slowly and rightfully come to the prince charles philippe arthur george. we, therefore, the lords spiritual and temporal of this ram, members of the house of commons together with other members of the late majesties pretty council, the representatives of the realms of territories, the citizens of london and others, we hereby, with one voice s, with the consent of tongue and heart, publish and pro claim that prince charles phillip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful leach l orange. charles the third. by the grace of god, the united kingdom, a northern island, all the other realms and territories, he is king, head of the commonwealth defender of the faith. to whom we do acknowledge all of our face and obedience with humble affection. beseeching god, by whom kings and queens to rein, to bless his majesty with long and happy years to rain over us. given this at st. james s palace, it is the tenth day of our
also in the programme: a scrappage scheme for diesel cars could be on the way as the government strategy to tackle air pollution is due to be published later. i ll be looking at what that might mean for car owners. and a lifetime of service, we will hear your memories as the duke of edinburgh retires. and in sport, manchester united reign in spain, where marcus rashford makes his mark, to help his team, take a big step towards the europa league final. and sarah keith lucas has the weather. i will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there has been a substantial swing from labour to the conservatives in early results from yesterday s local elections. the tories have made significant gains in england and wales. counting doesn t start in scotland until later. all the councils in wales and scotland were up for grabs and a third of those in england. the conservatives have gained 115 seats and labour have lost 113. here s our political corr
it s a program for low-income and disadvantaged people. it covers children, the elderly, the handicapped and so on. i was born with a rare medical syndrome, and i m going to need those services because my syndrome s not going to go away and it s not going to be healed, so i really want to learn more about this topic. i hope you do, too, because on april 1st, iowa joined 39 other states and the district of columbia by switching from a gov delivering healthcare services to more than half a million . i think it s 580,000 iowans to private management care. that s called an mco, and we ll learn more about that in a minute. governor branstad s plan and its implementatio n was said by many newspapers and different advocates to be a very aggressive plan and happening rapidly compared to some of the other branstad said in his first report on it that it was going smoothly and that he hoped things would continue to run smoothly while we saved taxpayers money, which is a great idea. howe
finding any survivors on board that plane. in fact, at the moment, it s proving difficult enough to find the plane itself in some of europe s most mountainous terrain. most of those on board were either spanish, germany, german, or turkish. for the cause of the crash at the moment, that s a complete mystery. it s a tragedy and a search centered on the most rugged terrain. this is the remote area of the french alps where the plane with 150 people on board went down less than an hour into a flight to germany. the crash site is said to be a 2 1/2-hour hike from the nearest village. this is the germanwings plane, 24 years old, an airbus 320 flying at an altitude of 38,000 feet when it began what appears to be a controlled decent edled its altitude dropped until around 10:47 local time the pilot sent a distress signal. the french president says no survivors are expected to be found. he met the spanish king today. 45 of those on board are believed to be spanish. most of the rest, g
mother, queen elizabeth the 2nd. britain bid farewell to its longest reigning monarch in an elaborate state funeral. well, the new king now faces the momentous tasks of leaving the monarchy and preserving his mother s legacy. but the future of the monarchy is uncertain. there are those in great britain who want to abolish it altogether for them it represents social inequality and injustice. it s a sentiment that s also shared in some commonwealth nations. king charles is head of state in 15 of the 56 member states, most of which are former british colonies. while the commonwealth was a great source of pride for the queen, but cannot survive without her. the seniors from bygone days, the queen meeting had sustained government of the british commonwealth that went to catherine 2018 by her side as former parent. prince charles, now king charles the 3rd. the commonwealth was very important to the queen. it remains a great pleasure and honor to serve you as head of the commonwealt