most of the time patients have a great experience but we must not paper over the problems we face. we expect backlogs to rise before they fall. a teenager is arrested after a 15 year old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. five british captives who were held by russian backed forces in ukraine are released in a prisoner exchange. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. retiring tennis champion roger federer will play the final match of his career in a doubles team alongside his long time rival rafael nadal as part of the laver cup tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. interest rates have been raised to 2.25%, the highest level since 2008. it s the seventh consecutive time that they ve been increased by the bank of england, in an attempt to curb soaring prices. the rate has gone up from 1.75%. the bank of e
is the scene in central london. then the prince of wales just visiting, the crowds, you the qb waited to westminster hall, thanking them. a busy time for the royals. king charles iii meeting the new met commissioner. the mayor of london and suella braverman who are in charge of the extraordinary policing operation that will unfold on monday here in central london. let s get the reaction to down there. it is continuing flow of people. tens of thousands of people still coming here. the wait time thankfully for many people is way lower than it was when we started in the early hours of the morning. then it was something like 25 hours. now thatis it was something like 25 hours. now that is considerably more palatable. obviously getting used to these enormous numbers. it is down to m hours. the people coming through now as they approach the final leg of this whole epicjourney along the thames and across lambeth bridge are seeing thejoin the thames and across lambeth bridge are seei
the queue to see the queen lying in state it s close to full capacity, with a waiting time of at least 2a hours. military rehearsals have been taking place in windsor ahead of the queen s funeral on monday. away from westminster, today s other headlines. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. the premier league returned with fans and players paying their own respects to the queen. it s saturday, 17th september. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a third night lying in state. people hoping to pay their respects at westminster hall are being told not to travel tojoin the queue, as it s almost at capacity, with waiting times at least 2a hours long. last night king charles, the princess royal, prince andrew and prince edward held a silent vigil by their mother s coffin. in conversation with some of the people who have been arriving here, they have be