I would get the dvd of limehouse gollum, it is out now. This is a sort of east end set victorian melodrama style. Starring the great bill nighy and a wonderful performance from olivia cooke, a young british actor. Danny mays is in there. It is about murders going on. A sort ofjack the ripper style thriller set in the east end with all of the london fog and people out and about like oliver creatures going out and going oom pah pah, but there is a grisly murder at the bottom of it, and it captures that gothic horror of london very, very well. Interesting and well done. Lovely. And as you have hinted award season is nearly upon us, so well be talking plenty in the coming weeks. Thank you very much for now, jason solomons. That is a taster of what is on offer this week. A quick reminder before we go, all our film news and reviews from across the bbc are online. Im sure you know the address but there it is, bbc. Co. Uk mark kermode. And all previous programmes are on the iplayer. That is it
So concerned over food safety, theyve decided to grow their own. Theres cautious optimism that greeces creditors may accept a plan which could pull us back from the financial brink. E. U. Ministers are discussing the proposals which greece put forward ahead of a midnight deadline. The greek government promises to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion. It will discourage people from retiring early and seek Higher Health contributions for pensioners. Greece will sell off its remaining shares in telecoms giant o. C. E. Its offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. Lets get the view on the ground live from athens. John how is this playing out there in greece . Is there much support for these reforms . Well, the government is now accelerating the passage of those measures that you outlined and of course a lot more. Its a 13 page document. There are cuts there for the public sector, which you talked about. Theres also pain for the private sector. There
In sport englands cricket ears celebrating a victory thats ushered australian captain Michael Clark into retirement. Its been a year since airstrikes began with a Coalition Air strike against isil in iraq and syria. The groups rapid advance prompted iraqs government to ask for International Help to flush them out. The u. S. Coalition includes bahrain, jordan, qatar the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia. On the ground, 3,000 u. S. Soldiers training iraqi troops. As of may the combined operations have cost the u. S. 2. 44 billion, so on average the u. S. Is spending nearly 9 million a day on its fight against isil. We are in baghdad where many are doubtful that the anti isil strategy is actually working. With hopes as faded as the pictures that surround them, its a mournful atmosphere for the patrons of the cafe. Here, they sit and smoke what small comforts are provided. Not even these decaying mementos of iraqs glorious past are enough to counter all the reminders of its dangerous p
In sport west indies have won a test match in england for the first time in 17 years. Shai hopes historic century helped them to a famous victory, on a thrilling final day at headingley. That looks nice. Low love cardamom. The Great British bake off returned to our screens last night. We will be asking if the new recipe tickled the taste buds of one panel of viewers. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Across the north of the country today, we are looking at a breezy day, with sunshine and showers. Warmer than yesterday. Further south, though, it is the opposite. We have some persistent rain particularly in the south east and it will feel colder than it was yesterday. I will have more details inis yesterday. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story there has been unanimous condemnation of north koreas firing of a Ballistic Missile overjapan at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council overnight. Pyongyang has described the launch as the fi
Was no knock out punch from Ricky Hattons non league minnows hyde, who were given a Football League education by the Milton Keynes dons. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Fairly wet start to the weekend for some but things will get drier, brighter and colder through the day with a few showers in the north and west. Full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes. See you then. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservative mp, Charlie Elphicke, has been suspended by the party after it said serious allegations had been passed to the police. The party didnt specify what the allegations were or who had made them. Mr elphicke, a member of the commons treasury select committee, said the media had been told of his suspension first and he wasnt aware of the nature of the claims. Heres our political correspondent, chris mason. New allegations are emerging ever more frequently. Political parties accused by some of previous unwillingness to open about allegations they themselves were