Progress so much quicker. Alice was nine when she first had a go and now she has qualified at 13, on a par with veteran jo mitchell who is in her 805. It can be a lifelong hobby. Its a lovely sound, its always different, like it sounds softer in here and it sounds a lot louder outside. Bells ring. It feels rather chilly, particularly where you are exposed to the breeze. There are changes to come this week. I cant promise we will lose all the cloud, we will see some sunshine and some rain, but it will feel milder. This is the Satellite Picture and you can see the extent of the cloud today. Some bright parts in wales and the south west, our best chance for the sunshine through the afternoon. A few breaks in the cloud elsewhere, but rain grazing Northern Ireland and into Western Parts of scotland and spots of rain and drizzle elsewhere. In North East Scotland where you are exposed to an easterly breeze, just five to 7 degrees. In the South West Of England highs of 12. This evening and ove
Business headlines. Us Investment Firm Elliott Advisors has walked away from making a takeover bid for currys after being rejected by the retailers board in its own words multiple times. It had initially proposed an offer that valued the electricals chain at £700 million, and later raised it to 757 million. But currys rebuffed the approaches, saying they significantly undervalued the business. Currys could still receive a bid from chinasjd. Com, which said last month it was mulling an offerfor the firm. Earlier i spoke with russ mould, Investment Director at the stockbrokers aj bell. There is but it it will focus on what the two main shareholders in currys have got to say, redwheel and frasers. Any bid will have to get their approval and one can only assume that wasnt forthcoming this time. They said it undervalued the business. It is rare we are in a position where we are talking about a high street retailer at the centre of a possible bidding war. We thought that bricks and mortar w
Coming up, im we will have the draw for rugby leagues challenge cup. One of the champions have reached the last 16. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The idea seems to have been to dampen down growing speculation about the health of the princess of wales and to show her in a happy family snap on mothers day. Instead, today kate has had to admit she edited the picture and has apologised for any confusion. It follows five Picture Agencies withdrawing the image over concerns it had been manipulated in some way. Taken by the prince of wales, it was the First Official picture of the princess since she had Abdominal Surgery injanuary. Kensington palace says it will not be reissuing the original photo. Our royal correspondent is live in windsor. This has created a storm . Yes, it has. This has created a storm . Yes, it has that this has created a storm . Yes, it has. That photograph this has created a storm . Yes, it has. That photograph that this has created a storm . Yes, it
And the oscar goes to, Cillian Murphy. And. Oppenheimer wins big at the oscars, taking seven awards including best picture, Best Director and best actor. Hello, im lauren taylor, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. The princess of wales has personally apologised for the confusion over the family photograph issued by Kensington Palace on mothers day after several news agencies, including the largest uk news agency pa, pulled the photo, citing concerns over manipulation. The princess said like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing. She added i wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday, caused. She signed the post c for catherine. Pa said it had issued the image of the princess and her three children in good faith, but was killing it because no clarification had been received from Kensington Palace about its authenticity. Several Digital Experts had raised concerns a
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