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Are put in to bat on an overcast first morning of the third test against sri lanka. They already hold an unassailable 2 0 series lead. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. The Prison Population in england and wales has hit a record high for the second week in a row. The latest figures show there are now more than 88,500 inmates. Thats a rise of almost 1,200 in five weeks. Around half of those are cases linked to this summers riots. In a few days time, the governments temporary early Release Scheme will begin, and some offenders will be able to leave jail at an earlier point in t...

takes the showers away from the south—west, but we have still got this quite chilly and gusty wind from the east. it feels particularly chilly with the cloud and we have more of that today in wales. temperatures here not quite as high as they were yesterday. but there one strongest in eastern england and wales, to northern ireland, perhaps into the south—west of scotland for a while, otherwise a good deal of sunshine. temperatures stuck at around 12 to 15. it will feel chilly along north sea coasts. the cloud moves away from wales and the south—west and northern ireland over ni...

in the queue for the queen's 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. i'm mark lobel in westminster, where mourners have one day left to pay their respects to the queen. i'll 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 queen's state funeral on monday. in other news — ukraine says more western weaponry is needed to beat russia, as bodies are recovered from a mass burial site, newly—liberated, i...

the queue to see the queen lying in state — it's close to full capacity, with a waiting time of at least 2a hours. military rehearsals have been taking place in windsor ahead of the queen's funeral on monday. away from westminster, today's other headlines. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. the premier league returned with fans and players paying their own respects to the queen. it's saturday, 17th september. you're watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a thir...

they walked and stood the right beside us. the honour was notjust the fact we were dancing for her but because we were in such close proximity, we werejust dancing, she was watching, she had questions, she was asking about it, she stood there looking at us. did it make you nervous? what effect did have? it made us all more more joyous, not that we were not but you could feel the tempo had increased, nobody was nervous. it was the experience of a lifetime and something we have carried, notjust in the last ten years but something we will share for generations to come in ourfamily. it w...