last month there was a fall in the number of people visiting high street shops, retail parks and shopping centres. the analysis firm, springboard, says it is the first time since 2009 that footfall has declined between june and july. rising interest rates, the wet weather and industrial action on the railways are thought to be responsible. and at 12.15, we re running a special your questions answered session here on bbc news as a decision on interest rates is expected at midday from the bank of england. if the rate does move its going to have an impact on many so please be sure to send in your questions using the hashtag bbc your questions. you re live with bbc news. next to niger and some breaking news. in the past few minutes france has said that it has finished the evacuation of hundreds of french and european citizens from the country after the coup last week. in total, 1,079 people
from the palace of holyroodhouse. that is the other end of the royal mile. at 2.05pm the royal procession leaves the palace of holyroodhouse, arrriving at the cathedral five minutes later. the national service of thanksgiving and dedication begins at 2.15pm and lasts an hour. at 3.20pm there s be a 21 gun salute from edinburgh castle. at 3.40pm the raf fly past down the royal mile from edinburgh castle to palace of holyroodhouse. that will be quite a sight to behold. lots of people are looking forward to that. 0ur scotland editor james cook is with me. what i would like to ask you is where does this event today in all of its grandeur and pageantry sit in
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at the circumstances around the breach of the dam. now, first thing to show you is surveillance camera footage that the team have got hold of. i lljust press play on it here. now, this is after the dam was breached as you can see quite clearly, there. timestamp here, 6th ofjune, 2.46 in the morning. and you can see up there, even after the breach, there s some explosions in the distance. now, what is quite key is that the team were looking at some telegram messages around 2.15 18, and people back then were reporting that they were hearing weird noises. then at around 2.40, more chat on the telegram channels, people saying that they heard more explosions, the really loud sound of water. some people even speculating that the dam had been breached. so that was only around 5 minutes before this footage 2.46, 42 seconds now. and you can see the plume of smoke there and there s a boat in the foreground as well. so this gives us a little more insight into what it looked like. now, the questio
representatives from the forces marching on the side. they will get there for about 11 a:m., then they ll come out after the coronation, about one p:m., and that will be an even bigger recession. that will involve about 4000 members in an older coach for the king and queen, a more uncomfortable coach. the gold coach? the queen didn t like that one. like that one. that was a bumpy ride, she didn t like that one. that was a bumpy ride, she didn t particularly - like that one. that was a bumpy | ride, she didn t particularly enjoy it. presumably, it will be well cushioned, and then they were make their way back to the palace. at about 2.15, they will come out into the balcony. at this point, we don t know who will be going onto the balcony with them. the prince and princess of wales will be on the balcony and their three children, possibly princess anne, and a big