in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britain s next prime minister the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britain s cameron norrie will play the six time champion novak djokovic for a place in the men s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former fifa president sepp blatter expresses his relief as he and former uefa boss michel platini are both found not guilty of fraud following a trial in switzerland. good afternoon. world leaders have been expressing their shock and grief after the assassination of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot while making a speech in the city of nara, and later died in hospital.
with a star studded pageant finishing at buckingham palace. i v e i ve got my own crystal so i can add sparkle everybody here, although might i say, howjealous i was up paddington bear having tea with the queen! street parties are being held across the uk in what is being called the big jubilee lunch with some getting the royal seal of approval. welcome to bbc news and the fourth day of the platinum jubilee celebrations. today there ll be a pageant along the mall in london, featuring a military parade, acrobats, puppets and other tributes to the 70 years of the queen s reign. celebrations will be held across the country too, with tens of thousands of people holding street parties. last night, a special outdoor concert was held in the grounds of buckingham palace with live performances from diana ross, queen and sir rod stewart. our royal correspondent sarah campbell has all the details. at the oval cricket ground in london, prince charles and the duchess of cornwalljoined one
southern england and south wales. mist and low cloud in between. we will see higher temperatures in northern ireland and scotland. through this evening, we see these heavy front dish to work northwards through wales, the midlands and into england as well. the of rain arriving into east anglia and moving into the pennines, clearer skies across scotland where we see the lowest temperatures. but who will see a cloudier night to attempt as falling to ten celsius. rain with theirs across the eastern side of theirs across the eastern side of the uk but pulling away. most will have a dry day but we are keeping an eye on some showers for south west england. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines. # they good times never seemed so good #. a platinum party at the palace to celebrate an historic 70 year reign the elizabethean age. you bring us together to celebrate moments of pride, joy and happiness. the nation s favourite bear kicked off the concert with a privat
To Lord Of The Dance. Michael flatley on 30 years since that life changing eurovision moment. Good morning. Today in the west it will be fairly cloudy, wet and windy. Further east we are looking at drier and brighter conditions with some sunshine but sao is coming to the south east later. All of the detail throughout the programme. Its tuesday the 30th of april. The Scottish National party has officially started the process to find a new leader, after humza yousaf announced his resignation as scotlands First Minister. He quit ahead of two no confidence votes at holyrood which were due to be held in the wake of his decision to eject to Scottish Greens from his power sharing government. Nominations to replace him opened just before midnight. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. Politically, there was nowhere left for humza yousaf to go. His leadership fatally wounded, not by his party or by the voters, but by himself. And so this admission that his time as First Minister had