where the crowds are ready for a hugely significant historic event that dates back more than two centuries. this is trooping the colour, as we mark the king s official birthday. all five regiments of the fog cards making their way onto centre stage. the footguards. led by the irish wolfhound known as seamus, the regimental mascot of the irish guards. because this year, it is number nine company irish guards who have the honour of providing the escort and trooping their colour. and with them comes the musical flair of the pipes and drums. we have a real treat in store. in about 15 minutes, his majesty the king will set off from buckingham palace for his second birthday parade as monarch and he will be accompanied by other members of the royal family. there is huge excitement around that. we can offer a number of ways to enjoy our coverage this morning. we have audio described commentary for those who are blind or partially sighted, that is via the red button. and you can fi
Now to paris to talk to the to those latest makola macron to try to persuade them that this irish backstop this Sticking Point particularly to get a deal with the e. U. Has to go and that i would do everything to tell them weve just got to put so tonnage of arrangements in place for getting to the point that at the moment theyre on tenney so hes proving to the u. K. That hes doing that but also many believe that if he doesnt get anything back that is concrete he can go back to the u. K. Go back to parliament to his Conservative Party and say look ive tried my best to get what i can from these leaders they wont budge this is all the useful if there isnt no deal bricks it its not awful its down to brussels and theyre intransient on this whole issue and particularly of the backstop which he said in a letter to donald tusk the president of the European Council earlier this week would be anti democratic so that is the line that he is playing we want our
sovereignty we want our democracy and
london from all over the country. but it is a changing situation with the queue. lauren, i don t know if you are still able to hear me but do we know what happens if people get to southwark park and at that point the entrance to the queue is closed? where do they go then? we had talked yesterday of a queue for the queue. again something which sounds very british as well! there was a queue for the queue, and another queue at the back waiting to get into that queue. that is not the official advice. what is the situation is here is a balancing act, they are very much aware of people travelling quite a long wait to come here and try to pay their respects and they don t want people to be stuck in the queue and not be able to get into westminster hall before 6:30am on monday morning, when the queen will be lying in state until then before the funeral takes place around 10:30am,11am on monday. while
even when you ve finished at night, so they ve come in and you re worried maybe at night when you finish that they re out the back waiting or out the front. they could still be there. whereas before they would come in, we would phone the police, they would maybe get lifted. sometimes, they would get charged. but within a week, they were back in the store again. and it was as if we actually got to the point where you actually feel, is it worth doing all of this? but to know now that if it happens, that something is going to get done about it is great. it makes my staff feel more secure, safer in the stores, and it s the same with me. even more worryingly, 1k per cent of shop staff have been physically assaulted in the same period. the union has spoken to workers who have been spat at, kicked, punched, had bottles smashed over their head and eggs thrown at them. unfortunately, lots of victims don t tell their employer what s happened.