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 los angeles for lewd behaviour. And his chat with madonna, whom he finally convinced to appear on his show after a 20 year wait. Our media and arts correspondent, david sillito, has
the commemorations over the weekend, and one of the most notable things about the weather in the capital will be just how cool it feels. daytime temperatures of 17, 18, some chilly nights, but staying largely dry. as it is for most of us right now. some shower clouds across northern ireland, parts of wales, and some showers down the eastern coast of scotland and eastern england. it is also quite windy at the moment. that s a long summer eastern coast of 40 115 mph. that is making it feel really quite chilly. temperatures this afternoon in aberdeen no higher than 12 celsius, higher values in some shelter for the west, 19 in cardiff. this evening, that daytime cloud will melt away and we will see clear skies overnight, and especially where the winds are light away from the east coast, it is going to turn really chilly tonight. those are the temperatures for towns and cities with some places down to four celsius, but some places in the countryside getting very close to freezing,
on valentine s day, a month on each embrace as under scrutiny. days after this, the squad had a covid outbreak. they were meant to be in a strict bubble. now, 27 days later, their six nations resumes, and with two wins from two, they re still on for a grand slam. the papers say the french public are still with them. they still have a very, very positive image because this generation of players, people like the way they play, they like the solidarity. if there are some responsibilities, it will be on the staff, people at the french rugby union, not on the players, not on the team. do we know yet how this outbreak happened in the french squad? some people have been careless, the players have been careless, but the big problem is that the manager, fabien galthie, has been careless. he went outside the bubble. there are a lot of question marks about his behaviour. now france go where they ve not run in m years, but this tournament s ended one twickenham curse. the first win for s
Its a proud day for everyone involved but the Prime Minister said social restrictions would have to continue. Its amazing to see the vaccine coming out. This tremendous shot in the arm for the entire nation, but we cant afford to relax now. Well be looking at the global effort to produce enough vaccine for the entire world. Also tonight. In yet another final attempt to unlock post brexit trade talks, the Prime Minister goes to brussels tomorrow to meet the European Commission president. Former england world cup winner Steve Thompson now diagnosed with early onset dementia. Hes one of eight former players planning legal action against rugbys governing body. And on the eve of the mobo music awards, we look at the pressures faced this year by those in the industry. And coming up in sport on bbc news, no disrespect shown at the den as millwalljoin arms with Queens Park Rangers players, who then take the knee for black lives matter. Good evening. 90 year old Margaret Keenan became the first
I couldnt sing the carols because i dont sing carols in english. I only sing carols in spain. I do enjoy watching good shows done by great people. It feels like the most christmassy thing ive ever done in my career. We can do something good for somebody else, and how christmassy is that . We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather, heres darren bett thank you very much. Its another mild day to day. The best of the weather it continues to be across the eastern side of the uk, where weve had lovely blue skies but further west the weather is changing because the cloud is rolling in. We are going to find the wind starting to pick up and weve already got some showers affecting wales, the cloud increasing in Northern Ireland, scotland, down the western side of england, with some sunshine further east, but out towards the west that cloud is going to bring some rain into Northern Ireland by the end of the day. Is that rain moves e