:00:00. > :00:08.Celebrations in Windsor as the Queen turns 90 -
:00:09. > :00:13.the first British monarch to reach such a milestone
:00:14. > :00:25.Thousands filled the streets in the town here to greet the Queen
:00:26. > :00:27.on her birthday walkabout - among them some also
:00:28. > :00:33.The Queen spoke to me, asked me my age.
:00:34. > :00:43.Never really imagined I would meet her.
:00:44. > :00:50.I never imagined I would be 90, let's face it!
:00:51. > :00:54.Across the UK traditional gun salutes to mark the Queen's nine
:00:55. > :00:56.decades as Prince Charles turns to Shakespeare to pay
:00:57. > :01:06.She shall be to the happiness of England an aged Princess.
:01:07. > :01:15.Many days shall see her and yet no day without a deed to crown it.
:01:16. > :01:17.Also on tonight's programme: The government is ready to take
:01:18. > :01:23.Taxpayers would own up to a quarter of the company and a new owner
:01:24. > :01:26.could also get hundreds of millions in support.
:01:27. > :01:29.The biggest ever seizure of illegal weapons in Britain.
:01:30. > :01:35.The gang were filmed smuggling the guns into the country by boat.
:01:36. > :01:39.A new plan to change the way GP surgeries in England work -
:01:40. > :01:42.and why you won't always see a doctor.
:01:43. > :01:47.Arsene Wenger says it's down to his side to change opinions,
:01:48. > :01:50.as fans look set to stay away from their Premier League match
:01:51. > :02:18.Good evening and welcome to the BBC news at 6 from Windsor
:02:19. > :02:24.Thousands of people - young and old - came here to line
:02:25. > :02:27.A few had even camped out all night just to catch a glimpse of Britain's
:02:28. > :02:36.the sound of happy birthday rang out through the streets beneath
:02:37. > :02:51.on the day the Queen reached another milestone in her long life.
:02:52. > :02:54.She may be a Queen who lives in a castle.
:02:55. > :03:45.Close by, as ever, the Duke of Edinburgh.
:03:46. > :03:55.It certainly does cut. there was that prerequisite
:03:56. > :03:57.It had been baked specially for the Queen by Nadia Hussain,
:03:58. > :04:01.the winner of the BBC's The Great British Bake Off.
:04:02. > :04:04.The one thing I never set my sights on was meeting the Queen
:04:05. > :04:12.I got to bake her her 90th birthday cake, and that's monumental.
:04:13. > :04:16.I didn't ever imagine that I would ever do something like that.
:04:17. > :04:19.And there were other 90-year-olds to meet,
:04:20. > :04:21.men and women whose lives have moved along in parallel
:04:22. > :04:27.I never really imagine that I would meet her.
:04:28. > :04:31.I never imagined I would be 90, let's face it!
:04:32. > :04:34.She was in the bombing of London, so was I.
:04:35. > :04:46.And then she was called up, and so was I.
:04:47. > :04:48.So we've had a long, long life together.
:04:49. > :04:51.As the Queen stepped out in Windsor, gun salutes were fired in
:04:52. > :05:02.Buckingham Palace issued this photograph of the Queen two
:05:03. > :05:05.of her grandchildren and her five great grandchildren -
:05:06. > :05:08.the youngest of whom, Princess Charlotte, is sitting
:05:09. > :05:11.on her lap, next to her brother, Prince George.
:05:12. > :05:16.The wider world has also been paying its birthday tributes,
:05:17. > :05:19.led in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister,
:05:20. > :05:23.who recalled the 64 years the Queen has been on the throne.
:05:24. > :05:26.Throughout it all, as the sands of culture shift and the tides
:05:27. > :05:30.of politics ebb and flow, Her Majesty has been steadfast.
:05:31. > :05:32.A rock of strength for our nation, for our Commonwealth,
:05:33. > :05:36.and on many occasions, for the whole world.
:05:37. > :05:40.The Leader of the Opposition is a Republican.
:05:41. > :05:45.Today we are talking about a highly respected
:05:46. > :05:53.And, Mr Speaker, whatever differing views that people across this
:05:54. > :05:58.country have about the institution, the vast majority share an opinion
:05:59. > :06:02.that Her Majesty has served this country and has overwhelming support
:06:03. > :06:05.with a clear sense of public service and public duty.
:06:06. > :06:08.In a BBC documentary tonight, the Queen will be seen reminiscing
:06:09. > :06:15.In a separate broadcast, Prince Charles paid tribute
:06:16. > :06:18.to his mother, quoting lines from Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
:06:19. > :06:22.She shall be to the happiness of England an aged princess.
:06:23. > :06:32.And yet, no day without a deed to crown it.
:06:33. > :06:37.Back in Windsor, on this first day of her tenth decade,
:06:38. > :06:40.Elizabeth II was doing what she has done for so much of her long
:06:41. > :06:44.A greatly respected monarch at close quarters with her people, receiving
:06:45. > :06:51.Nicholas Witchell, BBC News, Windsor.
:06:52. > :06:53.Let's just show you some live pictures now from
:06:54. > :07:00.Large crowds are gathering again tonight - because in about an hour's
:07:01. > :07:04.time the Queen will leave this castle again for her last public
:07:05. > :07:06.appearance of the day to light this beacon -
:07:07. > :07:08.the first in a series that will be lit tonight
:07:09. > :07:15.Our Royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell is here with me now.
:07:16. > :07:23.there are huge crowds again tonight. The Queen has had an incredibly warm
:07:24. > :07:28.reception. It is funny, the underlying mood of the country has
:07:29. > :07:33.been best summed up by the most prominent Republican, Jeremy Corbyn,
:07:34. > :07:37.saying never mind what you think of the institution, the vast majority
:07:38. > :07:41.of people think she has done a remarkably good job of service to
:07:42. > :07:45.the country which underlines a good monarch unites opinion rather than
:07:46. > :07:49.divides it stop she enjoyed the Walkabout and entered into the
:07:50. > :07:56.spirit. It underlines what robust health she is in at the age of 90.
:07:57. > :08:01.There are issues, there are bound to be, climbing stairs is more of a
:08:02. > :08:05.challenge, staff adapt her programme. To take account of her
:08:06. > :08:12.age, but nothing dramatic. The day is not over. There is the beacon
:08:13. > :08:19.lighting and the dinner hosted by the Prince of Wales and attended by
:08:20. > :08:22.60 family and close friends. Windsor Castle is where the Queen wanted to
:08:23. > :08:25.celebrate. It is where she feels most at home.
:08:26. > :08:27.But so to is the Sandringham estate in her Norfolk,
:08:28. > :08:31.Just a few miles from it is the town of King's Lynn
:08:32. > :08:33.which is said by some to contain the highest number
:08:34. > :08:39.Reeta Chakrabarti went along to speak to some of them.
:08:40. > :08:42.A stone's throw from Sandringham, King's Lynn has always been one
:08:43. > :08:46.Its schools, hospitals and fire stations and the town hall have
:08:47. > :08:50.VOICEOVER: In King's Lynn from a building that stood
:08:51. > :08:56.the word is proclaimed, Elizabeth is Queen.
:08:57. > :08:59.At the beginning of her reign, as the town's name suggests,
:09:00. > :09:05.King's Lynn has retained strong links with loyalty.
:09:06. > :09:09.These are the visitors books from when the Queen visited each time?
:09:10. > :09:13.For the former mayor and present council leader,
:09:14. > :09:16.meeting the Queen has one of he has been one of the huge
:09:17. > :09:22.I've met her three times, twice in the last five years.
:09:23. > :09:25.I think to dedicate one's whole life to that form of duty is remarkable.
:09:26. > :09:31.Early in her reign, the young Queen visited
:09:32. > :09:39.A tradition has now been established.
:09:40. > :09:42.Every year the sixth former with the best results has a private
:09:43. > :09:47.It was a surreal experience because the house is magnificent
:09:48. > :09:51.and you are meeting the Queen, which is like a figure you never
:09:52. > :09:58.And Freddie also met the Queen when he was in junior school.
:09:59. > :10:02.She has a great sense of humour as well.
:10:03. > :10:09.I was saying, I might see you in a couple of years
:10:10. > :10:17.It is such a royal town, everyone seems to have
:10:18. > :10:21.going in search of someone who hasn't.
:10:22. > :10:23.Rumour has it King's Lynn has the largest number of people
:10:24. > :10:28.Yes, not just around Sandringham, even in the streets.
:10:29. > :10:37.The Queen is popular here because she seems
:10:38. > :10:40.to give as much attention to ordinary life as ceremony.
:10:41. > :10:50.The bond between monarch and town looks set to endure.
:10:51. > :10:57.Many people met the Queen in Windsor today. The celebrations public and
:10:58. > :11:02.private will carry on into the evening. I will be back later in the
:11:03. > :11:06.programme on this landmark birthday for the Queen.
:11:07. > :11:09.Britain's struggling steel industry has been thrown a lifeline today -
:11:10. > :11:11.the government has made it clear that it's ready to take
:11:12. > :11:14.a 25% stake in Tata Steel's operations.
:11:15. > :11:17.Whoever buys the company will also be offered hundreds of millions
:11:18. > :11:19.of pounds of taxpayers' cash to ease the transition.
:11:20. > :11:21.Let's join Hywell Griffith in Port Talbot where 4,000
:11:22. > :11:36.Yes, for weeks workers have wondered how far the government would be
:11:37. > :11:41.prepared to go and today they found out, not just hundreds of millions
:11:42. > :11:45.of pounds of public money put into a loss-making business but a lot of
:11:46. > :11:51.political capital as the government suggested it could as an option go
:11:52. > :11:55.into a part nationalisation of the British industry, something we have
:11:56. > :12:00.not seen in decades on that scale. Could you, me and every British
:12:01. > :12:05.taxpayer could soon own a part of this? The government pledged public
:12:06. > :12:11.money to keep these fires burning, saying it could take a 25% share
:12:12. > :12:16.alongside a private buyer. The government does not want a role in
:12:17. > :12:19.running it, and it is about the priority we are showing to attract
:12:20. > :12:23.an investor. Any investor will be able to see the numbers the
:12:24. > :12:28.government has made available. For a workforce tired of promises, it
:12:29. > :12:34.feels like something more than hot air. We have been told things in
:12:35. > :12:39.meetings that yes there is taxpayers' money may be available.
:12:40. > :12:43.No detail. To get the government and Welsh Assembly to commit to
:12:44. > :12:49.something is great. What state support would be on offer? A 25%
:12:50. > :12:53.stake in the steel business would be shared between British and Welsh
:12:54. > :12:59.governments. An alternative would be to help finance the debt of any
:13:00. > :13:03.buyer, potentially worth hundreds of millions. But ministers would not be
:13:04. > :13:09.taking control of the company. It would be a commercial investment. At
:13:10. > :13:15.a workers meeting import Talbot, it brings hope that more buyers may
:13:16. > :13:18.come forward. Some like Vince Lewis have spent over 30 years at the
:13:19. > :13:24.local works. This will giving courage to some of the big players
:13:25. > :13:27.in the industry that they will be supported. We have not heard
:13:28. > :13:34.details, but with luck, this will give confidence to the major firms
:13:35. > :13:38.that they can invest import Talbot and there will be a long-term future
:13:39. > :13:43.here. The question many workers are left with is why this offer was not
:13:44. > :13:48.made sooner, before Tata Steel put the business up for sale. If
:13:49. > :13:52.hundreds of millions of public money is available now, should the money
:13:53. > :13:57.had been offered to them? The answer may be because it wanted to avoid a
:13:58. > :14:02.repeat of this, the part nationalisation of British Leyland
:14:03. > :14:07.in the 70s did not end well. Some thought this deal could go the same
:14:08. > :14:11.way. Tata Steel has looked for a bias and 2014 and if they cannot
:14:12. > :14:14.find one in the open market it means the only way the government can help
:14:15. > :14:18.is to sweeten the deal and if we are doing that it means we are propping
:14:19. > :14:24.up an unproductive industry and doing that it means we are propping
:14:25. > :14:28.productive. If it helps find a buyer, the workers know the next few
:14:29. > :14:32.years will be hard. We may soon all have a stake in their future also.
:14:33. > :14:34.With me now is our business editor Simon Jack.
:14:35. > :14:43.A lot of money and a surprising move from the government. It is a big
:14:44. > :14:48.moment. It is not a U-turn because they did not rule out the option
:14:49. > :14:53.will stop the idea of a government taking a stake in manufacturing
:14:54. > :14:57.industry runs counter to every instinct of a Conservative
:14:58. > :15:05.government. You have to reach back to the 1970s British Leyland and
:15:06. > :15:09.Rolls-Royce find similar situations. Taking a stake plus hundreds of
:15:10. > :15:13.millions of loans is an enormous carrot to flush out a buyer and that
:15:14. > :15:18.is the key thing. None of this happens unless a buyer is found, and
:15:19. > :15:23.the government admitted that although the hundreds of millions on
:15:24. > :15:28.commercial terms of loans are OK, taking a 25% stake is a great area
:15:29. > :15:31.when it comes to EU state aid. A buyer needs to be found and the
:15:32. > :15:36.justice of the Sea off the move also. -- legitimacy.
:15:37. > :15:42.The Queen becomes for first reigning British monarch to reach 90
:15:43. > :15:45.as she celebrates her birthday in Windsor.
:15:46. > :16:18.The singer and musician Prince has been found dead in America.
:16:19. > :16:21.Two men have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of conspiring
:16:22. > :16:24.to import and sell automatic weapons - following what's believed to be
:16:25. > :16:34.the largest such seizure ever made on the UK mainland.
:16:35. > :16:40.The weapons were said to be worth ?100,000.
:16:41. > :16:42.Three others had already pleaded guilty
:16:43. > :16:43.to smuggling the weapons into the country.
:16:44. > :16:45.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford
:16:46. > :16:50.In an extraordinary security operation, heavily armed police
:16:51. > :16:53.officers have been stationed around the Old Bailey throughout this
:16:54. > :17:00.A trial concerning the biggest ever seizure of guns in
:17:01. > :17:04.22 fully automatic assault rifles, nine Scorpion
:17:05. > :17:10.submachineguns and one and a half thousand rounds of ammunition.
:17:11. > :17:12.These were weapons that could cause mass casualties, both types of
:17:13. > :17:17.weapon can fire 800 rounds a minute and you could imagine the
:17:18. > :17:20.devastation that would cause if they were in the wrong hands.
:17:21. > :17:24.Harry Shilling was the leader of the gun
:17:25. > :17:32.smuggling gang, helped by Michael Defraine and Richard Rye.
:17:33. > :17:34.They'd persuaded boat enthusiasts to help them.
:17:35. > :17:37.The guns were shipped across the Channel from France in this
:17:38. > :17:40.The next day on the River Medway in Kent, surveillance
:17:41. > :17:44.officers filmed the gang on loading heavy bags containing the weapons,
:17:45. > :17:46.heaving them into an anonymous white van.
:17:47. > :17:49.Moments later, armed police moved in and arrested the men on the
:17:50. > :17:55.And they seized an enormous Arsenal of fully automatic guns, 30
:17:56. > :18:01.Some of the guns had come from this shop, 800 miles
:18:02. > :18:11.converted back into lethal killing machines.
:18:12. > :18:15.One such gun from the same shop had made it into the hands of
:18:16. > :18:18.the man who killed four hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris
:18:19. > :18:26.He can be seen with the gun in this video, released
:18:27. > :18:31.The National Crime Agency has established that at least
:18:32. > :18:39.some of the guns came from this shop in Slovakia,
:18:40. > :18:40.but at that point, they
:18:41. > :18:42.were perfectly legal yet committed weapons.
:18:43. > :18:45.What happened next is that
:18:46. > :18:47.somebody, and we don't know who, reactivated them, making them
:18:48. > :18:52.When the National Crime Agency arrested
:18:53. > :18:56.gang leader Harry Shilling in the car park of Homebase, he had a panic
:18:57. > :19:06.Richard Wright, by the window, was caught in the local
:19:07. > :19:10.The huge haul of weapons that in the wrong hands could have
:19:11. > :19:12.wreaked havoc in Britain, all safely in the hands
:19:13. > :19:24.The musician Prince has died in Minneapolis.
:19:25. > :19:27.He was 57 and had been struggling with illness for a while.
:19:28. > :19:41.Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba is here with more details.
:19:42. > :19:48.We had a statement that Prince had been suffering ill-health and had to
:19:49. > :19:54.cancel concerts. He went to hospital at the weekend. There have been
:19:55. > :19:58.rumours that a death in the last couple of hours at Paisley park and
:19:59. > :20:04.now the confirmation the sad news that Princess died at the age of 57.
:20:05. > :20:08.How would you describe his legacy? He will be remembered as someone who
:20:09. > :20:13.produced a huge range of music, mixing different styles. In the
:20:14. > :20:18.early part of his career he realised the importance of the media and
:20:19. > :20:23.publicity, famously changing his name to a symbol. People will
:20:24. > :20:28.remember the albums in the 80s and 90s. They sold millions of copies
:20:29. > :20:33.around the world. He continued producing music at a prodigious rate
:20:34. > :20:38.and a lot of it was recorded and never actually released. He had an
:20:39. > :20:42.incredible stage presence as people who saw him in the UK a couple of
:20:43. > :20:47.years ago will testify. And today the sad news he has died. He will be
:20:48. > :20:50.remembered as a great talent and also one of music's great
:20:51. > :20:58.characters. Thanks very much. Volkswagen has agreed a deal
:20:59. > :21:01.in America to fix or buy VW has admitted cheating
:21:02. > :21:04.on emissions tests on up There has been no agreement yet
:21:05. > :21:08.on compensation or fixes for cars The former Sheffield United
:21:09. > :21:16.and Wales striker Ched Evans has had his conviction for rape
:21:17. > :21:19.quashed at the Court of Appeal. He was released from jail in 2014
:21:20. > :21:23.after serving half his sentence. Our Sports Editor Dan
:21:24. > :21:28.Roan was in court. Ched Evans leaving court today
:21:29. > :21:30.after the most significant victory Supported by his fiancee,
:21:31. > :21:41.he had won an appeal against his rape conviction but knew
:21:42. > :21:44.he now faces a retrial. Minutes earlier, he had
:21:45. > :21:46.been in court to hear We have concluded that we
:21:47. > :21:51.must allow the appeal. And that it's in the interests
:21:52. > :21:52.of justice to The appellant will be retried
:21:53. > :22:07.on the allegation of rape. The former Wales international
:22:08. > :22:09.served half of a five year sentence after he
:22:10. > :22:17.was convicted of raping a 19 year old woman in his north
:22:18. > :22:20.Wales Hotel in 2011. Public opposition prevented Evans
:22:21. > :22:22.from resuming his footballing career but he has always maintained
:22:23. > :22:24.his innocence and appealed through the Criminal Cases Review
:22:25. > :22:26.Commission. At a hearing last month fresh
:22:27. > :22:28.evidence was presented that was deemed to have rendered his
:22:29. > :22:31.conviction unsafe - reporting restrictions mean that evidence
:22:32. > :22:34.cannot be made public. Ched Evans looked tense but showed
:22:35. > :22:36.little reaction or emotion here as he heard the judgment,
:22:37. > :22:40.surrounded by members of his family. Relieved, no doubt, that his appeal
:22:41. > :22:43.had been successful, but that this Ched Evans is extremely
:22:44. > :22:51.grateful that the Court of Appeal has ruled that his conviction
:22:52. > :22:54.for rape is unsafe and should be The former Sheffield United striker
:22:55. > :22:59.could now look for a new club, but sources close to Evans
:23:00. > :23:03.say his focus is firmly on his family rather than football,
:23:04. > :23:10.as he prepares for a retrial. How often have you tried
:23:11. > :23:13.to get an appointment with your GP and been told -
:23:14. > :23:15.you'll have to wait. It's just one sign of how much
:23:16. > :23:18.pressure the service faces. Now the NHS in England has come up
:23:19. > :23:21.with billions of pounds of extra funding to put general practice
:23:22. > :23:23."back on its feet". Spending on GPs will go up
:23:24. > :23:26.from the current 8 percent This will help pay for 5,000 extra
:23:27. > :23:33.GPs and for 4,500 pharmacists As our Health Editor Hugh Pym
:23:34. > :23:45.reports, the GP service could end up It is one new approach
:23:46. > :23:58.to handling patients. This GP surgery in West Yorkshire
:23:59. > :24:00.has nurses and other staff on site, able to see people,
:24:01. > :24:08.so taking pressure off the doctors. It's not going to change
:24:09. > :24:14.things overnight, of course not, but it should
:24:15. > :24:20.go some way to help Patients at the surgery
:24:21. > :24:31.welcome any hope for their When I was younger, it were easier
:24:32. > :24:34.for GPs but not now. It's long hours for people,
:24:35. > :24:40.and they do need to put a lot more The head of NHS England
:24:41. > :24:46.told me general practice Over the last ten years,
:24:47. > :24:49.the GP services have in some ways lost out relative to other parts
:24:50. > :24:51.of the NHS. Today what we're saying
:24:52. > :25:03.we need to back this General practice has been
:25:04. > :25:06.under intense pressure. Surveys suggest that 29% of GPs
:25:07. > :25:10.want to leave the NHS in the And nearly 11% of patients
:25:11. > :25:16.couldn't make an appointment last time they tried,
:25:17. > :25:18.with the number of GP consultations up 11% since 2010,
:25:19. > :25:28.the workload keeps on rising. Some GPs like this doctor in east
:25:29. > :25:35.London, say the new Any increased funding to general
:25:36. > :25:37.practice has to My concern with it is it's actually
:25:38. > :25:41.they're talking about doing it over the next four years,
:25:42. > :25:44.and I don't know what state general practice will be in
:25:45. > :25:46.in four years' time, whether it will survive
:25:47. > :25:47.that long to enable us to still
:25:48. > :25:50.have a service to offer patients. The theory is that investing more
:25:51. > :25:55.money closer to home and so take
:25:56. > :25:57.pressure off hospitals. But if that doesn't work,
:25:58. > :26:00.the rest of the NHS, where the budget will rise less
:26:01. > :26:06.rapidly than GPs, may Doctors' leaders say
:26:07. > :26:07.the measures should make a big difference
:26:08. > :26:11.but the challenge will be to find enough
:26:12. > :26:33.new GPs and initial funding The weather behaved beautifully
:26:34. > :26:38.today, according across the skies, but for the lighting of the beacons,
:26:39. > :26:44.it's going to be a mostly dry affair. It has been warm in the
:26:45. > :26:50.spring sunshine to the north and west, for Mr Day of the year so far
:26:51. > :26:52.in Portsmouth dock, but a breeze off the North Sea making it the
:26:53. > :27:00.supporting the call on the east Coast. For the lighting of the
:27:01. > :27:07.beacons we could see the spot or two of showery rain, but elsewhere,
:27:08. > :27:13.clearer skies, particularly North. This further front will bring up
:27:14. > :27:17.bricks of rain as we go through the overnight period, and some of the
:27:18. > :27:27.rain turning heavy as well -- outbreaks of rain. Chile in the far
:27:28. > :27:31.north of Scotland. The rain, fairly persistent, perhaps heavy as well
:27:32. > :27:36.across Cornwall and Devon and South Wales but light and patchy across
:27:37. > :27:39.the Channel into the afternoon but it will feel noticeably cooler,
:27:40. > :27:48.particularly under the cloud and rain. The breeze, quite noticeable
:27:49. > :27:53.on exposed coasts stop maybe the odd showery spell of rain through the
:27:54. > :27:57.Midlands. Sunshine through the North of England, Northern Ireland into
:27:58. > :28:05.Scotland, in the far north-east, cooler. Into the weekend, that theme
:28:06. > :28:12.is set to continue, feeling cold, sunshine and showers turning
:28:13. > :28:17.increasingly wintry. Let's not well on that.
:28:18. > :28:20.Welcome back to Windsor Castle - where tonight the Queen will be
:28:21. > :28:22.attending a family dinner hosted by Prince Charles
:28:23. > :28:25.for the whole royal family as well as a few close friends.
:28:26. > :28:28.We know very little about it except that there will be
:28:29. > :28:30.entertainment and we're told a few surprises - but it certainly
:28:31. > :28:33.will be a very private end to a very public day of celebrations
:28:34. > :28:36.the oldest reigning monarch in British history.
:28:37. > :28:38.We leave you tonight with some of the highlights from today.