because i think i must have been 12 or something 12 or 14. it s a very long time ago, i m afraid. i think it s changed a lot. your majesty, when you say it was a long time ago, - it was in fact 80 years ago. that s terrible, isn t it? we know that you were actually the first holder of the award. i i didn t realise i was the first one. ijust did it. and had to work very hard for it. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. five miles down the road we see the results of that cloud, a big heavy downpour passing through. we have had a turnaround from the exceptionally dry weather in april. leuchars in five, only five millimetres last month and now this month they fired well over a month s were, and there s lots more rain to come for scotland and the whole of the british isles in the week ahead. it is going to be an unsettled week with lots of showers. why? you do this, an area of low pressure right over the top of the british isles. these things would normally work
suing the government. the family of a woman who took her own life after her benefits were cut. the search continues to locate an injured whale in the river thames, after it escaped a first rescue attempt. down memory lane. the queen recollects becoming the first young person in the commonwealth to receive a life saving award. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the uk s covid alert level has been lowered from 4 to 3, which means the virus is no longer spreading exponentially. this afternoon, the prime minister is expected to announce a major easing of restrictions in england, so that, from next monday, six people or two households can meet indoors, while groups of up to 30 can meet outdoors. pubs and restaurants would be able to reopen indoors, and at last, people could hug friends and family outside their households. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. you have got to do two verses, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! since the pandemic began, we
england and sharper ones on the sharp south coast, but across south eastern counties we could see ice first thing on wednesday and the west of scotland also looks chilly. more cloud around elsewhere and it should hold the frost at bay, plenty of cloud spreading across the uk and through wednesday and onto a north easterly breeze with grey skies, despite the temperature being average for the time of year, so highs of eight or 9 degrees and it will feel on the cooler side. step outside, and it will feel closer to five or six. for thursday, and the changes are subtle, there is the high, keep an eye on the isobars in the gaps between them and the gap opens up and the winds become lighter and that is the change for thursday. lighterwinds lighter and that is the change for thursday. lighter winds across the uk, so it might mean things will slightly be less cold but we are still sitting under a lot of cloud, so don t expect temperatures to alter dramatically and we are still look
home and their lives. a stark warning from the head of the international energy agency, as europe is told to prepare for russia turning off gas supplies. a new statue to the windrush generation is unveiled in london. a tribute to the thousands who arrived from caribbean countries in the 1940s. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic. the crowds are heading to the iconic music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. a devastating earthquake in afghanistan has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people and left many more injured. the quake measuring 6.1 in magnitude, damaging thousands of homes in one of the poorest countries in the world. the country, which is governed by the militant islamist taliban, is already in the grip of a humanitarian disaster with millions facing famine. the taliban have asked for international aid. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the
lives. loaded into the truck. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic. the crowds are heading to the iconic music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in singapore, and 2.30am in afghanistan where humanitarian agencies are scrambling to organise emergency shelter and food aid, following an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people. un staff say medical teams and supplies have been despatched to the worst hit province, paktika. hundreds of houses there were destroyed by the magnitude 6.1 event, and hundreds of homeless families are facing a powerful storm and very heavy rain. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. hundreds of homes, entire communities, wiped out in a single dreadful moment in the middle of the night. everythi