hello and welcome to the programme. i m luxmy gopal. we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries, best known for his character dame edna everage, has died at the age of 89. he d been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david sillito, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a priceless gift: the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. iam i am awaiting us. i am weightless. listen, you could do with losing a little. success has gone to yourjowls! you re being very, very cruel! for more than 50 years, she took pleasure in saying the unsayable. i ve had a little work done, but. have you? not quite as much as some! laughter and applause no. no, you are still recognisable,
started in a restaurant. i m luxmy gopal. we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries best known for his character dame edna everage has died at the age of 89. he d been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a priceless gift: the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. i am weightless. listen, you could do with losing a little. success has gone to yourjowls! you re being very, very cruel! for more than 50 years, she took pleasure in saying the unsayable. i ve had a little work done, but. have you? not quite as much as some! laughter and applause no. no, you are still recognisable, that s what i. laughter she was so
after a fire started in a restaurant. hello and welcome to the programme. i m luxmy gopal. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . the head of the military agreed to facilitate the operation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. saudi state tv is reporting that planes carrying evacuees have begun arriving injeddah the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago, the most intense taking place in the capital khartoum. explosions and gunfire have been heard across the city in the past few hours. that s despite the sudanese army announcing a three day halt to fighting from friday. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al burhan and the rsf para military group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had b
the australian entertainer, barry humphries dies at the age of 89. he was best known for performances of his alter egos dame edna everage and sir les patterson. and eyes are on hollywood star owned wrexham, which hopes to return to the english football league for the first time in 15 years. hello, i m samantha simmonds. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan s military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in sudan
wrexham football club, whose takeover by hollywood stars gained worldwide attention, are celebrating their return to the english football league. the owners ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney watched the club beat boreham wood 3 1 to win the national league title. the club posting this video of the team celebrating on their twitter page with the caption: fearless in devotion, rising t0 promotion! prince william has tweeted his congratulations. our correspondent, tomos dafydd, joins us from wrexham. he was watching all of the action. great scenes, take us to it. what s the feeling there tonight? a lot of happy fans. the feeling there tonight? a lot of ha - fans. ., , the feeling there tonight? a lot of happy fem- the feeling there tonight? a lot of happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans. the happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans- the day happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans. the day started happy fans. lots and lots of happy fans. the day started with - happy fans