and will be cueing for quite a long time because this does not begin until tomorrow. her lying in state. you can see right here, the folks that lined up and were able to say their final good-bye to the queen in scotland both yesterday and earlier today. it s been a remarkable set of images and just a reminder, this is her last trip home to buckingham palace as well. once she leaves, she s never going to go back. let s bring in molly hunter who s live for us. also, andrew roberts, her british historian. molly, you are buy where those people are lining up right now. what have they been saying about why they got there so early? reporter: that s right. we are in front of westminster. i want to show you where the actual hall is she will be lying in state. it s closest to big ben, but this is the line. 24 hours in advance. i just want to give you a sense. it is raining as you know, you re on the other side of town. people are lining up prepared to wait 24 hours. i met these lovel
appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co
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