the new reign of king charles which began yesterday and is expected to began yesterday and is expected to be true to the constitutional path followed so loyally by queen elizabeth, though charles s views on some issues of public debate have of course been clearly expressed in the past. he comes to the throne at the age of 73 having served a record period as prince of wales. our special correspondent alan little assesses charles s life and work so far and the challenges ahead as monarch. it has been a long journey to the throne. at an age when most of us have retired, he assumes the role for which he has been preparing for much of his life. her royal highness - the princess elizabeth, duchess of edinburgh, with safely delivered l of a prince at 9:14pm. thatjourney began in i9lr8 when the country was recovering from a devastating war. the monarchy had come to symbolise the nation s wartime sacrifice and resilience. will you come to the utmost of your power, maintain in the unit
and when to expect them. it s tuesday, the 6th of september. welcome to downing street, a date that will go in the history books because in a few hours number 10 will welcome its newest resident and we know who it will be, liz truss, elected leader of the conservative party yesterday and has had the night to get her head around things and make appointments and plans. this morning, borisjohnson leaves here. bringing his three year premiership to an end and then liz truss will arrive and take over. this morning we look at the many challenges she faces in those early moments. at first, here is this from a lyrical correspondence iain watson. in one day, we ll hear from two prime ministers. in this street, a transfer of power will take place without a general election. early this morning, borisjohnson will give his final speech as prime minister. then late this afternoon, liz truss, his successor, chosen by conservative members, will set out her stall. but what will happen in betw
julia james in kent last year. he fought the curse of drugs and booze and now mike helps other, a glimmer of hope, but addiction related deaths keep going up. the first mail professional footballer to come out in over 30 year, what does that say about the beautiful game about the beautiful game and coming up in sportsday, later in the hour on the bbc news channel, there is still everything to play for in the final week of the premier league season. tonight arsenal will try and climb back into the top four. good evening. and welcome to the bbc s news at six. britain s most senior military officer admiral sir tonied are kin says ukraine has guaranteed its is vieful as a nation. he said ukrainians are winning the war, but, as we report now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. far from now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. farfrom it. ukrainian forces are have been retaking territory in the north east of the country, in cent day, pushing the
wet weather in store for tomorrow? a weather front is approaching south western parts of the british isles. through the morning into the afternoon the rain will become more extensive, you can see that expanding area of rain spreading northwards. to the east we are talking about bright weather at the very least, perhaps even sunny skies and turning quite hot for a time, just that one day in london at the 26 celsius so a very warm summary day. on tuesday evening, that raini talked about in the west will move further northwards into scotland, giving a wet end to tuesday. after that, the weather will continue to be very changeable, very volatile through the week. lots of sunny spells, you can see showers as well, very changeable picture for many towns and cities but staying i think on the warm side. thank you very much. that s all from the bbc s news at six, it s goodbye from me and on bbc we hello and welcome to sportsday. the watershed moment for british footballers? the champi
Thundery showers pushing northwards and petering out and may be more thunderstorms for some as we head through this afternoon. There will be a lot of sunshine around as well particularly towards the north and the west so if we take a look at the bigger picture, some thundery showers are possible across wales, the midlands and east anglia. Further south its cooler, drier and quite a lot of cloud around and its cool and cloudy towards north sea coasts as well with the onshore wind. The best of the sunshine across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland, where we could get to 22 celsius in the north west of scotland, the place to be, also possibly 22 degrees in parts of east anglia again today. 0vernight tonight i will Weather Front keeps waving a little further north, but further south, waving a little further north, but furthersouth, bringing waving a little further north, but further south, bringing further outbreaks of rain, thunderstorms approaching east anglia by the end of the night