take place this summer. hello, good afternoon. the funeral of the record breaking charity fundraiser, captain sir tom moore, has been held in bedford. the 100 year old came to prominence after raising almost £33 million for nhs charities by walking laps of his garden during the first lockdown. he died earlier this month, days after testing positive for coronavirus. our correspondentjohn maguire has the story. they were there by his side when he made his most famous journey, and today, they were with him again when he made his final journey. soldiers from the yorkshire regiment, the modern equivalent of captain sir tom moore s wartime unit paid tribute with full military honours. on the coffin, his medals, including his knighthood, and a specially commissioned officer s sword, on one side, the regimental motto, fortune favours the brave. on the other, his motto, tomorrow will be a good day. and in clear blue skies above bedford cemetery, the silence was broken by a fly pa
the number of coronavirus infections in england continues to fall, say researchers but the rate of decrease may have slowed. heated exchanges at holyrood, with opposition msps continuing to press nicola sturgeon about the handling of harassment complaints against alex salmond. there is no argument if nicola sturgeon broke the ministerial code. the argument is only about how badly she broke it. she hasjust prejudged the outcome of the independent inquiry into the ministerial code. this isjust about desperate political games for the conservatives. and, leave your money at home amazon opens its first supermarket in the uk, and it doesn t have any tills. the duke of edinburgh has undergone a procedure for a pre existing heart condition. buckingham palace says the procedure was successful, and was carried out yesterday. the duke, who is 99, is expected to stay in hospital for a number of days. the news comes as the royal family is being accused by the duchess of sussex of perp
now on bbc news. it s time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long running protest against the modi government s farm law reform. their protest camps on the outskirts of delhi have become a symbol of defiance. but india s populist prime minister has faced down a host of opponents in the past. will this time be any different? my guest is yogendra yadav, leader of the swaraj party and a prominent backer of the farmers cause. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? yogendra yadav, in rewari near delhi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are on the coordinating committee of the main group behind the farmers protest. we have been watching them for the last weeks and months, but it does seem as though right now they may be losing momentum. is that right? not quite. in an extraordinary movement of this kind, given the size, scale, time, you have ups and downs. but remember, we are looking at near
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long running protest against the modi government s farm law reform. their protest camps on the outskirts of delhi have become a symbol of defiance. but india s populist prime minister has faced down a host of opponents in the past. will this time be any different? my guest is yogendra yadav, leader of the swaraj party and a prominent backer of the farmers cause. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? theme music plays. yogendra yadav, in rewari near delhi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are on the coordinating committee of the main group behind the farmers protest. we have been watching them for the last weeks and months, but it does seem as though right now they may be losing momentum. is that right? not quite. in an extraordinary movement of this kind, given the size, scale, time, you have ups and downs. but remember, we are looki