and receive no support from local authority social services. divers find the flight data recorder of the russian military airliner which crashed in the black sea on sunday. it s thought all 92 people on board died in the crash shortly after take off from sochi. the actress, liz smith best known as for her roles as mrs cropley in the vicar of dibley and as nana in the sitcom the royle family has died at the age of 95. now on bbc news, there was the vote to leave the european union, the resignation of one prime minister, and the arrival of another. adam fleming looks back at a rocky year in british politics in review 2016: the year in politics. ever feel you need to get away from it all? especially when ten years‘ worth of politics has been squeezed into just one? i believe that this thursday can be our country s independence day. applause. i do not think it would be right for me to try and be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. tomorrow is going
said she was devastated at her passing . and coming up in half an hour, we celebrate the lives of those who left us this year, including david bowie, in review 2016: we remember part two. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. some voters in england are to be asked to provide photographic proof of identity before being allowed to vote. the measure is to be piloted as part of efforts to curb electoral fraud. a government commissioned report, published in august, concluded that the authorities sometimes turned a blind eye to fraud in areas with large pakistani or bangladeshi communities, because of over sensitivities about ethnicity and religion . here s our political correspondent, tom bateman. an election victory, but one steeped in claims of corruption. lutfur rahman became mayor of tower hamlets two years ago. the people of this borough willjudge me on my record. he wasjudged instead by an election court, which threw him out of office. it heard claims of voter fraud and int
cassettes as well? no nana, it sjust cds. why, do you have cassettes? no. the bafta winner played nana in the royle family. one of her co stars, the actress suejohnston, said she was devastated at her passing . in halfan in half an hour, reporters takes a look at the bbc‘s bestjournalism from the last year, including an exclusive report on chinese militarisation of international waters. some breaking newsjust in. the author of watership down, richard adams has died, aged 96. his tale about a family of rabbits was a bestseller and also became a celebrated film. a statement from his family said he died on christmas eve. they posted a quote from the book on the watership down website which read: it seemed to hazel he would not be needing his body any more. nick higham looks back at his life. they seem sad, like trees in november. it became a worldwide bestseller and animated film and made its creator a millionaire. not bad for a story about intrepid rabbits originally devis
to try to discover why the plane crashed with 92 people on board. and in half an hour, we take a look at the front pages, including the daily telegraph, which reports the wea ker daily telegraph, which reports the weaker pound has left the military underfunded. good evening and welcome to bbc news. let s ta ke let s take you straight to hawaii. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is in hawaii for an historic visit, seeing him pay his respects at the sight of the japanese attack on pearl harbor in1941. shinzo abe side by side with barack obama, the united states president. let s listening through the translator. dotmacro when aerial bombing tore the uss arizona in two. even 75 years later, the uss arizona, now rests atop the sea bed, is the final resting place for a tremendous number of sailors and marines. listening again, as i focused my senses alongside song of the seas and the rumble of the rolling waves, i can almost discern the voices of those crewmen. voices of liv
good evening and welcome to bbc news. we re going to take you right back to benjamin netanyahu who is speaking in jerusalem to benjamin netanyahu who is speaking injerusalem in response to dawn kerry s earlier statement. hundreds of suicide bombers, millions of israelis in bomb showers are not throwaway lines in a speech. they are the realities of the people of israel had to endure because of mistaken policies, policies that at the time won the thunderous applause of the world. i don t seek applause, i seek the security and peace and prosperity and the few of the jewish state, the jewish prosperity and the few of the jewish state, thejewish people have sought there place under the sun for 3000 yea rs there place under the sun for 3000 years and we re not about to be swayed by mistaken policies that have coast great damage. thousands of israeli families have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our country and advance peace. my family has been one of them and there are many h