Because a play that you originally wrote in 2012 and put on in 2012 has been revived at the National Theatre in london in just the last few days. And its got me wondering, as you have been heavily involved with the revival, how have you sort of seen the evolution of your own writing and what interests you . Have you changed in the decade . Yes, i think i have. I mean, its so interesting to go back to something you wrote just over ten years ago. As you say, 2012 was the first production of it. Its a play called the effect, and it follows. It follows two triallists taking part in a Clinical Trial for a new antidepressant and two doctors running it. And the triallists basically start to fall in love, but dont know whether they are actually falling in love or if its an effect of the new antidepressant that theyre trialling. And of course, when i wrote it originally, i felt very close to these young sort of Romeo And Juliet 20 somethings feeling excited and romantic for the first time. And
Still with sunshine around it will be another warm affair, temperatures as high as 27 degrees, that is still 80 fahrenheit but as we go into the weekend, once again another area of low pressure will move in and anchor it self to the north west which means the further north and west you are, you are likely to see more frequent showers throughout the weekend. Some showers into the south east but it will not be as bad as it has been in previous weekends and temperatures will be reasonably promising, i9 and temperatures will be reasonably promising, 19 to 2a degrees the high. Maybe a degree or so down as we go into sunday and still with the risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights news risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights news at risk of some showers around. Enjoy. And that is tonights news at ten. There is more analysis of the the government says its
thank you very much. we start with the shipping crisis in the red sea. yemen s houthi militant group has claimed responsibility for yet another attack on a container vessel, this one belonging to the french shipping line cma cgm. it happened late on tuesday despite the presence of the us navy in the area and it s the latest in a series of attacks which are prompting major shipping lines to take alternative, longer routes. the international chamber of shipping says that one in five commercial vessels are now ships are now avoiding the red sea, which accounts for 12% of global trade. it s led to a near doubling in the cost of container shipping. the attackers say they ll continue to target vessels until palestinians in gaza are allowed sufficient food and medicine. ami daniel is the chief executive of the martime intelligence and analytics firm windward, among other things, they help companies reduce risks at sea. thank you for being with us today. one in five ships choosing
and the rest of the top ten included best ofs by fleetwood mac. abba. and eltonjohn. all acts who started out more than 50 years ago. this is because if someone streams a famous song by a heritage act, that play counts towards the sales of the artist s top compilation, even if the listener was hearing the track on a playlist. the result is a chart clogged with old acts. lewis capaldi had the best selling album made up of completely fresh material, but it was way down the end of year charts, placing at 1a. streaming makes the whole of music history available at the click of a button. so it s becoming harder and harder for new acts to break through. colin paterson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here s ben rich. there is something joy are on the way this weekend but a gradual process in terms of things drying up and certainly we are still feeling the effects of the storm henk. we saw the flooding early in the programme and currently there are more than 300 flood warn
test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q