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of the population vote. caveat number two, we don t know what impact so called greeters had on the numbers. these were people employed by some local authorities to meet voters outside the polling stations, they are there to manage queues, help those with mobility issues etc. some reminded people they needed id to vote. we don t know who was discouraged at that stage. the figures we have got do not record those numbers. according to the electoral commission that is one aspect that they are going to investigate. one final thing to consider whatever the impact at polling stations, and whatever the level of voter fraud that id is meant to tackle which in terms of recorded offences or convictions is tiny there has been a big positive impact on voter confidence in the electoral system according to polling by the electoral commission. at a time when trust in institutions is low, that fact on its own, say supporters of voter id, is a not insignificant benefit. bob posner, ....
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excited, a bit nervous. obviously a big day ahead but can t wait, actually. the commissioner of london s metropolitan police sir mark rowley says security for the coronation will be the biggest operation in the force s history. this is an immense operation, and in fact, tomorrow, saturday, it would be the biggest single deployment we have done in london, ever, for this operation. there will be well over 11,500 officers involved. our other main story this hour: in england, the conservatives suffer significant council losses in local election results. and the world health organization says covid 19 no longer represents a global health emergency , a major step towards ending the pandemic. welcome to bbc news. i m christian fraser, live at buckingham palace where final plans are being put in place for the coronation of king charles tomorrow. my colleague katty kay is outside westminster abbey where the coronation ceremony will take place. we will bring you all the build up ....
the procession begins at buckingham palace. thousands of well wishers will line the route. crowds are crowds a re really crowds are really starting to grow here on the mall as is the level of excitement. people have been camping for days while others have arrived in the last hour or so. we will talk to some in a few minutes. i m charlie stayt with the rest of the morning s news. a bruising set of local election results for the conservatives as the party loses more than 1,000 council seats. labour is now the largest party in local government for the first time in over 20 years. covid 19 is no longer a global health emergency according to the world health organization, but it still poses a considerable threat. good morning, we have got some rain and the forecast for coronation day affecting southern england and wales, likely to affect the london region through the middle morning into the afternoon but it won t be running the whole time, it will be showery with summer sunshine a ....
england. and it feels quite warm where you have the sunshine. otherwise quite chilly day and there will be quite a lot of cloud around through the afternoon with the odd shower. read the best in terms of sunshine in northern scotland. we could just reach 1a degrees in north wales and north west england but for most low teens and single figures. tonight where we had clear skies through central areas it will turn quite chilly, parts of northern england and scotland with some frost in places. in the cloud will be picking up out west as we see the weather fronts working their way in during the course of thursday. so thursday will slowly be turning milder but some rain around as well. across the north of the uk some rain across scotland with snow over the mountains and then heavy rain pushing into wales and the midlands as the day wears on. in between some drier weather with some brightness around. and tomorrow milder air moving in and we are low to mid teens. the low pressu ....