top film awards. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth has said the loss of her husband, the duke of edinburgh, has left a huge void in her life, according to their second son, the duke of york. prince andrew, princess anne, and prince edward have been also been speaking of what he meant to them. remembrance services for the duke of edinburgh took place around the uk, including canterbury cathedral. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. on a day of pause and reflection, prayers for the duke were said in many church services. and after the service at the chapel of all saints in windsor great park, members of his family spoke about him. it s a great loss. i think the way i would put it is that we ve lost almost the grandfather of the nation. and i feel very sorry and supportive of my mother, who s feeling it i think probably more than everybody else. she described it as having left a huge void in her life. but we, the family, the ones that are close, are rallying ro
hello. i m shaun ley, welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk journalists, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who file their stories from the dateline london. this week, 70 years of soft power. how prince phillips utilised his status to project and protect. and empty chairs and absent ones: how to interpret a week of diplomatic signals. with me to discuss all that, thomas kielinger, who s spent decades in this country explaining the uk to germans, including the monarchy, with his biographies of both queens called elizabeth. bronwen maddox, a former newspaper foreign editor, now director of the institute for government, a think tank which tries to improve the way government works. and here in the studio with me, james landale, the bbc s diplomatic correspondent. good to have you with us as well, james. we ll begin, with the death on friday of prince philip. greek by birth, a royal who became a refugee, as republics emerged from the wreckage of eu
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are george eaton, the senior 0nline editor at the new statesman and the daily telegraph s assistant comment editor, 0livia utley. hello again to both of you. let s bring you up to date. painted into a corner that s the big headline for the daily mail. they re reporting on how an official inquiry into borisjohnson s flat renovations will now take place. similarly, the daily mirror also has the downing street flat renovations story on the front page. the paper claims the prime minister has the power to clear himself of any wrongdoing. dup leader and northern ireland first minister arlene foster is to step down. that s one of the lead stories for the financial times. 60 million more doses of pfizer s coronavirus vaccines have been secured for the uk. that s on the front page of the daily express. it s hoped they will be used as booster shots this autumn. the times also leads with covid
calls for peace tonight, after a night of riots in south belfast 15 police officers were injured and eight people were arrested. a polish catholic church in south london accuses the police of brutally exceeding their powers by breaking up a good friday service. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers are being transported through cairo in a spectacular display crowds are lining the streets for the procession good evening, and welcome to bbc news. people who live in care homes in england will be allowed to have a second regular visitor indoors, from the 12th of april, in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. babies and young children won t be counted in the limit, meaning some people will be allowed to see small groups of loved ones, for the first time in months. daniela relph reports. kept apart from the people he loves, the family that offer him security and reassurance. alan smith, moved to a care home in west sussex, changed everything for him at the ag
and decided to field in their decisive third and final one day international against india in pune. fast bowler mark wood has come in for tom curran. england of course buoyed by that spectacular winning run chase on friday which levelled ther series. they re about half an hour into the match india are going well a few moments ago they were 36 without loss after six overs. gareth southgate says he s considering a social media blackout during this summer s euros. thiery henry cancelled his accounts in response to the lack of action by social media companies in tackling abuse. ahead of tonight s world cup qualifier with albania the england manager says he ll leave it to his players to decide. i made a conscious decision to come off social media when i took the under 21 job, i didn t think it was probably the right platform and i didn t really want to read the sorts of messages that i know would be landing in my box. and similarly when i m in camp i try to switch off from all