that was our royal correspondence nicholas witchell they are talking to mea nicholas witchell they are a little bit earlier about the news from buckingham palace. these are the figures of infections and deaths recorded in the 24—hour is to saturday. the number of infections recorded where someone has tested positive for covid is 59,937. the number of people whose death was declared in a 24—hour is to saturday and to have themselves been tested positive for covid in the previous 28 days, that number of deaths is 1035. scientists and senior public health officials are warning that tougher restrictions are needed in england to curb the surge in coronavirus cases, hospital admissions and deaths. their calls come as staff in one london hospital are preparing to move some patients to a hotel to free up capacity. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports with many major hospitals in the capital under unprecedented pressure, there is an urgent need to free up beds. this hotel in south london is preparing to take on a small number of homeless or vulnerable covid patients from king's c

let's speak to our royal correspodnent nicholas witchell...cision to release this information. they are both in the categories entitled to early vaccination so there is no question in sort ofjumping of the queue but they will want this to be generally known that they have received their vaccinations in the hope that this will encourage any of those that have misgivings about the vaccination process. in terms of how they have been living their daily lives over the last couple of months in particular, presumably the risk has been kept as low as realistically possible. yes, considerable steps, as you would imagine, have been taken to keep them away from any possible danger. they are in a bubble at windsor castle, seen a minimum number of people, a small number of officials are there in self isolation with them. no public engagements, of course, in recent months and i'm sure the precautions have been still more intensified given the more transmissible variant. certainly they have been at windsor castle offer some months. they did not go to sandrin

nicholas witchell reporting.minent figures in wednesday's riots at the us capitol. the fbi is appealing for public help in its search for those responsible for the attack. president donald trump also is facing a renewed drive by democrats to remove him from office for his role in wednesday's storming of the us capitol. here's our washington correspondent lebo diseko. it is almost certain dumb trouble face impeachment. that process sta rts face impeachment. that process starts in the house of representatives, it requires only simple majority to get through. it will make donald from the first president ever to be impeached twice. the question is whether or not he will be convicted. that process happens in the senate, and requires a two thirds majority, needing some republicans to get on board, and it is not at all certain there is enough support for that. of course this comes after the scenes of violence that we saw here at the capitol on wednesday, and there have been some prominent arrests since then. 0n been som

the queen, so as to prevent any inaccuracies or further speculation. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchellre very sensitive about disclosing medical details, but in this instance, clearly, they want to set an example and encourage people to come forward and have the vaccinations. so buckingham palace has let it be known, and it is the queen's decision that both she and the duke of edinburgh had their covid—19 vaccinations earlier today. they were administered by a doctorfrom the medical household at windsor castle, and of course they are both, at their ages — the queen 94, just a few months short of her 95th birthday, the duke 99 — they are both, of course, in the categories that are entitled to early vaccination, so there is no question of, sort of, jumping of the queue, but they will want this to be generally known that they have received their vaccinations in the hope that this will encourage any of those who have misgivings about the vaccination process. the headlines on bbc news... a boeing 737 passenger plane has crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from jakarta, indonesia. six