mixed feelings about it. church of england leaders have described the policy as immoral , downing street has said the plane may not take off today as planned because of ongoing legal challenges by some of those due to be removed. also this lunchtime: basic pay falls in relation to rising prices at the fastest rate in more than a decade. intense russian bombardment in the east of ukraine all three bridges in a key city have now been destroyed. five years since the grenfell tower disaster, a memorial service is held at westminster abbey for the 72 people who died. nicola sturgeon insists there is an indisputable mandate for a second referendum on independence for scotland. and england chase a second innings target of 299 to win the second test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel: australia are into the world cup finals for a fifth time in a row, following the heroics of sub keeper andrew redmayne. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one.
what she calls a refreshed case for independence. the duke and duchess of cambridge mark the fifth anniversary of the fire at grenfell tower in west london, which claimed 72 lives. he hits it to the cover point boundary. and a thrilling win for england as they beat new zealand by five wickets to take the test series. and coming up on the bbc news channel, serena is back. williams says she ll make her return at wimbledon after pulling out with injury last year. welcome to bbc news at ten. there is a last minute legal battle under way to stop a flight from the uk from taking asylum seekers to rwanda. was due to leave the military airport the uk this evening but a series of legal challenges mean there will be no more than just a few people on board. among them, iraqi kurds and iranians. the government insist the flights are necessary to deter gangs trafficking people across the english channel. the church says the plans are a moral and other critics say the flight is unworkable,
a very warm welcome to a beautiful day here at buckingham palace. the queen has thanked all those involved in her platinum jubilee celebrations, as four days of events get under way across the country and the commonwealth to mark her 70 years on the throne. in a special message, the queen said she continued to be inspired by the goodwill shown to her and that many happy memories would be made during the festivities. there s a lot planned for the occasion from today here in the uk today and tomorrow there are two public holidays, meaning a four day weekend for the country. later today, it s trooping the colour, the queen s official birthday parade, which ends with an raf flypast watched by members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. also later beacons will be lit throughout the uk, channel islands, isle of man and uk 0verseas territories. they will be also lit in most of the 5a commonwealth countries. on friday, a service of thanksgiving will take p
hello. this is bbc news. let s get the sport. good afternoon. england s new s era under ben stokes and brendom mccullom got off to an excellent start against new zealand in the first test at lords. debutant matthew potts making test cricket look easy with three wickets in the opening session. but it was an old familiar face james anderson who got england off to the best start. two early wickets including this brilliant catch from bairstow. anderson and broad both were left out of england s tour to the west indies but both returned with take wickets. but the man of the morning is matthew potts. he got his first wicket in his first test match over dismissing new zealand captain kane williamson. he added another two and leaving new zealand going into lunch 39 for 6. not all plain sailing for england though. spinnerjack leach has been ruled out of the test with symptoms of concussion after taking this tumble trying to stop a boundary. england have brought in matt parkinson as a c