yes, and it made you laugh, so russell brand, julie andrews, steve carell, a plot involving a magical stone, none of that matters. what matters is i genuinely think that the minions are the great animated slapstick creation of our time, in the same way as tom and jerry. it s a formula that works and i love slapstick comedy, i absolutely love slapstick comedy, and every single minions movie 0k, some of them are better than others and some make more sense than others it s to do with the minions set pieces, they make me smile and laugh. i know so many people who go, i cannot believe how much you like minions, i have socks, the t shirt do you? you re easy for christmas! they make me laugh, and right now, who doesn t want to be able to just go to the cinema and smile? yes. there are some downsides, there are some bits of the film in which other things are happening, bits of plot going on and other things i m not really interested in. doesn t matter, soon enough, we ll get bac
7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought. eight areas have been moved to the third stage, including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire, east midlands. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water c
i will deliver tax cuts but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. what i m about is about cutting people s taxes, reversing the national insurance increased to put more money in people s pockets and making sure those who work hard and go out to work are rewarded. there s been widespread condemnation of a russian missile attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa only one day after moscow signed a deal with kyiv to enable the export of grain through odesa and other ports. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky said russia would always find ways not to keep its promises. the un secretary general, antonio guterres also condemned the missile strike, saying that full implementation of the grain deal made between russia, ukraine and turkey was crucial. evgeny popov is a member of parliament for president putin s united russia party. he claims russia is abiding by the grain deal. we are following every letter of the istanbul deal which my government have signed