sustained only minor scrapes and bruises during that championship spill down the hill. her prize, the wheel of cheese. abby buckle the seat belt on the plane as the cheese made its way safely back to the united states. congrats to you, abby, and obviously that needs to become an olympic sport. >>> our first low goes to the fatal flaw in one michigan man's defense during a zoom hearing over his suspended driver's license. >> mr. harris, are you driving? >> actually i'm pulling into my doctor's off

often, the duke and duchess of gloucester and the duke of kent are also, they're moore el-gamal, members of the royal family but one and, and unfold as many. and you can see the doors are opening from the crowds that we see the king and the queen you can see the princess of wales oh, lining up, looking at a crowds of people there to celebrate crowds of fines. >> also some pros justice holding flags saying down with the crown and not liking and rather large letters everyone is welcome when but that al this is the face of the monarchy and a feature with prince george, princess charlotte, and prince louis there in shops you can hear the planes were already got wipe off so this should be over 30 aircraft taking to the skies subject to whether as you can imagine, we're looking at what it's like clinic three, flying over buckingham palace prince louis, not looking at impressed, yes. >> i'm sure so we're gonna get some faces soon, right and of course we've mentioned that there are so many who are are looking to see how well the king and princess catherine are? >> of course, they're both living

mountbatten, windsor, and the jeep of kent and the second one probably has the duke and duchess of gloucester and vice admiral said tim laurence i'll see them leaving and what is known as the bursch, which is the type of paris you're going to see lots of different kinds of carriages today. they will be leaving first. now, following this, i would expect to see members of the royal family possibly leaving on horse. >> so we're likely to see a, for instance, the prince of wales, the princess royal, and the duke of edinburgh they will all be in military uniform because they are kernels of some of the regimen of the household revision. so we'll be waiting to see them next i can just see parsing now. >> i think that must be the duchess of edinburgh wearing yellow we'll have to get a closer look but today is all about the relationship really between the king and the military, particularly the household division you're going to see soldiers on horses. they are the household cavalry. there are two regimens. >> you're also looking at soldiers who are lining the whole roots of the mouth. >> they are wea

is us to going after the police man, the, on the street, the gloucester, the public service? was it how much that would make it very difficult for them to guarantee anything on the ground in terms of a ceasefire, so that those issues must be paying on their mind as, as they closer to the final details. let's look at other ways that this, these 5 plan might be implemented because it does say that is wellness withdrawal, all of its forces from the populated areas of so on. so i have that as most have gone into isn't it? i mean, either it's tiny area of it's filled with people. these people mostly are in tablets depending on how they would define populated to me, they may say populated as of now people are concentrated in those areas. which means that the, uh, in the middle of as uh there's right things i've known to do is like a security zone that goes all the way to the waters which practically split the causes for the and the guys distributed to that whole area is not populated that the mom drives push people out of it. they may argue that they need to stay there so that they

often, the duke and duchess of gloucester and the duke of kent are also, they're moore el-gamal, members of the royal family but one and, and unfold as many. and you can see the doors are opening from the crowds that we see the king and the queen you can see the princess of wales oh, lining up, looking at a crowds of people there to celebrate crowds of fines. >> also some pros justice holding flags saying down with the crown and not liking and rather large letters everyone is welcome when but that al this is the face of the monarchy and a feature with

what is the point of excelling at these stupid, self—harming sports like those idiots in gloucester who crisis means, actually, that was a good piece of cheese. >> okay, why do people do it? they do it because they want to get out of the house, away from their wife. >> is that all it is? yeah. his wife goes away. his girlfriend goes with him. yeah. you know, these people, when they chuck themselves down the mountain for themselves down the mountain for the cheese, they end up with broken bones. it's ambulances at the bottom of the mountain. >> yeah, they rather they rather be doing that than have to be home. >> all right, well, let's have a shin kicking contest very soon. but anyway, that is all we've got time for. but let's have another quick look at thursday's front pages . so the daily mail front pages. so the daily mail is leading with our eternal debt to the fallen heroes. the telegraph has got hunt issues. challenge to starmer over taxes on property. the guardian is leading with sunak lied to country over labour tax and spend plans , says starmer, the spend plans, says starmer, th

event from the us, the greasy pole contest, which has been held annually in the waters just off gloucesterant efforts — but success is rare. but it's not as impossible as it seems — take a look at this. this is max allen, making it all the way to the end. he made it back to shore to a hero's welcome. the competition continues until sunday when the overall champion will be crowned. and thousands of people have taken to the streets of london to take part in the annual pride parade. attendees in the procession brought the colour and energy with all kinds of outfits ranging from carnival costumes to gym gear, with crowds cheering them on along the length of the parade route. it's estimated 500 lgbtq+ community groups and businesses took part, comprising more than 32,000 people. let's turn to glastonbury as the pyramid stage awaits. coldplay�*s historic fifth performance and around 200,000 people, thousands of people, enjoying the lovely weather at the glastonbury festival, where we are expecting coldplay to kick off their set imminently. historic set. hello there. it was a fine end to the day

so she started one at the gloucester hotel in london. she, betty stobo, who was six foot and, spoke seven languages to stand by the door and not let anyone out until. she said they could go and she pushed to through the vote. and they drew up contracts and everything on the spot. she was press enough to do that and they got it established when she got fed up with how illustrated and other media outlets to cover women she started women sport magazine also in the seventies reasoning why would people care about us if they don't know us if if if they can't see us at the time women we're still fighting to get on the show courts not the back lot. she founded the women's sports foundation in 1974 that was partly to protect title nine and partly to keep track of its enforcement create for women in sports. because billie has always. preaching that it's not just playing opportunities because your careers are short. she wanted people to be in the front offices, management and and she wanted to create jobs for women in sports. and today we see women

we have the duchess of gloucester , have the duchess of gloucester, a very senior working member of the to the country, and the king, as well as lord kakkar, a professor at university college london, and lord peach, the air chief marshal. even senior members of the royal family . some of them the royal family. some of them are not part of the garter. for example, the princess of wales and the duchess of edinburgh. they are not part of this noble order. as things stand guard stay itself happens every year, but there was a question mark as to whether it was going to happen this year because of the general election. if you remember, buckingham palace said that each engagement would be assessed on a case by case basis because they didn't want anything to overshadow the general election, but because garter knights and ladies are chosen personally by the king without interference from the government or parliament, it was thought it was appropriate that today's proceedings could go ahead.soit today's proceedings could go ahead. so it started with the investiture ceremony , a ceremony investitu

in women's rugby gloucester—hartpury came from behind to win back—to—back premiership titles.nutes to go but a great try from matt dufty, his second of the game, clinched it for warrington. elsewhere, catalans dragons beat huddersfield 22—18. cricket now, and australia's perfect run at the t20 world cup is over, after afghanistan won by 21 runs, for their first ever victory over the aussies in any format of cricket. india, though, closer to the semi—finals after a comfortable victory over bangladesh in super 8s. hardik pandya blasting an unbeaten 50 as india set a target of 197 to win. in reply, bangladesh struggled, losing wickets at regular intervals as they fell 50 runs short of their target, with kuldeep yadav taking three wickets. novak djokovic is due to arrive at wimbledon on monday but doesn't yet know if he'll be able to compete. the seven—time champion had surgery on his right kneejust 17 days ago after withdrawing from the french open. djokovic says he wants to give himself the best possible chance of playing by practising at the all england club. the tournament get

veterans at a royal british legion remembrance service in staffordshire and the duke and duchess of gloucestermeet veterans at a show at the royal albert hall in london. the prime minister has pledged to boost veterans benefits in an election offering. rishi sunak says he wants to make the uk the best place in the world to have served in the armed forces. place in the world to have served in the armed forces . the served in the armed forces. the policy pledge on the 80th anniversary of d—day includes reducing the price of the veterans railcard from £30 per year to £21 and extending the existing national insurance relief for employers who hire ex—military members . labour ex—military members. labour claims the tory record on veterans is shameful, and their election plans mean no change. but secretary of state for work and pensions mel stride says it's an important step forward . it's an important step forward. >> we are to be re—elected and there will be looking at further plans and strategic plans that there will be a duty on ministers to come forward with. we're going to be decreasing the cos

there is also an event at the royal albert hall in london which the duke and duchess of gloucester willch is going to start shortly, quite imminently at omaha beach. we just saw president macron there. we also saw the us president, they were greeted by a flyover. they gave out the medal of honour to surviving veterans. we had a speech from us presidentjoe biden in which he was very much comparing the struggle against hitler and nazi dictatorship with the struggle now in ukraine against the russians and grant shapps there we can see live in normandy exchanging pleasantries normandy exchanging pleasa ntries with normandy exchanging pleasantries with the french president and his wife. joe biden and his remarks was saying that d—day veterans met the test of the age is 80 years ago on behalf of the american people, he said, it is the highest honour to salute you in normandy want more pit —— once more. he spoke of the noble band of brothers, every soldier and aviator who served. he said that in the cemetery thousands of heroes were buried there side by side from different races, faiths and ba

we also have the duchess of gloucester, a long serving working member of the royal family, as well aschief marshal. it's a very small group, the princess of wales, for example, the duchess of edinburgh. they are not part. they are not garter ladies. as things stand. but for the first time the king has appointed a lady a woman as the chancellor of the garter. that is the former m15 boss, baroness manningham—buller. but there is an elephant in the room and that is the duke of york. he still remains a royal knight of the garter, of course, no longer a working member of the royal family, he's reportedly at loggerheads at the moment with his brother the king, over whether or not he can stay living in royal lodge, that big 37, 30 bedroom, 30 room mansion, i should say, on the windsor estates very close to where i am standing. he is unlikely to take part in the public elements of the day, but he will be taking part in the investiture inside the garter throne room in windsor castle, as well as the private lunch afterwards. but as for the others, they will be processing down in their white plu

glamour, a bit of youth because, you know, the balcony is a slightly older balcony, you know, the gloucestersa bit of colour and a bit of youth. and beatrice and eugenie are kind of cool young royals, and i think they deserve a spot up there showing the next generation. >> watch this space. charlotte griffiths thank you very much. of course, we're going to be bringing you all the latest, balcony news right here on gb news, our special trooping the colour program kicks off at 10:00 this morning, so keep tuning in after breakfast. >> lovely, cameron. thank you very much indeed. i have to say, i do quite like beatrice and eugenie. yeah, i wouldn't have thought they were cool. >> they've stepped up, haven't they? >> but they have stepped up and we do need those younger royals coming through. and you can't tarnish them because of the sins of their father. no, no, or whatever they do seem to be. >> they've stepped up. they behave like royals, don't they? yeah the interesting thing i was thinking of as well, that soldier who looks after the irish greyhound , irish irish greyhound, irish wolfhound. y

defending champions gloucester—hartpury thrashed fourth placed exeter chiefs 50—19 to reach the premiership 29—21. they had to come back from trailing by nine points at half time to reach the premiership women's final for the first time. with the tour de france three weeks away, primoz roglic has showed his yellowjersey credentials by winning the criterium du dauphine with a gutsy ride on the final day. matteojorgenson, who was in second place overall, had got ahead of him on stage 8 and finished second on the day, meaning roglic had to finish within 56 seconds of the american. he dug deep and made it across the line with eight seconds to spare. finally, there are benchmarks that you reach before each and every football tournament. the teams are starting to arrive in germany for the euros, and scotland did so with a p9p the euros, and scotland did so with a pep in their step. steve clarke's squad were handed quite the reception while midfielder john mcginn endeared himself to the locals byjoining in with some traditional bavarian dancing. i'm sure he knew it was traditional bavarian dancing

ithink| it is exactly about that because it is clear to me and everybody certainly here in gloucester take into . account income tax thresholds that the been for those frozen. that text social and income _ the been for those frozen. that text social and income taxes _ the been for those frozen. that text social and income taxes doubled . the been for those frozen. that text i social and income taxes doubled from what he was in 2010, it's the head of inflation, even though we have frozen it for the last two or three years because of the impact on pandemic on public finances, so we have done it not to reduce the burden of taxes, which people do not grasp, but there are other taxes that mean yes, overall, the tax burden is high, that is why we want to bring it down.— burden is high, that is why we want to bring it down. thank you, richard graham, conservative _ to bring it down. thank you, richard graham, conservative party- to bring it down. thank you, richard . graham, conservative party spokesman richard graham there, and with all of these things, if for list of candidates standing al

it's interesting while she's come to self meet hospital when other options, got to cheltenham or gloucesterpeak to carl emmerson, deputy director of the ifs. thank you forjoining us, carl. i watch the briefing earlier today. take us to the main points. t watch the briefing earlier today. take us to the main points. i think the big picture _ take us to the main points. i think the big picture here _ take us to the main points. i think the big picture here is _ take us to the main points. i think the big picture here is that - take us to the main points. i think the big picture here is that the i the big picture here is that the public finances or whoever is going to be prime minister orjust after the election remain very challenging. we have taxes already at a level would not seen before in the uk. we have many public services under quite a lot of strain, a weak outlook for growth and a lot of money being spent on net interest for growth and a lot of money being spent on net interest. us reading the conservative and labour party manifestos they are not really managing the scale of that chall