it s just a few weeks since some of the world s fastest drivers raced around the streets of singapore as formula 1 returned to the city state. well, this weekend for the first time ever it s the turn of the cyclists. star names, including chris froome and jonas vingegaard, will be among those competing in a tour de france event on sunday in the heart of singapore. earlier, i spoke to baptiste kern, from tour de france organisers amaury sport organisation, who explained what it s all about. as you may know, tour de france is the annual event taking place every year in france, three weeks at the heart of the summer, and the idea of our tour de france criterium series in singapore and next week in saitama, japan is to bring the tour de france riders and the tour de france atmosphere to asia to places that, actually, the tour de france cannot go, due to the geographical distance, and we ve devised, actually, an action packed format. instead of going from point a to point b, which the
global market. so direct dependence on russian gas is very limited. but the challenge is that the uk market is very closely aligned to the order european market. so if there are any shortage or interruption of russian gas on the european market, then those price spikes that would accompany that would filter through to the uk market, then you have the scenario of energy companies buying gas on the international market trying to pass those costs through to british consumers and bumping up against the price cap that is likely to be raised on the 1st of april in any casejust to be raised on the 1st of april in any case just because of the very tight market situation we have in the very high prices we have currently. the very high prices we have currently- the very high prices we have currentl . . ~ , ., , . currently. thank you very much. thank you- tributes have been paid to comedian and writer barry cryer, who has died at the age of 86. he worked with a number of star names and was k
at the age of 86. during a long career he worked with a number of star names and was known to millions for his role on radio 4 s i m sorry i haven t a clue. his close friend, gyles brandreth, paid tribute saying wherever barry went he brought laughter with him and the bbc s director general tim davie described him as an incredible comedian and writer. if you heard or saw a great sketch, there was always a good chance barry was behind it. sarah campbell looks back at his life. # i know a fat old policeman # he s always on our street # a fat and jolly red faced man.# radio 4 s i m sorry i haven t a clue, and barry cryer sings the words of the laughing policeman to the tune of as time goes by. # he never known to frown # and everybody says # he s the happiest man in town.# barry cryer seemed a happy fellow too, and a lucky one. i spent my time mainly with people i liked and admired, laughing about something. he d started young, playing shakespeare s falstaff at school in leeds.
women s final since 1980. barty will face danielle collins on saturday. one of the most influential writers in british comedy, barry cryer, has died at the age of 86. during a long career he worked with a number of star names and was known to millions for his role on radio a s i m sorry i haven t a clue. his close friend gyles brandreth paid tribute, saying, wherever barry went he brought laughter with him, and the bbc s director general tim davie described him as an incredible comedian and writer.if you heard or saw a great sketch there was always a good chance barry was behind it. sarah campbell looks back at his life. # i know a fat old policeman # he s always on our street # a fat and jolly red faced man.# radio a s i m sorry i haven t a clue, and barry cryer sings the words of the laughing policeman to the tune of as time goes by. # he never known to frown # and everybody says