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hello and welcome to the programme. im luxmy gopal. we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries, best known for his character dame edna everage, has died at the age of 89. hed been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david sillito, looks back at...

started in a restaurant. im luxmy gopal. we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries — best known for his character dame edna everage — has died at the age of 89. hed been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his ...

hello and welcome to bbc news. police in the us city of nashville say a former student who killed three children and three staff at a private school, had carefully planned the attack. they said the 28—year—old — who was later killed by officers — had left behind a manifesto which suggested there were also going to be shootings at other locations. this cctv footage has emerged of the attacker — named as 28—year—old audrey hale — arriving at the school, and then entering ...

thousands of syrian refugees, arrive at the turkish border — as they try to cross back into their home country — after last weeks earthquakes. and tributes for the hollywood film star and model, raquel welsh — whos died at the age of 82. the energy giant, centrica — which owns british gas — has reported huge profits of £35 billion last year — more than triple those of 2021. the increase is largely down to the surge in energy prices because of the war in ukraine. british ga...

after a fire started in a restaurant. hello and welcome to the programme. im luxmy gopal. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk — as well as the united states, france and china — are to be evacuated "in the coming hours". the head of the military agreed to facilitate the operation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. saudi state tv is reporting that planes carrying evacuees have begun arriving injeddah the un estimates that at ...

hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far the markets seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. and other stocks are up too. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add furt...

out in full, so everybody knows the facts. but all in all, this has been a terrible tragedy and there are still questions to be asked as to why and how this car came to be around the corner here, in a crash site on its own and wasnt discovered for almost 48 hours after the crash took place. uefa, the governing body of european football, will refund liverpool fans who had tickets for the champions league final in paris last year. a recent independent report owned uefa ball primary respo...

to be like in ten years? this glacier is the place to be. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the energy company centrica, which owns british gas, police in lancashire. .. police in lancashire... the family have said believe that focus has become distracted. that is a statement through lancashire police but statement from the family of nicola bulley after initially a press conference yesterday more information today about nicola bulley and her history. there has been so much specul...

will be finding out what people make of the chancellors announcement. theres big changes to pensions to encourage people like doctors to stay in work butjeremy hunts plans prompt accusations his budget favours the rich. check before you travel. rail workers in the rmt union take part in another strike in their discpute over pay, jobs and working conditions. no miracle in madrid for liverpool as they lose their second leg against real and are knocked out of the champions league humbled ...

work and to help people stay in the work. we saw things like money for a digital service to help people reflect on their careers and finances, with some money for careers in extra training places, and most substantially, i think, we have seen a big investment and support for people who are disabled are out of work for a long—term health condition want to go back again in a sustainable way. that investment has come alongside some changes in the benefit system, which are rightly contro...