The red arrows flew over central london, and there were flypasts in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. Music a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square by vera lynn i may be right i may be wrong but im perfectly willing to swear. And, ahead of a special evening of celebration, well speak to the welsh soprano, katherinejenkins, who has performed a medley of wartime favourites to an empty Royal Albert Hall. In other news, theres to be limited easing of lockdown restrictions in wales. At 5 00, well bring todays Coronavirus Briefing from downing street, led today by the environment secretary, George Eustice. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special. Well be bringing you all the latest on coronavirus with the downing street News Conference at 5pm. But first, a two minute silence has been held across the United Kingdom to commemorate the 75th anniversary of ve day. Events are taking place all day, but public gatherings have been cancelled as the country remains in lockdown because of coro
Our program tonight is presented in honor of black History Month for the purposes of Public Education and civil discourse. And our guests are to american historians. Our keynote speaker is a historian of television, radio and the Recording Industry in the united states, a former network and Cable Television executive, and the author of nine books. Tim brooks. His talk tonight is based on his newest publication, the blackface minstrel show in mass media 20th century performances on radio, records, film and television. Recently published by mcfarland. Among tims many accomplishments is a grammy award, which he received for a double cd and book titled lost sounds blacks and the birth of the Recording Industry 18901919. Joined in aen be seated conversation by fellow historian bill doggett. Timprogram will conclude in and bills taking questions from you, our live audience. Now, please turn off the sounds , and join me in welcoming historian and author, tim brooks. [applause] tim thank you,
Media, 20th century performances on radio, records, film, and television recently published by mcfarland. Among his many accomplishments is a grammy award which he received for a double cd and bro book titled lost sounds. 1890 to 1919. Tim will then be joined in a conversation by fellow historian bill dugget. Our program will conclude with tim and bill taking questions from you, our live audience. Now, please turn off the sounds of your phones, and join me in welcoming historian and author tim brooks. [ applause ] well, thank you. Later on as he mentioned, there will be time for questions. And i hope we have some good ones coming up at the end of this conversation and presentation. But i would like to start with a question for you, the audience. How many people have seen a minstrel show . A live minstrel show. Anybody . Interesting. How many have seen one on film prap . Remember, im talking about a whole minstrel show, not a clip from somewhere, but a full show. Anybody . Okay. If i ha
Guns at this party. The Surveillance Footage shows what happened shortly after gunfire erupted inside and illegal halloween party. One man pacing back and forth while holding a gun in his left hand. People in the background were screaming. Another man later joins him. The man in the orange jacket text the gun in his pants before tying his shoes. Both men walk away. We blurred their faces for now because we dont know their role in the shooting. The Sheriffs Department declined to comment on the video. They have not made any arrest or release suspect information. Investigators did recover two guns inside the house. We dont know if the guns were recovered were used in the shooting. Many neighbors are fearful to show their faces. The gunfire sent partygoers running throughout the neighborhood. In this video you can hear more gunshots and people running away. Issue hurt . Reporter police say the shooting killed five people. The youngest victim was 19 years old. Her name is oshiana tompkins.
In the new european, bonnie greer. So, the sunday telegraph claims that the Prime Minister has been warned by mps not to retreat from a pledge to take back control of british laws from brussels post brexit. The sunday times, meanwhile, claims that a member of the labour party has died after apparently taking his own life amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The mail on sunday alleges that there are links between Boris Johnson and Michael Goves bid to persuade theresa may to take a tougher stance on brexit and a russian tycoon. And finally the sunday express reports that Meghan Markle is being guarded by Royal Protection officers as the palace prepares to announce her engagement to prince harry. So lets begin. We start with the mail on sunday, and slightly confusing story, but this goes back to a letter written by michael gove. Story of the night people are getting excited about this. It is multi layered. We will go through point by point. Earlier in the month, borisjohnson michael go