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in the queue for the queens lying in state. thousands continue to queue for hours to file past the coffin, with the line stretching for miles through the streets of london. im mark lobel in westminster, where mourners have one day left to pay their respects to the queen. ill speak to some of the tens of thousands already have. president biden is the latest world leader to arrive in the uk, ahead of the queens state funeral on monday. in other news — ukraine says more western weaponry...

the rac says major retailers, including the supermarkets, are not cutting prices enough and accuses them of pocketing extra profits. trent alexander—arnolds free kick helped see off rangers in the champions league against liverpool. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever #. double oh heaven! dame shirley basseyjoins a string of stars celebrating 60 years of james bond themes. ill start to the day across england and wales. cool in scotland and northern ireland. rain clearing leaving...

and conflicts around the world. and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie use the money theyve raised to bring some christmas cheer to children in hospital. good morning and happy christmas. for most of us it is going to be too mild for a white christmas, but it is turning colder across the west of scotland, which is now possible later in the day. some showers around, but also some drier intervals for the christmas walk. more details later. good morning. its christmas day, the 25th of ...

about the future of this country? edinburgh, queen elizabeths northern capital, prepares . to greet her majesty. from the start, the queen clearly felt a deep affinity for scotland and its place in the uk. at her silverjubilee in 1977, she publicly stressed what she called the benefits of union. but in recent times, support for independence has surged. if the union with scotland in particular, but also the united kingdom as we know it is to be preserved, then the monarch has a role to ...

entrance way into st giles, a medieval cathedral, is very narrow, so the first moment of course was when the coffin appeared through a very narrow space and then slowly the pageantry evolved, but like most of our ceremonies in scotland, the pageantry has the feeling of family, you are very close to other people, there were many in the congregation who will have come across each other in various facets of life, and it was almost like not quite a family, because of course we are a family...

one was the same. for me, the elastic snapped and that is why i sent a respectful and polite message to the prime minister this morning suggesting that he should go. mrjohnson has assembled a new cabinet, with some new faces — he wants to stay in no 10 until there is a new conservative leader. arguments have raged all day about just how long borisjohnson can stay in downing street. tonight, he is promising any big decisions will be left to the next prime minister. just over two years...

he expressed regret that his premiership is ending much earlier than he hoped. i premiership is ending much earlier than he med-— premiership is ending much earlier than he honed-— than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am _ than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving _ than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up _ than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up the - than he hoped. i want you to know how sad i am giving up the best i than he ho...

across england and wales. the un secretary general is in lviv for talks with president zelensky and turkeys recep tayyip erdogan. a 44—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing of thomas ohalloran on a mobility scooter in west london. and "wonky vegetables" could soon be on the menu as farmers warn the drought and hot weather have affected how their crops grow. i like a wonky carrot — dont we all? also, i like fruit and veg that makes you smil...

with ukraines president zelensky and turkeys recep tayyip erdogan. leeds university has expressed dismay after one of its phd students was jailed for 3h years after tweets criticising the regime. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a—level, t—level and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last...

good morning. a frosty and foggy start to the day—to—day. some freezing fog will linger for much of the day. the sunnier skies will be the day. the sunnier skies will be the further east you travel. a return to wet and windy conditions in the west. all the details later on in the programme. its wednesday, the 6th of december. our main story. the former prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and face two days of questions about his time leading th...