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:00:12. > :00:17.Hello, good morning, it is Thursday, welcome to the programme.

:00:18. > :00:18.Our top story today - the Queen is 90, and throughout

:00:19. > :00:22.the programme, we'll be talking to some of those who know her best

:00:23. > :00:29.and some other people who're also celebrating their birthday today.

:00:30. > :00:44.We will bring you key moments from the Queen's reign.

:00:45. > :00:58.I remember lines of people linking arms, swept along on a tide of

:00:59. > :01:02.happiness. My whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted

:01:03. > :01:04.to your servers and the service of our great imperial family, to which

:01:05. > :01:07.we all belong. Also on the programme,

:01:08. > :01:09.Ched Evans is due to find out shortly if he's won a challenge

:01:10. > :01:12.against his conviction for raping We'll bring you the result

:01:13. > :01:17.as soon as we get it. And a "national treasure

:01:18. > :01:20.loved by millions", "her death has robbed us

:01:21. > :01:28.of one of the brightest Just some of the many tributes

:01:29. > :01:35.to Victoria Wood, whose sudden announcement

:01:36. > :01:37.of her death at the age of just 62

:01:38. > :01:48.has stunned many. Nobody believed that women could be

:01:49. > :01:52.as funny as men, and she obviously proved them wrong and laid the

:01:53. > :01:57.groundwork for all the great, brilliant women talented comedians

:01:58. > :02:02.that we have today. Those of us privileged to know will be for ever

:02:03. > :02:06.grateful that we were just in her circle, in her spear. It was an

:02:07. > :02:12.honour. -- sphere. Welcome to the programme, we're live

:02:13. > :02:18.until 11 every weekday morning Throughout the programme,

:02:19. > :02:20.we'll bring you coverage this morning whether he's won

:02:21. > :02:26.a challenge against his conviction Three Court of Appeal

:02:27. > :02:32.judges are due to give the footballer their decision

:02:33. > :02:34.in the next hour. We'll bring you that result

:02:35. > :02:37.as soon as we get it. Do get in touch on all the stories

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:02:44. > :02:47.a story you think we should be Some of our best stories come

:02:48. > :02:56.from you, our viewers. The Queen and the nation will

:02:57. > :03:02.celebrate her 90th birthday with gun salutes, the lighting of a chain of

:03:03. > :03:07.beacons, and a walkabout at which the Queen will greet well-wishers in

:03:08. > :03:10.Windsor. The Prime Minister has led tributes this morning, said she had

:03:11. > :03:12.devoted her entire life to the service of others. Here is Nicholas

:03:13. > :03:16.Witchell with the details. It is a significant moment

:03:17. > :03:19.in any life, but this particular

:03:20. > :03:20.90th birthday is one which a good many beyond

:03:21. > :03:23.the Royal Family wish to share. A small group of enthusiasts

:03:24. > :03:26.who shadow Royal events have taken up places

:03:27. > :03:28.around Windsor Castle to watch the Queen's walkabout

:03:29. > :03:30.later this morning. A series of official photographs

:03:31. > :03:32.has been issued. In one, the Queen is shown

:03:33. > :03:35.with her two youngest grandchildren In another, she is shown with some

:03:36. > :03:41.of her dogs around Windsor Castle. There will be tributes by leaders

:03:42. > :03:46.of the political parties Tonight, the Prince of Wales

:03:47. > :03:53.will narrate a BBC documentary, The Prince will say that in many

:03:54. > :03:58.ways the Queen has defined our age. the Queen will emerge

:03:59. > :04:08.from the castle to light a beacon. After the lighting of the beacon,

:04:09. > :04:12.a birthday dinner, hosted by the Prince of Wales,

:04:13. > :04:15.attended by the Queen, Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,

:04:16. > :04:31.at Windsor Castle. Daniela Relph is also at Windsor

:04:32. > :04:36.Castle, alongside lots and lots of other people, when will the crowds

:04:37. > :04:41.get to see the Queen today? Yeah, they are, they will, the people

:04:42. > :04:44.here, the front row, you can see some of them, good morning, they

:04:45. > :04:49.will get to see the Queen when she does her walkabout a little bit

:04:50. > :04:52.later this morning. She will walk down behind me here, where you can

:04:53. > :04:57.see the police officers and the road that runs down in front of the

:04:58. > :05:02.castle. She will walk down here, and she will be very mindful that the

:05:03. > :05:06.public will want to see her today, it is 90th birthday, the public will

:05:07. > :05:13.want to see her out and about in Windsor, the place she has called

:05:14. > :05:16.home for many years. Buckingham Palace is very much age to, Windsor

:05:17. > :05:19.Castle is home. The walkabout later this morning, then she will meet

:05:20. > :05:26.other 90 roles from Windsor, she will cut a birthday cake, then a

:05:27. > :05:30.break before she goes up to the great back to light one of those big

:05:31. > :05:38.beacons, one of 1000 that will be lit across the country. Cheers,

:05:39. > :05:44.Daniela, back with you later. A summary of the rest of the news.

:05:45. > :05:52.GP practices in England are to receive an extra ?2.5 billion of

:05:53. > :05:54.funding. It will pay for 5000 GPs and extra staff including

:05:55. > :05:59.pharmacists and therapists, part of the extra money already promised to

:06:00. > :06:01.the NHS, and it is hoped the cash will help under pressure surgeries

:06:02. > :06:03.in England. Here is Jane Dreaper. England's GP surgeries

:06:04. > :06:05.are under huge pressure. Their share of funding has been cut,

:06:06. > :06:08.patients often struggle to get appointments, and doctors

:06:09. > :06:12.say their workload is unsustainable. This plan aims to help England's

:06:13. > :06:15.surgeries get back on track. Their share of the NHS budget

:06:16. > :06:19.will increase to more than 10% by the end of the decade,

:06:20. > :06:23.with an additional ?2.4 billion per year from extra NHS funding already

:06:24. > :06:28.promised going to GP surgeries. There will be pharmacists

:06:29. > :06:30.and mental-health therapists are patients able to see GPs

:06:31. > :06:39.they need to faster? Are we able to expand the number

:06:40. > :06:44.of GPs and nurses and therapists And as we do that,

:06:45. > :06:51.will it also help relieve pressure because fewer people will be needing

:06:52. > :06:58.to get services there? GP leaders say the plans

:06:59. > :07:01.are highly significant but the situation won't change overnight

:07:02. > :07:17.and they will watch closely to make Home Secretary Theresa May is

:07:18. > :07:20.putting forward a new law designed to crack down on corrupt public

:07:21. > :07:25.officials and politicians in England and Wales. It will create a crime of

:07:26. > :07:31.illicit enrichment for cases where a public official's assets have

:07:32. > :07:36.increased significantly without satisfactory explanation. It is part

:07:37. > :07:38.of a wider move to shake up money-laundering.

:07:39. > :07:40.The laundering of the proceeds of crime through UK institutions

:07:41. > :07:42.isn't just a financial crime, it fuels political instability around

:07:43. > :07:45.the world and it acts in support of terrorists and extremists, and

:07:46. > :07:48.it poses a threat to our domestic security and our interests overseas.

:07:49. > :07:50.The action plan that we are launching

:07:51. > :07:52.sends a very clear message that we will not tolerate

:07:53. > :08:00.this sort of activity through UK financial institutions.

:08:01. > :08:07.Footballer Ched Evans will find out today if he has won a challenge

:08:08. > :08:11.against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman. Three Court of

:08:12. > :08:14.Appeal judges will give a decision following appeal proceedings last

:08:15. > :08:17.month. The former Sheffield United striker and Welsh international was

:08:18. > :08:23.convicted four years ago of raping the woman at a hotel in North Wales

:08:24. > :08:26.in 2011. A spelling test due to be taken by half a million

:08:27. > :08:31.seven-year-old in England next month has been published accidentally as a

:08:32. > :08:33.practice paper and the Department for Education website. The error was

:08:34. > :08:37.spotted when a teacher noticed pupils at one school setting the new

:08:38. > :08:42.paper in an official trial seemed to know which words were coming next.

:08:43. > :08:47.The Government says it is a serious error and is investigating.

:08:48. > :08:51.More than 68,000 web pages containing indecent images and

:08:52. > :08:55.videos of children were removed from the internet last year. The Internet

:08:56. > :08:59.Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of the victims are thought to be aged

:09:00. > :09:04.ten or under. It was given more powers to years ago to search for

:09:05. > :09:07.such images and take action. -- two years ago.

:09:08. > :09:12.As many as 500 people are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean

:09:13. > :09:14.last week, according to the UN Refugee Agency and the International

:09:15. > :09:18.Organisation for Migration. It would be the worst tragedy of its kind in

:09:19. > :09:22.12 months and brings the number of migrants drowning in the southern

:09:23. > :09:26.Mediterranean to nearly 800 this year.

:09:27. > :09:29.The UK's most senior judge will today analyse the case of a

:09:30. > :09:35.celebrity who wants to keep his name out of a tabloid newspaper story.

:09:36. > :09:38.Lord Newberg, president of the Supreme Court, will head a panel of

:09:39. > :09:42.five Supreme Court judges to hear legal argument in London. The man

:09:43. > :09:45.lost the latest round of his legal battle earlier that week when the

:09:46. > :09:50.Court of Appeal ruled that an injunction barring the Sun on Sunday

:09:51. > :09:54.run naming him should be lifted. Barack Obama will arrive in the UK

:09:55. > :10:00.this evening for a visit which will see him drawn into the debate

:10:01. > :10:03.surrounding the UK's membership of the European Union. The White House

:10:04. > :10:07.has indicated that the president will support the campaign for the UK

:10:08. > :10:11.staying in the EU. He will hold talks with the Prime Minister,

:10:12. > :10:15.attend a lunch with the Queen, and have dinner with the Duke and

:10:16. > :10:19.Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry during his four day visit.

:10:20. > :10:21.Adele has topped another chart today, this time for the amount of

:10:22. > :10:36.money she has made from their music. She has been named Britain's richest

:10:37. > :10:41.ever female musician on the Sunday Times rich list of artists in the UK

:10:42. > :10:44.and Ireland. She is also the wealthiest young performer on the

:10:45. > :10:48.list with an estimated wealth of ?85 million. Sir Paul McCartney once

:10:49. > :10:54.again topped the list. That is a summary of the latest BBC

:10:55. > :10:58.News, more at 9:30. In next few minutes, we would talk to four

:10:59. > :11:02.people who have known the Queen through some of the 90 years. If you

:11:03. > :11:12.have a question to put our guests, get in touch throughout the morning.

:11:13. > :11:15.Sport now with John Watson, and all the football news.

:11:16. > :11:19.Yes, we will start with the Merseyside derby between Liverpool

:11:20. > :11:24.and Everton, usually a feisty affair, and despite a huge 4-0 win

:11:25. > :11:28.for Liverpool, the game was overshadowed by a terrible tackle

:11:29. > :11:33.and a sending off at Anfield. Divock Origi grabbed the opening goal with

:11:34. > :11:37.this header, followed by another by Mamadou Sakho, but Divock Origi had

:11:38. > :11:42.to leave the pitch after he was badly hurt in this challenge by

:11:43. > :11:47.Ramiro Funes Mori, who received a red card for the tackle. Liverpool

:11:48. > :11:51.took control against ten man Everton, this was the pick of the

:11:52. > :12:01.next two goals, from Phillippe Coutinho. 4-0, if you told me that

:12:02. > :12:07.before the game, I would take it! But now, after the game, the

:12:08. > :12:11.situation was not good. And the first reaction when I came in,

:12:12. > :12:16.everybody thought his leg was broken. It is not, I think we can

:12:17. > :12:22.say this, but the ankle is twisted. So we have to see what happens to

:12:23. > :12:29.the ligaments. It does not come any worse than

:12:30. > :12:34.that, in a game like that, he gets turned in a three-minute period, we

:12:35. > :12:41.were not focusing on simple basics, the red card gives the opposition

:12:42. > :12:50.the game from that point on. A really hurtful experience.

:12:51. > :12:55.Smiles and celebrations at Old Trafford as United moved to within a

:12:56. > :13:00.point fourth-place, reason for Louis van Gaal to be happy, in with a

:13:01. > :13:06.chance of Champions League qualification. Damien Delaney scored

:13:07. > :13:11.the first, then Darmian scored his first United goal, and what a goal

:13:12. > :13:17.it was, great finish to keep the pressure on Arsenal, who play West

:13:18. > :13:22.Brom tonight. Well, hard on United's heels, West

:13:23. > :13:27.Ham, Andy Carroll with a lovely gold, helping them to secure a 3-1

:13:28. > :13:31.win over Watford. His team are now three points behind United in sixth.

:13:32. > :13:35.Former Celtic manager at Neil Lennon says he would welcome a return to

:13:36. > :13:39.the club after Ronny Deila announced he is leaving at the end of the

:13:40. > :13:44.season. He is on course to leave Celtic to a fifth straight Scottish

:13:45. > :13:47.title, but his side were knocked out by rivals Rangers in the semifinals

:13:48. > :13:52.of the Scottish Cup at the weekend. He said there have been some

:13:53. > :13:56.disappointments at times, when we have not achieved what we hoped for,

:13:57. > :14:01.as he prepares to leave the club after two years in charge.

:14:02. > :14:05.Now, the former finalist Judd Trump has it all to do to avoid becoming

:14:06. > :14:09.the latest seat to be knocked out in the first round of the snooker World

:14:10. > :14:13.Championship. He trailed from the start against Liang Wenbo, who

:14:14. > :14:19.started with a century in the first frame and won three of the last four

:14:20. > :14:24.to lead 6-3. It is the first to ten, they will play to a finish today.

:14:25. > :14:27.And Leeds will launch their Challenge Cup defence against

:14:28. > :14:32.Huddersfield, the sixth round draw was made a few moments ago on the

:14:33. > :14:34.Today programme, and John Humphrys only picked out two other all Super

:14:35. > :14:46.League ties. And that, Victoria, is all these

:14:47. > :14:48.board for now, plenty more to come later this morning.

:14:49. > :14:51.She was a princess who was never destined to be Queen,

:14:52. > :14:53.but today Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th

:14:54. > :14:54.birthday as Britain's longest-serving monarch.

:14:55. > :14:57.She came to the throne when she was just 25,

:14:58. > :15:03.after her uncle abdicated and her father died early.

:15:04. > :15:05.She's now celebrating entering her tenth decade

:15:06. > :15:08.with a walk around Windsor this afternoon

:15:09. > :15:25.An epoch in British political life came to an end when the Queen

:15:26. > :15:27.received the resignation of Sir Winston Churchill,

:15:28. > :15:31.premier through the most critical period of our history.

:15:32. > :15:34.For the last time, he entertained Her Majesty and

:15:35. > :15:36.the Duke of Edinburgh at Number 10 Downing Street.

:15:37. > :15:39.These are the first pictures in colour

:15:40. > :15:42.Even black and white films would be heart-warming.

:15:43. > :15:45.But how much colour adds to the beauty.

:15:46. > :15:52.we almost seem to be at Balmoral ourselves.

:15:53. > :15:55.To be here as winners of the FA Cup has often been

:15:56. > :15:57.described as the summit of a footballer's ambition.

:15:58. > :16:05.How much greater is the triumph they enjoy now?

:16:06. > :16:10.It was appropriate that the Queen's day on the river should begin

:16:11. > :16:12.here where the first Elizabeth was born and where there

:16:13. > :16:16.The Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales

:16:17. > :16:28.1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.

:16:29. > :16:32.In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents,

:16:33. > :16:37.it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

:16:38. > :16:41.At Buckingham Palace, which has become a shrine,

:16:42. > :16:43.the Queen led other members of the Royal Family

:16:44. > :16:46.to pay their respects at the side of the road,

:16:47. > :16:51.just like thousands of subjects were doing.

:16:52. > :16:53.This afternoon the President and his wife Michelle dropped

:16:54. > :16:57.in for tea and a chat at the Palace with Her Majesty and Prince Philip,

:16:58. > :17:02.who wondered whether their jet lag meant it was hard to stay awake.

:17:03. > :17:07.I had breakfast with the Prime Minister.

:17:08. > :17:21.I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians.

:17:22. > :17:23.Today the Thames provided the setting for this tribute

:17:24. > :17:33.The Queen has seen many spectacular sights on the 60 years of her reign

:17:34. > :17:36.but never anything quite such as this on the Thames.

:17:37. > :17:41.I will continue to treasure and draw inspiration from

:17:42. > :17:44.the country's kindnesses shown to me in this country

:17:45. > :17:51.We can talk now to some people who have all got to know

:17:52. > :17:56.Lady Jane Rayne-Lacey was maid of honour to the Queen

:17:57. > :18:00.Janet Anderson, who is a former vice chamberlain

:18:01. > :18:07.Des Sweeney, who worked as the Queen's chef at Buckingham Palace,

:18:08. > :18:08.and Mary Macleod, a former policy advisor

:18:09. > :18:25.Welcome. Jane, you were with the Queen on her Coronation day. Give us

:18:26. > :18:29.an insight into what that was like? It was probably the most exciting

:18:30. > :18:36.day of my life. Also rather frightening. Of course, I was

:18:37. > :18:39.incredibly pleased to be asked. In fact when I opened my gold embossed

:18:40. > :18:46.invitation I thought it was a mistake. I could not believe I was

:18:47. > :18:51.asked to do something so amazing. And on the day, when it came, I did

:18:52. > :19:00.feel nervous. As we grouped behind the Queen, in our allotted places

:19:01. > :19:06.carrying this immensely heavy train, though that train, she turned around

:19:07. > :19:11.and said, ready, girls? We were always the girls to her! You all

:19:12. > :19:18.giggled with nerves and slight hysteria. Then we set off. As luck

:19:19. > :19:25.would have it, I knew that my father was standing, because he told me

:19:26. > :19:29.where he was, as I went past, I quickly took my eye off what I was

:19:30. > :19:37.doing and he gave me a big wind. That may be feel happier yet. --

:19:38. > :19:43.made me feel happier yet. Did you see any sign of nerves in the Queen?

:19:44. > :19:49.Nothing at all. She was so surreal. We could not understand. There was

:19:50. > :19:53.not a quiver of nerves. She is amazing like that. Extraordinary. I

:19:54. > :19:57.am sure she was nervous inside but she did not show it. Let's see some

:19:58. > :20:32.footage from the coronation. That actually makes the hairs on the

:20:33. > :20:38.back of my neck stand on end. To be there, I cannot imagine. You are

:20:39. > :20:45.invited to all of these amazing celebrations. How has the Queen

:20:46. > :20:49.handled herself over the decades? As always, she handled herself

:20:50. > :20:57.incredibly well. I think she is great fun to be with. She has got a

:20:58. > :21:02.marvellous sense of humour. I think that is probably why she has had

:21:03. > :21:07.such a happy marriage. She has a wonderful husband, who has also got

:21:08. > :21:14.a wonderful sense of humour, if a little quirky sometimes. She is an

:21:15. > :21:19.icon to the whole country. Do you think that is true, Mary? You were

:21:20. > :21:25.brought in from the private sector as a policy adviser after 1998 after

:21:26. > :21:28.the death of Princess Diana. It was challenging for that family.

:21:29. > :21:33.Potentially the Queen made some mistakes, didn't she? I think the

:21:34. > :21:40.Queen is very much aware of and was then how much the monarchy and the

:21:41. > :21:46.Royal family have to evolve. She's led a problem of transformation,

:21:47. > :21:53.looking at the Royal Household, costs... The female succession is

:21:54. > :22:00.something people do not talk about. All those changes have taken place.

:22:01. > :22:05.Just opening up the palace to allow more people to be engaged with the

:22:06. > :22:10.Royal family, we now hear more from members of the Royal family

:22:11. > :22:14.themselves, what they think. It was lovely hearing Prince William talk

:22:15. > :22:18.about his grandmother and how he felt about her. And what an

:22:19. > :22:25.incredible role model she has been. She is almost like a walking history

:22:26. > :22:29.book. She has been there since we discovered the structure of DNA, the

:22:30. > :22:36.first man on the moon, the World Wide Web being founded. That is

:22:37. > :22:40.true. One viewer has tweeted to say that that may all be true, but I

:22:41. > :22:47.wonder if the Royal family still holds any relevance any more? I

:22:48. > :22:50.think they certainly do. The job I did as Vice Chamberlain was to keep

:22:51. > :22:56.her in touch with what Parliament was doing. Every evening you would

:22:57. > :23:01.write to her? They would not let me e-mail it. There is a special

:23:02. > :23:06.messenger who takes it to Buckingham Palace every evening. But I did it

:23:07. > :23:10.on my laptop. I was told she read it before dinner. I agree with Lady

:23:11. > :23:13.Jane, one of the warmest things about the Queen and Prince Philip is

:23:14. > :23:19.they have a wonderful sense of humour. That is why in the daily

:23:20. > :23:22.messages I tried to make them not just Parliamentary reports, but I

:23:23. > :23:27.would tell her a little bit of the gossip about what was going on, what

:23:28. > :23:33.people were doing in the tearoom, how the whips might be holding up

:23:34. > :23:38.the votes so that MPs can watch football matches etc. There is a

:23:39. > :23:43.reference in my book to Christmas 1997. We always had a Christmas

:23:44. > :23:51.party for MPs. For the children of MPs. That particular year the guests

:23:52. > :23:54.were the Telly Tubby 's. I knew she would find that quite amusing and

:23:55. > :24:05.she did. What kind of things make her laugh? Little things. I cannot

:24:06. > :24:11.remember exactly. We used to laugh about things her children or

:24:12. > :24:17.grandchildren had done. Like in any family. The first time I had dinner

:24:18. > :24:22.with her in Balmoral, there were six of us Mac. I loved that whole

:24:23. > :24:28.evening. She told a story after story about what mummy had done and

:24:29. > :24:35.someone else had done. Because she has this wealth of information, she

:24:36. > :24:38.has been through 12 prime ministers, she has really been at the centre of

:24:39. > :24:46.everything that has been going on in Britain. The last few days reminds

:24:47. > :24:54.smack of how proud we are to be British and how important those

:24:55. > :25:00.British values are. What does the Queen liked to eat? She champions

:25:01. > :25:08.her own British produce. English Lahm, salmon. -- alarm. The seasons

:25:09. > :25:15.are so important. We only have strawberries in June. That was

:25:16. > :25:20.before everybody else jumped on than the bandwagon. You never cooked

:25:21. > :25:28.anything out of season. Did you come across her much? In the smaller

:25:29. > :25:31.places, Sandringham, Balmoral, where they are more relaxed. They would

:25:32. > :25:45.wander into the kitchen, what is for dinner? How much did she influence

:25:46. > :25:50.the meal choices? She had a menu book and she would cross out what

:25:51. > :25:57.she did not want. Obviously not too much spicy food. She is meeting a

:25:58. > :26:04.lot of people. She does not want too much garlic, to add spice. How did

:26:05. > :26:16.you find the family when you came across them? They were lovely. Very

:26:17. > :26:21.respectful. It was quite set. Even in Buckingham Palace, even though it

:26:22. > :26:25.is more of an office, Balmoral, Holyrood, places like that were much

:26:26. > :26:32.more personal... But even in Buckingham Palace, I might be

:26:33. > :26:35.working early evening and I would see the corgis coming into my office

:26:36. > :26:41.and I would know the Queen was behind. The rest of the senior

:26:42. > :26:47.members of the Royal family, too. They would come in and have a

:26:48. > :26:51.conversation. We were papering one of the walls in my rooms in the

:26:52. > :26:55.Palace and the Queen came to look at what it was like when it was done.

:26:56. > :27:00.It is these little personal things that make her so human. As she goes

:27:01. > :27:05.out and about meeting people, that is what they love about her. She

:27:06. > :27:08.takes a personal interest. She says something to every person. She loves

:27:09. > :27:17.it when they tell her funny stories about what has happened to them. I

:27:18. > :27:24.think she probably loved your note. It is all part of her story of who

:27:25. > :27:28.she is and who she represents. We are going to talk to some people in

:27:29. > :27:38.their 20s either to ask if they feel the Queen is relevance to them. Do

:27:39. > :27:43.you think she is? I think she is. See is a role model, particularly

:27:44. > :27:46.for women. She was very interested in the influx of new women MPs,

:27:47. > :27:53.balancing family responsibilities with our entry careers. I thought,

:27:54. > :28:01.here is a woman who has had to do that all of her life. With a lot of

:28:02. > :28:05.help. With a little help, true. Growing up I had a female monarch

:28:06. > :28:09.and the female prime minister. I grew up thinking there was nothing I

:28:10. > :28:13.could not do. I had a strong mother as well. She encouraged everyone of

:28:14. > :28:18.us to work hard and achieve our potential. All of those things, I

:28:19. > :28:25.agree, an incredible role model. I do things -- thing she does

:28:26. > :28:28.transcend boundaries, whether it is age boundaries, people from across

:28:29. > :28:34.the world, they all come out to meter. That love has grown over the

:28:35. > :28:41.years. She has grown -- it has grown because she has ended. She has got

:28:42. > :28:45.an amazing ability to make people feel at ease. My first visit to

:28:46. > :28:50.Buckingham Palace I was completely overawed. I thought, if my mother

:28:51. > :28:56.could see me now. She is very good at making people feel at ease. If

:28:57. > :29:01.you think of thousands -- the thousands of people she meets, and

:29:02. > :29:09.she has to make small talk, and they all come away feeling she really

:29:10. > :29:17.cares about them. Last year she made many visits overseas. She is

:29:18. > :29:23.working, working all the time. There is very little downtime. Is there

:29:24. > :29:33.much downtime? I would not have thought so. She is 90. I am not

:29:34. > :29:35.being ageist. Even in the evening when there would be receptions in

:29:36. > :29:39.Buckingham Palace, I would be tired but she would continue seeing

:29:40. > :29:44.everyone. When she goes to places like Balmoral and Sandringham,

:29:45. > :29:49.definitely there is switch off time and she can go out riding. But she

:29:50. > :29:56.is still working. She still gets papers to read. She is definitely a

:29:57. > :30:02.person who loves the country. She did once say to somebody that if she

:30:03. > :30:05.were not the Queen she would like to be a lady who lived in a country

:30:06. > :30:09.surrounded by her animals, especially her dogs and her horses.

:30:10. > :30:20.Wouldn't we all?! Thank you all. Not everyone feels the same, I will

:30:21. > :30:23.read some of your messages throughout the programme. Still to

:30:24. > :30:28.come, remembering Victoria Wood, who died yesterday at the age of 62, we

:30:29. > :30:34.will be talking to her friend Rory Bremner. Plus Leicester star striker

:30:35. > :30:37.Jamie Vardy has denied to launch an appeal against his charge of

:30:38. > :30:41.improper conduct after he confronted the referee gave him a red card at

:30:42. > :30:45.the weekend. Roy Hodgson has defended him, reaction from some

:30:46. > :30:52.Leicester fans, although it will not be hard to guess what they are going

:30:53. > :30:57.to say! It is 9:30, in the BBC newsroom is

:30:58. > :31:01.Annita McVeigh. Good morning, the Queen celebrates

:31:02. > :31:04.her 90th birthday today with a series of Ernst in Windsor. New

:31:05. > :31:10.pictures of Her Majesty and family have been released to mark the

:31:11. > :31:14.occasion. The Prime Minister praised her Grace and humility in dedicating

:31:15. > :31:19.her life to the country. GP practices in England are to

:31:20. > :31:24.receive an extra ?2.5 billion of funding to pay for 5000 more GPs and

:31:25. > :31:27.other extra staff, including pharmacists and therapists, part of

:31:28. > :31:31.the extra money already promised to the NHS, the aim is to help

:31:32. > :31:35.practices in England that find themselves under intense pressure.

:31:36. > :31:39.Home Secretary Theresa May is putting forward a new law designed

:31:40. > :31:44.to crack down on corrupt public officials and politicians in England

:31:45. > :31:48.and Wales. It will create a crime of illicit enrichment for cases where a

:31:49. > :31:51.public official's assets have increased significantly without

:31:52. > :31:55.satisfactory explanation, part of a wider shake-up of measures to tackle

:31:56. > :31:59.money-laundering. Ched Evans will find out today if he

:32:00. > :32:03.has won a challenge against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old

:32:04. > :32:08.woman. Three Court of Appeal judges will give their decision following

:32:09. > :32:11.appeal proceedings last month. The former Sheffield United striker and

:32:12. > :32:17.Welsh international was convicted four years ago of raping the woman

:32:18. > :32:20.at a hotel in North Wales in 2011. More than 68,000 web pages

:32:21. > :32:25.containing indecent images and videos of children were removed from

:32:26. > :32:28.the internet last year. The Internet Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of

:32:29. > :32:33.the victims are thought to be aged ten or under. The foundation was

:32:34. > :32:36.given more powers two years ago to search for Schult images and take

:32:37. > :32:41.action. A spelling test due to be taken by

:32:42. > :32:44.half a million seven-year-olds in England next month has been

:32:45. > :32:47.published accidentally as a practice paper on the Department for

:32:48. > :32:50.Education website. The error was spotted when a teacher noticed

:32:51. > :32:55.pupils at one school setting the new paper in an official trial seemed to

:32:56. > :33:00.know which words were coming next. The Government says it is a serious

:33:01. > :33:01.error and is investigating. That is a summary of the latest BBC

:33:02. > :33:09.News, more at ten o'clock. News just in, Ched Evans has won his

:33:10. > :33:16.appeal against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman. He must

:33:17. > :33:20.face a fresh trial. That news just in, just breaking right now. Ched

:33:21. > :33:25.Evans has won his appeal against conviction for raping a 19-year-old

:33:26. > :33:29.woman, but he must face a fresh trial. So he has successfully

:33:30. > :33:32.overturned that conviction for rape. You may remember he was given a

:33:33. > :33:38.five-year jail sentence, he has served half of that, and he appealed

:33:39. > :33:42.against the conviction. News just in, Ched Evans has won his appeal

:33:43. > :33:46.against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel some

:33:47. > :33:54.years ago. He will now face a fresh trial. Reaction to that to come, of

:33:55. > :33:58.course. But the sport, here is job. Of the pitch, a huge win for

:33:59. > :34:02.Liverpool in the Premier League in the Merseyside derby, 4-0 against

:34:03. > :34:09.Everton. The game was overshadowed by a red card for a challenge on

:34:10. > :34:12.Divock Origi. Roberto Martinez said he was embarrassed by the defeat, as

:34:13. > :34:16.pressure grows on him following their disappointing league form this

:34:17. > :34:20.season. Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon says he would be interested

:34:21. > :34:23.in taking over at his former club after Ronny Deila announced he is

:34:24. > :34:27.leaving at the end of the season. The club remain on course for a

:34:28. > :34:31.fifth straight Scottish title but went out of the Scottish Cup at the

:34:32. > :34:35.weekend, beaten by Rangers. Judd Trump has it all to do if he is

:34:36. > :34:39.to avoid being knocked out in the first round of the World Snooker

:34:40. > :34:43.Championship, trails Liang Wenbo 6-3. They will play to a finish

:34:44. > :34:47.later, the first to ten goes through. And Leeds will launch their

:34:48. > :34:53.Challenge Cup defence against Huddersfield. The sixth round draw

:34:54. > :34:59.was made on the Today programme, only two other all Super League

:35:00. > :35:03.ties, Castleford are at home to Salford, while Hull will visit St

:35:04. > :35:04.Helens. That is all the sport for now, more to come a little bit

:35:05. > :35:10.later. In case you were just using in,

:35:11. > :35:14.breaking news in the last minute or so is that Ched Evans has won his

:35:15. > :35:18.appeal against that conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman. He must

:35:19. > :35:21.face a fresh trial. Footballer chaired Evans overturning that

:35:22. > :35:26.conviction for rape, he will face a fresh trial. That news from the

:35:27. > :35:29.Court of Appeal in the last minute or two, we will talk to our

:35:30. > :35:32.correspondent in the next quarter of an hour or so.

:35:33. > :35:34.It takes a special kind of woman to overshadow

:35:35. > :35:41.but the death of Victoria Wood has done just that.

:35:42. > :35:49.She was peerless, a naturally talented and funny northern woman

:35:50. > :35:52.who managed to break through into the man's world of comedy

:35:53. > :35:57.# She licked her lips She felt sublime

:35:58. > :35:59.# She switched off Gardeners' Question Time

:36:00. > :36:07.# Barry cringed in fear and dread as Freda grabbed his tie and said

:36:08. > :36:09.# Let's do it Let's do it

:36:10. > :36:15.# I'm feeling appealing I've really got an appetite

:36:16. > :36:20.# I could handle half the tenors in the male voice choir

:36:21. > :36:23.# Let's do it Let's do it tonight

:36:24. > :36:25.# But he said I can't do it

:36:26. > :36:28.# I can't do it I don't believe in too much sex

:36:29. > :36:33.# This fashion for passion turns us into nervous wrecks

:36:34. > :36:35.# No derision My decision

:36:36. > :36:37.# I'd rather watch the spinners on the television

:36:38. > :36:41.# I can't do it I can't do it tonight

:36:42. > :36:42.# So she said Let's do it

:36:43. > :36:46.# Let's do it Do it 'til our hearts go boom

:36:47. > :36:50.# Go native creative Living in the living room

:36:51. > :36:54.# Bend me over backwards on my hostess trolly

:36:55. > :37:06.We can talk now to her friend and fellow comedian, Rory Bremner,

:37:07. > :37:09.who starred with her in a BBC Four documentary, Dear Diary.

:37:10. > :37:17.What was she like? Oh, she was wonderful. They say friend, I did

:37:18. > :37:22.not know her that well, I worked with her on Dear Diary, and we

:37:23. > :37:26.shared an agent for many years, and we worked together at the BBC in the

:37:27. > :37:31.1980s, but you just love to time in her company, she found funny things

:37:32. > :37:35.in life. In herself, she was quite side and very self-effacing, really,

:37:36. > :37:41.but the talent, you could see it in the song, it shone out of her. I was

:37:42. > :37:44.saying yesterday, when you think of dialogue, she had the ear for

:37:45. > :37:51.dialogue on a powered Alan Bennett, she could write a drama like Allan

:37:52. > :38:00.Bleasdale, Housewife 49, the most wonderful screenplay. Let's play a

:38:01. > :38:05.clip of that. Oh, that is the documentary we did! Dear Diary was a

:38:06. > :38:11.precursor to Housewife 49. She basted on the diary of the lady we

:38:12. > :38:15.are talking about here. We spent the afternoon giggling, going through

:38:16. > :38:22.these, she was wonderful company. She could find humour in everything.

:38:23. > :38:25.She packed out the Albert Hall as well, 15 consecutive nights, more

:38:26. > :38:30.than Billy Connolly. And her songs were up there with Noel Coward, the

:38:31. > :38:34.complete package. I think we saw yesterday all the tributes coming in

:38:35. > :38:38.from not just female comedians, Katy Brand, Jo Brand, Dawn French,

:38:39. > :38:46.Jennifer Saunders, Sue Perkins, all these wonderful women we now have on

:38:47. > :38:49.television, Caitlin Moran, talking about her as an inspiration. But for

:38:50. > :38:52.the guys as well, she was a brilliant writer, inspired, it shone

:38:53. > :38:57.out of her. It was 99% perspiration, she worked so hard at it. Every

:38:58. > :39:03.word, as you see in the song, every word was there for a reason, her

:39:04. > :39:08.timing. She was just a delight. We have had too many of these, haven't

:39:09. > :39:13.we, this year? Here is another, and I am sure, like me, you just

:39:14. > :39:17.won't... I went to the same school as her, we were really proud of it,

:39:18. > :39:26.Bury Grammar school for girls, she was the star pupil, but you just

:39:27. > :39:32.think 62? No age! By coincidence, I was at Maggie's... The cancer

:39:33. > :39:37.charity. They have about 18 centres, great resources, and I was there

:39:38. > :39:42.yesterday, and at Swindon the day before, for a radiotherapy appeal.

:39:43. > :39:45.On the way from one together, I was talking to a friend about another

:39:46. > :39:51.friend who has cancer, and he says, oh, there is another as well. There

:39:52. > :39:55.is a bigger picture, this disease is just... It might be a good time to

:39:56. > :39:59.donate a little to a local cancer charity. But back to Victoria, if

:40:00. > :40:02.you wanted to bottle the British sense of humour, it would have

:40:03. > :40:07.Victoria Wood on the front, wouldn't it? She did wonderful work in class

:40:08. > :40:11.drama, Dinnerladies, all that, without a trace of being

:40:12. > :40:14.patronising, she loved the characters, she enjoyed the

:40:15. > :40:17.characters, used the brand name is brilliantly. We mentioned Alan

:40:18. > :40:22.Bennett, but it was just that there was something, she was absolutely

:40:23. > :40:26.the best of the British sense of humour,... Particularly for women,

:40:27. > :40:30.her observations, of the stuff that women go through and experience and

:40:31. > :40:35.put up with, you know, the mundane stuff we never talk about which is a

:40:36. > :40:39.right pain in the backside, with beautiful views of the English

:40:40. > :40:43.language, she was able to make fun of women so that we laughed with

:40:44. > :40:48.her, we didn't feel she was laughing at us. Somebody said a quote

:40:49. > :40:55.yesterday, she said, here I am, I have had a boob of and I have got no

:40:56. > :40:58.stomach for whelks, but that is me. There was a lovely Julie Walters

:40:59. > :41:08.sketch yesterday, what about the Japanese? I have not got the pelvis

:41:09. > :41:12.for futons. She said sex in marriage was like ice-skating, the compulsory

:41:13. > :41:19.followed by the short routine! She did not waste words either. With

:41:20. > :41:24.Dinnerladies, she would rewrite scenes overnight, in the tea breaks,

:41:25. > :41:28.and incredibly hard worker. She was funny, that was the thing, and if

:41:29. > :41:32.you were in her company, it would be long before you were giggling. I

:41:33. > :41:37.left the house this morning thinking about, there was a bad outside Saint

:41:38. > :41:42.Aegon Aerials, and she did that! Let's play the two soups sketch,

:41:43. > :41:51.shall we? -- Acorn Aerials. LAUGHTER

:41:52. > :42:26.APPLAUSE I don't believe this, these are

:42:27. > :42:38.empty! Waitress! Oh, God preserve us. Look, we have to go. Oh, you

:42:39. > :42:43.must have been quite peckish! How they didn't corpse during that,

:42:44. > :42:48.I don't know. They will have done millions of times. And that came

:42:49. > :42:53.from real life, apparently, that was Victoria and Julie, they had been in

:42:54. > :42:58.a restaurant somewhere. In a sense, that was the one that wrote itself.

:42:59. > :43:03.But, you know, everyone is thinking of Julie Walters today, but imagine

:43:04. > :43:07.how devastated she is, because they went back a long, long, long way.

:43:08. > :43:11.But there is that legacy for us to enjoy, there is that thing, you are

:43:12. > :43:15.laughing at the wonder. She produced, but the tragedy is that

:43:16. > :43:21.she was still writing, there is more to come, 62 is no age at all. Budgie

:43:22. > :43:30.was just a joy, a wonderful woman. Thank you very much, Rory. Pleasure.

:43:31. > :43:34.Coming up, more to mark the Queen's 90th birthday, and we will speak to

:43:35. > :43:37.some of those who share her birthday.

:43:38. > :43:39.Most football supporters seem to want Leicester City

:43:40. > :43:47.Apart from Tottenham fans, who would quite like to win it for themselves.

:43:48. > :43:50.There's been a tidal wave of love towards the overachieving underdogs.

:43:51. > :43:52.Leicester are five points clear with four games to go.

:43:53. > :43:54.Last weekend, their amazing run was overshadowed by star striker

:43:55. > :43:57.Jamie Vardy getting a second booking for this spectacular tumble,

:43:58. > :44:02.and he was duly sent off the pitch by the referee.

:44:03. > :44:10.We have not got the rights to the moving pictures, to be honest it did

:44:11. > :44:12.look like a dive, didn't it? He was sent off by the referee.

:44:13. > :44:16.Vardy was so cross he had a real go at the referee and has since been

:44:17. > :44:18.charged with improper conduct for the way he reacted.

:44:19. > :44:22.Now England manager Roy Hodgson has backed Vardy,

:44:23. > :44:24.saying he doesn't believe it was a dive

:44:25. > :44:27.and he can understand why he was so angry at getting sent off.

:44:28. > :44:32.We're joined by our Leicester City fans, who we've kept up to date

:44:33. > :44:35.with through their video diaries - Gary L Johnson, and

:44:36. > :44:41.Sandra and Anne Barwell, known as Big Anne in Sandra's video diaries.

:44:42. > :44:53.Hello! Hello, hello, hello. Right, so... As Jamie Vardy tarnished any

:44:54. > :44:58.part of your season because of the way he reacted on Sunday?

:44:59. > :45:05.No, I do not think he has. He is part of our team. We have a

:45:06. > :45:17.brilliant team philosophy and he has made a great impact on our team.

:45:18. > :45:21.Without him, we would not be where we are now. We have other players

:45:22. > :45:33.who will step up and will be able to hopefully fill his shoes. It is a

:45:34. > :45:39.big task but we are a team. It was a big game. He was going for goal.

:45:40. > :45:44.Whether he dived not is a matter for conjecture. Roy Hodgson does not

:45:45. > :45:48.think he did. We all thought it was a penalty. It was a theatrical dive

:45:49. > :45:50.but it does not mean to say that they did not have contact with the

:45:51. > :45:58.player and go over properly in the box. Having said that, there is no

:45:59. > :46:07.excuse for him mouthing off at the referee. I am surprised Roy Hodgson

:46:08. > :46:11.has said that he said a few words to the referee and that is Howedes

:46:12. > :46:20.sometimes. What he said to the referee was pretty horrible. It was

:46:21. > :46:26.very horrible. Taken out of context it is awful. Taken in context it is

:46:27. > :46:30.grim what he said. You did not see what the referee was like all

:46:31. > :46:34.through the match. We are at a moment in history for Leicester

:46:35. > :46:40.City. The crowd was hyped up. The players were hyped up. And then you

:46:41. > :46:49.have got a guy who was just so inept and totally inconsistent, and you

:46:50. > :46:54.have got players... It had been going off. It was the straw that

:46:55. > :47:00.broke the camel's back. Is he right to be appealing this improper

:47:01. > :47:08.conduct charge? Depends what the charge involves. The two yellow

:47:09. > :47:18.cards, it has happened. He gets a one match ban. We cannot argue with

:47:19. > :47:22.that. What I think it depends on is what the FA are going to rule

:47:23. > :47:29.against him. If it is going to be a match ban, maybe. It could be a

:47:30. > :47:35.fine. We do not know. It depends what the FA says. As Sandra says,

:47:36. > :47:39.there is no question that shouting at referees, and he is a role model,

:47:40. > :47:46.we cannot see that in football really... But what we had all match

:47:47. > :47:51.from a person who is supposed to be impartial... There were three

:47:52. > :47:57.debatable decisions. Potentially the worst was against West Ham,

:47:58. > :48:00.according to West Ham supporters. Gary says if Vardy misses this

:48:01. > :48:07.weekend and the game against Manchester United, is the squad deep

:48:08. > :48:11.enough and big enough to step up? I think everybody will be a bit

:48:12. > :48:16.worried about it. But I think it is 18. The team play as a team. They do

:48:17. > :48:21.not play as individuals. There is depth in that team. The other

:48:22. > :48:25.players will be so fired up on Sunday to overcome the loss of

:48:26. > :48:32.Vardy, they will play with even more intensity than they normally do. I

:48:33. > :48:37.think they will step in and fill that void. Four games remaining. We

:48:38. > :48:45.will see what happens with Jamie Vardy. What are you thinking about

:48:46. > :48:51.now, Santer? I believe we can do it. It is the external pressures where

:48:52. > :48:59.you think people are waiting for us to fail. Do you think that? Apart

:49:00. > :49:03.from Tottenham fans. If you listen to the punters that come on, they

:49:04. > :49:14.change their mind quicker than they change their socks. Football fans?

:49:15. > :49:21.The pundits. At Christmas they said we stand no chance, it was a fluke.

:49:22. > :49:26.We may fail. It would not be a failure even if you came second. At

:49:27. > :49:33.one point if somebody had told us that we would be guaranteed

:49:34. > :49:38.Champions League in the rounds, we would have taken that one and jumped

:49:39. > :49:46.all the way down the street. But now because we are so close, and we are

:49:47. > :49:51.also involved... This is history. We are nearly there. As Leicester City

:49:52. > :49:55.fans we may never see this again. This is a once-in-a-lifetime

:49:56. > :50:00.opportunity for our club, for the country to see a smaller side get to

:50:01. > :50:10.the big title. That is why it would be brilliant. We will see what

:50:11. > :50:16.happens. Thank you all very much. More from big and! Let's bring you

:50:17. > :50:24.more on the breaking news that footballer Chet Atkins -- Chet Aven

:50:25. > :50:30.is as won his appeal for raping -- to play again after being found

:50:31. > :50:37.guilty of raping a young woman. Yes, that ruling from the Court of Appeal

:50:38. > :50:40.just a short time ago that Ched Evans's appeal against his

:50:41. > :50:46.conviction has been successful. The conviction has been quashed. There

:50:47. > :50:51.will now be a retrial. Ched Evans was jailed in 2012 and he was

:50:52. > :50:58.released from prison in 2014 after serving half of a five-year term. An

:50:59. > :51:03.appeal hearing took place last month over two days in front of three

:51:04. > :51:14.appeal Court judges. Today, the judgment was handed down. The judge

:51:15. > :51:17.said that the appeal had come to the court by reference from the criminal

:51:18. > :51:20.cases review commission on the basis that relevant and admissible

:51:21. > :51:24.evidence had come to light that was not available at trial and

:51:25. > :51:29.undermined the safety of the conviction. She said, in summary,

:51:30. > :51:32.the judges had concluded that they must allow the appeal and that it

:51:33. > :51:40.was in the interests of justice to order a retrial. But there are also

:51:41. > :51:45.restrictions on what can be reported because there is to be a retrial.

:51:46. > :51:51.The appeal has been allowed. The conviction has been quashed. And

:51:52. > :51:55.there will be a retrial. We are told of the venue of the retrial, where

:51:56. > :52:08.it will take place, who will be the judge, the date has yet to be set.

:52:09. > :52:12.Thank you very much. Daniel Bircher. Hazard Leicester supporters are

:52:13. > :52:16.still here, I have got texts and tweets. The England manager is out

:52:17. > :52:21.of order on Vardy. Vardy got what he deserved. This one says, I am a

:52:22. > :52:25.Spurs supporter and I would love Spurs to win the league. But I would

:52:26. > :52:30.gladly take second place to Leicester because it would be

:52:31. > :52:34.awesome if they won the title. Another text that says it was a

:52:35. > :52:37.blatant dive and if Roy Hodgson cannot see that he should not be in

:52:38. > :52:46.charge of the national team. And this one says Vardy was unfortunate

:52:47. > :52:49.and inept referee was in charge of the game. The referee should be

:52:50. > :52:56.removed from the top list of officials. Thank you again. The

:52:57. > :52:59.Queen is 90 today. Prince Charles has recorded a special radio

:53:00. > :53:11.broadcast as a tribute. It is an edited passage from Henry VIII.

:53:12. > :53:17.Good grows with her. In her days, every man shall eat in safety under

:53:18. > :53:23.his own vine, what he plans. And sing the merry songs of peace to all

:53:24. > :53:30.his neighbours. God shall be truly known and those about from her show

:53:31. > :53:36.read the perfect ways of honour. And by those claim their greatness, not

:53:37. > :53:42.by blood. She shall be to the happiness of England and aged

:53:43. > :53:46.princess. Many days shall see her. And yet no day without a deed to

:53:47. > :53:48.crown it. Let's talk now to JB Gill,

:53:49. > :53:50.who performed at the Diamond Jubilee Concert

:53:51. > :53:53.as part of JLS, and Chris Levine, who produced this holographic

:53:54. > :54:10.portrait of the Queen in 2004. Haven't got it right now. We will

:54:11. > :54:14.show it, I promise. J Ellis, millions of records, the Royal

:54:15. > :54:20.Albert Hall, compare that to performing for the Queen? For me,

:54:21. > :54:23.performing at the Diamond Jubilee was incredible. It was surreal

:54:24. > :54:27.because we were performing in front of billions of people around the

:54:28. > :54:32.world. Obviously we could not see the billions of people. It was an

:54:33. > :54:38.incredible view standing in front of the palace and performing to pretty

:54:39. > :54:44.much London. Did you see the Queen? To be honest, I was not looking for

:54:45. > :54:49.her. It was an incredible atmosphere, a really incredible

:54:50. > :54:55.vibe. London was buzzing. The people at the concert were having a

:54:56. > :54:59.brilliant time. For the organisers, it was brilliantly organised.

:55:00. > :55:03.Everybody had a great time. What did she say to you afterwards?

:55:04. > :55:13.Surprisingly she said she listened to us. She listens to us when she

:55:14. > :55:20.has her tea. I love that! Did you believe it? To be honest, her

:55:21. > :55:26.grandson 's our fans. We could not believe it, to be honest, but she

:55:27. > :55:31.mentioned a couple of our songs. We shook her hand. I think grandson 's

:55:32. > :55:37.have probably got something to do that. Chris, you did the 3-D

:55:38. > :55:44.holographic ported of the Queen. What influence did she have over

:55:45. > :55:50.that? -- portrait. What influence did you have over what she wore and

:55:51. > :55:56.the image? It was only two weeks before the shoot. I got a call from

:55:57. > :55:59.the Palace asking what I would like to wear. That involved a meeting

:56:00. > :56:08.with Angela Kelly, going through the crown Jewels... I assumed there

:56:09. > :56:12.would be circles of bureaucracy. But actually I was able to carry out my

:56:13. > :56:19.vision, which was about distilling it into pure essence. It worked out.

:56:20. > :56:25.How much time did you have with her? Two settings for about an hour.

:56:26. > :56:32.There was a lot of preproduction. That took about three days. She had

:56:33. > :56:39.to be patient and the Sid there and not chat, presumably? We did talk.

:56:40. > :56:44.Moreso on the second setting. There was a different atmosphere in the

:56:45. > :56:47.palace. It takes about 15 seconds to do a pass and then you have to

:56:48. > :56:55.rebuild. There is time between shots. One of the images that comes

:56:56. > :57:00.from the moment of peace. What did you talk to her about? She has got a

:57:01. > :57:05.very large photographic collection. She is one of the biggest collectors

:57:06. > :57:11.in the country. She made the joke that one of the cameras was like

:57:12. > :57:17.taking her passport photograph. She was genuinely interested in the

:57:18. > :57:25.technology. Did you tell her a story about meditation? I did. When I had

:57:26. > :57:28.my one to one with her, I told her about going on meditation retreat

:57:29. > :57:35.for ten days. Gardening is her meditation. Does her birthday

:57:36. > :57:41.genuinely have an effect on new? I think it is fantastic. For anyone to

:57:42. > :57:47.reach a milestone like that, with some incredible memories and

:57:48. > :57:50.incredible achievements. The Queen is very down-to-earth. I think that

:57:51. > :57:57.has come across in her rain as monarch. She can relate to British

:57:58. > :58:04.culture and British people. Even for myself, I am obviously not that old,

:58:05. > :58:13.I have not had a wealth of experience of her as monarch but she

:58:14. > :58:14.resonates with me. And for the older generation, my parents, they

:58:15. > :58:22.obviously will have a different experience. I think it is fantastic.

:58:23. > :58:28.Thank you for coming in. Now the weather.

:58:29. > :58:35.The weather today from any of us is not going to be bad at all. Some

:58:36. > :58:39.sunshine on the way. We have had a couple of lovely days. The clouds in

:58:40. > :58:46.the south of the country starting to thicken. That means not quite so

:58:47. > :58:51.sunny compared to recent days. We had some rain across the south of

:58:52. > :58:58.the country in Cornwall and Devon. Let's see what is happening in the

:58:59. > :59:04.south. This is 4pm. Temperatures fraction low today. Hazy skies.

:59:05. > :59:11.Yesterday in the North West of Wales, we had 16. I would not be

:59:12. > :59:21.surprised if we got those temperatures today. A lovely sunny

:59:22. > :59:24.spring day. Beacons are a little later in the evening, gradually. The

:59:25. > :59:28.weather is looking good. There is the chance of some rain. It does

:59:29. > :59:32.look as though it is going to stay dry. The rain pushing into Cornwall

:59:33. > :59:38.and Devon in the early hours of Friday morning. For the bulk of the

:59:39. > :59:42.UK it is a dry night, quite crisp. Frost in the north of the country,

:59:43. > :59:46.frost free in the South. Tomorrow, a couple of changes. We will notice a

:59:47. > :59:51.big change in the weather in the South. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain

:59:52. > :59:54.for the south-west and Southern counties. A few spots of rain

:59:55. > :59:57.getting into the Midlands. The northern half of the UK will be

:59:58. > :00:02.brighter. Colder air coming in from the North. This is something we have

:00:03. > :00:09.been forecasting. A blast of chilly Arctic air. It does not mean it will

:00:10. > :00:14.be incredibly Arctic outside. Look at these temperatures. This is

:00:15. > :00:19.Arctic air which means it will be chilly for the time of the year. If

:00:20. > :00:24.you are in the shade and the wind it will feel nippy. In the sunshine,

:00:25. > :00:29.the sun is very strong. It will feel OK. But it will be a chilly start

:00:30. > :00:36.for the London Marathon. Temperatures might be for degrees.

:00:37. > :00:41.There is also the chance of some showers, some of them could be

:00:42. > :00:45.wintry. We could even get some hail. A mixed weekend on the way with

:00:46. > :00:50.wintry showers. We are also glad to get some sunshine. The sunshine

:00:51. > :00:54.should feel relatively pleasant. That is it.

:00:55. > :01:03.Welcome to the programme if you've just joined us.

:01:04. > :01:06.Our top story today, the Queen is 90, and throughout

:01:07. > :01:08.the programme we'll be talking to some of those

:01:09. > :01:10.who know her best and some other 90-year-olds who're also

:01:11. > :01:20.We cheered the King and queen on the balcony then walked miles through

:01:21. > :01:24.the streets. Ireland are lines of unknown people linking arms and

:01:25. > :01:29.walking down Whitehall, all of us swept along on a tide of happiness.

:01:30. > :01:36.-- I remember. I declare before you all but my

:01:37. > :01:41.whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your

:01:42. > :01:42.service and to the service of our great imperial family, to which we

:01:43. > :01:44.all belong. Plus, footballer Ched Evans has won

:01:45. > :01:47.an appeal against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman

:01:48. > :01:49.but must face a fresh trial. GP practices in England

:01:50. > :02:09.are to receive an extra We will get reaction in the next

:02:10. > :02:18.hour. The latest BBC News now with Annita.

:02:19. > :02:22.The Queen celebrates 90th birthday today with a series of events in

:02:23. > :02:26.Windsor. New pictures of Her Majesty and her family have been released to

:02:27. > :02:29.mark the occasion. The Prime Minister praised her grace and

:02:30. > :02:34.humanity in dedicating her life to a country, while those who have worked

:02:35. > :02:39.alongside her have expressed their fondness for her. Incredible role

:02:40. > :02:42.model for so many, and I do think she does transcend boundaries,

:02:43. > :02:46.whether it is age boundaries, whether it is people from across the

:02:47. > :02:50.world. They all come out to meet her, and that love has grown over

:02:51. > :02:59.the years, and it has grown because she has earned it, they respect her.

:03:00. > :03:02.The Court of Appeal has overturned the former Sheffield United

:03:03. > :03:04.striker's conviction for raping the woman at a hotel

:03:05. > :03:08.GP practices in England are to receive an extra

:03:09. > :03:18.more GPs and other extra staff, including

:03:19. > :03:22.It's part of the extra money already promised to the NHS,

:03:23. > :03:24.and the aim is to help practices in England that find themselves

:03:25. > :03:37.The ultimate test of this will be, are patients able to see the GPs

:03:38. > :03:41.they need to see faster? Are we able to expand the number of GPs and

:03:42. > :03:49.nurses and therapists in primary care? And as we do that, will it

:03:50. > :03:52.also help relieve pressure on A departments and hospitals because

:03:53. > :04:00.fewer people will be needing to get services there?

:04:01. > :04:05.Figures released in the last hour show a sharp rise in those

:04:06. > :04:13.classified as violent against the person. There was an 11% increase in

:04:14. > :04:15.murders. But the crime survey for England and Wales shows that overall

:04:16. > :04:19.crime is down compared to the previous year.

:04:20. > :04:24.is putting forward a new law designed to crack down on corrupt

:04:25. > :04:26.public officials and politicians in England and Wales.

:04:27. > :04:29.It will create a crime of illicit enrichment for cases where

:04:30. > :04:31.a public official's assets have increased significantly

:04:32. > :04:34.The move is part of a wider shake-up of measures

:04:35. > :04:42.containing indecent images and videos of children

:04:43. > :04:44.were removed from the internet last year.

:04:45. > :04:46.The Internet Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of the victims

:04:47. > :04:52.The foundation was given more powers two years ago

:04:53. > :04:58.to search for such images and take action.

:04:59. > :05:02.by half a million seven-year-olds in England next month

:05:03. > :05:05.has been published accidentally as a practice paper

:05:06. > :05:08.on the Department for Education's website.

:05:09. > :05:11.The error was spotted when a teacher noticed pupils at one school,

:05:12. > :05:13.sitting the new paper in an official trial,

:05:14. > :05:14.seemed to know which words were coming next.

:05:15. > :05:25.The Government says it's a serious error and is investigating.

:05:26. > :05:33.That is a summary of the latest BBC News, more at 10:30. In the next

:05:34. > :05:37.hour, more reaction to the news that footballer Ched Evans has won his

:05:38. > :05:40.appeal against the conviction for rape, and plenty more tributes to

:05:41. > :05:42.the Queen, celebrating her 90th today.

:05:43. > :05:44.Do get in touch with us throughout the morning.

:05:45. > :05:47.If you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

:05:48. > :05:49.Here's some sport now with John Watson.

:05:50. > :05:51.Yes, we will start with the Merseyside derby

:05:52. > :05:53.between Liverpool and Everton, usually a feisty affair,

:05:54. > :05:56.and despite a huge 4-0 win for Liverpool, the game

:05:57. > :05:59.was overshadowed by a terrible tackle and a sending off at Anfield.

:06:00. > :06:02.Roberto Martinez said Liverpool's win was his worst moment at the

:06:03. > :06:04.club. Divock Origi grabbed the opening

:06:05. > :06:06.goal with this header, followed by another

:06:07. > :06:09.by Mamadou Sakho, but Origi had to leave the pitch

:06:10. > :06:12.after he was badly hurt in this challenge by Ramiro Funes Mori,

:06:13. > :06:14.who received Liverpool took control

:06:15. > :06:21.against ten-man Everton, this was the pick of the next two

:06:22. > :06:30.goals, from Phillippe Coutinho. It does not come any worse

:06:31. > :06:33.than that, in a game like that, it gets turned in a three-minute

:06:34. > :06:37.period, we were not focusing on simple basics, the red card gives

:06:38. > :06:43.the opposition the game 4-0, if you told me that before

:06:44. > :06:56.the game, I would take it! But now, after the game,

:06:57. > :06:59.the situation was not good. And the first reaction

:07:00. > :07:03.when I came in, everybody thought

:07:04. > :07:05.his leg was broken. It is not, I think we can say this,

:07:06. > :07:09.but the ankle is twisted. So we have to see what happens

:07:10. > :07:17.to the ligaments. Smiles and celebrations

:07:18. > :07:23.at Old Trafford as United moved to within a point of fourth-place,

:07:24. > :07:26.reason for Louis van Gaal to be happy, in with a chance

:07:27. > :07:38.of Champions League qualification. Delaney scored an own goal,

:07:39. > :07:41.then Darmian scored his first United goal, and what a goal it was,

:07:42. > :07:44.great finish to keep the pressure on Arsenal,

:07:45. > :07:48.who play West Brom tonight. Well, hard on United's heels,

:07:49. > :07:51.West Ham, Andy Carroll with a lovely goal, helping them to secure

:07:52. > :07:55.a 3-1 win over Watford. His team are now three points

:07:56. > :07:59.behind United in sixth. Former Celtic manager at Neil Lennon

:08:00. > :08:03.says he would welcome a return to the club after Ronny Deila

:08:04. > :08:06.announced he is leaving He is on course to lead Celtic

:08:07. > :08:11.to a fifth straight Scottish title, but his side were knocked out

:08:12. > :08:14.by rivals Rangers in the semifinals He said there have been some

:08:15. > :08:19.disappointments at times, when we have not achieved

:08:20. > :08:21.what we hoped for, as he prepares to leave the club

:08:22. > :08:25.after two years in charge. Now, the former finalist Judd Trump

:08:26. > :08:29.has it all to do to avoid becoming the latest seat to be knocked out

:08:30. > :08:31.in the first round He trailed from the start

:08:32. > :08:35.against Liang Wenbo, who started with a century

:08:36. > :08:39.in the first frame and won three of the last four

:08:40. > :08:44.to lead 6-3. It is the first to ten -

:08:45. > :08:49.they will play to a finish today. And Leeds will launch

:08:50. > :08:55.their Challenge Cup defence against Huddersfield,

:08:56. > :08:58.the sixth round draw was made on the Today programme,

:08:59. > :09:00.and John Humphrys only picked out And that, Victoria, is all the sport

:09:01. > :09:17.for now. The Queen has been an ever present

:09:18. > :09:20.figure in all of our lives, and most of us could reel off

:09:21. > :09:24.a list of things we know about her - from her time as a mechanic

:09:25. > :09:26.in the Second World War, And what about those Tupperware

:09:27. > :09:30.boxes inside Buckingham Palace? As she celebrates her 90th birthday

:09:31. > :09:33.here are some facts that you might not know about the Queen,

:09:34. > :09:38.squeezed into 90 seconds, So what kind of impact

:09:39. > :11:14.does the Queen have on different generations

:11:15. > :11:16.in the UK and overseas? who is also celebrating

:11:17. > :11:29.her 90th birthday today. Happy birthday! Thank you very much.

:11:30. > :11:36.So good of you to talk to us. Here in the studio is Joan Poolman,

:11:37. > :11:42.who turned 90 in August, and some students -

:11:43. > :11:47.Emily Stone, an American living in London, who's 19,

:11:48. > :12:07.Bolu Bello, who is 18, Welcome, all of you. Tell us about

:12:08. > :12:15.how you are celebrating today. Well, I shall be at home all day long, but

:12:16. > :12:21.my family will pop in. I have had a phone calls all the morning. The

:12:22. > :12:28.phone just hasn't stopped ringing, because I have got a big family.

:12:29. > :12:33.Yeah. It is lovely. Is it significant to you that you were

:12:34. > :12:38.born on the same day as the Queen? Well, it always was, when I was

:12:39. > :12:46.younger, and now I am quite proud to think that, yeah, we are the same

:12:47. > :12:50.age. Yes, I... We are showing our audience a lovely picture of you

:12:51. > :12:54.when you were younger. What kind of memories do you have of the Queen

:12:55. > :13:05.through your life and through her life? Well, the first time I saw her

:13:06. > :13:09.was when she was... I was in hospital at the Red zero hospital in

:13:10. > :13:18.Greenwich, and she was with her mum and dad. -- Dreadnought Hospital.

:13:19. > :13:23.They were there to openly maritime museum, and I was really jealous of

:13:24. > :13:28.her hat! I had never had a bonnet like that. She was Princess

:13:29. > :13:34.Elizabeth then, of course. I'm just going to talk to Joan, who is also

:13:35. > :13:39.90, and you are still working, like the Queen, voluntary work. Why is

:13:40. > :13:44.that important to you, Joan? Well, you have got to keep going, you have

:13:45. > :13:49.got to keep your mind occupied, you get out, meet people, you are doing

:13:50. > :13:58.something. What kind of work do you do? One day a week, I work in the

:13:59. > :14:03.cafe, two days I run a whist strive for old people. Do you? Older than

:14:04. > :14:07.you or younger than you? One gentleman is 98, but most of them

:14:08. > :14:11.are younger than me. What do you think of the Queen reaching this age

:14:12. > :14:16.and being the longest reigning monarch? I am not surprised she has

:14:17. > :14:20.done that, because she has always seemed as though she would go on for

:14:21. > :14:26.ever. I mean, she has had a lot of ups and downs in our life, like most

:14:27. > :14:31.people do. How to think she has faced the challenges? She has coped

:14:32. > :14:35.extremely well, even at the worst of times she has coped extremely well.

:14:36. > :14:42.She does not give in, she keeps going. Do you admired that? I do. Is

:14:43. > :14:47.there a bit of that in you? There must be a little bit, yeah! Let's

:14:48. > :14:51.talk about the different generations, you are an American

:14:52. > :14:57.living in London, Emily, what does the Queen mean to you at your age?

:14:58. > :15:08.Half the reason I came to London was for the monarchy. To me she is the

:15:09. > :15:14.real definition of a woman. She is so graceful and has so much dignity.

:15:15. > :15:21.If I am half the woman that she is, I have made it. What do you think of

:15:22. > :15:25.that? I think it is true. She is very graceful. That is one thing I

:15:26. > :15:31.have always admired about her. She has kept through everything, ruling

:15:32. > :15:37.the country is essentially what she is doing -- is doing, and she has

:15:38. > :15:42.always done it powerfully. Does she feel relevant to you? I think she

:15:43. > :15:48.plays a part in uniting our country, especially at times like now where

:15:49. > :15:52.politically and socially, culturally, we can be quite divided.

:15:53. > :15:57.Having a common denominator as the Queen, she is united in the United

:15:58. > :16:03.Kingdom. She is still quite relevant. Joan, you will remember

:16:04. > :16:07.after the death of Princess Diana, there was division between members

:16:08. > :16:12.of the public and the Queen. She had her reasons for taking the children

:16:13. > :16:19.to Balmoral. Presumably to try to protect them. It did jar with some

:16:20. > :16:29.members of the public? Did. Several people have said she was wrong. --

:16:30. > :16:33.it did. Children need to know. You cannot hide things from them for

:16:34. > :16:39.very long. She was probably doing it for the right reasons? She thought

:16:40. > :16:43.she was doing it for the best. You cannot blame her. Why do you feel

:16:44. > :16:49.the monarchy is relevant to you if it is? I do think it is relevant. It

:16:50. > :16:55.has a traditional link. A lot of people look up to her and put --

:16:56. > :16:59.respect. She is relevant to our generation. It is more than the

:17:00. > :17:06.monarchy being a tourist attraction? Definitely. She is very symbolic.

:17:07. > :17:10.People look up to, people respecter. She seems to be at the core of what

:17:11. > :17:16.we seem to view as British values and she represents that quite well.

:17:17. > :17:20.What would all of you describe as British values? I am going to ask an

:17:21. > :17:27.American! What does that mean to you? British values are about

:17:28. > :17:33.respect, loyalty, Grace, humbleness, willingness to keep on going despite

:17:34. > :17:39.circumstances. Those represent British values to me. I think the

:17:40. > :17:43.fact the Queen is always vocal about her Christian values and Christian

:17:44. > :17:49.faith is something that underpins British values. I think through her

:17:50. > :17:54.speech at Christmas and her various speeches during times of problems in

:17:55. > :18:01.the country and globally, her words carry grace for people and

:18:02. > :18:05.motivation to keep going. Ellen, I am hoping you can hear this

:18:06. > :18:10.conversation. Do you think the Queen is the epitome of British values? If

:18:11. > :18:20.so, what do you think those values are? I just think the Queen is

:18:21. > :18:31.Britain. She is England. That is what she stands for. Yes. Does she

:18:32. > :18:38.epitomise British values? I think we have gone wrong somewhere. We need

:18:39. > :18:46.to come back to what really matters, which is the people. But the way we

:18:47. > :18:54.are going, there will be more foreigners than there are English.

:18:55. > :18:59.Is that a real worry for you? Yes. I do not think there is much the Queen

:19:00. > :19:02.should do about that. I am not saying to leave the European Union

:19:03. > :19:06.but we have to watch the number of people we let coming. We have to be

:19:07. > :19:13.more careful about their reasons for coming. Do you think that is

:19:14. > :19:17.changing British values? Yes it is. It affects the working people, the

:19:18. > :19:23.housing people. People want homes. It is getting more and more

:19:24. > :19:28.difficult for the people that are really English, or even British.

:19:29. > :19:32.What do you think of that? I do think that part of British values is

:19:33. > :19:38.being inclusive and encouraging diversity and equality. I am born

:19:39. > :19:44.and raised in London. I would count myself as British. Whether or not I

:19:45. > :19:51.am English English, I would count myself as British. The fact that

:19:52. > :19:54.England and Britain is so inclusive of different cultures, something we

:19:55. > :20:01.should celebrate. I think it is something the Queen does definitely

:20:02. > :20:06.represent. That is what I believe. I take the view that these British

:20:07. > :20:09.values can be taught and learnt. Other people are coming from other

:20:10. > :20:15.cultures where they believe in other things. Coming into the UK, we need

:20:16. > :20:20.to endorse our British values. They should be able to adapt and fit into

:20:21. > :20:26.society as we know it. Thank you all very much. Ellen, have a lovely day.

:20:27. > :20:35.Happy 90th. Thanks for coming on the programme. Thank you.

:20:36. > :20:41.I did not expect to be here. I thought I was going to Windsor! Did

:20:42. > :20:47.you? I thought you did not literally expect to be here because of your

:20:48. > :20:52.age. You meant location wise. I was told I was going to Windsor. I am an

:20:53. > :20:57.dead trouble from my friend because I brought her especially to see the

:20:58. > :21:02.Queen. I am so sorry. These things happen. I will make it up to you,

:21:03. > :21:12.somehow. And to your friend. Dorothy. Sorry about that. Thank you

:21:13. > :21:16.again. Still to come, a five-year plan to help GP surgeries get back

:21:17. > :21:21.on their feet has been announced. How much difference will it make? We

:21:22. > :21:23.get reaction from GPs. More on the breaking news now.

:21:24. > :21:25.Footballer Ched Evans has won an appeal against his conviction

:21:26. > :21:32.for raping a 19-year-old woman - but must face a fresh trial.

:21:33. > :21:39.Our correspondent is outside the Court of appeal. What happened this

:21:40. > :21:46.morning? That judgment handed down within the past hour. The judges

:21:47. > :21:49.ruling that the appeal is allowed. Ched Evans's appeal against his

:21:50. > :21:55.conviction is allowed. That conviction has been quashed. But

:21:56. > :22:00.there is to be a retrial. That follows a hearing a month ago over

:22:01. > :22:04.two days in which three appeal Court judges heard that appeal. Today Lady

:22:05. > :22:09.Justice Hallett handed down the judgment in court.

:22:10. > :22:14.We have concluded that we must allow the appeal. And that it is in the

:22:15. > :22:21.interest of justice to order a retrial. Nothing can be reported

:22:22. > :22:28.that might prejudice the fairness of a retrial. That means the contents

:22:29. > :22:33.of this statement may be reported and broadcast in full, but nothing

:22:34. > :22:40.more about the appeal proceedings may be reported until the retrial is

:22:41. > :22:47.concluded. The identity of the complainant in this case must not be

:22:48. > :22:55.reported. Accordingly, we order the appeal is allowed. We quashed the

:22:56. > :23:03.conviction. The appellant will be retried on the allegation of rape.

:23:04. > :23:07.Ched Evans left the court a short time ago with his partner. Before

:23:08. > :23:15.that, there was a statement made by one of his legal team.

:23:16. > :23:18.Solicitor Sean Draycott. Ched Evans is extremely grateful that the Court

:23:19. > :23:22.of Appeal has ruled that his conviction for rape was on safe and

:23:23. > :23:34.should be quashed. He wants to thank his lawyers, Kieran Vaughan QC and

:23:35. > :23:37.David Emanuel, and Sean Draycott for their hard work and commitment in

:23:38. > :23:44.relation to the CC see application and the appeal, as well as his

:23:45. > :23:47.partner, Natasha, family and friends, and all those members of

:23:48. > :23:51.the public who have offered support throughout. No further statement

:23:52. > :23:56.will be made as it is acknowledged by Mr Evans that the legal process

:23:57. > :23:59.has not reached a final conclusion. There will be further hearings of

:24:00. > :24:07.significance on dates to be fixed in due course.

:24:08. > :24:12.That appeal has been successful. The conviction has been quashed. There

:24:13. > :24:16.is to be a retrial. What has not been decided is exactly when that

:24:17. > :24:29.retrial will take place. Or where it will happen. Thank you. Peter sent

:24:30. > :24:34.in an e-mail about Jamie Vardy. He was disappointed to see Vardy's

:24:35. > :24:39.apparent dive and disgusted with his response to the referee. I have just

:24:40. > :24:43.switched off your programmers I could not listen to the Leicester

:24:44. > :24:52.supporters and a longer. In my view, Vardy's tantrum and being the

:24:53. > :24:58.manager's Commons, speaks volumes. Maybe this time to the FA to

:24:59. > :25:06.consider Mr Hodgson's future as England manager. That is not going

:25:07. > :25:10.to happen at all. One more. I have watched football for more than 50

:25:11. > :25:17.years and have played at 430. Jamie Vardy dived. And he tries the same

:25:18. > :25:26.moving lots of games. I'm surprised it has not been noticed before.

:25:27. > :25:31.Thank you. As the Queen ever run out of milk?

:25:32. > :25:33.Does she even know how much a pint of milk is? It is a great question.

:25:34. > :25:37.I have no idea of the answer. GPs are to get nearly

:25:38. > :25:39.?2.5 billion of the extra money promised for the health

:25:40. > :25:42.service to help surgeries "get back Thousands of nurses,

:25:43. > :25:45.pharmacists and other health staff will be recruited to help GPs deal

:25:46. > :25:47.with increasing workloads. We can speak to Dr Maureen Baker,

:25:48. > :25:50.who chairs the Royal College of General Practitioners,

:25:51. > :25:52.the professional membership body for family doctors

:25:53. > :25:55.in the UK and overseas. And in Hull is Dr Zoe Norris,

:25:56. > :26:13.a GP in East Yorkshire. Doctor Zoe Norris, what difference

:26:14. > :26:16.will this make? I think it is a welcome recognition of the fact we

:26:17. > :26:20.are struggling in general practice and have been for a number of years.

:26:21. > :26:25.It makes the future look more positive. My worry is, when is this

:26:26. > :26:29.going to be delivered and what difference will it make to my

:26:30. > :26:35.patient in the consulting room when I see them in a week, a month, six

:26:36. > :26:42.months? It is the timescale that concerns me. It is by 2020, that is

:26:43. > :26:47.what I am hearing. Is that right? Yes, this is a statement of faith

:26:48. > :26:53.and value in general practice by the NHS, which is really important. It

:26:54. > :26:58.is an announcement of the money, the investment that will be coming in

:26:59. > :27:02.over the next five years. It will come in cumulatively. Nothing

:27:03. > :27:05.different will happen tomorrow. There are a series of things that

:27:06. > :27:12.will start to make a difference within the next six to 12 months.

:27:13. > :27:16.Support particularly for those practices that are struggling. In

:27:17. > :27:20.Hull, for instance, and other cities, there are practices at the

:27:21. > :27:26.brink. They need support to keep them going to the point to which

:27:27. > :27:33.this new resources coming through. What does that mean in practical

:27:34. > :27:42.terms? Cash to employ more people? One of the things that is being set

:27:43. > :27:46.out is a programme which may comprise GP, Norris, practice

:27:47. > :27:50.managers, some of the appropriate scales, that can be put into

:27:51. > :27:54.practice is in the short term to keep them going. -- skills. Is that

:27:55. > :28:00.something you would welcome right now? It is the right now bid that is

:28:01. > :28:06.the issue. The BMA have been saying we are in a crisis in general

:28:07. > :28:10.practice. We need help now. Practices are closing now. While I

:28:11. > :28:14.welcome the fact this gives a future to general practice, and students

:28:15. > :28:19.can seem where the profession is going, but we need there to be a

:28:20. > :28:23.profession in six to 12 months. The feeling is among a lot of practices

:28:24. > :28:29.that we do not know how long we have. Can you describe a typical day

:28:30. > :28:33.for you? It would depend on whether I am doing a normal surgery are on

:28:34. > :28:37.call. The on-call days are more challenging. That would start at

:28:38. > :28:47.half past seven, quarter to eight. Seeing a mini GP's -- GPs we have.

:28:48. > :28:51.Requests from colleagues, nursing colleagues, to look at things.

:28:52. > :28:55.Fielding phone calls. What happens quickly is that usually within an

:28:56. > :28:59.hour all of the appointments have gone for that day because we are so

:29:00. > :29:04.short of staff. We do not have enough doctors and nurses. It is

:29:05. > :29:08.firefighting. I feel I am being put in a position quite frequently where

:29:09. > :29:11.I am trying to assess a patient over the phone, I have nowhere to put

:29:12. > :29:15.them. I can bring them in to see me but there is a queue of patients.

:29:16. > :29:24.They cannot get routine appointments for weeks. They have been waiting.

:29:25. > :29:27.Sometimes older patients are reluctant to seek help. They are the

:29:28. > :29:30.ones we need to see. They are the ones who will not go to A with

:29:31. > :29:34.something minor. It is a feeling of pressure, and of not being able to

:29:35. > :29:39.do what I trained to do. I want to be there for my patience. I want to

:29:40. > :29:45.help them. I feel this is the first time this message has got through

:29:46. > :29:49.but we need a rescue package now. If you had a check list of the top

:29:50. > :29:57.three things that you say to Jeremy Hunt or Simon Stevens, what you need

:29:58. > :30:02.tomorrow, what would it be Jim McGrath three GPs, ten GPs, six

:30:03. > :30:12.nurses? We have to be realistic. You cannot magic GPs out of nowhere.

:30:13. > :30:17.What we need to do is the GPs we have, we need to take them away from

:30:18. > :30:24.doing things that does not involve patient care. Immediately suspend

:30:25. > :30:27.CQC inspections. Immediately look at suspending the appraisal and

:30:28. > :30:33.validation for six months. And look at freeing up those GPs, pay the

:30:34. > :30:37.indemnity cover for GPs. It is now financially very difficult for a GP

:30:38. > :30:42.having to pay ?30,000 per year for insurance to work. I am a GP at

:30:43. > :30:48.praise. I saw AGP new retirement the other day. They wanted to do three

:30:49. > :30:51.days a week. But it would cost so much in insurance, it is not worth

:30:52. > :30:57.it. How can that be the position we are in?

:30:58. > :31:06.Do you regret becoming a general Mike Joe? No, I don't be, because

:31:07. > :31:14.what Bob makes my job worthwhile is my patients. Just one patient, after

:31:15. > :31:18.a dreadful day, can make me laugh, and I make a difference to the

:31:19. > :31:21.patients. I regret that some days I do not and I feel I am

:31:22. > :31:27.short-changing them, not being the GP I want to be. Thank you very much

:31:28. > :31:33.for coming on the programme, both of you. Good luck! Still to come, as

:31:34. > :31:39.the Queen celebrates 90th, we go to Windsor, where royal fans have been

:31:40. > :31:44.camping out. And we will look at her achievements as the longest reigning

:31:45. > :31:47.monarch. And a celebrity couple will find out whether Supreme Court

:31:48. > :31:53.judges will lift an injunction over their being named in a story about a

:31:54. > :31:57.threesome. The news with Annita. Good morning, the Queen

:31:58. > :31:59.celebrates her 90th birthday today New pictures of Her Majesty

:32:00. > :32:04.and family have been released The Prime Minister praised her grace

:32:05. > :32:20.and humility in dedicating Footballer Ched Evans has won an

:32:21. > :32:24.appeal against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman and will

:32:25. > :32:28.now face a retrial. The Court of Appeal overturned his conviction for

:32:29. > :32:30.raping the woman at a hotel in North Wales in 2011. His lawyer said he

:32:31. > :32:32.was grateful for the ruling. GP practices in England

:32:33. > :32:35.are to receive an extra ?2.5 billion of funding to pay for 5000 more GPs

:32:36. > :32:39.and other extra staff, including pharmacists and therapists,

:32:40. > :32:42.part of the extra money already The aim is to help

:32:43. > :32:46.practices in England that find themselves

:32:47. > :32:58.under intense pressure. New crime figures show a sharp rise

:32:59. > :33:02.in the number of murders and violent offences in England and Wales last

:33:03. > :33:07.year. There was an 11% increase in murders and a 27% increase in

:33:08. > :33:10.violence against the person. But the crime survey for England and Wales

:33:11. > :33:12.show that overall crime was down compared to the previous year.

:33:13. > :33:17.Home Secretary Theresa May is putting forward a new law

:33:18. > :33:19.designed to crack down on corrupt public officials and politicians

:33:20. > :33:23.It will create a crime of illicit enrichment for cases where a public

:33:24. > :33:25.official's assets have increased significantly without satisfactory

:33:26. > :33:27.explanation, part of a wider shake-up of measures

:33:28. > :33:35.More than 68,000 web pages containing indecent images

:33:36. > :33:39.and videos of children were removed from the internet last year.

:33:40. > :33:41.The Internet Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of the victims

:33:42. > :33:52.The foundation was given more powers two years ago

:33:53. > :33:57.to search for such images and take action.

:33:58. > :34:01.US President Barack Obama will arrive in the UK this evening for a

:34:02. > :34:05.visit which will see him drawn into the debate surrounding membership of

:34:06. > :34:08.the EU. The White House has indicated that the president will

:34:09. > :34:12.support the campaign for the UK staying in the EU in a boost to

:34:13. > :34:16.David Cameron. He will hold talks with the Prime Minister, attend

:34:17. > :34:25.lunch with the Queen, and have dinner with the Duke and Duchess of

:34:26. > :34:28.Cambridge during his four day visit. A senior judge will today analyse

:34:29. > :34:35.the case of a celeb and he wants to keep his name out of a tabloid

:34:36. > :34:38.story. Lord Neuberger will head a panel of arrive Supreme Court

:34:39. > :34:47.justice to hear legal argument in London. The man lost his earlier

:34:48. > :34:51.attempt to keep the ban in place. A group of MPs has accused the

:34:52. > :34:54.Government of using creative accounting practices to meet

:34:55. > :34:59.expending targets and events. The House of Commons select committee

:35:00. > :35:02.said it included measures such as intelligence gathering and war

:35:03. > :35:05.pensions in order to make the figures add up. These were not

:35:06. > :35:09.previously counted as defence spending. The MOD insists its

:35:10. > :35:14.accounts for firmly within Nato guidelines.

:35:15. > :35:19.As many as 500 people appeared to have drowned last week in the

:35:20. > :35:22.Mediterranean, according to the UN Refugee Agency and the International

:35:23. > :35:25.Organisation for Migration. If confirmed, it is the worst tragedy

:35:26. > :35:29.of its kind in 12 months and brings the number of migrants travelling in

:35:30. > :35:35.the southern Mediterranean to nearly 800 this year. I delve has topped

:35:36. > :35:46.another chart today, this time for the amount of money she has made for

:35:47. > :35:51.her music. -- Adele. She has been named Britain's richest

:35:52. > :35:56.ever female musician on the Sunday Times Rich list of artists in UK and

:35:57. > :36:01.Ireland, and she is also the wealthiest young performer on the

:36:02. > :36:05.list with a wealth of ?80 million. Sir Paul McCartney once again topped

:36:06. > :36:07.the list. That is a summary of the news, join me for Newsroom Live at

:36:08. > :36:17.11 o'clock. Victoria. Thank you to a viewer, Victoria, I

:36:18. > :36:22.love you, thank you very much, but there is always a but, this BBC

:36:23. > :36:29.boring Queen Club in is all rather sickening. Sorry about that! --

:36:30. > :36:33.Queen love-in. Hopefully the sport will divert

:36:34. > :36:39.attention away from that! Roberto Martinez is feeling the heat after a

:36:40. > :36:42.heavy 4-0 defeat to Liverpool in the Merseyside derby. The game was

:36:43. > :36:47.overshadowed by a bad card given to Funes Mori for this challenge on

:36:48. > :36:50.Divock Origi. -- a red card. He had to be stretchered off, Martinez

:36:51. > :36:54.admitting at the game that the match was his worst moment at the club to

:36:55. > :36:57.date. Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon says he would be interested

:36:58. > :37:01.in returning to take over at his old club after Ronny Deila and Anstey is

:37:02. > :37:05.leaving at the end of the season. The club remain on course for a

:37:06. > :37:09.fifth straight Scottish title but went out of the Scottish Cup at the

:37:10. > :37:14.weekend, beaten by rivals Rangers. Judd Trump has it all to do if he is

:37:15. > :37:21.to avoid being knocked out of the first round of the World Snooker

:37:22. > :37:26.Championship, the trials Liang Wenbo, the first to ten progresses

:37:27. > :37:29.to the second round. And Leeds will launch their Challenge Cup defence

:37:30. > :37:34.against Huddersfield. The draw was made on the Today programme, and it

:37:35. > :37:39.only features two all Super League ties. Castleford will be at home to

:37:40. > :37:44.Salford in what will be a repeat of the 1969 Wembley final, while Hull

:37:45. > :37:47.will visit St Helens. John Humphrys and Martin Offiah picking up the

:37:48. > :37:49.balls this morning. That, Victoria, is all the sport for now, back to

:37:50. > :37:52.you. A married celebrity couple will find

:37:53. > :37:54.out today whether Supreme Court judges will lift an injunction

:37:55. > :37:57.barring them from being named over an extra-marital

:37:58. > :38:05.threesome one of them had. A court has ruled that the ban on

:38:06. > :38:09.identification should be lifted, but now the Supreme Court, the highest

:38:10. > :38:11.court in the land, must decide whether to allow an appeal and

:38:12. > :38:13.whether to allow or dismiss it. Chances are you've already

:38:14. > :38:15.seen their names reported online and on social media,

:38:16. > :38:17.but we can't reveal their identity. Well, now we can speak to

:38:18. > :39:42.our legal eagle, Clive Coleman, who is at the Court of Appeal

:39:43. > :39:53.in Central London. Clive, explain to our audience where

:39:54. > :39:57.we are up to today. Sure, it is pretty confusing, just to backtrack

:39:58. > :40:00.a little bit. On Monday, the Court of Appeal ruled to lift this

:40:01. > :40:05.injunction, and the reason was that they said the injunction, granted

:40:06. > :40:08.back in January, had held for 11 weeks, but there had been

:40:09. > :40:14.publication abroad and on the internet, so essentially the cat was

:40:15. > :40:17.out of the bag. I am paraphrasing a lot of complex legal argument, but

:40:18. > :40:20.that was essentially the reason, and that is why they ruled to lift the

:40:21. > :40:25.injunction. But they kept it in place pending an application to

:40:26. > :40:29.appeal to this, the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, and

:40:30. > :40:33.that is what is taking place this morning. The injunction remains in

:40:34. > :40:38.place, and during the course of the hearing, only at the end will they

:40:39. > :40:41.decide whether to lift it or not. What has happened this morning in

:40:42. > :40:47.court is that Desmond Browne QC, acting for the celebrity PJS, has

:40:48. > :40:52.argued that the Court of Appeal got it wrong, got it completely wrong in

:40:53. > :40:57.exercising their discretion to lift this injunction. What he is arguing,

:40:58. > :41:02.in particular, is that the need for protection for this celebrity is as

:41:03. > :41:07.strong as ever. Indeed, possibly even stronger than ever because of

:41:08. > :41:12.the publication online. What he said is that if the injunction is lifted,

:41:13. > :41:15.the publication would be of a completely different order, much

:41:16. > :41:21.greater, so the need for protection remains. He has also made the point

:41:22. > :41:24.powerfully that the children of this couple, their Aarti young children

:41:25. > :41:30.involved, that the Court of Appeal simply did not give enough weight,

:41:31. > :41:35.what he calls primacy to the importance of protecting the two

:41:36. > :41:39.children. Indeed, Lord Justice Jackson on Monday in his ruling said

:41:40. > :41:43.that the interests of the children was a substantial factor but not a

:41:44. > :41:47.trump card. Desmond Browne this morning is focusing on the

:41:48. > :41:52.importance, the primacy of protecting the interests of the

:41:53. > :41:56.children. He is also making the point that in all of these cases you

:41:57. > :42:00.are balancing the rights to privacy on the one hand of the individual

:42:01. > :42:04.against the right to freedom of expression of the press to publish

:42:05. > :42:07.the story on the other. And he is making the point that this is a

:42:08. > :42:12.story that essentially may be of interest to the public but it is not

:42:13. > :42:15.in the public interest. It is private, and if we go back to the

:42:16. > :42:19.case of Max Mosley, remember the famous case where the News of the

:42:20. > :42:23.World published the story about Max Mosley taking part in an orderly

:42:24. > :42:28.with prostitutes, he took them to the High Court, he won a famous

:42:29. > :42:32.victory, and that case essentially established that any sexual acts

:42:33. > :42:36.between consenting adults is by definition private. In order to

:42:37. > :42:41.publish the details of that, there has to be an overriding,

:42:42. > :42:44.overpowering public interest. So that is essentially where we have

:42:45. > :42:47.got to do in the arguments today, the court have rolled everything up,

:42:48. > :42:53.initially there was going to be a hearing to ask for permission, but

:42:54. > :42:59.they have said, no, let's hear everything in one hit, so Desmond

:43:00. > :43:03.Browne outlining his case, Gavin Millar will outline his case for the

:43:04. > :43:06.Sun on Sunday, and we wait with bated breath, because at the end of

:43:07. > :43:09.the hearing we will know whether the injunction will be lifted or will

:43:10. > :43:15.remain in place. Thank you very much, Clive, for the moment. Clive

:43:16. > :43:19.Coleman, our legal eagle. John Whittingdale says he still believes

:43:20. > :43:23.in the freedom of the press, despite having had his faith tested to the

:43:24. > :43:29.utmost, his words, by recent revelations about his private life.

:43:30. > :43:31.Let's talk to Carole Walker, who can fill us in, what has he been saying,

:43:32. > :43:36.Carole Walker? fill us in, what has he been saying,

:43:37. > :43:40.Carole John Whittingdale was facing a routine session of questions to

:43:41. > :43:44.his apartment in the Commons, and he was asked about press regulation,

:43:45. > :43:50.why all the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry have not now been

:43:51. > :43:53.put into place, and John Whittingdale, as you mentioned, said

:43:54. > :44:00.that his faith in the freedom of the press had been tested to the utmost,

:44:01. > :44:05.but he said he still believed that a free press was a vital part of a

:44:06. > :44:13.free and democratic society, and you should tread very carefully on this

:44:14. > :44:20.issue. Now, of course, Mr Whittingdale has been facing calls

:44:21. > :44:22.from Labour, to resign from this area are press red elation after he

:44:23. > :44:28.admitted he had a relationship with a woman who turned out to be a sex

:44:29. > :44:31.worker. -- press regulation. It emerged four newspapers had decided

:44:32. > :44:35.the story was not in the public interest to publish it, so it was

:44:36. > :44:40.only ever into surfaced when he made this statement to the BBC. Now,

:44:41. > :44:44.Downing Street has said that John Whittingdale still has the full

:44:45. > :44:48.confidence of the Prime Minister, he is a single man entitled to a

:44:49. > :44:52.private life, but Labour as saying that because there is the potential

:44:53. > :44:58.for conflict of interest, he should stand aside from this issue. So far,

:44:59. > :45:01.it has to be said, John Whittingdale, despite a lot of press

:45:02. > :45:05.attention over not just that story but a whole series of other

:45:06. > :45:08.relationships that he has had, seems determined to carry on in his role

:45:09. > :45:13.and carry on overseeing the future of press regulation.

:45:14. > :45:19.So it's happy birthday your majesty today.

:45:20. > :45:54.Here is a look back at her life so far.

:45:55. > :45:56.These are the first pictures in colour

:45:57. > :45:59.Even black and white films would be heart-warming.

:46:00. > :46:01.But how much colour adds to the beauty.

:46:02. > :46:04.we almost seem to be at Balmoral ourselves.

:46:05. > :46:07.To be here as winners of the FA Cup has often been

:46:08. > :46:09.described as the summit of a footballer's ambition.

:46:10. > :46:11.How much greater is the triumph they enjoy now?

:46:12. > :46:14.It was appropriate that the Queen's day on the river should begin

:46:15. > :46:16.here where the first Elizabeth was born and where there

:46:17. > :46:20.The Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales

:46:21. > :46:33.1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.

:46:34. > :46:37.In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents,

:46:38. > :46:42.it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

:46:43. > :46:46.At Buckingham Palace, which has become a shrine,

:46:47. > :46:49.the Queen led other members of the Royal Family

:46:50. > :46:52.to pay their respects at the side of the road,

:46:53. > :46:55.just like thousands of subjects were doing.

:46:56. > :46:58.This afternoon the President and his wife Michelle dropped

:46:59. > :47:02.in for tea and a chat at the Palace with Her Majesty and Prince Philip,

:47:03. > :47:08.who wondered whether their jet lag meant it was hard to stay awake.

:47:09. > :47:11.I had breakfast with the Prime Minister.

:47:12. > :47:25.I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians.

:47:26. > :47:30.Today the Thames provided the setting for this tribute

:47:31. > :47:37.The Queen has seen many spectacular sights on the 60 years of her reign

:47:38. > :47:42.but never anything quite such as this on the Thames.

:47:43. > :47:46.I will continue to treasure and draw inspiration from

:47:47. > :47:48.the country's kindnesses shown to me in this country

:47:49. > :48:10.The Queen will be spending her birthday at Windsor. Daniela Ralph

:48:11. > :48:15.is there. Good morning. There are hundreds of people lining Castle

:48:16. > :48:18.Hill just outside Windsor Castle, all hoping to get a view of the

:48:19. > :48:24.Queen when she does her walkabout later. With these big royal events,

:48:25. > :48:29.there are those people who stumble into them, and then there are those

:48:30. > :48:37.who take a rather more seriously. Here we have Judy, we have an and we

:48:38. > :48:41.have Camilla the dog. They have come to winter in the hope of seeing the

:48:42. > :48:48.Queen. Where have you come from today and how much preparation was

:48:49. > :48:53.there involved in getting your? We were but one this morning. We have

:48:54. > :48:58.come from Cardiff in the south Wales. We left at three o'clock this

:48:59. > :49:06.morning. I drove up. We arrived at five o'clock. Nice and early to get

:49:07. > :49:11.a nice spot. For most people casting an eye across the birthday today, it

:49:12. > :49:19.seems like a big commitment. Why do you do it? I enjoy it. I am a royal

:49:20. > :49:27.fan. I just love it. I love seeing the Queen and the Royal family. We

:49:28. > :49:36.both do. My sister and I. You are clinging onto these balloons? The

:49:37. > :49:40.nine escaped. It flew away. Unfortunately, all of the children

:49:41. > :49:46.enjoyed it. I could not catch it and it went. It might even be on Her

:49:47. > :49:56.Majesty's doorstep in the state apartment! Output and appeal out on

:49:57. > :50:00.the BBC with the weather lady. A very nice gentleman saw id,

:50:01. > :50:05.immediately acted upon it, blew up a balloon he had in the shop and

:50:06. > :50:11.delivered it to Judy and I and Camilla. Isn't that worth a

:50:12. > :50:20.knighthood? Absolutely. What are the chances of seeing the Queen later? I

:50:21. > :50:25.think the Queen might have seen us! Her Majesty might make yourself

:50:26. > :50:35.known to Judy and I! She might have seen the balloon saga. Wide EU do

:50:36. > :50:39.this? We have such happy memories. As a child we came to a lot of

:50:40. > :50:43.ceremonial things when my dad was in the guards. We went to Buckingham

:50:44. > :50:46.Palace as little girls. We have always been brought up with it,

:50:47. > :50:56.trooping off the collar. Many events. -- colour. I have two ask

:50:57. > :51:04.about Camilla. How does she cope? Very well. She has got her own

:51:05. > :51:13.pushchair. She has met the Duchess of Cornwall. She enjoys it also. She

:51:14. > :51:18.seems very happy. I hope you will get your chance to meet the Queen as

:51:19. > :51:24.she walks past. We are expecting to see the Queen in about an hour. She

:51:25. > :51:27.will walk down here, unveiled a plaque, get a birthday cake and

:51:28. > :51:33.hopefully all of these people will get a chance to see her. Throughout

:51:34. > :51:39.the programme we have been talking to some of those who knew the Queen,

:51:40. > :51:45.including a former maid of honour, a chef and two former members of the

:51:46. > :51:49.Royal household. I think she is a role model, particularly for women.

:51:50. > :51:55.One of the things she was very interested in when I was writing to

:51:56. > :52:00.her was the influx of new woman MPs. Balancing family responsibilities

:52:01. > :52:04.with family careers -- with careers. Here is a woman who has had to do

:52:05. > :52:14.that all of her life. With a lot of help, to be honest. Growing up I had

:52:15. > :52:17.a female monarch and a female prime minister. I grew up thinking there

:52:18. > :52:23.was nothing I could not do. I had a strong mother as well who encouraged

:52:24. > :52:28.us do work hard etc. All of those things, I completely agree. An

:52:29. > :52:32.incredible role model for so many. I do think she does transcend

:52:33. > :52:37.boundaries, whether it is age boundaries, people from across the

:52:38. > :52:42.world, they all come out two meter. That love has grown. It has grown

:52:43. > :52:48.because she has earned it, they respect her and see what she gives.

:52:49. > :52:53.She has got an amazing ability to make people feel at ease. I remember

:52:54. > :52:57.my first visit to Buckingham Palace. I was completely overawed. I

:52:58. > :52:59.thought, if my mother could see me now. She is really good at making

:53:00. > :53:01.people feel at ease. To discuss the legacy of our monarch

:53:02. > :53:04.we can speak to Rebecca Holman It is a website for young women in

:53:05. > :53:12.the UK. And Tracy Borman, a historian

:53:13. > :53:27.and the joint curator Tracy, how does this Queen compared

:53:28. > :53:33.to previous monarchs? She is extraordinary. She has smashed all

:53:34. > :53:37.sorts of records. The longest reigning, the longest lived. She has

:53:38. > :53:42.also changed the law so that women have equal standing with men in the

:53:43. > :53:47.succession. She is a quiet revolutionary. She has made a real

:53:48. > :53:52.mark. Looking back in history, or long reigning monarchs have had a

:53:53. > :53:57.turbulent time. It has not been a good time for the monarchy. Look at

:53:58. > :54:02.George III and Victoria, who retreats from her duties out of

:54:03. > :54:05.mourning for her husband. The Queen's rain has been marked by

:54:06. > :54:13.continuity and an overriding sense of duty. Clare, you have followed

:54:14. > :54:18.the Royal family for years. How important is a birthday like the

:54:19. > :54:24.90th? Phenomenally important. What she is doing today which echoes a

:54:25. > :54:29.lot of what she has done so far, is the combination of public duty and

:54:30. > :54:34.private family. Two thirds of the day she is spending with the public

:54:35. > :54:42.and attending duty. The evening is time for her own personal space.

:54:43. > :54:47.That is what we have seen from her coronation on. It has not been a

:54:48. > :54:56.case of duty or family. It has been a case of combining both, both

:54:57. > :55:01.successfully. Most people are praising the Queen on a day like

:55:02. > :55:05.today, the fact she is the longest reigning monarch. We are seeing live

:55:06. > :55:11.pictures of the changing of the guard. There are people who are

:55:12. > :55:14.critical. Derek says, can we please shut up about the Queen? Have people

:55:15. > :55:23.forgotten about how she treated Princess Diana? Again, the Queen is

:55:24. > :55:26.an abomination in the 21st century. Not everybody adores the Royals and

:55:27. > :55:31.the monarchy. Where are you coming from? I actually think that one of

:55:32. > :55:40.the fantastic things about the Queen is that she has found new ways to

:55:41. > :55:44.stay relevant. She's not going to go on Snapchat any time soon but she

:55:45. > :55:49.has found ways to speak to an increasingly youthful population,

:55:50. > :55:54.and also made that her own. Do you think she is sitting there tweeting?

:55:55. > :55:59.I would love it if she was but I suspect not. The Palace has a good

:56:00. > :56:07.communication machine and social media is a massive part of that.

:56:08. > :56:12.They have to engage. 60% of the population of the Commonwealth are

:56:13. > :56:16.under 30. 36 million people use Facebook in the UK each month. If

:56:17. > :56:20.she wants to give a naked with those people, she has to be on social

:56:21. > :56:26.media. -- if she wants to communicate. Some people get

:56:27. > :56:32.irritated with this coverage. There are people who do not necessarily

:56:33. > :56:37.respect the Royals. What do you say? I know what you mean. We are a

:56:38. > :56:45.democracy. Regardless, if you look at it just on paper, here is a woman

:56:46. > :56:48.who has unrelentingly spent 60 plus years as our monarch, serving us. At

:56:49. > :56:54.90 iron tend to be sitting down with my slippers watching this on telly,

:56:55. > :57:01.rather than still serving. -- ie intent. It is not uncommon for her

:57:02. > :57:06.to be hearing the national anthem played 500 times, and she is still

:57:07. > :57:09.doing it. Even if you do not like the Royal family, here is a woman

:57:10. > :57:15.who is working extremely hard for her subjects at 90 years old. She is

:57:16. > :57:20.going to keep going, it would seem? Absolutely. She will probably break

:57:21. > :57:26.more records. Which is extraordinary. The fact that she is

:57:27. > :57:32.this continuity in a time of real change, that is what is going to

:57:33. > :57:35.make her stand out in history. There is going to be huge change if you

:57:36. > :57:40.are the longest reigning monarch. If you are on the throne for decades.

:57:41. > :57:46.Exactly. Look at the catalogue of prime ministers she has known,

:57:47. > :57:51.presidents she has met. How England was in 1952 compared to how it is in

:57:52. > :57:57.2016. Monumental change. She has been a force first ability and she

:57:58. > :58:04.has also responded as well and kept pace in a dignified way. Liza says

:58:05. > :58:07.she is not British but she is amazed by the Queen's service to her

:58:08. > :58:15.kingdom. Happy birthday to her Majesty. A tweet from Bilal. A woman

:58:16. > :58:17.who has seen it all, two world wars, globalisation and moderate

:58:18. > :58:25.technology. Thank you. Enjoy the rest of the day. Full coverage of

:58:26. > :58:27.the Queen's 90th throughout the day on BBC News. Norman Smith presents

:58:28. > :58:29.the programme tomorrow. On Monday we'll be asking if freedom

:58:30. > :58:32.of speech is under threat