some 20,000 people attended the show on the grounds of windsor castle near london. performances by british pop group take that, katy perry, and lionel richie even brought the king and other royals to their feet. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. five, four, three, two, one! from the intense formality of westminster abbey to the energy of the coronation concert on the east lawn of windsor castle. with an audience of 20,000, charity volunteers, nhs workers and guests chosen by public ballot. watching from the royal box, the king and queen, the prince and princess of wales, princess charlotte and prince george, and other members of the family. there was music from the coronation choir, 300 singers from many walks of life in different parts of the uk. and palm to palm is holy palmers kiss. there was drama from shakespeare s romeo and juliet. ..dance from the royal ballet. ..and humourfrom miss piggy. wait a second. kermit, it s him! a lord! a real lord! no, ij
business stories. i m sally bundock. we start here in the uk, and what else but the coronation of his majesty king charles? as we ve been hearing, it s been an historic weekend, from the pomp and pageantry and a bit of rain on saturday to a day of street parties and a night of fantastic music to round off the celebrations. all driving some serious weekend spending, predicted by retailers to be worth something in the region of almost £1.8 billion. but as many continue to struggle with the current high cost of living, how long can the spending optimism last? katrina bishop is from consumer research company niq. let s talk this through. katrina, a warm welcome to you. morning. katrina, a warm welcome to you. morninu. ., . , , . morning. for many sectors in the uk that morning. for many sectors in the uk that have morning. for many sectors in the uk that have been - the uk that have been struggling, like hospitality, this was a huge boost, wasn t it? it this was a huge boost,
along with 20,000 others, were treated to a 90 minute musical spectacle at windsor castle near london. performances by british pop group take that, katy perry, and lionel richie even brought the king and other royals to their feet. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. five, four, three, two, one! from the intense formality of westminster abbey to the energy of the coronation concert on the east lawn of windsor castle. with an audience of 20,000, charity volunteers, nhs workers and guests chosen by public ballot. watching from the royal box, the king and queen, the prince and princess of wales, princess charlotte and prince george, and other members of the family. there was music from the coronation choir, 300 singers from many walks of life in different parts of the uk. and palm to palm is holy palmers kiss. there was drama from shakespeare s romeo and juliet. ..dance from the royal ballet. ..and humourfrom miss piggy. wait a second. kermit, it s him! a lord!
the programme. starting with arsenal, who have kept their premier league title race alive after beating newcastle 2 0 and with it closed to within a point of leaders, manchester city. martin odegaard scored in the first half. and a fabian schar own goal wrapped up the victory. city have a game in hand, on top of their one point lead, as the gunners continue to fight for a first league title in 19 years. newcastle s defeat stalls their charge towards champions league football next season, as their lead over fifth placed liverpool remains three points. we have to continue we ve done for ten months, we have to keep digging every single day. the demands are incredibly high. we are doing what we have to do, when football matches again, performing really well, competing really well, and three games to go and we are still there. we three games to go and we are still there. three games to go and we are still there. we have performed so well through still there. we have performed s
we begin in india, where the search for survivors gone on through the night in the southern state of kerala after a tourist boat capsized. at least 21 people died when the double decker boat turned on its side on a river. some of those rescued are said to be in a critical condition. rescuers from india s national disaster response force are at the site. with more on this, our correspondent simonjones is in the newsroom. simon, what more can you tell us? , simon, what more can you tell us? ,, ., ., ., us? the boat capsized at around seven o clock us? the boat capsized at around seven o clock on us? the boat capsized at around seven o clock on sunday - us? the boat capsized at around| seven o clock on sunday evening local time. that in itself raises some questions because normally, tourist boats like this must stop running services at 6pm, when it gets dark. but it s believed people were heading back to a town called tanur. the town had been particularly busy, people were r