a fifth of his country, and up to a hundred ukrainian soldiers were dying each day. people from all over the uk and around the world, are in london to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee. the bbc s reeta chakrabarti joined the crowds on the mall to watch the first day s events. she spoke to some of the spectators. it was ten deep on the mall as people gathered to watch the parade. those at the back couldn t really see much. but that seemed to bother absolutely no one. it s incredible. i ve never seen it like this, and itjust really feels like a very special occasion. we re delighted to be here. you can t see very much from back here. do you know what s actually really helpful? all of the cameras in front of us. we ve been getting some quite good shots of what s going on anyways. some people have travelled thousands of miles to be here. you came from canada? yeah. oh, my goodness! specifically for this? specifically for this. her majesty s platinum jubilee. we came here ten
things that were £1 are now £1.10. it adds to the panic as well and you are just thinking, how am i going to get through this month? the average price of petrol reaches a record high amid new sanctions on russian oil. one week after the school shooting in texas, sir andy murray, who survived the dunblane massacre as a child, calls for changes to america s gun laws. surely at some stage you do something different, like, you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another senior conservative mp dame andrea leadsome blames the prime minister for lockdown parties in downing street. and customers from all over the world flock to a chippy in coventry that s become a social media sensation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. liverpool have demanded an apology from the french sports minister following comments suggesting fans were to blame for problems at the champions final on saturday. good afternoon, and
you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties. and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. mega chippy. and the once humble chip shop in coventry, that s now at tiktok sensation. there are calls today to give more children in england free school meals to help tackle the cost of living crisis. teaching unions say all children from families on universal credit should be eligible forfree meals as part of an urgent expansion of the scheme. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ao year high. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. more children than ever are coming through the doors. at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we ve only got a small room, we are going to be busy. at this free half term
the problem by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties, and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. # binley mega chippyl # binley mega chippy! and coming up, the once humble chip shop in coventry that s now a tiktok sensation. good evening. there s more misery for thousands of travellers with the tour operator tui announcing the cancellation of six holiday flights a day from manchester airport until the end ofjune. this afternoon, tui confirmed that 3a,000 holidaymakers have been affected by the month of cancellations at manchester airport. like other travel companies, it s blaming staff shortages after the pandemic. but the government says the airline industry has had months to prepare, as gareth barlow reports. it s set to be one of the busiest travel periods of the year, travel periods of the year 2 mil
7:30, to say that the holiday had been cancelled. no explanation, and nobody s been in touch. another record high for the average price of petrol, as the pressure on global supplies shows no sign of easing. and 70 years of the monarch meeting her prime ministers we report on the mystique and mystery of the weekly audience. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a clash fit for a final two titans of tennis, novak djokovic and rafa nadal, go head to head later in the french open quarterfinals. good evening. access to family doctors is fast becoming one of the biggest problems for the nhs, according to patients groups, while some areas of england are having to cope with much lower numbers of gps per head than other areas. new analysis by the nuffield trust for the bbc has found that demand for gp services continues to rise, at a time when more doctors are switching to part time working. the areas with the highest number of patients per gp are shown on this map with darker c