Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Stephen sackur speaks to Dame Stephanie shirley. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds of jewish children were smuggled out of nazi occupied europe by train in a covert humanitarian mission which became known as the kindertransport. My guest today, Dame Stephanie shirley, was one of those children. She went on to live an extraordinary life of achievement and philanthropy, blazing a trail for women in business. So, what lessons can we learn from a woman determined to make the most of a life so nearly extinguished in childhood . Theme music plays. Dame stephanie shirley, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Weve invited you almost 80 years exactly 80 years from that moment when you were forced to leave your home. Your father put you on a train, its called the kindertransport, and you ended up in an alien country, in london, in england. What do you remember of that journey . Well, of course, i was only five years old, so a
awaiting visual confirmation. bullseye! nasa successfully crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it can push it off course in its first planetary defence mission. not quite lift off for england, but a second half comeback against germany sees gareth southgate s side produce a confidence boosting 3 3 draw in their world cup send off. good morning. another day of sunshine and showers. some of the shower especially in the north and north east will be heavy and thundery, windy again, and it will feel cool for the time of year. all the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 27th september. our main story. banks and building societies have withdrawn some of their mortgage deals because of the volatility on global markets. interest rates are expected to rise significantly over the coming months with analysts predicting they could edge up towards 6% next year. vincent mcaviney reports. a volatile start to the week for the pound and the uk. the early morning plu
We meet the man behind the rocket man. Bernie taupin talks about his Career Writing Hit Songs for eltonjohn. Are you ready for an autumn chill this weekend . Lots of sunshine to get with it but before we get there some pretty heavy rain across england and wales. All of the details coming up on breakfast. Its Friday The 13th of october. Our main story. The Israeli Military has told the un that more theni Million People living in the north of gaza must relocate to the south within the next 2a hours. The United Nations says the order included those sheltered in schools, Health Centres and clinics and warned the movement could transform what is already a tragedy, into a calamitous situation. Our reporter nickjohnson has the latest. Israeli air power continues to strike the gaza strip. Buildings flattened in the blink of an eye. Entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. Israel says its dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. With every fallen building, stories of
And Bayern Munich in using an inflation valve to pump the trousers full the Champions League. And in the whether it is a cold, of air at the bottom. Frosty, icy starts of the day. I think, wouldnt it be wintry in the west, more rain, snow and sleet succumb. Ill have your full forecast on breakfast. Sleet to come. Its wednesday, the 26th of february. Our top story several European Countries have announced their first coronavirus cases and all of them appear to be linked to the growing outbreak in italy. Austria, croatia and switzerland have now confirmed cases, while hundreds of guests have been told to stay in their rooms in a hotel in tenerife, which has been placed on lockdown. Here in the uk, four schools have been shut after students returned from italian skiing trips. Our correspondent, andy moore, reports. Its not what you would want to see from the balcony of your four star hotel. Instead of a fleet of taxis, there is a fleet of ambulances waiting outside the costa adeje palus h