excited, a bit nervous. obviously a big day ahead but can t wait, actually. the commissioner of london s metropolitan police sir mark rowley says security for the coronation will be the biggest operation in the force s history. this is an immense operation, and in fact, tomorrow, saturday, it would be the biggest single deployment we have done in london, ever, for this operation. there will be well over 11,500 officers involved. our other main story this hour: in england, the conservatives suffer significant council losses in local election results. and the world health organization says covid 19 no longer represents a global health emergency , a major step towards ending the pandemic. welcome to bbc news. i m christian fraser, live at buckingham palace where final plans are being put in place for the coronation of king charles tomorrow. my colleague katty kay is outside westminster abbey where the coronation ceremony will take place. we will bring you all the build up to th
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with breaking news from the us. prince harry says he and his wife were involved in a near catastrophic car chase with paparazzi on tuesday evening. let s show you the pictures that have just come in. let s show you the pictures that havejust come in. a let s show you the pictures that have just come in. a warning there is flash photography from the start. they show prince harry and meghan leaving a gala in new york. a spokesperson for the couple say that they and the duchess s mother were relentlessly pursued for two hours, they said the chase resulted in near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. let s head back to the newsroom and our royal correspondent sarah campbell who is monitoring all of this for us. for anyonejoining us here on bbc news, just bring us right up to speed in terms of the statement and the additional details you have learned. indeed. as you saw from those pictures, thi
things for ourselves. what do you think? is limiting foreign labour about embracing opportunities and spirit as brexit, as the home secretary will say? that brexit enables us to build a high skilled economy that is less dependent on foreign labour, or is this cutting is on the national nose to spite the national face? does the uk need to reduce its reliance on foreign workers? are british workers ready and willing to fill the gap? our british workersjust our british workers just as good? do we need foreign labour? get in touch. here is the news. the uk is set to give more monetary support to ukraine, including air defence missiles and drones. downing street made the announcement as president zelensky arrived for talks with rishi sunak. senior doctors in england are voting on whether to strike. their union, the british medical association, said pay talks with the government ended on saturday, with the final offer it called unacceptable. the government urged to bma to consider
And the Legendary British rock Guitaristjeff Beck has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Australia refuse to play cricket in aghanistan in a stand against the treatment of women by the taliban. As they withdraw from marchs one day series. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. If you called an ambulance in england back in october for someone who was having a heart attack or a stroke, the average waiting time was an hour. The latest figures from nhs england showjust how much the situation has worsened since then. If you made the same call last month, the wait was half an hour longer a full 92 minutes on average before an ambulance would get to you. The target is 18 minutes. For weeks, weve been reporting on the unrelenting pressures facing the nhs this winter. Senior doctors have told us the Health Service is operating on a knife edge. Now our Health Editor hugh pym has been allowed into the royal Bolton Hospital, and into a e, which is at the epicen
fallen behind. many of you will to say kids need to feel the pressure of gcses coming down the line. what do you think are sats much too much, much too young? do they put children under unnecessary pressure? or are they an important tool for measuring abilities? how many millilitres of squash are in each drink? what is the correct answer? are sats up to scratch? what is the correct answer? get in touch, let s talk. call free. call me on 08085 909693. text 85058. follow 5 live on facebook and twitter.. it is good to see. here the news. train passengers are facing cancellations on many lines at the start of a weekend likely to be severely disrupted by strike action. train drivers in the aslef union have walked out today, in their continuing dispute about pay and conditions. more disruption is expected tomorrow, when rmt union members walk out. the uk economy grew a small amount over the first three months of the year. official figures show that gross domestic product increase