What do we call it the classic characters of coronation street, she was definitely one of those. A legend. A legend, indeed. Admiring my stone cladding, are you . Well, its certainly eye catching. Veras personality is still writ large within the very fabric of the street, the garish blue and yellow cladding at number nine, her addition in 1989, to the horror of the neighbours, but still here as her legacy today. Here, come on, say youve never loved anybody else. Ive never loved anybody else, shall i go and get your slippers . As jack and vera, liz dawn and bill tarmey were a true double act, it made them a Firm Favourite with corpy fans, like michael adams, who blogs about the soap. The comedy scenes that she actually did with bill tarmey, who played jack, they were really good. She had good comic timing that seemed to bounce off each other. So i always remember her laugh. Carry on doing what youre doing, showem youve got principle. Liz dawns family say theyre bereft, her soap colleagu
Produce as much sugar as we want in factories like these from sugar beet grown here in the uk. Ill be looking at what that means for prizes and the 10,000 odd people who work in the industry. In sport, ben stokes is expected to be named in the ashes squad this morning despite his arrest for suspected actual bodily harm after a night out in bristol. The new take that musical made its premiere last night. So who better to review it than the women who gave birth to the band 7 it was like travelling back about 20 yea rs it was like travelling back about 20 years now. I was thinking, i thought id put all that behind me, ive had therapy and a lot and its just back ain that was rob lees, and daschle robbies mum rob lees mum. A dull start with low cloud and patchy fog giving way to sunny spells rob lees mum. A change, windy conditions and rain slowly edging in but some of that will be heavy. More in15 but some of that will be heavy. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Read
Through his momentous day. Through his momentous day. Good morning. Good morning. Another warm day in another warm day in prospect across the south of the uk. Prospect across the south of the uk. Sunshine and showers and a cooler feel in the north of the uk sunshine and showers, and a cooler and in between cloud bringing feel in the north of the uk. And in outbreaks of rain. The forecast for wherever you are spending your saturday later between, cloud bringing outbreaks of on here on breakfast. Rain. The forecast for whatever you are spending your saturday later on here on breakfast. Wherever. Its saturday the 18th ofjuly. Our top story its saturday the 18th ofjuly. The government is standing our top story the first by its vision of a return of the latest changes to coronavirus restrictions come into effect today, to normality by christmas, after the Prime Minister expressed as the latest changes to coronavirus restrictions the hope of a return to normality by christmas. In england com
From rspca centre. Good morning. A fresh start or more frustrating promises . Almost 600 million has been promised to improve rail passengers journeys in the north. There will also be a new body making sure northern voices are listened to. The problem is commuters say they have heard it all before. Its finally happened. Liverpool have their hands officially on the premier League Trophy. And it is a cloudy and damp start to thursday for a huge chunk of the uk. But where you get the sunshine today, biglia crosley south and east, it will feel quite well. I will have all the here on breakfast. Good morning. Its thursday, july 23rd. Our top story britain is in danger of becoming a cultural wasteland because the government failed to act quickly enough to help the arts and Entertainment Industry survive the lockdown. A report by mps says many organisations, including theatres and museums, are facing an existential threat to their survival. Jon donnison reports. Forfour months, for four months
If youre worried about a further tightening of restrictions in your area, please do get in touch. On twitter, its Annita Mcveigh or bbcyourquestions. The other headlines. Donald trumps physician says the president has completed his treatment for coronavirus, and is ready to return to Public Events this weekend. And as the number of homophobic hate crimes in the uk rises by 20 in the last year, we hear from two people whose lives have been changed by homophobic attacks. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Gdp grew for the fourth consecutive month in august, as the uk economy continues to recover from coronavirus. But its still smaller than before the pandemic hit. Gross domestic product grew by 2. 1 in august, as the economy was boosted by the eat out to help out scheme, encouraging consumers to go back to restaurants and cafes. However, as you can see here, the economy is still 9. 2 smaller than before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Experts had expected gdp to grow by 4. 6 , meaning t