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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...

Judi dench, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you, john. You were born in 193a and grew up in york. Set the scene for us. What was family life like . My father was a doctor. And i had two brothers, older than me. And of course, at that time, no television, nothing like that. So we all had bikes and we made our own entertainment. My second brother, jeff, only ever wanted to be an actor. My oldest brother wanted to be a doctor, like dad, and i wanted to be a designer, scenic designer. Thats wha...

So there could be a cave or a throne or anything else. so nobody had to come in with anything, and the action was completely continuous. and thats when something about designing shut down in me. ijust remember looking at this set and thinking, "never in my wildest dreams would i be able to think "of something like that." and you thought from that moment that acting, rather than designing, thats the road you wanted to take? well, i dont suppose i thought it as consciously as that. i dont suppose ...

An overnight thing. i suppose it was a gradual thing. ithought, well, "ill try and get to the central school, "like jeff." and i did. and so your father, medical man, interested in the theatre. were your parents involved in am—dram as well? yes, they were. the settlement players, they were part of. my ma used to make costumes and things. they decided to resurrect the miracle plays, the mystery plays in york. yes. so we were cast... cant believe it! ..as angels. six of us, i think, were angels ...

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The evergreen fir tree has traditionally been used to celebrate winter festivals ( pagan and Christian) for thousands of years. Pagans used branches of it to decorate their homes during the winter solstice, as it made them think of the spring to come. The Romans used Fir Trees to decorate their temples at the festival of Saturnalia. Christians use it as a sign of everlasting life with God. Nobody is really sure when Fir trees were first used as Christmas trees. It probably began about 1000 year...