At three and a half years old, here, i caught polio. There was an epidemic at that time. They said, stephen wont live through this. But during those years in and out of hospital, he developed a passion for music, and after a spell as a journalist, he began trying out his songs at folk clubs before finally hitting the big time. But when his chart success began to slide, his attention shifted to another musical avenue. Sing once again with me. He was given the chance to record the single for andrew lloyd webber s phantom of the opera, but he was devastated when he wasnt chosen to play the role for the west end. Youve done it all, broken every code. Nevertheless, he continued to perform. The effects of his childhood polio were lifelong, but onstage in the spotlight he said it was the one place he could forget it all and simply be steve harley, the rock star. Ooh ooh, la la la. That is David Sillito looking back at the life of steve harley, the front man of Cockney Rebel who has died at th
Resident about what life on the island has become. Donald trumps legal troubles in the State Of Georgia could be coming to a head. Well tell you the message from the prosecutor to certain witnesses. And how the white house is responding after a special counsel is appointed to look into president bidens son, hunter, and why some republicans say theyre still not satisfied with the investigation. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. We begin in hawaii where days after wildfires decimated maui, the death toll is rising. Authorities have confirmed 89 deaths making the fires the deadliest in the United States in more than a century and that number is expected to climb even more in the coming days as crews sift through the devastation caused by the fires. Governor josh green says the area has suffered some 6 billion in losses with some 2200 structures damaged or destroyed, vast majority of them residential. This is the largest Natural Disaster weve ever expe
He later apologised for what he called rude comments. Plenty of people saw the remarks straightaway as racist but it took an age in political terms for rishi sunak to agree. At a rally on friday night in hackney, diane abbott told the crowd to stand firm against racism. This is about the way that black women are disrespected. Decade upon decade. The conservative Cabinet Minister and transport secretary, mark harper, spoke to laura kuennsberg, on her sunday morning programme, she asked him Whether Frank Hester s comments were racist. Did you think these comments were racist . Yes, look, the Prime Minister made it very clear at Prime Ministers questions on wednesday that they were racist. It took him some time to do that. Did you think straight they were racist . You said it took an age in political terms but it didnt take long at all, the Prime Minister said it on wednesday and his spokesperson was clear the day before that they were racist comments and unacceptable. And frank hester ap
She is and will always be my sister. I dont know what happened to her. I dont get to say goodbye. It is awful. It makes your whole world fall apart. If you took her, please, just let her come home. Her name is Heather Elvis. It was news nationwide when she vanished. She had a new job. She was going on a first date. It is is also overwhelmingly horrible. Police worked the cruise clues. A mysterious caller captured on camera. Why would this person call from a pay phone in the middle of the night quick then came the secret. She was married. Rumors about her being pregnant. She truly did believe that he was going to leave his wife. A bomb exploded. It was world war iii. This kidnapping, potential murder. This is heathers life we are talking about. Terrifying. When you see your parents hurting, you wish you could take all of their pain away. [ crying ] it wasnt supposed to be like this. Thats impossible. An independent, young woman eager to make hello, welcome to dateline. Heather elvis was