tributes have been paid to the actorjosephine tewson, who has died at the age of 91. she was best known for portraying elizabeth the long suffering, tea spilling neighbour of hyacinth, played by patricia routledge, in keeping up appearances . it doesn t even wobble, so why can t i do it when hyacinth is here? elizabeth! 0h! josephine tewson also played miss davenport in last of the summer wine and appeared in sketches with the two ronnies . now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there will be places that stay dry through the rest of today with some lengthy spells of sunshine. but in other spots, some blustery winds and some quite heavy thundery downpours, particularly along the line of a weather front. this narrow band of rain pushing out of southern scotland and northern ireland into the far north of england could be the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder, some heavy thundery showers into northwest scotland. quite windy out there f
of a new king of the zulu nation in the first such event in 50 years. and museums in glasgow agree to return looted artefacts back to india which were taken from temples and shrines during british rule in the 19th century. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a couple of big developments from ukraine to bring you. the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea sevastopol has once again come under drone attack. the russian installed regional head said a ukrainian drone had been shot down over a naval headquarters and fell onto the roof of the building. he said no damage had been done. several other drone attacks were reported overnight in crimea, including one at an airbase. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin says un officials will be granted permission to visit and inspect the zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. the kremlin made the announcement after a call between mr putin and french president emmanuel macron late on friday. it came as
now on bbc news, dateline london, with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme where british journalists debate the week s news with the correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline: london. living with double digit inflation is an unwelcome, if familiar, experience in many countries. turkey, argentina, zimbabwe and iran started 2022 under that yoke. for the british, it had been a distant memory, but not any more. in the united states, presidentjoe biden signed into law the optimistically titled inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary maker who, among other projects, has charted the crises, financial and environmental, which have afflicted greece. henry chu is part of the
despite a year long family feud, the coronation of a new king of the zulu nation is taking place in south africa, the first such event in 50 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea, sevastapol, has once again come under drone attack, the latest in a series over the past few days. these pictures appear to show what the russian installed regional head said was a ukrainian drone being shot down over a naval headquarters, before falling onto the roof of the building. he said no damage had been done. several other drone attacks were reported overnight in crimea, including one at an airbase. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin says un officials will be granted permission to visit and inspect the zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. the announcement came as claims of fighting near the plant continued, with four civilians reportedly injured by russian shelling. the plant at zaporizhzhia has been under