— do you make of what happened at trafalgar square? what we have seen toda is a trafalgar square?an rights nightmare, i today is a human rights nightmare, as so— today is a human rights nightmare, as so many— today is a human rights nightmare, as so many campaigners predicted this week, — as so many campaigners predicted this week, whether it is seeing peopie — this week, whether it is seeing people arrested on the way to a demonstration, having placards seized. — demonstration, having placards seized, protesters being arrested simply— seized, protesters being arrested simply for wearing a t—shirt, or been _ simply for wearing a t—shirt, or been threatened with arrest if they were to _ been threatened with arrest if they were to shout, not miking. this is all deepty— were to shout, not miking. this is all deeply concerning and sets a really— all deeply concerning and sets a really dangerous precedent as a democratic nation. you really dangerous precedent as a democratic nation.— really dangerous precedent as a democratic nation. you think it was an arrest under— democratic nation.

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but at least hundreds in trafalgar square. protesters, the anti—monarchy group and the police, but something changed as daniel said as they were getting out of the vans. something to do with the placards, maybe they thought they were going to lock on and it would be a more disruptive protest. we are still waiting for the charges on what grounds they were arrested. shall we talk about how the rest of world saw it. yes. we are joined _ how the rest of world saw it. yes. we are joined by _ how the rest of world saw it. yes. we are joined by an _ how the rest of world saw it. jazz we are joined by an expert. how the rest of world saw it. yes. we are joined by an expert. a - we are joined by an expert. historian and an expert on social media. we were talking, i can't remember whether it was yesterday or thursday, about how it would be relayed and how it would change the perception of the corr nation, compared 1953, because everyone is a reporter, everyone in the report is a reporter beaming the story around the world. . ., . , a re

paul in trafalgar square, thank- 3rt r:::r3 paul in trafalgar square, thank you 3rt rt:r3 paul in trafalgarst likely come into effect in the next few weeks . t 3 the next few weeks. jack in birmingham, thanks very much for updating us there . back to you. updating us there. back to you. of course, a little later . also of course, a little later. also coming up, we'll be heading back to paris because these are the scenes there on this may day with with a slightly different atmosphere to london. there have been marches there in the french caphal been marches there in the french capital, but they have turned violent police there. violent with riot police there. now, as you can see, heading towards the line of the various protesters tear gas canisters being fired a little earlier, as we believe is the situation in nana and protests underway in rennes in the west as well. we'll update you from france in a moment. stay with us here on gb news. live listening to gb news radio. iamb— listening to gb news radio. iand welcome— listening to gb news radio. i and welcome back- listening to gb news radio

daniel sandford, bbc news, in trafalgar square.nwelcome for the democratic spirit of this country. we spoke to her earlier. what we have seen today is a human rights nightmare, as so many campaigners predicted this week, whether it is seeing people arrested on the way to a demonstration, having placards seized, protesters being arrested simply for wearing a t—shirt, or being threatened if they were to shout, not my king. this is all deeply concerning and sets a really dangerous precedent as a democratic nation. do you think it was an arrest under the new laws that were passed in the last week and rushed through in time for the coronation? i think that that may be the case. as we said at the beginning, it is currently unclear. it is interesting. in the run—up to the coronation we saw a toxic combination of new powers and regulations being passed, whether that was the public order act gaining royal assent on tuesday and coming into effect the day after, we have a question now whether police actually understood those powers or whether

daniel sandford, bbc news, in trafalgar square.ere have been few official events but supporters of the constitutional monarchy have been celebrating in their own way. you can definitely hear the sounds, this is an aboriginal smoking ceremony to ward off evil spirits at the start of the coronation celebrations. the constitutional monarchy in has made democracy robust and secure whereas campaigners for a republic say that it is irrelevant to a modern independent country. the labour government promises a referendum in the next few years. in northern ireland, there were coronation tea parties, gun salutes in scotland and special church services in wales, just some of the events marking a moment in history. we will hear from correspondents in cardiff in county tyrone in a moment but first of scotland correspondent lorna gorton has more in edinburgh hundreds of well—wishers marked the crowning of the king by watching the pageantry on a big screen. you the king by watching the pageantry on a big screen.— on a big screen. you cannot beat a

london and westminster, it is unclear whether it's come from a side road or down that road from trafalgar square really busy public highway, isn't it? , a, , y really busy public highway, isn't it? , y, ,, it? yes, it absolutely is, this is one of the _ it? yes, it absolutely is, this is one of the busiest _ it? yes, it absolutely is, this is one of the busiest tourist - it? yes, it absolutely is, this is| one of the busiest tourist spots it? yes, it absolutely is, this is i one of the busiest tourist spots in central london. there are hundreds of people on the street normally, and that will raise those questions about how a car managed to leave the road and get into the position it's in. so of course, not the first security alert around westminster in the past few years — there was an attack on the houses of parliament six years ago in which one police officer was killed, that led to a significant ramping up of security there. i'mjust looking significant ramping up of security there. i'm just looking to my right at the moment, which isjust out there. i'm just looking to my right at the moment,

daniel sandford, bbc news, in trafalgar square.we end our show with some of the highlights of the day. bye for now. your majesty, as children of the kingdom of god, we welcome you in the name of the king of kings. this is the royal law, these are the lively oracles of god. will you to your power cause law and justice in mercy to be executed in all yourjudgment? i will. god save the king! i william prince of wales pledged my loyalty to you. hello there. it is a shame we had so much rain on saturday but things are looking up for sunday, it is going to be the best day of the coronation weekend. it is going to be drier and warmer, possibly the warmest day of the year so far but by the time we get to monday, back into cloud and wet weather. this is the cloud that will bring the rain from the atlantic on monday. in between two weather systems for sunday, hence that drier theme, in between this band of wet weather coming in from the atlantic and the wet weather we had earlier moving out to the north sea. so, dry by the time we get a sunda

daniel sandford, bbc news, in trafalgar square.ws. the royal family and crowds of onlookers looked up for an aerial display fit for a king. the original performance featured more than 60 aircraft — but had to be scaled back due to the rainy weather. and this is what it looked like from inside the cockpit — the red arrows releasing this first—person view shortly after the spetctacle. what you're seeing here is the moment the royal airforce pilots swooped in formation above the streets of london. we wa nt we want to go back to breaking news that recovering from the us state of texas. hundreds of people have been evacuated after a suspected shooting. live pictures there, they are the latest images we're getting from the scene in allen texas, which is just north of the city of dallas. authorities dare say that multiple people have been injured. according to local media the suspected shooter is now dead. the governor of texas has said that our hearts are with the people of allen texas tonight during this unspeakable tragedy. i've been i

will make their way back from westminster abbey via parliament square, along whitehall, around trafalgar square, through the admiralty arch and down the mall. then back to buckingham palace. that's what you're looking at right now. some pompanon agger gp practice before the ceremony on saturday. i want to bring in some guests. joining me live is history professor at boston university arianne chernock, and royal commentator richard berthelsen. great to have you both and i think you are looking at the same pictures i am of these very exciting images if you are a royal watcher, as you are, richer, so tell me what we're looking at, what part of the coronation process? well, as you said, this is the parade back to the palace, the coronation procession of the gold state coach. we haven't seen that _ gold state coach. we haven't seen that in _ gold state coach. we haven't seen that in the _ gold state coach. we haven't seen that in the streets - gold state coach. we haven't seen that in the streets of. seen that in the streets of london since thejubilee, it came out briefly. and we see their horse gua

daniel sandford, bbc news, in trafalgar square. extraordinary images from the day. do check those out. we're going to end our show with some highlights on this historic day. thank you for your company. bye for now. bye for now. music: "zadok the priest" by george frideric handel. you majesty as children in the name of god we welcome you as the king of kings. of god we welcome you as the king of kins. , , ., , kings. this is the royal law, these are the likely _ kings. this is the royal law, these are the likely articles _ kings. this is the royal law, these are the likely articles of— kings. this is the royal law, these are the likely articles of god. - kings. this is the royal law, these are the likely articles of god. will| are the likely articles of god. will ou do are the likely articles of god. will you do your _ are the likely articles of god. ll you do your power because law and justice in mercy, to be executed in all yourjudgment? i justice in mercy, to be executed in all yourjudgment?— god save the king! god save the king!

daniel sandford, bbc news, in trafalgar square.ty and inclusion were important elements, also in any previous coronation. the contributions from buddhist, jewish, buddhists and seek representatives. aleem maqbool. for a church of england cleric, there is no bigger task than conducting a coronation, so how was the archbishop ahead of it? i'm fine! i'm looking forward to it, really. as were the first women bishops to have a role in the coronation. to have been asked to be a part of it — notjust to look on but to actually take part in it — is going to be indelibly imprinted on my mind and that of my family — and, actually, ofjamaica. chuckles. which is where the bishop of dover was born. she, archbishop welby and other bishops involved chose to get to westminster abbey on foot. the chief rabbi was walking there, too. in a sign of the type of occasion this was, to accommodate his observance of the jewish sabbath, he had a sleepover at st james's palace, so he didn't have to use a car. and though the new multi—faith elements of the day

in terms of protest is that i religious and any group in trafalgar square, there is no problem, none ere there, as far as i am aware. , , ., .., that were there, as far as i am aware. , , ., _, .., that were there, as far as i am aware. , ., i. aware. just for context, can you tell us how — aware. just for context, can you tell us how many _ aware. just for context, can you tell us how many people - aware. just for context, can you tell us how many people were i aware. just for context, can you | tell us how many people were in central london that day, roughly, in terms of numbers? taylor hundreds of thousands. in terms of the footprint itself, the numbers were constrained just through the organisers maintaining public safety, but across the oh footprint there would have been hundreds of thousands of people in central london. the exact numbers i don't know. you've given us an idea of that, when you're replacing any number of people, or that size of population, then the safety and security of those people and everyone else in the area where they are is paramount. riff the area where th

this street, whitehall, which runs between trafalgar square| which runs between trafalgar square andis pretty much back to normal, the traffic is flowing on both sides of the road, but as you can see the car crashed into the gates earlier is still there. what we know from the last few minutes as updates from police that this is not being treated as terror related at the moment, but someone has been arrested, they were arrested at about liz20pm this afternoon, so a couple hours have gone now in the uk. the prime minister in the chancellery both in downing street at the time, they are not any more although they were due to leave anyway, but there is a back entrance so we shouldn't read too much into that at the moment. but there are still lots of unanswered questions about this story— how the car got first the security cordon here to hit those gates, and what happened, whether there was a motive, whether something untoward was going on? we just don't know the answer at the moment. police are continuing to look into it. moment. police are continuing to look into it— look into it. nick,

with the _ soaked out there on trafalgar square with the anti—monarchy protesters.lacards and they were taken away to a police _ placards and they were taken away to a police station. i interviewed a protester— a police station. i interviewed a protester in handcuffs before he was taken _ protester in handcuffs before he was taken away and he said the police had raised — taken away and he said the police had raised questions about luggage straps— had raised questions about luggage straps holding placards on the back of their— straps holding placards on the back of their van, straps holding placards on the back of theirvan, saying straps holding placards on the back of their van, saying they could be used _ of their van, saying they could be used to— of their van, saying they could be used to lock on. it is now an offence _ used to lock on. it is now an offence to— used to lock on. it is now an offence to lock on during a protest under— offence to lock on during a protest under laws — offence to lock on during a protest under laws passed this week. the protests— unde

the protesters were at trafalgar square. but some of the protest leaders were arrested.et - cannot be opposition. human rights groups said the arrests set a - groups said the arrests set a dangerous precedent, on the back of new protest laws passed this week. but the demonstration went ahead without its leaders. the service is being relayed to the crowd and every time the name king charles is mentioned, the anti—monarchy demonstrators start chanting, not my king. among the thousands in london, this was a protest by a few hundred people, but to the annoyance of others, they made their voices heard, even as the king rode back to the palace. there will be more debate about that in the morning papers and we will see what charges are made again vs those who were arrested. but king charles has been crowned, a ceremony rich with music, symbolism and we will end this hour with some of the highlights of the day from the coronation. as children god we welcome you as the king of kings. this as children god we welcome you as the king of kings.— the king of kings. this is the royal l

we regret those six people arrested were unable to join the wider group of protesters in trafalgar squarere on the procession route. the met added that officers had been proved to be extremely vigilant and proactive because of information that people were looking to seriously disrupt the event. we were looking to seriously disrupt the event. ~ ., were looking to seriously disrupt the event. ~ . ., ., were looking to seriously disrupt the event. ~ . . ., ., ., the event. we want an extra nation while we had _ the event. we want an extra nation while we had four— the event. we want an extra nation while we had four months - the event. we want an extra nation while we had four months of- while we had four months of briefings in which we were told all of our plans were acceptable and within the law and then we were arrested. we want to know where those decisions came from. i'd like to know whether there is any pressure from the home office and home secretary and i would like a very clear and frank admission and an apology. very clear and frank admission and an apology-— an apology. graham smi

the day we had stayed the previous two nights in a hotel on st martin slang, we went down to trafalgar squarember of pieces of equipment including ourflags and with a number of pieces of equipment including our flags and application equipment, we were immediately approached by a number of officers including the bronze commander who seemed not being helpful but seemed quite hostile and seemed to give the impression that he didn't know who we were or what we were doing or what our intentions were, and they were being, i actually texted a message to the liaison officer saying your officers are being somewhat difficult. i then went up the road to meet my colleague who was driving the van down from north london with the placards, he was having some difficulty navigating so i jumped having some difficulty navigating so ijumped in the van with him and we parked up on st martin slang, opened the back of the door and immediately, we were surrounded by large numbers of tactical support group officers who were not in remotely friendly or helpful mindset, they immediately told us to stop what we were doi

time 1.000, the protesters are planning to gather on the way of the solemn celebration and in trafalgar squarelondon writes a delimail notes that the police have already begun to detain anti- monarchists who come out with posters. the second honor to know the european union is ready to pay ukrainian refugees to go home, according to the irish newspaper irish exam , the eu country plans to soon consider a number of policy measures regarding options for dealing with ukrainian refugees. in particular, brussels proposes to pay compensation to ukrainians so that they return home, while those who can find a job or start studying will be able to obtain a residence permit. obama should not win the us elections, so joe biden believes the us president has once again demonstrated his maiden memory and talent-reservations. we can't let obama, we can't let the same person who was president 4 years ago become president again in this election. announcer about what the difference is between him and trump, biden emphasized thrice in everything sleepy joe also showed his ability in the chronology stated that he

trafalgar square, down whitehall— round from trafalgar square, down whitehall onto parliament spurret door. so it's. 1.4, two miles, almost a mile and a tott— two miles, almost a mile and a tott. tte— two miles, almost a mile and a mm to o— two miles, almost a mile and a half. it's a significant route , half. it's a significant route, too— half. it's a significant route, too temptty— half. it's a significant route, too lengthy route. it's not as tome— too lengthy route. it's not as tome oe— too lengthy route. it's not as long to tte— too lengthy route. it's not as long as the close— too lengthy route. it's not as long as the close to four mile route— long as the close to four mile route that— long as the close to four mile route that we _ long as the close to four mile route that we saw— long as the close to four mile route that we saw back in 1953. for route that we saw back in 1953. tor tte— route that we saw back in 1953. for the queen's— route that we saw back in 1953. for the queen's coronation back in for the queen's coronation back m that— for the queen's coronation back m tha

he's allowed to go in trafalgar stutte— allowed to go in trafalgar square-shout- allowed to go in trafalgar it. the fact that police have to into account freedom of to take into account freedom of expression and weigh all these things this important right things up, this important right that all before taking that we all have before taking action have been action now the tories have been blamed overzealous blamed for being overzealous with legislation on with this legislation on protest. do you think they're tene— do you think they're using sledgehammer crack using a sledgehammer to crack a nut netee — using a sledgehammer to crack a nut netee ne.— using a sledgehammer to crack a nut here? no, i— using a sledgehammer to crack a nut here? \vit : using a sledgehammer to crack a nut here? \it : nut here? no, i supported this legislation. in fact, i was the minister it minister who helped put it through and think it was through and i think it was absolutely we did so absolutely right. we did so because i tell we'd be because i can tell you we'd be up a lot for a lot of up to a lot for a lot of

i will be on trafalgar square with _ tomorrow? i will be on trafalgar square with quite _ tomorrow?tomorrow? i will be on trafalgar square with quite a lot - tomorrow? i will be on trafalgar square with quite a lot of - tomorrow? i will be on trafalgar| square with quite a lot of people coming down. about 2000 people. we will come down to protest right at the edge of the procession, so we hope we will be impossible to ignore, as the processing goes to the abbey and on the way back to. the security night, people can see behind us, it's very tight. have you had an open conversation with the police? had an open conversation with the olice? ~ �* , ., ., had an open conversation with the olice? ~ �* , ., ~ ., police? we've been talking to the olice police? we've been talking to the police since _ police? we've been talking to the police since january, _ police? we've been talking to the police since january, so _ police? we've been talking to the police since january, so we've - police? we've been talking to the| police since january, so we've had police since january, so we've had two f

were overzealous policing, people under pressure to keep control around that corner, around trafalgar squaream: the people arresting us were members of what they call the tsg, territorial support group, highly trained officers that are under orders to detain us. they had no grounds whatsoever to do so but they did so anyway. christian: what sort of support have you had since the arrest? graham: we have been inundated. we have been absolutely inundated with support, thousands of new members, ousands and thousands of pounds coming in for donations. lots of practical and legal help. huge amounts of public support, support from people around the world. this news, i'm told, is making news in mexico. right around the world this is part of the coverage of the coronation, and i think it is shameful that this has had to be a part of the coverage. christian: graham smith, thank you for coming on the program. on any bank holiday, the ports here are busy as people head to europe to enjoy a long weekend, but post brexit there have been occasions where there have been long tailbacks. the eu is considering

voices were heard on coronation day, even by the king and queen as the gold state coach past trafalgar squarepolice say they had no intention of silencing these protests and expressed regret for what happened earlier in the day, the arrest of six people appearing to take part. the anti-meineke group had prior permission to hold a protest but as the group leader and others unpacked their placards that morning, the police move it in -- moved in, acting on the suspicion they attended to -- intended to lock onto objects >> . this is a demonstration of what happens when you have incredibly broad, overreaching and draconian authorization rushed through with limited scrutiny. that creates new and expensive powers, including new offenses of locking on, expanding stop and search powers as well as protest banning orders. that together creates what one parliamentary committee has called a hostile environment for protests. >> i'm simply holding a banner in westminster and i'm being arrested for my actions. reporter: dozens of arrests were made that day. some apparently arbitrary. the metropolitan police

hundreds of soldiers, many on horseback, marched down from buckingham palace past trafalgar square, andlo there. many of us had some beautiful late spring sunshine on wednesday. in fact, in bournemouth, there was just over 13 hours of sunshine, a glorious day. but top temperature, well, that was in south wales, in gwynedd, just shy of 20 celsius, and it felt very pleasant indeed. now it's not out of the question that we could see 20 celsius on thursday, but the weather story is certainly on the change with low pressure starting to move in from the southwest. so as we go through the day on thursday, it's a tale of three halves, really — we've got cloud driving in off the north sea, affecting eastern england and northeast scotland. we've got rain pushing into the southwest — and sandwiched in between the two, that's where the best of the sunshine is likely to be, and that's where we'll see the best of the warmth. the breeze still coming from an east direction, so with exposure, that's just going to add a slight edge to things. a little more shelter, it'll feel pleasant enough with highs o

the police spotted a van near trafalgar square there were members of the anti—monarchy group called republichings like, "not our king". the police started investigated inside the find they found inside the van they found some leather straps. the group, republic, said those straps were used just to hold the placards down but at the time, the police decided they could have been used as devices to strap on to an object or building to cause significant disruption. six members of the group were arrested and detained for a number of hours. today the met issued a long statement where they have reviewed the evidence and they decided they can't prove those leather straps would have been used to lock on, so all six members of the group have been released and there'll be no further action taken, and they say they regret that the arrests were made. you have been watching newsday. to remind you of the breaking news, the israeli military has carried out supplied air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamicjihad militant group. islamic jihad militant group. that islamicjihad milit

we intended to be in large numbers on trafalgar square near the procession route, as well as having smallerprocession route and we were very clear about that with the metropolitan police, over the last four months and they repeatedly said, right up until friday that they had no concerns about our protest plans, they were well aware of what we were going to do and they would engage with us and not obstruct us. they have repeatedly lied about their intentions and i believe they had every intention of arresting us prior to doing so. our correspondent sanchia berg has more on this. i spoke today to the metropolitan police. they said the commissioner wasn't able to respond today, but he might be able later in the week. meanwhile, a little bit more information about those people who have been charged. as you said, over 60 people, 64 people were arrested. of those, only four have been charged. two have not been charged with any kind of public order offence. they have been charged with possession of class a drugs. two others have been charged with a public offence, but this is a pre—existing part o

palace to the abbey will see the king and queen consort travel by carriage down the mall to trafalgar squareoute but will be much larger. so security remained tight here this weekend over the weekend to make sure everything goes smoothly. police here is the too. a tourist attraction for those visiting in their own right. this is the first time many will have seen a coronation and it will be a big job for those on duty. the us surgeon general has declared loneliness and epidemic. he is the first surgeon general to issue an advisory on it and in a report on tuesday conveyed the health risks of social isolating to smoking a dozen cigarettes a day. his office is proposing a national framework to rebuild social connection and community in america. about one and two americans is experiencing measurable levels of loneliness and in a recent study america spentjust 20 minutes a day with friends, that's down from 60 minutes two decades ago. less time with friends left no feeling of isolation. young people are feeling the strain more than most. those aged between 15 to 2a reported a 70% drop in time sp

palace to the abbey will see the king and queen consort travelling by carriage down the mall of trafalgar squareg to the abbey. the return coronation procession will use the same route but will be much larger. and so, security will remain tight here, both this week and over the weekend, to make sure everything goes smoothly. police here have other duties, too. a tourist attraction for those visiting in their own right. this is the first time many will have seen a coronation and it will be a big job for those on duty. frances reid, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more details on saturday's police operation and joins us now from south london. daniel, thousands of officers are going to be involved in this? yes. going to be involved in this? yes, the are going to be involved in this? yes, they are describing _ going to be involved in this? yes, they are describing it _ going to be involved in this? yes, they are describing it as - going to be involved in this? 133 they are describing it as one of going to be involved in this? 1&1: they are describing it as one of the mos

across to become towns of the night for those po, positions along the miles throughout multi ox trafalgar square. but they may catch a glimpse of some of the end table. and the key demonstrates is that that y tool, past number 10, downing street and then send it off, and then into column and square broad century, and eventually arriving at the great west door. all the abbey for that services you described is the other side of the crowd, is really quite ecstatic at this point. remember, this is ground 0. this is the headquarters of the monarchy. the people who come here as a say of the most 5 is that they would treat to you to a name from to walk about yesterday on the mile by the king and by the prince and princess of wales, kate and william one was to describe it as the best day of her life, and i was a little early this morning meeting and greeting people arriving in green park not far, far from where i'm standing. this is what they have to say. what does it mean to you to be why? because because i think with the royal families. right. so yeah, show you support. yeah, we might not live long en

to westminster abbey will see the king and queen consort travel by carriage down the mall to trafalgar squaresion will use the same route but which will be much larger. security will remain tight both this week over the weekend, to make sure that goes smoothly. police here have other duties. a tourist attraction for those visiting in their own right. this is the first time many will have seen a coronation and it will be a big job for those on duty. there was a new political drama among the most watched programmes on netflix, it is called the diplomats and is case, and it is about as us ambassador to the uk. but people are questioning how realistic it is. will come to london, ambassador. i am the ambassador�*s wife. that is a flavour of the fiction, of the reality of the real us embassy in london has been watching and has been responding. the diplomat is the number—one epic show in the uk right now. here are some facts they got right and wrong. 50. what a proud tradition you have. now, _ 50. what a proud tradition you have. now. this _ 50. what a proud tradition you have. now. this is — 50. wh

movement were arrested in london, crimean smith was detained by police officers on the way to trafalgar squarents of the monarchy gathered their actions, employees the activists were not explained to the police in a democracy. you must not arrest people for the peace protest. i'm not going to enter into a discussion, so the occasion, and not arrested, period. it is known that on the eve of the coronation, the british government instructed the police to strictly suppress possible riots in order to control the streets of scotland, they decided to use surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition systems, the protesters, who nevertheless passed through the center of london, were constantly accompanied by the police. in it at the time, charles iii and his wife camila were all in the ministerial abbey, where, starting from william the conqueror, the british kings were crowned, under the ancient throne , according to tradition, lay the stone of fate or the skunk stone, which in the 12th century the british took away from the scottish monarchs. charles iii became the fortieth british king, wh

escort, will head up the mall through admiralty arch, then will pass along the south side of trafalgar squareas been the location for coronations since 1066. king charles�*s will take around two hours. and so not long after 1:00, the coronation procession back to buckingham palace will begin. just as queen elizabeth did in 1953, the newly crowned king and queen will travel in the gold state coach. 70 years ago, the late queen's return trip was more than four miles long, taking in oxford street and regent street. on saturday, the couple will return the way they came, along whitehall and the mall. it will, however, be a much grander procession back, involving 4,000 service personnel. once the procession is over, the mall will be reopened, allowing the crowds to surge forward. at 2:30, the raf will perform the coronation fly—past with the king and the queen watching on from the buckingham palace balcony. sarah campbell, bbc news. we will have to hope for some good weather. stav is here. laughter don't look at me like that! the bank holiday weekend... if you are watching, good evening. after the

a chance to put an end to the thousand-year monarchy symbolically, the protest took place in trafalgar square near the statue of charles the first, who was beheaded. in 1649, this led to a short-lived republic. protests also took place in in scotland and wales, where participants held placards with the inscriptions, abolish the monarchy, feed the people, polls show that the majority of britons want to have a royal family, but there is a tendency to decrease in support, a terrible road accident in turkey, in the balan district of the city, a house and a truck that went out of control of the driver flew into a crowd of people, according to preliminary data, 12 people were killed, 31 people were injured, the truck also hit parked cars, 12 cars were damaged , four of which burned down, 22 arrived at the scene ambulances and three rescue teams texas murder a gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven at a mall in the northern town of allen, police said who came to the call killed the shooters with victims from five to 61. the governor of texas, greek abbott, called the shooting

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nurses who are striking were joined by other unions, marching all the way to trafalgar square behindurses who say they should be paid as they would argue more clearly than they are for the update merge into a crowd of other mayday protesters here, other striking people, other people protesting. i heard somebody talking about workers' rights behind. in the melee behind us nurses were returning to south at university hospital earlier essay they don't feel that not being paid fairly they feel that nurses have around a 10% cut over the years. tonight walk—out ends at midnight. the nhs are advising people who do have a genuine emergency to call 999 as they normally would. if it's not an emergency call 111. the reason the walk—out stops at midnight is that the government took the royal couege the government took the royal college of nursing to court for the originally they had planned to strike into tomorrow. but their mandate for strikes originally some months ago, ran out in the six month point if they would want to do any more strikes they will have to ballot members. for now everything

buckingham palace at 10:20am bst as we understand it, that will move along from the mall to trafalgar squareore turning into parliament square and broad sanctuary to reach the great western of westminster abbey. reach the great western of westminsterabbey. in reach the great western of westminster abbey. in the last few minutes, we have seen a carriage go through those arches. a lot of the preparations that are taking place today is to ensure that this momentous occasion obviously is the absolutely perfect when it's takes place over the weekend. and it is an opportunity as well to mark the historical significance of this event, butjust to say historical significance of this event, but just to say that historical significance of this event, butjust to say that in a break from tradition, event, butjust to say that in a breakfrom tradition, king charles and queen consort camilla will be in the diamond jubilee state coach, we understand, ratherthan jubilee state coach, we understand, rather than the older more uncomfortable gold state coach. let's leave that scene for now and tell you about the

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we intended to be in large numbers on trafalgar square near the procession route, as well as having smalleression route and we were very clear about that with the metropolitan police over the last four months and they repeatedly said, right up until friday that they had no concerns about our protest plans, they were well aware of what we were going to do and they would engage with us and not obstruct us. they repeatedly lied about their intentions and i believe they had every intention of arresting us prior to doing so. with more on this from the newsroom is our correspondent sanchia berg. there has been criticism of these arrests. figs there has been criticism of these arrests. �* , , ., there has been criticism of these arrests. ~ , , ., , ., ., , arrests. as you 'ust heard from gwen smith of arrests. as you just heard from gwen smith of republics, _ arrests. as you just heard from gwen smith of republics, and _ arrests. as you just heard from gwen smith of republics, and i _ arrests. as you just heard from gwen smith of republics, and i spoke - smith of republics, and i spoke today to the

several hundred anti—monarchy protestors in trafalgar square jeered during the service, as it was relayedmonarchy group said six of their members had been arrested. joining me now is the royal historian and biographer, robert lacey. we have been watching it together and i think if you were to distill the several hours of rich pageantry we have just watched you could probably start with the simple oath the king made right at the beginning of the ceremony. i come here, he said, not to be served but to serve. yes, clearly king charles�*s theme that he is articulating with such feeling. for me it was the expression of feeling that was new in the service. the queen did her duty brilliantly but in some ways elizabeth ii, there was always something rather sinks like about her. i think people will have identified more with king charles, to see him worried. he seemed agonised, the only person not enjoying what was going on. he seemed to have the cares of the nation on his shoulders. as those clothes were put on him, he became more and more the king, more and more and more the king, more and more s

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he intended to be in large numbers on trafalgar square at near the procession route, as well as havinghs and they repeatedly set right up until friday that they had no concerns about our protest plans, they were well aware of what we were going to do and they would engage with us and not obstruct us. they repeatedly lied about their intentions and i believe they had every intention of arresting us prior to doing so. the prime minister of the caribbean nation of st kitts and nevis has told the bbc his country is "not totally free" as long as king charles iii remains head of state. dr terrance drew said he would welcome an apology from the monarchy for its historic role in the slave trade. there are ia commonwealth realms or countries where the king remains head of state. 0ur correspondent celestina 0lulode reports. the shifting tides of constitutional change. this tiny island is reconsidering its relationship with the crown. the prime minister of st kitts and nevis says he wants to give people a say on who the head of state should be. the head of state still resides with the monarchy in

from buckingham palace to the abbey will see the king and queen consort travel by carriage to trafalgar square security will remain tight yet both this week and over the weekend to make sure everything goes smoothly. pelissier have other duties too, a tourist attraction for those visiting in their own right —— police here have other duties too. it is the first time anyone had seen a coronation and it will be a big job for those on duty. let's go live now to buckingham palace and our correspondent ellie price. hi, the party had really started already, we are three days out. there is a garden party going on in buckingham palace as we speak as part of the celebrations, several thousand people have walked past us in their glad rags and just before we came an air a cavalcade of cars came past, we think it might be somebody royal because everybody cheered but we could not see who it was. i willjust introduce you to these ladies who have been here since last night. the weather is much better today.— since last night. the weather is| much better today.- why since last night. the weather is i much bett