From one of their new signings. And good morning. The weekend ahead is looking fine, plenty of dry weather, sunny spells for many of us as well. They will bring you the full forecast shortly. Good morning. Its saturday, the 17th of august, our main story. The World Health Organization is asking countries with Mpox Vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks. A wave of infections has killed hundreds of people in the democratic republic of congo as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads. It comes as a company which manufactures one of the vaccines says it needs orders to be placed quickly so it can meet demand. Our reporter Leigh Milner has the story. In the democratic republic of the congo, hospitals like this one are filling up with patients who have mpox. Originally known as monkey pox, the disease can be passed on by close physical contact with anyone with the infection. It causes flu like symptoms and blisters, which is usually clear up into or t
Boy george, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. You were born george odowd in 1961 and you grew up in south london in a working class irish family. Tell me about Family Life. What was it like growing up . Well, i used to think that my family were the most insane family on the planet because we had, like, chickens, we had, like, dogs, you know, we were we stood out. We were like the hillbillies of the road. But growing up, ijust thought we were the maddest bunch ever. Did you feel irish growing up . Very i mean, my name is odowd. I grew up in the 70s, with all the bombing and, you know, kids at school would be making comments and you were very aware of the fact that you were irish 0. I used to get called 0loud. Laughs. George Oloud that was my name at school. And what were your interests at school . In fact, what was your education like . My education was probably spoilt by my behaviour. I wasnt a particularly compliant kid because at home, my dad ruled the roost you know, what
and different interviewees and programmes? the first thing that connects it all is just things randy and i found ourselves interested in. that s your partner? yeah, randy, at world of wonder, we founded the company together. but then, i think the other thing that connects it is the sense of maybe, maybe they re all, to some extent, outsiders. adam and joe, for example, were just a couple of kids making videos in their bedroom and this was sort of before youtube but they were so brilliant. and i think it s always, often, people who are judged or dismissed, or considered in some way that they exist on the margins whether it s in terms of respect orjust in terms of visibility that we re drawn to. because often, those stories are fascinating and compelling and need to be heard. you and your company have been at the forefront of what s really been a tv revolution. kind of almost unseen or unacknowledged, tv has totally transformed our lives. and ifound that, actually, it s
voice-over: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. on today s media show, one of the pioneers of reality tv. hello, hello, hello! fenton bailey s behind rupaul s drag race, described by time magazine as one of the most influential reality tv shows of all time . the company he founded, world of wonder, has made documentaries about andy warhol, britney spears, monica lewinsky over the years, about police brutality in la, and about the lgbt supporting tv evangelist tammy faye. they also brought the cult comedy duo adam and joe to channel 4. fenton, hello, and i wonder whether for you there is a thread that connects all those incredible and different interviewees and programmes? the first thing that connects it all is just things randy and ifound ourselves interested in. that s your partner? yeah, randy, at world of wonder we founded the company together but then, i think the ot
streets of the french capital. the public consultation was called by the city s mayor anne hidalgo after three people died and more than 400 were injured in accidents involving e scooters last year. passengers arriving at dover for the easter getaway to france have faced lengthy waits despite extra ferries being laid on to clear a backlog. marc ashdown reports. inch by inch things are slowly moving but coach loads of children s have faced lengthy delays. we got to the queue at 230 this morning and we were about 33rd in the queue and we are now down to 31 and we reckon we have got another 12 hours left waiting. this group runway to luxembourg would have been queueing since yesterday. this group are en route to luxembourg and have been queueing since yesterday. i have got mostly elderly passengers on board that have paid good money for a holiday and basically i think some of them now want to go home. now the blame game has begun, the port of dover said very companies accepted e