One particularly happy period in prince philip s life was when he was based in malta. The second world war was over, he was newly married to the queen, and was pursuing his successful career in the royal navy. Our europe correspondent, nick beake, has travelled to the maltese capital, valletta, to reflect on the duke s time there. It was more than 70 years ago that newlyweds philip and elizabeth allen love with this english island. And it wasn t just the beauty of the coastline, it was the lifestyle that it afforded them at this particular moment in their lives. This was the early 1950s and the prince was able to pursue his naval career. Is ship could often be seen docked in the harbour here. Mike greene was able to go to the shops, it was the closest to normality that they may be able to imagine, they ve spoken over the years with great fondness about particular place. And thatis about particular place. And that is why the prince will be, in many people s thoughts and prayers today, o
from prince charles, who has paid tribute to his father, the duke of edinburgh. from outside his home at highgrove he said the royal family miss him enormously. i particularly wanted to say that my father, i suppose the last 70 years, has given the most remarkable, devoted service to the queen, to my family, to the country, and also to the whole of the commonwealth. and as you can imagine, my family and i miss my father enormously. he was a much loved and appreciated figure, and apart from anything else, i can imagine we are so deeply touched by the number of people here and elsewhere around the world and around the commonwealth who also, i think, share our loss and our sorrow, and my dear papa was a very special person who, i think, above all else, would have been amazed by the reaction, and the touching things that have been said about him, and from that point of view we are, my family, deeply gratefulfor all family, deeply grateful for all that. family, deeply gratefulfor
to make matters worse, dozens of vaccination centres in mumbai and maharashtra are closed because of a lack of supplies. india s health minister says there is no shortage of vaccines. this country has been mass producing them and over the past few months has exported tens of millions of doses, so people who have been turned away from centres like this one are asking where their doses are. the worst hit areas are in lockdown, but cases are rising rapidly in many other parts of india. that has not deterred election campaigns and festival celebrations. it is just the start of an aggressive wave of covid 19, but this country appears to have let its guard down. very challenging circumstances for their third wave. today, most bots can t even manage double figures. there are these wintry showers, there may be a rumble of thunder. the odd spot into double figures. most places falling well short of that, and thrust setting in tonight. leaving a chance of icy patches. it was a bit of r
hitting your skin ash. and as the ash filled the sky and blocked out the sun, these were the scenes as daytime on the island turned as dark as night in moments. these eruptions are rare just a handful in 200 years. the last was some a0 years ago, with no casualties, and the government on st vincent are trying hard to avoid loss of life this time, too. i hereby order as follows. one, the evacuation of all premises in the areas designated as the red zone on the north east and the north west of st vincent. and the evacuation of the area itself. to aid the evacuation order, a vessel was sent to the leeward side of the east caribbean island. a number of large commercial cruise lines which operate in the caribbean have also pitched in, and some residents found themselves aboard ships if they didn t have safe haven with family elsewhere. this is not a drill! disaster preparedness in the caribbean is generally well co ordinated. however, a volcanic eruption of this magnitude is a
now on bbc news, ade adepitan looks at ways we can make our holidays more sustainable once the world opens up again and we ve got some great online ideas for things to see and do in the meantime. coming up on this week s show. i ll be asking if our holiday habits will change post pandemic. now you re finding that the response is safety, health, wellness. pirouettes, prima donnas and more our rundown of online events to keep you going till we can all travel again. plus, we visit the animal hospital working round the clock to save new zealand s endangered penguins. they re quite aggressive they want to bite you, they want to flipper bash you, they poop all over you. but we love them. penguins chirp. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you from london s covent garden here in the uk. now, i am on the famous piazza, which is normally heaving with tourists. some 1a million people pass through this patch every year. but with the travel restrictions still in place, i