singers from hereford cathedral will make history later this month when they become the first anglicangroup has been invited as part of the pope's programme to encourage church diversity. our reporter kevin reide went along to hear their final rehearsal before they head to rome. singing. after christmas and easter, the feast of st peter and paul is the vatican's most important annual event. singing. and now, for the first time, the hereford cathedral choir has been invited as special guests. they are rehearsing now in a pretty empty hereford cathedral, but in a few weeks' time they will be performing to more than 125,000 people at the vatican, and tens of millions will be watching on tv. it's such an amazing thing to do, because it's great fun and you get to sing in some amazing places. to all those thinking about it, i would do it. as long as we don't mess up, yeah, it's going to be fine! it's happening at the end ofjune, and there will be two performances. they are going to be singing at a concert in the sistine chapel itselfjointly with the choir of the sistine chapel. that's a conc

and now, for the first time, the hereford cathedral choir has been invited as special guests.few weeks' time they will be performing to more than 125,000 people at the vatican and tens of millions will be watching on tv. it's such an amazing thing to do because it's great fun and you get to sing in some amazing places. to all those thinking about it, i would do it. as long as we don't mess up, yeah, it's going to be fine! it's happening at the end ofjune, and there will be two performances. they are going to be singing ata performances. they are going to be singing at a concert in the sistine chapel itself jointly with singing at a concert in the sistine chapel itselfjointly with the choir of the sistine chapel. that's a concert attended by the diplomatic corps from the vatican. then on the friday morning we sing at the huge papal mass itself for the feast of saint peter, and that's going to be in the square. the roman catholic and anglican churches haven't had the closest of relationships, but in recent yea rs the closest of relationships, but in recent years the vatican has

and now, orthe first time, the hereford cathedral choir has been invited as special guests.ens of millions of people will be watching on tv. 125,000 people, and tens of millions of people will be watching on tvw is great fun and you get to see amazing places. as long as we do not mess up, it'll be fine. it is all happening at the end ofjune, and there will be two performances, in fa ct. there will be two performances, in fact. they will be performing in the sistine chapel with the choir of the sistine chapel with the choir of the sistine chapel, attended by the diplomatic corp of the vatican. then we will see the huge people mass, the feast of st peter, in the square. they have not had the closest of relationships, but in recent yea rs, closest of relationships, but in recent years, the vatican has been building bridges. the fact we have been invited speaks volumes of the roman catholics wanting to reach out to us and wanting to return the invitation, delighted with what we have been asked to do. the choir will perform on wednesday the 27th and friday the 29th ofjune. bbc ne

wejoin the choir of we join the choir of hereford cathedral for final rehearsals before they travel togent. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may has announced new funding for the nhs. it will mean an extra £20 billion per year. the prime minister said some of the funds will come from the money the uk will no longer have to pay into the eu budget after brexit, but she suggested that the rest might have to come from higher taxes. some people might remember seeing a figure on the side of a bus a while back of 350 million a week. what i can tell you is that what i am announcing will mean that in 2023, 2024, there will be about 600 million per week in cash, going into the nhs. campaigners are calling for medicinal cannabis to be legalised. billy caldwell has been given back the cannabis oil that was confiscated from his mother at customs on monday after doctors made it clear it was a medical emergency. the oil which contains a substance called thc is illegal in the uk and his mother said they had achieved the impossible. and in the next few minut