in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you re obviously a successful star in two countries on two continents, but when you were growing up, that was a very different world. when people asked you what you want to be, what did you say? and at what point did you feel that the canvas could be as big as this? no, i never thought the canvas could be as big as this. this was not ever an aim or ever even a thought. i came from a family of doctors, physicians, military most of my family has been in the service, my father and my mother both were in the military. so, it wasn t a realistic ambition at that time. i come from a small town in india. my parents, both highly progressive, always pushed me towards whatever dream i wanted to have, so every year i would have a different dream. sometimes i wanted to be a homemaker, sometimes i wante
me and the big c cancer podcast will be published today. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. good morning and welcome. the government is set to announce details of a £1 billion investment to tackle emergency care delays in the nhs. the two year blueprint will mean a roll out of extra hospital beds and ambulances in england. the government is expected to pledge 5,000 new beds, increasing capacity by 5%. there will also be a 10% boost in ambulances, with 800 new vehicles on the road. prime minister rishi sunak calls it an ambitious and credible plan, but warns the plan to cut delays will take time . meanwhile, labour have accused the government of watering down key standards and say the plans aren t enough to tackle the pressures the nhs is facing. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has more. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. record waits in a&e
arrivederci antonio. manager conte leaves tottenham hotspur by mutual consent after 16 months in charge. and we ll be hearing more of your stories about caring for relatives with dementia. nothing prepares you for that moment where your parents do turn around and ask you who you are. that moment is heartbreaking. it s monday the 27th of march. our main story. the new leader of the scottish national party will be revealed this afternoon, six weeks after nicola sturgeon announced her resignation. the scottish health secretary humza yousaf, the finance secretary kate forbes and ash regan, a former minister, are the three contenders hoping to become first minister. whoever wins the top job will take on a fractured party and a country facing a number of policy challenges. our scotland editor james cook reports. for the snp, this has been a difficult campaign. splits have emerged on the economy, social issues such as gay marriage and a lack of progress towards independence. so part
beijing, which is hosting the chinese communist party congress, have been placed under covid lockdown. some areas have been cordoned off following a slight increase in infections. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, who s the chief leader writer for the observer, and gerri scott, who s a political reporter at the times. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the economist nods to italy s turbulent politics, likening it to the chaos of westminster. it features liz truss dressed as a centurion, holding a pizza shaped shield, with a union jack design and one slice eaten. liz truss goes down in history as britain s shortest serving prime minister; a photo of her outside downing street announcing her departure makes the front of the ft. straight to the point on the front of the mirror. it says the british public want their day at the ballot box. the telegraph is reporting that borisjohnson is privately urgin
of repairing the damage. also in the programme. in beijing the chinese communist party congress continues but some parts of the city are back under a covid lockdown. and, a jury in new york clears the actor, kevin spacey, of making unwanted sexual advances on a iii year old. hello and welcome to the programme. britain is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job by far the shortest tenure in british history. her leadership foundered when the markets took fright, the pound crashed, she sacked her chancellor kwasi kwarteng and was forced into a humiliating series of u turns. we start our coverage with the bbc s political editor chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister,