the country s biggest children s short story competition 500 words is back for the first time in three years. it will be supported by camilla, the queen consort. welcome to the bbc news channel. a postmortem examination is to be carried today out on the body of a baby found by police searching for the missing child of constance marten and mark gordon. the couple disappeared in earlyjanuary and were arrested earlier this week. in earlyjanuary and were they are currently being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. the news comes after a days long search by police of a 90 square mile area near brighton, which ended with a baby s body being discovered near to where the couple was arrested on monday. vincent mcaviney has more. yesterday, at locations from newhaven to brighton, the search for the missing baby was in full swing over a 90 square mile area. officers from the sussex force were joined by those from the metropolitan police and volunteer experts in search an
former england captain michael vaughan is appearing at the hearing into racist behaviour at the cricket club. it follows allegations made by azeem rafiq in august 2020. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has described the leaking of thousands of his whatsapp messages written during the height of the covid pandemic as a massive betrayal and breach of trust . he says the messages were released in a biased account to suit an anti lockdown agenda . but the journalist, isabel oakeshott, who revealed the messages, insists she s acted, in the public interest. the messages suggest mr hancock pushed to close schools during the pandemic, while the education secretary at the time, sir gavin williamson, wanted them to stay open. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more from westminster. the impact of the pandemic on education. we the impact of the pandemic on education- the impact of the pandemic on education.
On the polk county democrats in the house right now. Are you ready to send cindy back to the United States house of representatives . Are you ready to flip a red seat and turn it blue with admiral franken . Are you ready to send detrick to the state house here in des moines . What an honor and privilege to be here in iowa. Thank you, sean, for extending the invitation and for your leadership of the county democrats. I thank all of the volunteers and workers for the things that you do to make sure that were moving this could have been and the state and this country in the right direction. Im so thankful for my friend and colleague cindy. She is a tremendous representative on your behalf in the United States congress. She speaks up for you with power and passion and principle and defenders your interests every opportunity that she has. Shes a good friend to me and i use that phrase good friend. I know cspan may be here. I use that phrase good friend in the real sense of the word. Not the
Queens coffin will be transferred to a hearst and driven to windsor, st. Georges chapel, where she will be incurred about 20 miles from the wellington arch. This is west of heathrow airport, fights been suspended so they are not making noise during this ceremony. It is your turn to react. We will be returning wednesday queens coffin arrives at st. Georges chapel in the meantime, we want to get your use. See the numbers on the screen. Host 202 7488000 for those of you in the eastern time zone and central time zone. 202 7488001 if you live in mountain or Pacific Times on. You can also send in a text on social media when it comes to text messages, the number is 202 7488003. Please include your city and durham first name. We will begin taking calls in a minute. The Washington Post has an article on her fascinating allure. It says she was the queen by the grace of god, imam, defender of the faith with racehorses, queen of this realm and many others who loved big hats and her porkys and who