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well if you were with us on wednesday you will have seen the amazing report by our correspondent pallab ghosh about the use of electronic implants in the brain of paralysed man which enabled him to walk again. well it might sound like its the stuff of science fiction films, but electronic brain implants took a step closer today. an experimental company — called neuralink — founded by elon musk says it has won clearance from us regulators to carry out its first clinical study on a h...

the trade union congress says uk families are at breaking point, as the country experiences the longest squeeze on real wages since the 18005. squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. we will have the latest from the tuc conference in brighton and from westminster. ukraines president says that nearly one third of his country was at power stations have now been destroyed after another round of russian air strikes on energy facilities. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed i...

the atlantic, a really big area of low pressure slowly but surely starting to take control of the weather. notjust yet, most other state with sunshine through the rest of the afternoon, cloud feeding into eastern scotland and north—east england on quite a chilly northerly breeze, temperatures just 12 degrees for aberdeen, 18 for plymouth, by the end of the day, things will change. we will see clouds and showers, some thunderstorms breaking out across the south—west of england, drif...

ukrainian soldiers celebrate driving russian troops out of key cities in the north east, as president zelensky calls on the west to accelerate its delivery of arms. and hisjump—cuts and hand—held cameras transformed cinema — the visionary film—director jean—luc godard has died at the age of 91. welcome if you are watching on pbs or around the globe. the queens coffin has arrived in london from scotland, at the end of another poignant day of reflection and tributes. the coffin...

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London calling. _ these were the first words spoken on the bbc, on october 18th 1922. and these are some of the thousands of people who have featured on our screens and airwaves ever since. a range of special programming and commemorative events is being held over the next few weeks to mark the anniversary. the king will be taking part in a special edition of the repair shop, and in strictly, dancers will be performing to some well known bbc theme tunes. time for a look at the weather. heres ben...

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The british—iranian aid—worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has lost an appeal against her second jail sentence in iran. she was jailed for five years in 2016, after being accused of spying, which she has always denied. she was then sentenced to another years confinement in april, on charges of "spreading propaganda" and is currently serving that on parole, at her parents home. her family say they are concerned she may now be recalled to prison. the musician alan hawkshaw, who composed some ...

The 78—year—old has other medical issues, and is on a ventilator. the musician alan hawkshaw, who composed some of tv�*s most recognisable theme tunes — including grange hill and channel 4 news, has died aged 8a. he was admitted to hospital this week with pneumonia and died in the early hours of this morning. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his work. during the career that lasted more than a0 years, alan hawkshaw composed the music for some of tv�*s most popul...

About his wifes disappearance. the 78—year—old has other medical issues, and is on a ventilator. the musician alan hawkshaw, who composed some of tv�*s most recognisable theme tunes, including grange hill and channel a news, has died aged 8a. he was admitted to hospital this week with pneumonia and died in the early hours of saturday. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his work. during a career that lasted more than a0 years, alan hawkshaw composed music for some of ...