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monarch. she represents the people of great britain and should want the best type of world for them. very interesting. for now at least, kate williams, the royal historian. aaitis a a it is 3pm. good afternoon to you. you are watching bbc news. we are live at westminster. and we are looking at that shot, beautiful, aerial image of buckingham palace here in central london because the prime minister, theresa may, is inside. she arrived just in the last couple of minutes for that meeting with the queen. we don t know how long it will be, perhaps not the longest of meetings, but that s the start of formal process and parliament was dissolved at midnight, the general election campaign is officially under way and that meeting will be for prime minister to discuss with the monarch that the campaign is now under way. all in the run up to a general election, of course on 8thjune. our political correspondent eleanor garnier is at downing street. and once the meeting is concluded ....
the accounts. whilst we will meet out the accounts. whilst we will meet our international obligations, we will meet the legal ones, not the best guesses of the commission. i m ben brown. the other main headlines this hour: a student is found guilty of planting a home made bomb on a busy tube train. police investigating the murder of a man shot at his home in dorset have arrested two men and a woman. smartphone users only get access to the ag signal about two thirds of the time according to a new survey. and concern for the uk s killer whales after scientists find shocking levels of a toxic chemical in a member of the last resident pod. good afternoon. the prime minister has just returned from her audience with the queen, formally marking the dissolution of parliament and the official start of the general election campaign. speaking in downing street in the last few minutes theresa may accused european politicians and officials of seeking to influence the result of the g ....
# hello from the other side # i must have called 1000 times # she s now the richest musician under 30 in the uk we ll talk to the man who discovered her. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11am this morning. we ll be discussing why more men are seeking help for eating disorders after 10am this morning so please do get in touch if you ve got experience of this when did you finally ask for help? was it easy to access the services you needed? we d also like to hear from you if one of your male friends or someone in yourfamily has had an eating disorder. use the #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. first this morning, our royal correspondent peter hunt is here because a meeting has been called at buckingham palace for 10am this morning. there is no cause for alarm so what is it about? it is one of the cases where we deal with facts and not dwell on speculation. organisations have meetings, the bbc is infamous fo ....
a team at harper adams university in shropshire attempt a world first by using solely robots and drones to grow and harvest a field of barley. good morning. it s thursday 4th of may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the past hour buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. prince philip who is 95, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision, she will continue with all her duties. the duke is the longest serving consort in british history. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace. sarah, he is 95,96 sarah, he is 95, 96 next month. nonetheless it seems strange that the duke of edinburgh would be pulling back from these sort of duty, we are so used to seeing him out and about. that is right. and i have to say that the world s media, i have australian television next to me, there is new zealand, american networks, the crowds o ....
manchester united prioritise the europa league for the rest of the season as they look to qualify for the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh will stop carrying out public engagements this autumn. prince philip, who will be 96 next month, made the decision himself with the full support of the queen. the palace says the queen will continue to carry out a full programme of official engagements. the duke of edinburgh is the longest serving consort in british history. the prime minister said she offered him the country s deepest gratitude and good wishes. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. arriving at st james‘s palace a short time ago, side by side, as we are accustomed to seeing them, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. but this, come the autumn, will be the exception. the duke has decided, finally, just a few weeks short of his 96th birthday, that it is time for ....