The red arrows flew over central london, and there were flypasts in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. Music a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square by vera lynn i may be right i may be wrong but im perfectly willing to swear. And, ahead of a special evening of celebration, well speak to the welsh soprano, katherinejenkins, who has performed a medley of wartime favourites to an empty Royal Albert Hall. In other news, theres to be limited easing of lockdown restrictions in wales. At 5 00, well bring todays Coronavirus Briefing from downing street, led today by the environment secretary, George Eustice. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special. Well be bringing you all the latest on coronavirus with the downing street News Conference at 5pm. But first, a two minute silence has been held across the United Kingdom to commemorate the 75th anniversary of ve day. Events are taking place all day, but public gatherings have been cancelled as the country remains in lockdown because of coro
To become carers for loved ones unless more money is invested in the system. Former Prime Minister tony blair launches a scathing attack on his partys performance at the election laying the blame onjeremy corbyn. More than 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland walk out in an unprecedented strike over pay and patient safety. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers laura hughes and anna isaac stay with us for that. Good evening. In the united states, members of congress will vote in the next few hours on whether to impeach donald trump. Impeachment is the two stage procedure which can lead to the removal of a sitting president. In the first stage today, a majority in the house of representatives, led by the democrats, would need to support the move. If that passes, a trial would be held in the us senate dominated by republicans, the president s party, next month. Two thirds would have to vote in favour. Thats unlikely to happen. But if it did donald tru
As well. For friday, more rain around. That rain will be pushing its way northwards. We will probably start to see its getting into scotland, particularly eastern areas, but it could push a bit further west in scotland as the day goes by. Temperature is beginning to drop closer to normal across many of these western areas, but it is still relatively mild for east anglia and south east england. Now, for the weekend, areas of low pressure will tend to get steered close to southern england, but there is uncertainty about whether the rain really gets in across southern england or whether it stays across the english channel. It is only a small difference, really. But the key thing is if we do see some more rain coming into southern england, and again will bring the risk of some further flooding issues. Otherwise it is a day of sunshine and some showers. Temperature wise, were looking at highs of six or seven for the northern half of the uk but nine to 11 celsius across much of england and w
The Referendum Campaign boris was for brexit, nigel farage was for brexit and they were not in the same campaign. And the antipathy that was there in that referendum has continued. So actually getting a deal, one suspects, between two people who have not been very friendly to each other certainly in public cannot be very easy. You do wonder, even after four oclock tomorrow if the polls narrow towards election day, theres nothing to stop some candidates, certain candidates withdrawing or saying we are no longer a candidate, dont vote for us. It seems to be ludicrous when there are, what are talks, what are negotiations . When i used to work in football we used to say when is the meeting, if you meet someone say when is the meeting, if you meet someone in the left, have you had a meeting . You actually have. And so these unofficial talks have gone on and you might suspect them still going on. This is about a potential deal between the conservatives and brexit party. The Financial Times h
Utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. The Prime Minister goal is to meet the labour leader to try to agree a timetable for a brexit deal after mps back to the plan but to be ejected for three day limit on debate. Questions about the future of fracking in the uk, as the future of fracking in the uk, as the public spending watchdog raises serious concerns. And a deal to save British Steel from collapse if in doubt tonight as negotiations for a Turkish Company could take it over are fast approaching tomorrows deadline without a sign of agreement. Ina in a moment it will be time for sports day but lets take a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. In beyond 100 base at 7pm we will have been latest on the democrats impeachment investigation into the president trump, we were hearing from jackie, a us congress a man who sits on the house intelligence committee. Now google says it has made an advanced quantum computer aided him able to perform a task in