as monarch this morning, before travelling to scotland. it s monday 12th september. people here in edinburgh will be the first members of the public to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth ii this evening, as scotland bids it s final farewell. evening, as scotland bids its final farewell. king charles iii will accompany the queen s coffin as it travels from here at the palace of holyroodhouse, along the royal mile to st giles cathedral where it will remain under continuous vigil for 2h hours. yesterday thousands of mourners lined the route as the coffin made the 175 mile journey from balmoral down to edinburgh, as judith moritz reports. balmoral was the queen s most beloved home. scotland her place of refuge. how fitting, then, that it s across this land that she is beginning her finaljourney. these were the hills she knew. the forests she enjoyed. and the communities she felt closest to. all along the route, crowds returned that affection. and then, a majestic sight, as
archie battersbee s parents apply to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the removal of his life support, which was due to begin today. a review has found former met police chief, dame cressida dick, may have breached professional standards during an investigation into the murder of the private detective daniel morgan. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership election is delayed, after the security agency gchq warned that cyber hackers could change people s votes. another hosepipe ban is on the way, after all the hot dry weather more than a million people will be affected in kent and sussex. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. foreign ministers from the g7 have said there is nojustification for what they called china s aggressive military drills in the taiwan strait. the exercises which are taking place over the next four days from tomorrow are in response to a visit to taiwan by the speaker of the us house of representatives
Did you see the part of the fox news interview with donald trump . That were released in the last 2a hours. One in particular has generated a lot of comments. Shooting is a killer. A lot of killers get a lot of killers, you think our country is so innocent . Putin is a killer. I dont know any Government Leaders who are killers. Look at what we have done as well. We made a lot of mistakes, i was against the war in iraq from the beginning. A lot of mistakes. But a lot of people were killed, there are a lot of kellett killers around, believe me. Calling Vladimir Putin a killer was unlikely to go down well in the kremlin. Its spokesperson said we consider such words from the fox tv company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected tv company. No sign of that apology. For more on this, i spoke with olga ivshina from bbc russian. It is interesting that the spokesman for putin declined to comment. He said that he did not g
Did you see the part of the fox news interview with donald trump . That were released in the last 2a hours. One in particular has generated a lot of comments. Shooting is a killer. A lot of killers get a lot of killers, you think our country is so innocent . Putin is a killer. I dont know any Government Leaders who are killers. Look at what we have done as well. We made a lot of mistakes, i was against the war in iraq from the beginning. A lot of mistakes. But a lot of people were killed, there are a lot of kellett killers around, believe me. Calling Vladimir Putin a killer was unlikely to go down well in the kremlin. Its spokesperson said we consider such words from the fox tv company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected tv company. No sign of that apology. For more on this, i spoke with olga ivshina from bbc russian. It is interesting that the spokesman for putin declined to comment. He said that he did not g
Muslim countries is essential, but its still suspended by the courts. Alastair cook resigns as england test captain after four years in charge and two ashes victories. And, final preparations for the biggest ever exhibition of works by david hockney. Im not saying im that good, but im not that terrible either. And in sportsday on bbc news, director of cricket Andrew Strauss says Alastair Cook stepped down as england captain because he was drained and lacked the energy and drive to continue. Good evening. We start tonight with new evidence of the immense pressure on parts of the nhs in england, with Patient Numbers considered unsafe in the majority of Hospital Trusts this winter. Over the past week bbc news has been given exclusive access to the royal blackburn hospital. Its accident and Emergency Department receives more ambulances than any other in the north west of england. In the first of two extended reports our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to staff and patient