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its saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed its carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran—backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without "punishment or retaliation". graham satchell reports. before and after — satellite images show the i...

Judi dench, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you, john. You were born in 193a and grew up in york. Set the scene for us. What was family life like . My father was a doctor. And i had two brothers, older than me. And of course, at that time, no television, nothing like that. So we all had bikes and we made our own entertainment. My second brother, jeff, only ever wanted to be an actor. My oldest brother wanted to be a doctor, like dad, and i wanted to be a designer, scenic designer. Thats wha...

Six of us, i think, were angels in the first load of mystery plays. you made your professional debut soon after leaving drama school. yes, just after i left central, just before i was going to the vic. and i knew that id been cast as ophelia and i wasnt allowed to tell anybody. in hamlet, in 1957, at the old vic. do you have memories of yourfirst night, of opening night, in hamlet? fear. fear. uh, no. i remember... ..memories of my second night, because the critics werent kind to me! but what wa...

—— yes, just after i left central, just before i was going to the vic. and i knew that id been cast as 0phelia and i wasnt allowed to tell anybody. in hamlet, in 1957, at the old vic. do you have memories of yourfirst night, of opening night, in hamlet? fear. uh, no. i remember... ..memories of my second night, because the critics werent kind to me! but what was so wonderful is that michael benthall, who ran the vic, said to me, "im going to keep "you in the company," he said. and he said, "...