In the number of births. Intrigue in israel opposition politicians look close to a deal to end the premiership of benjamin netanyahu. Aiming high. A mountaineerfrom hong kong has broken the record for the fastest ascent of everest, by a woman. Hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. There s a fresh push to get more people in england vaccinated against covid 19, amid concerns that the variant first identified in india could delay the next phase of re opening. Ministers want everyone over 50 to have had both doses before the end ofjune. England s largest vaccination centre has opened at twickenham rugby stadium. Up to 15,000 jabs will be available for people who haven t yet received their first vaccine. The government has said it will wait untiljune the 14th to decide whether social distancing restrictions can be lifted a week later. Some scientists have warned against any further easing of coronavirus measures. Government adviser and microbiologist professor ravi
Good morning from the lake district. More of us are holidaying close to home this year and destinations like this are gearing up for the first weekend of the season. We could be set for an all premier league final in the europa league as both manchester united and arsenal reach the last four, with the londoners dominating in prague. Plus, 125 years since the national trust bought their first property, in east sussex. I will be taking a look around and bringing you the forecast. A cold start but the most it will be a dry day. It s friday, 16th april. Our top story. Final preparations are being made ahead of the duke of edinburgh s funeral, which will take place at st george s chapel in windsor tomorrow afternoon. The service for prince philip, who died last week at the age of 99, will be attended by 30 guests, including all his children and grandchildren, alongside personnel from the armed forces. Buckingham palace said the plans very much reflected the duke s wishes. Charlotte wright r
of the al-qaeda terror attacks. rehearsals have been taking place ahead of the funeral of the duke of edinburgh on saturday. we ll find out details of who will attend later. and a major landslide sends 4,000 tonnes of rock tumbling onto a beach on dorset sjurassic coast. hello and welcome to bbc news. david cameron says he ll respond positively to any requests for him to give evidence to the lobbying inquiry into greensill. the former prime minister has faced criticism for contacting ministers in an attempt to win financial support for the firm before it collapsed. it s sparked a wider row over private companies attempts to influence government. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. the way david cameron used his contacts with ministers on behalf of the businessman who employed him, lex greensill, sparked a row about lobbying that has dominated westminster for days. yesterday, conservative mps voted against setting up a special parliamentary investigation. so the
prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of his father, 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 vast 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 humans locked down, it s given the animal world rather 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. and coming up on the bbc news channel. 0le gunnar solskjaer warns his side not to blow their two goal advantag