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Because a play that you originally wrote in 2012 and put on in 2012 has been revived at the National Theatre in london in just the last few days. And its got me wondering, as you have been heavily involved with the revival, how have you sort of seen the evolution of your own writing and what interests you . Have you changed in the decade . Yes, i think i have. I mean, its so interesting to go back to something you wrote just over ten years ago. As you say, 2012 was the first production of it. It...

This is so important. Now we have heard very recently that the hearing will be early next week we dont have exact details of that yet but you can see, with the Rugby World Cup so close, why world rugby will want this in some way to be resolved. Well, as sara alluded to there, there has been plenty of reaction to the decision to initially overturn the ban and then world rugby� s decision to appeal. Luke griggs is Chief Executive of the british Brain Injury Charity headway and hes criticised the...

Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of...

Gunfire in this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. Still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. Horns blare gunfire after 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. Rapidly introducing sweeping changes. Restricting life for women becomes a top priority. Chanting as the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we wont identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new Taliban Regime tightening its grip...

Been watching these pictures for the last few minutes. This is a protest, a number of people gathering their from the main square in tel aviv to the defence ministry. Holding up the signs of women hostages held in gaza. They are calling for their Immediate Release. We can hear the chanting there, and the posters in the pictures are just behind the cameras position there. Is itjust turns around again, you can see that Protest Calling for the immediate return of the hostages. We will get more on t...

Figures show only 10 of funding promised to reduce inequality as part of the Levelling Up Agenda has been spent, mps have said. We will look at why. That and more to come in this half hour, but before that, for sport round up. Welcome. It has been a historic cheltenham festival, finished up with back to back wins. The trainer took his fourth gold cup with the favourite galloping to victory on the races 100 anniversary. It victory on the races 100 anniversary. Victory on the races100 anniversary....

There have been reports of a deadly incident last night in Northern Gaza where palestinians were waiting to get aid for teachers emerged online, claiming to be from the aftermath of the incident at Kuwaiti Roundabout here on salahadin road. Now, two very graphic videos appeared on social media showing a large number of casualties. This is one of those videos. Weve blurred some of the footage as its too graphic to show you. Weve been unable to verify the location, but we know that they both show ...

And of course, they went on to say that Player Welfare is the sports number one priority, hence why youre hearing from a lot of charities at the moment, including headway, about why this is so important. Now we have heard very recently that the hearing will be early next week we dont have exact details of that yet but you can see, with the Rugby World Cup so close, why world rugby will want this in some way to be resolved. Well, as sara alluded to there, there has been plenty of reaction to the ...

Lets start with the late Boris Nemtsov. Nemtsov had been an ally of putins predecessor, boris yeltsin. When putin emerged from relative obscurity to grab the presidency, nemtsov became a noisy opponent and in 2015, he was shot dead close to the kremlin. Who ordered the assassination . Well, the truth has never come out, but putins opponents have little doubt. In 2011, i went to moscow to meet Boris Nemtsov, who was then putins biggest, highest profile critic. Putin became a successor and became ...

Like england they are seeking to be crowned World Champions for the first time come sunday and will be watched by Queen Letizia and her daughter, but the uk royals will not be in attendance. Away from the womens world cup, harry kane may have only been at Bayern Munich five days but the clubs head coach is already full of praise for his new striker. The england captain is in line to make his bundesliga debut this weekend with bayern, who are the german champions, travelling to Werder Bremen on f...