Prince edward and his wife, the Countess Of Wessex visited the queen at windsor this morning. On leaving, Her Daughter In Law said the queen had been amazing. Im shaun ley. More details about the Dukes Funeral are due to be released later, as tributes are paid across the country, the commonwealth and the world. Flags are flying at Half Mast in australia and more World Leaders send their condolences to the queen. Premier League Players and the wider Sporting World are also paying their respects to The Duke who was himself a talented sportsman. Hello and welcome again to Windsor Castle wHere People continue to arrive as they have throughout the day following the death of the Duke Of Edinburgh. Gun salutes have taken place to mark the death of the Duke Of Edinburgh across the uk, in gibraltar and from Navy Warships at sea. At midday, batteries fired 41 rounds, one every minute. Prince philip who died yesterday aged 99 served as a naval officer during the second World War and held the offi
a chinese firm confirms a rescue deal for british steel buying it for £70 million and saving 4000 jobs in scunthorpe and teesside. it s been a big concern, hasn t it? nobody knowing what s going to be happening, whether they ve got a job, pay their mortgages, feed their families. it s great news. it s finally something positive, it s good. more rain is forecast in areas of england already hit by flooding. five severe flood warnings, meaning a threat to life, remain in place. a state of emergency has been declared in new south wales and queensland as bushfires continue to burn posing what authorities say, is a catastrophic threat. families in england will benefit from two cannabis based medicines approved for the nhs but others say they still won t get what they need. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 8:30pm, adam fleming and the bbc‘s politics team bring you the essential guide to the 2019 uk
hello and welcome to sportsday, i m gavin ramjaun. a shock in the tennis in london. alexander zverev defeats the world number one, rafael nadal, at the atp finals. the pressure is on for non league harrogate, they re losing to portsmouth in the last of the first round fa cup matches. and silver for kadeena cox at the world para athletics championships, but the medal triggers a relapse of her eating disorder. having so many people around me in so having so many people around me in so many eyes on having so many people around me in so many eyes on me, having so many people around me in so many eyes on me, kind of pushed me to do more extreme things, which is frustrating for me. hello and welcome to sports day. i m gavin. first, to a real shock at the atp world tour finals. alexander zverev has beaten world number one rafael nadal for the first time at london s 02 arena. nadal looked out of sorts. he d been struggling with injury in the run up to the event, and he was farfrom hi
with this, corsica on wednesday morning, snow over the hills quite widely causing problems and all that is being fed by the area of high pressure with cold air coming around, feeding down into the mediterranean. a chilly area of low pressure. it s starting to edge away a bit as we go into thursday and it means subtle changes. a few showers in western scotland, low cloud across orkney & shetland. after a sunny start in england and wales, a bit more cloud building up into the afternoon, particularly the south east midlands. a fresher field along the eastern coasts, temperatures down on the past few days but very pleasant in the sunshine, reaching the low 20s in a few sheltered western spots. thursday to friday, the easterly breeze develops more with cloud for england and wales and showers at night but stopping temperatures from dropping into friday too much. the chart for friday shows low pressure south, high pressure over scandinavia and we are in between, easterly wind in thi