Your best, your heavenly friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end be still, my soul, when dearest friends depart and all is darkened in the vale of tears then you shall better know his love, his heart who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears ellison be still, my soul, for jesus can repay from his own fullness all he takes away when we shall be for ever with the lord be still, my soul, when dearest friends depart and all is darkened in the vale of tears then you shall better know his love, his heart who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears be still, my soul, when change and tears are past all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. Now the welcome from the dean of st pauls. On behalf of this cathedral in london, welcome, each one of you, to this National Memorial service of remembrance, community and hope. Among us are survivors of the fire in Grenfell Tower exactly six months ago. Those who have lost members of their families, or their friends. Those who live or
Next . A big moment for a media mogul Rupert Murdoch is shrinking his empire by selling the majority of his company fox to disney. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh and a rare good day for england at the ashes. Indeed, good afternoon, not a bad start at all and a special moment for dawid malan who had to hold back the tears as he scored his first test century and has helped england into a good position. More later on the hour. Thanks hugh and darren bett has all the weather getting colder again. Yes, we have seen some snow, its getting colder, probably only briefly, changes on the way this weekend, and in the run up to christmas but dont tell anyone your secret is safe with us, you know that also coming up a 70 year old mystery is solved the story of the baby boy who was found in a box on the steps of the bbc. A multi Faith Memorial Service has taken place at st. Pauls cathedral six months to the day since the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london which left 71 peopl
Rupert murdochs media empire has got bigger today all that changed. Walt disney, led by bob iger, is buying the bulk of mr murdochs 21st century fox. The price is 52. 4 billion. For that disney gets a 39 stake in sky and 20th century fox film studio. Not everythings included. Fox news and fox sports arent, theyll become a new company. Heres bob iger on how the deal got done. I had ihada i had a lot of respect for Rupert Murdoch and what he was able to build over the years. He and i would musing about the industry and the need to reach consumers in the way i described and the Disruptive Forces we broke witnessed in our time in this business. After some musing it seemed to me there might be an opportunity to put our companies together and create something that even bigger than the two that was separate companies. Next the bbcs media editor amol rajan, on why the timing is right for disney and Rupert Murdoch. There is a revolution going on in media where people want to watch something at
Spend the night stranded in their cars. More than one in ten nurses is leaving the nhs in england every year and more people are now leaving the profession thanjoining it. The cricketer ben stokes will be considered for selection for englands 20 20 series next month despite being charged with affray. And for the first time in nearly a thousand years the bayeux tapestry will be seen in britain well have the details. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the continued fallout from the collapse of carillion the Major Construction group putting thousands of jobs and companies at risk. The Insolvency Service has said that more than 90 per cent of carillions private Sector Service customers have indicated they will provide funding to allow workers to continue to be paid. It also said work had been paused on construction sites, pending decisions as to how and if they will be restarted. Laboursjeremy corbyn has accused the government of being negligent when it continued awarding contracts to the car
And ben stokes is back. Good afternoon. He is. The ecb have cleared him to return to england to just two days after he was charged with affray. He is likely to be playing in their short form series against new zealand ex month. All the details later in the our. Thanks, hugh. Susan powell has the weather, it is in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, buti in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, but i think this afternoon for many, pictures like this in edinburgh, the sun is out. But it is the calm before the storm, more strong winds to come tonight and another spell of heavy snow for southern scotland and Northern England. Thank you very much. Also coming up could it be a french stitch up . The grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years and be loaned to britain. But why now . Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. If yourjob is dependant on the outcome