the first person into space way back in 1961. had the queen come across him? well, what do you think? very interesting to meet him. what was he like? russian. he didn t speak english. he didn t speak english? no, he was fascinating. they talked about things raining down on you, apt in a week such as this though theirfocus was the meteorite, chunks of which landed in gloucestershire. because it looks very mixed rock. then they were off to mars and the pictures of the four billion year old martian landscape sent back to earth from the mars perseverance probe. it is pretty rock strewn, isn t it? i think it s fascinating to see the pictures of mars. unbelievable, really, to think one can actually see its surface. school children demonstrated their idea of a rocket blasting off. very successful! for a few moments, a monarch with much to think about was able to escape. thank you, your majesty. bye! nicholas witchell, bbc news. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where yo
the couple did express their admiration and respect for the queen. buckingham palace has yet to respond to the allegations made. prince harry also said he felt let down by his father prince charles, who at one point was refusing to take his son s calls. also tonight. millions of children went back to school today following months of lockdown and home schooling. in england s care homes, one nominated person can now visit a loved one. we meet some of those reunited after many months. and the schoolgirl left for dead by the taliban who went on to win a nobel prize has landed a multi million pound television deal. and coming up in sport on bbc news. fourth placed chelsea maintain their unbeaten record under thomas tuchel jorginho with a penalty in a 2 0 win over everton. good evening. we start tonight with the story that s dominated news headlines around the world. the royal family and its advisers are reeling from a list of damaging allegations made by the duke and duchess of
A woman was shot during the armed raid. Six people have been arrested. The uk economy slows. Latest figures suggest consumers are reining Back Spending in the face of rising inflation. Anthonyjoshua and Vladimir Klitschko square up, ahead of the biggest fight in british boxing history. Andy murray reaches the semifinal of the barcelona open, beating albert ramos vinolas, who beat him in monte carlo last week. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A Breast Cancer surgeon has been found guilty of carrying out completely unnecessary but life changing procedures at nhs and private hospitals in the west midlands. A jury convicted 59 year old ian paterson of Wounding With Intent, after hearing how he had lied to patients and exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer to convince them to go under the knife. Its still not clear why he did it. The charges related to nine women and one man, but there are hundreds more victims. Tiflh tttttttez this case centres on an extremely experien
We all look forward to welcoming the queens speechjust as soon as the coalition of chaos has been negotiated. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm Inflation Hits A Nearfour year high, continuing the squeeze on consumers as prices rise faster than wages. And the European Commission is expected to put forward proposals which could strip london of the multi billion pound euro clearing market following brexit. Very good evening from Downing Street, where it is hoped that the deal will eventually be done between theresa may and the Democratic Unionist Party. There were several hours of talks today. The Prime Minister is now in france for that meeting with emmanuel micron. We understand, that there are no outstanding issues between the two, but we do not have that firm conclusion of talks, and any announcement of a deal so far today. We will have more from stormont in a moment. We will also be talking to former Secretary Of State for Northern Ireland, about his views on the potential ri
Including motorists trying to escape the blaze. In sport, Englands Tommy Fleetwood remains firmly in contention at golfs us open in wisconsin. Hes just one shot off the leader brian harman heading into todays final round. And helen has the weather. More sunshine on the way . Good morning. Another hot day for the vast majority, the sunshine as strong as it gets and its likely to last for another few days yet for most of us. Ill have the details for you in most of us. Ill have the details foryou ina most of us. Ill have the details for you in a round about 15 minutes. Thanks, helen. First, our main story. Church services will be held today to remember the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in west london. Police have revealed that 58 people are missing and are believed to have died but that figure could still rise. Yesterday, theresa may met with volunteers and those left homeless. Government staff have been drafted in to improve the response to the disaster, as Nick Quraishi reports. Th