stars of the 1950s and 60s, gina lollobrigida, who has died at the age of 95. crawl back into my bedroom, take advantage of my weakness! she was one of the last survivors of the golden age of cinema, nicknamed by italians as la lollo, and judged by some to be the most beautiful woman in the world. she co starred with some of the biggest names in hollywood. later in life she became a successful sculptor and photographer, and made several unsucessful attempts to be elected to parliament. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. freezing bitter cold weather is with us for a few days but we had some lovely sunshine, enjoying views like this snowy skiddaw in cumbria which looks stunning. the other issue we have been covering is the flooding recently and flood warnings are still in force and the problems had not gone away. a lot of trouble on the river severn, avon and for ground water flooding in the river severn, avon and for ground waterflooding in parts the river s
in county tyrone, northern ireland. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to meet union leaders in a bid to end the council workers strike crisis tributes pour in for bbc breakfast presenter and journalist bill turnbull, who s died at the age of 66. merseyside police have revealed that two guns were used in the shooting that killed nine year old olivia pratt korbel. olivia was shot in her home last week as her mother tried to stop a gunman entering their house. detectives have now released cctv of the gunman running from the scene. a 35 year old man who was the target of the attack, and was on parole, is still being treated in hospital and will be sent back to prison when he s discharged. detective chief superintendent mark kameen gave an update about the investigation at a news conference. i m going to show you some footage in a moment of a man that murdered olivia. i m doing this because people may recognise what he s wearing. it may also help people remember seeing
hello, and welcome to bbc news. a sudden heatwave that has triggered foreign spies across europe has no signs of easing up. and you temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives, possibly hundreds, and our correspondent bethany bell has this report from malaga. fire crackles. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battled the flames in extremadura in the west of the country. in the south near malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopter whirrs. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breaking out in these hills, and it is a real struggle for the firefighters to try stop the blazes. the air is full of thick smoke which stings your eyes and makes you want to cough, and it s very hot. 0n the road we met sharon from england. s
the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession. there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in orlando to ponder. but for boris johnson, domestic politics is never far away commonwealth leaders in rwanda. the by election defeats in wheatfield and tiverton and huntington have spooked some tory mps. and oliver dowden s resignation as party chairman has yet again put the spotlight on the prime minister s leadership. some think his behaviour is the problem and want a change of direction. oliver dowden said in his letter it could not be business as usual, i am not hearing you say i have heard what the voters have said and i am going to change. iii what the voters have said and i am going to change- what the voters have said and i am going to change. if you want me, let me be clear. going to change. if you want me, let me be clear. if going to change. if you want me, let me be clear, if you going to change. if you want me, let me be clear, if you are going
with the queen now other national icons are getting in on the act. i ve got my own swarovski crystals, so i can outsparkle everybody here, although might i say howjealous i was of paddington bear having tea with the queen only last night! good afternoon. a huge pageant along the mall in london will start in about half an hour, bringing to a close four days of celebrations to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. you the queen s platinumjubilee. arejust you the queen s platinum jubilee. are just hearing that of you are just hearing that the sounds of the kids quiet, made up of 400 schoolchildren representing 22 schools from around london coming together that a very special performance today warming up the crowd performing i am the earth, conducted by richard and about to begin performing something that will begin performing something that will be very familiar to many of you. take that s greatest day. thousands have come here from all corners of the uk and indeed much further a