competitors line up as the competition officially opens in liverpool. celebrations for king charles s coronation are continuing across the uk today, ahead of a special concert at windsor castle this evening. around 20 thousand people are expected to gather to watch artists including lionel ritchie, katy perry and take that. numerous street parties are also being held across britain under the collective title the coronation big lunch. some of these are attended by members of the royal family. live now to lucy hockings who is in windsorfor the big lunch in celebration of the coronation. hello everyone it is a glorious evening here in windsor. the sun is out the hottest day of the year so far and all of these people who are queuing, waiting for the concerts might have been loving the sunshine. look at how politely they are queuing, how orderly it all is. there is a rogue glimmer in the crowds as well i ve seen people in evening dresses, fascinate or scream out lots of people in
hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a big story in the uk. more thani million national health service staff in england will get a 5% pay rise after health unions here backed the deal. ambulance workers, nurses and physios will also get a one off sum of at least £1655. but the pay deal was signed up at a meeting between the government and 1a health unions, representing all nhs staff above doctors and dentists. one minister said it was time to bring the strikes to an end. the uk health secretary steve barclay said he was pleased with the this is a good day for nhs staff who will benefit from this pay rise, an extra will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., :: :: :: ., ., , will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., 11:11: ., ., , ., extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, so - extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a
ahead of the coronation but first, here is. let s have a look. british national anthem plays. the national anthem, of course, being sung, you can see prime minister rishi sunak and the later of the opposition labour party sir keir starmer, they are gathering at the palace of westminster four days before the coronation in what has been described as a celebrate a reception. the king and queen consort will go want to meet members of parliament, the prime minister, sir keir starmer and other members of parliament in this reception held at the palace of westminster. preparation is well under way for the coronation, it is almost a week to go. that is a nice painting, or is it a picture? it looks like the sun with lots of flags sticking out of it. maybe his granddaughter old grandson drew that. almost a week to go and we expect a guestlist 2000 at westminster abbey just down the go and we expect a guestlist 2000 at westminster abbeyjust down the road from where these pictures are
president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. in belfast yesterday, he urged northern ireland s political parties to resume power sharing. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. charlotte callagher reports from belfast. an irish homecoming for a us president. applause. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. ., , ~ louth. coming here feels like cominu louth. coming here feels like coming home. louth. coming here feels like coming home, it louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really - louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really does. | coming home, it really does. the way every time i have come, the welcome, the people in the streets, they are so gracious to us. ., , , ., to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on to us. he flew into dublin from
and rihanna had a big reveal during last night s super bowl half time show confirming that she s expecting her second child. sport will have all the sport action at half past. good morning and welcome to bbc news. it s now a week since devastating earthquakes hit parts of turkey and syria, causing massive damage and destruction. more than 33 thousand people are now known to have died, as rescue workers continue to search through collapsed buildings. the head of the un s relief mission says the death toll could more than double, with the rescue phase in syria now coming to a close . and he s warned that people in parts of rebel held north west syria are being failed by a lack of support and aid. these pictures are coming to us live from gaziantep in southern turkey, not far from the epicentre of the first quake that hit a week ago. our correspondent, laura bicker is in the turkish city of isken derun, where many of those made homeless by this tragedy are now living in tents