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Cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how her passion for playing was there from the start. I knew very young there was no question i wanted to play the violin. There was no question that that was what i must do and had to do and wanted to do. Have you played here much, nicky . They chuckle nicola benedetti, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you so much for having me. Its an absolute pleasure. You were born and brought up in north ayr...

Then saturday morning, A Touch Of Frost on the way for the northern two thirds of the country. Lots of crisp sunshine to start the day and then our next Weather Front sweeps in, so it will cloud over and turned damp across Western Areas on saturday. Here is the outlook for the next few days, the weekend onwards. It is definitely looking like a mixed bag, with temperatures typically into double figures, so good for slugs and snails. Thanks. And thats the bbc news at six. Now its time to join our ...

But its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents assimilated very concretely and quite deliberately with scottishness and scottish culture, but they also came over very young. My mum was three years old. An italian speaking three year old with an italian mother and scottish father. Um. Came over to scotland and, er. Was sort of banned from speaking italian quite quickly....

power, but some residents in remote areas may be cut off for 48 hours. aruna iyengar has the latest. storm gerrit swept across much of scotland, bringing heavy snow, flooding homes, causing power cuts and travel misery for many. the major a9 route has reopened after it closed in the highlands for several hours. meanwhile, thousands of homes across scotland have suffered power cuts. scottish and southern electricity networks said theyd restored power to more than 25,000 homes — but at...

to spend hour after hour queueing up desperate to get across the channel. police in northern ireland are warning that dissident republicans could try to provoke unrest over the easter weekend as events take place to mark 25 years since the good friday agreement. shes done it again. chloe kelly is the difference as england beat brazil on penalties to win the first ever womens finalissima. good morning from rspb dungeness in kent. i am looking at the huge array of wildlife and talking ab...

we start tonight with reports on russian state media that an american journalist has been formally charged with spying. evan gershkovich, who works for the newspaper the wall streetjournal, was arrested last week, taken to court and detained. the kremlin said at the time hed been caught "red—handed". gershkovich has denied hes done anything wrong. speaking a little earlier, the head of the global magnitskyjustice campaign, bill browder told us why he thinks gershkovich has really bee...

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welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but uk prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall—out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic miles...

pressure is still with us on sunday and the sunny areas and the cloudy areas will move around the uk with subtle changes in the wind direction. perhaps a shade cooler, not that you will notice, around about ten or 11 degrees. the high pressure will eventually shift towards eastern parts of europe in the middle of the week and that will give way to weather fronts off the atlantic. that is the next time we are anticipating rain. until about tuesday or wednesday many areas are staying dry...

welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland — which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but uk prime minister rishi sunak says — efforts must be intensified to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall—out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow it collapse...