and sirjohn said he hoed with her family. and sirjohn said he heped the _ with her family.he hoped the duke _ with her family. and sirjohn said he hoped the duke of's _ with her family. and sirjohn said he hoped the duke of's funeral i with her family. and sirjohn said - he hoped the duke of's funeral would give princes william and harry a chance to mend their differences. the friction that we are told has arisen is a fiction better ended as speedily as possible. and a shared emotion, a shared grief at the present time because of the death of their grandfather, i think, present time because of the death of their grandfather, ithink, is present time because of the death of their grandfather, i think, is an ideal opportunity stop i hope very much that it is possible to mend any rift that may exist. at much that it is possible to mend any rift that may exist.— rift that may exist. at the chapel near windsor _ rift that may exist. at the chapel near windsor castle, _ rift that may exist. at the chapel near windsor castle, the - rift that may exist. at the chapel near windsor ca

well, 11,900 people follow it, sirjohn.l, you know, that's all fine, but anyway, i mean, i hate - to disappoint people. i'm afraid i don't follow iti so you can carry on saying what you think because i won't know what you have said. _ and there are no trolls on newscast because we love what you have got to tell us about the incredibly complicated elections that we're all going to be reporting on next week, so thank goodness you're here! thank goodnessjohn curtice is on tv. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's adam in the studio. and laura in the same studio but two metres apart, as we still have to be. and chris, 20 yards down the corridor in my little solitary booth of news. now, one week from today, the polls will have closed in scotland, wales and england on a kind of huge, giant set of elections. i'm trying to... can i get them all in one go, do you think? scottish parliament. yes. english local authorities of various types because there are many. senedd, the welsh parliament. police and crime commissioners in e

and sirjohn said he hoped the duke's funeral would give princes william and harry a chance to mend theiron that we are told has arisen is a friction better ended as speedily as possible, and a shared emotion, a shared grief at the present time because of the death of their grandfather, i think, is an ideal opportunity. i hope very much that it is possible to mend any rifts that may exist. at a chapel near windsor castle, the duke of york and the wessexes attended morning service and spoke about the queen. she's...contemplating, - i think is the way i would put it. she described it as having left a huge void in her life. - but we, the family, - the ones that are close, |are rallying round to make surei that we're there to support her. outside buckingham palace, barriers have been erected around the pavements, and stewards have been brought in to discourage people from leaving flowers. but, despite their efforts, bouquets are still being placed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. well, we heard from the duke of york in that report. let's hear more of him paid tribute to his father, recalling a c

scottish parliament elections and we will hear the thoughts of the political scientists and pollster sirjohnurtis on how hollywood could change and the issues most concerning voters. and in england polls will decide who runs more than 140 councils and districts and as a by election in hartlepool and there are also 30 mayoral contests taking place including in london, birmingham, and liverpool. you are watching bbc news. in a week voters across the country will cast their ballots in a series of interactions. there are local councils and mayoral elections across england and national elections in scotland and wales. tonight it will be there voters in wales to hear from the leaders of the main parties in the bbc rails debate. we will be building up to that debate which starts in just under half an hour time. let us take a more detailed look at the elections. it is the biggest elections. it is the biggest election day until the next general election. and because of the cancellation of last year at�*s local elections, i may the 6th, thousands of seats across the uk are up for grabs. in england, pe

britain's former prime minister, sirjohn major, knew the duke. death would leave an enormous gap in the queen's life. i hope she will be given some time and space. i know she is the monarch. i know she has responsibilities, but she has earned the right to have a period of privacy in which to grieve with her family. and sirjohn said he hoped the duke's funeral would give princes william and harry a chance to mend their differences. the friction that we are told has arisen is a friction better ended as speedily as possible, and a shared emotion, a shared grief, at the present time, because of the death of their father, of their grandfather, i think is an ideal opportunity and i hope very much that is possible to mend any rift that may exist. 0utside buckingham palace, barriers have been erected around the pavements and signs are on display to discourage people from leaving flowers. but despite the discouragement, bouquets and personal tributes are still being placed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. daniela relph — our royal correspondent is in windsor

britain's former prime minister, sirjohn major, knew the duke. his death would leave an enormous gap in the queen's life. i hope she will be given some time and space. i know she is the monarch, i know she has responsibilities, but she has earned the right to have a period of privacy in which to grieve with herfamily. and sirjohn said he hoped the duke's funeral would give princes william and harry a chance to mend their differences. the friction that we are told has arisen is a friction better ended as speedily as possible. and a shared emotion, a shared grief at the present time, because of the death of their father, of their grandfather, i think is an ideal opportunity, i hope very much that it is possible to mend any rift that may exist. outside buckingham palace, barriers have been erected around the pavements, and signs have been put up to discourage people from leaving flowers. but despite the discouragement, bouquets and personal tributes are still being placed. this evening, one more family tribute, a written message from princess anne,

sirjohn 0ldham is a health expert who has worked for five governments and ten secretaries of state.er to focus on expanding the existing system. the test, track and trace was built, from my perspective, in the wrong way. if instead of having spent the billions we have creating a new system, we'd spend probably less than that reinforcing the existing system, i think we would have been a lot better off. that failure contributed to a reason that we had a higher death rate and that we had the biggest economic hit from covid of any g7 country. the government says it has "built from scratch the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities in british history" which has "carried out over 110 million covid tests". it says it's worked with highly experienced "partners in the public and private sector" and made it clear that public authorities must achieve value for taxpayers. it says "three new lighthouse labs have opened which are managed by local nhs trusts". now, the uk's biggest testing lab has been hit by an outbreak of coronavirus. it has been reported that a number of scientists at

was professor sirjohn curtice on television? yes, he was! extensively! get some legislation through in time and one of of the pieces of legislation is one that is very controversial for all sorts of reasons and it's the fire safety bill, which was basically the government's attempt to make sure there is never another grenfell. that's right. where they have ended up with is that if you live in a very tall building, there is a fund that can be spent on removing the cladding from your building so that you're safe and there's all sorts of other things in there about whether you have to pay for wardens and patrol the corridors at night but some people are very angry that they have been left out of legislation. that is right. so the fire safety bill was aimed at making homes safer after that awful, awful tragedy in 2017 when more than 70 people lost their lives. but some mps — a few tory mps a lot of labour mps and also a very strong feeling in the house of lords — were trying to extend the financial protection for leaseholders who have basically got stuck in

and sirjohn said he hoped the duke's funeral would give princes william and harry a chance to mend theirferences. the friction that we are told has arisen is a friction better ended as speedily as possible and a shared emotion, a shared grief at the present time, because of the death of their father, of their grandfather, i think is an ideal opportunity, i hope very much that it is possible to mend any rift that may exist. outside buckingham palace, barriers have been erected around the pavements, and signs have been put up to discourage people from leaving flowers. but despite the discouragement, bouquets and personal tributes are still being placed. this evening, one more family tribute, a written message from princess anne, the princess royal, describing her father as "my teacher, my supporter and my critic". "we will almost him," she wrote, "but he leaves a legacy which can inspire us all." and nicholas witchell is here. take us through what is coming up in the days ahead, before the funeral on saturday? fine the days ahead, before the funeral on saturday?— on saturday? one thing toni

and andrew marr will be here on bbc one at 9am tomorrow morning — with guests including sirjohn major

sirjohn ma'or.tin palmer, who worked with prince philip for over 30 years in his capacity as a conservationist and head of the alliance of religions and conservation. thank you very much indeed for being with us. tell us a little bit about prince philip the man because you knew him pretty well. i prince philip the man because you knew him pretty well.— prince philip the man because you knew him pretty well. i did. i think very much — knew him pretty well. i did. i think very much what — knew him pretty well. i did. i think very much what you _ knew him pretty well. i did. i think very much what you saw _ knew him pretty well. i did. i think very much what you saw is - knew him pretty well. i did. i think very much what you saw is what i knew him pretty well. i did. i think| very much what you saw is what he was. he was forthright, he was passionate. he was someone who had a deep fascination for knowledge, for learning things, for engaging with people. he could be very funny. sadly, he is often remem

the former prime minister, sirjohn major, speaking on the bbc�*s andrew marr show, said that the duke would be "an ideal opportunity" for princes william and harry to put aside any differences that may have arisen over the last few years. the friction that we are told has arisen is a friction better ended as speedily as possible. and a shared emotion, a shared grief at the present time because of the death of their grandfather i think is an ideal opportunity. i hope very much that it is possible to mend any rift that may exist. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it will be here in st george's chapel, windsor, so often the setting forjoyful occasions for the royal family, that they will pay their final farewells to the duke next saturday afternoon. buckingham palace is at pains to emphasise that the event will be covid—compliant. everything will happen within the privacy of the castle to avoid crowds gathering. the funeral will be what is known as a ceremonial royal funeral. that's one level down from a state funeral. it will take place at three o'clock next saturday aft

and andrew marr will be here on bbc one at 9am tomorrow morning — with guests including sirjohn majornd drjohn sentamu. but that's all from us, have a very good evening. let's get more now on the tribute paid by prince charles to his father, the duke of edinburgh. this evening, the prince made a statement from his home in highgrove in gloucestershire, in which he praised the duke for his "most remarkable service" to the queen and the country. our correspondentjon kay reports. at highgrove estate in gloucestershire, this is the place that prince charles calls his sanctuary. this is where he comes for privacy and for peace. we know that he travelled from here to windsor yesterday, where the queen is currently, just after his father had passed away. but he's back here now at home, in highgrove, and it was here that he chose to make this statement. and it is partly the statement of the heir to the throne, making a formal expression of gratitude to people across the country and around the commonwealth, but as you'll hear now, it's also a very personal statement as well. it was delivered fr

in moments of instability, what sirjohn major and tony blair. — instability, what sirjohn major and tonyespondent chris page has given me the latest on situations in belfast itself.— belfast itself. after a week of street violence _ belfast itself. after a week of street violence in _ belfast itself. after a week of street violence in various - belfast itself. after a week of. street violence in various parts belfast itself. after a week of - street violence in various parts of northern ireland, the last three nights have been totally quiet. the local and the violence is down to a number of factors —— of the lull. street protests have been called off because of the death of prince philip, they say it's not inappropriate for demonstrations to be held during the period of mourning. they've appeal for people not to take to the streets in protest. church leaders, youth workers, community activists have been on the ground in places where there was trouble last week to try to steer any young people who are turning out, perhaps looking to cause trouble, to try to keep a sense of calm. there's b

in moments of instability, what sirjohn major and tony blair, what mo mowlam and the right honourableur ireland correspondent chris page has the latest on the situation in belfast itself. after a week of street violence in various parts of northern ireland, several towns and cities come the last three nights have been totally quiet. the lull in the violence it's really down to a number of factors. loyalist groups have called off street protests against, for example, the brexit arrangements for northern ireland, because of the death of prince philip. they say it's not appropriate for demonstrations to be held during the period of mourning, so they have appealed for people not to take to the streets in protest. also, and i don't think you can underestimate this, the likes of youth workers, church leaders, community activists have been on the ground in the places where there was trouble last week to try to steer any young people who are turning up perhaps looking to cause trouble, away from those areas to try to keep a sense of calm and there's been a lot of work going on on the ground q

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in the uk, which would make sense because of quarantine ahead of the funeral, and of course we had sirjohnropriate place for harry and william to heal the rift. yes. william to healthe rift. yes, that's right- _ william to healthe rift. yes, that's right. i— william to healthe rift. yes, that's right. i think - william to healthe rift. yes, that's right. | think it - william to healthe rift. yes, that's right. i think it now i william to heal the rift. yes, i that's right. i think it now seems very likely, especially if you do the maths around self—isolation, that harry will be back in the uk. there were reports he was seen at heathrow yesterday afternoon, and he needs five days of isolating and then taking a test in order to be able to safely attend the funeral at the weekend. and yeah, all eyes will be on him and his relationship with his father and his brother william particularly, at the weekend. will we get any sense of the tensions that have clearly been going on, especially after the interview with oprah winfrey? i very much doubt it, i think what we will see, publicly anyway, is ve

back in this country ahead of the funeral on saturday and of course, there was talk yesterday from sirjohnetween william and har . , ~ . �* reconciliation between william and har . , ~ ., �* , harry. yes, i think that'll be the hel of harry. yes, i think that'll be the help of many — harry. yes, i think that'll be the help of many members - harry. yes, i think that'll be the help of many members of- harry. yes, i think that'll be the help of many members of the l harry. yes, i think that'll be the - help of many members of the family. as you said, it is now reported that prince harry has returned to the uk and is isolating in london so that he can safely attend his grandfather's funeral on saturday afternoon, following the covid isolating procedures. clearly, everybody knows there have been strained relationships within the royal family, strained relationships within the royalfamily, after the interview royal family, after the interview that royalfamily, after the interview that they did with 0prah royalfamily, after the interview that they did with oprah winfrey and there is a real hope t

professor sirjohn curtis.joins me now. what is instagram saying about how this happened, and how many complaints do we know it got? it got complaints do we know it got? it got an awful lot — complaints do we know it got? it got an awful lot of— complaints do we know it got? it got an awful lot of complaints. _ complaints do we know it got? it grrt an awful lot of complaints. the way that this has happened, instagram has been looking for a long time to evolve its search feature. search as where lots of big companies, big tech companies make their money. they've been trying to evolve their search feature for some time. a lot of their developers were put on the back burner because of covid, but they are now trying to roll out different types of development and innovations on the platform. 0ne different types of development and innovations on the platform. one of which was trying to search beyond the usual hashtags and usernames. the idea was to try to promote general trends. the idea was to try to promote general

of ireland, the actor joanna lumley, former archbishop york, and the former british prime minister sirjohnmorrow, pubs, cafes and restaurants in england can reopen for customers seated outdoors for the first time in months. let's take a look at what the rules are. firstly, you must only meet in a group of six people or a maximum of two households. there is no longer a need for customers to have a substantial meal with alcohol, but you must order, eat and drink while seated at an outside table. contactless payment is encouraged rather than the use of cash. all those over the age of 16 will have to check in with the nhs test and trace app, or give their contact details to staff. and when being shown to a table or going to the toilet, customers must wear a face covering, unless exempt, and always observe social distancing rules. kate nicholls is the chief executive of uk hospitality and joins us now. kate, good morning. it is the big day, tomorrow is the day that hospitality has been waiting for for a very long time. hospitality has been waiting for for a very long time-— a very long time. ye

in moments of instability, what sirjohn major and tony blair, what mo mowlam and the right honourablethe cameras but nonetheless very effective and very important, to try to quell the unrest in the areas where there was rioting. so now the attention very much turns, as we had in the commons, to the underlying causes, if you like, the politics of the situation. you have unionist politicians and nationalist and cross community parties criticising the government, i suppose for different reasons, in units of the northern ireland protocol, the part of the brexit deal which has resulted in an effective trade border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk that is causing unease amongst loyalists, and also nationalists and the cross community alliance party saying the government needs to be more engaged in northern ireland, for example, there needs to be a summit convened between the british and irish governments under the auspices of a group called the british irish intergovernmental conference which was provided for the good friday agreement. the irish foreign minister simon coveney