and sales seem to be booming. more sales brings more safety concerns. this crash testing footage released by the charity guide dogs shows the potential dangers of badly ridden e scooters. james holbrook dislocated his shoulder when two schoolgirls riding a private e scooter, crashed into him as he was cycling home. i think anything that gets people out of cars is a good thing. i think e scooters are part of a solution of freeing up the roads. but there should be some regulation. people aren t aware of what the rules are, or choose to ignore them. they re not really being enforced. calls to legalise private e scooters are growing, and a decision could be taken by the government next year. the department for transport says safety is a top priority, and the rental trials across england will allow an understanding of the benefits and impact of this new form of transport. many say e scooters provide a fun, convenient, greener way to travel. but if you misuse a privately owned one,
hello from new york. i am tom brook and welcome to talking movies. today, our entire programme is devoted to what must rank as one of the big movie events of 2021, the release of steven spielberg s long awaited adaptation of the much loved broadway musical west side story. i have never seen you before. you are not puerto rican. is that 0k? do you want to start world war three? west side story is a love story inspired by shakespeare s romeo and juliet, set amid warring teenage gangs the sharks and thejets in new york in the 1950s. it is an adaptation of the 1957 musical from four greats director and choreographer jerome robbins, composer leonard bernstein, arthur laurents who did the book, and lyricist stephen sondheim. at the world premiere of his adaptation of west side story, stephen spielberg made it clear he was indebted to all the musicals creative forefathers. the first feeling is gratitude and such an honour to be able to have been entrusted by the trustees and
up their babies for adoption in the 19505, 60s and 70s are among those due to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, which got under way today. the hearing follows a series of bbc reports and will examine why thousands of pregnant, unmarried women were pressured into giving up their babies. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy has the full story. these are some of the women who lost their babies through forced adoption, simply because they broke the taboo of getting pregnant out of wedlock. today, they welcomed the news that a parliamentary committee has begun to examine their traumatic experience. a great relief, as much as anything, and gratitude that it s going ahead despite being long overdue. newsreel: it s a wrench to part from your baby, but this mother has decided it would be better. hundreds of thousands of babies were taken from unmarried mothers for adoption in the 30 years after world war ii. today, following the bbc s reports, parliament s human rights committee
that that would be the wrong way. l jessica? laughter jessica? i ve got no idea. laughter that serves jessica? i ve got no idea. laughter that serves me jessica? i ve got no idea. laughter that serves me right, jessica? i ve got no idea. laughter that serves me right, asking - jessica? i ve got no idea. laughter that serves me right, asking a - jessica? i ve got no idea. laughter that serves me right, asking a silly. that serves me right, asking a silly question. jessica, martin, the nation may be interested in this, you are not, and there is no reason you are not, and there is no reason you should be. plenty enough on your plate. thank you both very much. lovely to speak to you again. thank you very much for your company. how was that, as they say. that s the programme, i will be back later in the week. thank you for your company over the last seven days. goodbye. hello, and a very warm welcome as ever to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week s cine
answer, scientists saying they fear falling trust in the prime minister to control the surge because he might have lost the capacity to persuade people. we won t know. we ll wait and see. from all of us, goodbye. hello and a very warm welcome as ever to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week s cinema releases, mark kermode is back. hello, what have you been watching? we have a modern folktale called lamb. steven spielberg s reimagining of west side story. and being the ricardos, revisiting lucille ball. really interesting week. good mixture. yeah. let s start with lamb. i want to sell this to you, 0k? yeah, yeah, i m upforthis, yes. here s the thing, the trailer makes it look like a folk horror in the mould of the witch or something. i m here to tell you it s not that, 0k? i know you don t like horror movies. 0k. no, it does look like that from the trailer. it s not a horror movie at all. noomi rapace who is brilliant in almost everything plays maria, wh