Friday night, so a bridge could be demolished and national highways say the planned gantry was installed overnight and work is on schedule to reopen for monday. Rush hour at 6 am. Steve harley best known as the front man of the british rock band Cockney Rebel, has died at the age of 73. Come up and see me to make me smile. The age of 73. Come up and see me to make me smile. Well, that me to make me smile. Well, that was their big hit back in 1975. A number one hit, make me smile, steve harley had continued touring until recently, but had touring until recently, but had to cancel dates to have treatment for cancer. His daughter greta says he died peacefully with his family by his side. And revellers have his side. And revellers have been gathering in cities around the world to celebrate Saint Patricks day in belfast. Thousands turned out in the city centre to watch a noisy and colourful procession. No shortage of shamrocks, music and leprechauns in dublin, where locals usually vie with
Good evening from the gb newsroom. Itsjust good evening from the gb newsroom. Its just gone 6 00. The top story this hour. Northern irelands first minister has apologised to the families of alleged informers who were killed by the ira , and who were killed by the ira, and she says shes wholeheartedly committed to healing the wounds of the past. Its after a Major Investigation found more lives were probably lost than saved by a double agent during the troubles , codenamed stakeknife, troubles, codenamed stakeknife, he was working covertly for the british army inside the iras internal Security Unit operation canova, which was conducted by Bedfordshire Police, examined more than 100 murders and abductions linked to that unit. Chief constable john bucha, whos now with the Police Service in Northern Ireland, says theres strong evidence of very serious criminality. Very serious criminality. A stakeknife was undoubtedly a valuable asset who provided intelligence about the ira at considerable
Spray painted an expletive on the plinth at the kelvingrove gallery and museum in glasgow. Gallery and museum in glasgow. The pair, from the Campaign Group this is rigged, reportedly glued themselves to the bust. The group says it carried out the vandalism to protest against increasing food insecurity. Increasing food insecurity. Donald trump could take another step towards a november election rematch with joe biden later. A voting is underway in washington dc , with mr trump hoping to dc, with mr trump hoping to continue his clean sweep of states in the race to become the republican partys president ial candidate. Hes now won six states after victories in missouri, michigan and idaho. Last night. However, he made a number of false claims at Campaign Events , including Campaign Events, including allegations that joe biden is smuggling people across the border. And smuggling people across the border. And he again confused the current president with barack obama. Let me get the barack ob
Who preach racism, intimidation or incite violence. It follows a warning from the Prime Minister on friday that democracy is being threatened by a rise in extremism. The seven year old extremism. The seven Year Old Girl has died after a migrant boat carrying 16 people capsized in the english channel. She had been travelling with her pregnant mother, her father and three siblings when the boat got into difficulty in the early hours of this morning. Videos hours of this morning. Videos filmed inside prisons are to be banned as the government moves to crack down on harmful content being posted online. The move will close a loophole in which its only a crime for inmates to post prison footage. The new laws would criminalise the posting of video, photos and audio recordings taken in jail. Filming of staff will also be banned, as well as content captured by drones. Anyone found breaching the laws could be liable for an unlimited fine. Liable for an unlimited fine. Two women have been charged
new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid