And campaigning for things, but not very experienced at winning. So it was a real shock when we found out that the council had listened to us, because it shows that with passion and persistence, you can change the world. People power the council had planned to build a brand New Theatre half the size of this one, and it wouldnt put on its own productions. Finally got a job. Julies husband, the writer ian kershaw, was born in oldham and some of his earliest work was performed at the theatre. Youve written tomorrow nights coronation street. Ive written tomorrow nights coronation street, yes. Would you have been able to do that without this place . No, no, iwouldnt, because without this building and without theatres, we wouldnt. There would be no tv writers. This is where save Oldham Coliseum had their meetings. Every two weeks, Theatre Lovers gathered above an Italian Restaurant to formulate a plan, and they are overjoyed at todays news. Ive just had a massive smile on my face ever since
lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me, stephen. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. you welcomed that supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, it s become clear that most americans do not want to see a woman s right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. that s become a big problem for you, hasn t it? well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. so those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and planned parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups, they don t want any abortion restrictions. and as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. that s not so in the united
races speaks to the bbc. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow, which killed 137 people. the four suspected gunmen in the moscow concert hall attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. they ve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. the authorities said one of them a citizen of tajikistan has pleaded guilty. a nationwide day of mourning was observed on sunday with president putin lighting a candle in a church at his residence outside moscow, in memory of the victims. the islamic state group said it was responsible and has posted graphic videos online of the attack. russian officials, without evidence, have tried to implicate ukraine which kyiv has rejected outright. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the very latest. in mosc
is his strategy simply adding to haiti s woes? president luis abinader, in santo domingo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for giving this opportunity to express our views, our ideas and how the dominican republic is developing in several of our.several economic and social areas. well, i think this is a very important moment to talk to you, mr president, perhaps primarily because of the crisis we see unfolding in neighbouring haiti. i know that you and your government are watching this 24 7, monitoring the situation. just how dangerous do you feel the situation to be right now? well, in dominican republic, it s in complete peace. i mean, we have. the country is developing. we are hoping to grow this year at approximately 5%. the tourism is booming. we have, every day, more tourists coming to our country. and everything is normal in the dominican republic. but as a neighbouring country, and also as a president, worry for the whole region. we have to look what the situa
up basically doing a lot of really similar things on the wireless and on the telly box, because we were asking if politics in the uk has a racism problem and you were asking.? is politics a big stinking pot with the lid come off? oh, so that was cheery then? well, kind of. i mean, we spoke to a 19 year old who i first met on radio two when he was 16. he s a member of the youth parliament called dev sharma. he says i ve absolutely no desire to join this unsafe, illogical game called parliament. over the past few years, we ve seen it become i so immoralised, become so murky and just full of cheap political stunts. that doesn t really- represent what we want. you re 19. do you want to go into politics in parliament? not any more. so i represent. i m part of the youth parliament currently, and i speak to my fellow youth parliamentarians. and politics doesn t . seem to reward sanity. it seems to reward a sort - of radicalism or having to take a really strong view i and then sti