but cast your minds back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watts divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like scott and charlene? i m joined by sir phil redmond, creator of three of the biggest british soaps of all time grange hill, brookside and hollyoa ks. daniel kilkenny is soaps editor for entertainment news website digital spy. tv critic and soap fan emma bullimore is here, and charles collingwood, who s been far
superintendent with greater manchester police. at around 3am this morning on sunday the 21st of august, emergency services received multiple calls about a disturbance at goose green. on arrival, we found at goose green. on arrival, we found a 17 year old male and 31 year old man with stab wounds receiving first aid for of the public before officers and paramedics took over. both males were taken to manchester royal infirmary, where sadly the 31 year old man succumbed to his injuries and died. i can confirm that male is rico burton. the 17 year old male remains in hospital with serious injuries. i would like to take this opportunity to pass on my sincere condolences to rico burton s family and friends and can i also praise the members of the public who stepped in and provided first aid. greater manchester police has launched a murder investigation and reckless officers are supporting both families. 21 year old was arrested at the scene and a short while later a 20 year old mal
an acquaintance said she had been driving the father s car when the explosion happened. an official implied that ukrainian state structures are responsible. a claim that ukrainian authorities denied with a senior official saying we are not a criminal state. fred pleitgen is in moscow for us. reporter: the investigation is still in the early stages. saw investigators there at the crime scene and so many questions that have been raised by this. first and foremost was daria dugina the target or her father? the big question, who exactly could be behind this? here s the latest. a car engulfed in a massive fireball on a highway outside moscow. police say it exploded and crashed. the driver dead on the scene. the driver was daria dugina, a supporter of russia s invasion of ukraine and daughter of alexander dugina who promotes russian expansionism. an explosive device detonated setting the car on fire. the committee believed she was murdered. taking into account the data obtained t
kris van cleave on the summer travel nightmare, made worse by the storm. could the government force airlines to pay back fliers? and, how schools are working to keep kids safe as they return to the classroom. cbs carter evans tonight shows the new normal. reporter: covid hasn t gone away, but it appears the fear of it has in schools. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, we re learning new information about the f.b.i. search at former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, giving us a glimpse into what kind of classified materials were allegedly kept at the 45th president s florida home. cbs news had previously reported that classified documents were found in boxes the national archives got back in january. but the trump team shared a letter from the archivist that has new details inside those 15 boxes were doc
brazil s first emperor arrives to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least part of him does. let s start with some breaking news: a nine year old girl has died following a shooting in liverpool. the emergency services were called to a house in the knotty ash area of the city at ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries. both have been taken to hospital. merseyside police say house to house, cctv and forensic enquiries are being carried out. we carried out. will have more details on that we will have more details on that story as the day progresses. it s taken half a century, but nasa is one step closer to putting humans back on the moon, after giving the go ahead to the launch of a major test flight on monday. the agency s artemis mission is being heralded as the start of a new era of space exploration. you are watching the flight readiness review briefing for nasa s artemis one mission. left off of this first unaccrued flight test is currently t