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it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay ....
for queen elizabeth s state funeral next week, saying nhs staff are to join the procession. there s a striking image on the front of the i, showing some of the thousands queuing in london to pay their respects to the late queen. and another stage of that queue appears on the front of the ft, which leads on the talks between china and russia. the daily mirror s main story concerns the funeral of nine year old olivia platt korbel, who died in a shooting in liverpool. and the sun leads on the news that some members of the royal family are to take part in the vigil in westminster hall and that the duke of sussex can attend in military uniform. good evening, welcome, both. thanks very much for coming along. of course we are going to start with the story, another array of pictures and quotes especially. we are going to start with the metro don t cry camille start me off, the quote they pick al from william. daisy, why don t you start us off? it pick al from william. daisy, ....
3,000 metres individual pursuit. i m paul scott at the bbc sport centre in salford, with the rest of the day s sports news. less than 2a hours to go now, until the england lionesses take on germany in the euro 22 final. we ll be live to wembley. and for the first time in his career, george russell will start a formula 1 race from pole. details on qualifying for the hungarian grand prix coming up. hello and welcome to birmingham. we re here at victoria square which is right in the heart of the city. there s a big screen and bands and dj sjust below us here where big crowds have been gathering to watch the action at these commonwealth games. and that includes the marathon races which all took place today and came to a finish just behind me you can see the arch of the finish line. and there was plenty of drama, especially for england s david weir as dan 0gunshakin now reports: it soon became obvious as competitors to medway that david weir was the man to beat. his lea ....
hello this is bbc news. the headlines: police investigating the death of 9 year old lillia valutyte have arrested a 22 year old man on suspicion of murder. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk england s women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night s euros final. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. the race between rishi sunak and liz truss to become prime minister continues as former leadership rival tom tugendhat backs the foreign secretary. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday live from the commonwealth games in the heart of birmingham city centre this saturday night, coming up on the programme. heartbreak for england s six time ....
and an alexander arnold free kick helps liverpool keep their title hopes alive with a 3 1win at craven cottage. also coming up on sportsday. a record number ran in the london marathon today and a record osha a osha record number ran i in the london marathon today and a record was broken in the women s race with kenya s peresjepchirchir sprinting to victory. plus, a passion outside of football, we watch as england s georgia stanway inks her very first tattoo. welcome to the programme. what an incredible, nail biting match at wembley many thought this would be a straightforward win for premier league side manchester united in the semifinal of the fa cup taking on coventry who sit eighth in the championship. but it s been far from a walkover. with united losing a 3 0 lead, and coventry taking then to extra time and penalties after scoring three goals to draw the game level. let s talk you through the game. scott mctominay scored the first for united, and then harry maguire g ....