sarah campbell, bbc news.ar with this place. a spectacular location. what we can see a rant here are these temporary studios. —— around. that is bbc, that is itv. schofield will be there. another broadcaster. many americans, canadians, australians. it isa americans, canadians, australians. it is a tent city. it's like the 0lympics village. people in red tops and red hats. everyone is making sure you get to the right place. these barriers here, everyone is hoping, the planners, they are hoping, the planners, they are hoping there will be thousands and thousands and thousands. it will be kept clear. this area will be good to see the couple. there is a military procession, a military practice, today. imagine, those of you married, how nerve—racking, eve ryo ne you married, how nerve—racking, everyone standing in the wrong position. imagine that but times a thousand. no camping yet, but certainly activity taking place. it will be a massive occasion on saturday at the more from us later. but now, the news, travel,

sarah campbell reports from windsor as it gets ready for the big day.een created by the borough's primary school children, including here at 0akfield first school. we will be watching on a big, big screen. we will see them, like, going down the aisle. yeah, the thing i'm looking forward to seeing is meghan's dress and them saying yes. and the wedding will be shown on the big screen, a high definition version of how a 15—year—old sylvia watched harry's granny, the queen, get married in 1947. we went to a neighbour's and she had a black—and—white television and it's the first television we'd seen. there was great excitement. i rememberthem all coming out on the balcony. that's what i remember the most. and 70 years later, did you think you would be watching the queen's grandson get married just down the road? no, i neverthought, no! ensuring the safety of local people and wedding watchers has led to one of thames valley police's largest ever operations. but the security should not overshadow the wedding, according to the man in charge. what we want to do

sarah campbell, bbc news. former boyfriend with horrific injuries after attacking him with acid has been jailed for life. berlinah wallace was told by a judge at bristol crown court that her actions were ‘pure evil.‘ the victim, mark van dongen, later ended his life through euthanasia , saying he could no longer stand the pain of his injuries. marks and spencer has suffered a big fall in annual profits following a costly store closure plan. annual pre—tax profits fell by almost two—thirds to £66.8 million as sales of food, clothing and homeware all declined. but it's the overhaul of the business and the expense of closing up to 100 stores by 2020 that have most damaged profits. the families of the people who died in the grenfell tower fire have been remembering their loved ones, on the third day of the public inquiry into the disaster. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. it was a day about parents and their children who had lived together at grenfell and died together. rania ibrahim died with her t

sarah campbell, bbc news.l with the fighting in neighbouring yemen. more than 250 people have been killed in april and may this year. and more than 10,000 have died, since the war started four years ago, with millions displaced, sparking what the un has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the current conflict started when houthi rebels took control of parts of the country. a coalition, led by saudi arabia and backed by britain, is trying to dislodge them, using air strikes and a blockade. the bbc‘s nawal al—maghafi has secured footage from some of those whose lives have been shattered by the conflict. a warning that this report does contain harrowing scenes of suffering. a day ofjoy and happiness. music and dancing to celebrate a very traditional wedding of a young local man. ali, here on the floor, made a living drumming for parties like this. his three brothers and his young son samir in the green t—shirt came along to join the festivities. and filming these pictures was the groom's uncle. translat

a warning that this report from our correspondent sarah campbell contains a racially—offensive term.n's new violent crime task force. the capital has been reeling from a sharp upturn in murders, shootings and stabbings, as have other cities. against that backdrop and a severe threat from terrorism, the new home secretary came to birmingham knowing he needs police on his side. sajid javid's brother is a serving officer, something he reminded the conference of, recalling in his speech the extremely racially offensive language he witnessed when he joined his brother in a patrol car. teenagers, giving them the middle finger and swearing, and spitting. and, worst of all, at one point when his car approached the lights and slowed down, one teenager leaned over and yelled at my brother "you paki bastard!". he promised rank and file officers that he would prioritise funding. and that a lack of resources can impact on crime. let's reset the relationship between the government and police. i will give you the tools, powers and back—up that you need to get the job done. that funding promised reo

let's speak now to our correspondent sarah campbell, who is in windsorfor us. the long walk. those pictures gracing the front pages of harry and meghan as they travelled in a car to that rehearsal, they were taken here. this is the end of the procession that will happen tomorrow. you can see the royal standards fluttering in the distance. that signifies the queen is in residence and the big event todayis is in residence and the big event today is that doria ragland will meet the queen for afternoon tea. she'll bejoined by meet the queen for afternoon tea. she'll be joined by harry and her daughter. this is a combination. she met the duke and duchess of cambridge yesterday, some of the bridesmaids and page boys and she had also met the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall. this is the meeting together, it's doria and meghan being fully embraced by the royal family. across windsor the final touches are being put to the bunting across the town, and all the places where people are camping out ready for the wedding which is happening injust ready for the wedd

sarah campbell, bbc news, windsor.ed to do, cakes, lego, you name it. it has been confirmed doria ragland will be meeting the queen tomorrow, and to fill us in on all of that, i am joined by our royal correspondence. where are you getting this news from? from the palace media offices, here in windsor doria ragland will meet the queen tomorrow. we know the queen came here, the royal standard is flying over windsor castle, which means the queen is in residence here. she will meet meghan markle's mother here in windsor tomorrow, it is the first time they will have met. but we do know already that doria ragland today met the duke and duchess of cambridge, catherine and william, and their children, prince george and princess charlotte. yesterday afternoon she went to clare nce yesterday afternoon she went to clarence house, fresh from that flight clarence house, fresh from that flight to la —— from la to meet prince charles and the duchess of cornwall, the new in—laws. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall, the new in-l

i'm joined by our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. what's the schedule for today, sarah?s for different occasions. this is big because it is a big royal event. there was a big one for the queen's 90th as well. let's talk about what is going to happen today. shall we go through the order of ceremony and talk about the details? the timings, let's go through the timings. the ceremony starts at 12 o'clock. before that, the special members of the public with a golden ticket, the 1200 members will arrive in the grounds of windsor castle from nine o'clock, just where we are now. prince harry and prince william will arrive at st george ‘s chapel at around 1145. the final wedding guest is due at 850 —— 1155 and that is the queen. at 1159, we will get the first glimpse of meghan markle's dress. she will arrive on the west steps. the service begins at 12 and you can watch it on bbc one. that sounds very normal, but there are some tweaks, and is a modern twists to the ceremony. there are. from the beginning, prince harry and meghan has said this is our service, we wa nt to has said t

sarah campbell will stay with me as well.respondent for the new york times, who's been following the royal wedding developments closely. she's in our central london newsroom. we have been watching the rehearsals morning. those images and pictures is one of the many things that an american audience absolutely loves about all of this? yes, i think american audiences find it completely dazzling and in particular the fact that an american is getting married in this setting, i think they're just going bananas over it. you have used the word bananas. try to let it out a bit more and give a sense to a british audience of what has been said in the last few weeks and months about everything that's going to be happening here in windsor in 48 hours' time. well, i think over the la st two hours' time. well, i think over the last two or three days, the story has sort of taken an unexpected and sharp turn for the chaotic. it is such an orchestrated and sort of orchestrated event. i think what is fascinating to us watching is that something

sarah campbell, royal correspondent,?d, and kilkeel is harry in ireland. i will try to remember those. remarkable day. the duke and duchess of sussex as they never are, among other things. are they going to have a honeymoon? yes, but not immediately. we know that for definite because they are at a garden party hosted by they are at a garden party hosted by the prince of wales on tuesday. we assume they will be going on honeymoon after that. but we have not had any definite news of it. we do not know whether we will be told if they go on honeymoon. we might not even know. they might do is go with a0 weeks, they are going abroad, leave them alone. in the run—up to the wedding, they mention, when they were talking about charity work, the duchess nowjoins the royal foundation alongside the duke and duchess of cambridge. they spoke about wanting to hit the ground running with their campaigning actively wedding. there has been thought that because of her background, because his charities, because he has links abroad anyway, tha

with me as sarah campbell, our royal correspondent. i want to begin with the atmospherics. be different? it will. ithink george ‘s chapel, it will be different? it will. i think all the way along it was known they wanted this wedding to be quite a personal wedding, even though it has to be a big occasion, it is still to reflect on both harry and meghan. if you look at some of the music, as you say, there is a gospel choir singing. i'm not sure we have ever had that at a royal wedding. they will be singing the benny king classic, stand by me. and there is bishop michael currie, an american preacher, from chicago. there is also some of prince harry's influence. the only reading will be by lady jane fellowes, influence. the only reading will be by ladyjane fellowes, one influence. the only reading will be by lady jane fellowes, one of diana princess of wales' sisters. trying to bring both sides of the family together. and we have heard that prince harry will wear a wedding ring. that was something to be taken for granted, that is personal decision? yeah, william didn't. when t

our royal correspondent sarah campbell is in windsor. everybody gearing up for it.ing the steps as meghan markle goes in and as they both come out on the chapel steps. that will all be rehearsed today so they can make sure everything is in place and they know exactly how long each element will take. there will bea each element will take. there will be a lot of disruption here in windsor over the next couple of hours, but giving people the chance who have camped out overnight. we have spoken to some of those people discussing the flavour of what they will see here today and on saturday. regarding the review that was commissioned after the grenfell tower fire, commissioned after the grenfell towerfire, stopping short commissioned after the grenfell tower fire, stopping short of a ban on combustible materials in buildings, new housing secretary james brokenshire i will make a statement in the commons at 12:30pm, a statement on the banning of combustibles will be made by new housing secretary james brokenshire at 12:30pm. you will be able to see that live on the bbc new

a warning, sarah campbell's report contains a racially—offensive term.capital has been reeling from a sharp upturn in murders, shootings, and stabbings. as have other cities. against that backdrop, and a severe threat of terrorism, the new home secretary came to birmingham, knowing he needs the police on his side. sajid javid's brother is a serving officer. something he reminded the conference of. recalling in his speech, the extremely racially offensive language he witnessed when hejoined his brother in a patrol car. teenagers, giving them the middle finger, swearing and spitting. and worst of all, at one point when his car approached lights and slow down, when teenager leaned over and yelled at my brother, "you paki bastard". he promised the rank—and—file officers that he would prioritise police funding. and conceded that a lack of resources can have an impact on crime. let's reset the relationship between the government and the police. i will give you the tools, the powers and the back—up that you need to get the job done. that funding promise reopene

joining me is sarah campbell, our royal correspondent. excitement is building up.iting on the streets. the key timings for people, just to reiterate now, almost too late tomorrow morning, get here as early as possible. windsor is not a big town. this is a rundown of the schedule. one o'clock, they will leave the castle. it would take 25 minutes. they will travel through windsor‘s high street. they will go all the way back to st george's hall for a lunchtime reception by the queen. very exciting. the capacity windsor has allowed for, 120,000 people?” spoke to the police, and the man in charge, a few days ago, and they really don't know how many will come. it has been difficult to plan for. it is a small place, windsor, not like london, with a huge capacity because of the tubes and trains. it is limited, how to get in and out. it will feel very busy. plan carefully. it is hard to predict. even leaving after, hours of queues expected. they are having entertainment along the walk, they wa nt to entertainment along the walk, they want to stagger people leaving. they are

i'm joined now by our royal correspondent sarah campbell. with the news about the prince of wales because of course, it was one of the questions people really wa nted it was one of the questions people really wanted answering. came as the last big question. this statement was released in the last hour, it makes clear that it was meghan markle's decision and that is my understanding. it was her choice that she wanted the prince of wales to walk her down the aisle. the gabba wording... this, my understanding, is after discussion, i'm told the prince of wales is very touched to perform as role. the choir is halfway down the aisle. i'm told it was always the case she would enter the chapel, walked the first part on her own surrounded by her bridesmaids and page boys, than the original plan was she would meet thomas markle, herfather, at the original plan was she would meet thomas markle, her father, at the choir, but now we know she will meet the prince of wales instead. ordinarily be it would not be the subject of comment that the duke of adam