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But it would drastically be different. barnsley is a labour—leaning town. it has two mps in the council. barnsley is a post—industrial town. we used to be a mining town. the vast majority of employment and the vast majority of businesses in barnsley relied on mining. most of that disappeared. so were a place thats had to reinvent itself economically, reinvent itself socially. what does levelling up need to look like for barnsley? for me, its three significant facets to that. one is to make s...

The poetry of local writer Thomas Leduc has been set to music by a southern Ontario composer.

Archbishop desmond tutu is remembered for his compassion and his courage battling the forces of injustice in south africa. molly hunter looks back at his life and the legacy he leaves behind. >> reporter: tonight tributes from around the world honoring desmond tutu, one of the fiercest opponents of apartheid. from his daughter, my dad is at rest. thank you to tshezi for all you have been to our family and the world. president biden calling him a true servant of god and of the people, adding, his...

Control and keep his 60 democrats together in order to pass the affordable care act which is signature legislation for not only president obama but senator reid as well. well also hear a lot about how -- as you mentioned, he went from humble beginnings to the most powerful senator. he grew up in searchlight, a small mining town where he had no running water as a kid. he had to hitchhike to high school because there was no high school in his town. he had to go to henderson, nevada 40 miles away. ...

At the last election, a former mining town held by labour since the 1930s. today, those voters seem more divided. there are people who feel he has let them down, and businesses who still back the leader who promised more investment. shop owners like suzanne, who opened up just before christmas. i think you should. i think you should just give him a chance, see how things go. its getting the shops open, thats the problem. and we cant get the customers down if the shops arent open. so thats the ma...

Its attention—seeking behaviour, and its disappointing. politics is not for the faint hearted. conversations behind closed doors can be brutal, but what todays argument shows is the boiling tension inside the conservative party, fighting while everyone awaits the official verdict into what really happened in number ten during lockdown. but one conclusion is perhaps already being drawn, a member of the cabinet publicly admitting today that this saga is damaging our democracy. much may stand bet...

Even if ijust vote for the dog down the road. simple as that. but i wont be voting for borisjohnson, yeah. im thoroughly sick of hearing about it. i would rather hear them telling me what theyre going to do about now and about our future. its notjust bishop. i think theres a really - massive amount of poverty going on at the moment. everyone is struggling, _ and rather than highlighting poverty and other stuff thats _ going on because of all the budget cuts, itjust seems to be i about boris and ...

Washington, senator reid came back to las vegas to southern nevada. he grew up just about 45 miles outside of here in the small town of searchlight, nevada. its barely a town anymore, other than the fact that there are some memorials for the late senator. it was a mining town, as was known to having a dozen brothels and zero churches. he grew up without running water, without a toilet, and once he finished eighth grade, there was no high school, so he would hitchhike 40 miles to henderson, nevad...

Joe biden has warned any russian troops entering ukraine will be treated as an invasion and be met with severe economic sanctions. new satellite images show russian troops are massing near ukraines border. the first plane—loads of aid have landed in tonga following saturdays volcanic eruption and tsunami. they touched down at the pacific nations main airport, which had to be cleared of volcanic ash to make it safe. many people are feared dead following a huge explosion in the west of ghana. po...

This is bbc news. the headlines: joe biden has warned any russian troops entering ukraine will be treated as an invasion and be met with severe economic sanctions. new satellite images show russian troops are closer to ukraines border. many people are feared dead following a huge explosion in the west of ghana. police said the blast — near a mining town — happened when a truck carrying explosives collided with a motorcycle. a senior british mp from borisjohnson�*s conservative party has ac...