it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already b
back to paris, want to show you some pictures on the streets because large crowds have gathered throughout the day, but they are digesting the news that s come from the constitutional council that has effectively given emmanuel macron the go ahead to change the pension age in france from 62 to 64. we ve had two months and three weeks of looking at diaries of protests right across france, cities of large numbers, large coalitions of students and unions, of workers all against the move. now they were hoping through the protests that it would change the government s mind that didn t work, they were then hoping the constitutional courts would put a break or change the government s mind, that hasn t worked. so president emmanuel macron making it clear he intends to put this on the statute books in the next 48 hours, so having waited for this constitutional council decision, he now wants to get on with it. he s invested so much of his personal capital, he s determined to get this
children, murdered by a former police officer in their nursery school. the country s prime minister hasjoined grieving parents, placing flowers in the town where the attack took place. now on bbc news the travel show. go or no go for launch> bridge is go for launch. going underwater is going to be less expensive and much more accessible. go for long. this is the point of no return. if there this is the point of no return. if there was any point to freak out, now would be the time to break out. people are informed that it is very dangerous down there. am i spinning? yes yes. my yes. my god. scott is like, oh no, we have my god. scott is like, oh no, we have a my god. scott is like, oh no, we have a problem. i was we have a problem. i was thinking, were not gonna make i was thinking, were not gonna make it! i was thinking, were not gonna make it! we i was thinking, were not gonna make it! we can t i was thinking, were not gonna make it! we can t go i wa
are expected to run. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a prince harry reportedly claims he was physically attacked by his brother william during a row over his marriage to meghan. the guardian has obtained a copy of spare, the highly anticipated book from the duke of sussex, days before it s due to hit the shelves. the bbc are yet to see a copy. aru na iyengar reports. there is stringent prelaunch security around this book but the guardian has published extracts of a copy of spare it has viewed. in the book, prince harry describes a meeting in 2019 at his home in london with prince william to discuss their faltering relationship. a furious row broke out, according to the book, during which prince william, now the prince of wales, described meghan, the duchess of sussex, as difficult, rude and abrasive. harry accused his brother of parroting the press narrative about his wife. the row escalated, and then, according to the book, harry claims he
spain s one of the worst hit countries around a quarter of the roughly 20,000 global infections were diagnosed there. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up this week, i am on the greek island of evia, a year on from the devastating forest fires. look at these guys! look at them go! and taking a dip in natural hot springs built for the gods. 0h! that s so hot! we are off to denmark to take a look at the ancient treasury writing history is that. and next in istanbul, testing his artistic skills. nick is in. oh, we need lips. the island of evia, the second largest island in greece after crete, famed for its averted mountaintops, blue seas and glorious sunshine. but in the summer of 2021, that idyllic picture was turned on its head. last year in early august, temperatures were heading over 47 celsius in greece. the forest became a tinderbox and evia burned for over ten days. many scientists say that client change makes events like this more likely. climate change. b