it the principal role of the royal british legion?— the principal role of the royal british legion? n? it is still dealing | with the aftermath of the second world _ with the aftermath of the second world war, the korean war, northern lreland _ world war, the korean war, northern lreland and _ world war, the korean war, northern ireland and the falklands to name but a _ ireland and the falklands to name but a view— ireland and the falklands to name but a view and many of our beneficiaries are getting old and requiring — beneficiaries are getting old and requiring increasingly expensive treatment and care to allow them to continue _ treatment and care to allow them to continue to— treatment and care to allow them to continue to live their lives, that is a huge — continue to live their lives, that is a huge demand on us. and lots more _ is a huge demand on us. and lots more people come to us now with mental— more people come to us now with mental injuries, certainly from recent— mental injuries, certainly from recent campaigns. in 2019 we raised more _ recent campaigns. in 2019 we rais

queen has attended a service of ants giving at westminster abbey to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. the queen, who was 95, used a walking stick as she arrived and left the abbey, the first time she has done so in a major public event. our royal correspondence reports. good morning, your majesty. arriving at westminster abbey, the queen was handed a walking stick by her daughter, princess anne. at the age of 95, few would blame herfor needing a little extra support. servicemen and women of many conflicts came together to pay tribute to an organisation that has supported them and those before them for 100 years. file fo0ta6e: to the factory where 400 disabled men are working comes her majesty, the queen, to give them royal encouragement. the work of the british legion has had the backing of royalty since it was founded. its early mission was to fight for the rights of those who had given so much, but came back to so little. and, even now, that mission remains the same. but it is mental health support that so many veterans 110w seek. naomi hall is one of them. she served with the raf

the lesion is still dealing _ royal british legion now? ion now? the lesion is still dealing with the aftermath - is still dealing with the aftermath of the _ is still dealing with the aftermath of the second world war, the korean war, northern ireland, the falklands to name _ war, northern ireland, the falklands to name a _ war, northern ireland, the falklands to name a few. many of our beneficiaries are getting old and we are sophisticated and expensive treatment and care to allow them to continue _ treatment and care to allow them to continue to— treatment and care to allow them to continue to live their lives. that is a huge — continue to live their lives. that is a huge demand on us. we are also finding _ is a huge demand on us. we are also finding a _ is a huge demand on us. we are also finding a lot — is a huge demand on us. we are also finding a lot of people who come to us for— finding a lot of people who come to us for mental injuries, certainly from _ us for mental injuries, certainly from recent campaigns. so the demand in 2019.

queen has attended a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey to mark the centenary of the royal british legion arrived and left the abbey — the first time she has done so at a major public event. the royal british legion is the largest armed forces charity in the uk and organises the annual poppy appeal. in tonight's football, england drew with hungary in their world cup qualifier, but the match was marred by clashes between visiting fans and police, while scotland beat the faroe islands and northern ireland lost to bulgaria, asjoe wilson reports. england versus hungary at wembley. 0ne team taking the knee. in the crowd, one banner symbolising objection to an act of antiracism. early in the game, spectators in the hungarian section clashed with police. this was a reaction, police say, after they arrested a man for racially aggravated abuse towards a steward. it was the backdrop. it is the context. 0n the pitch, there was a penalty for hungary given for this challenge by luke shaw. the height of the foot was enough. and england were behind. commentator: and it's - an unexpected turn of events!

queen accompanied by the princess royal attending this service to mark the 100 years of the royal british legionfore. dc comics say the son of clark kent and lois lane, jon kent, is coming out as bisexual. the creators say the man of steel has always stood for hope, truth and justice, and now represents something more. when i was offered this job, i thought, well, if we're going to have a new superman for the dc universe, it feels like a missed opportunity to have another straight white saviour. dc comics publisherjim lee said in a statement, "we couldn't be prouder to tell this important story." we've seen a lot of lgbt superheroes in the past couple of decades and some of them are not quite household names, but when you can attach something like this to the name superman, who's known around the world, people will pay attention. the comic isn't due to be released until november, but there's been plenty of reaction online already. look, the reactions have been, honestly, they've been overwhelmingly positive, which i wasn't quite expecting. yes, there's a lot of trolling online, but there are so

age may slowly catch up with many of us, but the motto of the royal british legion has enjoyed. scenes as bright as this one today. guernsey was one place that saw a lot of sunshine and there were other sunny places as well, but as you can see from the satellite picture there was a lot of cloud around and that cloud in places has brought spots of rain and we've seen some moderately heavy rain moving across east anglia and drifting across the midlands and london area and towards wales on the west country as we head through the night and more persistent rain sliding across the far north of scotland and will be cloudy from most and a bit misty and murky, but where the sky is clear for any length of time, east anglia particularly could turn quite chilly, and one or two spots down to 2 . a lot of cloud around tomorrow and the cloud thick enough to produce the odd spot of rain or drizzle but it should break to give some sunny spells. north—east scotland should see some sunshine and bright eclipses for northern ireland, parts of finland and wales and temperatures respectable for the ti

the queen has attended a thanksgiving service at westminster abbey to mark the royal british legion's morning, your majesty. arriving at westminster abbey, the queen was handed a walking stick by her daughter, princess anne. at the age of 95, few would blame herfor needing a little extra support. servicemen and women of many conflicts came together to pay tribute to an organisation that has supported them and those before them for 100 years. to the factory where a00 disabled men are working comes her majesty, the queen, to give them royal encouragement. the work of the british legion has had the backing of royalty since it was founded. it's an early mission was to fight for the rights of those who had given so much, but came back to so little. and even now, that mission remains the same. but it is mental health support that so many veterans now seek. naomi hall is one of them. she served with the raf in afghanistan and says that the british legion saved her life. we don't often see the realities of what it does to us. i think we've all grown up with grandparents that served where, the

age may slowly catch up with many of us, but the motto of the royal british legion has endured — service london. it is not going to be me. now time for a look at the weather. good evening. for many places it was a predominantly cloudy affair and we take a lot of clout with us through the night and into tomorrow. through the night and into tomorrow. through the small hours of wednesday it outbreaks of rain are going to push across the far north of the onslaught of drizzle but we have cloud elsewhere, submits an american health fog. this guys do clear for any length of time in the south and southeast, to purchase will drop away. parts of east anglia down to two degrees tomorrow morning. through tomorrow i gained extensive thought for many in places that producing the odd pocket of a light rain or drizzle but the cloud should break at times. parts northern ireland, england and wales will see some sunny glances at times. top temperatures for most of us between 14 and 17 degrees. to thursday we are going to see some rain pushing southwards across scotland, windy here as well, drier further so

last tuesday she was at westminster abbey for the centenary of the royal british legion, last thursdayliament and last night, hosting a big reception at windsor castle for dozens of global business leaders. she had been due to travel to northern ireland later today for engagements tonight and tomorrow, marking the centenary of the partition of ireland, but a statement this morning from buckingham palace saying that she had reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days. she is in good spirits and disappointed not to be going to northern ireland. the palace is not saying anything more than that, but i understand this is not in any way covid related. she has had both vaccinations, we don't know whether she has had the booster vaccination but what will be in the minds of royal officials and doctors is that she is due to attend cop26, to host a reception for all of the global leaders attending that at the end of next week, and they will want to be sure that she is fully rested for that. . ~ . ~ ~ sure that she is fully rested for that. w .. . ., , sure that she is fully

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last tuesday she was at westminster abbey for the centenary of the royal british legion.indsor castle for dozens of global business leaders. she had been due to travel to northern ireland later today for engagements tonight and tomorrow, marking the centenary of the partition of ireland, but a statement this morning from buckingham palace saying, as you reported, she has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days. she is in good spirits and she's disappointed not to be going to northern ireland. now, the palace is not really saying anything more than that, but i understand this is not in any way covid related. she has had both vaccinations, we don't know whether she's had the booster vaccination. but i think what will be in the minds of the royal officials and doctors is that she is due to attend cop 26 to host a reception for all the global leaders attending that at the end of next week, and they will want to be sure that she is fully rested for that. a parliamentary inquiry in brazil is presenting its finalfindings into president bolsonaro s handl

attendance two days earlier at a service at westminster abbey to mark the centenary of the royal british legion duties and remains determined to attend the cop26 summit in glasgow at the end of the month. nicholas witchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben. very good afternoon to you. the weather has thrown everything at us this week, some wind, rain, cold weather and mild weather. today one of the choir days, sunshine around. to the weekend it will turn a bit milder, quite windy with some rain around at times but not all the time. through the night a of cloud of the fork after meeting with mr american sponsored riddles when we do keep clear skies it will get quite chilly especially in northeast scotland, may be down to minus two celsius in places with a touch of frost. a lot of cloud filtering into more from the west with some spots and drizzle for western part of whale. each risk balancing spells of sunshine but for western scott line could see some strong winds and gusts up to 50mph with the rain in the afternoon and also into northern ireland but feeling a little m

attendance two days earlier at a service at westminster abbey to mark the centenary of the royal british legionll said there's still much we don't know about the situation. the royal standard is flying high above windsor castle, so we assume that the queen is in residence and certainly the indication from the palace is that she remains in good spirits. yesterday we were told she came back from that trip to hospital and she was at her desk at work, albeit undertaking light duties. what could that mean? well, daily duties of the monarch include of course looking through the government papers, the red boxes, so we assume she would be undertaking those sort of duties. other than releasing information about those preliminary investigations, those tests that she was taken to hospitalfor, the palace have given no further medical detail as to what those tests are for and regarding the results, whether she might have to go back to hospital depending on the results of those tests. we have no indication from the palace whether we will be informed about that. it is of course a tricky balance for the palace

first launched, thousands of fundraisers will once again take to the streets in support of the royal british legionistory because of covid restrictions. the charity supports serving and former military personnel and their families. the polar research vessel which made headlines when a public vote suggested the name boaty mcboatface is preparing for her first expedition. the ship, which was instead named the rrs sir david attenborough, is currently in south east london ahead of the upcoming climate change conference, which the uk is hosting. the ship is expected to set sail for antarctica next month. north yorkshire has a very special new resident — an endangered black rhino, born at flamingo land on sunday. here he is taking his first steps — keepers say they're pleased with the calf�*s progress. a little bit grope but ok. —— a little bit ropey but ok. he's the first black rhino to be born in europe this year. there arejust 3,000 left in the wild. i like the fact he has little knobbly legs and they are going to fill out. talking of another late legs, let's get the weather, shall we? i legs, let's g

the royal british legion has launched its 100th poppy appeal. met with ten collectors who'll be back out fundraising in their local communities this year. across the uk, 40,000 volunteers will return to the streets after the appeal was seriously hit by lockdowns last year. it says here if you've ever tried to dance like mickjagger pulled up i feel like i'm talking directly to you. you'll know it can be fraught with danger — from potentially pulling a muscle, charlie, to embarrassing your friends and relatives. what the solution, naga? here is advice for charlie. _ as with alljobs too risky or difficult for humans, there's now a robot to do it for us. in fact, there's a robot dog. tim allman has been watching it in action. start me up by the rolling stones plays. for anyone wondering, mickjagger is the one on the left. although in some ways, it is quite hard to tell. # if you start me up. # if you start me up i'll never stop... to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their album tattoo you, the rolling stones got together with the engineers at bosto