tributes have been paid to the actorjosephine tewson, who has died at the age of 91. she was best known for portraying elizabeth the long suffering, tea spilling neighbour of hyacinth, played by patricia routledge, in keeping up appearances . it doesn t even wobble, so why can t i do it when hyacinth is here? elizabeth! 0h! josephine tewson also played miss davenport in last of the summer wine and appeared in sketches with the two ronnies . now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there will be places that stay dry through the rest of today with some lengthy spells of sunshine. but in other spots, some blustery winds and some quite heavy thundery downpours, particularly along the line of a weather front. this narrow band of rain pushing out of southern scotland and northern ireland into the far north of england could be the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder, some heavy thundery showers into northwest scotland. quite windy out there f
despite a year long family feud, the coronation of a new king of the zulu nation is taking place in south africa, the first such event in 50 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea, sevastapol, has once again come under drone attack, the latest in a series over the past few days. these pictures appear to show what the russian installed regional head said was a ukrainian drone being shot down over a naval headquarters, before falling onto the roof of the building. he said no damage had been done. several other drone attacks were reported overnight in crimea, including one at an airbase. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin says un officials will be granted permission to visit and inspect the zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. the announcement came as claims of fighting near the plant continued, with four civilians reportedly injured by russian shelling. the plant at zaporizhzhia has been under
northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england, it should stay mostly sunny with just the odd shower. further south we ll see more cloud rolling in from the west, providing rain for parts of wales and the southwest by the end of the day. highest temperatures in the east of england, 25 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. i m lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines. sevastapol, the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea, appears to have come under drone attack again. mexico s former attorney general is arrested in connection with the disapppearance of 43 students eight years ago. human rights campaigners call for the immediate release of a saudi student jailed for 3h years over critical tweets. the widow of the basketball legend kobe bryant tells a court of her devastation by leaked photos of a crash that killed her husband and daughter and six others. more travel disruption on train lines across the uk as thousands of rail workers go on strike for the second tim
since the first march. good evening. there are warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer with more flights expected to be cancelled in the coming days, including at heathrow, britain s busiest airport. airlines look set to change their schedules as the busy school holiday period begins british airways said it would help provide certainty to customers. our business reporter, noor nanji, has more. after big queues at airports this summer, warnings of more disruption, with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we re still experiencing the problems of lack of manpower, not only for airlines but across airports, ground handlers and even, in some cases border control staff, so the mix of high volumes and lack of people is causing tremendous dislocation at many airports. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of any cancellations. add