more sunshine around today, especially for eastern areas. before full weekend forecast is coming up here and breakfast. it s friday 2nd june. our main story. the former this morning presenter phillip schofield says he has lost everything , after admitting to lying about an affair with a young colleague. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed the man. he s been speaking to our media editor amol rajan. come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition, and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? you re feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll that recent days have taken on him. and it is
bringing you the regalia, processions and ancient rituals. we ll have all that and more, including the crowning moment itself later today at westminster abbey. these are pictures from inside the venue and how it will look for the grand ceremony. you can see the ornate chairs taking centre stage, there, on top of the medieval mosaic floor of the church. crowds have been camping out ahead of the big day. they were treated to a surprise visit by king charles, the prince and the princess of wales. charles went to one side of the mall while william and kate went to the other. many continued to camp out despite the london rain, to save a spot on the procession route. let s go live now to bbc correspondent louisa pilbeam at the mall in london. people have been camping out and we are edging closer to the dawn hours and a lot going on. tell us what is happening. definitely. i think the excitement is really building now because we are getting towards the morning and there are so many p
after a series of post match pitch invasions the crystal palace manager patrick viera is involved in an altercation with a fan. bbc news understands that the senior civil servant sue gray intends to complete her report on downing street lockdown parties this weekend. she has already criticised failures of leadership at number ten and the cabinet office. the closure of the police investigation means she s now free to publish the full details of her inquiry. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart reports. 126 fines were issued by the metropolitan police for events in downing street and other government buildings. only one of those went to the prime minister. some say that s one too many, others say apologies have been made and now it s time to move on. he didn t feel he was breaking any rules and certainly when i have been on the doorstep, some people do feel what he was fined for, perhaps the prime minister and the chancellor may have been a little hard done by. bu