our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports.'s death. charles was in ballater near balmoral today thanking local people for their support over recent weeks. alongside king charles, camilla, the queen consort. and they will be side by side in seven months�* time to be crowned alongside each other at the coronation. archive: and now, - here comes her majesty. injune 1953, queen elizabeth rode in a gold coach to her coronation. archive: her majesty moves to king edward's chair. - it's an event which, while it's purely symbolic in constitutional terms, has a deep religious has a deep religious significance. crowd: god save the queen! it's a moment when a new monarch is crowned and consecrated, when a king or queen dedicates him or herself to the service of his or her people. for king charles, the coronation will be a blend, ancient traditions with a contemporary feel. in a statement, buckingham palace said... will britain, at a time of homelessness and restricting benefits and energy prices going up, really cheer to the rafters the

our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports.nt of his mother's death. charles was in ballater, near balmoral, today, thanking local people for their support over recent weeks. alongside king charles, camilla, the queen consort, and they will be side by side in seven months' time, to be crowned alongside each other at the coronation. archive: and now, - here comes her majesty. injune 1953, queen elizabeth rode in a gold coach to her coronation. archive: her majesty moves to king edward's chair. - it's an event which, while it's purely symbolic in constitutional terms, has a deep religious significance. crowd: god save the queen! it's a moment when a new monarch is crowned and consecrated, when a king or queen dedicates him or herself to the service of his or her people. for king charles, the coronation will be a blend, ancient traditions with a contemporary feel. in a statement, buckingham palace said: will britain, at a time of homelessness and restricting benefits and energy prices going up, really cheer to the rafters the sigh

nicholas witchell, bbc news.n age, the actress angela lansbury, has died at the age of 96. herfamily said she died at her home in los angeles. ms lansbury was best known for starring as a television detective in �*murder she wrote', but also had a presence on stage and in film. suppose the master comes back and asks where you've gone. tell him ijust went for a walk. by yourself, ma'am ? she was 17, it was her first part, playing opposite ingrid bergman, and she was nominated for an oscar. angela lansbury�*s career couldn't have started better. in due course, there were starring roles in hollywood and on television. you are to shoot the presidential nominees through the head. in the manchurian candidate, she played the monstrous mother of a brainwashed son. increasingly, it was character parts like this that she was offered. rallying a nation of television viewers into hysteria to sweep us up into the white house with powers that will make martial law seem like anarchy. in her 60s, she reinvented herself as a tele

nicholas witchell, bbc news.s, strikes which the united nations says appear to have targeted civilian infrastructure — and could therefore constitute war crimes. world leaders, meeting today as part of the g7 group, have confirmed their commitment to provide military and economic aid for ukraine, for as long as it takes. 0ur correspondent paul adams has the latest from kyiv. in kyiv, a day of welcome calm after yesterday�*s storm. air raid sirens did sound briefly, citizens heeding their government�*s warning to seek shelter. some heading for the metro. translation: we don't feel safe because we don't - know what�*s coming next. nevertheless, i hope that what happened yesterday was the scariest thing. translation: i'm not afraid because there i will be victory for ukraine, ukrainians, for all of our people. one of yesterday�*s missiles almost hit the city�*s famous pedestrian bridge. today, after getting the all clear, people came out to see what almost happened. this popular bridge isn�*tjust a tourist attractio

nicholas witchell, bbc news.ng 7 babies was interrupted by the mother of one little boy when she arrived on the neonatal unit. 32—year—old lucy letby is accused of murdering five baby boys and two girls, and attempting to murder 10 others at the countess of chester hospital. she denies all the charges. 0ur north of england correspondentjudith moritz reports from manchester. lucy letby was qualified to work with the sickest of babies. but instead it is _ with the sickest of babies. but instead it is said she attacked them instead it is said she attacked them in their cots and their incubators in their cots and their incubators in their cots and their incubators in the special care unit. in the year betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, the babies were all patients in the neonatal section at the countess of chester maternity unit. today the prosecution continue to open its case at the crown court, detailing how each baby was attacked, and saying each pattern emerged and she was the only nurse present at each time. we are

nicholas witchell, bbc news.ourt — has been asked to decide whether the scottish parliament can hold another referendum on independence without the agreement of the uk government in westminster. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon wants to have another vote next year, but the uk government has said no. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie has been outside the supreme court in london. today was the turn of the scottish government to put forward its legal argument. this was done by the lord advocate. she asked the supreme court if the scottish parliament could hold a legal independent night independence referendum without permission from the uk government. she referred to a quote from a quarter of a century ago that called this a festering issue that would rumble on if referendum rules were not clarified. she said she was seeking legal certainty on a matter of exceptional public importance. there is a provisional referendum bill that the lord advocate said in court today could not clear for introduc

our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is outside buckingham palace.has indeed. the first time that king charles has presided over this transition from one prime minister to another. the last time we saw this process was just seven weeks ago today. that, of course, was up at balmoral, just two days before the death of queen elizabeth, the last formal duty that she performed, to invite liz truss to form a government and become prime minister. we remember that a photograph of queen elizabeth with liz truss, the queen looking very frail. the choreography today, just the same, outgoing prime minister, incoming prime minister. except that it was here at buckingham palace. i think it will be a matter of particular satisfaction to king charles that the first prime minister that he has appointed is briton's first prime minister of colour, a man of indian origin. we remember charles's commitment, which we saw as prince of wales, to diversity, multiculturalism, to diversity, multiculturalism, to diversity your faith. and, diversity, multiculturalism, to diversit

a nicholas witchell, our royal correspondent, is there. the cars have gone in.happening now? well, the audience will be taking place _ happening now? well, the audience will be taking place in _ happening now? well, the audience will be taking place in the _ happening now? well, the audience will be taking place in the 1844 i will be taking place in the 1844 room — will be taking place in the 1844 room li2— will be taking place in the 1844 room. liz truss went in at 10:25am, a few— room. liz truss went in at 10:25am, a few seconds — room. liz truss went in at 10:25am, a few seconds after that. we won't know _ a few seconds after that. we won't know when — a few seconds after that. we won't know when she leaves because by tradition— know when she leaves because by tradition and outgoing prime minister— tradition and outgoing prime minister leaves privately. she will therefore — minister leaves privately. she will therefore leave by a private exit from _ therefore leave by a private exit from buckingham palace. but generally these audiences take about 15, 20 _ gen

nicholas witchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. more patchy, the band fragmenting, and it won't get into the far south—east till after dark. behind the rain, it will brighten up in scotland and northern ireland with just one or two showers. and it's going to be a breezy day. windy, though, across the north and the west, and that continues tonight. a weather front sinks south as a weak feature, then peps up in the southeast before it mostly clears overnight. so here, it's going to be a milder night than it has been, but for the rest of us, it is going to be a cooler night, especially in eastern in scotland and northeast england. so tomorrow we lose the rain from the south, but then we've got another band coming in from the southwest across southern counties. now, this could go a little bit further north or south than the charts suggest. we've also got rain crossing northern ireland and scotland, but in between, something drier and brighter. hello. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall, and these are the headlines. prime minister liz

our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, is at buckingham palace. good morning.t will happen? good morning. yes, the king, fewer than seven _ what will happen? good morning. yes, the king, fewer than seven weeks - the king, fewer than seven weeks into his reign and already he is about to be under his second prime minister. a strong sense of deja vu because it was seven weeks ago today that we saw this all happening the last time. as you mentioned, you were there in downing street, i at balmoral. guess what? it is raining again this morning, just as it was at balmoral. on that occasion, the last formal duty of the late queen, and it happened at balmoral because of her frailty and health, we saw borisjohnson of her frailty and health, we saw boris johnson arriving of her frailty and health, we saw borisjohnson arriving to resign and liz truss arriving to be invited to form a government. we remember that photograph of her with the queen. today, essentially the choreography is the same, though rather more straightforward giving that it is happening here and rather da

nicholas witchell, bbc news.ampbell is outside buckingham palace this morning. good morning, sarah. the world has changed so dramatically since the last time we saw a coronation. what can we expect from the actual ceremony this time around? in the macro as you say, back in 1953, the coronation came shortly after the end of the second world war. there was a feeling _ end of the second world war. there was a feeling of _ end of the second world war. there was a feeling of rebuilding - end of the second world war. there was a feeling of rebuilding of - was a feeling of rebuilding of britain and a much—needed morale boost. that's how it was designed and planned. we are in a very different scenario now. so it will be a real balancing act. the group is called operation golden orb, this is called operation golden orb, this is the planning committee, and they have got a real balancing act, how to reflect the priorities of the new king, how to satisfy those who will want some of the pomp and pageantry from such an ancient

let's talk to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell who's at buckingham palace for us.next few hours? good morning. the choreography is well practised. we've seen it most recently, just seven weeks ago to the day on the 6th of september, and that was all up at balmoral, because of the frailty of queen elizabeth on that occasion, her last formal due to two days before her death. we saw borisjohnson a ten bar model to resign as prime minister and then liz truss to be invited to form a government. that was seven weeks ago and we will see the same choreography played out again in a very much more straightforward manner this morning, very much more straightforward mannerthis morning, in very much more straightforward manner this morning, in terms of the logistics, it will all take place here at buckingham palace. the cows are parted, there are some lovely autumn sunshine at the moment, and at 1030 after the cabinet session she is now chairing, liz truss will come to buckingham palace and tender her resignation to king charles, the first time he has presided over this transit

and to use the formal expression, kiss hands, although we are told by our royal correspondent nicholas witchelltruss _ to pay tribute to my predecessor liz truss she — to pay tribute to my predecessor liz truss. she was not wrong to want to improve — truss. she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country. it is a noble — improve growth in this country. it is a noble aim. and i admired her restlessness to create change. but, some _ restlessness to create change. but, some mistakes were made. not born of ill will, _ some mistakes were made. not born of ill will, or— some mistakes were made. not born of ill will, or bad _ some mistakes were made. not born of ill will, or bad intentions, quite the opposite in fact. but mistakes nonetheless. and i have been elected as leader_ nonetheless. and i have been elected as leader of— nonetheless. and i have been elected as leader of my party, and your prime _ as leader of my party, and your prime minister, in part, to fix them — prime minister, in part, to fix them and _ prime minister, in part, to fix them. and that work begins immediately. i w