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In the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a profound ...

You know, you literally imagine the street of london paved with gold and palaces and carriages with Kings And Queens and that sort of thing. Well, it has that sometimes they chuckle. So it took a bit of getting used to. But when youre young, its easier to adjust to a new environment than when youre old. And once i started school, you know, i settled down and, um. I did rather well at school because the education i had injamaica i went to an Elementary School was in some ways superior to what i w...

history is, thankfully, and finally, beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the windrush generation. you look beautiful. how are you? it is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers, who stepped off the empire windrush at tilbury injune 1948, only a few months before i was born, and those who followed over the decades, to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren h...

good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. its monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkeys president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the countrys most important election in yea...

unveiled — next weekends coronation concert at windsor castle will take place on a stage shaped like a union flag. a record breaker at the crucible, as mark selby becomes the first player to make a maximum 147 break at the final of the world snooker championship. good morning. there will be a bit of sunshine breaking through for your bank holiday monday, but also a scattering of showers. things turning colderfrom scattering of showers. things turning colder from the scattering of sho...

to most people fleeing war and persecution, and urged the british government to pursue what it called more humane solutions. archaeologists say theyve discovered a roman shrine buried beneath a former graveyard next to leicester cathedral. a team has spent the last year digging at the site ahead of building a new visitors centre, to support the influx of tourists since the remains of richard iii were found a decade ago. the recent dig took place less than 50 metres from where the kings...

and ecuador are lucky to be alive. the drivers whereabouts are unknown. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show — keeping it caribbean: 75 years on, we celebrate the windrush generation. it is a proper melting pot. a little cake! around the world in seven days: we follow one mans incredible journey. the wind really makes it bite. it is cold when the wind blows. and were in new york, asking if the american dream had a sound, could this be it? jazz music plays we start ...

twitter hasnt responded to the claims. now on bbc news — the travel show. this week on the show. keeping it caribbean. 75 years on we celebrate the windrush generation. it is a proper melting pot. a little cake! around the world in seven days, we follow one mans incredible journey. the wind really makes it bite. it is cold when the wind blows. and were in new york, asking if the american dream had a sound, could this be it? we start this week in brixton, a part of south london that h...

boeing denies concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft following two deadly crashes. and close encounters — the asteroid the size of a bus has passed the earth. we look at what this means. voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely ...

passes by the earth. we look at what this means. welcome to bbc news. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols. a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee, who are all black, were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. h...