One month after her address on the coronavirus in which the queen said we will lead again. Youre watching bbc news with mejames reynolds. Welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. More now on the 75th anniversary of ve day when the Second World War was declared to have ended in europe. Earlier, my colleaguejane hill spoke to the british dan snow about the signficance of the day. There was certainly a lot of reflection back 75 years ago, in 1916. There were parties, of course there were parties. There were bonfires, country bonfires all across the country. Thats one thing that was very, very talked about at the time, because there had been a black out for six years, and you werent allowed to have bonfires, you werent allowed to shine lights outside at night. So they lit up the landscape, particularly in bomb craters, filling them up with big piles of wood and often burning effigies of adolf hitler, as well. So there were parties, but there was also a huge amount of reflection,
Years. I dont know why it chose my window of occupancy to fall because it wasnt diseased. It was in great shape. That house is now uninhabitable but the homeowners say they are insured and in the process of seeing what they need to do next. The city of oakland has a choice to make start paying for the extra help from the chp or risk losing it altogether. Kpix 5s Ann Notarangelo on what it would cost to keep those extra officers around. Ann. Reporter well, allen, last year as you probably remember, late last year, oaklands crime rate was really spiraling out of control. Things have started to improve and the Oakland Police department is giving some of the credit to the chp. Reporter november 1st, the chp ginned additional local and federal Law Enforcement personnel to stop the escalating Violent Crime on oakland streets. They focused on the most dangerous crimes, homicides, shootings and robberies. Sometimes they were in east oakland, sometimes in west oakland in high crime zones. And t
At noon today the bells of Chester s medieval cathedral will ring out in joyous peal for a wedding. For ambitious mothers of aristocratic daughters they may have a mournful tone, however.
Billionaire duke Hugh Grosvenor will wed Olivia Henson today in Chester. Here's a look at who the couple are, how long they have been together and what they've said about their 400-guest ceremony - which will be attended by royals.
It was a family wedding at an English country church - and yet the groom was the beneficiary of one of Britain s biggest fortunes and his supporters included the heir to the throne.