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its saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed its carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran—backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without "punishment or retaliation". graham satchell reports. before and after — satellite images show the i...

Are celebrating the arrival of a very rare baby giraffe. This six foot tall youngster, who is yet to be named, arrived on boxing day. The Rothschild Giraffe is said to be one of the most endangered species of the animal, with fewer than 1600 left in the wild. Time for the weather. I will stick my neck out and say its been a pretty decent day. A bit of a breeze associated with this northerly weather stream. Further south, some for grief forming. Some fog reforming. At the same time, the rain beco...

Incident on new years eve. Zaneta krokova died in hospital this morning. Her cousin Helina Kotlarova died at the scene in oldham, greater manchester. Four men have been arrested. Anti Terror Police in turkey say theyve arrested eight people in connection with the new years attack on a nightclub in istanbul which left 39 people dead. The suspected gunman is still thought to be at large. Rail passengers are facing higher fares across the uk as average price increases of 2. 3 are introduced on the ...

Well, i havent had to do it since my eyes have been this bad. but i will. ill try... ill find a way. whats the big part coming up, then? do you think that... ..that performance in the winters tale, do you think that is possibly the last time well see you in shakespeare, onstage? oh, god, iwouldnt like to think that. probably is, but im not going to say that. you never know, do you? ive never been in 0thello. that would have been nice at some point. which of the many roles that youve played over ...

Of strength to work out whether theyre right or not. as a child, he was shy, solitary. acting was seen as a way to bring him out of himself. he liked the idea of disguise, a mask for this gay, jewish, south african. on tv, he was the revolutionary howard kirk in the history man. but the plaudits didnt lead to film and tv stardom. his home was the theatre. my nose, sir, is enormous! he and the man who became his husband, the director greg doran. their great successes... hail! titus andronicus... ...

Their great successes... hail! titus andronicus... 0thello. .. the moor already changes with my poison. lear... macbeth. he also painted. he was a successful novelist. but antony sher was at his best on stage, taking on those shakespearean greats... if i tell thee a lie, spit in my face and call me horse. ..in all their troubled, complex, compelling glory. sir antony sher who has died at the age of 72. sir antony sher made his breakthrough performing at the liverpool everyman in the early 1970s....

How well we are doing. we know that performers in the past in opera, that the males would have to blacken their face to play 0thello. how does that make you feel? the stories we are telling does not discriminate, does not choose who or how you look like, where you come from, and it doesnt matter who is telling the story. it is the story of the character we are telling that should be important. # she wasnt wearing slacks...#. cecilia would like to be seen as a role model for black artists wanting...

When she was on stage and broke through many barriers. it is very important that we embrace diversity, not least because it sits within a tradition of diversity on our stage. we are proud of the fact that singers of colour were performing on our stage right back to the 1950s, 1960s, �*70s, some really famous names in there. grace bumbry being just one. its important we carry on that tradition. i met grace at a competition and we didnt have much time, but we did take pictures and she did give a...

Not least because it sits within a tradition of diversity on our stage. we are proud of the fact that singers of colour were performing on our stage right back to the 1950s, 1960s, �*70s, some really famous names in there. grace bumbry being just one. its important we carry on that tradition. i met grace at a competition and we didnt have much time, but we did take pictures and she did give a talk to encourage everyone to say how well we are doing. we know that performers in the past in opera,...