And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t
And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t
i know i don t need to update you on what happened with dancing with the stars because you faithfully watch it every week, but i need to update everyone else in case you didn t get a chance to tune into abc. so, anyway, week three elimination, jack wagner got the boot. he s out. it was between him and gavin degraw? why do i always say gavin mcgraw? i have no idea. gavin degraw was actually on elimination row for the second time. and he s coming back. wow. they actually said this was one of his better performances. dear god, really? yes. i just don t think we want to see him in that low cut william levy, the hottie from cuba, he actually scored a not a perfect 10, but he got a ten from one of the judges. katherine jenkins, the welsh opera singer, remains in first. i like her. she s doing well. also, of course, we all remember the hit musical rock of ages which is you re like, um, what is it again? sorry.