housed on former military bases instead of hotels in new plans due to be announced later. germany prepares for the first state visit by king charles since becoming monarch. israel s prime minister reacts angrily to comments by the us president who urged him to walk away from his controversial judicial reform plans. amsterdam warns rowdy british sex and drug tourists to stay away in a digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the news that the celebrated british tv presenter and comedian paul o grady has died at the age of 67. in a statement his partner andre portasio said he died unexpectedly but peacefully on tuesday evening and thanked fans for all the love they have shown him over the years . paul o grady first came to fame as a drag artist before becoming he first came to fame as the charismatic drag queen lily savage. the act, honed in a succession of pubs, had to be toned down for tv but it was as acerbi
with cilla black on, you ve got to geta gimmick, with cilla black on, you ve got to get a gimmick, on the royal variety, it was hilarious, and as a young, gay boy to sit there and see something of yourself on television, you know, it meant things were 0k, and meant, you know, i could dream to do that as well. so, it s a really sad day. i to do that as well. so, it s a really sad day. to do that as well. so, it s a really sad day. to do that as well. so, it s a reall sad da . ., ~ ., really sad day. i was talking to the campaigner really sad day. i was talking to the campaigner peter really sad day. i was talking to the campaigner peter tatchell - really sad day. i was talking to the campaigner peter tatchell adler . campaigner peter tatchell adler earlier, and he recounted a story from a club in london in the 1980s, i think a club i read somewhere that you have performed at as well, the police raided the club, they were wearing rubber gloves, it was, you know, the height of the ai