worcester cathedral band arctic could bejust that. —— worcester cathedral band arctic could be just thater cathedral band arctic could bejust that. —— found out that it could be just that. now, time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. england's new test captainjoe root says he's privileged to be given the role. can manchester city re—establish their place in the top four with a win at bournemouth? and given a boot by the rfu, former sale winger tom arscott is found guilty of passing on confidential team information. joe root has described it as a "a huge honour" to be given the england cricket test captaincy. the batsman, who succeeds alastair cook, says he feels "privileged, humbled and very excited." can he continued to produce the runs now he has the added responsibility as captain? a tremendous performance. root has played magnificently. magnificent hundred from root. in really tough circumstances. he is the dynamo of the england team. joe root has got used to being english cricket's great hope. now he faces something newer. great responsibility. the way i

course, her husband king charles, unwell too, and, this is her after the religious service at worcester cathedralmeeting and greeting , cathedral today, meeting and greeting, doing her cathedral today, meeting and greeting , doing her duties, greeting, doing her duties, going about everything as normal . but, as tom says, representing the royal family. >> yes . and this is, of course, >> yes. and this is, of course, a slimmed down senior royal family, far slimmer than the original plans for a slimmed down royal family two senior royals out of action, both undergoing treatment for cancer. and it is actually quite interesting to see how both camilla and william have stepped up and really been been carrying out far more, duties and far larger of a role than they had previously done. and then they had thought that they would be doing. and i wonder if it has brought camilla and william closer together. these two people who seem to be people who now seem to be spearheading the royal family in all that they do, and it's absolutely beautiful. >> cathedral, worcester cathedral. have you ever been there? >

and the freak accident that meant a bellringer had to be rescued 80 feet up at worcester cathedral.ing up, england's new test captain says he is privileged and humbled to be replacing alastair cook. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and security failings at one of britain's biggest prisons. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama team spent two months working as a prison officer at a privately—run prison in northumberland. he found inmates threatening staff and even a hole in a prison security fence. the ministry ofjustice says it's looking into the allegations. here's our special correspondent ed thomas. undercover in one of our biggestjails. bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and the staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. and for two months, bbc panorama's joe fenton. on his first day, 2.5 kilograms of spice, an illegal high with a prison value of £250,000, was found in two cells. despite

this was the queen a short while ago being greeted outside worcester cathedral.aundy thursday is a major fixture on the royal calendar. normally the monarch, who is the head of the church of england, presents special coins to people recognised for their community service. king charles isn't there today because of his cancer treatment. but he's recorded a message praising those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need". ladies and gentlemen, it is for me a great sadness that i cannot be with you all today. the maundy service has a very special place in my heart. it has its origin in the life of our lord, who knelt before his disciples and, to their great surprise, washed their travel—weary feet. and as we have just heard, in doing so, he deliberately gave to them and to us all an example of how we should serve and care for each other. in this country, we are blessed by all the different services that exist for our welfare. but, over and above these organisations and their selfless staff, we need and benefit greatly from those who extend the

this was the queen a short while ago being greeted outside worcester cathedral.dar. normally the monarch, who is the head of the church of england, presents special coins to people recognised for their community service. king charles isn't there today because of his cancer treatment. but he's recorded a message praising those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need". hear the gospel of our lord jesus christ according to stjohn. before the feast of the passover, when jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart from this world, having loved his own, hi loved them unto the end. and super being ended, the devil having put into the heart ofjudas to betray him, jesus knowing that the father has given all things into his hands and that he was come from god and went to god, he rises from supper and laid aside his garments and took and laid aside his garments and took a towel and girded himself. after that, he poureth water into a basin and began to wash the disciples�* feet. he come to peter and peter said, lord, dust thou wash my fee

tell me ringing at worcester cathedral. tell m e exa ctly ringing at worcester cathedral. ready to ring. is this rope was coming down, he was just down here and the rope slipped up in his ankle and he went flying up in the air. it flipped him 180 degrees, so he came down headfirst, caught his head here. then he caught his back and he landed across. a quite nasty accident. a lot of blood coming out of his head. straightaway we got the first aid kit. we were concerned about his back. we got him co mforta ble, about his back. we got him comfortable, some of us are first aid trained. we phoned up the ambulance service, they were here in ten minutes. the paramedics assessed him and then the rescue services came. the emergency services operated highly well? brilliant. the paramedics assessed in, then the fire brigade came to assess the situation. they'd been here to do a lot of practices. the tower is open to the public so we know how to get them down if we need to. then they brought a specialist rescue unit. they reaped some rights to the top of the tower, we opened up the trap

this was the queen a short while ago being greeted outside worcester cathedral.oyal calendar. normally the monarch, who is the head of the church of england, presents special coins to people recognised for their community service. king charles isn't there today because of his cancer treatment. but he's recorded a message praising those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need". ladies and gentlemen, it is for me a great sadness that i can't be with you all today. the maundy service has a very special place in my heart. it has its origin in the life of our lord, who knelt before his disciples, and, to their great surprise, washed their travel—weary feet. and as we have just heard, in doing so, he deliberately gave to them and to us all an example of how we should serve and care for each other. in this country, we are blessed by all the different services that exist for our welfare, but over and above these organisations and their selfless staff, we need and benefit greatly from those who extend the hand of friendship to us, especially in a

queen camilla deputising for king charles outside worcester cathedral, live pictures from the cathedral showers and rain. dry weather around. today, blustery showers, long spells of rain at times in coastal gales. the south—west of england and the channel islands, some costs around 60 to 65 miles an error. the deep low pressure descending. we have seen how heavy downpours across eastern areas of northern ireland. here the rain should clear as we head through the rest of the afternoon, some showers perhaps by the time we get to the end of the day. the rain will push into central and northern areas of scotland. otherwise, thundery showers going north, squalid gusts of wind in association with the showers, some hailstones. temperatures in double figures, cooler across northern ireland and eastern scotland but the brisk easterly wind. as we head through this evening and overnight, a lot of showers, watch out for icy stretches as this skies clear across northern ireland. long spells of rain in north—western scotland perhaps. clear spells across the midlands and into north wales and northern

a bell—ringer at worcester cathedral had to be rescued by the emergency services on saturday evening—year—old, who was one of 20 bell—ringers in the bell tower, fractured a bone in his back. sima kotecha is at the cathedral. so, what exactly happened, then? well, 51—year—old ian bowman was visiting this cathedral, worcester cathedral, with several other bell—ringers, when he was involved in an accident. he was in the ringing room, just above me here, where you can see those four lights. he was running some bells when a piece of rope got tangled round his foot. he was pulled several feet up into the air, and then he fell down several feet, banging his into the air, and then he fell down severalfeet, banging his head. i'm joined by grant wills from the hereford and worcester fire investors service. thank you very much forjoining us. how conflict was this operation? we're talking about winching him down 80ft? these kind of operations are compact and challenging. it was a team effort. we worked with our colleagues from the bill and service to the best rescue we possibly could for this in

well, sadly one man at worcester cathedral knows first hand. good evening and welcome to bbc news. bbc investigation has exposed widespread drug abuse and security failings at one of britain's biggest prisons. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama team spent two months working as a prison officer at a privately—run prison in northumberland. he found inmates threatening staff and even a hole in a prison security fence. the ministry ofjustice says it's looking into the allegations. here's our special correspondent ed thomas. undercover in one of our biggestjails. bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and the staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more than 1,300 inmates. and for two months, bbc panorama's joe fenton. on his first day, 2.5 kilograms of spice, an illegal high with a prison value of £250,000, was found in two cells. despite this, panorama was told there was no lockdown, so the block could be completely searched. the bbc secretly filmed inmates high on drugs. this man had

thank you, many thanks, phil mackie at worcester cathedral.says levels of electronic waste are rising five times faster than recycling programmes can cope, and the un is urging us all to clean out our cupboards. here's harriet bradshaw. does this look familiar? everybody has piles of stuff. things like old phones, broken things. stuff you're worried about, well, is there data on it? i think back in the day, my dad would have had a shed full of jars of screws. and the modern dad has a drawer full of 15 old mobiles. new research by material focus suggests paul is not alone in his hoarding habits of old electricals. we've all probably got a drawer of doom which has got cables in there that we don't know what they're for. it's got a dvd remote for a dvd player that we lost a long, long time ago. uk householders now seem to be holding onto 30 items, whereas four years ago it was around 20 items. so, it seems to be growing as an issue. so, why should we care? when we look at electrical items, there's lots of precious materials in there, lots of prec

we just want to bring you some pictures now from worcester, worcester cathedral, where queen camilla. traditional royal maundy thursday service. this was the queen a short while ago outside the cathedral. chris mitchell had this reaction. "just seen your presenter cut an interview short very abruptly to bring us pictures of queen camilla entering a building for maundy thursday celebrations. surely these few seconds of pictures could have been recorded and broadcast with a slight delay rather than cutting the interviewee off so rudely." and if one interruption to bring you footage of a member of the royal family wasn't enough, here's the premature end of an edition of panorama shown on the news channel on sunday. good morning. how can i help? will ravenhill has been an estate agent in leicester for 35 years. he says immigration has increased demand... and i apologise very quickly for interrupting the panorama programme there. we're taking you live to windsor castle where we are going to see shortly, king charles. as it happened, the king didn't make an appearance for another 12 minutes

got caught in a row that he was flipped upside down. 51—year—old ian bowman was was visiting worcester cathedralp on saturday was ruined by an accident. mr bowman was ringing the bell here along with somebody else who was standing on this box. he was on tip toes to give himself more leverage, but this rope got tangled around his foot and he was pulled up into the air several feet, and was then dropped back down the same distance, hitting his head on the edge of this box here. these are dangerous, they are the biggest musical instruments in the world. we are very careful how we teach, so we teach people road safety, a bit like driving a car. once you can do it you are safe but even driving a car sometimes accidents happen. he was ringing the heaviest bell in the tower. it weighs two and a half tons. firemen had to winch him down 80 feet in what's called a vac—mattress, which moulds itself to his body, keeping him still. on arrival, we recognised that, due to the nature of his injuries and the fact we wouldn't want to move him any more than we had to, the best method of rescue was to lower him dow

as you quite rightly say, king charles is not able to actually attend this ceremony in worcester cathedraleremonies tended to happen in london in the past, but the queen then moved them out into the provinces to various cathedrals . that is the late cathedrals. that is the late queen. and today, because the king cannot make it, his message will be broadcast, of course, of reaching out to others of loving and service to others, as christ showed that model of service. but queen will be but the queen will be representing him today, and it does remind us at the moment how the royal families are under a lot of pressure at the moment because of the illness of princess catherine, because of the illness of the king. this is a very difficult time for the royal family, but other members of family are stepping into of the family are stepping into these gaps that are that are caused because of the illness of these other members of the family. queen camilla is family. and queen camilla is doing today , and shows doing that today, and it shows how her is how important her role is alongside the king in t

his pre—recorded comments were broadcast at the royal maundy service at worcester cathedral.ack from royal duties while he receives treatment for cancer. the queen attended in his absence, and you can get the latest on all of our stories by scanning the qr code on your screen for our news alerts, or go to our website . alerts, or go to our website. >> for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . the gb news financial report. >> a quick snapshot of our markets. the pound buys you $1.2624 . and 1.1655 markets. the pound buys you 151.2624 . and 1.1655 ,1.1695. a $1.2624. and 1.1655 ,1.1695. a gold will cost 1750 £0.03 £0.97 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7972 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report that . report that. >> thank you aaron. now the king has made his first public comments since the princess of wales announced that she had cancen wales announced that she had cancer. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel >> join me. camilla tominey every sunday at

i have to say, i went to high massachusetts, outside of worcester, cathedral high. my 8th grade field trip before high school i went on a trip to the hall of fame. >> this is fascinating. >> this is fascinating stuff here. the sprint cup guys making their first practice for the little league. >> it's unfortunate this is the car i'm in. it means tony is not here. i have a tremendous amount of respect for tony. i can understand what he's going through, unfortunately. >> tony and i go way back. he obviously didn't want me to >> going back in time here, love catching up with the king, richard petty at the speedway. playing the central florida q&a craze ping-pong. >> does it ever get old for you to come here? >> i've been coming here 57 years, i guess. >> if not the professional race car driving business, what do you think you would have done? >> probably a mechanic on a car. that's the closest you get to driving. >> one professional athlete outside of nascar that you think would be a successful driver in nascar? it's a good one. >> that's really hard to say. >> tom brad

queen camilla, taking the king's place at the event in worcester cathedral, handed out the traditionalmackie reports. cheering. more than 1,000 people braved the cold to greet the queen today. many had been waiting hours to grab the best spots and express their support at a difficult time. the news about the cancer treatment that both the king and princess catherine are receiving is very much on the minds of the people who've turned up to see the queen today. i think it's important to show our support for the crown, particularly in these difficult times. and they're stoic and they are true to their country, they're true to their people, and we need to be true to them. inside the cathedral, the congregation was played a recorded message from the king. in this country, we are blessed by all the different services that exist for our welfare. we need and benefit greatly from those who extend the hand of friendship to us, especially in a time of need. welcome to saint barnabas. john has devoted his life to the church and to service in his parish of st barnabas. he was among the 150 people w

maundy thursday service due to his cancer treatment. >> queen camilla has been pictured alone at worcester cathedral shocking case of a knife attack in broad daylight on an overground service in london. >> yes, and only hours later we heard of two more victims of knife crime , this time at knife crime, this time at kennington station, again in south london. more centrally shocking, shocking.

a man has been rescued from the tower of worcester cathedral. used specialist equipment to winch him down 80ft down to safety after he fell during evensong. he was taken to hospital for treatment. more than 200 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach in new zealand have now been helped back out to sea with the help of a high tide. they were part of a second pod of whales which had beached themselves at farewell spit on the country's south island. conservation officials say there's a chance the surviving whales may still turn back to the beach. just to warn you, you might find some of the scenes in this report by virginia langerberg distressing. weary volunteers form a human chain to help guide the remaining few whales out to sea with the help of a high tide. justjoy, just complete happiness that they're in the water floating. and they look like they are going out, so we're obviously making sure that they don't come back in. this time, rescuers are buoyed by the success of saving most of this pod. it's been a pretty full—on couple of days, to be

a bell—ringer at worcester cathedral had to be rescued by the emergency services on saturday eveningn his back. 0ur correspondentjon ironmonger has the latest from worcester. well, this was a very unfortunate mishap, but a rather miraculous rescue operation. ian bowman, who is 51, was one of 20 bell—ringers who visited worcester cathedral to ring the bells. if you look behind me, above the altar here, 80—foot in the air you can see four lights and those lights are on the under—side of a trap door which leads to the clock room. if you imagine another eight feet above that, you have another room which is called the ringing room and that's where ian was and it was in the middle of the service on saturday when ian released the rope to what's known as the tenor bell. that's a large bell. one of the largest in the country, we believe. as it shot upwards it coiled around his ankle, hoisting him into the air before dropping him several feet on to his back and he hit his head as well. so the emergency services were called. hereford and worcester emergency services arrive and they are faced wi

ian bowman was one of 20 bell—ringers who visited worcester cathedral to ring the bells.door which leads to the clock room. if you imagine another eight feet above that, you have another room which is called the ringing room which is called the ringing room and that's where ian was and it was in the middle of the service on saturday when ian released the rope to what's known as the tenor bell. that's a large bell. within of the largest in the country we believe and as it shot upwards it coiled around his ankle, hoisting him into the air before dropping him several feet on to his back and he hit his head as well. so the emergency services were called. hereford and worcester emergency services arrive and they are faced with the challenge with how to get ian from this vantage point safely to the church floor without moving him. they strapped him it a spinal board and they winched him down through the ringing room trap door and through the clock room trap door and down through this space to the church floor, safely. he was taken to hospital as a matter of urgency and was chec

at worcester cathedral, no. there are very rare bell—ringing accidents.reason we prepared so much is that the tower is open to the public, so god forbid someone had a stroke or a heart attack we would know how to get them down quickly and safety. and it was ian 0k get them down quickly and safety. and it was ian ok now? we've heard from his friends in devon. he went to the worcester royal hospital straight after the accident. he was discharged later in the evening and driven home by his wife. we had a message from him the next morning. he isa message from him the next morning. he is a bit sore and a bit stiff but we expect him to be back bell—ringing in widdecombe very soon. but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: a bbc investigation reveals widespread drug use and a hole in an internal security fence, after going undercover inside one of the country's biggestjails. for the first time pensioners are an average of twenty pounds a week better off than people of working age — according to a new report. tesco promises immediate action after a bbc invest

queen camilla, taking the king's place at the event in worcester cathedral, handed out the traditionalgave coins to older people who helped the church and their local community. this year receipients received silver maundy coins and a five pound coin with a tudor dragon printed on it. here's phil mackie. cheering. more than 1,000 people braved the cold to greet the queen today. many had been waiting hours to grab the best spots and express their support at a difficult time. the news about the cancer treatment that both the king and princess catherine are receiving is very much on the minds of the people who've turned up to see the queen today. i think it's important to show our support for the crown, particularly in these difficult times. and they're stoic and they are true to their country, they're true to their people, and we need to be true to them. inside the cathedral, the congregation was played a recorded message from the king. in this country, we are blessed by all the different services that exist for our welfare. we need and benefit greatly from those who extend the hand of f

and this was the scene inside worcester cathedral, where cathedral choristers and staff took it very seriously — racing racing through the medieval cloisters and even adding obstacles along the way. the princess of wales was at it too. luckily for her she wasn't in a race to toss her pancake as it took her quite some time to unstick it from the frying pan. but she got there eventually. i'm not sure what her family would have made of that particular pancake, though. i don't think i would have done any better. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. ash wednesday will be cooler with outbreaks of rain around. the weather is changing but perhaps only briefly. a colourful end today in yorkshire with the clouds thickening up yorkshire with the clouds thickening up and bringing some rain. the clouds moving up from northern france bringing the first rain for quite awhile across eastern england. also thickening cloud bringing rain across scotland, northern ireland, heading into wales and western parts of england. lots of cloud and rain developing over many areas overnight and temp

, buried at worcester cathedral, where had the service where they just had the service and until the 17th century, would century, king james i! would actually the feet of the actually wash the feet of the poor these days. instead of that , the service has a large number of people coming to represent the number of years of the kings from right across the united kingdom, because i noticed from my clogher in my own diocese in clogher in northern ireland that there was somebody there from, from clark. >> that's >> and i think that's a wonderful knitting together. rafe, uk rafe, isn't it, of the uk bringing people together that's so important that you mentioned that. >> and as the king said also in his easter message, >> and as the king said also in his know, easter message, >> and as the king said also in his know, his easter message, >> and as the king said also in his know, his lifeter message, >> and as the king said also in his know, his life is message, >> and as the king said also in his know, his life is to essage, >> and as the king said also in his know, his life is to

and this was the scene inside worcester cathedral, where cathedral choristers and staff took it veryay. the princess of wales was at it too. luckily for her she wasn't in a race to toss her pancake as it took her quite some time to unstick it from the frying pan. but she got there eventually. i'm not sure what her family would have made of that particular pancake, though. i don't think i would have done any better. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett.

here is the queen a few moments ago outside worcester cathedral.presents special coins to people recognised for their community service. this time, king charles won't be there because of his cancer treatment. but he's recorded a message praising those who "extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need". if you are celebrating easter this weekend you might be giving a family orfriends an easter egg. this weekend you might be giving a family or friends an easter egg. this zoo in chile, the animals enjoyed an easter egg of their own. they ate there especially prepared eggs with savoury meat, cereals and nuts. stay with us here on bbc news. parts of south—west england and wales had some slow. for most of us today, sunny spells and heavy blustery showers. some will have thunder and lightning and some hailstones. it will be very windy, especially in england and wales and the english channel. low pressure is in charge of our weather and will be as we go through the next couple of days. we are looking at severe gales developing through the en

so, for example, she was at worcester cathedral on thursday, handing out the maundy money, which is aied out by a consort before. she was in northern ireland on her own. she has had to step up because obviously she was used to taking on royal duties, but she has had to do this without the king by her side. i'm sure she will appreciate the king being able to attend these engagements with her hopefully more in the future. we are not saying thatis in the future. we are not saying that is going to happen. if you think about the things coming up, the really big events for the summer, the anniversary of the d—day landings at the beginning ofjune, then tripping of the colour shortly after that the official birthday of the king. everyone is hoping that the king. everyone is hoping that the king. everyone is hoping that the king might be well enough to participate in those events, but it is very much i'll wait and see what the doctors advices and see how the king is continuing with his treatment.— king is continuing with his treatment. ., ., ,, ., ~ treatment. sarah campbell, thank you ve much

and this was the scene inside worcester cathedral — where cathedral choristers and staff take it veryit too — fortunately she wasn't in a race to toss her pancake. it took her quite some time to unstick it from the frying pan. but she got there eventually. i'm not sure her kids would have been too impressed with that pancake though. doesn't look terribly appetising! but full marks for perseverance. she did better than i would have done. i will say it will be a toss up whether we get much rain in the next 24 hours. it has been very dry this month across many central and eastern parts of england. earlier todayit eastern parts of england. earlier today it was a very colourful scene with some sunshine. but the weather is changing probably briefly. a band of cloud coming from the atlantic, head of atmore cloud moving up from northern

by a royal photographer, as he records an audio message for today's royal maundy service at worcester cathedraland of friendship, especially in a time of need. the king has only been seen a handful of times since his diagnosis of cancer injanuary, but he's said to have been reduced to tears by the messages of support he's received from well—wishers. i wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding whilst i have been recovering from surgery. catherine, princess of wales, making her announcement last week that she too has been diagnosed with cancer. the king doesn't directly refer to catherine in today's message, but his words will be interpreted as reflecting the nation's response to both his and kate's challenges as they undergo treatment. king charles�*s place at today's service will be taken by queen camilla, seen here at a farmers' market in shrewsbury. members of the crowd showing their support for the princess of wales. the royal family are going through a torrid time, but the king's message is an acknowledge

his father and brother, this king from the plantagenet dynasty was buried on english soil, in worcester cathedralyes, that's right, john, aka jon the landless. under the stone 7,200. in the middle of the 15th century , ulukbek's ashes were transferred to his mausoleum in samarkand. timur. first demonstrated in one of the halls on new york's 35th avenue, as can be guessed from the modern plaque with the name avenue, well, this is a game that in russian is called ruddit, we call it ruddit, that's right, they call it scrabble, games for 900, the ancient game morra, and is now popular among. play two and ten can play, no inventory is needed, and the player's task in each round is to guess their total number, fingers, fingers shown by all players, right, games 600, this game on the volleyball court was invented in the thirties for schoolchildren, hence the name, pioneer, exactly. games for 300. this novel includes the story blood of the dragon, which won the hugo award in 1997. game of thrones. this was the last question of the third round. let me sum it up: 17,700 for catherine, exactly 20,000 for al

the message, recorded in mid—march, will be played during today's service at worcester cathedral. 0urreport. a new picture of king charles, taken at buckingham palace by a royal photographer, as he records an audio message for today's royal maundy service at worcester cathedral. in it, king charles stresses the importance of acts of kindness. he will say we need and benefit greatly from those who extend the hand of friendship, especially in a time of need. the king has only been seen a handful of times since his diagnosis of cancer injanuary, but he's said to have been reduced to tears by the messages of support he's received from well—wishers. i wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding whilst i have been recovering from surgery. catherine, princess of wales, making her announcement last week that she too has been diagnosed with cancer. the king doesn't directly refer to catherine in today's message, but his words will be interpreted as reflecting the nation's response to both his and kate's challe

cathedral? >> well, it started off, i mean, in worcester. i was at breakfast. i come up the night before in the, in the nearest hotel to the cathedral, over the world, over the road. and i said i had my 999 the road. and i said i had my egg and bacon. i said, can i have some worcester sauce? and the east european lady had no idea what i was talking about. i said, it's made down the road, you know, it still is that was a funny word. so i'm dodging the question here. it was a wonderful experience, and to play wonderful experience, and to play it twice was to because the adrenaline kicks in and it sees you through and to play in places where, of course, elgar had conducted himself many times. wonderful feeling. >> and how was it that that it won the brit? i mean, i don't know how the selection is made for the brit, nor do i, this was a while ago. >> i made a recording with, lord menuhin conducting, and menuhin had made a legendary recording of the violin. elgar's violin concerto with elgar conducting when he was 16. yes. >> and i remember seein

despite the king's absence, there was a personal pre—recorded message from him broadcast inside worcester cathedralighlighted the importance of care and kindness in times of need in the wake of his and the princess of wales's cancer diagnoses . that's the cancer diagnoses. that's the news for the latest stories. do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> thank you very much, polly . >> thank you very much, polly. now, brace yourself, because i've been told to embark upon my own attempt at one of jacob's illustrious monologues or, as he calls them, monologues. now now, i've spent all day practising various antiquated tongue twisters, everything from the latin recitations of the lord's prayer to repetitions of the word. jacob's brought erudite word. jacob's brought so erudite to the green benches 12 years ago. floxy gnocchi, vilification. but to the big story of the day made so much more relevant this evening by the extraordinary announcement from the un committee on human rights. yes, they want the united kingdom to never make r

this is the final lap of the pancake race at worcester cathedral.the perspective of the dean, the very reverend peter atkinson, as he completes a number of obstacles while flipping a pancake. they do the race every year, but it was the first time they'd strapped a camera to one of the participants. the teams were made up of clergy, vergers and choristers, all of whom were cheered across the line by some very vocal onlookers. lam i am massively disappointed he has not dipped for the line—up. i am massively disappointed he has not dipped for the line-up. he has his hand out. i wonder if the rule means that the pan counts but do you have to get your chest across? the pan has to count in that race. a real intense face. how many pancakes have you had? 810. all of the same kind? i can't promise i was going to do double figures and then fall short. all suite pancakes. a bit of chocolate spread the net. it's brilliant, i love it. i did actually dropper pancake trying to flip it. did you eat it? 5- second rule? it we nt did you eat it? 5- second rule? it wen

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turn up a couple of, you know, placards they will be protesting at worcester cathedral when the queen can't your which means you can't evict your renters. maundy >> i see what you're saying, and i agree to a degree , but this is i agree to a degree, but this is also quite personal. they're protesting outside the church at which queen camilla is , is which queen camilla is, is taking on the duties that her husband is currently unable to do. i mean, i don't know, it feels a bit on the nose to me. just just a little bit . i just just a little bit. i understand what they say. we don't have an issue with the individuals. we have an we have an issue with the institution. you know , but the institution is you know, but the institution is manifest those particular manifest in those particular individuals who are having a rough time at the moment. if somebody was like, i don't know if you wanted to see alex ferguson , like chucked out of ferguson, like chucked out of man you know, and man united, you know, and replaced manager, and then replaced as manager, and then you learned he cancer, i yo

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he was saddened that he couldn't attend the maundy thursday at worcester thursday service at worcester cathedralps, his nephew , earlier this week, his nephew, earlier this week, spoke of his frustration at spoke of his frustration at spoke of his frustration at spoke of the king's frustration. but he couldn't carry out public engagements at the moment, so the very much the king was very much determined this very determined to attend this very important event in the christian calendar. , of course, calendar. he himself, of course, is head of the church of england , so he would have had a very strong religious feeling, needing to be there. but of course, there's another reason, and that is to provide a message of reassurance to the british and that is to provide a message of reasfollowingy the british and that is to provide a message of reasfollowing the british and that is to provide a message of reasfollowing the princess of public following the princess of wales's separate cancer diagnosis and her treatment. she, the prince of wales and their three children prince george, princess charlotte an

it's in worcester cathedral. it's in worcester this year and the queen will be there.that's i mean that's linking her back into a sort of royal ceremony that goes back over 800 years, and she will be front and centre of that, not the monarch. >> will the makeup and flavour of charles's court change in the light of what we've seen in the last few weeks? will it cause charles to sort of rethink the whole project ? whole project? >> no, i don't think there'll be any kind of dramatic change. i mean, monarchy, as i say, it's actually a very versatile institution. and they we think it's very sort of hidebound and locked into sort of various protocols. but it, it just changes. it adapts. they can't suddenly bring in new, you know, reinforcements because, you know, there aren't any . so know, there aren't any. so i mean, it will fall on the other members of the family to, to, to do rather more of the, of the sort of essential engagements if you like things like sort of investitures, but the constitutional duties, i mean, the king is doing all the constitutional duties we would

due to his health, a personal pre—recorded message from his majesty was broadcast at worcester cathedrale video he highlighted the importance of care and kindness in times of need and in the wake of his and the princess of wales's cancer diagnoses . that's wales's cancer diagnoses. that's the news for the latest stories. do you sign up to gb news alerts? scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> welcome along lawless britain is in full swing. knife crime is up 5% in england and wales up 22. in london. there were just under 14,000 knife offences recorded in london in the year to september 2023. there were 48,716 knife crime offences recorded in england and wales. today. a 19 year old was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an apparent stabbing on a train in broad daylight . the alleged broad daylight. the alleged knifeman was able to get off that train and evade police for hours. also today, a man has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted murder and on suspicion of sexual assault after an alleged random attack at another train stati