With number ten led to his departure. The Daily Telegraph also leads with sir ivans resignation, reporting that theresa may plans to pick a brexiteer to replace him someone who backs the brexit cause wholeheartedly, it claims. More on that story on the front of the times, quoting sources saying Downing Street has been caught on the hop by the resignation. The metro focuses on executive pay, and has calculated that by lunchtime tomorrow, bosses at the top ftse 100 companies will have earned as much as most people do in a year. The daily mail carries a warning from the head of the nhs to hospitals apparently colluding with as it puts it, ambulance chasing lawyers. The story of the chelsea Football Fans convicted of racism in paris is on the front page of the guardian. And the sun says a would be homeowner has been prevented from buying his dream home, because developers wont let him park his work van outside. Stay with us here on bbc news. Coming up next, our world symphony for syria. Over ten years ago, a remarkable orchestra played in damascus. They were known across the region, performing arabic music at the highest level. But since 2011, the country has been torn apart by a bloody civil war. And many of the musicians have been forced to flee syria. This is the story of an attempt to bring the orchestra back together for a once in a lifetime tour, in the hope of changing the worlds perspective of this nation. Since the beginning of the war in syria, an estimated 9 Million People have fled their homes in search of a new life. One of them is issam. He claimed asylum in america in 2013 after being invited to teach music in a university here. I watch bombs, i watch all kind of military issues, and nobody knows when the bomb will come. Did you know people have been killed 7 a lot, you know, a lot of my friends, a lot of relatives as well. His father and sisters are still living in damascus. He hasnt seen them since he left. Syria, what does syria mean for me, actually, family, you know . Hopefully this will be, like, a bad dream, maybe, and to have a better life, so. Accent. Before the war, he, his sisters and brother all played in the Syrian National 0rchestra for arabic music. Issam took over the orchestra in 2003 and conducted them for ten years, touring europe and the middle east. When he left, he didnt know if he would ever lead them again. But that could be about to change. International organisers are trying to bring the orchestra to europe for a one off tour that would reunite musicians from inside syria and those now living abroad, like issam. This is ourdream, actually, my dream. His friends are helping him prepare. Issam wrote this piece for the orchestra while he was still living in damascus. But the tour hangs in the balance. Since the outbreak of war, it is almost impossible to get visas for syrians to leave the country. He is very stressed, because he was so busy lately writing all this stuff and worried about the music, the visa. So, yeah, you can see, look, he lost a lot of weight. He lost a lot of weight, i hate him. I gave it to him. Issam might also be unable to travel. With his ongoing asylum claim, there is a risk he wont be given permission to leave the us, but that hasnt stopped him from working on the music. How will you feel if the visa doesnt come through . Do you want me to cry now . I mean, for sure, it is out of my hands or anybodys hands, but it is better to try and keep fingers crossed, so hopefully i will be there. Hopefully. Like issam, many members of the orchestra are now refugees. More than 100,000 syrians have applied for asylum in germany since the war began. And it is now home to violinist susan, originally from aleppo. Hello, guten tag. She has settled into life in germany and teaches music to refugee children recently arrived from syria. Since becoming a refugee, music has become even more important to susan. She joined the orchestra as a Music Student In Damascus and hasnt played with them for four years. While music has helped susan, for some refugees it is simply a painful reminder of everything they have lost. Farrah is from northern syria. He played in the orchestra before fleeing to sweden with his young family in 2013. He is one of the foremost kanun players in syria and, for him, the upcoming concerts are an important way of preserving the countrys culture. But rehearsing for the tour is difficult as he has to look after his young sons while his wife is at work. And he struggles to explain to his children why the family left syria. Like his parents, the majority of the orchestra live in syria, where they still rehearse and perform in damascus. Mais and her husband rashid both play with the orchestra. She is a singer and he is the lead violin. And for mais, these concerts have a special significance. But it is almost impossible for mais and rashid to get visas to leave the country. They havent left syria since the start of the war. And with a week to go before the tour, they still dont know if they will get permission to travel. Getting 30 people is a huge logistical challenge challenge getting 30 people is a huge logistical challenge for the concert organisers, which has taken six months of negotiation. It was very, very, very difficult, just communicating with people in syria, getting the visas. They had to go to beirut to get visas, then there were all sorts of hiccups along the way, suspicions of what we were doing. There were fears over whether people would stay over. At every level it was complicated. The first stop of the tour is amsterdam, and its a nervous wait to see who will arrive. Some musicians did not get permission to travel, and others were only issued with visas at the last minute. But at last, they are here. And the years of separation are over. And finally the orchestra can Start Playing together. Music plays the reunited orchestra contains members from across the political and religious spectrum. What is interesting about syria is before the revolution was, in a way, everyone was so mixed there and it was very harmonious between christians, sunni and shia, i think there were tensions but people work together. The orchestra in a way reflects that, we have people of all different strands and religions, people with very different views over what has happened over the last five years. Of course, they all come together in the music. The tour is masterminded by gorillaz front men damon albarn. He played with Essam In Damascus before the war and then took some of the Orchestra On Tour in 2010. I thought, ill bring them over here and get them here, so physically people can see them, people can see syrians doing something other than having their few possessions in a muddy field in macedonia, you know what i mean . Something positive, positive and beautiful about syria. It is tangible, it is a tangible thing and it is music. You should do some of this in the concerts. Music is always a good Starting Point to open the dialogue. But one member of the orchestra is not here. The conductor, essam, did not get a visa. His sisters have come from damascus to sing in the choir and cant believe that hes notjoining them. They re Keeping Essam updated about the tour. But its hard to carry on without him. In essams absence, rachid has had to step up as conductor. The most important thing is to get the orchestra. We have people who havent played with each other for up to five years. Get them playing with each other and communicating and the dynamic of the orchestra working. It is going to be. It is a very organic thing, this one youre asking me how the final concert is going to sound . I have no idea. And rehearsals carry on late into the night. After four days of intense rehearsals, the orchestra are ready to perform. Its been exhausting. Singing thank you very much, everyone, it has been a pleasure and a Privilege Working with you. We are from syria. The music makes me feel like im in damascus. They made me feel. Miss my family in syria. The orchestra are joined by artists from across the world. There were three guys in front of us crying. At the first bars already, we were like. This is so big but now, their thoughts are starting to turn to home. Hi there. 0ur Temperatures are seesawing around at the moment. One day relatively mild, the next cold and its the turn of the north of the uk to have a slab of cold air working in behind. The Weather Front over the next few hours, tightly packed isobars affecting shetland. Here we have gusty winds of up to 50 mph. But the winds will gradually ease. The cold air will be wafting in across scotland and a good part of Northern England as we start the day. Thats where the lowest temperatures will be. There could be the odd pocket of frost in sheltered parts of the highlands of scotland. This is wednesday morning. Across england and wales we have cloud, but easing through the day for many areas. The weak front will bring patchy outbreaks of Rain Southwards across wales, the midlands and into parts of eastern england. It is patchy and some areas will get almost nothing. To the north of this front, across Northern England and to a degree Northern Ireland and scotland, the cloud will break up. The best of the sunshine in scotland. Here, a few wintry showers across shetland and leaving the coast of aberdeenshire, with strong winds still around. The winds will fall through the day. Showers will be blown down the north sea, but, thanks to the direction of the wind, most showers will stay offshore, Coming Off Eastern Parts of norfolk. The mild air to the south west. It will turn colder across Northern England, Northern Ireland and scotland and overnight, as the cloudy skies continue to clear a way, bringing clearer skies. A sharp frost this coming night. Temperatures in the towns and cities getting well below freezing. In the countryside we could see those getting down to 6, 7. So it will be a freezing cold start to thursday, with a sharp frost, maybe icy patches. Through the day there will be barely a cloud in the sky for many. Despite the sunshine it will feel cold, with temperatures fairly widely between 2 5 celsius. Its all change towards the end of the week. This Atlantic System will gradually sink southwards on friday. There is a little wad of less cold air coming southwards along, with a band of cloud and rain, brisk winds too. Temperatures will be lifting. On friday, through the afternoon, reaching a high of about 10 celsius towards the south west, maybe 11 for belfast. 8 9 typicalfor parts of england and wales. 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