nick witchell, our royal correspondent.t the queen has tested positive for covid—i9 and is experiencing light cold symptoms. we have had quite a lot of reaction and good wishes coming in from various richest politicians in the last few minutes. sajid javid wishing her majesty the queen a quick recovery. opposition leader sir keir starmer, the labour party leader, on behalf of myself and the whole of the labour party wishing her majesty the queen good health and a speedy recovery. get well soon, says sir keir starmer. the mayor of london sadiq khan says, the commitment her majesty has shown to country appears to be unwavering. wishing her a safe and speedy recovery from covid. lots of other messages. from various politicians and well—wishers on social media. we do know the queen received herfirst social media. we do know the queen received her first vaccination for covid back in 2021. the assumption is she has had a second and third dose since then. earlier i spoke tojim reed our health correspondent about the queen's positi

here's our royal correspondent, nick witchell, with the latest. i'm here!tle on wednesday, the queen meeting defence officials. the only health issue then was to do with her mobility. good morning, your. majesty, how are you? well, as you can see, i can't move. congratulations... that exclamation, "i can't move," is thought to indicate she may be having knee or hip trouble. but now, after two years of careful shielding from the risk of covid, it's clear that the virus has penetrated windsor castle. several staff have tested positive, and so has the queen. in a statement, buckingham palace said... those light duties are expected to include continuing with the paperwork as head of state. shortly after the palace confirmed the queen had covid, she sent a message congratulating the team gb women's and men's curling teams on their medals at the winter games. the main concerns of the queen's doctors will focus around the fact that she is nowjust nine weeks from her 96th birthday. any person of that age will need to be monitored fairly carefully, and also, i think

with the latest, here's our royal correspondent, nick witchell. buckingham palace is framing it. as you've reported, she tested positive for covid this morning at windsor castle, which is where she is based. mild, cold—like symptoms is how the palace are describing it. she expects to continue with light duties at windsor over the coming week. "expects to continue." the imponderable in all of this is her age. the fact she is 95, she's just nine weeks short of her 96th birthday. she is ratherfrailer, physically, than she was six months ago. that much we know, we've seen the images, the people who met her and saw her at sandringham at the anniversary of her succession at the anniversary of her accession said she is frailer now and walking with a stick. we last saw her at windsor castle, in images on wednesday when she was meeting two officials from the mod. she said herself, "i can't move," there is a mobility issue. we don't quite know what's causing that, but she is as engaged and mentally as sharp as ever. clearly, she will now be receiving the fu

let's speak to our royal correspondent nick witchell. what more do we know? more do we know? not an awful lot to add. he tested _ what more do we know? not an awful lot to add. he tested positive - what more do we know? not an awful lot to add. he tested positive in - what more do we know? not an awful lot to add. he tested positive in a - lot to add. he tested positive in a routine test this morning. he is now self—isolating. clarence house won't say how he is, this is a private matter and patient confidentiality and all of that but i think we can assume he's coping with it. he is triple vaccinated, he had his booster, he cancelled a visit to winchester that he was due to make this morning. he was last night at a function at the british museum, a reception for the british asian trust. what isn't clear is when he last saw the queen. she returned from sandringham to windsor on monday and the prince of wales was taking part in an investor check at windsor on tuesday but it's not clear whether they met on that occasion. he had covid for the first time shortly af

nick witchell, thank you. and 11 in england, northern ireland and scotland, are to be offered a covid jab. wales made the same announcement yesterday. the body which advises on vaccinations, says it should be a low—dose injection, offered on a �*non urgent�* basis. here's our health editor, hugh pym. all done and dusted. covid jabs have already started for some young children at clinics like this in northumberland. those who are critically vulnerable or living with someone with an immune condition and there is plenty to put them at their ease. now that office to be extended to all five to ii—year—olds following advice from the committee of vaccine experts.— of vaccine experts. vaccinated gives ou a of vaccine experts. vaccinated gives you a broader— of vaccine experts. vaccinated gives you a broader immunity _ of vaccine experts. vaccinated gives you a broader immunity even - of vaccine experts. vaccinated gives you a broader immunity even on - of vaccine experts. vaccinated givesj you a broader immunity even

our royal correspondent nick witchell is here. what more do we know?orning, positive. so _ what more do we know? a routine test this morning, positive. so charles i this morning, positive. so charles is self isolating. it's the second time he has had covid, he had it first at the start of the pandemic in march of 2020. he is triple vaccinated and we can assume he is coping with it ok. but two days ago on tuesday he was at windsor for an investor chip and met the queen. she had got back from centring on the day before. as epic buckingham palace says the absolute minimum about anything to do with health. all royal sources will say is that the queen is showing no symptoms of covid. they will not say whether she has had a test or whether that test was positive or negative. the situation is being monitored. also of course, prince charles has met a number of other people in the last 48 hours. last night he was at a british museum for a function for the british asian trust and he met a number of people there, including the chancellor she soon checked and home

that she'll be receiving medical attention, and following all guidelines. 0ur royal correspondent nick witchellacey. many people will be asking why the queen needs to do even light duties when she has covid, given her age, but i guess it is a way of palace official saying that she seems to be coping 0k official saying that she seems to be coping ok with this? yes. official saying that she seems to be coping ok with this?— official saying that she seems to be coping ok with this? yes, there is a convention — coping ok with this? yes, there is a convention that _ coping ok with this? yes, there is a convention that the _ coping ok with this? yes, there is a convention that the queen's - coping ok with this? yes, there is a convention that the queen's health | convention that the queen's health is not discussed and not revealed. she wants it kept quiet. the palace respect that. so must we. this is the nature of the woman. this is a lady of 95, who, let us not forget, was born in the 1920s, in the first decade of the creation of the house of windsor. she has seen the tradition of service that she f

our royal correspondent, nick witchell, has an update — nick, what can you tell us?e he is coping with it ok, here's triple jab and we can assume the queen is triple vaccinated as well. the prince of wales last night was at the british museum, there with his wife the duchess of cornwall, where he met a number of people, including cabinet ministers, reception for the british asian trust, but the duchess of cornwall has tested negative and continued with her engagements today, the prince of wales cancelled his, but perhaps the most important point is that the queen, having met the prince of wales on tuesday, is not showing any symptoms of covid according to sources.— according to sources. nick, thank ou. let's go back now to the end of covid restrictions in england, after the prime minister said yesterday rules to tackle the virus could end this month. tammy brantley and sally hunter are married and have been shielding throughout the pandemic because they both have a number of serious health conditions. they told me about their worries about rules being scrapped, and w

nicholas witchell, bbc news. more from nick first to our correspondent nada tawfik in new york. how surprising is it that both parties decided to settle? i how surprising is it that both parties decided to settle? i think leual parties decided to settle? i think legal exnerts _ parties decided to settle? i think legal experts expected _ parties decided to settle? i think legal experts expected from - parties decided to settle? i think legal experts expected from the | legal experts expected from the start that this would end in a settlement, simply because of the potential for even greater financial and reputational damage to prince andrew and the timing is notable, it comes just weeks before the duke of york was to sit for a deposition in london, to face personal questions, under oath, by virginia giuffre's lawyers. this afternoon a judge in new york has temporarily suspended further legal proceedings and expects a formal request to dismiss the case to be filed by both sides within 30 days, but essentially this case is over. r

and nicholas witchell is at sandringham, where the queen is spending the day. nick. will monitor carefully the public�*s reaction to the expression by the queen of the wish concerning camilla's future status, but i think they are pretty confident that it will be widely accepted now. as for the queen, today, accession day, well, we are not expecting to see her in public. she is spending the day privately remembering, of course, her late father and her late husband, who spent so much of his time here at sandringham. hick. time here at sandringham. nick, thank ou time here at sandringham. nick, thank you very — time here at sandringham. nick, thank you very much. _ the business secretary kwasi kwarteng has urged tory mps to give the prime minister "time and space" to deliver on his election promises, after a week which has seen resignations from downing street and more tory mps submitting letters of no confidence. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is here. helen who is this message aimed at? i think this is pretty clearly a message to tory mps who might be thinking

witchell, bbc news, at sandringham. the culture secretary, nadine dorries, insists the majority of conservative mps still support borisjohnson. it comes as the former schools minister, nick some plan, some not, we have seen more letters being put in by mps, and the latest of those from nick gibb, the former schools minister, sacked by borisjohnson last year but not someone who is in the papers every day being critical, but today he is. he talked about his constituency being furious at double standards and he says to restore trust we must remove the prime minister. plenty of conservative mps don“t minister. plenty of conservative mps don't agree with that analysis but the question is if there are enough to do to trigger a vote of no confidence, and the dean diaries today that the majority of conservative mps are supporting borisjohnson —— nadine dorries. most colleagues are willing to give borisjohnson the benefit of the doubt, it was said, while he resets, but we have got to see if that is still the case when they return next week. ., ., ., , a greater manchester police officer has been charged with sexual assault. pcjames holt, who“s 32, has been placed on restricted du