The royalfamily are said to be hurt and disappointed as prince harry and his wife meghan announce theyre stepping back from royal duties. The couple say theyre going to carve out a progressive new role for themselves and become financially independent, but there are questions about where theyll live and how theyll earn an income. Here at Buckingham Palace there is disappointment that neither the queen no senior members of the royal family were informed prior to the announcement. Well also talk to our media editor about the couples plans to restrict press access to their engagements. Also this lunchtime. Last month was the worst on record for waiting times at a e departments in england. Borisjohnson speaks by phone to the iranian president and calls for an end to hostilities. Britains retailers say sales wbr id wbr630 plunged last year john lewis may not pay their annual staff bonus. And tipped for stardom the singer from brighton whos been named the bbcs sound of 2020. And in the sport
A bit stream will perhaps move a bit further north and things will start to settle down across southern parts of the uk. That is still to come. Here we have saturday. Early on saturday there will be some patchy rain around, and the skies are going to clear. The anticipation is that london, birmingham, liverpool, at least through the bulk of saturday should be fairly bright, but noticed there is low pressure here approaching the west and the north west, so that does spell rain for places like belfast, the lake south west that south western parts of scotla nd south west that south western parts of scotland as well. The Lake District and south western parts of scotla nd district and south western parts of scotland as well. This is the forecast for sunday. You can see a weather front crossing the country here, bringing a spell of rain during the morning. Then perhaps a few spells of showers. Sunday itself, the second half of the day gcioss itself, the second half of the day across many wes
Make a pair ofjeans. It is leading to serious questions for retailers, manufacturers and supplies about what changes they need to make. Jade and lucy believe we have the power. The more we chat about what we want, then businesses will listen. But le sommer, those businesses were accused of not listening. Last summer. Accused of not listening. Last summer. Some believe fast fashion is one of the worst polluters. Industry bosses and protesters were brought together. We have all got to stop thinking that buying seven bags of clothes on a friday is a good idea, whether it is something from prada oi whether it is something from prada or not, do you need it, are you going to wear it 30 times. Noone
was available from the industry. We need to buy less but for shoppers who want to sell, that is a profit problem and a big business challenge. But here, pre loved and reward. A little sustainability one swa p reward. A little sustainability one swap at a time. Something else to think about in 2020
This is bbc news, im julian worricker. The headlines at 3pm. 273 people in the uk have tested positive for coronavirus thats up from 209 yesterday, according to latest figures released in the last hour. 16 Million People in northern italy are placed in quarantine for a month because of the virus. In lombardy, ski resorts, gyms and nightclubs cant be opened. Restaurant customers must sit at least a metre apart. China reports its lowest number of new infections in a single day, since january. Here, new emergency laws including court cases over video link or phone to help tackle the virus are announced. Borisjohnson meets victims of flooding, as a doubling in funding for flood defences
to £5 billion is to be announced in wednesdays budget. Meghan uses one of her last appearances as a senior royal to urge men to do more to respect women. Value and appreciate the women in your lives, and also set the example for some men who are not seeing it that same way. Good afternoon and welcome to bb
Whether you like it or not, is taken out of your hands given performance, individual performance or Team Including magic mahomes performance so certainly my mind is set on the next two t20 world at the Magic Kingdom. Cups. If i make it to the 50 of a world cup, that would be great. Its amazing. I couldnt even think lets return to our top story on sport today. About how amazing this is to be some sore heads around here, to be in this place in front the Hard Rock Stadium in miami and a few more no doubt back of all these people and all these in kansas city after their famous fans, its awesome and im just glad superbowl win. These were the celebrations to be here stop in the locker room where there was exactly the sort of release youd expect after a 50 year wait for a super bowl win for the chiefs. Two late goals for napoli as they win at sampdoria you can get all the latest sports in serie a. And englands world cup winning captain eoin morgan looks news at our website ahead to their firs