find out what s happening. it is a major environmental story for this area that has impacts far reaching not only protecting our coastlines from hurricanes but also the tourism industry in florida to say the least. tourism, fishing broad environmental and economic impacts. tributes pouring in for irish singer sinead o connor, after her family announced she had died at the age of 56. ireland s public broadcaster released a statement from her family. they said they are devastated. o connor rose to fame with her cover of prince s nothing compares 2 u nothing compares, nothing compares to you so many stars reacting to her death, singer melissa ethridge called it a tragedy and added that o connor was haunted all her life. rem front man michael stiep said there are no words, and jamie lee curtis remembered her as a
we both went to, what was known then as a gay pride rally in london, with maybe a couple of thousand people, male and female, and the organiser, who i knew, asked me if sinead would sing. she said that she would sing but she didn t have a guitar. isaid, sing nothing compares 2 u, a cappella. she stood up and sang it a cappella, and itjust. i don t want to be melodramatic, but there were tears rolling down people s faces. the reason we were there was to support that community, at a time when, first of all, margaret thatcher was in power, and there was clause 28 and everything, and secondly, ades was decimating some of those aids was decimating some of those
entirely surprised. she shocked. i think people are also not entirely surprised. entirely surprised. she was so incredibly entirely surprised. she was so incredibly open, entirely surprised. she was so incredibly open, wasn t - entirely surprised. she was so incredibly open, wasn t she, l entirely surprised. she was so - incredibly open, wasn t she, even in that video that is there on the screen alongside you as you are talking to us, you can see the tears rolling down her cheek with nothing compares 2 u. the pain, the fragility, it was all on show, wasn t it? i fragility, it was all on show, wasn t it? fragility, it was all on show, wasn t it? i think this is what makes her wasn t it? i think this is what makes her such wasn t it? i think this is what makes her such an wasn t it? i think this is what makes her such an such - wasn t it? i think this is what makes her such an such a . wasn t it? i think this is what - makes her such an such a significant figure. it is really
have died, trapped in their homes because of the fire. clive, last night the government introduced emergency measures to help families and businesses deal with the heatwave. but the fear here in southern italy is that strong winds and scorching temperatures could lead to more fires and that could cause more loss of life.- cause more loss of life. sophia, thank you cause more loss of life. sophia, thank you for cause more loss of life. sophia, thank you for that. police say the death of the singer sinead o connor is not being treated as suspicious. best known for the song nothing compares 2 u, she was 56. her body was discovered yesterday, at her home in london. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is at the nominations for the mercury prize for music in central london. one suspect she might have been on the minds of quite of the few people