paul cattermole, one of the founding members of british pop group, s club 7, has died at forty six. the cause of death is unknown but there are no suspicious circumstances. the popular group rose to fame in the late 90s, selling over ten million albums worldwide. as part of their crossover success, they starred in their own us tv series in miami which became popular among young viewers. before we go, bit of music, a bit of diplomacy, and a bit of history. the presidents of china and france enjoyed a musical performance on friday. it was part of emmanuel macron to visit to the country. the ancient chinese tune being played was called
next week as part of events to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, has more from belfast. # you re the voice, try and understand it. northern ireland is marking a quarter of a century of relative peace. the agreement signed on good friday, 1998, largely ended three decades of conflict. but there is also a reminder that the threat from paramilitaries hasn t completely faded. last year there was some trouble at an annual dissident republican march in londonderry on easter monday, but police warned yesterday there could be more serious violence this time round. there is very strong community intelligence specifically coming forward in respect of monday s events in derry londonderry, and a real concern there may be attempts to draw police into serious public disorder and to use that then as a platform to launch terrorist attacks on police as well.
some coach passengers said they were stuck for 12 hours before they could finally board their ferries. the reasons officials gave for that was a variety of things, including bad weather, more coaches than expected and the process of getting people through the border checks, because after brexit, passports have to be stamped and things take a little bit longer. so there has been a review of how to make things run more smoothly over the next few days. it is expected to be quite busy down here again as we come into easter weekend, and you might be able to see behind me there is quite a bit of traffic coming into the port, but it seems to be going fairly smoothly at the moment, and the port of dover says not as many coaches are expected to come through, about 30% fewer than last weekend. but to try and make sure we do not see those same kind of delays, they are trying to make sure and reduce the number of coaches travelling tomorrow, on good friday,
and get healthier with golo. welcome back. new york is honoring a group of city workers who helped saved lives tuesday during the attack in brooklyn. friday, the mayor joined other officials virtually to recognize them with the metropolitan authority.
remember, what thanks this significant, something that the administration had been loathed to do and the progressives didn t want the administration to consider. this is the last piece in place for the administration that has tried everything else to get a control on energy prices that have been crazy out of whack and gotten more so since the ukraine war. so where this goes from here is anyone s guess. a major development with the hill editor, bob cusack. the significance of this. what do you think? pretty significant, neil. the shows the white house is concerned about oil prices and blaming vladimir putin is not working. gas prices were going up before the ukraine war. it s interesting that they released this on a friday afternoon, on good friday. the left won t like this. the independents, democrats that are centrists, conservative democrats up for re-election, they will like this. but is it too little too late?