Coping with the winter pressures and weve also announced that over the next couple of years there will be further money going into the National Health service. Weve got to get those elderly people off the trolleys in corridors, this freezing january. The Prime Minister is to carry out a Cabinet Reshuffle tomorrow, amid reports that several ministers could be sacked or moved. Some of britains largest retailers, including b q, wickes, morrisons and the co op, agree to stop selling acids and corrosive substances to customers under 18 years old. Now on bbc news, its time for witness. Hello and welcome to a special edition of witness, with me, tanya beckett, here at the British Library in london. Well be looking back at five of the most memorable stories from the witness team from the past 12 months. Well meet an archaeologist whos worked on the Terracotta Army site for decades in china, a friend of anti apartheid icon steve biko, and the mother of one of argentinas disappeared children. Bu
They put 8 goals past them to set up a 5th round tie Sheffield Wednesday. And meet the ancestors dna analysis of the oldest skeleton found in britain shows he had dark skin and blue eyes. Carol has the weather. Good morning. Its a cold start to the day. Cold gcioss its a cold start to the day. Cold across parts of Northern England but across parts of Northern England but afair bit across parts of Northern England but a fair bit of sunshine. There is also going to be some snow in the forecast. As you can see, my spanking new graphics. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The worlds most powerful rocket, the falcon heavy, has successfully launched for the first time. American billionaire elon musk, whose Company Space x is behind the project, has called it a game changer for space travel. Keith doyle reports. This is Ground Control to major tom. This is not a scene from a film. This actually is a car and an astronaut dummy in space with david bowie playing on its musi
In my first play with the rsc, but when i came in the next day, there was someone from the wardrobe waiting for me, and they said, we heard about what happened last night and were very sorry, but we understand why you did it, and we have taken your cloak and made it much shorter so it wont happen again. Thats the kind of people you work with in the Wardrobe Department of the Royal Shakespeare company. If, around the world, fans of the rsc knew this was happening, they would flock here just to take a little piece of history away with them. And my wife has yet found more garments to wear. What am i going to do . Put my hand in my pocket, i suppose. Prices start atjust £1, so pretty affordable to make all the world your stage. Hannah bayman, bbc news. Time for the weather now. It feels summary. Time for the weather now. It feels summary. It has been a pretty dismal septembers so far. We have a southerly and its going to improve as we go into the weekend. We have a weather front arriving
Rebecca jones. Im here at the British Library to guide you through five moments in chinese history that helped shape the country. Well meet an archaeologist whos worked on the Terracotta Army site for decades. A man who took part in the student protests at Tiananmen Square, and a former red guard. But our first witness is sidney rittenberg. He visited china as a gi during world war ii and stayed on. He joined the communist party. And during chinas civil war, he got to know the revolutionary leader, chairman mao. He was so idolised. And it was so impossible to criticise him. He finally convinced himself that china needed an emperor figure. I think mao before coming to power and after coming to power were two quite different personalities. But he was enormously courteous. He was disarming. He could make you forget that you were in the presence of someone from history. He was a large man and he had great personal dignity and was very easy to talk to. Yunnan was the nerve centre of the ent
He says grass roots supporters will dominate the conference, meaning some shadow cabinet members and labour mayors wont get the chance to speak from the main stage. 0ur deputy Political Editor john pienaar reports from brighton. You would never know he had lost the election, but to the labour army of corbyn supporters, he is a winner the leader who ran the tories close when few believed he was a winner at all. Their leader, who is now setting about shifting power from the mps who often doubted him to the grass roots members, many of whom trusted him and bought into his socialist vision from the start. His message he was heading not just a party but a movement, and one that could win. To bring about the socialjustice we want, to bring about the society we want, the unity we want and together, together, together, we can, and will do it thank you very much. Cheering. The leaders plan is to give the grass roots, many of them members of the pro corbyn group momentum, more power and more of