star to join the family. the world was waiting for someone, and diana delivered. did you find it difficult to adapt? i did, yes. purely because there was so much attention on me when i first arrived on the scene. the more the media attention grew on her, the more troubles it created in her marriage. as in all families, there would be jealousies caused by this glamorous newbie coming in. she quickly became one of the most famous women in the world. diana has no idea what s about to hit her. she s only 21. and she s about to make her debut on the world stage. she s embarking on a six-week tour of australia and new zealand. it s her first international outing as her royal highness. it s an unbelievable responsibility for a 21-year-old. and she has got to prove she is up to the job. the prince of wales led the way. but it was his princess who drew most attention. young prince william after strong loving by his mother was also allowed to come on tour. charles was
match of the tournament here in three days time. and good morning. remaining in charge at manchester united. after speculation he wouldn t be there next season, the club s board decides erik ten hag will stay on as manager. and she s the queen of funk who s been getting us on the dance floor for more than five decades. we hearfrom chaka khan in her new role as a music festival curator. good morning. it is a cloudy start for many of us this morning. the cloud will hang around in the east where we will see most of the showers. it will brighten up in the west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. iwould have west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would have all the details later. good morning. it s wednesday the 12th june. our main story. the green party will launch its election manifesto in brighton and hove today. they re promising a £50 billion a year investment into the nhs and social care. they
his family say they have yet to come to terms with the unfairness of his death. our correspondent daniel sandford reports. more than six weeks after the westminster attack, the last of the funerals of the five people killed by khalid masood, family and friends saying goodbye to les rhodes. the 75 year old had been a window cleaner and decorator all his life, but was struck as masood sped across westminster bridge on his way to murdering pc keith palmer, and died the next day of his injuries. on the lawn in front of les rhodes‘ south london flat, family and friends had laid flowers, including a wreath symbolising his love of cricket. among them his sister in law, carol, who he had helped out when his brother, her husband, had died young, of cancer. she told me les had just been to hospital opposite parliament on the day he was killed. he was walking along towards big ben, and that s when he was struck down and killed, just going about his everyday business. a normal man, doi
maybe not today. i might opt out of that. the weather is not that exciting. if you re stuck underneath this area of cloud you probably wish it would dance. many areas grey and rizzoli. that is not moving anywhere fast. away from those areas, chances of sunshine. some sunny spells for northern ireland. it will turn murky and drizzly. we will lose the rain from the south. tomorrow, we will still have cloud around in the north and east. the odd spot of drizzle. the best of the sunshine in the south west. that is where we will have the best of the temperatures were some areas up to 18, and 19. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is urging party activists to dust themselves down and take the fight to the tories, after suffering heavy losses in the local elections. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general election victory. the liberal democrats say they would put a penny in the pound on income tax to generate billions more for t
in a high speed collision. richard lister reports. they call him billy whizz. one of the rising stars of british motorsport. he was supposed to be racing this weekend. instead, he s reading messages from driving legends like lewis hamilton and niki lauda after the injuries that changed his life. that s amazing. and as i turn over, there d be signatures from many world champions. that really touched my heart. i was lost for words, and i still am now. three weeks ago he was racing at donington park at 120 miles an hour when he struck a stationary car. he was airlifted to the queens medical centre in nottingham, where they carried out partial amputations of both legs. today he was preparing to go home, grateful to the staff who saved his life. without them i wouldn t be here today, so a massive thanks to every single one of the staff that have helped me. it s going to be emotional saying goodbye to them all. billy turned 18 yesterday and is contemplating a return to racing event