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Yellowknife is now blanketed in smoke, and fires are burning close to the one major road into and out of the city. Rebecca alty is the mayor of yellowknife. She told us what things were like there. Right now, its residents are evacuating by road. As many people as possible are doing that. Theres also, for folks who dont have vehicles, we are starting the air evacuations, so flights. We still have commercial flights, so some people have booked onto a commercial flight, but we have the Evacuation Flights also starting at 1pm. So getting folks registered for thatjust began an hour ago. So folks have been good, theres long line ups i think there was kilometres worth of a line up, so a bit of a snail s place out of town, itsjust one road in, one road out. That highway is where the fire is, so the highway can close. But right now, it is open. So if the conditions change, if the smoke gets too heavy, if the fire were to approach the ....
That her nickname for husband david was goldenballs in 2001. 0ur arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all those 2,000 or so guests, one always haunted him. I interviewed everybody from Henry Kissinger to Billy Connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. And im only rem ....
For the rest of his career. But at Least Myjudgment was right. Very down to earth, very straightforward, very grounded, a wonderful marriage, lovely family. Part of him couldnt believe what what had happened to him. And the other half enjoyed it. And but he never lost sight of his roots, which were pretty well delineated by him on many programmes. Live now to Gloria Hunniford, presenter of Rip Off Britain on bbc one, as well as a myriad of other programmes through the years. Gloria, you knew Michael Parkinson for many of those years. What are your thoughts right now . My thoughts toda are your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadn ....
If you have a disability . A Human Rights Watch dog has accused the uk and irish governments of failing to tackle problems like welfare benefits. Good evening. He made it look easy, the Late Night Television interview, and he made it an art. But now sir michael parkinson, a giant of british culture, has died at the age of 88. A big part of his success was the fact that his chat show was never an opportunity for him to show off, but for his guests to always take centre stage, allowing space to reveal a deeper truth about themselves. Its a humility borne of his humble roots, as the son of a yorkshire miner. Michael parkinsons work spanning almost seven decades is a catalogue of memorable moments, including no less than four interviews with muhammad ali. One of the first with George Michael after his arrest in lo ....