Sorrow and grief. Sorrow and grief. The community in croydon tonight. The community in croydon tonight. Now, Sir Michael Gambon has been remembered as a magnificent trickster and the loveliest of legends. Following his death at the age of 82, the dubun his death at the age of 82, the dublin born star of the stage and screen who won four tv baftas , died peacefully in baftas, died peacefully in hospital last night after a bout of pneumonia. Hes best known for playing hogwarts headmaster dumbledore in a number of the harry potter films, as well as being one of the original members of the Royal National theatre alongside laurence olivier. His family say he was a beloved husband and father. Now beloved husband and father. Now a 16 year old boy has been arrested after one of the most iconic trees in the country was suddenly cut down the tree at sycamore gap, next to Hadrians Wall in northumbria was made famous in the 1991 film. Robin hood. The famous in the 1991 film. Robin hood. The Nation
Boy police say was known to boy who police say was known to the victim remains in Police Custody after being arrested. Custody after being arrested. And a statement has been read out Church Leader on behalf out by a Church Leader on behalf of family at the edge of the of the family at the edge of the crime scene. Crime scene. As the family are struggling to comprehend this painful tragedy that has happened to our beautiful daughter and beloved sister , elian , our hearts are sister, elian, our hearts are broken and we are ovennhelmed by sorrow and grief. Sorrow and grief. The community in croydon tonight. The community in croydon tonight. Now, Sir Michael Gambon has been remembered as a magnificent trickster and the loveliest of legends. Following his death at the age of 82, the dubun his death at the age of 82, the dublin born star of the stage and screen who won four tv baftas , died peacefully in baftas, died peacefully in hospital last night after a bout of pneumonia. Hes best know
Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. So we start with breaking news in the last hour or so, and israel has reportedly launched an attack on iran overnight in a retaliatory strike, with reports of explosions near a military base in isfahan and thats according to us officials. Yes. Iranian state media have been quick to downplay the situation, claiming their air Defence Systems were able to destroy three drones in the centre of the country. Now yet to get any official statement from israel on the attack. Well, meanwhile, the Australian Government has urged its citizens to leave israel over fears of a revenge attack by iran. Lets talk to our security editor , mark white, who joins us editor, mark white, who joins us now. Morning, mark. What do we know at this stage . Morning well, we are still waiting on any official word from israel as to what this attack was, whether, of course, it was israel. We suspect it was, as israel. We suspect it was, as its being widely
To get in touch with the commoner. People like me, probably. But is she turning into labours Worst Nightmare . Well they deny any wrongdoing, but now the police are involved. The heat is being turned up. Well look at that. Will that impact the fact that keir starmer is absolutely to me, positioning himself as a tony blair . Mark two its almost things can only get better. Weve got the union flags, weve got defence spending, weve got positions on trident that put a world of difference between him and Jeremy Corbyn. And yesterday wes saying theyre wes streeting saying theyre going to part privatise the nhs is the labour party a government in waiting, or will Angela Rayner rain on that parade . Well, i want to hear from you. And theres a new way to get in touch with us. Send your views and comments by and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com your say. Get in touch. Before all of that, its time to kick off the show with your headlines. And its sam francis. Its sam francis. Martin, tha
W. Twenty sixteen was an exciting year the results of the u. S. President ial election and the bricks and referendum in the u. K. Surprised a lot of people in the run up to those votes there was a lot of fake news floating around some observers said that facts had become less important. The post truth age had arrived. At the time i was working on a film about journalism and i wanted to find out more about this new phenomenon. I had always believed that the truth was the truth and that anything else was just false so i decided to talk to colleagues and experts to see whether this was actually the case. But i dont accept the. Kind of postmodern. Idea that cruise doesnt exist i think it goes we can try to find there are certain levels of truth theres verifiable truth that means that what you wrote can be verified so we need a media that. Is able to filter those lies out expose them so that we can. Shape our society in the most honorable way that we can the government always lies they may