His elder brother chose to give up the thrown to marry a twice divorced american. With the help of the woman i love. Can king george, the shy man with a stutter, mend a broken monarchy . His brother edward has not gone quietly into exile. And a looming war threatens global kings. Nowhere in the world is there anything half so wonderful. The School Children will learn about it. Immediately before the coronation, it must be momentous for george. This was a huge ceremony that had been prepared for his elder brother. But it was he who is taking it all on. Georges coronation occurred on the same day that it would have occurred for his brother edward. Nothing was changed except the person doing it. Heres someone with a complete sense of inad gassy. He had always been the monday to his brothers sun. Before he was king, george was living a relatively normal free under the radar life. Happily married and as a younger member of the royal family he does a few public duties and is contented with t
Afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Trading on wall street was halted immediately after stock markets crashed creating an automatic cutout. No need to panic buy the government says it remains focused on containing the spread of the coronavirus as the Prime Minister chairs a meeting of the governments emergency committee. There is absolutely no need for anybody to stockpile or anything like that. We are in Constant Contact with the major retailers. Italys Prime Minister says his country is facing its darkest hour with 16 Million People in quarantine. The trial begins of alex salmond former first minister of scotland on charges of Sexual Assault and attempted rape. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane dougal. It has been confirmed and added the six nations match between france and ireland has been postponed because of fears of the coronavirus sewing the tournament into disarray, but as it stands, wales against scotland a man in cardiff will go ahead. Thanks jane,
Bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Asian markets are mixed in the morning after whats been dubbed black monday where us shares fell by their most since the Global Financial crisis. And 10,000 beehives destroyed in australias bushfires. We will find out what this means for the future of the industry. Hello, and welcome to tuesdays Asia Business report, i am Sharanjit Leyl business report, i am Sharanjit Leyl. Lets look at markets in asia because some of them are open but it appears to be another choppy day of trade. We see the nikkei is down over 1 but crawling back from some of its steeper slides. We sought open 3 . We sought slide 5 , after dave incredibly volatile trading. We saw the us Financial Markets seeing their biggest one day fall since the 2008 financial crisis. Its being dubbed black monday. The drops was so severe dubbed black monday. The drops was so severe in fact, the trading was halted for 15 minutes. Watching
Stories this morning the governments Emergency Cobra Committee gets under way to discuss plans to delay the spread of coronavirus, after a third person dies in the uk. At this stage, we are still in the contain phase, which means there is no need to cancel events, no need for people not to go to sporting events, museums and so on. Market concern the ftse falls 9 percent after opening this morning overnight Oil Prices Crash by nearly a third. Italys Prime Minister says it is his countrys darkest hour, as one region is in lockdown with 60 Million People quarantine. At 11 30am, we will answer your questions on the spread and containment of coronavirus with an associate professor of Infectious Diseases at the university of warwick. The trial of the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, on charges of Sexual Assault and attempted rape begins in edinburgh. A final farewell to royal duties. The duke and duchess of sussex prepare to carry out their last Public Engagement as senior me
Yesterdays rain. It was miserable. Parts of north west england, wales and the midlands had over half a months and the midlands had over half a months worth of rain in 2a hours. I am pleased to see mondays wet weather has started to ease away. Some pretty intense rain this morning but those dying away now. Still one or two across south west coasts. There is a little bit of brightness. Not so bad in sheltered eastern areas with sunny spells. Because the winter coming from the south west it is windy in excess of 40 south west it is windy in excess of a0 mph but at least it is mild. Dodge the showers, keep some sunshine and you will get someone. Well above the average for the time of year. Some of those showers as we go through the evening have become more organised, running along the channel coasts through the night. Clear skies elsewhere, more persistent showers driving into western scotland, Northern Ireland and north west england. A contrast with the feel of the weather. Still seeing m