at westminster abbey it was a service for nurses after a year of extraordinary strain.a planned monument in central london to emergency workers. every detail carefully sculpted. only the eyes visible on the masked face. the gloves being wearily peeled off at the end of a long shift. a feeling familiar to so many nurses. applause. and nanchirira is one of them. a nurse for 50 years and a covid survivor. last year her colleagues saved her life. thank you. we took nancy to see the statue and cast a critical eye. it is amazing. amazing. do you think that this figure represents the feelings of medics over the past year with what they've had to cope with? does it capture that? it is etched in that face. it is etched in that face, and in those eyes. deep, piercing eyes, looking at the human being helpless on the ward and wondering whether we are going to pull through. a sense of what the final monument will look like. the plan is to call it a 999 cenotaph, but the project is way off the £3 million it needs. 0rganisers want the government to now fund this lasting memorial to th

reporter: honoring the challenges they faced and the care they have given, the westminster abbey services after a year of extraordinary strain. and a permanent tribute to the work of medics. this i the first figure made for a planned monument in central london to emergency workers. every detail call -- carefully sculpted. only the eyes visible on the masked face. the gloves warily peeled off at the end of a long shift. a feeling familiar to so many nurses. nancy is one of them. a nurse for 50 years and a covid survivor. last year, her colleagues saved her life. >> i am truly, truly grateful. from the bottom of my heart. thank you. [applause] reporter: we took nancy to see the statue and cast a critical eye. >> it is amazing. amazing. reporter: do you think that this figure represents the feelings of medics over the past year with what they have had to cope with? does it capture that? >> it is etched in that face. it is etched in that face and in those eyes. deep, piercing eyes, looking at the human being, helpless on the ward and wondering whether we are going to pull through. reporter:

a service has been held at westminster abbey honouring the contribution and sacrifices of nurses and midwives during the coronavirus pandemic. this year's annual florence nightingale commemoration service was held as a service of remembrance. members of the nursing and midwifery professions were joined in the congregation by the prime minister and the health secretary. it's one of the most famous names on the high street. but all debenhams stores will close for good this weekend after 250 years of trading. the new owner boohoo said the business will now run online—only. a number of them closed today. our business correspondent emma simpson has been speaking to two workers who've been with the firm for more than 20 years each. it's the end of an era. it was a great place to work. totally lost its way, - totally lost its way, and this is the result of it. like many towns, debenhams was mansfield's last department store, a big corner of its shopping centre, and these are its final few hours. the end of a chapter forjulie and glenys, too. 75 years of service between them. i have to think

in the uk, a service was held at westminster abbey honouring the contribution and sacrifices of nursesrom jumping off things. four times she has won the cliff diving world series, but last year's championship was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. so rhiannan went looking for a new venue for her daring adventures, and this one was full of hot air, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. as the mists roll through new south wales�* hunter valley, rhiannan iffland prepares herself for the day's events. a little bit of history, making up for a year of obstacles and setbacks. it was really disappointing last year to not have any events and not have anything to push for. that's why this project has been so special to me, because, it's really been something that i've been focusing on, an idea that we came up with at the start of last year that seemed a little bit, uh, you know, out of the ordinary. rhiannan is planning to become the first woman to dive from a moving hot—air balloon. the attempt has to be made under strict conditions, with the wind speed of no more than five kilometres per

in the uk — a service was held at westminster abbey honouring the contribution and sacrifices of nurses karadzic— is to serve the rest of his life sentence in a british jail. the 75—year—old was convicted in 2016 of crimes including genocide, which he carried out during the conflict in the former yugoslavia. the foreign office said he would be transferred to a uk prison from a un detention unit in the netherlands. the colonial pipeline in the united states has restarted operations after being forced to shut down following a cyber attack last friday. colonial pipeline, which supplies forty five percent of the east coasts fuel supply, says the process will take several days to complete. the company will not pay the ransom demanded by the hackers. it has opted instead to rebuild its system with cybersecurity experts. prince william has paid tribute to the police officer who was shot and killed at a custody centre in south london last september. the duke of cambridge laid a wreath in memory of sergeant matt ratana — who had been on duty in croydon. the prince spoke to a number of the new ze

a service has been held at westminster abbey honouring the contribution and sacrifices of nurses andrvice of remembrance. members of the nursing and midwifery professions were joined in the congregation by the prime minister and the health secretary. it's one of the most famous names on the high street. but all debenhams stores will close for good this weekend after 250 years of trading. the new owner boohoo said the business will now run online—only. a number of them closed today. our business correspondent emma simpson has been speaking to two workers who've been with the firm for more than 20 years each. it's the end of an era. it was a great place to work. totally lost its way, - totally lost its way, and this is the result of it.

a service has been held at westminster abbey this afternoon to pay tribute to the efforts of nurses andaced, and the care they've given. at westminster abbey it was a service for nurses after a year of extraordinary strain. the gratitude of every home throughout the world goes to nurses... and a permanent tribute to the work of medics. this is the first figure made for a planned monument in central london to emergency workers. every detail carefully sculpted. only the eyes visible on the masked face. the gloves being wearily peeled off at the end of a long shift. a feeling familiar to so many nurses. applause. and nanchirira is one of them. a nurse for 50 years and a covid survivor. last year her colleagues saved her life. thank you. we took nancy to see the statue and cast a critical eye. it is amazing. amazing. do you think that this figure represents the feelings of medics over the past year with what they've had to cope with? does it capture that? it is etched in that face. it is etched in that face, and in those eyes. deep, piercing eyes, looking at the human being helpless on the

pass westminster abbey on the left—hand side. turning into the sovereign's entrance.staircase. and they will wait their for the other insignia. the cap of maintenance there, which is trimmed with ermine and crimson velvet. that is the cap thatis and crimson velvet. that is the cap that is the reminder of those monarchs being favoured by the pope all those years ago. the pope would give a cap to the monarchs who were in his favour at the time. and then the sword of state, dating back to the sword of state, dating back to the reign ofjames ii. another element of the sovereign's authority. all of them brought into the houses of parliament for a purpose. a very visible purpose, to remind all those present and all those watching of the monarch's authority and reading that queen speech in the house of lords. very different scene to previous years. normally there would be a dismounted attachment of the household cavalry lining the staircase. lots of them young recruits. they are no longer with us because of the restrictions. hopefully they will be back before long. there you

then if we drift a little bit further around, you can also see westminster abbey.ures between nine and 16, may be 17 in prolonged spells of sunshine. through this evening we will carry on with some showers, but overnight, many of them will fade. showers in the south will drift in the direction of the south—east. the weather front in scotland sinking further south. we are not anticipating any issues with frost, although it rural northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland, temperatures can be close to freezing. tomorrow we start dry, think about the weather fronts with the showers in the south—east, but more heavy, thundery and slow—moving showers will develop with some hail, especially in eastern areas. a few in the west but not as many, we will see what sunshine. temperatures similar to today and in the next couple of days, an area similar to today and in the next couple of days, an area of similar to today and in the next couple of days, an area of low pressure comes in from the atlantic, wringing wet and windy weather with it. just before i go i wan

westminster. >> i believe passionately that with the powers of independence, we can do so much more for scotland. >> reporter: this is what remains of kelso abbeyops sacked it in the 16th century. it's in the borders region where paul wheelhouse is fighting for re-election. he's been the energy minister in sturgeon's government. wheelhouse believes brexit and sturgeon's competence during the pandemic have boosted their chances. >> it's not a competition, of course, but we have seen a lower level of deaths in scotland, lower level of infections in scotland, and we have sometimes taken politically courageous decisions that have been unpopular at the time but proved to be right in terms of shutting down parts of the economy earlier than in england. >> reporter: this is the border. on the left bank of the river tweed is scotland, on the right, england. john lamont is a conservative member of the westminster parliant for the scottish borders. >> we need to not only ensure that we defeat the spread of the virus, but we need to deal with economic recovery plan, and that will take some time. so i don't think now is the time for a referendum. >> reporte