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Prince Harry and his
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Meghan Markle are engaged -
there'll be a royal | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
wedding in the spring. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:17 | |
The couple appeared together here
at Kensington Palace this afternoon. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
They revealed they got engaged
in secret earlier this month. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
It was so sweet and natural
and very romantic. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
He got on one knee. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:32 | |
Was it an instant "yes"? | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Yes, as a matter of fact I could
barely let you finish proposing, | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
I was like, "Can I say yes?" | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
She said "Can I say yes?", then
there was hugs and I had the ring, | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
and I was like, "Can
I give you the ring?" | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
and she was like,
"Oh, yes the ring!" | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
The couple had only
officially appeared together | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
in public once before. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:50 | |
Harry said he knew Meghan was
the one from the moment he met her. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
Absolutely wonderful. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:54 | |
I think it's great. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:55 | |
Another royal wedding,
something to look forward to, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
in times of trouble. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
Also on tonight's programme... | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
The Government unveils plans
to boost Britain's productivity, | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
as the UK's biotech industry gets
a billion pound boost from abroad. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:13 | |
Police say the five victims
of a fatal car crash | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
in Leeds at the weekend
were all in the vehicle | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
when it hit a tree. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:23 | |
And more than 100,000 people
are ordered to leave their homes | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
on Indonesian island of Bali,
after warnings Mount Agung volcano, | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
could erupt at any time. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,
Australia take a 1-0 lead in | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
the Ashes series but can England
find the answer in Adelaide? | 0:01:34 | 0:01:42 | |
Good evening and welcome
to the BBC News at Six. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:08 | |
We're at Kensington Palace. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
It has just begun to snow. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
It's home to Prince Harry | 0:02:14 | 0:02:15 | |
and where he will be joined
in married life by the American | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
actress Megan Markle. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:19 | |
The couple were engaged
in secret earlier this month, | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
announced it to the world today
and say their wedding will take | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
place in the spring. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:25 | |
The couple revealed how they had
been cooking roast chicken at home | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
when Harry got down on one
knee to propose. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
Meghan said she had had no
hesitation in saying yes. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
Harry said the stars had aligned
to bring them together. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
Among wellwishers around the world,
the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
say they are "delighted"
and Prince Charles has | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
declared himself thrilled. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
Our first report tonight
on the royal engagement, | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
from our royal correspondent
Nicholas Witchell. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:45 | |
Finally it's official,
they are engaged to be married. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
Prince Harry, fifth in line
to the British throne, | 0:02:49 | 0:02:54 | |
and Meghan Markle, an American,
an actress, a divorcee. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
And, as she has put it herself,
a woman who's proud | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
of her mixed-race heritage. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:01 | |
Her mother is an African-American. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
Seldom can a Royal wedding have
indicated so clearly | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
how times have changed. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
How are you both feeling? | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
Thrilled. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
And we're very glad it's
not raining as well. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
Harry was asked when he realised
Meghan was the one. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
The very first time we met. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
Meghan, can you show
us the ring, please? | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
Ah yes, the ring. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
Designed, it turns out, by Harry,
and including two diamonds | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
owned by his late mother. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:34 | |
Harry and Meghan. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:35 | |
He 33, she 36. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:40 | |
A happy couple who met 18 months ago
and who are now starting to plan | 0:03:40 | 0:03:45 | |
a wedding, which will
take place next spring. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
Later, in an interview
with the BBC's Mishal Husain, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:52 | |
the couple talked about the moment,
earlier this month, | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
when Harry proposed. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
Just an amazing surprise. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:56 | |
It was so sweet and natural,
and very romantic. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
He got on one knee. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
Of course. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:02 | |
Was it an instant yes from you? | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
Yes, as a matter of fact I could
barely let you finish proposing! | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
I was like, can I say yes now? | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
She didn't even let me finish. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:11 | |
Then there was hugs and I had
the ring in my finger. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
I said, "Can I give you the ring?" | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
She said, "Oh yes, the ring!" | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
So it was really nice moment, just
the two of us and I think I managed | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
to catch her by surprise as well. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
Yeah. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:24 | |
And Harry spoke of the instant
impact Meghan had had on him. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:30 | |
The fact that I fell in love
with Meghan so incredibly quickly | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
was sort of confirmation
to me that everything, | 0:04:34 | 0:04:42 | |
all the stars are aligned,
everything was perfect. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
This beautiful woman,
just literally tripped | 0:04:45 | 0:04:46 | |
and fell into my life. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
I fell into her life,
and the fact that she... | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
I know the fact that she will be
really unbelievably good at the job | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
part of it as well is obviously
a huge relief to me | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
because she will be able to deal
with everything else | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
that comes with it. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
Within the royal family,
there is, as you'd expect, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
great happiness at the news. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
The Queen was delighted,
as was Harry's father, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
the Prince of Wales. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:08 | |
We're thrilled, thank you very
much, for both of them. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
I hope they'll be very happy
indeed, is all I can say. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
tweeted their excitement | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
for the couple, saying it had been
wonderful to getting to know Meghan | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
and to see how happy
the couple were together. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:24 | |
So now, next spring, there will be
a double Royal celebration - | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
another baby for William
and Catherine, and a wedding | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
in a so far unidentified church
for Harry and his bride, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
Meghan Markle. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:36 | |
Nicholas Witchell, BBC News. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:43 | |
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle began
dating last summer and just a year | 0:05:43 | 0:05:53 | |
and a half on,
news of their coming wedding has | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
raced around the world. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:57 | |
Earlier today they spoke
publicly for the first time | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
about their engagement
in an interview, with my | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
colleague Mishal Husain. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:02 | |
How did you first meet? We were
introduced by a mutual friend. We | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
should protect her privacy and not
too much of that. It was literally | 0:06:05 | 0:06:11 | |
threw her and then we met once or
twice back to dates in London last | 0:06:11 | 0:06:17 | |
July. Yes. Beginning of July. And
then it was three or four weeks | 0:06:17 | 0:06:25 | |
later that I managed to persuade her
to come and join me in Botswana and | 0:06:25 | 0:06:32 | |
we camped out with each other under
the stars and we spent five days out | 0:06:32 | 0:06:37 | |
there which was fantastic. Then we
were really by ourselves, which was | 0:06:37 | 0:06:43 | |
crucial to me to make sure we had a
chance to get to know each other. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
The friend to introduce juke was she
trying to set you up? It was | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
definitely a setup! -- the friend
who introduced you. We talk about it | 0:06:50 | 0:06:57 | |
now, because I'm from the States, we
don't grow up with the same | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
understanding of the Royal family
and so while I understand now very | 0:07:01 | 0:07:06 | |
clearly there is a global interest
there, I didn't know much about him | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
and so the only thing I asked her
when she said she wanted to set us | 0:07:10 | 0:07:14 | |
up, one question, was he nice?
Because if he wasn't kind, it didn't | 0:07:14 | 0:07:19 | |
seem to make sense. In the case of
your relationship, unlike many | 0:07:19 | 0:07:24 | |
people, there's a layer of what it
means to get involved with someone | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
the Royal family. How much of a
sense did you have of the enormity | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
of what you be getting into and what
it would mean for your life? As | 0:07:31 | 0:07:38 | |
naive as it sounds now, having gone
through this learning curve over the | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
last year and a half, I didn't have
any understanding of what it would | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
be like. I think we both said that.
No, I tried to warn her as much as | 0:07:45 | 0:07:52 | |
possible but I think both of us were
totally surprised by the reaction | 0:07:52 | 0:07:58 | |
after the first five or six months
we had to ourselves of what happened | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
from then. I think you can have as
many conversations as you'd like and | 0:08:01 | 0:08:07 | |
prepare as much as possible but we
were totally unprepared for what | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
happened. The scrutiny? Well, all
sorts. And also, there's a | 0:08:10 | 0:08:19 | |
misconception that because I've
worked in the entertainment industry | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
that this would be something I'd be
familiar with but even though I've | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
been on my show for six years at
that point, and working before that, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:29 | |
I've never been part of tabloid
culture, pop culture to that degree | 0:08:29 | 0:08:35 | |
and had lived a relatively quiet
life even though I focused so much | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
on my job. So that was a really
stark difference out of the gate. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:45 | |
And we were hit so hard with a lot
of untruths that I made the choice | 0:08:45 | 0:08:51 | |
not to read anything, positive or
negative, instead we focus our | 0:08:51 | 0:08:56 | |
energies on nurturing our
relationship. On us. On us. Some of | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
that scrutiny, you made a public
statement about it, some of the | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
scrutiny was centred around your
ethnicity, I think. When you realise | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
that, what did you think? Of course
it's disheartening. It's a shame | 0:09:09 | 0:09:14 | |
that that is the climate in this
world, to focus that much which | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
would be discriminatory in that
sense but at the end of the day I'm | 0:09:19 | 0:09:26 | |
really proud of where I am and where
I come from. We have never put any | 0:09:26 | 0:09:31 | |
focus on that, we've just focused on
who we are as a couple. When you | 0:09:31 | 0:09:36 | |
take those extra layers away, all of
that noise, I think it makes it | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
really easy to just enjoy being
together and tune the rest of it | 0:09:39 | 0:09:45 | |
out. What was it like introducing
Meghan to your father and your | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
brother? Erm... What was it like?
Exciting. I've been saying it for a | 0:09:49 | 0:09:59 | |
period of time I didn't tell anybody
at all. And then William was longing | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
to meet her and so was Catherine. We
will be neighbours, we got that in a | 0:10:03 | 0:10:11 | |
couple of times and Catherine has
been absolutely amazing, as has | 0:10:11 | 0:10:17 | |
William, fantastic support. My
father as well, we had a handful of | 0:10:17 | 0:10:21 | |
teas and meetings and all sorts of
gatherings at his place as well. The | 0:10:21 | 0:10:29 | |
family together have been absolutely
solid support. And you met the | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
Queen? Yes, I have a couple of
times. What's that like? It's | 0:10:32 | 0:10:40 | |
incredible. First, to be able to
meet her, through his lens, not just | 0:10:40 | 0:10:45 | |
with his honour and respect for her
as the monarch but the love he has | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
for her as his grandmother, those
layers have been important for me so | 0:10:49 | 0:10:55 | |
when I met her I had a deep
understanding and of course | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
incredible respect for having that
time with her. We've had a really... | 0:10:59 | 0:11:04 | |
She's an incredible woman. The last
33 years of being barked at, this | 0:11:04 | 0:11:12 | |
one, walking in, the corgis. Tell us
about the ring. It is yellow gold | 0:11:12 | 0:11:25 | |
and the main stone is from Tswana
and the diamonds either side are | 0:11:25 | 0:11:32 | |
from my mother's jewellery
collection. She's on this crazy | 0:11:32 | 0:11:40 | |
journey together. It's beautiful and
he designed it. It's incredible. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:45 | |
Yeah. Make sure it stays on that
finger. Of course! What does it mean | 0:11:45 | 0:11:51 | |
to you, Meghan, to have those stones
on your finger that once belonged to | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
Princess Diana? I think everything
about Harry's thoughtfulness and the | 0:11:55 | 0:12:01 | |
inclusion of that and obviously not
being able to meet his mum, it's so | 0:12:01 | 0:12:07 | |
important for me to know that she's
a part of this with us. What do you | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
think your mother would have thought
of Meghan and said about her? She'd | 0:12:11 | 0:12:17 | |
say we are as thick as thieves!
Without question, she'd be over the | 0:12:17 | 0:12:23 | |
moon, jumping up and down, so
excited for me. But then, we've been | 0:12:23 | 0:12:29 | |
best friends. It is days like today
when I really miss her being around | 0:12:29 | 0:12:34 | |
and being able to show her the happy
news but with the ring and | 0:12:34 | 0:12:39 | |
everything else going on I'm sure
she is with us and jumping up and | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
down somewhere else. Rinse Harry,
Meghan Markle, thank you both ferry | 0:12:43 | 0:12:48 | |
much. Thank you so much -- Prince
Harry. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:55 | |
And there will be more from Mishal's
interview with Prince Harry | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
and Megan Markle on the One Show -
that's on BBC One at 7:00pm. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:01 | |
And on the BBC website
at bbc.co.uk/news. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:02 | |
So what do we know
about the Meghan Markle? | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
Well, she is 36, divorced
and describes herself as a "strong, | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
confident, mixed-raced woman". | 0:13:07 | 0:13:08 | |
She grew up in Los Angeles
and until she met Prince Harry | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
was best known for playing
Rachel Zane in the US | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
TV drama Suits. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:15 | |
She's also campaigned for gender
equality and a variety | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
of humanitarian causes. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
Our Royal correspondent
Daniella Relph has been finding out | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
more about Megan Markle,
and speaking to her friends. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
Have you heard? | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
There is breaking news out
of London this morning. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
Drum roll, please. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
Prince Harry and American
actress Meghan Markle | 0:13:33 | 0:13:34 | |
are engaged - yay! | 0:13:34 | 0:13:35 | |
Congratulations, Harry and Meghan. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:36 | |
We don't know you,
but congratulations! | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
But we will all get to know
Meghan Markle much better | 0:13:40 | 0:13:42 | |
over the next few months. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
She is no ordinary royal fiancee. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:49 | |
Her early acting career
was made up of small | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
television and film
parts and adverts. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
There was also a stint
opening the boxes | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
on the TV programme Deal Or No Deal. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
It's Meghan Markle! | 0:14:02 | 0:14:06 | |
Wow, you're pretty. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:07 | |
Good, you've hit on me. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:08 | |
We can get it out of the way
that I am not interested. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
No, I'm sorry... | 0:14:11 | 0:14:12 | |
Before her big break
in the legal drama Suits. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
But she sometimes took
issue with the way her character, | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
Rachel Zane, was portrayed. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:17 | |
This season, every script seemed
to begin with | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
"Rachel enters wearing a towel." | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
And I said, "Nope, not
doing it any more." | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
Not doing it, and I called
the creator and I was like, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
"It's just gratuitous." | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
We get it, you've
already seen it once, | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
so I think that at a certain point, | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
you feel empowered enough
to just say no. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
Meghan Markle will bring
something different | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
to the British Royal family. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
Born and brought up here
in United States, she is a | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
proud American but she's also
a campaigner with strong | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
opinions and, if possible,
she won't want her marriage | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
to limit that side her life. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:57 | |
Her humanitarian work
has taken her around the world, | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
here in Rwanda. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
She's focused
on gender equality. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:09 | |
Particularly as an advocate for
United Nations women. It's really | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
hands-on, being part of this. It
feels really nice. I think her | 0:15:13 | 0:15:21 | |
passion for other people and wanting
to create social change is | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
something, with that platform, can
only be positive. I bet she'll be | 0:15:23 | 0:15:29 | |
fine, she'll be great in fact!
Meghan Markle grew up in this | 0:15:29 | 0:15:36 | |
affluent neighbourhood of Los
Angeles and went to a private | 0:15:36 | 0:15:41 | |
Catholic school. She's mixed race,
the daughter of divorced parents. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
Her mother, yoga teacher and her
father, a TV and lighting director. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:50 | |
In the early days of her
relationship with Prince Harry some | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
of the media coverage and settled
them, Prince Harry releasing a | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
statement suggesting coverage had
racial undertones. It felt racist to | 0:15:56 | 0:16:04 | |
me, like there was an attempt to
make her seem like an outsider. So | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
yeah that was pretty startling. This
will be a whole new world for Meghan | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
Markle. Swapping the small screen
for a far bigger stage. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:24 | |
And Daniela is with me here. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:29 | |
Meghan is a very new proposition
for the royal family. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:35 | |
What impact do you think she will
have on the Royal family? There is | 0:16:35 | 0:16:41 | |
going to be that sort of American
sensibility about her I think, that | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
will mean she brings something
different. She's not a traditional | 0:16:45 | 0:16:50 | |
royal bride. Prince Harry has chosen
someone who hasn't been drawn from | 0:16:50 | 0:16:54 | |
one of these grand aristocratic
families. She has a very different | 0:16:54 | 0:16:58 | |
background and a different type of
interest and I think that will show | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
in the kind of work they do. During
that interview there was a constant | 0:17:01 | 0:17:06 | |
reference to the word team and
there's a sense they both have a | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
clear vision of the work | 0:17:09 | 0:17:19 | |
they can do together and the changes
they want to make. What also struck | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
me about the interview was how at
ease she seemed but nonetheless | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
challengers will lie ahead for her,
went there? Yes, she was very | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
articulate and you could sense that,
and she was at ease with herself and | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
they were at ease with one another.
It's interesting that she said | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
people said to her you are an
actress, you will cope with this | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
fine. She is nervous about what lies
ahead. Prince Harry said he warned | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
her of the perils of royal life and
the downsides of it. My sense is | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
talking to people that work with her
and her friends is she will probably | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
just just fine to being a member of
the Royal family. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
I'll have more from Kensington
Palace later in the programme, | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
but for now, with the rest
of the day's news, it's back | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
to Clive in the studio. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
Many thanks for that. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
Two pharmaceutical companies,
say they'll invest more | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
than a billion pounds in the UK,
creating hundreds of new jobs | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
in London and Manchester. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:12 | |
It comes as the government unveiled
its industrial strategy today, | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
designed to boost productivity
and attract investment in areas such | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
as artificial intelligence,
driverless cars and clean energy. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:18 | |
Here's our Business
Editor Simon Jack. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:24 | |
Investing in new drugs is just
the kind of medicine the economy | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
needs after the bleak diagnosis
of slowing growth and poor | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
productivity it received last week. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
The Government's plan
to incentivise investment arrives | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
at a time when businesses are wary
of Brexit uncertainty. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:41 | |
We are the place that is going to be
able to take a lead in these | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
new industries of the future. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
At a time when companies
are making investments, | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
and in the context of Brexit,
to set that out with a clarity | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
that we have I think
is all the more important. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
The way it's supposed
to work is basically this. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
The Government invest money
in research and development. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
Academic institutions work
in partnership with business | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
to provide skills and know-how. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:07 | |
The Government provide test-beds
for new products like faster trials | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
of new drugs or public roads
for driverless cars, and hey presto, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
private companies invest. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
This gene therapy company
in Oxford likes the approach. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:21 | |
This new strategy is very important
for a business like ours. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
It allows us to look at what we can
work on in the future, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
look at the grants we can get
to help us expand the business | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
and make our processes better,
to keep us at the leading edge | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
of our science. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:34 | |
It's perhaps no surprise
the Government chose life sciences | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
to be the poster child
for its new industrial strategy. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
These are highly skilled,
highly productive jobs, | 0:19:39 | 0:19:40 | |
in an industry which seems to have
no problem attracting investment. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
Most of the UK economy
is not like this. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
The Government's challenge will be
to increase productivity in areas | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
of the economy where workers
are more likely to drive white vans | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
than wear white coats. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
Most people work in
what we sometimes call | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
the everyday economy,
so shops, care homes, | 0:19:57 | 0:19:58 | |
public services as well. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
We think in order to boost that
earning power, which is | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
what the Secretary of State wanted
to do, we need a strategy that | 0:20:03 | 0:20:07 | |
takes them into account. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:11 | |
Government intervention in industry
has a chequered history | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
with memories of money being poured
into failing companies, | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
but even opposition parties | 0:20:15 | 0:20:16 | |
now agree the Government does
have a role, and a problem. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
You're getting business
and government working together | 0:20:20 | 0:20:21 | |
and trying to think long-term
and that must be right, | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
but the problem the Government's
now got is that, | 0:20:24 | 0:20:26 | |
because of the Brexit negotiations,
companies don't know | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
where they stand so they are not
investing, or very few of them are. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:34 | |
Will the plan work? | 0:20:34 | 0:20:35 | |
Of the two companies who announced
investment today, one told | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
the BBC it would have done it
with or without the strategy | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
and the second said it
hadn't finalised the size | 0:20:41 | 0:20:43 | |
of its investment, but the life
sciences industry | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
broadly welcomed it. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
There have been industrial
strategies before and you haven't | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
heard the last of this one. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
Simon Jack, BBC News. | 0:20:51 | 0:21:00 | |
West Yorkshire Police say the five
victims of a fatal car crash | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
in Leeds over the weekend,
were all in the vehicle | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
when it hit a tree. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:07 | |
Two men and three boys died
in the incident on Saturday night | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
in the Meanwood area of the city. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:11 | |
Danny Savage reports. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:12 | |
The scene of Saturday
night's terrible crash | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
remains sealed off today. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
The search for evidence to establish
how and why a stolen car | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
careered off a straight road. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:20 | |
The tree it hit is scarred, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
as are some of the people
who were first on the scene. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:30 | |
When I arrived here in the early
hours of Sunday morning, | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
this was a catastrophic scene. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
All the witnesses,
all the police officers, | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
all the emergency services
that were here would have seen | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
absolutely a scene of total carnage. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
Named locally, the
youngest victims were | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
Ellis and Elliott Thornton, who were
brothers aged just 12 and 14. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:55 | |
Also in the car was
15-year-old Darnell Harte | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
along with 24-year-old
Robbie Meerun | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
and father of two
Anthoney Armour who was also 24. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:05 | |
The Renault Clio was stolen
and some of the people in it | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
were known to police. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
It's also understood there were
six people in the car at the time | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
which is designed to take
a maximum of five passengers. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
The one survivor, aged 15,
was arrested on Saturday night. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:23 | |
He remains in custody
as the families of those who died | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
struggled to deal
with the aftermath. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:34 | |
Six former British soldiers,
who've been in prison in India | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
since 2013 are to be released. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
The so called "Chennai Six"
were arrested along with 29 | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
others on weapons charges,
while working as security guards | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
on ships in the Indian Ocean. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
Their families are now waiting
to hear when they'll | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
be returning home. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
More than 100,000 people
have been ordered | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
to leave their homes,
after warnings that Mount Agung | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
on the island of Bali
could erupt at any moment. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
The international airport has
already been closed, | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
and officials say people will be
forced to evacuate | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
the area if necessary. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:04 | |
Tom Burridge has the story. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:12 | |
A giant cloud of rocks, glass,
crystal and gas spews out | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
of Bali's tallest volcano. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:20 | |
Life near Mount Agung goes on,
even as the authorities | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
urge locals to leave. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:28 | |
The hope - that there won't be
the death and destruction wrought | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
by the volcano last time around. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
That was in 1963. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
In a country with a history
of volcanic eruptions, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
this was one of the worst. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
More than 1,000 died. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
The orange glow today, magma visible
at the top of the volcano. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
A clue that a full-scale
eruption could come soon. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
As the magma has moved up
through the volcano, | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
it's heated water inside,
creating steam and pressure, | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
hurling fragments of rock thousands
of metres into the air. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:07 | |
In villages, some have no
choice but to stay put. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
"I'm scared but I don't have the
money to leave," says this woman. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:17 | |
But some tourists are still there,
as even experts struggle to predict | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
what this volcano will do next. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:21 | |
Tom Burridge, BBC News. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:31 | |
England have lost
the first Ashes Test | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
in Brisbane by 10 wickets. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:36 | |
Australia needed just 56 runs
to win on the final day | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
and reached that target
in a little more than an hour. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
The second match in the series
starts on Saturday in Adelaide. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
We'll be rejoining Fiona
at Kensington Palace in a moment, | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
but first, time for
a look at the weather, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
and Chris Fawkes is here. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
Our weather will be turning colder
over the next few days, but it was a | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
glorious end to the day in Scotland.
This picture shows the setting sun | 0:24:58 | 0:25:03 | |
over the skies in Fife. Cold enough
for snow to be on the ground in | 0:25:03 | 0:25:08 | |
parts of Scotland, and Glencoe have
announced they will start the skiing | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
season tomorrow. On the satellite
picture today we have had cloud for | 0:25:12 | 0:25:17 | |
England and Wales, shower clouds
rattling into the north and west and | 0:25:17 | 0:25:22 | |
overnight there will be rain
affecting parts of southern England | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
for a time. The rest of the UK will
have showers driven in by blustery | 0:25:25 | 0:25:29 | |
winds. Overnight temperatures down
into the low single figures but | 0:25:29 | 0:25:34 | |
potentially it could turn icy in
Northern Ireland and Scotland. The | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
weather will stay on the cold side
for the next few days because of | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
this ridge of high pressure in the
Atlantic and out over Greenland as | 0:25:42 | 0:25:47 | |
well which is stopping milder
Atlantic air reaching our shores. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:53 | |
Instead we have cold air with us and
temperatures will be dropping down, | 0:25:53 | 0:26:00 | |
temperatures in Sheffield round
about three Celsius, 5 degrees lower | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
than the average for the time of
year. Foremost there will be plenty | 0:26:04 | 0:26:10 | |
of sunshine, with blustery showers
across western areas and as winds | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
turn to a more northerly direction,
we will start to drag showers in | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
from the North Sea across the
eastern side of Scotland and the | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
eastern coast of England as well. A
cold day. Through both Wednesday and | 0:26:21 | 0:26:27 | |
Thursday we will have showers around
the Irish Sea coast, showers too by | 0:26:27 | 0:26:34 | |
the North Sea and it will feel
colder with temperatures between | 0:26:34 | 0:26:39 | |
three and seven Celsius. That's the
latest weather but we are going to | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
go back to Kensington Palace to
reflect on today's big news with | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
Fiona. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
We're at Kensington Palace,
where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
appeared earlier, announcing
their engagement and where | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
the couple will live
after their wedding next spring. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
They revealed how Harry got down
on one knee to propose, | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
and she had no hesitation
in saying yes. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
Among wellwishers around the world,
the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
say they are delighted. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:05 | |
In a moment we'll have
all the news from where you are | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
but first let's take a look at some
of the key images of the day... | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
When I walked into that room and saw
her, there she was sitting there, I | 0:27:18 | 0:27:23 | |
thought OK, I'm going to have to up
my game! Just an amazing surprise. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:31 | |
It was so sweet and natural and very
romantic. He got on one knee. I | 0:27:31 | 0:27:37 | |
could barely let you finish
proposing! She didn't let me finish! | 0:27:37 | 0:27:43 | |
Have you heard, there is breaking
news out of London this morning. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:48 | |
Prince Harry and American Meghan
Markle are engaged to be married. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:52 | |
It's fantastic, marvellous. We
wanted to come and see. Wonderful | 0:27:52 | 0:27:58 | |
news, I think it is great. Another
royal wedding, something to look | 0:27:58 | 0:28:02 | |
forward to. Thrills, thank you, | 0:28:02 | 0:28:06 |