21/04/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, good morning, it is Thursday, welcome to the programme.

Our top story today - the Queen is 90, and throughout

the programme, we'll be talking to some of those who know her best

and some other people who're also celebrating their birthday today.

We will bring you key moments from the Queen's reign.

I remember lines of people linking arms, swept along on a tide of

happiness. My whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted

to your servers and the service of our great imperial family, to which

we all belong. Also on the programme,

Ched Evans is due to find out shortly if he's won a challenge

against his conviction for raping We'll bring you the result

as soon as we get it. And a "national treasure

loved by millions", "her death has robbed us

of one of the brightest Just some of the many tributes

to Victoria Wood, whose sudden announcement

of her death at the age of just 62

has stunned many. Nobody believed that women could be

as funny as men, and she obviously proved them wrong and laid the

groundwork for all the great, brilliant women talented comedians

that we have today. Those of us privileged to know will be for ever

grateful that we were just in her circle, in her spear. It was an

honour. -- sphere. Welcome to the programme, we're live

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we'll bring you coverage this morning whether he's won

a challenge against his conviction Three Court of Appeal

judges are due to give the footballer their decision

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a story you think we should be Some of our best stories come

from you, our viewers. The Queen and the nation will

celebrate her 90th birthday with gun salutes, the lighting of a chain of

beacons, and a walkabout at which the Queen will greet well-wishers in

Windsor. The Prime Minister has led tributes this morning, said she had

devoted her entire life to the service of others. Here is Nicholas

Witchell with the details. It is a significant moment

in any life, but this particular

90th birthday is one which a good many beyond

the Royal Family wish to share. A small group of enthusiasts

who shadow Royal events have taken up places

around Windsor Castle to watch the Queen's walkabout

later this morning. A series of official photographs

has been issued. In one, the Queen is shown

with her two youngest grandchildren In another, she is shown with some

of her dogs around Windsor Castle. There will be tributes by leaders

of the political parties Tonight, the Prince of Wales

will narrate a BBC documentary, The Prince will say that in many

ways the Queen has defined our age. the Queen will emerge

from the castle to light a beacon. After the lighting of the beacon,

a birthday dinner, hosted by the Prince of Wales,

attended by the Queen, Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,

at Windsor Castle. Daniela Relph is also at Windsor

Castle, alongside lots and lots of other people, when will the crowds

get to see the Queen today? Yeah, they are, they will, the people

here, the front row, you can see some of them, good morning, they

will get to see the Queen when she does her walkabout a little bit

later this morning. She will walk down behind me here, where you can

see the police officers and the road that runs down in front of the

castle. She will walk down here, and she will be very mindful that the

public will want to see her today, it is 90th birthday, the public will

want to see her out and about in Windsor, the place she has called

home for many years. Buckingham Palace is very much age to, Windsor

Castle is home. The walkabout later this morning, then she will meet

other 90 roles from Windsor, she will cut a birthday cake, then a

break before she goes up to the great back to light one of those big

beacons, one of 1000 that will be lit across the country. Cheers,

Daniela, back with you later. A summary of the rest of the news.

GP practices in England are to receive an extra ?2.5 billion of

funding. It will pay for 5000 GPs and extra staff including

pharmacists and therapists, part of the extra money already promised to

the NHS, and it is hoped the cash will help under pressure surgeries

in England. Here is Jane Dreaper. England's GP surgeries

are under huge pressure. Their share of funding has been cut,

patients often struggle to get appointments, and doctors

say their workload is unsustainable. This plan aims to help England's

surgeries get back on track. Their share of the NHS budget

will increase to more than 10% by the end of the decade,

with an additional ?2.4 billion per year from extra NHS funding already

promised going to GP surgeries. There will be pharmacists

and mental-health therapists are patients able to see GPs

they need to faster? Are we able to expand the number

of GPs and nurses and therapists And as we do that,

will it also help relieve pressure because fewer people will be needing

to get services there? GP leaders say the plans

are highly significant but the situation won't change overnight

and they will watch closely to make Home Secretary Theresa May is

putting forward a new law designed to crack down on corrupt public

officials and politicians in England and Wales. It will create a crime of

illicit enrichment for cases where a public official's assets have

increased significantly without satisfactory explanation. It is part

of a wider move to shake up money-laundering.

The laundering of the proceeds of crime through UK institutions

isn't just a financial crime, it fuels political instability around

the world and it acts in support of terrorists and extremists, and

it poses a threat to our domestic security and our interests overseas.

The action plan that we are launching

sends a very clear message that we will not tolerate

this sort of activity through UK financial institutions.

Footballer Ched Evans will find out today if he has won a challenge

against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman. Three Court of

Appeal judges will give a decision following appeal proceedings last

month. The former Sheffield United striker and Welsh international was

convicted four years ago of raping the woman at a hotel in North Wales

in 2011. A spelling test due to be taken by half a million

seven-year-old in England next month has been published accidentally as a

practice paper and the Department for Education website. The error was

spotted when a teacher noticed pupils at one school setting the new

paper in an official trial seemed to know which words were coming next.

The Government says it is a serious error and is investigating.

More than 68,000 web pages containing indecent images and

videos of children were removed from the internet last year. The Internet

Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of the victims are thought to be aged

ten or under. It was given more powers to years ago to search for

such images and take action. -- two years ago.

As many as 500 people are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean

last week, according to the UN Refugee Agency and the International

Organisation for Migration. It would be the worst tragedy of its kind in

12 months and brings the number of migrants drowning in the southern

Mediterranean to nearly 800 this year.

The UK's most senior judge will today analyse the case of a

celebrity who wants to keep his name out of a tabloid newspaper story.

Lord Newberg, president of the Supreme Court, will head a panel of

five Supreme Court judges to hear legal argument in London. The man

lost the latest round of his legal battle earlier that week when the

Court of Appeal ruled that an injunction barring the Sun on Sunday

run naming him should be lifted. Barack Obama will arrive in the UK

this evening for a visit which will see him drawn into the debate

surrounding the UK's membership of the European Union. The White House

has indicated that the president will support the campaign for the UK

staying in the EU. He will hold talks with the Prime Minister,

attend a lunch with the Queen, and have dinner with the Duke and

Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry during his four day visit.

Adele has topped another chart today, this time for the amount of

money she has made from their music. She has been named Britain's richest

ever female musician on the Sunday Times rich list of artists in the UK

and Ireland. She is also the wealthiest young performer on the

list with an estimated wealth of ?85 million. Sir Paul McCartney once

again topped the list. That is a summary of the latest BBC

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

people who have known the Queen through some of the 90 years. If you

have a question to put our guests, get in touch throughout the morning.

Sport now with John Watson, and all the football news.

Yes, we will start with the Merseyside derby between Liverpool

and Everton, usually a feisty affair, and despite a huge 4-0 win

for Liverpool, the game was overshadowed by a terrible tackle

and a sending off at Anfield. Divock Origi grabbed the opening goal with

this header, followed by another by Mamadou Sakho, but Divock Origi had

to leave the pitch after he was badly hurt in this challenge by

Ramiro Funes Mori, who received a red card for the tackle. Liverpool

took control against ten man Everton, this was the pick of the

next two goals, from Phillippe Coutinho. 4-0, if you told me that

before the game, I would take it! But now, after the game, the

situation was not good. And the first reaction when I came in,

everybody thought his leg was broken. It is not, I think we can

say this, but the ankle is twisted. So we have to see what happens to

the ligaments. It does not come any worse than

that, in a game like that, he gets turned in a three-minute period, we

were not focusing on simple basics, the red card gives the opposition

the game from that point on. A really hurtful experience.

Smiles and celebrations at Old Trafford as United moved to within a

point fourth-place, reason for Louis van Gaal to be happy, in with a

chance of Champions League qualification. Damien Delaney scored

the first, then Darmian scored his first United goal, and what a goal

it was, great finish to keep the pressure on Arsenal, who play West

Brom tonight. Well, hard on United's heels, West

Ham, Andy Carroll with a lovely gold, helping them to secure a 3-1

win over Watford. His team are now three points behind United in sixth.

Former Celtic manager at Neil Lennon says he would welcome a return to

the club after Ronny Deila announced he is leaving at the end of the

season. He is on course to leave Celtic to a fifth straight Scottish

title, but his side were knocked out by rivals Rangers in the semifinals

of the Scottish Cup at the weekend. He said there have been some

disappointments at times, when we have not achieved what we hoped for,

as he prepares to leave the club after two years in charge.

Now, the former finalist Judd Trump has it all to do to avoid becoming

the latest seat to be knocked out in the first round of the snooker World

Championship. He trailed from the start against Liang Wenbo, who

started with a century in the first frame and won three of the last four

to lead 6-3. It is the first to ten, they will play to a finish today.

And Leeds will launch their Challenge Cup defence against

Huddersfield, the sixth round draw was made a few moments ago on the

Today programme, and John Humphrys only picked out two other all Super

League ties. And that, Victoria, is all these

board for now, plenty more to come later this morning.

She was a princess who was never destined to be Queen,

but today Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th

birthday as Britain's longest-serving monarch.

She came to the throne when she was just 25,

after her uncle abdicated and her father died early.

She's now celebrating entering her tenth decade

with a walk around Windsor this afternoon

An epoch in British political life came to an end when the Queen

received the resignation of Sir Winston Churchill,

premier through the most critical period of our history.

For the last time, he entertained Her Majesty and

the Duke of Edinburgh at Number 10 Downing Street.

These are the first pictures in colour

Even black and white films would be heart-warming.

But how much colour adds to the beauty.

we almost seem to be at Balmoral ourselves.

To be here as winners of the FA Cup has often been

described as the summit of a footballer's ambition.

How much greater is the triumph they enjoy now?

It was appropriate that the Queen's day on the river should begin

here where the first Elizabeth was born and where there

The Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales

1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.

In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents,

it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

At Buckingham Palace, which has become a shrine,

the Queen led other members of the Royal Family

to pay their respects at the side of the road,

just like thousands of subjects were doing.

This afternoon the President and his wife Michelle dropped

in for tea and a chat at the Palace with Her Majesty and Prince Philip,

who wondered whether their jet lag meant it was hard to stay awake.

I had breakfast with the Prime Minister.

I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians.

Today the Thames provided the setting for this tribute

The Queen has seen many spectacular sights on the 60 years of her reign

but never anything quite such as this on the Thames.

I will continue to treasure and draw inspiration from

the country's kindnesses shown to me in this country

We can talk now to some people who have all got to know

Lady Jane Rayne-Lacey was maid of honour to the Queen

Janet Anderson, who is a former vice chamberlain

Des Sweeney, who worked as the Queen's chef at Buckingham Palace,

and Mary Macleod, a former policy advisor

Welcome. Jane, you were with the Queen on her Coronation day. Give us

an insight into what that was like? It was probably the most exciting

day of my life. Also rather frightening. Of course, I was

incredibly pleased to be asked. In fact when I opened my gold embossed

invitation I thought it was a mistake. I could not believe I was

asked to do something so amazing. And on the day, when it came, I did

feel nervous. As we grouped behind the Queen, in our allotted places

carrying this immensely heavy train, though that train, she turned around

and said, ready, girls? We were always the girls to her! You all

giggled with nerves and slight hysteria. Then we set off. As luck

would have it, I knew that my father was standing, because he told me

where he was, as I went past, I quickly took my eye off what I was

doing and he gave me a big wind. That may be feel happier yet. --

made me feel happier yet. Did you see any sign of nerves in the Queen?

Nothing at all. She was so surreal. We could not understand. There was

not a quiver of nerves. She is amazing like that. Extraordinary. I

am sure she was nervous inside but she did not show it. Let's see some

footage from the coronation. That actually makes the hairs on the

back of my neck stand on end. To be there, I cannot imagine. You are

invited to all of these amazing celebrations. How has the Queen

handled herself over the decades? As always, she handled herself

incredibly well. I think she is great fun to be with. She has got a

marvellous sense of humour. I think that is probably why she has had

such a happy marriage. She has a wonderful husband, who has also got

a wonderful sense of humour, if a little quirky sometimes. She is an

icon to the whole country. Do you think that is true, Mary? You were

brought in from the private sector as a policy adviser after 1998 after

the death of Princess Diana. It was challenging for that family.

Potentially the Queen made some mistakes, didn't she? I think the

Queen is very much aware of and was then how much the monarchy and the

Royal family have to evolve. She's led a problem of transformation,

looking at the Royal Household, costs... The female succession is

something people do not talk about. All those changes have taken place.

Just opening up the palace to allow more people to be engaged with the

Royal family, we now hear more from members of the Royal family

themselves, what they think. It was lovely hearing Prince William talk

about his grandmother and how he felt about her. And what an

incredible role model she has been. She is almost like a walking history

book. She has been there since we discovered the structure of DNA, the

first man on the moon, the World Wide Web being founded. That is

true. One viewer has tweeted to say that that may all be true, but I

wonder if the Royal family still holds any relevance any more? I

think they certainly do. The job I did as Vice Chamberlain was to keep

her in touch with what Parliament was doing. Every evening you would

write to her? They would not let me e-mail it. There is a special

messenger who takes it to Buckingham Palace every evening. But I did it

on my laptop. I was told she read it before dinner. I agree with Lady

Jane, one of the warmest things about the Queen and Prince Philip is

they have a wonderful sense of humour. That is why in the daily

messages I tried to make them not just Parliamentary reports, but I

would tell her a little bit of the gossip about what was going on, what

people were doing in the tearoom, how the whips might be holding up

the votes so that MPs can watch football matches etc. There is a

reference in my book to Christmas 1997. We always had a Christmas

party for MPs. For the children of MPs. That particular year the guests

were the Telly Tubby 's. I knew she would find that quite amusing and

she did. What kind of things make her laugh? Little things. I cannot

remember exactly. We used to laugh about things her children or

grandchildren had done. Like in any family. The first time I had dinner

with her in Balmoral, there were six of us Mac. I loved that whole

evening. She told a story after story about what mummy had done and

someone else had done. Because she has this wealth of information, she

has been through 12 prime ministers, she has really been at the centre of

everything that has been going on in Britain. The last few days reminds

smack of how proud we are to be British and how important those

British values are. What does the Queen liked to eat? She champions

her own British produce. English Lahm, salmon. -- alarm. The seasons

are so important. We only have strawberries in June. That was

before everybody else jumped on than the bandwagon. You never cooked

anything out of season. Did you come across her much? In the smaller

places, Sandringham, Balmoral, where they are more relaxed. They would

wander into the kitchen, what is for dinner? How much did she influence

the meal choices? She had a menu book and she would cross out what

she did not want. Obviously not too much spicy food. She is meeting a

lot of people. She does not want too much garlic, to add spice. How did

you find the family when you came across them? They were lovely. Very

respectful. It was quite set. Even in Buckingham Palace, even though it

is more of an office, Balmoral, Holyrood, places like that were much

more personal... But even in Buckingham Palace, I might be

working early evening and I would see the corgis coming into my office

and I would know the Queen was behind. The rest of the senior

members of the Royal family, too. They would come in and have a

conversation. We were papering one of the walls in my rooms in the

Palace and the Queen came to look at what it was like when it was done.

It is these little personal things that make her so human. As she goes

out and about meeting people, that is what they love about her. She

takes a personal interest. She says something to every person. She loves

it when they tell her funny stories about what has happened to them. I

think she probably loved your note. It is all part of her story of who

she is and who she represents. We are going to talk to some people in

their 20s either to ask if they feel the Queen is relevance to them. Do

you think she is? I think she is. See is a role model, particularly

for women. She was very interested in the influx of new women MPs,

balancing family responsibilities with our entry careers. I thought,

here is a woman who has had to do that all of her life. With a lot of

help. With a little help, true. Growing up I had a female monarch

and the female prime minister. I grew up thinking there was nothing I

could not do. I had a strong mother as well. She encouraged everyone of

us to work hard and achieve our potential. All of those things, I

agree, an incredible role model. I do things -- thing she does

transcend boundaries, whether it is age boundaries, people from across

the world, they all come out to meter. That love has grown over the

years. She has grown -- it has grown because she has ended. She has got

an amazing ability to make people feel at ease. My first visit to

Buckingham Palace I was completely overawed. I thought, if my mother

could see me now. She is very good at making people feel at ease. If

you think of thousands -- the thousands of people she meets, and

she has to make small talk, and they all come away feeling she really

cares about them. Last year she made many visits overseas. She is

working, working all the time. There is very little downtime. Is there

much downtime? I would not have thought so. She is 90. I am not

being ageist. Even in the evening when there would be receptions in

Buckingham Palace, I would be tired but she would continue seeing

everyone. When she goes to places like Balmoral and Sandringham,

definitely there is switch off time and she can go out riding. But she

is still working. She still gets papers to read. She is definitely a

person who loves the country. She did once say to somebody that if she

were not the Queen she would like to be a lady who lived in a country

surrounded by her animals, especially her dogs and her horses.

Wouldn't we all?! Thank you all. Not everyone feels the same, I will

read some of your messages throughout the programme. Still to

come, remembering Victoria Wood, who died yesterday at the age of 62, we

will be talking to her friend Rory Bremner. Plus Leicester star striker

Jamie Vardy has denied to launch an appeal against his charge of

improper conduct after he confronted the referee gave him a red card at

the weekend. Roy Hodgson has defended him, reaction from some

Leicester fans, although it will not be hard to guess what they are going

to say! It is 9:30, in the BBC newsroom is

Annita McVeigh. Good morning, the Queen celebrates

her 90th birthday today with a series of Ernst in Windsor. New

pictures of Her Majesty and family have been released to mark the

occasion. The Prime Minister praised her Grace and humility in dedicating

her life to the country. GP practices in England are to

receive an extra ?2.5 billion of funding to pay for 5000 more GPs and

other extra staff, including pharmacists and therapists, part of

the extra money already promised to the NHS, the aim is to help

practices in England that find themselves under intense pressure.

Home Secretary Theresa May is putting forward a new law designed

to crack down on corrupt public officials and politicians in England

and Wales. It will create a crime of illicit enrichment for cases where a

public official's assets have increased significantly without

satisfactory explanation, part of a wider shake-up of measures to tackle

money-laundering. Ched Evans will find out today if he

has won a challenge against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old

woman. Three Court of Appeal judges will give their decision following

appeal proceedings last month. The former Sheffield United striker and

Welsh international was convicted four years ago of raping the woman

at a hotel in North Wales in 2011. More than 68,000 web pages

containing indecent images and videos of children were removed from

the internet last year. The Internet Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of

the victims are thought to be aged ten or under. The foundation was

given more powers two years ago to search for Schult images and take

action. A spelling test due to be taken by

half a million seven-year-olds in England next month has been

published accidentally as a practice paper on the Department for

Education website. The error was spotted when a teacher noticed

pupils at one school setting the new paper in an official trial seemed to

know which words were coming next. The Government says it is a serious

error and is investigating. That is a summary of the latest BBC

News, more at ten o'clock. News just in, Ched Evans has won his

appeal against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman. He must

face a fresh trial. That news just in, just breaking right now. Ched

Evans has won his appeal against conviction for raping a 19-year-old

woman, but he must face a fresh trial. So he has successfully

overturned that conviction for rape. You may remember he was given a

five-year jail sentence, he has served half of that, and he appealed

against the conviction. News just in, Ched Evans has won his appeal

against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel some

years ago. He will now face a fresh trial. Reaction to that to come, of

course. But the sport, here is job. Of the pitch, a huge win for

Liverpool in the Premier League in the Merseyside derby, 4-0 against

Everton. The game was overshadowed by a red card for a challenge on

Divock Origi. Roberto Martinez said he was embarrassed by the defeat, as

pressure grows on him following their disappointing league form this

season. Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon says he would be interested

in taking over at his former club after Ronny Deila announced he is

leaving at the end of the season. The club remain on course for a

fifth straight Scottish title but went out of the Scottish Cup at the

weekend, beaten by Rangers. Judd Trump has it all to do if he is

to avoid being knocked out in the first round of the World Snooker

Championship, trails Liang Wenbo 6-3. They will play to a finish

later, the first to ten goes through. And Leeds will launch their

Challenge Cup defence against Huddersfield. The sixth round draw

was made on the Today programme, only two other all Super League

ties, Castleford are at home to Salford, while Hull will visit St

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

later. In case you were just using in,

breaking news in the last minute or so is that Ched Evans has won his

appeal against that conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman. He must

face a fresh trial. Footballer chaired Evans overturning that

conviction for rape, he will face a fresh trial. That news from the

Court of Appeal in the last minute or two, we will talk to our

correspondent in the next quarter of an hour or so.

It takes a special kind of woman to overshadow

but the death of Victoria Wood has done just that.

She was peerless, a naturally talented and funny northern woman

who managed to break through into the man's world of comedy

# She licked her lips She felt sublime

# She switched off Gardeners' Question Time

# Barry cringed in fear and dread as Freda grabbed his tie and said

# Let's do it Let's do it

# I'm feeling appealing I've really got an appetite

# I could handle half the tenors in the male voice choir

# Let's do it Let's do it tonight

# But he said I can't do it

# I can't do it I don't believe in too much sex

# This fashion for passion turns us into nervous wrecks

# No derision My decision

# I'd rather watch the spinners on the television

# I can't do it I can't do it tonight

# So she said Let's do it

# Let's do it Do it 'til our hearts go boom

# Go native creative Living in the living room

# Bend me over backwards on my hostess trolly

We can talk now to her friend and fellow comedian, Rory Bremner,

who starred with her in a BBC Four documentary, Dear Diary.

What was she like? Oh, she was wonderful. They say friend, I did

not know her that well, I worked with her on Dear Diary, and we

shared an agent for many years, and we worked together at the BBC in the

1980s, but you just love to time in her company, she found funny things

in life. In herself, she was quite side and very self-effacing, really,

but the talent, you could see it in the song, it shone out of her. I was

saying yesterday, when you think of dialogue, she had the ear for

dialogue on a powered Alan Bennett, she could write a drama like Allan

Bleasdale, Housewife 49, the most wonderful screenplay. Let's play a

clip of that. Oh, that is the documentary we did! Dear Diary was a

precursor to Housewife 49. She basted on the diary of the lady we

are talking about here. We spent the afternoon giggling, going through

these, she was wonderful company. She could find humour in everything.

She packed out the Albert Hall as well, 15 consecutive nights, more

than Billy Connolly. And her songs were up there with Noel Coward, the

complete package. I think we saw yesterday all the tributes coming in

from not just female comedians, Katy Brand, Jo Brand, Dawn French,

Jennifer Saunders, Sue Perkins, all these wonderful women we now have on

television, Caitlin Moran, talking about her as an inspiration. But for

the guys as well, she was a brilliant writer, inspired, it shone

out of her. It was 99% perspiration, she worked so hard at it. Every

word, as you see in the song, every word was there for a reason, her

timing. She was just a delight. We have had too many of these, haven't

we, this year? Here is another, and I am sure, like me, you just

won't... I went to the same school as her, we were really proud of it,

Bury Grammar school for girls, she was the star pupil, but you just

think 62? No age! By coincidence, I was at Maggie's... The cancer

charity. They have about 18 centres, great resources, and I was there

yesterday, and at Swindon the day before, for a radiotherapy appeal.

On the way from one together, I was talking to a friend about another

friend who has cancer, and he says, oh, there is another as well. There

is a bigger picture, this disease is just... It might be a good time to

donate a little to a local cancer charity. But back to Victoria, if

you wanted to bottle the British sense of humour, it would have

Victoria Wood on the front, wouldn't it? She did wonderful work in class

drama, Dinnerladies, all that, without a trace of being

patronising, she loved the characters, she enjoyed the

characters, used the brand name is brilliantly. We mentioned Alan

Bennett, but it was just that there was something, she was absolutely

the best of the British sense of humour,... Particularly for women,

her observations, of the stuff that women go through and experience and

put up with, you know, the mundane stuff we never talk about which is a

right pain in the backside, with beautiful views of the English

language, she was able to make fun of women so that we laughed with

her, we didn't feel she was laughing at us. Somebody said a quote

yesterday, she said, here I am, I have had a boob of and I have got no

stomach for whelks, but that is me. There was a lovely Julie Walters

sketch yesterday, what about the Japanese? I have not got the pelvis

for futons. She said sex in marriage was like ice-skating, the compulsory

followed by the short routine! She did not waste words either. With

Dinnerladies, she would rewrite scenes overnight, in the tea breaks,

and incredibly hard worker. She was funny, that was the thing, and if

you were in her company, it would be long before you were giggling. I

left the house this morning thinking about, there was a bad outside Saint

Aegon Aerials, and she did that! Let's play the two soups sketch,

shall we? -- Acorn Aerials. LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE I don't believe this, these are

empty! Waitress! Oh, God preserve us. Look, we have to go. Oh, you

must have been quite peckish! How they didn't corpse during that,

I don't know. They will have done millions of times. And that came

from real life, apparently, that was Victoria and Julie, they had been in

a restaurant somewhere. In a sense, that was the one that wrote itself.

But, you know, everyone is thinking of Julie Walters today, but imagine

how devastated she is, because they went back a long, long, long way.

But there is that legacy for us to enjoy, there is that thing, you are

laughing at the wonder. She produced, but the tragedy is that

she was still writing, there is more to come, 62 is no age at all. Budgie

was just a joy, a wonderful woman. Thank you very much, Rory. Pleasure.

Coming up, more to mark the Queen's 90th birthday, and we will speak to

some of those who share her birthday.

Most football supporters seem to want Leicester City

Apart from Tottenham fans, who would quite like to win it for themselves.

There's been a tidal wave of love towards the overachieving underdogs.

Leicester are five points clear with four games to go.

Last weekend, their amazing run was overshadowed by star striker

Jamie Vardy getting a second booking for this spectacular tumble,

and he was duly sent off the pitch by the referee.

We have not got the rights to the moving pictures, to be honest it did

look like a dive, didn't it? He was sent off by the referee.

Vardy was so cross he had a real go at the referee and has since been

charged with improper conduct for the way he reacted.

Now England manager Roy Hodgson has backed Vardy,

saying he doesn't believe it was a dive

and he can understand why he was so angry at getting sent off.

We're joined by our Leicester City fans, who we've kept up to date

with through their video diaries - Gary L Johnson, and

Sandra and Anne Barwell, known as Big Anne in Sandra's video diaries.

Hello! Hello, hello, hello. Right, so... As Jamie Vardy tarnished any

part of your season because of the way he reacted on Sunday?

No, I do not think he has. He is part of our team. We have a

brilliant team philosophy and he has made a great impact on our team.

Without him, we would not be where we are now. We have other players

who will step up and will be able to hopefully fill his shoes. It is a

big task but we are a team. It was a big game. He was going for goal.

Whether he dived not is a matter for conjecture. Roy Hodgson does not

think he did. We all thought it was a penalty. It was a theatrical dive

but it does not mean to say that they did not have contact with the

player and go over properly in the box. Having said that, there is no

excuse for him mouthing off at the referee. I am surprised Roy Hodgson

has said that he said a few words to the referee and that is Howedes

sometimes. What he said to the referee was pretty horrible. It was

very horrible. Taken out of context it is awful. Taken in context it is

grim what he said. You did not see what the referee was like all

through the match. We are at a moment in history for Leicester

City. The crowd was hyped up. The players were hyped up. And then you

have got a guy who was just so inept and totally inconsistent, and you

have got players... It had been going off. It was the straw that

broke the camel's back. Is he right to be appealing this improper

conduct charge? Depends what the charge involves. The two yellow

cards, it has happened. He gets a one match ban. We cannot argue with

that. What I think it depends on is what the FA are going to rule

against him. If it is going to be a match ban, maybe. It could be a

fine. We do not know. It depends what the FA says. As Sandra says,

there is no question that shouting at referees, and he is a role model,

we cannot see that in football really... But what we had all match

from a person who is supposed to be impartial... There were three

debatable decisions. Potentially the worst was against West Ham,

according to West Ham supporters. Gary says if Vardy misses this

weekend and the game against Manchester United, is the squad deep

enough and big enough to step up? I think everybody will be a bit

worried about it. But I think it is 18. The team play as a team. They do

not play as individuals. There is depth in that team. The other

players will be so fired up on Sunday to overcome the loss of

Vardy, they will play with even more intensity than they normally do. I

think they will step in and fill that void. Four games remaining. We

will see what happens with Jamie Vardy. What are you thinking about

now, Santer? I believe we can do it. It is the external pressures where

you think people are waiting for us to fail. Do you think that? Apart

from Tottenham fans. If you listen to the punters that come on, they

change their mind quicker than they change their socks. Football fans?

The pundits. At Christmas they said we stand no chance, it was a fluke.

We may fail. It would not be a failure even if you came second. At

one point if somebody had told us that we would be guaranteed

Champions League in the rounds, we would have taken that one and jumped

all the way down the street. But now because we are so close, and we are

also involved... This is history. We are nearly there. As Leicester City

fans we may never see this again. This is a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity for our club, for the country to see a smaller side get to

the big title. That is why it would be brilliant. We will see what

happens. Thank you all very much. More from big and! Let's bring you

more on the breaking news that footballer Chet Atkins -- Chet Aven

is as won his appeal for raping -- to play again after being found

guilty of raping a young woman. Yes, that ruling from the Court of Appeal

just a short time ago that Ched Evans's appeal against his

conviction has been successful. The conviction has been quashed. There

will now be a retrial. Ched Evans was jailed in 2012 and he was

released from prison in 2014 after serving half of a five-year term. An

appeal hearing took place last month over two days in front of three

appeal Court judges. Today, the judgment was handed down. The judge

said that the appeal had come to the court by reference from the criminal

cases review commission on the basis that relevant and admissible

evidence had come to light that was not available at trial and

undermined the safety of the conviction. She said, in summary,

the judges had concluded that they must allow the appeal and that it

was in the interests of justice to order a retrial. But there are also

restrictions on what can be reported because there is to be a retrial.

The appeal has been allowed. The conviction has been quashed. And

there will be a retrial. We are told of the venue of the retrial, where

it will take place, who will be the judge, the date has yet to be set.

Thank you very much. Daniel Bircher. Hazard Leicester supporters are

still here, I have got texts and tweets. The England manager is out

of order on Vardy. Vardy got what he deserved. This one says, I am a

Spurs supporter and I would love Spurs to win the league. But I would

gladly take second place to Leicester because it would be

awesome if they won the title. Another text that says it was a

blatant dive and if Roy Hodgson cannot see that he should not be in

charge of the national team. And this one says Vardy was unfortunate

and inept referee was in charge of the game. The referee should be

removed from the top list of officials. Thank you again. The

Queen is 90 today. Prince Charles has recorded a special radio

broadcast as a tribute. It is an edited passage from Henry VIII.

Good grows with her. In her days, every man shall eat in safety under

his own vine, what he plans. And sing the merry songs of peace to all

his neighbours. God shall be truly known and those about from her show

read the perfect ways of honour. And by those claim their greatness, not

by blood. She shall be to the happiness of England and aged

princess. Many days shall see her. And yet no day without a deed to

crown it. Let's talk now to JB Gill,

who performed at the Diamond Jubilee Concert

as part of JLS, and Chris Levine, who produced this holographic

portrait of the Queen in 2004. Haven't got it right now. We will

show it, I promise. J Ellis, millions of records, the Royal

Albert Hall, compare that to performing for the Queen? For me,

performing at the Diamond Jubilee was incredible. It was surreal

because we were performing in front of billions of people around the

world. Obviously we could not see the billions of people. It was an

incredible view standing in front of the palace and performing to pretty

much London. Did you see the Queen? To be honest, I was not looking for

her. It was an incredible atmosphere, a really incredible

vibe. London was buzzing. The people at the concert were having a

brilliant time. For the organisers, it was brilliantly organised.

Everybody had a great time. What did she say to you afterwards?

Surprisingly she said she listened to us. She listens to us when she

has her tea. I love that! Did you believe it? To be honest, her

grandson 's our fans. We could not believe it, to be honest, but she

mentioned a couple of our songs. We shook her hand. I think grandson 's

have probably got something to do that. Chris, you did the 3-D

holographic ported of the Queen. What influence did she have over

that? -- portrait. What influence did you have over what she wore and

the image? It was only two weeks before the shoot. I got a call from

the Palace asking what I would like to wear. That involved a meeting

with Angela Kelly, going through the crown Jewels... I assumed there

would be circles of bureaucracy. But actually I was able to carry out my

vision, which was about distilling it into pure essence. It worked out.

How much time did you have with her? Two settings for about an hour.

There was a lot of preproduction. That took about three days. She had

to be patient and the Sid there and not chat, presumably? We did talk.

Moreso on the second setting. There was a different atmosphere in the

palace. It takes about 15 seconds to do a pass and then you have to

rebuild. There is time between shots. One of the images that comes

from the moment of peace. What did you talk to her about? She has got a

very large photographic collection. She is one of the biggest collectors

in the country. She made the joke that one of the cameras was like

taking her passport photograph. She was genuinely interested in the

technology. Did you tell her a story about meditation? I did. When I had

my one to one with her, I told her about going on meditation retreat

for ten days. Gardening is her meditation. Does her birthday

genuinely have an effect on new? I think it is fantastic. For anyone to

reach a milestone like that, with some incredible memories and

incredible achievements. The Queen is very down-to-earth. I think that

has come across in her rain as monarch. She can relate to British

culture and British people. Even for myself, I am obviously not that old,

I have not had a wealth of experience of her as monarch but she

resonates with me. And for the older generation, my parents, they

obviously will have a different experience. I think it is fantastic.

Thank you for coming in. Now the weather.

The weather today from any of us is not going to be bad at all. Some

sunshine on the way. We have had a couple of lovely days. The clouds in

the south of the country starting to thicken. That means not quite so

sunny compared to recent days. We had some rain across the south of

the country in Cornwall and Devon. Let's see what is happening in the

south. This is 4pm. Temperatures fraction low today. Hazy skies.

Yesterday in the North West of Wales, we had 16. I would not be

surprised if we got those temperatures today. A lovely sunny

spring day. Beacons are a little later in the evening, gradually. The

weather is looking good. There is the chance of some rain. It does

look as though it is going to stay dry. The rain pushing into Cornwall

and Devon in the early hours of Friday morning. For the bulk of the

UK it is a dry night, quite crisp. Frost in the north of the country,

frost free in the South. Tomorrow, a couple of changes. We will notice a

big change in the weather in the South. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain

for the south-west and Southern counties. A few spots of rain

getting into the Midlands. The northern half of the UK will be

brighter. Colder air coming in from the North. This is something we have

been forecasting. A blast of chilly Arctic air. It does not mean it will

be incredibly Arctic outside. Look at these temperatures. This is

Arctic air which means it will be chilly for the time of the year. If

you are in the shade and the wind it will feel nippy. In the sunshine,

the sun is very strong. It will feel OK. But it will be a chilly start

for the London Marathon. Temperatures might be for degrees.

There is also the chance of some showers, some of them could be

wintry. We could even get some hail. A mixed weekend on the way with

wintry showers. We are also glad to get some sunshine. The sunshine

should feel relatively pleasant. That is it.

Welcome to the programme if you've just joined us.

Our top story today, the Queen is 90, and throughout

the programme we'll be talking to some of those

who know her best and some other 90-year-olds who're also

We cheered the King and queen on the balcony then walked miles through

the streets. Ireland are lines of unknown people linking arms and

walking down Whitehall, all of us swept along on a tide of happiness.

-- I remember. I declare before you all but my

whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your

service and to the service of our great imperial family, to which we

all belong. Plus, footballer Ched Evans has won

an appeal against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman

but must face a fresh trial. GP practices in England

are to receive an extra We will get reaction in the next

hour. The latest BBC News now with Annita.

The Queen celebrates 90th birthday today with a series of events in

Windsor. New pictures of Her Majesty and her family have been released to

mark the occasion. The Prime Minister praised her grace and

humanity in dedicating her life to a country, while those who have worked

alongside her have expressed their fondness for her. Incredible role

model for so many, and I do think she does transcend boundaries,

whether it is age boundaries, whether it is people from across the

world. They all come out to meet her, and that love has grown over

the years, and it has grown because she has earned it, they respect her.

The Court of Appeal has overturned the former Sheffield United

striker's conviction for raping the woman at a hotel

GP practices in England are to receive an extra

more GPs and other extra staff, including

It's part of the extra money already promised to the NHS,

and the aim is to help practices in England that find themselves

The ultimate test of this will be, are patients able to see the GPs

they need to see faster? Are we able to expand the number of GPs and

nurses and therapists in primary care? And as we do that, will it

also help relieve pressure on A departments and hospitals because

fewer people will be needing to get services there?

Figures released in the last hour show a sharp rise in those

classified as violent against the person. There was an 11% increase in

murders. But the crime survey for England and Wales shows that overall

crime is down compared to the previous year.

is putting forward a new law designed to crack down on corrupt

public officials and politicians in England and Wales.

It will create a crime of illicit enrichment for cases where

a public official's assets have increased significantly

The move is part of a wider shake-up of measures

containing indecent images and videos of children

were removed from the internet last year.

The Internet Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of the victims

The foundation was given more powers two years ago

to search for such images and take action.

by half a million seven-year-olds in England next month

has been published accidentally as a practice paper

on the Department for Education's website.

The error was spotted when a teacher noticed pupils at one school,

sitting the new paper in an official trial,

seemed to know which words were coming next.

The Government says it's a serious error and is investigating.

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

hour, more reaction to the news that footballer Ched Evans has won his

appeal against the conviction for rape, and plenty more tributes to

the Queen, celebrating her 90th today.

Do get in touch with us throughout the morning.

If you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

Here's some sport now with John Watson.

Yes, we will start with the Merseyside derby

between Liverpool and Everton, usually a feisty affair,

and despite a huge 4-0 win for Liverpool, the game

was overshadowed by a terrible tackle and a sending off at Anfield.

Roberto Martinez said Liverpool's win was his worst moment at the

club. Divock Origi grabbed the opening

goal with this header, followed by another

by Mamadou Sakho, but Origi had to leave the pitch

after he was badly hurt in this challenge by Ramiro Funes Mori,

who received Liverpool took control

against ten-man Everton, this was the pick of the next two

goals, from Phillippe Coutinho. It does not come any worse

than that, in a game like that, it gets turned in a three-minute

period, we were not focusing on simple basics, the red card gives

the opposition the game 4-0, if you told me that before

the game, I would take it! But now, after the game,

the situation was not good. And the first reaction

when I came in, everybody thought

his leg was broken. It is not, I think we can say this,

but the ankle is twisted. So we have to see what happens

to the ligaments. Smiles and celebrations

at Old Trafford as United moved to within a point of fourth-place,

reason for Louis van Gaal to be happy, in with a chance

of Champions League qualification. Delaney scored an own goal,

then Darmian scored his first United goal, and what a goal it was,

great finish to keep the pressure on Arsenal,

who play West Brom tonight. Well, hard on United's heels,

West Ham, Andy Carroll with a lovely goal, helping them to secure

a 3-1 win over Watford. His team are now three points

behind United in sixth. Former Celtic manager at Neil Lennon

says he would welcome a return to the club after Ronny Deila

announced he is leaving He is on course to lead Celtic

to a fifth straight Scottish title, but his side were knocked out

by rivals Rangers in the semifinals He said there have been some

disappointments at times, when we have not achieved

what we hoped for, as he prepares to leave the club

after two years in charge. Now, the former finalist Judd Trump

has it all to do to avoid becoming the latest seat to be knocked out

in the first round He trailed from the start

against Liang Wenbo, who started with a century

in the first frame and won three of the last four

to lead 6-3. It is the first to ten -

they will play to a finish today. And Leeds will launch

their Challenge Cup defence against Huddersfield,

the sixth round draw was made on the Today programme,

and John Humphrys only picked out And that, Victoria, is all the sport

for now. The Queen has been an ever present

figure in all of our lives, and most of us could reel off

a list of things we know about her - from her time as a mechanic

in the Second World War, And what about those Tupperware

boxes inside Buckingham Palace? As she celebrates her 90th birthday

here are some facts that you might not know about the Queen,

squeezed into 90 seconds, So what kind of impact

does the Queen have on different generations

in the UK and overseas? who is also celebrating

her 90th birthday today. Happy birthday! Thank you very much.

So good of you to talk to us. Here in the studio is Joan Poolman,

who turned 90 in August, and some students -

Emily Stone, an American living in London, who's 19,

Bolu Bello, who is 18, Welcome, all of you. Tell us about

how you are celebrating today. Well, I shall be at home all day long, but

my family will pop in. I have had a phone calls all the morning. The

phone just hasn't stopped ringing, because I have got a big family.

Yeah. It is lovely. Is it significant to you that you were

born on the same day as the Queen? Well, it always was, when I was

younger, and now I am quite proud to think that, yeah, we are the same

age. Yes, I... We are showing our audience a lovely picture of you

when you were younger. What kind of memories do you have of the Queen

through your life and through her life? Well, the first time I saw her

was when she was... I was in hospital at the Red zero hospital in

Greenwich, and she was with her mum and dad. -- Dreadnought Hospital.

They were there to openly maritime museum, and I was really jealous of

her hat! I had never had a bonnet like that. She was Princess

Elizabeth then, of course. I'm just going to talk to Joan, who is also

90, and you are still working, like the Queen, voluntary work. Why is

that important to you, Joan? Well, you have got to keep going, you have

got to keep your mind occupied, you get out, meet people, you are doing

something. What kind of work do you do? One day a week, I work in the

cafe, two days I run a whist strive for old people. Do you? Older than

you or younger than you? One gentleman is 98, but most of them

are younger than me. What do you think of the Queen reaching this age

and being the longest reigning monarch? I am not surprised she has

done that, because she has always seemed as though she would go on for

ever. I mean, she has had a lot of ups and downs in our life, like most

people do. How to think she has faced the challenges? She has coped

extremely well, even at the worst of times she has coped extremely well.

She does not give in, she keeps going. Do you admired that? I do. Is

there a bit of that in you? There must be a little bit, yeah! Let's

talk about the different generations, you are an American

living in London, Emily, what does the Queen mean to you at your age?

Half the reason I came to London was for the monarchy. To me she is the

real definition of a woman. She is so graceful and has so much dignity.

If I am half the woman that she is, I have made it. What do you think of

that? I think it is true. She is very graceful. That is one thing I

have always admired about her. She has kept through everything, ruling

the country is essentially what she is doing -- is doing, and she has

always done it powerfully. Does she feel relevant to you? I think she

plays a part in uniting our country, especially at times like now where

politically and socially, culturally, we can be quite divided.

Having a common denominator as the Queen, she is united in the United

Kingdom. She is still quite relevant. Joan, you will remember

after the death of Princess Diana, there was division between members

of the public and the Queen. She had her reasons for taking the children

to Balmoral. Presumably to try to protect them. It did jar with some

members of the public? Did. Several people have said she was wrong. --

it did. Children need to know. You cannot hide things from them for

very long. She was probably doing it for the right reasons? She thought

she was doing it for the best. You cannot blame her. Why do you feel

the monarchy is relevant to you if it is? I do think it is relevant. It

has a traditional link. A lot of people look up to her and put --

respect. She is relevant to our generation. It is more than the

monarchy being a tourist attraction? Definitely. She is very symbolic.

People look up to, people respecter. She seems to be at the core of what

we seem to view as British values and she represents that quite well.

What would all of you describe as British values? I am going to ask an

American! What does that mean to you? British values are about

respect, loyalty, Grace, humbleness, willingness to keep on going despite

circumstances. Those represent British values to me. I think the

fact the Queen is always vocal about her Christian values and Christian

faith is something that underpins British values. I think through her

speech at Christmas and her various speeches during times of problems in

the country and globally, her words carry grace for people and

motivation to keep going. Ellen, I am hoping you can hear this

conversation. Do you think the Queen is the epitome of British values? If

so, what do you think those values are? I just think the Queen is

Britain. She is England. That is what she stands for. Yes. Does she

epitomise British values? I think we have gone wrong somewhere. We need

to come back to what really matters, which is the people. But the way we

are going, there will be more foreigners than there are English.

Is that a real worry for you? Yes. I do not think there is much the Queen

should do about that. I am not saying to leave the European Union

but we have to watch the number of people we let coming. We have to be

more careful about their reasons for coming. Do you think that is

changing British values? Yes it is. It affects the working people, the

housing people. People want homes. It is getting more and more

difficult for the people that are really English, or even British.

What do you think of that? I do think that part of British values is

being inclusive and encouraging diversity and equality. I am born

and raised in London. I would count myself as British. Whether or not I

am English English, I would count myself as British. The fact that

England and Britain is so inclusive of different cultures, something we

should celebrate. I think it is something the Queen does definitely

represent. That is what I believe. I take the view that these British

values can be taught and learnt. Other people are coming from other

cultures where they believe in other things. Coming into the UK, we need

to endorse our British values. They should be able to adapt and fit into

society as we know it. Thank you all very much. Ellen, have a lovely day.

Happy 90th. Thanks for coming on the programme. Thank you.

I did not expect to be here. I thought I was going to Windsor! Did

you? I thought you did not literally expect to be here because of your

age. You meant location wise. I was told I was going to Windsor. I am an

dead trouble from my friend because I brought her especially to see the

Queen. I am so sorry. These things happen. I will make it up to you,

somehow. And to your friend. Dorothy. Sorry about that. Thank you

again. Still to come, a five-year plan to help GP surgeries get back

on their feet has been announced. How much difference will it make? We

get reaction from GPs. More on the breaking news now.

Footballer Ched Evans has won an appeal against his conviction

for raping a 19-year-old woman - but must face a fresh trial.

Our correspondent is outside the Court of appeal. What happened this

morning? That judgment handed down within the past hour. The judges

ruling that the appeal is allowed. Ched Evans's appeal against his

conviction is allowed. That conviction has been quashed. But

there is to be a retrial. That follows a hearing a month ago over

two days in which three appeal Court judges heard that appeal. Today Lady

Justice Hallett handed down the judgment in court.

We have concluded that we must allow the appeal. And that it is in the

interest of justice to order a retrial. Nothing can be reported

that might prejudice the fairness of a retrial. That means the contents

of this statement may be reported and broadcast in full, but nothing

more about the appeal proceedings may be reported until the retrial is

concluded. The identity of the complainant in this case must not be

reported. Accordingly, we order the appeal is allowed. We quashed the

conviction. The appellant will be retried on the allegation of rape.

Ched Evans left the court a short time ago with his partner. Before

that, there was a statement made by one of his legal team.

Solicitor Sean Draycott. Ched Evans is extremely grateful that the Court

of Appeal has ruled that his conviction for rape was on safe and

should be quashed. He wants to thank his lawyers, Kieran Vaughan QC and

David Emanuel, and Sean Draycott for their hard work and commitment in

relation to the CC see application and the appeal, as well as his

partner, Natasha, family and friends, and all those members of

the public who have offered support throughout. No further statement

will be made as it is acknowledged by Mr Evans that the legal process

has not reached a final conclusion. There will be further hearings of

significance on dates to be fixed in due course.

That appeal has been successful. The conviction has been quashed. There

is to be a retrial. What has not been decided is exactly when that

retrial will take place. Or where it will happen. Thank you. Peter sent

in an e-mail about Jamie Vardy. He was disappointed to see Vardy's

apparent dive and disgusted with his response to the referee. I have just

switched off your programmers I could not listen to the Leicester

supporters and a longer. In my view, Vardy's tantrum and being the

manager's Commons, speaks volumes. Maybe this time to the FA to

consider Mr Hodgson's future as England manager. That is not going

to happen at all. One more. I have watched football for more than 50

years and have played at 430. Jamie Vardy dived. And he tries the same

moving lots of games. I'm surprised it has not been noticed before.

Thank you. As the Queen ever run out of milk?

Does she even know how much a pint of milk is? It is a great question.

I have no idea of the answer. GPs are to get nearly

?2.5 billion of the extra money promised for the health

service to help surgeries "get back Thousands of nurses,

pharmacists and other health staff will be recruited to help GPs deal

with increasing workloads. We can speak to Dr Maureen Baker,

who chairs the Royal College of General Practitioners,

the professional membership body for family doctors

in the UK and overseas. And in Hull is Dr Zoe Norris,

a GP in East Yorkshire. Doctor Zoe Norris, what difference

will this make? I think it is a welcome recognition of the fact we

are struggling in general practice and have been for a number of years.

It makes the future look more positive. My worry is, when is this

going to be delivered and what difference will it make to my

patient in the consulting room when I see them in a week, a month, six

months? It is the timescale that concerns me. It is by 2020, that is

what I am hearing. Is that right? Yes, this is a statement of faith

and value in general practice by the NHS, which is really important. It

is an announcement of the money, the investment that will be coming in

over the next five years. It will come in cumulatively. Nothing

different will happen tomorrow. There are a series of things that

will start to make a difference within the next six to 12 months.

Support particularly for those practices that are struggling. In

Hull, for instance, and other cities, there are practices at the

brink. They need support to keep them going to the point to which

this new resources coming through. What does that mean in practical

terms? Cash to employ more people? One of the things that is being set

out is a programme which may comprise GP, Norris, practice

managers, some of the appropriate scales, that can be put into

practice is in the short term to keep them going. -- skills. Is that

something you would welcome right now? It is the right now bid that is

the issue. The BMA have been saying we are in a crisis in general

practice. We need help now. Practices are closing now. While I

welcome the fact this gives a future to general practice, and students

can seem where the profession is going, but we need there to be a

profession in six to 12 months. The feeling is among a lot of practices

that we do not know how long we have. Can you describe a typical day

for you? It would depend on whether I am doing a normal surgery are on

call. The on-call days are more challenging. That would start at

half past seven, quarter to eight. Seeing a mini GP's -- GPs we have.

Requests from colleagues, nursing colleagues, to look at things.

Fielding phone calls. What happens quickly is that usually within an

hour all of the appointments have gone for that day because we are so

short of staff. We do not have enough doctors and nurses. It is

firefighting. I feel I am being put in a position quite frequently where

I am trying to assess a patient over the phone, I have nowhere to put

them. I can bring them in to see me but there is a queue of patients.

They cannot get routine appointments for weeks. They have been waiting.

Sometimes older patients are reluctant to seek help. They are the

ones we need to see. They are the ones who will not go to A with

something minor. It is a feeling of pressure, and of not being able to

do what I trained to do. I want to be there for my patience. I want to

help them. I feel this is the first time this message has got through

but we need a rescue package now. If you had a check list of the top

three things that you say to Jeremy Hunt or Simon Stevens, what you need

tomorrow, what would it be Jim McGrath three GPs, ten GPs, six

nurses? We have to be realistic. You cannot magic GPs out of nowhere.

What we need to do is the GPs we have, we need to take them away from

doing things that does not involve patient care. Immediately suspend

CQC inspections. Immediately look at suspending the appraisal and

validation for six months. And look at freeing up those GPs, pay the

indemnity cover for GPs. It is now financially very difficult for a GP

having to pay ?30,000 per year for insurance to work. I am a GP at

praise. I saw AGP new retirement the other day. They wanted to do three

days a week. But it would cost so much in insurance, it is not worth

it. How can that be the position we are in?

Do you regret becoming a general Mike Joe? No, I don't be, because

what Bob makes my job worthwhile is my patients. Just one patient, after

a dreadful day, can make me laugh, and I make a difference to the

patients. I regret that some days I do not and I feel I am

short-changing them, not being the GP I want to be. Thank you very much

for coming on the programme, both of you. Good luck! Still to come, as

the Queen celebrates 90th, we go to Windsor, where royal fans have been

camping out. And we will look at her achievements as the longest reigning

monarch. And a celebrity couple will find out whether Supreme Court

judges will lift an injunction over their being named in a story about a

threesome. The news with Annita. Good morning, the Queen

celebrates her 90th birthday today New pictures of Her Majesty

and family have been released The Prime Minister praised her grace

and humility in dedicating Footballer Ched Evans has won an

appeal against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman and will

now face a retrial. The Court of Appeal overturned his conviction for

raping the woman at a hotel in North Wales in 2011. His lawyer said he

was grateful for the ruling. GP practices in England

are to receive an extra ?2.5 billion of funding to pay for 5000 more GPs

and other extra staff, including pharmacists and therapists,

part of the extra money already The aim is to help

practices in England that find themselves

under intense pressure. New crime figures show a sharp rise

in the number of murders and violent offences in England and Wales last

year. There was an 11% increase in murders and a 27% increase in

violence against the person. But the crime survey for England and Wales

show that overall crime was down compared to the previous year.

Home Secretary Theresa May is putting forward a new law

designed to crack down on corrupt public officials and politicians

It will create a crime of illicit enrichment for cases where a public

official's assets have increased significantly without satisfactory

explanation, part of a wider shake-up of measures

More than 68,000 web pages containing indecent images

and videos of children were removed from the internet last year.

The Internet Watch Foundation says nearly 70% of the victims

The foundation was given more powers two years ago

to search for such images and take action.

US President Barack Obama will arrive in the UK this evening for a

visit which will see him drawn into the debate surrounding membership of

the EU. The White House has indicated that the president will

support the campaign for the UK staying in the EU in a boost to

David Cameron. He will hold talks with the Prime Minister, attend

lunch with the Queen, and have dinner with the Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge during his four day visit. A senior judge will today analyse

the case of a celeb and he wants to keep his name out of a tabloid

story. Lord Neuberger will head a panel of arrive Supreme Court

justice to hear legal argument in London. The man lost his earlier

attempt to keep the ban in place. A group of MPs has accused the

Government of using creative accounting practices to meet

expending targets and events. The House of Commons select committee

said it included measures such as intelligence gathering and war

pensions in order to make the figures add up. These were not

previously counted as defence spending. The MOD insists its

accounts for firmly within Nato guidelines.

As many as 500 people appeared to have drowned last week in the

Mediterranean, according to the UN Refugee Agency and the International

Organisation for Migration. If confirmed, it is the worst tragedy

of its kind in 12 months and brings the number of migrants travelling in

the southern Mediterranean to nearly 800 this year. I delve has topped

another chart today, this time for the amount of money she has made for

her music. -- Adele. She has been named Britain's richest

ever female musician on the Sunday Times Rich list of artists in UK and

Ireland, and she is also the wealthiest young performer on the

list with a wealth of ?80 million. Sir Paul McCartney once again topped

the list. That is a summary of the news, join me for Newsroom Live at

11 o'clock. Victoria. Thank you to a viewer, Victoria, I

love you, thank you very much, but there is always a but, this BBC

boring Queen Club in is all rather sickening. Sorry about that! --

Queen love-in. Hopefully the sport will divert

attention away from that! Roberto Martinez is feeling the heat after a

heavy 4-0 defeat to Liverpool in the Merseyside derby. The game was

overshadowed by a bad card given to Funes Mori for this challenge on

Divock Origi. -- a red card. He had to be stretchered off, Martinez

admitting at the game that the match was his worst moment at the club to

date. Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon says he would be interested

in returning to take over at his old club after Ronny Deila and Anstey is

leaving at the end of the season. The club remain on course for a

fifth straight Scottish title but went out of the Scottish Cup at the

weekend, beaten by rivals Rangers. Judd Trump has it all to do if he is

to avoid being knocked out of the first round of the World Snooker

Championship, the trials Liang Wenbo, the first to ten progresses

to the second round. And Leeds will launch their Challenge Cup defence

against Huddersfield. The draw was made on the Today programme, and it

only features two all Super League ties. Castleford will be at home to

Salford in what will be a repeat of the 1969 Wembley final, while Hull

will visit St Helens. John Humphrys and Martin Offiah picking up the

balls this morning. That, Victoria, is all the sport for now, back to

you. A married celebrity couple will find

out today whether Supreme Court judges will lift an injunction

barring them from being named over an extra-marital

threesome one of them had. A court has ruled that the ban on

identification should be lifted, but now the Supreme Court, the highest

court in the land, must decide whether to allow an appeal and

whether to allow or dismiss it. Chances are you've already

seen their names reported online and on social media,

but we can't reveal their identity. Well, now we can speak to

our legal eagle, Clive Coleman, who is at the Court of Appeal

in Central London. Clive, explain to our audience where

we are up to today. Sure, it is pretty confusing, just to backtrack

a little bit. On Monday, the Court of Appeal ruled to lift this

injunction, and the reason was that they said the injunction, granted

back in January, had held for 11 weeks, but there had been

publication abroad and on the internet, so essentially the cat was

out of the bag. I am paraphrasing a lot of complex legal argument, but

that was essentially the reason, and that is why they ruled to lift the

injunction. But they kept it in place pending an application to

appeal to this, the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, and

that is what is taking place this morning. The injunction remains in

place, and during the course of the hearing, only at the end will they

decide whether to lift it or not. What has happened this morning in

court is that Desmond Browne QC, acting for the celebrity PJS, has

argued that the Court of Appeal got it wrong, got it completely wrong in

exercising their discretion to lift this injunction. What he is arguing,

in particular, is that the need for protection for this celebrity is as

strong as ever. Indeed, possibly even stronger than ever because of

the publication online. What he said is that if the injunction is lifted,

the publication would be of a completely different order, much

greater, so the need for protection remains. He has also made the point

powerfully that the children of this couple, their Aarti young children

involved, that the Court of Appeal simply did not give enough weight,

what he calls primacy to the importance of protecting the two

children. Indeed, Lord Justice Jackson on Monday in his ruling said

that the interests of the children was a substantial factor but not a

trump card. Desmond Browne this morning is focusing on the

importance, the primacy of protecting the interests of the

children. He is also making the point that in all of these cases you

are balancing the rights to privacy on the one hand of the individual

against the right to freedom of expression of the press to publish

the story on the other. And he is making the point that this is a

story that essentially may be of interest to the public but it is not

in the public interest. It is private, and if we go back to the

case of Max Mosley, remember the famous case where the News of the

World published the story about Max Mosley taking part in an orderly

with prostitutes, he took them to the High Court, he won a famous

victory, and that case essentially established that any sexual acts

between consenting adults is by definition private. In order to

publish the details of that, there has to be an overriding,

overpowering public interest. So that is essentially where we have

got to do in the arguments today, the court have rolled everything up,

initially there was going to be a hearing to ask for permission, but

they have said, no, let's hear everything in one hit, so Desmond

Browne outlining his case, Gavin Millar will outline his case for the

Sun on Sunday, and we wait with bated breath, because at the end of

the hearing we will know whether the injunction will be lifted or will

remain in place. Thank you very much, Clive, for the moment. Clive

Coleman, our legal eagle. John Whittingdale says he still believes

in the freedom of the press, despite having had his faith tested to the

utmost, his words, by recent revelations about his private life.

Let's talk to Carole Walker, who can fill us in, what has he been saying,

Carole Walker? fill us in, what has he been saying,

Carole John Whittingdale was facing a routine session of questions to

his apartment in the Commons, and he was asked about press regulation,

why all the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry have not now been

put into place, and John Whittingdale, as you mentioned, said

that his faith in the freedom of the press had been tested to the utmost,

but he said he still believed that a free press was a vital part of a

free and democratic society, and you should tread very carefully on this

issue. Now, of course, Mr Whittingdale has been facing calls

from Labour, to resign from this area are press red elation after he

admitted he had a relationship with a woman who turned out to be a sex

worker. -- press regulation. It emerged four newspapers had decided

the story was not in the public interest to publish it, so it was

only ever into surfaced when he made this statement to the BBC. Now,

Downing Street has said that John Whittingdale still has the full

confidence of the Prime Minister, he is a single man entitled to a

private life, but Labour as saying that because there is the potential

for conflict of interest, he should stand aside from this issue. So far,

it has to be said, John Whittingdale, despite a lot of press

attention over not just that story but a whole series of other

relationships that he has had, seems determined to carry on in his role

and carry on overseeing the future of press regulation.

So it's happy birthday your majesty today.

Here is a look back at her life so far.

These are the first pictures in colour

Even black and white films would be heart-warming.

But how much colour adds to the beauty.

we almost seem to be at Balmoral ourselves.

To be here as winners of the FA Cup has often been

described as the summit of a footballer's ambition.

How much greater is the triumph they enjoy now?

It was appropriate that the Queen's day on the river should begin

here where the first Elizabeth was born and where there

The Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales

1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure.

In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents,

it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.

At Buckingham Palace, which has become a shrine,

the Queen led other members of the Royal Family

to pay their respects at the side of the road,

just like thousands of subjects were doing.

This afternoon the President and his wife Michelle dropped

in for tea and a chat at the Palace with Her Majesty and Prince Philip,

who wondered whether their jet lag meant it was hard to stay awake.

I had breakfast with the Prime Minister.

I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians.

Today the Thames provided the setting for this tribute

The Queen has seen many spectacular sights on the 60 years of her reign

but never anything quite such as this on the Thames.

I will continue to treasure and draw inspiration from

the country's kindnesses shown to me in this country

The Queen will be spending her birthday at Windsor. Daniela Ralph

is there. Good morning. There are hundreds of people lining Castle

Hill just outside Windsor Castle, all hoping to get a view of the

Queen when she does her walkabout later. With these big royal events,

there are those people who stumble into them, and then there are those

who take a rather more seriously. Here we have Judy, we have an and we

have Camilla the dog. They have come to winter in the hope of seeing the

Queen. Where have you come from today and how much preparation was

there involved in getting your? We were but one this morning. We have

come from Cardiff in the south Wales. We left at three o'clock this

morning. I drove up. We arrived at five o'clock. Nice and early to get

a nice spot. For most people casting an eye across the birthday today, it

seems like a big commitment. Why do you do it? I enjoy it. I am a royal

fan. I just love it. I love seeing the Queen and the Royal family. We

both do. My sister and I. You are clinging onto these balloons? The

nine escaped. It flew away. Unfortunately, all of the children

enjoyed it. I could not catch it and it went. It might even be on Her

Majesty's doorstep in the state apartment! Output and appeal out on

the BBC with the weather lady. A very nice gentleman saw id,

immediately acted upon it, blew up a balloon he had in the shop and

delivered it to Judy and I and Camilla. Isn't that worth a

knighthood? Absolutely. What are the chances of seeing the Queen later? I

think the Queen might have seen us! Her Majesty might make yourself

known to Judy and I! She might have seen the balloon saga. Wide EU do

this? We have such happy memories. As a child we came to a lot of

ceremonial things when my dad was in the guards. We went to Buckingham

Palace as little girls. We have always been brought up with it,

trooping off the collar. Many events. -- colour. I have two ask

about Camilla. How does she cope? Very well. She has got her own

pushchair. She has met the Duchess of Cornwall. She enjoys it also. She

seems very happy. I hope you will get your chance to meet the Queen as

she walks past. We are expecting to see the Queen in about an hour. She

will walk down here, unveiled a plaque, get a birthday cake and

hopefully all of these people will get a chance to see her. Throughout

the programme we have been talking to some of those who knew the Queen,

including a former maid of honour, a chef and two former members of the

Royal household. I think she is a role model, particularly for women.

One of the things she was very interested in when I was writing to

her was the influx of new woman MPs. Balancing family responsibilities

with family careers -- with careers. Here is a woman who has had to do

that all of her life. With a lot of help, to be honest. Growing up I had

a female monarch and a female prime minister. I grew up thinking there

was nothing I could not do. I had a strong mother as well who encouraged

us do work hard etc. All of those things, I completely agree. An

incredible role model for so many. I do think she does transcend

boundaries, whether it is age boundaries, people from across the

world, they all come out two meter. That love has grown. It has grown

because she has earned it, they respect her and see what she gives.

She has got an amazing ability to make people feel at ease. I remember

my first visit to Buckingham Palace. I was completely overawed. I

thought, if my mother could see me now. She is really good at making

people feel at ease. To discuss the legacy of our monarch

we can speak to Rebecca Holman It is a website for young women in

the UK. And Tracy Borman, a historian

and the joint curator Tracy, how does this Queen compared

to previous monarchs? She is extraordinary. She has smashed all

sorts of records. The longest reigning, the longest lived. She has

also changed the law so that women have equal standing with men in the

succession. She is a quiet revolutionary. She has made a real

mark. Looking back in history, or long reigning monarchs have had a

turbulent time. It has not been a good time for the monarchy. Look at

George III and Victoria, who retreats from her duties out of

mourning for her husband. The Queen's rain has been marked by

continuity and an overriding sense of duty. Clare, you have followed

the Royal family for years. How important is a birthday like the

90th? Phenomenally important. What she is doing today which echoes a

lot of what she has done so far, is the combination of public duty and

private family. Two thirds of the day she is spending with the public

and attending duty. The evening is time for her own personal space.

That is what we have seen from her coronation on. It has not been a

case of duty or family. It has been a case of combining both, both

successfully. Most people are praising the Queen on a day like

today, the fact she is the longest reigning monarch. We are seeing live

pictures of the changing of the guard. There are people who are

critical. Derek says, can we please shut up about the Queen? Have people

forgotten about how she treated Princess Diana? Again, the Queen is

an abomination in the 21st century. Not everybody adores the Royals and

the monarchy. Where are you coming from? I actually think that one of

the fantastic things about the Queen is that she has found new ways to

stay relevant. She's not going to go on Snapchat any time soon but she

has found ways to speak to an increasingly youthful population,

and also made that her own. Do you think she is sitting there tweeting?

I would love it if she was but I suspect not. The Palace has a good

communication machine and social media is a massive part of that.

They have to engage. 60% of the population of the Commonwealth are

under 30. 36 million people use Facebook in the UK each month. If

she wants to give a naked with those people, she has to be on social

media. -- if she wants to communicate. Some people get

irritated with this coverage. There are people who do not necessarily

respect the Royals. What do you say? I know what you mean. We are a

democracy. Regardless, if you look at it just on paper, here is a woman

who has unrelentingly spent 60 plus years as our monarch, serving us. At

90 iron tend to be sitting down with my slippers watching this on telly,

rather than still serving. -- ie intent. It is not uncommon for her