In paris, workers are finally preparing to begin the huge Restoration Project. This is one of the thousand oak trees that have been specially selected for notre dame. Smaller tree trunks will be used to rebuild the medieval rafters. Big ones like this will go to reconstruct the spire. And while the coronavirus pandemic has kept most of us locked down its given the animal world loads more freedom. We thought that animals for example, penguins in south africa have survived perfectly well, we think. But in fact, when we retreated we discovered that the penguins actually normally would be doing very much better than they have been doing for decades. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england has reached a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The figure, from the end of february, is the highest since records began in 2007. There were also nearly 388,000 patients waiting more than a year for non urgent surgery compared with 1,600 before the pandemic. Heres our Health Correspondent anna collinson. This man has spent much of the pandemic in pain, waiting for an operation on his pancreas which was seen as vital but not time critical. The 23 year old has severe Learning Difficulties and Mental Health issues so his older brother is speaking on his behalf. His original surgery was planned for september 2020, that was cancelled and rescheduled for december, again it was cancelled. Zen was admitted as an Inpatient Injanuary 2021 and he didnt have his surgery until the 26th of march. Over the months his condition deteriorated. He lost weight and developed jaundice. This is him in hospital injanuary. He is shaking his head and he does that as a way to cope with things. He was in a lot of pain at that point, to the point where hes crying almost daily. Treating hundreds of thousands of Coronavirus Patients has hit the nhs hard, with more people experiencing postponed care and prolonged pain. New figures show 4. 7 Million People in england were waiting for routine operations in february, the highest since records began in 2007. Nearly 388,000 patients were waiting for more than a year for routine work, a striking increase to 12 months earlier when just 1600 people were on the list. Nhs england says trusts have been given funds to help their recovery, but unions are still concerned about staff. The nurses within the nhs will have to continue to work at levels beyond what you would normally expect, and that comes on top of the last year and a half where, because of covid, they have been going above and beyond. So it does look like a really tough picture. This hospital in croydon set up a dedicated centre for nonurgent treatment, including Dental Surgery and some orthepedic work. The aim is to make best use of resources to get through the backlog. By ensuring we have efficiently run lists maximising the estate we have, using our theatres six days a week, three session days, it means we will have a chance of reducing the backlog that is now building. These new figures were recorded in february when covid pressures were particularly acute. While Coronavirus Hospital admissions have fallen substantially since then, the virus is still a threat. Surge testing for the South African variant is continuing in london to prevent its spread. On tuesday, then finally returned home after months in hospital. His family say they are over the moon. Hospitals have been under extreme pressure over the past year, is that any consolation for you and your family . I can understand that, but for someone like zen, it is not something he can understand at all. All he knows is that hes in pain. There are many indirect effects of the coronavirus which has affected people like my brother. Anna collinson, bbc news. Lets talk to doctor adrian boyle, Vice President at the Royal College of emergency medicine. Good afternoon. Hello. Given you are from the college good afternoon. Hello. Given you are from the college of good afternoon. Hello given you are from the college of emergency medicine, i guess i should clarify with you that those Waiting Times we are talking about today do not apply to emergency cases. H0. Are talking about today do not apply to emergency cases. To emergency cases. No, but there will be a knockon to emergency cases. No, but there will be a knockon effect, to emergency cases. No, but there will be a knockon effect, because | will be a knock on effect, because people who are taking large amounts of painkillers because they are waiting for something painful save for a hip replacement, a small proportion of these will end up requiring some form of Emergency Treatment. So people who take a long period of ib proofing, some of those people end up with an ulcer, which will then require Emergency Treatment ib proofing. This will have a knock on effect, and we are worried that with this huge piece of work that needs to be done, we will be competing for beds for these patients, because hospitals dont have enough beds to do the work theyre being asked to come and there being set an enormous task. The result is this is that it will get crowded and we will go back to what we saw in january get crowded and we will go back to what we saw injanuary of get crowded and we will go back to what we saw in january of ambulances getting stuck outside. H0 . . . What we saw in january of ambulances getting stuck outside. Getting stuck outside. How does each trust prioritise . Getting stuck outside. How does each trust prioritise . Where getting stuck outside. How does each trust prioritise . Where do getting stuck outside. How does each trust prioritise . Where do they trust prioritise . Where do they start with this backlog . It is in all sorts of disciplines. How do they prioritise patients . The . All sorts of disciplines. How do they prioritise patients . They have a fairly sophisticated they prioritise patients . They have a fairly sophisticated way they prioritise patients . They have a fairly sophisticated way of a fairly sophisticated way of prioritising it based on clinical need. The whole aim of this, like all through the pandemic, maximising survivorship. The most serious cases need to go first. I dont think anyone would argue that. There is a danger that by keeping people going on for so long that the things that should be fairly straightforward to sort out, they will become more complicated. So it looks like, you know, eating the elephant, there is a huge task to be done. These figures are eye watering. Every time we talk on the figures are eye watering. Every time we talk on the Programme Figures are eye watering. Every time we talk on the programme about. Figures are eye watering. Every time we talk on the programme about a l we talk on the programme about a backlog like this, there always appears to get in touch and say, how can you expand the systempoint to the speed at which the Nightingale Units were set up at the start of the pandemic. Is there anyway that those sort of units can be used or replicated . Is there anything you can do . I know does notjust about beds,is can do . I know does notjust about beds, is about people, but is there something we can learn that sort of system that we seem to set up relatively quickly . Imilli system that we seem to set up relatively quickly . Relatively quickly . Will be demonstrated relatively quickly . Will be demonstrated with relatively quickly . Will be demonstrated with the i relatively quickly . Will be demonstrated with the Nightingale Hospitals as you can build the estate, the infrastructure quite quickly, but if you havent got the staff, and beds really do need staff through the work, it doesnt become very effective. There is, prior to the pandemic, we had the least number of Hospital Beds of almost any country in europe. Per number of Hospital Beds of almost any country in europe. Number of Hospital Beds of almost any country in europe. Per head of imputation. Any country in europe. Per head of imputation. I any country in europe. Per head of population, i assume . Any country in europe. Per head of population, i assume . Yes. Any country in europe. Per head of. Population, i assume . Yes. Coming out of the pandemic, population, i assume . Yes. Coming out of the pandemic, we population, i assume . Yes. Coming out of the pandemic, we have population, i assume . Yes. Coming out of the pandemic, we have less, | out of the pandemic, we have less, and the functional capacity of those bedsis and the functional capacity of those beds is less because of all the things we have the do to stop people from getting covid when they go into hospital. So we are squeezing a small bed base even further. And this is really about having enough staff to do this work. find this is really about having enough staff to do this work. This is really about having enough staff to do this work. And when we are talkin staff to do this work. And when we are talking about staff to do this work. And when we are talking about this staff to do this work. And when we are talking about this and staff to do this work. And when we are talking about this and other. Are talking about this and other disciplines, we may think we throw money at the problem, as staff and say please do as much overtime as you can, we will pay you extra . But i appreciate im talking about a workforce that is already exhausted. Yes, and short term fixes are not the solution for this. This is a big task that needs a lot of consideration, planning and trying to work steadily throughout. In the short term, throwing money at it, any slightly chaotic manner is not gonna be a Cost Effective way. It is not going to be the best way to get the value from that money. Not going to be the best way to get the value from that money. Thank you so much for the value from that money. Thank you so much for your the value from that money. Thank you so much for your time the value from that money. Thank you so much for your time for the value from that money. Thank you so much for your time for now. The value from that money. Thank you so much for your time for now. I so much for your time for now. I feel there is even more we could discuss, but thank you. We will speak a little more about those waiting time figures over the course of the afternoon. Return to one of other main studies the day. Main stories. The conservative chair of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Lord pickles said there dont appear to be any boundaries between Civil Servants and the private sector. It comes as David Cameron said hell � respond positively� to any request for him to give evidence to an inquiry into the Lobbying Activies of the failed Finance Company greensill. 0ur Political Correspondent greg dawson reports. What began as questions about the actions of a former Prime Minister advising are now collapsed finance firm has escalated into multiple investigations. Lord pickles, once a Government Minister himself under David Cameron, is now responsible for advising Public Servants over their work in the private sector. His assessment could hardly have been more blunt. Contractors, consultants, people who arrive and offer assistance, maybe during the pandemic or maybe as mr greensill did. They are not covered at all, and i think that needs addressing. I think it needs addressing urgently. We now know three separate parliamentary committees who will look into the issues surrounding Greensill Capital. David cameron has already insisted he didnt break any rules and says he will be happy to be questioned. There could be more revelations to come after it emerged Bill Crothers who was responsible for overseeing Government Contracts had been allowed to simultaneously work part time for greensill in 2015. It has prompted the most senior Civil Servant in the country to order heads of all departments to declare by tomorrow if any of their officials have second jobs like this. It was David Cameron himself who ordered stricter rules on lobbying when he was in downing street, but the head of one of the countries biggest lobbying Companies Says those reforms are part of the problem. The laws that the David Cameron government rather ironically put in place in 2014 are a joke. They dont cover 80 of lobbying. It is a completely ridiculous State Of Affairs to see a former Prime Minister engaging in secret lobbying, and a former Civil Servant while he was a Civil Servant also acting for outside interests. Yesterday labour was defeated in its attempts to set up a separate parliamentary inquiry into lobbying. This morning its leader repeated calls for tougher rules. What we are talking about here is lobbying of government for massive Procurement Contracts involving millions, sometimes billions of pounds. And increasingly we are seeing a murkier picture, whether it is the way contracts are handed out, the lack of due process or the lobbying, which is an open door now into government. Borisjohnson insists his party have been consistently tough on lobbying. The Prime Minister has already ordered a Lawyer Led Inquiry into the links between greensill and government. The evidence will be heard privately and is expected to report back injune. Greg dawson, bbc news. 0ur Political Correspondent helen cattjoins me now. This is just not going away. There is so much going on here. A lot of enquiries for people to try and keep up enquiries for people to try and keep up with. Enquiries for people to try and keep uwith. ,. , up with. Absolutely. Several enquiries up with. Absolutely. Several enquiries we up with. Absolutely. Several enquiries we now up with. Absolutely. Several enquiries we now know up with. Absolutely. Several l enquiries we now know about, up with. Absolutely. Several enquiries we now know about, what does that mean . That means we will see evidence sessions, ministers, officials quizzed over and over again on this issue over the coming months. It means that issue is not going to go away. If there was any hope from government that by announcing the review earlier this week that that would calm things down very well, that certainly does not look like it is the case. We also now know that one of those at parliamentary inquiries, the Public Accounts Committees enquiry will ask David Cameron, the former Prime Minister, to give evidence. As you said earlier, he has indicated he would respond positively to any such request. A number ten sources said that ministers were asked to appear before these enquiries then they would do so. We are going to hear a lot more about this over the next few months. 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Enquiries can be a way of kicking issues into the a way of kicking issues into the long grass, but is there a sense, do you get a sense from people you talk to at westminster that some politicians at least they want something swift over all this . I think there is a sense that something probably does need to change. There are rules around lobbying, and lobbying in and of itself isnt a bad thing, it is just that it needs to be done in the right way and done transparently. Certainly i think there is a feeling in westminster that perhaps some of the rules are not tight enough, and that they probably do need to be changed. And the sheer weight of the number of enquiries, the amount we are going to hear about this over the coming months is likely to up the coming months is likely to up the pressure for those rules to be tightened for some changes to be made. That is the bit that could take longer. Even after you have those enquiries, are there changes made, do they happen quickly, is that something pushed further down the road . Thank you for that. The headlines on bbc news. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburghs funeral. Prince charles and camilla have been looking at some of the floral tributes that have been laid by the public in memory of the Prince Philip. More details are to be released this afternoon about his funeral which takes place in windsor on saturday. Its expected that no members of the royal family will wear Military Uniform at the ceremony. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Buckingham palace has done its best to discourage people from leaving flowers, but hundreds of people have wanted to place their own tributes to the duke. The bouquets have been moved into the grounds of marlborough house, a short distance from the palace, and headquarters of the commonwealth, where the Prince Of Wales and The Duchess Of Cornwall viewed them this morning. Most are accompanied by messages paying tribute to the duke and thanking him for his years of service. There will be a Strong Military flavour to saturdays funeral, reflecting the dukes many military connections. Rehearsals have been taking place for the service contingents, wholl be involved in the short ceremonial procession inside Windsor Castle. It will be whats known as a ceremonial royal funeral. This was the one staged for Queen Elizabeth the queen mother in 2002. Normally members of the royal family would wear Military Uniform, but its reported that on saturday the members of the family will wear civilian dress. This, it appears, is to avoid embarrassing prince harry, whos no longer entitled to wear Military Uniform. Behind the walls of Windsor Castle the grounds are being prepared for saturdays funeral. There will be no Public Access because of the covid restrictions. The Town Of Windsor is quiet, and police are hoping people will stay away on saturday because there will be nothing for spectators to view. During the Funeral Procession, the kings troop of the Royal Horse Artillery will fire a salute. All the ceremonial components are being made ready. It will be an essentially private Family Funeral because of covid, though shared with millions via television, as the nation pays the duke a final tribute. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. Earlier our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell had the latest on the funeral preparations. Here in windsor, preparations continue for that funeral on saturday afternoon. So security has been stepped up here, there are extra police patrols, and there have been movements in and out of the castle here all day bringing equipment, all of which will be needed for the broadcast on saturday. There has been, and continues to be, a full military rehearsal within the grounds of Windsor Castle this afternoon. There will be on the day Something Like 730 members of the armed forces taking part in the Funeral Procession very much a tribute to the duke of edinburgh who, of course, as we know, was a military man himself. Further details, as you say, to be released this afternoon including, as you say, the guest list. Now, in normal times they would have been Something Like 800 guests inside st georges chapel, but because of the pandemic limitations, that number will be restricted to around 30. So, bearing in mind the queen and the duke have four children and eight grandchildren, that takes up over 20 spaces. And of course there will be some relatives from the duke of edinburghs family as well. But, as i say, those further details and confirmation of what the royal family will be wearing will be made public later this afternoon. Northern ireland is expected to announce plans later to allow hairdressers to re open a week from tomorrow. Under the proposed timetable, Nonessential Shops would also start trading again at the end of the month. Unlike the rest of the uk, Northern Ireland has yet to publish a road map out of lockdown. Introducing Coronavirus Vaccine passports could amount to Unlawful Discrimination thats the warning from the equalities watchdog. The government is considering introducing the Covid Status Certificates for entry into some events and venues in england. But the equalities and Human Rights Commission says the scheme risks creating a two tier society and further marginalising poorer people and those from some ethnic minority groups. The inquest into the fatal stabbing of jack merritt and saskia jones at the Fishmongers Hall attack in 2019 has been hearing from members of the Emergency Medical Teams who responded. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds has been following the inquest. These were the first medical teams at the scene of the Fishmongers Hall attack in 2019, a scene that was described by one of them as generally messy and chaotic. One of those who had been injured was jack merritt he had been stabbed repeatedly. But the problem was, for the teams there, that outside on the bridge was his attacker, usman khan, who had been shot by police, but police couldnt be sure if he had a real or a fake bomb vest or bomb belt. Now, that made the area what is called a warm zone, designated by police when there is a risk of an ongoing terrorist attack. And so jack had to be moved by the medical teams to a place of safety, up the road, near a tube station. They did that, they attempted to treat him, he received open Chest Surgery in an attempt to save him. But, sadly, he had bled to death. The inquest is considering all of this because the helicopter emergency medical service, or hems, a team which also operates from cars, we were told that the enquiry this morning had never entered a warm zone that usually is only somewhere where medical teams can go when they have the correct equipment and training, including ballistic helmets and vests. So the inquest looked very closely at this, and also will look very closely, i think, at what one of the doctors said, which was that there were no hard or fast rules for operating in that sort of zone. It is something other inquests have also looked at very closely. A former policewoman has been charged with manslaughter, in connection with the Fatal Shooting of a young black man in minneapolis on sunday. Kim potter resigned after shooting daunte wright, saying she had meant to draw her taser, not her handgun. Tensions were already high in the us city, as the trial continues of the former policeman whos charged with murdering george floyd. 0ur North America correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. Protesters had been demanding justice for daunte wright. But the Manslaughter Charge against the policewoman who killed him wasnt good enough for them. They wanted it to be murder, and so another face off with police the fourth night of unrest. Kim potter had already resigned before she was arrested and booked into the countyjail. A bitter end to 26 years in the force. She was actually training a new officer when they stopped mr wright because of an expired car registration. They discovered a previous warrant for his arrest and he tried to flee. The Police Department said she attempted to tase him, but mistakenly drew her gun. Ijust shot him. The Civil Rights Attorney who represents the Wright Family called this an unlawful use of force, not an accident. All this training, at what point did you not feel that this was a gun in your hand, versus a taser . This has amplified tensions around the trial of Derek Chauvin, whos charged with killing george floyd. The latest witness was for the defence. He said mr floyd died of medical complications rather than the force of mr chauvins knee on his neck. Is it your opinion that mr chauvins knee in any way impacted the structures of mr floyds neck . No, it did not. None of the vital structures. All the defence needs to do is establish doubt that the former policeman is guilty, and only in the mind of onejuror. The jurys expected to begin consideration early next week. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, minneapolis. Its two years since a huge fire that nearly destroyed notre dame in paris. The blaze destroyed the cathedral� s roof and toppled its spire. Now 1,000 oak trees have been felled across france to replace the spire and its medieval rafters, as workers prepare for reconstruction. 0ur paris correspondent Lucy Williamson has been finding out more about this vast Restoration Project. Beneath its protective cranes, notre dame still embodies the horror and heroism that unfolded here two years ago. Since then, workers have been clearing the debris, since then, and dismantling the scaffolding that securing the structure, melted in the fire 40,000 tubes of it, fused melted in the fire 40,000 tubes of it, fused into strange new sculptures each mangled piece into strange new sculptures each mangled piece cut away one by one. Now, for the first time, thoughts are turning to the reconstruction. A thousand trees have been pre selected to rebuild the roof nicknamed the forest for its sheer number of rafters. Some of them more than 20 metres tall to span the vast spaces inside the cathedral. This is one of the thousand oak trees that have been specially selected for notre dame. Smaller tree trunks will be used to rebuild the medieval rafters. Big ones like this will go to reconstruct the spire. Each tree is tagged, measured and assigned a place in the reconstruction. This one its trunk almost a metre across would have sprouted soon after the french revolution. Translation this is the historic oak of our forests. Were proud to see the work we do is meaningful. The forest is eternal, but thats not the case for the trees and if they have a second life in the new notre dame forest at the top of the cathedral, so much the better. A second life, too, for these statues of the apostles taken from the Cathedral Spire for routine restoration days before it collapsed in flames. Their survival, says the workshops director, helped persuade officials to opt for an identical reconstruction over a new contemporary design. Translation we took the statues i down on the 11th of april 2019. I they arrived here the next day a friday. The following monday, the fire broke out and we immediately understood that what we had in our workshop was some kind of relics. Looking back, its clear we saved them, because they would have been smashed to pieces when the spire fell. There was a time that night when fire crews thought notre dame was lost its survival measured in minutes. Today its measured in tree trunks, manpower, scaffolding. The vast reconstruction of a symbol whose scale isnt fully grasped through numbers any more than through words. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello there. For many parts of the country its just some patchy, Fairweather Cloud Today and some decent spells of sunshine, and temperatures probably peaking at 15 degrees across western parts of scotland. Cooler around north sea coasts and across east anglia and the south east, where we are seeing a few showers here. The odd sharp one is possible could extend down towards hampshire this evening before fading away as the sun goes down. And the skies will clear for many overnight. Later in the night we are going to find some patchy fog in the home counties. But with clear skies and light winds, temperatures are going to fall away very quickly this evening. It will be frosty again by friday morning similar sort of temperatures to what we had this morning. Sun out, though, early on. The fog soon clearing away from parts of south east england, and for most it will be a dry day. A bit more patchy cloud bubbling up inland across england and wales. Sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland, away from the north west where we will see some rain arriving in the Western Isles. Otherwise, it will be dry, and temperatures again generally around 11 to 13 celsius. Goodbye. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburghs funeral. Two years after a huge fire devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in paris, workers are finally preparing to begin the huge Restoration Project. Sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Someonejust someone just whispered some remarkable tennis news in my ear. Good afternoon. British number one dan evans has produced one of the biggest winds of his Career Beating World number one Novak Djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters. On what is meant to be his least favourite surface, he was two breaks up in the first set, only for djokovic to level at four all. Evans though took it eventually, 6 4. He was serving for the match in the second at 6 5, with two match points in hand, he took it on the first, to move into the fourth round. Hed only won his first match on clay in almost four years in the opening round. And now hes beaten the world number one, in their first ever meeting. Great britain have named their team for fridays Billiejean King cup play off tie with mexico what is the revamped fed cup. Theres a return for Katie Boulter in the first match. She suffered a Stress Fracture in her back the last time she played for britain two years ago shes been picked ahead of the higher ranked harriet dart. Theres Nojohanna Konta, so Heather Watson leads the team. Victory would put them through to a one off qualifier, the winner of which competes in a new look 12 team final in april next year. Tonight the focus is on the Europa League, and Manchester United have a 2 0 advantage heading into their second leg against grenada, meaning theyre big favourites to reach the semifinals, where ajax or roma await. But arsenal have work to do if theyre to reach the final four. Theyre in the Czech Republic for their second leg against Slavia Prague, which is delicately poised at 1 1. Arsenal manager mikel arteta knows his side face a tough test. Weve been really impressed with their form and what that team transmit, their real attitude they show on every single game, that is what they are here, because they knock some big teams along the way and fully deserved to be where they are and they showed in the first leg against us that they never give up. We now know the draw for the first round of this years World Snooker championship, as ronnie 0sullivan begins his quest to win a record equalling seventh world title. Hell begin the defence of the trophy against debutant markjoyce, whos ranked 46th in the world. Elsewhere, Uk Championship winner Neil Robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trump will face liam highfield. Mark cavendishs run of three consecutive stage wins at the Tour Of Turkey has come to an end as the race reached the mountains on stage five. The manx missile, who led the race this morning, will get his next chance at a stage win on stage 7 on saturday. It wasnt going to be a day for the sprinters, with two category 0ne climbs towards the end of the stage. Jose manuel diaz of spain won to take the overall lead by four seconds. Formula one returns to imola for the Second Season in a row this weekend. In a Current Survey on formula 0nes official fan website 82 are pleased the italian circuit is back on the calendar. But red bull driver sergio perez doesnt think the race will excite them. The race is not so interesting for the fans if it is a normal race without the safety cars, it can end p without the safety cars, it can end up being a one stop race, boring for the fans. But, yeah, hopefully we are there in the mix from thereon, from day one, and it works, and hopefully we take another step in the right direction. Scotland will be without captain Rachel Malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. Its one of four changes made by scotland, with Evie Gallagher coming in to make Herfirst Start in place of malcolm. The winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a Third Fourth Place play off. Thats all the sport for now. We are back with another update in around an hours time. In three weeks time, voters across england, scotland and wales go to the polls for a series of elections. There will be increased Safety Measures because of the pandemic and it will take longer to get the results. Across bbc news today were looking ahead to those elections and discussing the role that local and devolved government plays in society. Lets take a look at whats happening where. Its the biggest election day until the next General Election, and because of the cancellation of last years local votes on may the 6th Thousands of seats across the uk are up for grabs. In england, theyll be voting in 143 local Council Authorities with about 5,000 seats in contention. Councillors are in change of Many Services from Bin Collections to social care, sport facilities and libraries. There are also 13 mayoral elections including Greater Manchester, the west midlands, london and, for the first time, in West Yorkshire. Voters in london will also elect 25 members of the London Assembly who examine the mayors decisions. Voters in england and wales will also be asked to elect police and Crime Commissioners. They set the budget and priorities for police in their area. There are also National Elections in scotland and wales. 129 seats are up for grabs in the Scottish Parliament thats made up of 73 constituencies and a further 56 seats made up from regional lists. And in wales, 60 seats are in play 40 constituencies and a further 20 seats, again made up from the regional list system. The election is on may 6th but, due to the coronavirus restrictions, it will be a few days until we find out the results. Jamiejamieson is chairman of the local Government Association and a conservative Central Bedfordshire councillor but speaking to us today in his role at the lga. Hello, good afternoon. Your thoughts, give us your pitch, given your role, as to the sheer importance of local government, local councils, why you would want people to vote on may the 6th. I think its really important that people do vote, because if you look at the things that we see everyday, those tend to be the services that councils provide. As you mentioned earlier, is things like emptying your bends, fixing the roads, some of the most important events in your life, births, deaths, marriages are all registered local government. The Planning System where houses get built, where new parks will be built, where new parks will be built, your local Leisure Centre, the countryside walks that we have, the countryside walks that we have, the parks that we look after, and you also mentioned we actually take responsibility for some of the most vulnerable in our society, so as we get older and we need some care, thatis get older and we need some care, that is frequently provided by councils. We are also a corporate parent to some 80,000 looked after children across the country, and in fact in total we do some 1300 various statutory duties and Services Provided by councils. So very important, all those little things, they are decided by your local councillor. What is the priority in your area . Is it a new Leisure Centre . Is it spending more on fixing the roads . How should as where should houses be built . Pure opportunity to influence that is by picking your choice of counsellor. There are over 5000 councillors going to be elected next month. ~. ,. ,. ,. , month. What sort of turn out to be elected next month. What sort of turn out to be elected next month. Month. What sort of turn out to be elected next month. What month. What sort of turn out to be elected next month. What sort month. What sort of turn out to be elected next month. What sort of. Elected next month. What sort of turnout we generally get is a general average . 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So i would be hopeful we have higher turnout, which is good, but clearly people are slightly nervous because of the pandemic and there will be special measures in place. But i would very much urge everyone, please do register to vote, the last time you can register is the 19th of april. Then you have the opportunity of a postal vote, the opportunity of a postal vote, the closing date for that is the 20th of april, and if you want a proxy vote, the closing date is the 27th of april. So if you are told to isolate there will be Emergency Provisions up until 5pm on the day of voting. Provisions up until 5pm on the day of votina. ,. , provisions up until 5pm on the day ofvotina. ,. Of voting. So, ust a few days left to register of voting. So, ust a few days left to register to of voting. So, just a few days left to register to vote of voting. So, just a few days left to register to vote if of voting. So, just a few days left to register to vote if you of voting. So, just a few days left to register to vote if you have of voting. So, just a few days left| to register to vote if you have not already. April 19 is the deadline for registering to vote. That figure of 30 , i wonder if we should all be finding that figure rather dispiriting Given Everything you laid out at the beginning of that Reminder Ofjust what a laid out at the beginning of that reminder of just what a role laid out at the beginning of that Reminder Ofjust what a role in all of our lives those who are going to be chosen on may the 6th actually play. It be chosen on may the 6th actually. La , be chosen on may the 6th actually play. It is very important, and i caution that play. It is very important, and i caution that figure play. It is very important, and i caution that figure does play. It is very important, and i caution that figure does vary i play. It is very important, and i caution that figure does vary widely depending on the timing of elections and, as i say, it is higher than that if it is linked to another election. But it is really critical, and its important, and councillors do a very importantjob locally, they are also leaders of their local community, and the interesting thing is if we look at trusting councillors to make the right decision, we do regular polling, and its around about 70 . Whereas for certain people in westminster the figure is very substantially lower. So the public does recognise i think the Role Councillors play, and if you look at things like the trust in councils to make the right decision, 73 . If you look at our people satisfied with their local area, again you have very high figures approaching 80 . So they do do a good job, approaching 80 . So they do do a goodjob, i have approaching 80 . So they do do a good job, i have thoroughly enjoyed my time as a counsellor and i would recommend it to anyone, albeit its now too late if you wish to stand because that has already closed. But it is a very important thing to do, to vote for your local councillor, and for that matter the police and crime or mayo. And for that matter the police and crime or mayo and for that matter the police and crime or mayo. Thank you. Four days left to register crime or mayo. Thank you. Four days left to register to crime or mayo. Thank you. Four days left to register to vote, crime or mayo. Thank you. Four days left to register to vote, and crime or mayo. Thank you. Four days left to register to vote, and we left to register to vote, and we will be talking more about this election is at about 3 30pm. Now we will return to coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. More than a year into the pandemic, deaths in brazil are now at their peak. But what is most shocking in brazil, is the number of babies dying from covid 19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,300 babies under the age of one have died from the virus. With exclusive access to one childrens icu in the north east of the country, Nathalia Passarinho has this report. The touch of a hand, a warm voice, but no familiarfaces. With no visits allowed due to the fear of infection, it is doctors and nurses who offer comfort to the children. The hospital staff have bought phones and tablets with their own money so parents can have at least some contact with their children. For now, this is the closest this mother can get to her newborn baby. Translation it has been an immense challenge working in the icu without any parents being able to visit. It is just words exchanged over the phone. Its so hard for them to understand how their childs case could have become critical and in some cases, unfortunately, the child might die. Lucas was just one when he contracted the virus. His mum, jessica, took him to the hospital with a fever and breathing difficulties. Worried, she asked for a covid test. Translation the doctor said, my dear, dont worry. There is no need for a covid test. Its probablyjust a minor sore throat. Weeks later, lucas condition worsened. He was finally admitted to an icu, but help came too late. Translation i keep thinking a covid test could have saved my son, because then he would have received proper treatment. But the doctor simply didnt want to. He just gave a diagnosis off the top of his head. More Young Children are known to have died of covid 19 in brazil than anywhere else in the world. The death toll for babies under one is 22 times higher than in the united states. Why are there more children dying of covid in brazil than in other parts of the world . Translation we have a serious problem detecting cases. We dont have enough tests for the general population even fewerfor children. Because there is a delay in the diagnosis, there is a delay in care for the child, so only when they are already seriously ill do we get a diagnosis. The children in this hospital have won their first battle. They were offered an icu bed and proper treatment. But now they must wait, hopefulfor this moment. Of finally being reunited with their parents. Nathalia passarinho, bbc news. Just when you use news coming from a sports team out of glasgow, we are being told Police Scotland have sent a report to the Procurator Fiscal in relation to that Rangers Europa League match with prague last month. Uefa band the Slavia Prague player for ten matches for racially abusing the rangers midfielder glen kamara, but our team the rangers midfielder glen kamara, but ourteam in the rangers midfielder glen kamara, but our team in glasgow telling us Police Scotland have now sent a report to the Procurator Fiscal in relation to that incident, and that match. So that has just come through, Police Scotland saying that report has been sent following inquiries into alleged racial abuse. That was at the match on the 18th of march. So that report has now been sent by Police Scotland. That is what we are just hearing. The headlines on bbc news the number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburghs funeral. Instagram has apologised, after a mistake with its algorithm promoted diet content to users with Eating Disorders. The Search Function in the app automatically recommended terms including Appetite Suppressants and fasting to some people. Our Technology Reporter is cristina criddle. In its search bar it would generate automatic times based on things you have liked or followed in the app. We dont really know how the algorithm works but instagram said its meant to generate things you are already interested in. The problem was that some users with a history of Eating Disorders and often go on the app with help with their support were getting terms they found helpful. They said they were getting things like fasting, dieting, Appetite Suppressants, and they were saying this was having a very upsetting effect on them and could even thought there were because some people to relapse. So they are really concerned, and when i spoke to instagram they said as soon as they were made aware of it they fix the issue and they said it was just a mistake within algorithm. They said no wait last term should ever be promoted on the app, and they apologised to users for any confusion. But naturally people with Eating Disorders are still concerned because they think they might come across things which could be harmful to them on the app, they want more to them on the app, they want more to promote healthy body image. And though it says it only promotes content in fitting with a healthy lifestyle, as we see they can still make mistakes. Lets get some Business News now. Theres a bit of a row brewing between Marks And Spencer and aldi we are also going to talk about delivery. First lets look at deliveroo, where and sales have more than doubled in the first three months of 2021. The Delivery Firm also said the number of Customers Using it each month rose by 91 year on year to 7. 1 million. Our business presenter, victoria fritz, joins me now. I love that your Business Segment is all about food today, thats brilliant, but i know there are serious issues around this. Deliveroo has been in the news for lots of reasons. You deliveroo has been in the news for lots of reasons. Lots of reasons. You are right, and i will lots of reasons. You are right, and i will come lots of reasons. You are right, and i will come back lots of reasons. You are right, and i will come back to lots of reasons. You are right, and i will come back to some lots of reasons. You are right, and i will come back to some of lots of reasons. You are right, and i will come back to some of the. I will come back to some of the concerns people have been had with the company later. Lets start with some of the data weve had today. 0rder volumes are up, you have more people ordering through the app, ordering more often, so offering on average three times a month, which doesnt sound like a huge amount, and the amount of money they are pushing through the app is also growing. In terms of deliveroo, this company that has onlyjust launched on the stock market about two weeks ago, that should be good news for investors. However, and this is the big however, this company has yet to make a profit. This company is barely out of the headlines, the reasons are that there are Big Questions around corporate governance, and the second reason is what is going on with drivers . There are 50,000 drivers working for deliveroo, or do they . Deliveroo says they are self employed and therefore not entitled to things like a fair wage, fair minimum wage, holiday pay, sick pay and the like. However, weve seen a lot of this challenged with companies that are quite similar. So will that change, with the status of drivers change for people working at deliveroo . That is what investors are looking at and trying to work out what the future cost of this business will be when it is yet to even make a profit. When it is yet to even make a rofit. , ~. , when it is yet to even make a rofit. , a,. ,. , when it is yet to even make a rofit. ,. ,. ,. , profit. Yes. More on that to come. Lets talk about profit. Yes. 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The reason it is in the news today is it is a cash cow, every major retailer has a different version of this. Aldi has cuthbert, asda has clyde, tesco, curly, waitrose has cecil, co op has charlie, morrisons and sainsbury� s have morris and wiggles. So what is going on here is that even though colin has turned the grand old age of 30, he doesnt actually age, he has protected characteristics and intellectual property law. He has three trademarks which protect his shape, and Marks Spencer is has gone to the high court this week and said we want to take aldi to court over there cuthbert, because they say, and i quote, that he has, colin, a distinctive character and reputation, and there is a danger that cuthbert could lead consumers to believe they are of the same standard and cuthbert could ride on the coat tails of colin, all connie when he wears a pink bow. What does it matter . Because there is so much money at stake. I asked, why pick on cuthbert . And Marks Spencer said they could not comment specifically on why cuthbert, but they would not rule out taking legal action against other retailers in future. So this may run and run. We had the shape of toblerone, gold chocolate teddy bears between lynde and harry bow, and now we have colin the cuthbert, the fate of the age this and now we have colin the cuthbert, the fate of the age the fate of the age this is ossibl the fate of the age this is possibly the the fate of the age this is possibly the best the fate of the age this is possibly the best and the fate of the age this is| possibly the best and most fascinating story we have delved into today. Who knew that colour the caterpillar had protected characteristics Colin The Caterpillar. And now we are alljust thinking about cake. While the coronavirus pandemic has kept most of us locked down, its impact on the Natural World has been more positive. Sir David Attenborough has made a documentary exploring how our relationship with wildlife and nature has changed during covid. Sir david has been speaking to our science editor david shukman. David attenborough march, 2020. 0vernight, our lives are put on pause. Boris johnson you must stay at home. I but as we stop, remarkable things start to change. The lockdowns have been tough for people, but great for wildlife, as we see in a Spectacular New Documentary with David Attenborough. This is the year earth changed. David, its great to talk to you. Im sorry we cant meet in person, but weve transported you electronically to the wonderful setting of chartwell. For people watching your programme, thats going to be shown on apple plus tv from friday, what message would you want them to take from it . That human beings, even with the best will in the world, cannot restrict the Natural World. Thats what were doing, were pushing it aside. Even the most considerate of us are pushing aside the Natural World and denying space to other creatures which live on this planet. I mean, weve thought that animals, for example penguins in south africa, have survived perfectly well, we think, but in fact when we retreated we discovered that the penguins actually normally would be doing very much better than they have been doing for decades, so the lessons to us are saying you should not be so domineering. But let us suddenly realise that we are intruders, that we are latecomers, and that the Natural World actually by and large would do much better if we werent there at all. To what extent is it important or not, or in what form, that the great Climate Summit takes place at the end of this year . Well, its our last chance, and young people understand the science pretty clearly, and they cannot understand what it is that prevents grown ups, adults, taking sensible action, because they know what the action should be. We know what the problems are, we know how to solve it. Why arent they doing it . And, of course, the answer is, that to do it youve got to get the agreement of the entire human race. No one, at no time in the history have the nations of the world until now, said, ok, well, were taking rather more of our share and we will retreat a bit and let you have a share, and that kind of unselfishness is not an attitude that has been present in Human Politics ever, in a worldwide sense. And its got to come, because if it doesnt we will lose the lot. Now its time for a look at the weather, with darren. Hello there. For many parts of the country its just some patchy, Fairweather Cloud Today and some decent spells of sunshine, and temperatures probably peaking at 15 degrees across western parts of scotland. Cooler around north sea coasts and across east anglia and the south east, where we are seeing a few showers here. The odd sharp one is possible could extend down towards hampshire this evening before fading away as the sun goes down. And the skies will clear for many overnight. Later in the night we are going to find some patchy fog in the home counties. But with clear skies and light winds, temperatures are going to fall away very quickly this evening. It will be frosty again by friday morning similar sort of temperatures to what we had this morning. Sun out, though, early on. The fog soon clearing away from parts of south east england, and for most it will be a dry day. A bit more patchy cloud bubbling up inland across england and wales. Sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland, away from the north west where we will see some rain arriving in the Western Isles. Otherwise, it will be dry, and temperatures again generally around 11 to 13 celsius. Goodbye. This is bbc news. Im jane hill. The headlines. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The nurses within the nhs are going to have to continue to work at levels beyond what you would normally expect, and that comes on top of the last year and a half where, because of covid, they have been working. Going above and beyond. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector lord pickles says the whole system needs urgent reform. We need to understand completely what has gone on here. I agree thoroughly with lord pickles. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburghs funeral. Two years after a huge fire devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in paris, workers are finally preparing to begin the huge Restoration Project. This is one of the thousand oak trees that have been specially selected for notre dame. Smaller tree trunks will be used to rebuild the medieval rafters. Big ones like this will go to reconstruct the spire. And while the coronavirus pandemic has kept most of us locked down its given the animal world loads more freedom we thought that animals for example, penguins in south africa have survived perfectly well, we think. But in fact, when we retreated we discovered that the penguins actually normally would be doing very much better than they have been doing for decades. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england has reached a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The figure, from the end of february, is the highest since records began in 2007. There were also nearly 388,000 patients waiting more than a year for non urgent surgery compared with 1,600 before the pandemic. Heres our Health Correspondent anna collinson. Zen has spent much of the pandemic in pain, waiting for an operation on his pancreas which was seen as vital but not time critical. The 23 year old has severe Learning Difficulties and Mental Health issues so his older brother is speaking on his behalf. Zens original surgery was planned for september 2020, that was cancelled and rescheduled for december, again it was cancelled. Zen was admitted as an Inpatient Injanuary 2021 and he didnt have his surgery until the 26th of march. Over the months his condition deteriorated. He lost weight and developed jaundice. This is him in hospital injanuary. He is shaking his head and he does that as a way to cope with things. He was in a lot of pain at that point, to the point where he was crying almost daily. Treating hundreds of thousands of Coronavirus Patients has hit the nhs hard, with more people experiencing postponed care and prolonged pain. New figures show 4. 7 Million People in england were waiting for routine operations in february, the highest since records began in 2007. Nearly 388,000 patients were waiting for more than a year for routine work, a striking increase to 12 months earlier when just 1600 people were on the list. Nhs england says trusts have been given funds to help their recovery, but unions are still concerned about staff. The nurses within the nhs will have to continue to work at levels beyond what you would normally expect, and that comes on top of the last year and a half where, because of covid, they have been going above and beyond. So it does look like a really tough picture. This hospital in croydon set up a dedicated centre for non urgent treatment, including Dental Surgery and some orthopedic work. The aim is to make best use of resources to get through the backlog. By ensuring we have efficiently run lists maximising the estate we have, using our theatres six days a week, three session days, it means we will have a chance of reducing the backlog that is now building. These new figures were recorded in february when covid pressures were particularly acute. While Coronavirus Hospital admissions have fallen substantially since then, the virus is still a threat. Surge testing for the South African variant is continuing in london to prevent its spread. On tuesday, zen finally returned home after months in hospital. His family say they are over the moon. Hospitals have been under extreme pressure over the past year, is that any consolation for you and your family . I can understand that, but for someone like zen, it is not something he can understand at all. All he knows is that hes in pain. There are many indirect effects of the coronavirus which has affected people like my brother. Anna collinson, bbc news. The conservative chair of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Lord pickles said there doesnt appear to be any boundaries between Civil Servants and the private sector. It comes as David Cameron said he� ll � respond positively� to any request for him to give evidence to an inquiry into the Lobbying Activies of the failed Finance Company greensill. 0ur Political Correspondent greg dawson reports. What began as questions about the actions of a former Prime Minister advising a now collapsed finance firm has escalated into multiple investigations. Lord pickles, once a Government Minister himself under David Cameron, is now responsible for advising Public Servants over their work in the private sector. His assessment could hardly have been more blunt. Contractors, consultants, people who arrive and offer assistance, maybe during the pandemic or maybe as mr greensill did, they are not covered at all, and i think that needs addressing. I think it needs addressing urgently. We now know three separate parliamentary committees will look into the issues surrounding Greensill Capital. David cameron has already insisted he didn� t break any rules and says he will be happy to be questioned. There could be more revelations to come after it emerged Bill Crothers, who was responsible for overseeing Government Contracts, had been allowed to simultaneously work part time for greensill in 2015. It has prompted the most senior Civil Servant in the country to order heads of all departments to declare by tomorrow if any of their officials have second jobs like this. It was David Cameron himself who ordered stricter rules on lobbying when he was in downing street, but the head of one of the countries biggest lobbying Companies Says those reforms are part of the problem. The laws that the David Cameron government rather ironically put in place in 2014 are a joke. They don� t cover 80 of lobbying. It is a completely ridiculous State Of Affairs to see a former Prime Minister engaging in secret lobbying, and a former Civil Servant while he was a Civil Servant also acting for outside interests. Yesterday, labour was defeated in its attempts to set up a separate parliamentary inquiry into lobbying. This morning, its leader repeated calls for tougher rules. What we are talking about here is lobbying of government for massive Procurement Contracts involving millions, sometimes billions of pounds. And increasingly we are seeing a murkier picture, whether it is the way contracts are handed out, the lack of due process or the lobbying, which is an open door now into government. Borisjohnson insists his party have been consistently tough on lobbying. The Prime Minister has already ordered a Lawyer Led Inquiry into the links between greensill and government. The evidence will be heard privately and is expected to report back injune. Greg dawson, bbc news. I spoke to our Political Correspondent helen catt a short time ago and she told me that this shows no sign of going away. Several enquiries we now know about and that means we will see evidence sessions, ministers, officials quizzed over and over again on this issue over the coming months. So it means that issue is not going to go away. If there is any hope from government that by announcing the review earlier this week that that would calm things down for a while, that certainly does not look like it is the case. We also now know that one of those parliamentary enquiries, the Public Accounts Committee� s enquiry, will ask David Cameron, the former Prime Minister, to give evidence. As you said earlier, he has indicated he would respond positively to any such request. A number ten sources said if ministers are asked to appear before these enquiries then they would do so. We are going to hear a lot more about this over the next few months. The Prime Minister has been asked about this this morning. He has been defending his own review,. I he has been defending his own review. Review,. I think the most important review,. I think the most important thing review,. I think the most important thing is review,. I think the most important thing is for review,. I think the most important thing is for us i review,. I think the mostj important thing is for us to review,. I think the most important thing is for us to get to the bottom of it properly, and i want the bottom of it properly, and i want all the bottom of it properly, and i want all ministers and Civil Servants want all ministers and Civil Servants to be making the information that needs to be known known information that needs to be known known to information that needs to be known known to the lawyer, and lets see what known to the lawyer, and lets see what he known to the lawyer, and lets see what he has known to the lawyer, and lets see what he has to say. Youre absolutely right that we need to understand completely what has gone on here understand completely what has gone on here i understand completely what has gone on here. I agree thoroughly with lord on here. I agree thoroughly with lord pickles. On here. I agree thoroughly with lord pickles. Earlier this week mr johnson said lord pickles. Earlier this week mr johnson said that lord pickles. Earlier this week mr johnson said that nigel lord pickles. Earlier this week mr johnson said that nigel would lord pickles. Earlier this week mr. Johnson said that nigel would have Carte Blanche to ask whoever he liked to get to the bottom of this, and the results are due to be reported back to parliament injune. Injune, because i was going to ask about how long it might take. Enquiries can be a way of kicking issues into the long grass. Is there a sense, do you get a sense from people you talk to at westminster that some politicians at least they want something swift over all of this . , want something swift over all of this . , ~ ,. , , this . Yes, i think there is a sense that something this . Yes, i think there is a sense that something probably this . Yes, i think there is a sense that something probably does this . Yes, i think there is a sense l that something probably does need this . Yes, i think there is a sense that something probably does need to change. There are rules around lobbying, and lobbing in and of itself isn� t a bad thing, is just that needs to be done in the right way and done transparently. Certainly i think there is a feeling in westminster that perhaps some of the rules are not tight enough. And that they probably do need to be changed. And the sheer weight of the number of enquiries, the amount we are going to hear about this over the coming months, is likely to up the coming months, is likely to up the pressure for those rules to be tightened, for some changes to be made. That is the bet, of course, that could take longer. Even after you have those enquiries, are there changes made . Do they happen quickly because back or is there something pushed further down the line . Prince charles and camilla have been looking at some of the floral tributes that have been laid by the public in memory of the Prince Philip. More details are to be released this afternoon about his funeral which takes place in windsor on saturday. It� s expected that no members of the royal family will wear Military Uniform at the ceremony. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Buckingham palace has done its best to discourage people from leaving flowers, but hundreds of people have wanted to place their own tributes to the duke. The bouquets have been moved into the grounds of marlborough house, a short distance from the palace, and headquarters of the commonwealth, where the Prince Of Wales and The Duchess Of Cornwall viewed them this morning. Most are accompanied by messages paying tribute to the duke and thanking him for his years of service. There will be a Strong Military flavour to saturday� s funeral, reflecting the duke� s many military connections. Rehearsals have been taking place for the service contingents, who� ll be involved in the short ceremonial procession inside Windsor Castle. It will be what� s known as a ceremonial royal funeral. This was the one staged for Queen Elizabeth the queen mother in 2002. Normally members of the royal family would wear Military Uniform, but it� s reported that on saturday the members of the family will wear civilian dress. This, it appears, is to avoid embarrassing prince harry, who� s no longer entitled to wear Military Uniform. Behind the walls of Windsor Castle the grounds are being prepared for saturday� s funeral. There will be no Public Access because of the covid restrictions. The Town Of Windsor is quiet, and police are hoping people will stay away on saturday because there will be nothing for spectators to view. During the Funeral Procession, the king� s troop of the Royal Horse Artillery will fire a salute. All the ceremonial components are being made ready. It will be an essentially private Family Funeral because of covid, though shared with millions via television, as the nation pays the duke a final tribute. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. Earlier our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell had the latest on the funeral preparations. Here in windsor, preparations continue for that funeral on saturday afternoon. So security has been stepped up here, there are extra police patrols, and there have been movements in and out of the castle here all day bringing equipment, all of which will be needed for the broadcast on saturday. There has been, and continues to be, a full military rehearsal within the grounds of Windsor Castle this afternoon. There will be on the day Something Like 730 members of the armed forces taking part in the Funeral Procession very much a tribute to the duke of edinburgh who, of course, as we know, was a military man himself. Further details, as you say, to be released this afternoon including, as you say, the guest list. Now, in normal times they would have been Something Like 800 guests inside st george� s chapel, but because of the pandemic limitations, that number will be restricted to around 30. So, bearing in mind the queen and the duke have four children and eight grandchildren, that takes up over 20 spaces. And of course there will be some relatives from the duke of edinburgh� s family as well. But, as i say, those further details and confirmation of what the royal family will be wearing will be made public later this afternoon. The headlines on bbc news. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburgh� s funeral. A former policewoman has been charged with manslaughter, in connection with the Fatal Shooting of a young black man in minneapolis on sunday. Kim potter resigned after shooting daunte wright, saying she had meant to draw her taser, not her handgun. Tensions were already high in the us city, as the trial continues of the former policeman who� s charged with murdering george floyd. 0ur North America correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. Protesters had been demanding justice for daunte wright. But the Manslaughter Charge against the policewoman who killed him wasn� t good enough for them. They wanted it to be murder, and so another face off with police the fourth night of unrest. Kim potter had already resigned before she was arrested and booked into the countyjail. A bitter end to 26 years in the force. She was actually training a new officer when they stopped mr wright because of an expired car registration. They discovered a previous warrant for his arrest and he tried to flee. The Police Department said she attempted to tase him, but mistakenly drew her gun. Ijust shot him. The Civil Rights Attorney who represents the Wright Family called this an unlawful use of force, not an accident. All this training, at what point did you not feel that this was a gun in your hand, versus a taser . This has amplified tensions around the trial of Derek Chauvin, who� s charged with killing george floyd. The latest witness was for the defence. He said mr floyd died of medical complications rather than the force of mr chauvin� s knee on his neck. Is it your opinion that mr chauvins knee in any way impacted the structures of mr floyds neck . No, it did not. None of the vital structures. All the defence needs to do is establish doubt that the former policeman is guilty, and only in the mind of onejuror. The jury� s expected to begin consideration early next week. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, minneapolis. The evidence is just getting the evidence isjust getting under way today in the trial of Derek Chauvin who is charged with murdering george floyd and we have a correspondent at that trial, so we will have an update from the courthouse in Minneapolis A little later in this hour. The bbc has confirmed that it� s received a Record Number of complaints that there was too much coverage of the death of Prince Philip, with many people not happy that coverage had taken over the usual schedule of programmes. Altogether, the bbc received 109,741 complaints, which topped the previous record in 2005 when around 63,000 people complained about the bbc broadcasting Jerry Springer the opera. Let� s speak to our media correspondent David Sillito. Explain more about all of this, david. . , explain more about all of this, david. . 11 11 explain more about all of this, david. . . , david. 100 and 9000, 741, an extraordinary david. 100 and 9000, 741, an extraordinary number david. 100 and 9000, 741, an extraordinary number of david. 100 and 9000, 741, an extraordinary number of complaints. As you said, they need is to that, Jerry Springer the opera, 2005, 60 3000. That was a very organised protest by a christian group. This, very spontaneous by people very unhappy that what happens on friday was the merging of services, bbc tv and radio channels. A loss of programmes were cancelled, postponed, the Masterchef Vinyl only went out last night. And the vast majority of people who were complaining were complaining that the programmes they were looking forward to were not on and they felt it was too much coverage of Prince Philip at the time. Of course, not all the complaints, there were complaints about people� s close, phrases used by some presenters, one by andrew marr for which he has apologised. Also, people complaining later about the broadcast of a tribute from prince andrew, and the bbc today said all of Prince Philip� s children gave a tribute. We have fully reported on the allegations against prince andrew, we have also made it clear he has not been charged with any crime. We consider it appropriate to have covered his comments. But the vast majority, of course, about the fact of there being so much coverage, and programmes being postponed. The bbc says we acknowledge some viewers were unhappy with the level of Coverage Given, and the impact this had on belt tv and radio full stop we do not make such changes without careful consideration, and the decisions made reflect the role of bbc as a National Broadcaster during moments of national significance. Acknowledging the complaint were saying they were right to broadcast as the dead. Saying they were right to broadcast as the dead. As the dead. As they did. You are pointed as the dead. As they did. You are pointed to as the dead. As they did. You are pointed to significant as the dead. As they did. You i are pointed to significant moments, masterchef is one of the things people have highlighted, you build up people have highlighted, you build up and wait for the final and then of course it wasn� t on. I suppose this reminds us that the bbc has a particular role at a time like this, at a National Moment like this. Absolutely. I think the phrase they are that they used, as a National Broadcaster, it is a role that demands a different response to other tv channels that don� t have the same Public Service obligations that the bbc has. Of course, it has been a long time since we have had an event of this nature. The last time course would be 2002 and the queen mother� s death and funeral. Before that, princess diana. These are rare events in the broadcast calendar. It is sort of unexpected. What is interesting is, i think, how many older people have also complained. The majority of complaints have come from all the rears. Who, you know, would expect it would be younger viewers perhaps much more used to streaming and watching when they feel like it, but an audience that still relies on linear television, the schedules, and the bbc matters to them, and it is part of the daily structure of life, so when it changes, it feels like a major disruption, but this is a moment where the bbc says it was up a moment where the bbc says it was up significant, they were any position as the National Broadcaster, and the apologised for upsetting people, but feel it was the right thing to do. We were hearing earlier from minnesota about the ongoing trial of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin. He is charged with murder and manslaughter after the death of george floyd in may 2020. Today� s proceedings have just started and our correspondent larry madowo is outside the court. Bring us up today, as far as you know, with who we might hear from today and what stage the trial is at. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. , at. First of all, ust moments ago, Derek Chauvin at. First of all, just moments ago, Derek Chauvin choosing at. First of all, just moments ago, Derek Chauvin choosing not at. First of all, just moments ago, Derek Chauvin choosing not to Derek Chauvin choosing not to testify, and thejudge Derek Chauvin choosing not to testify, and the judge asking Derek Chauvin choosing not to testify, and thejudge asking him Derek Chauvin choosing not to testify, and the judge asking him to explain to him that she does not have to testify and the jury is aware that the prosecution has to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt and he has a right not to testify. His wrought lawyer can advise on, it is totally up to him, and yet still thejudge he is choosing not to testify in this case. It does appear now the defence is about to rest their case. They think they have done a good job of raising reasonable doubt, which is important in this case, because the Derek Chauvin defence, his lawyers do not have to prove a cause of death for george floyd, they have to introduce reasonable doubt, if they convince even one juror, reasonable doubt, if they convince even onejuror, there reasonable doubt, if they convince even one juror, there will be no unanimous verdict, which is required for this case, and the case collapses. But there is three charges, so we could be convicted on one and acquitted on the other, or acquitted on all or convicted on all. Thatjust happened moments ago in the courtroom. 50 all. Thatjust happened moments ago in the courtroom. In the courtroom. So he will not be a rrearin in the courtroom. So he will not be appearing in in the courtroom. So he will not be appearing in the in the courtroom. So he will not be appearing in the witness in the courtroom. 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Today we expected the defence were call another medical witness, the defence were call another medicalwitness, but the defence were call another medical witness, but it seems that based on this interaction in court just moments ago, they are choosing to rest their case, and that might be the end of the case. There is one more thing. The prosecution intends to call a rebuttal witness, they pair the defence� s case and they want to bring their own witness to disagree with some of the things that the defences witness has said. It is clear that one of them might be another medical witness. After yesterday, the defence called a forensic pathologist who claimed he does not think Derek Chauvin� s knee on injured him and does not think that george floyd died of Oxygen Deficiency full stop he says he died of Cardiac Arrhythmia because of his drug use, Underlying Health problems and even the exhaust fumes, the Carbon Monoxide poisoning from the squad car he was lying next. Lying next to. The inquest into the fatal stabbing of jack merritt and saskia jones at the Fishmongers Hall attack in 2019 has been hearing from members of the Emergency Medical Teams who responded. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds has been following the inquest. These were the first medical teams at the scene of the Fishmongers Hall attack in 2019, a scene that was described by one of them as generally messy and chaotic. One of those who had been injured was jack merritt he had been stabbed repeatedly. But the problem was, for the teams there, that outside on the bridge was his attacker, usman khan, who had been shot by police, but police couldn� t be sure if he had a real or a fake bomb vest or bomb belt. Now, that made the area what is called a warm zone, designated by police when there is a risk of an ongoing terrorist attack. And so jack had to be moved by the medical teams to a place of safety, up the road, near a tube station. They did that, they attempted to treat him, he received open Chest Surgery in an attempt to save him. But, sadly, he had bled to death. The inquest is considering all of this because the helicopter emergency medical service, or hems, a team which also operates from cars, we were told that the enquiry this morning had never entered a warm zone that usually is only somewhere where medical teams can go when they have the correct equipment and training, including ballistic helmets and vests. So the inquest looked very closely at this, and also will look very closely, i think, at what one of the doctors said, which was that there were no hard or fast rules for operating in that sort of zone. It is something other inquests have also looked at very closely. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren. Hello there. For many parts of the country it� s just some patchy, Fairweather Cloud Today and some decent spells of sunshine, and temperatures probably peaking at 15 degrees across western parts of scotland. Cooler around north sea coasts and across east anglia and the south east, where we are seeing a few showers here. The odd sharp one is possible could extend down towards hampshire this evening before fading away as the sun goes down. And the skies will clear for many overnight. Later in the night we are going to find some patchy fog in the home counties. But with clear skies and light winds, temperatures are going to fall away very quickly this evening. It will be frosty again by friday morning similar sort of temperatures to what we had this morning. Sun out, though, early on. The fog soon clearing away from parts of south east england, and for most it will be a dry day. A bit more patchy cloud bubbling up inland across england and wales. Sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland, away from the north west where we will see some rain arriving in the Western Isles. Otherwise, it will be dry, and temperatures again generally around 11 to 13 celsius. Goodbye. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburgh� s funeral. Two years after a huge fire devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in paris, workers are finally preparing to begin the huge Restoration Project. Sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. British number one dan evans produced one of the biggest wins of his career, beating world number one Novak Djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters. On what is meant to be his least favourite surface, he broke djokovic in his first two service games, only for djokovic to level at four all. Evans took the first set 6 4, and he was soon serving for the match in the second at 6 5, with two match points in hand. He clinched it on the first, to move into his first masters quarter final, where he� ll face david goffin. We� ll hear from evans after he� s played in the doubles. Djokovic called it one of his worst performances. Congratulations to him. He deserved to win, he was a better player, more focused and played with a better quality indecisive moments. To be honest, this has been probably one of the worst matches and performances from my side i can recall in the last years. I don� t want to take anything away from his win, but from my side it felt awful on the court overall, just nothing worked, just one of those days. Great britain have named their team for friday� s Billiejean King cup play off tie with mexico what is the revamped fed cup. There� s a return for Katie Boulter in the first match. She suffered a Stress Fracture in her back the last time she played for britain two years ago she� s been picked ahead of the higher ranked harriet dart. There� s Nojohanna Konta so Heather Watson leads the team. Victory would put them through to a one off qualifier, the winner of which competes in a new look 12 team final in april next year. Tonight the focus will be on the Europa League, and Manchester United have a 2 0 advantage heading into their second leg against grenada, meaning they� re big favourites to reach the semi finals, where ajax or roma await. But arsenal have work to do if they� re to reach the final four. They� re in the Czech Republic for their second leg against Slavia Prague, which is delicately poised at 1 1. Defeat for arsenal and their inconsistency in the Premier League could mean no european football next season for the first time in 25 years. Arsenal keeper bernd leno says that is unthinkable. When you think about the future without arsenal in the european competition, it doesn� t feel right, and ourjob is to. Don� t come true. Because arsenal belongs to europe, and that is our target, that is ourjob. We now know the draw for the first round of this year� s World Snooker championship, as ronnie 0� sullivan begins his quest to win a record equalling seventh world title. He� ll begin the defence of the trophy against debutant markjoyce, who� s ranked 46th in the world. Elsewhere, Uk Championship winner Neil Robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trump will face liam highfield. Formula one returns to imola for the Second Season in a row this weekend. It hadn� t staged a race there since 2006. Plenty of fans are pleased to see the historic italian circuit back on the calendar. But red bull driver sergio perez doesn� t believe it will be as exciting as everyone hopes. The race is not so interesting for the fans if it is a normal race without the safety cars, it can end up being a one stop race, boring for the fans. But, yeah, hopefully we are there in the mix from there on, from day one, and it works, and hopefully we take another step in the right direction. Scotland will be without captain Rachel Malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. It� s one of four changes made by scotland, with Evie Gallagher coming in to make Herfirst Start in place of malcolm. The winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a Third Fourth Place play off. That� s all the sport for now. We hope to hearfrom dan evans at some point this afternoon. I� ll have more for you in the next hour. Back to one of our main stories now and the conservative chair of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Lord pickles said there doesn� t appear to be any boundaries between Civil Servants and the private sector. It comes as David Cameron said he� ll � respond positively� to any request for him to give evidence to an inquiry into the Lobbying Activies of the failed Finance Company greensill. Joining me now is the labour mp meg hillier she� s chair of the house of commons� Public Accounts Committee, which today said it would invite David Cameron to appear before its inquiry. Good afternoon. Have you heard from David Cameron, are you expecting to see him . We David Cameron, are you expecting to see him . ~. , ~ see him . We are. When we invite someone to see him . We are. 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To make sure we link up, because in the end we are putting together the jigsaw and hoping to put get the full picture of what has happened before we make recommendations. This a we make recommendations. As a committee. We make recommendations. As a committee. Do we make recommendations. As a committee, do you we make recommendations. As a committee, do you come we make recommendations. As a committee, do you come to this with the approach that there is nothing wrong with lobbying per se, but it has to be transparent, there has to be records of who has spoken to who and about what topic, is that your stance . , and about what topic, is that your stance . ,. ,. , stance . Certainly, personally, and i thinki stance . Certainly, personally, and i think i speak stance . Certainly, personally, and i think i speak for stance . Certainly, personally, and i think i speak for a stance . Certainly, personally, and i think i speak for a lot stance . Certainly, personally, and i think i speak for a lot of stance . Certainly, personally, and i think i speak for a lot of mps, stance . Certainly, personally, and i think i speak for a lot of mps, we i think i speakfor a lot of mps, we lobby people ourselves and we are lobbied ourselves. But as a committee we have been concerned about transparency issues for a long time, particularly in relation to covid, where decisions were made very fast but recording has not been as clear as it should have been. So this has been a theme in the last 12 months, and this brings to head some of those issues as well, so it is part of it. Whitehall has questions to answer, too, about what it did in response to this sort of lobbying. And when lloyd pickles says the whole system is in need of urgent reform, lord pickles. Is it the system that has broken all the way certain individuals are behaving . This designed with a certain degree of trust in individuals, but what has happened increasingly over years is there has been more and more and more private sector involvement in delivering Public Services, the question then is about the culture of whitehall and where that Public Service ethos, in the private sector it is normal to have multiple roles, that seems to have crept in into parts of people who are no Civil Servants, and that� s an important question because there is a need for proper expertise, especially when government is dealing with private companies, that they understand how those private companies work, and frankly i was a minister a decade ago and there were bits of whitehall that didn� t understand procurement very well, but you can go too far the other way, and lord pickles is on the right place, he has a lot of work to do, but it� s notjust the rules, it has to be the ethos as well about what Public Service means, and it is the citizen and taxpayer funding all these contracts so it is right there money and their are protected. So it is right there money and their are protected that is one of our main stories today. The other is hospital Waiting Times. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england has reached a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The figure, from the end of february, is the highest since records began in 2007. There were also nearly 388,000 patients waiting more than a year for non urgent surgery compared with 1,600 before the pandemic. Well, let� s get more on this lucy watson is the chair of the patients association. Good afternoon. First, your thoughts on some eye watering figures. The firures on some eye watering figures. The figures are on some eye watering figures. Tie figures are huge, and the challenge ahead for the nhs is huge, and the hugely worrying. It was worrying for patients at the start of the pandemic when the nhs had to reorientate its services towards covid, which people understood, and it was a credit to the nhs that they managed to keep going with some planned surgery during the second wave. But despite those efforts so many patients waiting, and the people that will mean people waiting in pain and discomfort, and also loss of independence for some. If you are waiting for hip surgery and your hip gets worse over a year, or more than a year, you may be have lost your independence during that time. We lost your independence during that time. ~. , ~ lost your independence during that time. ~. ,. ,. , , time. We talk about routine surgery or nonurgent time. We talk about routine surgery or nonurgent surgery, time. We talk about routine surgery or nonurgent surgery, and time. We talk about routine surgery or nonurgent surgery, and you time. We talk about routine surgery or nonurgent surgery, and you havej or nonurgent surgery, and you have mentioned a classic example of something which is about quality of life, and that is hugely important. And it might be about getting back to work, paying your taxes, it is about so much. Do you worry that almost too much has been sacrificed over the course of the pandemic, or do you understand why we appear to be in this position . I do you understand why we appear to be in this position . Be in this position . I think it is difficult to be in this position . I think it is difficult to say be in this position . I think it is difficult to say whether be in this position . I think it is difficult to say whether too be in this position . I think it is i difficult to say whether too much has been sacrificed. At the start of the pandemic when all routine surgery was stopped, we could understand they did not know what they were going to be dealing with, and in retrospect it would have been better to kept Services Going as they did in the second wave. But this has been an unprecedented time, for sure. This has been an unprecedented time, forsure. But this has been an unprecedented time, for sure. But patients now want to know that people if they are going to have to wait longer, how long will i have to wait and what support will i have to wait and what support will there be in the meantime . fiend will there be in the meantime . And what are you willthere be in the meantime . And what are you hearing, what are people saying to you about the next steps . Because this size backlog will take a long time to work through. What are you advising patients, for example, who are wondering who to contact, how many more months they have to wait, i wonder what some people who have been waiting this long are really meant to do. Been waiting this long are really meant to do meant to do. Exactly. We would advise patients meant to do. Exactly. We would advise patients to meant to do. Exactly. We would advise patients to contact meant to do. Exactly. We would advise patients to contact the i advise patients to contact the hospital, contact the Clinical Team who are looking after them. They may have on their appointment letter Contact Numbers they can ring to find out what the plan is and what is happening if people are not contacting them. They can also talk to their gp because there may be things they could be doing to look after themselves or further assistance to keep themselves as healthy as possible while they are waiting for surgery, because the other issue is people need to be as fit of possible to benefit from surgery and come through it well. Thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news the number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburgh� s funeral. In three weeks� time, voters across england, scotland and wales will go to the polls for a series of elections. There� ll be increased Safety Measures due to the pandemic and it will take longer to get the results. Across bbc news today, we� re looking ahead to those elections and taking a look at the role local and devolved government plays in society. Let� s take a look at what� s happening where. It� s the biggest election day until the next General Election and due to the cancellation of last year� s local elections, on may the 6th Thousands of seats across the uk are up for grabs. In england, they� ll be voting in 143 local Council Authorities with about 5,000 seats in contention. Councillors are in change of Many Services from Bin Collections to social care, sport facilities and libraries. There are also 13 mayoral elections including Greater Manchester, the west midlands, london and, for the first time, in West Yorkshire. Voters in london will also elect 25 members of the London Assembly who examine the mayors� decisions. Voters in england and wales will also be asked to elect police and Crime Commissioners. They set the budget and priorities for police in their area. There are also National Elections in scotland and wales. 129 seats are up for grabs in the Scottish Parliament that� s made up of 73 constituencies, and a further 56 seats made up from regional lists. And in wales, 60 seats are in play 40 constituencies, and a further 20 seats again made up from the regional list system. The election is on may 6th but due to the coronavirus restrictions it this will be a few days until we find out the results. It might take a few days to get results in some cases. Joining me now is akash paun from the institute for government. Good afternoon. It� s a long list to get through. What stands out for you in all of this as some of the most interesting races . I will direct you a bit, i� m thinking of the fact that we mentioned the may oral elections and we have a new one as well. Has and we have a new one as well. As ou and we have a new one as well. Is you say, there has never been and we have a new one as well. Sis you say, there has never been a single electoral moment like this really, which so many different elections coincide, the reason for that being the postponement of the 2020 elections as a result of the pandemic. We have the big elections in scotland and wales, with the issue of Scottish Independence at the heart of debate there. Then in england we have various types of election including the so called metro mayor elections in big city regions like Greater Manchester, west midlands, liverpool, and for the first time the West Yorkshire region around leeds. And those are, to be clear, distinct from local mayors who are Council Leaders in certain areas like doncaster and salford, and those type of mayors are also up for election. So it is quite confusing. There are lots of different individuals and levels of council up for election, and i think there will be a lot of different stories and narratives coming out before and after the results come in. I before and after the results come in. ,. , in. I was reflecting earlier, with the head of in. I was reflecting earlier, with the head of the in. I was reflecting earlier, with the head of the local in. I was reflecting earlier, with i the head of the local Government Association, we were talking about turn out essentially and in some years when it is not a General Election, like this time, you could be looking at turnout of around 30 , yet when you think what a huge role local or devolved regional administrations play in all our lives, is it a bit dispiriting that turnout can be around that sort of figure . I turnout can be around that sort of firure . ~ , turnout can be around that sort of firure . ~ , figure . I think in this country we have rot figure . I think in this country we have got used figure . I think in this country we have got used to figure . I think in this country we have got used to relatively have got used to relatively disappointing turnout levels. When you compare it to some other countries in europe and elsewhere, even our General Election turnout is nothing to be proud of. When it comes to the local and mayoral elections next month, i think between a quarter and a third of the electorate coming out to vote is what we would expect. Possibly it might be lower than average even, because of coronavirus. People are being encouraged to some extent to vote by post or even by proxy if they don� t feel comfortable going to they don� t feel comfortable going to the polling station or if they have to self isolate or Something Like that. But nonetheless, we might see a bit of a hit as a result of coronavirus as well, and i agree, these are important roles and important institutions that are being elected, so obviously we would like to see a higher level of Voter Engagement. I� m like to see a higher level of Voter Engagement like to see a higher level of voter enrraement. � ,. , �. , engagement. Im sorry we dont have loner, engagement. Im sorry we dont have longer. But engagement. Im sorry we dont have longer. But its engagement. Im sorry we dont have longer, but its really engagement. Im sorry we dont have longer, but its really good engagement. Im sorry we dont have longer, but its really good to engagement. Im sorry we dont have longer, but its really good to talk longer, but it� s really good to talk to you. Thank you. The deadline for registering to vote is just four days away. While the coronavirus pandemic has kept most of us locked down, its impact on the Natural World has been more positive. Sir David Attenborough has made a documentary exploring how our relationship with wildlife and nature has changed during covid. Sir david has been speaking to our science editor david shukman. David attenborough march, 2020. 0vernight, our lives are put on pause. Boris johnson you must stay at home. I but as we stop, remarkable things start to change. The lockdowns have been tough for people, but great for wildlife, as we see in a Spectacular New Documentary with David Attenborough. This is the year earth changed. David, it� s great to talk to you. I� m sorry we can� t meet in person, but we� ve transported you electronically to the wonderful setting of chartwell. For people watching your programme, that� s going to be shown on apple plus tv from friday, what message would you want them to take from it . That human beings, even with the best will in the world, cannot restrict the Natural World. That� s what we� re doing, we� re pushing it aside. Even the most considerate of us are pushing aside the Natural World and denying space to other creatures which live on this planet. I mean, we� ve thought that animals, for example penguins in south africa, have survived perfectly well, we think, but in fact when we retreated we discovered that the penguins actually normally would be doing very much better than they have been doing for decades, so the lessons to us are saying you should not be so domineering. But let us suddenly realise that we are intruders, that we are latecomers, and that the Natural World actually by and large would do much better if we weren� t there at all. To what extent is it important or not, or in what form, that the great Climate Summit takes place at the end of this year . Well, it� s our last chance, and young people understand the science pretty clearly, and they cannot understand what it is that prevents grown ups, adults, taking sensible action, because they know what the action should be. We know what the problems are, we know how to solve it. Why aren� t they doing it . And, of course, the answer is, that to do it you� ve got to get the agreement of the entire human race. No one, at no time in the history have the nations of the world until now, said, ok, well, we� re taking rather more of our share and we will retreat a bit and let you have a share, and that kind of unselfishness is not an attitude that has been present in Human Politics ever, in a worldwide sense. And it� s got to come, because if it doesn� t we will lose the lot. It� s two years since a huge fire that nearly destroyed notre dame in paris. The blaze destroyed the cathedral� s roof and toppled its spire. Now 1,000 oak trees have been felled across france to replace the spire and its medieval rafters, as workers prepare for reconstruction. 0ur paris correspondent Lucy Williamson has been finding out more about this vast Restoration Project. Beneath its protective cranes, notre dame still embodies the horror and heroism that unfolded here two years ago. Since then, workers have been clearing the debris, since then, securing the structure, and dismantling the scaffolding that melted in the fire 40,000 tubes of it, fused melted in the fire 40,000 tubes of it, fused into strange new sculptures each mangled piece into strange new sculptures each mangled piece cut away one by one. Now, for the first time, thoughts are turning to the reconstruction. A thousand trees have been pre selected to rebuild the roof nicknamed the forest for its sheer number of rafters. Some of them more than 20 metres tall to span the vast spaces inside the cathedral. This is one of the thousand oak trees that have been specially selected for notre dame. Smaller tree trunks will be used to rebuild the medieval rafters. Big ones like this will go to reconstruct the spire. Each tree is tagged, measured and assigned a place in the reconstruction. This one its trunk almost a metre across would have sprouted soon after the french revolution. Translation this is the historic oak of our forests. We� re proud to see the work we do is meaningful. The forest is eternal, but that� s not the case for the trees and if they have a second life in the new notre dame forest at the top of the cathedral, so much the better. A second life, too, for these statues of the apostles taken from the Cathedral Spire for routine restoration days before it collapsed in flames. Their survival, says the workshop� s director, helped persuade officials to opt for an identical reconstruction over a new contemporary design. Translation we took the statues i down on the 11th of april 2019. I they arrived here the next day a friday. The following monday, the fire broke out and we immediately understood that what we had in our workshop was some kind of relics. Looking back, it� s clear we saved them, because they would have been smashed to pieces when the spire fell. There was a time that night when fire crews thought notre dame was lost its survival measured in minutes. Today it� s measured in tree trunks, manpower, scaffolding. The vast reconstruction of a symbol whose scale isn� t fully grasped through numbers any more than through words. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello, there. After that cold and frosty start this morning, at least we� re seeing some sunshine across much of the country. There are still a few showers, though the� re continuing to run in across east anglia the odd rainbow, as well, those showers pushing in to the southeast of england, too. But for western scotland, where we� ve got the sunshine, here we could see the highest temperatures today round about 15 degrees or so. These are the numbers at the end of the afternoon it� s quite a bit cooler around those north sea coasts with the onshore breeze. It� s also cooler where we� ve got the showers for east anglia and the south east of england a nagging north easterly breeze here, and it� ll be breezy through the english channel, as well. Could be one or two sharp showers for a while, probably extending their way down into hampshire by the end of the day. As the sun goes down, the showers fade away, we� ll have clearing skies overnight. Later in the night, bit of patchy cloud for lincolnshire, and some areas of fog likely around the home counties, too, but with clear skies and light winds, the temperatures will fall away sharply and, like last night, we� re going to have a frost across many parts of the country. Sunny start for most, the fog shouldn� t last too long towards the home counties, and then we� ll see the cloud bubbling up a bit more than today across england and wales, spreading over land with more in the way of sunshine for coastal areas. Sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland. Away from the north west, we� re going to find some rain arriving in the Western Isles. Generally, temperatures similar to those of today around 11 13 typically. Now that rain that� s coming into the Western Isles doesn� t get any further in because that weather front moves away. We� ve got another front coming in from the atlantic, but this is a bit further away from the uk for the time being it� s getting blocked off by that area of high pressure, keeping it dry on saturday. So the dry weather is continuing and, after a chilly start, we� re going to find a fair bit of sunshine across the uk. It may well turn a bit more hazy towards the north west, with the breeze picking up as well, but it should be a dry day, and we could find temperatures as high as 14 or 15 degrees so near normal for this time of the year. Second half of the weekend, the weather front is getting closer and it looks like we� ll see more cloud across scotland and Northern Ireland on sunday. Some light and patchy rain in the north west of scotland, the western side of Northern Ireland. Some of the cloud could push into england and wales, but it� s going to be dry here. There� ll be more in the way of sunshine through the midlands and into eastern england, and it� s here we� re likely to find those temperatures rising to around 15 or even 16 degrees so for these areas it� s quite a bit warmer than it is today. This is bbc news. The headlines. 4. 7 million of you are waiting to start nhs Hospital Treatment in england that� s the highest level for 14 years. The nurses within the nhs are going to have to continue to work at levels beyond what you would normally expect, and that comes on top of the last year and a half where, because of covid, they have been working. Going above and beyond. Details of the easing of lockdown in Northern Ireland are about to be announced we� ll be there live shortly. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector lord pickles says the whole system needs urgent reform. We need to understand completely what has gone on here. I agree thoroughly with lord pickles. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburgh� s funeral. Two years after a huge fire devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in paris, workers are finally preparing to begin the huge Restoration Project. And while the coronavirus pandemic has kept most of us down it� s given the animal world loads more freedom. Good afternoon. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england has reached a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The figure, from the end of february, is the highest for 14 years since records began in fact. There were also nearly 388,000 patients waiting more than a year for non urgent surgery compared with 1600 before the pandemic. Here� s our Health Correspondent anna collinson. Zen has spent much of the pandemic in pain, waiting for an operation on his pancreas which was seen as vital but not time critical. The 23 year old has severe Learning Difficulties and Mental Health issues so his older brother is speaking on his behalf. Zen� s original surgery was planned for september 2020, that was cancelled and rescheduled for december, again it was cancelled. Zen was admitted as an Inpatient Injanuary 2021 and he didn� t have his surgery until the 26th of march. Over the months his condition deteriorated. He lost weight and developed jaundice. This is him in hospital injanuary. He is shaking his head and he does that as a way to cope with things. He was in a lot of pain at that point, to the point where he was crying almost daily. Treating hundreds of thousands of Coronavirus Patients has hit the nhs hard, with more people experiencing postponed care and prolonged pain. New figures show 4. 7 Million People in england were waiting for routine operations in february, the highest since records began in 2007. Nearly 388,000 patients were waiting for more than a year for routine work, a striking increase to 12 months earlier when just 1600 people were on the list. Nhs england says trusts have been given funds to help their recovery, but unions are still concerned about staff. The nurses within the nhs will have to continue to work at levels beyond what you would normally expect, and that comes on top of the last year and a half where, because of covid, they have been going above and beyond. So it does look like a really tough picture. This hospital in croydon set up a dedicated centre for non urgent treatment, including Dental Surgery and some orthopedic work. The aim is to make best use of resources to get through the backlog. By ensuring we have efficiently run lists maximising the estate we have, using our theatres six days a week, three session days, it means we will have a chance of reducing the backlog that is now building. These new figures were recorded in february when covid pressures were particularly acute. While Coronavirus Hospital admissions have fallen substantially since then, the virus is still a threat. Surge testing for the South African variant is continuing in london to prevent its spread. On tuesday, zen finally returned home after months in hospital. His family say they are over the moon. Hospitals have been under extreme pressure over the past year, is that any consolation for you and your family . I can understand that, but for someone like zen, it is not something he can understand at all. All he knows is that he� s in pain. There are many indirect effects of the coronavirus which has affected people like my brother. Anna collinson, bbc news. Emma marvel was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in november last year and had to wait until february for a mastectomy. Hello, thank you very much for talking to us. Can you describe for our audience what it was like having your surgery postponed . Our audience what it was like having your surgery postponed . Yeah, hello, it was hard your surgery postponed . Yeah, hello, it was hard. You your surgery postponed . Yeah, hello, it was hard. You dont your surgery postponed . Yeah, hello, it was hard. You dont know your surgery postponed . Yeah, hello, it was hard. You dont know what your surgery postponed . Yeah, hello, it was hard. You dont know what is i it was hard. You don� t know what is happening, it is an uncertain time anyway when you are diagnosed with cancer, you have got no. 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The latest daily coronavirus statistics have just been released. 2,672 further people have tested positive. And a further 30 people have died that� s people who tested positive in the last 28 days. The conservative chair of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. Lord pickles said there don� t appear to be any boundaries between Civil Servants and the private sector. It comes as David Cameron says he� ll � respond positively� to any request for him to give evidence to an inquiry into the Lobbying Activies of the failed Finance Company greensill. 0ur Political Correspondent greg dawson reports. What began as questions about the actions of a former Prime Minister advising a now collapsed finance firm has escalated into multiple investigations. Lord pickles, once a Government Minister himself under David Cameron, is now responsible for advising Public Servants over their work in the private sector. His assessment could hardly have been more blunt. Contractors, consultants, people who arrive and offer assistance, maybe during the pandemic or maybe as mr greensill did, they are not covered at all, and i think that needs addressing. I think it needs addressing urgently. We now know three separate parliamentary committees will look into the issues surrounding Greensill Capital. David cameron has already insisted he didn� t break any rules and says he will be happy to be questioned. There could be more revelations to come after it emerged Bill Crothers, who was responsible for overseeing Government Contracts, had been allowed to simultaneously work part time for greensill in 2015. It has prompted the most senior Civil Servant in the country to order heads of all departments to declare by tomorrow if any of their officials have second jobs like this. It was David Cameron himself who ordered stricter rules on lobbying when he was in downing street, but the head of one of the countries biggest lobbying Companies Says those reforms are part of the problem. The laws that the David Cameron government rather ironically put in place in 2014 are a joke. They don� t cover 80 of lobbying. It is a completely ridiculous State Of Affairs to see a former Prime Minister engaging in secret lobbying, and a former Civil Servant while he was a Civil Servant also acting for outside interests. Yesterday, labour was defeated in its attempts to set up a separate parliamentary inquiry into lobbying. This morning, its leader repeated calls for tougher rules. What we are talking about here is lobbying of government for massive Procurement Contracts involving millions, sometimes billions of pounds. And increasingly we are seeing a murkier picture, whether it is the way contracts are handed out, the lack of due process or the lobbying, which is an open door now into government. Borisjohnson insists his party have been consistently tough on lobbying. The Prime Minister has already ordered a Lawyer Led Inquiry into the links between greensill and government. The evidence will be heard privately and is expected to report back injune. Greg dawson, bbc news. 0ur Political Correspondent helen cattjoins me now. There are now seven enquiries into this lobbying scandal. What does government say . This lobbying scandal. What does government say . This lobbying scandal. What does government sa . ,. ,. , government say . They do seem to be rrrowin , government say . They do seem to be growing. Various government say . They do seem to be growing, various different growing, various different enquiries. We are now up to quite a few of those, some of those held by mps. That means we are going to be hearing evidence in public several times over. That will be in a officials having to go in and explain the detail of what happened, particularly with green cell. If there was any hope with the government that the review be announced to would quieten things down, we know that won� t be the case. We know the Public Accounts Committee is going to invite David Cameron to give evidence. He has indicated he would respond positively to any such request. Number ten sources say ministers will give evidence as well as they are asked to. Earlier lord pickles said there were anomalies in the system that need to be addressed. Borisjohnson said he agreed, but does that mean he should act before his review announced injune reports . I think the most important thing is for us to get to the bottom of it properly and i want all ministers and Civil Servants to be making the information that needs to be known known to mr boardman and lets see what he has to say. You are absolutely right that we need to understand completely whats gone on here. I agree thoroughly with lord pickles. It should be said that lobbying is not in and of itself bad, it is a part of politics, it allows people from outside politics to have some influence on the laws are made and policy that is made. The key thing is how it is done, is it done transparently . Can you see you have been talking to who . It is about making sure there are not some who are getting undue advantage through this. This is what has been talked about in westminster as result of those revelations about the links between Greensill Capital and government. With all the enquiries happening, this means there is going to be pressure for something to change. To be pressure for something to chance. , ~ to be pressure for something to chance. ,. , to be pressure for something to chance. , ~ ,. , to be pressure for something to chance. , ~ ,. The headlines on bbc news. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform Prince Charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburgh� s funeral. Prince charles and camilla have been looking at some of the flowers that have been laid by the public in memory of Prince Philip. More details are to be released in the next few hours about his funeral which takes place in windsor on saturday, it� s expected that no members of the royal family will wear Military Uniform at the funeral. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Buckingham palace has done its best to discourage people from leaving flowers, but hundreds of people have wanted to place their own tributes to the duke. The bouquets have been moved into the grounds of marlborough house, a short distance from the palace, and headquarters of the commonwealth, where the Prince Of Wales and The Duchess Of Cornwall viewed them this morning. Most are accompanied by messages paying tribute to the duke and thanking him for his years of service. There will be a Strong Military flavour to saturday� s funeral, reflecting the duke� s many military connections. Rehearsals have been taking place for the service contingents, who� ll be involved in the short ceremonial procession inside Windsor Castle. It will be what� s known as a ceremonial royal funeral. This was the one staged for Queen Elizabeth the queen mother in 2002. Normally members of the royal family would wear Military Uniform, but it� s reported that on saturday the members of the family will wear civilian dress. This, it appears, is to avoid embarrassing prince harry, who� s no longer entitled to wear Military Uniform. Behind the walls of Windsor Castle the grounds are being prepared for saturday� s funeral. There will be no Public Access because of the covid restrictions. The Town Of Windsor is quiet, and police are hoping people will stay away on saturday because there will be nothing for spectators to view. During the Funeral Procession, the king� s troop of the Royal Horse Artillery will fire a salute. All the ceremonial components are being made ready. It will be an essentially private Family Funeral because of covid, though shared with millions via television, as the nation pays the duke a final tribute. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. The bbc has confirmed that it� s received a Record Number of complaints over 109 thousand that there was too much coverage of the death of Prince Philip with many people not happy that coverage had taken over the usual schedule of programmes. 0ur media correspondent David Sillito has the story. 109,741 it� s an extraordinary number of complaints. As you said, the nearest that, Jerry Springer, the opera, 2005, 63,000 complaints and that was a very organised protest by christian group. This very spontaneous, by people very unhappy that what happened on friday was of course the merging of services, bbc tv and radio channels. And a lot of programmes were cancelled, postponed, the masterchef final only went out last night. And the vast majority of people who were complaining were complaining that the programmes that they had looked forward to were not now on and they felt it was too much coverage of Prince Philip at the time. Of course, not all the complaints. There were complaints about people� s clothes, about phrases used by some of the presenters. There was one by andrew marr, which he has apologised. And also people complaining later about the broadcast of a tribute from prince andrew. And the bbc today said all of Prince Philip� s children gave a tribute. We have fully reported on the allegations against prince andrew, we have also made it clear he has not been charged with any crime. We consider it appropriate to have covered his comments. But the vast majority, of course, about the fact of there being so much coverage and programmes being postponed. The bbc says to be acknowledged some viewers were unhappy with the level of Coverage Given and the impact this had on billed tv and radio. We do not make such changes without careful consideration and the decisions made reflect the role the bbc plays as National Broadcaster during moments of national significance. Acknowledging the complaints but saying they were right to broadcast as they did. The inquest into the fatal stabbing of jack merritt and saskia jones at the Fishmongers Hall attack in 2019 has been hearing from members of the Emergency Medical Teams who responded. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds has been following the inquest. These were the first medical teams at the scene of the Fishmongers Hall attack in 2019, a scene that was described by one of them as generally messy and chaotic. One of those who had been injured was jack merritt he had been stabbed repeatedly. But the problem was, for the teams there, that outside on the bridge was his attacker, usman khan, who had been shot by police, but police couldn� t be sure if he had a real or a fake bomb vest or bomb belt. Now, that made the area what is called a warm zone, designated by police when there is a risk of an ongoing terrorist attack. And so jack had to be moved by the medical teams to a place of safety, up the road, near a tube station. They did that, they attempted to treat him, he received open Chest Surgery in an attempt to save him. But, sadly, he had bled to death. The inquest is considering all of this because the helicopter emergency medical service, or hems, a team which also operates from cars, we were told that the enquiry this morning had never entered a warm zone that usually is only somewhere where medical teams can go when they have the correct equipment and training, including ballistic helmets and vests. So the inquest looked very closely at this, and also will look very closely, i think, at what one of the doctors said, which was that there were no hard or fast rules for operating in that sort of zone. It is something other inquests have also looked at very closely. A former policewoman has been charged with manslaughter, in connection with the Fatal Shooting of a young black man in minneapolis on sunday. Kim potter resigned after shooting daunte wright, saying she had meant to draw her taser, not her handgun. Tensions were already high in the us city, as the trial continues of the former policeman who� s charged with murdering george floyd. 0ur North America correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. Protesters had been demanding justice for daunte wright. But the Manslaughter Charge against the policewoman who killed him wasn� t good enough for them. They wanted it to be murder, and so another face off with police the fourth night of unrest. Kim potter had already resigned before she was arrested and booked into the countyjail. A bitter end to 26 years in the force. She was actually training a new officer when they stopped mr wright because of an expired car registration. They discovered a previous warrant for his arrest and he tried to flee. The Police Department said she attempted to tase him, but mistakenly drew her gun. Ijust shot him. The Civil Rights Attorney who represents the Wright Family called this an unlawful use of force, not an accident. All this training, at what point did you not feel that this was a gun in your hand, versus a taser . This has amplified tensions around the trial of Derek Chauvin, who� s charged with killing george floyd. The latest witness was for the defence. He said mr floyd died of medical complications rather than the force of mr chauvin� s knee on his neck. Is it your opinion that mr chauvins knee in any way impacted the structures of mr floyds neck . No, it did not. None of the vital structures. All the defence needs to do is establish doubt that the former policeman is guilty, and only in the mind of onejuror. The jury� s expected to begin consideration early next week. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, minneapolis. In brazil, since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,300 babies under the age of one have died from covid 19. With exclusive access to one children� s icu in the northeast of the country, Nathalia Passarinho has this report. The touch of a hand, a warm voice, but no familiarfaces. With no visits allowed due to the fear of infection, it is doctors and nurses who offer comfort to the children. The hospital staff have bought phones and tablets with their own money so parents can have at least some contact with their children. For now, this is the closest this mother can get to her newborn baby. Translation it has been an immense challenge working in the icu without any parents being able to visit. It is just words exchanged over the phone. It� s so hard for them to understand how their child� s case could have become critical and in some cases, unfortunately, the child might die. Lucas was just one when he contracted the virus. His mum, jessica, took him to the hospital with a fever and breathing difficulties. Worried, she asked for a covid test. Translation the doctor said, my dear, dont worry. There is no need for a covid test. It� s probablyjust a minor sore throat. Weeks later, lucas� condition worsened. He was finally admitted to an icu, but help came too late. Translation i keep thinking a covid test could have saved my son, because then he would have received proper treatment. But the doctor simply didn� t want to. He just gave a diagnosis off the top of his head. More Young Children are known to have died of covid 19 in brazil than anywhere else in the world. The death toll for babies under one is 22 times higher than in the united states. Why are there more children dying of covid in brazil than in other parts of the world . Translation we have a serious problem detecting cases. We don� t have enough tests for the general population even fewerfor children. Because there is a delay in the diagnosis, there is a delay in care for the child, so only when they are already seriously ill do we get a diagnosis. The children in this hospital have won their first battle. They were offered an icu bed and proper treatment. But now they must wait, hopefulfor this moment. Of finally being reunited with their parents. Nathalia passarinho, bbc news. Instagram has said sorry after a mistake with its algorithm promoted diet content to users with Eating Disorders. The Search Function in the app automatically recommended terms including Appetite Suppressants and fasting to some people. Our Technology Reporter is cristina criddle. In its search bar it would generate automatic terms based on things you have liked or followed within the app. We don� t really know how the algorithm works but instagram said it� s meant to generate things that you are already interested in. The problem was that some users with a history of Eating Disorders and often go on the app for support with their recovery were getting terms they found very harmful. They said they were getting things like fasting, dieting, Appetite Suppressants, and they were saying this was having a very upsetting effect on them and could even cause some people to relapse. So they are really concerned, and when i spoke to instagram they said as soon as they were made aware of it, they fixed the issue and they said it was just a mistake with the algorithm. They said no weight loss terms should ever be promoted on the app, and they apologised to users for any confusion. But naturally people with Eating Disorders are still concerned because they think they might come across things which could be harmful to them on the app, they want instagram to do more to promote healthy body image. And though it says it only promotes content in fitting with a healthy lifestyle, as we have seen today, they can still make mistakes. It� s two years since that huge fire nearly destroyed notre dame in paris. The blaze wrecked the cathedral� s roof and toppled its spire. Now a thousand oak trees have been felled across france to replace the spire and its medieval rafters, as workers prepare for reconstruction. 0ur paris correspondent Lucy Williamson has been finding out more about this vast Restoration Project beneath its protective cranes, notre dame still embodies the horror and heroism that unfolded here two years ago. Since then, workers have been clearing the debris, since then, and dismantling the scaffolding that securing the structure, 40,000 tubes of it, fused into strange new sculptures each mangled piece cut away one by one. Now, for the first time, thoughts are turning to the reconstruction. A thousand trees have been pre selected to rebuild the roof nicknamed the forest for its sheer number of rafters. Some of them more than 20 metres tall to span the vast spaces inside the cathedral. This is one of the thousand oak trees that have been specially selected for notre dame. Smaller tree trunks will be used to rebuild the medieval rafters. Big ones like this will go to reconstruct the spire. Each tree is tagged, measured and assigned a place in the reconstruction. This one its trunk almost a metre across would have sprouted soon after the french revolution. Translation this is the historic oak of our forests. We� re proud to see the work we do is meaningful. The forest is eternal, but that� s not the case for the trees and if they have a second life in the new notre dame forest at the top of the cathedral, so much the better. A second life, too, for these statues of the apostles taken from the Cathedral Spire for routine restoration days before it collapsed in flames. Their survival, says the workshop� s director, helped persuade officials to opt for an identical reconstruction over a new contemporary design. Translation we took the statues i down on the 11th of april 2019. I they arrived here the next day a friday. The following monday, the fire broke out and we immediately understood that what we had in our workshop was some kind of relics. Looking back, it� s clear we saved them, because they would have been smashed to pieces when the spire fell. There was a time that night when fire crews thought notre dame was lost its survival measured in minutes. Today it� s measured in tree trunks, manpower, scaffolding. The vast reconstruction of a symbol whose scale isn� t fully grasped through numbers any more than through words. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren. Hello there. For many parts of the country it� s just some patchy, Fairweather Cloud Today and some decent spells of sunshine, and temperatures probably peaking at 15 degrees across western parts of scotland. Cooler around north sea coasts and across east anglia and the south east, where we are seeing a few showers here. The odd sharp one is possible could extend down towards hampshire this evening before fading away as the sun goes down. And the skies will clear for many overnight. Later in the night we are going to find some patchy fog in the home counties. But with clear skies and light winds, temperatures are going to fall away very quickly this evening. It will be frosty again by friday morning similar sort of temperatures to what we had this morning. Sun out, though, early on. The fog soon clearing away from parts of south east england, and for most it will be a dry day. A bit more patchy cloud babbling up inland across england and wales. Sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland, away from the north west where we will see some rain arriving in the Western Isles. Otherwise, it will be dry, and temperatures again generally around 11 to 13 celsius. Goodbye. Hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. The headlines. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england reaches a record high of 4. 7 Million People. The conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and Civil Servants working in the private sector says the whole system needs urgent reform. Prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of Prince Philip as more details are released about the duke of edinburgh� s funeral. Sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here� sjohn watson. Good afternoon. British number one dan evans produced the biggest win of his career knocking out the world number one Novak Djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters. On what is meant to be his least favourite surface, he broke djocovic in his first two service games, on his way to taking the first set 6 4. He had two match points in the second at 6 5, but only needed one to reach a first masters quarterfinal. This the first time the pair have faced each other, and after winning his first atp tour title this year, signs for evans of real progress. Of course i doubted myself in those matches, in the match, serving it out, not easy, you have got all sorts running through your head, so i am just happy with how it went, it will be one to say safer for after the tournament, to tell the kids and grandkids that you beat the world number one, it is a nice one. Great britain have named their team for friday� S Billie Jean King cup play 0ff tie with mexico what is the revamped fed cup. There� s a return for Katie Boulter in the first match. She suffered a Stress Fracture in her back the last time she played for britain two years ago she� s been picked ahead of the higher ranked harriet dart. There� s Nojohanna Konta, so Heather Watson leads the team. Victory would put them through to a one off qualifier, the winner of which competes in a new look 12 team final in april next year. Manchester united hold a 2 0 advantage heading into the second leg of the Europa League quarterfinal with grenada, with either ajax or roma waiting in the semifinals. Arsenal have work to do if they� re to reach the last four they� re in the Czech Republic for their second leg against Slavia Prague, which is delicately poised at 1 1. Defeat for arsenal and their inconsistency in the Premier League could mean no european football next season for the first time in 25 years. Arsenal keeper bernd leno says that� s unthinkable. When you think about the future without arsenal in the european competition, it doesn� t feel right, and ourjob is to. Don� t come true. Because arsenal belongs in europe, and that is our target, that is ourjob. Ronnie 0� sullivan begins his quest to win a record equalling seventh World Snooker title on saturday he� ll begin the defence of his trophy against debutant markjoyce, who� s ranked 46th in the world. Elsewhere, Uk Championship winner Neil Robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trump will face liam highfield. The cruible will be around a third full for the first round, witha capcity crowd expected for the final. Mark cavendish� s run of three consecutive stage wins at the Tour Of Turkey has come to an end, as the race reached the mountains on stage five. The manx missile, who led the race this morning, will get his next chance at a stage win on stage seven on saturday. It wasn� t going to be a day for the sprinters, with two category 0ne climbs towards the end of the stage. Jose manuel diaz of spain won to take the overall lead by four seconds. Scotland will be without captain Rachel Malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. It� s one of four changes made by scotland, with Evie Gallagher coming in to make Herfirst Start in place of malcolm. The winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a Third Fourth Place play off. And ben stokes has been named leading cricketer in the world for the second year in a row, by wisden. He� s currently injured with a broken finger, ruling him out of the ipl. But there was also a surprise inclusion in the bible of cricket. Kent� s Darren Stevens has become the oldest person since 1933 to be named as one of wisden� s five cricketers of the year, and the fourth oldest recipient of all time at 44 years old. That� s all the sport for now. In three weeks� time, voters across england, scotland and wales will go to the polls for a series of elections. There� ll be increased Safety Measures due to the pandemic and it will take longer to get the results. Across bbc news today we� ve been looking ahead to those elections and taking a look at the role local and devolved government plays in society. Let� s take a look at what� s happening where. It� s the biggest election day until the next General Election and due to the cancellation of last year� s local elections on may the 6th Thousands of seats across the uk are up for grabs. In england they� ll be voting in 143 local Council Authorities with about 5,000 seats in contention. Councillors are in change of Many Services from Bin Collections to social care, sport facilities and libraries. There are also 13 mayoral elections including Greater Manchester the west midlands, london and for the first time in West Yorkshire. Voters in london will also elect 25 members of the London Assembly who examine the mayors decisions. Voters in England Wales will also be asked to elect police and Crime Commissioners. They set the budget and priorities for police in their area. There are also National Elections in scotland and wales. 129 seats are up for grabs in the Scottish Parliament. That� s made up of 73 constituencies and a further 56 seats made up from regional lists. And in wales 60 seats are in play 40 constituencies and a further 20 seats again made up from the regional list system. The election is on may 6th but due to the coronavirus restrictions it will be a few days until we find out the results. Let� s talk about the elections for police and Crime Commissioners with danny shaw former Home Affairs Correspondent here at the bbc, and now head of strategy and insight at crest advisory that� s a Research Firm focusing on crime and justice issues. Hello. Hi, nice to see you. What do Crime Commissioners hello. Hi, nice to see you. What do Crime Commissioners do . Hello. Hi, nice to see you. What do Crime Commissioners do . Police i hello. Hi, nice to see you. What do. Crime commissioners do . Police and Crime Commissioners Crime Commissioners do . Police and Crime Commissioners have Crime Commissioners do . Police and Crime Commissioners have got i Crime Commissioners do . Police and Crime Commissioners have got a i Crime Commissioners do . Police and | Crime Commissioners have got a vital role in policing in england and wales, they set the budget for their local police forces, they set the overall strategy for the police forces, the priorities for each force. They also appoint the chief and they have powers to dismiss the chief cost as well. Chief constable. They have extensive powers to Commission Services for victims and also Crime Reduction programmes, so it whole suite of powers in four areas, they also have oversight about local fire and rescue service. A suite of powers that are likely to grow after the election, so they play a vital role in policing across england and wales. Perhaps not really the profile necessarily that the home secretary has nationally, but a vital role at a local level. Ids. Secretary has nationally, but a vital role at a local level. A vital role but often vital role at a local level. A vital role but often these vital role at a local level. A vital role but often these elections i vital role at a local level. A vital| role but often these elections for pccs, there is a low turnout, i wonder, can you give us a real life example where ipcc has influenced the way a force operates recently . A the way a force operates recently . A pcc. ,. ,. , a pcc. There are a number of examples. A pcc. There are a number of examples, some a pcc. There are a number of examples, some initiatives a pcc. There are a number of examples, some initiatives by i a pcc. There are a number of. Examples, some initiatives by both labour and conservative police and Crime Commissioners and independent crime in commissioners who have tried for example, if you think of the conservative pcc and sussex, who has done quite big virtual hearings for Police Officers i did the courts, there are also examples of Labour Market tupou, in nottinghamshire, there is a labour pcc who has done a lot in terms of minority recruitment. There are independent pccs, i will mention them as well, who have done very well at elections in 2012, 12 of them elected, there were three at them elected, there were three at the elections last time. They have also, either in the teeth of great opposition from political parties, have managed to hold their own. There is a wide ranging pccs who have well, it is not a Political Party political thing, more to do with the individual. Where they have had any influence is because the pcc immerses themselves in policing, understands the challenges, i� d have the force of personality to get things done, to not about Party Politics as far as i am concerned. Who is the top dog, the pcc or the chief because . The who is the top dog, the pcc or the chief because . Who is the top dog, the pcc or the chief because . , ,. , chief because . The pcc has the power over the chief chief because . The pcc has the power over the chief constable chief because . 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That� s why these elections are important, we all care about safety on the streets, we all want our cases of fraud to be solved better, we all want to see burglary come down, we are all worried about young people and violence and online harms and so on. This is a chance for people to try and influence that by voting for a pcc whose policies they agree with. They agree with. Thank you very much, they agree with. Thank you very much. Danny. They agree with. Thank you very much, danny, four they agree with. Thank you very much, danny, four x they agree with. Thank you very much, danny, four x that i they agree with. Thank you very much, danny, four x that to i they agree with. Thank you very much, danny, four x that to our audience. For explaining that. A woman who says she was � addicted� to sunbeds and who� s now been diagnosed with terminal skin cancer is warning of what she calls the � dangers� of sunbeds. Anthea smith has malignant melonoma which is incurable. Skin cancer is often caused by too much exposure to uv rays, and the Charity Melanoma uk says not enough is being done on social media to educate those who want to use sunbeds. Here is anthea smith. Iam i am stage iv, terminal, i don� t know how long i have to live, it has sadly spread from my head and to my right lung, my bowels, my spine, both sides of my brain. Left and right sides. It couldn� t be any worse. I right sides. It couldnt be any worse. ,. , right sides. It couldnt be any worse. ,. , right sides. It couldnt be any worse. ,. , , right sides. It couldnt be any worse. ,. ,. , ,. , worse. I am really, really sorry to hear that worse. I am really, really sorry to hear that. The worse. I am really, really sorry to hear that. The reason worse. I am really, really sorry to hear that. The reason that worse. I am really, really sorry to hear that. The reason that you i worse. I am really, really sorry to i hear that. The reason that you want to talk to us today is to talk to our audience about the use of sunbeds. You use them since teenage years, is that right . Yes. Sunbeds. You use them since teenage years, is that right . Years, is that right . Yes, from around the years, is that right . Yes, from around the age years, is that right . Yes, from around the age of years, is that right . Yes, from around the age of 14, years, is that right . Yes, from around the age of 14, because | years, is that right . Yes, from i around the age of 14, because there was no restrictions then, we had some mild restrictions now, i did, i got addicted to them, as people each day do. People get addicted to having that time, there is proven links that an addiction to a ten is as strong as a link to the addiction to opiates. Addicted to tan. Which is acutely dangerous. Let� s talk now to gary lipman who is chairman of the sunbed association. Hello. How do you react to anthea� s story . Hello. 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They kind of practices that happened, as anthea described, 30 years ago just do not happen today. Sunbed operators. It is important that your viewers know that if they want to use a sunbed and be assured that they are being looked after properly, go onto our website, put in your postcode and find it an operator who is a member of the association who will look after the client properly. You association who will look after the client properly client properly. You said there is no link between client properly. You said there is no link between sunbeds client properly. You said there is no link between sunbeds and i client properly. You said there is| no link between sunbeds and skin cancer, there is. Sunbeds give out ultraviolet rays that increase your risk of developing skin cancer. You have rot risk of developing skin cancer. You have got to risk of developing skin cancer. You have got to be risk of developing skin cancer. � if7i. Have got to be careful when you say skin cancer, anthea was talking about melanoma, if you constantly burn your skin, typically in the sunshine, not on a professional sunbed, of course there is a higher risk of getting what is called a lesion, which is non melanoma skin cancer, which although unfortunately is not fatal in any way, what i am saying is that melanoma, which is the cancer that mr societies, the connection, relativity of attracting melanoma as a result of using a sunbed is minimal. Metastasised. Sunbed is minimal. Metastasised. Sunbed is minimal. Metastasised. ,. ,. , metastasised. You are accepting that the do metastasised. You are accepting that they do give metastasised. You are accepting that they do give out metastasised. You are accepting that they do give out uv metastasised. You are accepting that they do give out uv rays metastasised. You are accepting that they do give out uv rays that metastasised. 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E recommendation is that you should not use a sunbed more than 60s 60 times a year. Ten minutes a time, the equivalent of ten hours a year in sunshine. The comparison is quite clear. Modern day sunbed, air has the same output of sunshine for example in the mediterranean. 60 sessions a year is ten hours a year, you know and i know that people can do that everyday on holiday and sunshine. We must put things into perspective. Sunshine. We must put things into perspective sunshine. We must put things into rerrsective. ,. , , perspective. Why do we need sunbeds at all . Why do perspective. Why do we need sunbeds at all . Why do you perspective. Why do we need sunbeds at all . Why do you need perspective. Why do we need sunbeds at all . Why do you need to perspective. Why do we need sunbeds at all . Why do you need to go perspective. Why do we need sunbeds at all . Why do you need to go to i perspective. Why do we need sunbeds at all . Why do you need to go to a i at all . 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Even now, in the last year, we have seen more reports about the need for Sunshine Health benefits. Giving better health. But the most natural way of synthesising the Health Benefits of sunshine is in ultraviolet, not from a bottle. �. ,. , sunshine is in ultraviolet, not from a bottle. �. , y. ,. ,. , sunshine is in ultraviolet, not from a bottle. �. ,. ,. ,. , a bottle. But what you do get from a bottle is no a bottle. But what you do get from a bottle is no risk a bottle. But what you do get from a bottle is no risk of a bottle. But what you do get from a bottle is no risk of developing i a bottle. But what you do get from a bottle is no risk of developing skin i bottle is no risk of developing skin cancer. It is a no brainer, isn� t it . Cancer. It is a nobrainer, isnt it . ,. ,. , ~ it . No, it is not, let me make it clear, if somebody it . No, it is not, let me make it clear, if somebody wants i it . No, it is not, let me make it clear, if somebody wants to i it . No, it is not, let me make it clear, if somebody wants to get j it . No, it is not, let me make it i clear, if somebody wants to get a tan from a bottle, that is fine, but sunbeds give the choice, the alternative, and people want natural ultraviolet, they want that feel good factor, they want that feel good factor, they want that feel of the son of their face. There is no difference between a modern day sunbed and sunshine in the mediterranean. Please do not tell me there is something wrong with being in sunshine because there certainly isn� t. To answer your question, why do we need sunbeds . To give a safer environment than being in the sunshine, where there is no protection, nobody to tell you, you have had enough, you are far safer on a professional sunbed that you are in natural sunshine, those are the facts. 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That doesnt sound very safe. , ~ session. That doesnt sound very safe. ,. , session. That doesnt sound very safe. ,. ,. , safe. Thank you for pointing out the benefits of going safe. Thank you for pointing out the benefits of going to safe. Thank you for pointing out the benefits of going to a safe. Thank you for pointing out the benefits of going to a sunbed i safe. Thank you for pointing out the benefits of going to a sunbed salon | benefits of going to a sunbed salon thatis benefits of going to a sunbed salon that is a member of our association. But those are tweets from people who have gone to a shop where there are sunbeds and have been burnt. You seem to be sunbeds and have been burnt. � if7i. Seem to be ignoring the point that the sunbed association is a collection of sunbed salons all over the country that will not allow that to happen. These encourage people, if they want to use a sunbed safely, and not get burnt, go to a tanning salon that is a member of our association. We cannot be responsible for the general public doing silly things. We work so hard, we use social media to educate the public, it is all about common sense and sunbed protection. We work with local health authorities. High standards. I work with the National Institutes of health and care excellence, on sunshine benefits and risks, i have worked on but he standards, tanning salon services, we push through spiders, we work with local authorities, the environMental Health, add the trading standards people to make sure that everybody tans safely. There will be places where we would not encourage, but that is why you should use a sunbed seller that is a member of the association. I wouldn� t want to book a holiday with a travel agent that is not a member of abta, for example, so let� s be clear, use a sunbed safely, do not burn, you will be powerfully fine. Thank you very much for your time today. Thank you very much for your time toda. ,. , thank you very much for your time toda. , i , if thank you very much for your time today if you today. Perfectly fine. If you want more today. Perfectly fine. If you want more sunshine today. Perfectly fine. If you want more sunshine stuff i today. Perfectly fine. If you i want more sunshine stuff information about what sunbed can do to you, go to the nhs website, also the government website, it was not that long ago they stopped under 18 is in england from being able to use sunbeds. The effect of the lockdown on the Natural World has been very positive. Sir David Attenborough has made a documentary exploring how our relationship with wildlife and nature has changed during covid. Sir david has been speaking to our science editor david shukman. David attenborough march, 2020. 0vernight, our lives are put on pause. Boris johnson you must stay at home. I but as we stop, remarkable things start to change. The lockdowns have been tough for people, but great for wildlife, as we see in a Spectacular New Documentary with David Attenborough. This is the year earth changed. David, it� s great to talk to you. I� m sorry we can� t meet in person, but we� ve transported you electronically to the wonderful setting of chartwell. For people watching your programme, that� s going to be shown on apple plus tv from friday, what message would you want them to take from it . That human beings, even with the best will in the world, cannot restrict the Natural World. That� s what we� re doing, we� re pushing it aside. Even the most considerate of us are pushing aside the Natural World and denying space to other creatures which live on this planet. I mean, we� ve thought that animals, for example penguins in south africa, have survived perfectly well, we think, but in fact when we retreated we discovered that the penguins actually normally would be doing very much better than they have been doing for decades, so the lessons to us are saying you should not be so domineering. But let us suddenly realise that we are intruders, that we are latecomers, and that the Natural World actually by and large would do much better if we weren� t there at all. To what extent is it important or not, or in what form, that the great Climate Summit takes place at the end of this year . Well, it� s our last chance, and young people understand the science pretty clearly, and they cannot understand what it is that prevents grown ups, adults, taking sensible action, because they know what the action should be. We know what the problems are, we know how to solve it. Why aren� t they doing it . And, of course, the answer is, that to do it you� ve got to get the agreement of the entire human race. No one, at no time in the history have the nations of the world until now, said, ok, well, we� re taking rather more of our share and we will retreat a bit and let you have a share, and that kind of unselfishness is not an attitude that has been present in Human Politics ever, in a worldwide sense. And it� s got to come, because if it doesn� t we will lose the lot. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren. After the cold and frosty start this morning we are seeing sunshine across much of the country. Still if you showers, continue to running across east anglia. Showers pushing into the south east of england. But for western scotland, where we� ve got the sunshine, here we could see the highest temperatures today round about 15 degrees or so. These are the numbers at the end of the afternoon it� s quite a bit cooler around those north sea coasts with the onshore breeze. It� s also cooler where we� ve got the showers for east anglia and the south east of england a nagging north easterly breeze here, and it� ll be breezy through the english channel, as well. Could be one or two sharp showers for a while, probably extending their way down into hampshire by the end of the day. As the sun goes down, the showers fade away, we� ll have clearing skies overnight. Later in the night, bit of patchy cloud for lincolnshire, and some areas of fog likely around the home counties, too, but with clear skies and light winds, the temperatures will fall away sharply and, like last night, we� re going to have a frost across many parts of the country. Sunny start for most, the fog shouldn� t last too long towards the home counties, and then we� ll see the cloud bubbling up a bit more than today across england and wales, spreading over land with more in the way of sunshine for coastal areas. Sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland. Away from the north west, we� re going to find some rain arriving in the Western Isles. Generally, temperatures similar to those of today around 11 13 typically. Now that rain that� s coming into the Western Isles doesn� t get any further in because that weather front moves away. We� ve got another front coming in from the atlantic, but this is a bit further away from the uk for the time being it� s getting blocked off by that area of high pressure, keeping it dry on saturday. So the dry weather is continuing and, after a chilly start, we� re going to find a fair bit of sunshine across the uk. It may well turn a bit more hazy towards the north west, with the breeze picking up as well, but it should be a dry day, and we could find temperatures as high as 14 or 15 degrees so near normal for this time of the year. Second half of the weekend, the weather front is getting closer and it looks like we� ll see more cloud across scotland and Northern Ireland on sunday. Some light and patchy rain in the north west of scotland, the western side of Northern Ireland. Some of the cloud could push into england and wales, but it� s going to be dry here. There� ll be more in the way of sunshine through the midlands and into eastern england, and it� s here we� re likely to find those temperatures rising to around 15 or even 16 degrees so for these areas it� s quite a bit warmer than it is today. This is bbc news. The headlines. As military rehearsals continue more details are released on the duke of edinburgh� s funeral. They include pictures of the land rover designed by the duke to carry his coffin. And the guest list for saturday is announced with the duke� s four children leading the Funeral Procession his grandsons william and harry will not walk side by side. 4. 7 million of you are waiting to start nhs Hospital Treatment in england that� s the highest level for 14 years. The nurses within the nhs are going to have to continue to work at levels beyond what you would normally expect, and that comes on top of the last year and a half where,