enter their final day, people across the uk are taking part in community events. the big help out will see people taking on volunteering roles, and members of the royal family have been dropping in on some of the projects as charlotte gallagher reports. after the glitz and glamour of the coronation concert, today s celebrations come down to earth. scouts and their volunteer leaders are just some of the thousands of people taking part in the big help out. and a famous face is getting involved too. you ll make it makes us all a better person when we get involved. we extend our network and meet new people and develop new friendships. we feel like we are doing something positive. and i love that. members of the royal family are at some of the events, including the prince and princess of wales and their children. they ve been in slough, helping the scouts were a bit of building work, with prince louis keeping up with his older brother, getting behind the controls of a digger. th
in december as shoppers cut back on their christmas shopping. ten more days of strike action is announced by ambulance workers in england, wales and northern ireland. one of the dates will coincide with a strike by nurses. the first of 20,000 defibrillators that could save the life of a child having a heart attack are sent to schools in england. it s a space odyssey like no other to the outer solar system. scientists prepare to explore the moons ofjupiter. and coming up on the bbc news channel, british number one cameron norrie is out of the australian open where he s never reached the fourth round, beaten by world number 71jiri lehecka. good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. the ukrainian president, volodomyr zelensky, has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives from more than 50 countries are attending the gathering to coordinate stronger military support for kyiv. he called on the a
of speculation about how it will deal with an estimated $5 billion of debt due to pandemic losses. pressure intensifies on the exam board, pearson, to explain why hundreds of students have still not received their btec results, four days after they were due to be released. the duke and duchess of cambridge say they will permenantly move to adelaide cottage in windsor and send their children to school in nearby ascot from september. good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted for an all out strike next month joining a wave of industrial action as workers seek pay rises to keep up with high inflation. some barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage the government claims strike action will simply delay justice for victims of crime. railway workers, dockers, postal workers and refuse collectors are among those who ve already gone on strike in what s been called a summer of discontent while nurses are to be balloted on industrial action. our