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now on bbc news, felicity baker, who has a stammer, reveals what it is like to live with the condition. among those she talks to is michael palin, whose father stammered but never spoke about it. 0k. i've worked for bbc news for ten years as a producer, always behind the scenes, finding guests, setting up stories. i wondered if you had someone that might be available for an interview? but recently, during a chance conversation with the presenter sophie raworth, i revealed my secret. i have a stammer. hello. i'm calling from the bbc. i've spent my whole life trying to hide it. now, i'...

..the art student who refuses to be underestimated... oh, i'm not dumb! trust me. ijust can't say it. because people can, like, i—i—interrupt you without not even knowing. ..the parents watching their son grow up with a stammer... it's heart—breaking. yeah. i mean, many a tears. oh, come on! sorry. i'm sorry. ..the film star whose father stammered... ah... i would bring friends home from school who didn't know that my father stammered, and i got a bit embarrassed about that. ..the president who stammers and knows just how it feels. it drags you down in that empty hole in your c...

hello and welcome to bbc news. we'll be getting more on all our top stories this afternoon, including tonight's doorstep vigilfor sarah everard, when we join the bbc one bulletin with clive myrie in a few minutes�* time. but first to the american city of minneapolis, and one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history — $27 million to the family of george floyd. he's the african—american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year. lawyers for his family say the city has agreed to settle in the civil case for damages. separately, a former mi...

ican. ijust have to breathe. crowdjeers. there's the rugby player who says his violence on the pitch was driven by his stammer. the self—loathing. i hated myself. i hated myself because i wasn't like other people. # pray, i guarantee you heard this song # you gone rememberthe name...# ..the young man who was bullied at school, but found an escape in music... i'm going to rap cos i can't talk. ijust think...little do you know. - ..the art student who refuses to be underestimated... oh, i'm not dumb! trust me. ijust can't say it. because people can, like, i—i—interrupt you withou...

western parts of the uk. eastern scotland should have a decent day, and mainly the extreme south—east, but the afternoon overall for the bulk of the country is looking pretty wet again. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines: the prime minister borisjohnson says he and his partner will light a candle this evening for sarah everard after an official vigil in south london was cancelled. despite this, hundreds have gathered at clapham common to raise the issue of women's safety. metropolitan police officer wayne couzens has appeared in court after being charged with sarah everard's ki...