after a review found it was failing vulnerable people under 18. excitement in birmingham as the opening ceremony for the commonwealth games takes place this evening. and stars are paying tribute to actor bernard cribbins, famous for his many roles including in doctor who, the wombles, and the original railway children, who has died at the age of 93. some breaking news just some breaking newsjust in. the parents of 12 year old archie has been left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage have failed to convince the supreme court to intervene in a life support treatment battle. if you days ago, his parents were told that it was going to be lawful to withdraw support from archie, but they challenged that, arguing that they felt treatment was still worthwhile because they thought they were seeing some of improvement. but the
to actor bernard cribbins, famous for his many roles including in doctor who, the wombles and the original railway children who has died at the age of 93. a report looking into events leading up to the death of a 13 month old boy in cumbria has found that the woman who killed him misled social workers about her mental health, her alcohol use, and her debts. leiland james corkill was killed injanuary last year by laura castle, a woman who had hoped to adopt him. a safeguarding report found that relevant information about castle was not shared between agencies. it concluded that checks on people who want to adopt should be strengthened.
i know, day like this. haven t taken too great a liberty, have i, on a day like this? you know? bernard cribbins. from perks in the railway children. morning, tobermory. you look hot. ..to the wombles and, before that. what about a nice drop of brandy in your tea? films like two way stretch with peter sellers in 1960. this was far from the beginning of his career. it started out in rep in 0ldham when he was 1a. in the 60s. i m the new midshipman. poopdecker s my name albert poopdecker. he was appearing in carry on films and recordings very successful comic songs. # there i was, a digging this hole.# but it was film and tv aimed at children that he ll be perhaps best remembered for. the wombles, jackanory and so much more. he was, for one fellow children s performer, a funny and inspiring friend. i adored working with bernard. we did children s programmes together, and he was so generous and kind, and i learned so much from him because he was a genius.
bumper profits for the owner of british gas centrica more than a billion pounds this year as household bills keep rising. right on time! and from the railway children to the wombles and doctor who bernard cribbins has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll be in birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games and we ll look at what threat germany pose to england in the final of the women s euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham injust two hours time. this huge space seats 30,000 people, and although we don t entirely know the themes of the opening ceremony you do get hints of how
hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. and, mark, you re going to start with something that s quite nostalgic for some of us? well, we have an interesting batch this week. so, we ve got something for everyone. we ve got the railway children return, which is the sequel to the much loved classic. we have the good boss, which was spain s entry for the best international feature oscar. and we have the grey man, which is the new film by the russo brothers. but let s start with railway children return. a couple of weeks ago, lioneljeffries original railway children was back in cinemas just for the sunday, and what a lovely timeless film it is. i think it was number 66 in the bfi s list of best british films of all time. this is a sequel set during world war ii. evacuees are sent from cities to countryside, where they re taken in by sheridan smith, who is the daughter ofjenny agutter s bobby,