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Cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how her passion for playing was there from the start. I knew very young there was no question i wanted to play the violin. There was no question that that was what i must do and had to do and wanted to do. Have you played here much, nicky . They chuckle nicola benedetti, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you so much for having me. Its an absolute pleasure. You were born and brought up in north ayrshire. What are your earliest musical memories at home . What memories do you have of music being pl...

Then saturday morning, A Touch Of Frost on the way for the northern two thirds of the country. Lots of crisp sunshine to start the day and then our next Weather Front sweeps in, so it will cloud over and turned damp across Western Areas on saturday. Here is the outlook for the next few days, the weekend onwards. It is definitely looking like a mixed bag, with temperatures typically into double figures, so good for slugs and snails. Thanks. And thats the bbc news at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. Hello, im olly foster. Hes not the only former Footb...

But its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents assimilated very concretely and quite deliberately with scottishness and scottish culture, but they also came over very young. My mum was three years old. An italian speaking three year old with an italian mother and scottish father. Um. Came over to scotland and, er. Was sort of banned from speaking italian quite quickly. It was considered to be detrimental to her education and all sorts of things. We know better now. S...

power, but some residents in remote areas may be cut off for 48 hours. aruna iyengar has the latest. storm gerrit swept across much of scotland, bringing heavy snow, flooding homes, causing power cuts and travel misery for many. the major a9 route has reopened after it closed in the highlands for several hours. meanwhile, thousands of homes across scotland have suffered power cuts. scottish and southern electricity networks said they'd restored power to more than 25,000 homes — but at least 16,000 are still cut off. for some customers — especially those in rural areas — it coul...

to spend hour after hour queueing up desperate to get across the channel. police in northern ireland are warning that dissident republicans could try to provoke unrest over the easter weekend as events take place to mark 25 years since the good friday agreement. she's done it again. chloe kelly is the difference as england beat brazil on penalties to win the first ever women's finalissima. good morning from rspb dungeness in kent. i am looking at the huge array of wildlife and talking about how wetland environments like this are so important at preserving our natural world. the full ...