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a funeral for the first victim to be named in the grenfell tower disaster a syrian refugee looking for a better life. quality time with the kids but memories of the baby they lost a new report on poor maternity care. mercury rising it s the hottestjune day for over a0 years but watch out for the storms to come. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, we ll round up all the news from the second day of royal ascot, and a prompt arrival by the queen after the state opening of parliament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. this may be a queen s speech that will be remembered for what s missing rather than what s being proposed. gone are the prime minister s ambitions for big changes at home. instead the legislative programme read out by the queen was dominated by brexit. so let s look at what s in the queen s speech. there are are eight brexit bills in total. other bills include one to tackle domestic violence and abuse. and another to give the go ah ....
first, rugby, and the british and irish lions are making final preparations before their opening test match against the all blacks this weekend. tulsen tollett, bbc sport centre. shaping up as a big game? the three tests, the first one getting underway this weekend in auckland, that is where we can go now, sports correspondent katie joining us, go through some information, katie, peter 0 mahony, of the munster men, captaining the lions, in favour of sam warburton, taking his place on the bench, should we be surprised at the time only should we be surprised that peter o mahony is captaining the team? welcome to auckland, top of the sky town, what a murky day, the lines will be very happy if the weather stays like this for the big test of course on saturday. sky tower. in answer to your question about peter 0 mahony, sam warburton has been struggling for fitness on this tour. he has come in great game against the maoris, in the backline, taking the armband, we expec ....
the latter. overcome them. we will seek to do the latter. the test for all of us. we ll have reaction to the queen s speech, and the latest on theresa may s attempt to strike a deal with the democratic unionists to support her government. also tonight: a funeral for the first victim named in the grenfell tower disaster a syrian refugee who d been studying engineering. the duke of edinburgh enjoying royal ascot yesterday is in hospital tonight recovering from an infection. and it s been the hottestjune day since the summer of 1976, but there are storms on the way. good evening. the queen s speech, listing the government s plans for the new parliament, is dominated by the brexit process. the speech is also notable for the absence of some major policies which featured in the conservative manifesto. let s start with what s in the programme. there are 27 bills in total eight of those are linked to brexit. there s a bill to tackle domestic violence in england a ....
with many key manifesto plans either axed or delayed after the election result the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says the government s in chaos. a threadbare legislative programme from a government that s lost its majority and run out of ideas all together. prince charles accompanied his mother to the state opening, as the duke of edinburgh was unwell. the duke was admitted to hospital last night as a precautionary measure. he s said to be in good spirits. one person is trapped after a crane collapses in crewe. two others have been released and taken to hospital. the first funerals for victims of the grenfell tower fire disaster have taken place, as theresa may apologies for the official response, saying it wasn t good enough. good evening. a host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the uk for a smooth and orderly departure from the eu have been announced in the queen s speech. it was a legislative programme that was dominated by brexit. so let s look at what s ....