Technique that created dolly the sheep 20 years ago. Sir elton john announces he will stop touring to spend more time with his family. But he will say goodbye to fans with one final tour a series of 300 dates spanning three yea rs. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The president s club has held men only Charity Dinners in london for more than 30 years and raised tens of millions of pounds for good causes. But tonight all future dinners have been cancelled after an undercover reporter employed as a hostess says she and some of the other women working there were groped and sexually harassed. A government adviser who helped organise the event last week at the dorchester has resigned. And some of the charities for which money was raised are handing back the donations. Heres our special correspondent lucy manning. All the president s club men appear to be enjoying themselves at the charity dinner, the women working there much less so, with claims that they were groped at the men only ev
Twitter cspanhistory. For a schedule of upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Each week American History tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. Next, we travel to yorktown virginia, to witness the arrival from france of the tall sailing ship hermione. The ship is a replica of a military frigate that carried general marquis de lafayette in 1780 with a message of king louis xvi. The original hermione participated in the siege of yorktown in 1781. The journey was the beginning of a trip up the east coast of the u. S. With stops in major cities along the way. Over the next hour, we will see remarks from american and french government representatives, interviews with crew members, and we will observe scenes and music from the arrival ceremony. When we arrived on june 5th hermione was just emerging from the fog. [cannon fire] [cheering] [le marseilleus playing] us playing] s playing] as playing] s playing] as playing] is playing] [ applause
Sailing ship hermione. It was a replica of the military frigate that carried general marquis de lafayette in 1780 with a message from king louis xvi. Promising thousands of french soldiers and a large naval force to help in the revolutionary war. The original hermione participated in the siege of yorktown in 1781. The journey was the beginning of a trip up the east coast of the u. S. With stops in major cities along the way. Over the next hour, we will see remarks from american and french government representatives interviews with crew members and we will observe scenes and music from the arrival ceremony. When we arrived on june 5, hermione was just emerging from the fog. [cannon fire] [cannon fire] [cannon fire] [cannon fire] [cheering] [cannon fire] [la marseillaise playing] [cheering] [starspangled banner playing] [applause] platoon, forward. Left, left, left, right. Left, left, left, right. Forward. Left. Left, left, right. Left, left, leftright. Left, left, leftright. Tom i am to
Progress is made. The telegraph claims eu leaders have softened their stance on brexit talks because they fear theresa mays government could collapse if the negotiations remain deadlocked. The ft headlines allegations from two Board Members of the Weinstein Company who say they were denied access to the hollywood producers personal file by his lawyers while attempting to investigate rumours of sexual misconduct. The guardian claims an upcoming report by the Care Quality Commission will reveal that children with Mental Health issues are waiting up to 18 months to be treated. The daily mail front page carries a photograph of Police Support officers wearing animal masks while carrying out inquiries at a shop in nuneaton. The times claims the 50 mph speed limit imposed on drivers going past roadworks could be increased to 60 mph to cut congestion and improve traffic flows, according to highways england. And the express leads with storm brian, which is expected to bring gales of up to 80 mp
Good luck to them and all the others. Time for a look at the weather. For many of this a regular autumn day. But for many areas of the south could have gusts exceeding 60 mph with dangerous waves, be aware of that and take care. The many it is a windy day, lighter in scotland compared with the rest of the uk. Plenty of squally showers to the western parts, moving out of Northern Ireland where there are a few sunshine and showers. Down the eastern side of england there will bea eastern side of england there will be a few dry spells with just a few showers. Windy for a time tonight for Northern Ireland southern scotla nd for Northern Ireland southern scotland and northern england, storm brian is out in the north sea. Still a blustery day with outbreaks of rain, but turning drier and brighter as the day goes on. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley, the headlines at 10 32am. The Spanish Government is holding a Cabinet Meeting to begin imposing Central Control over the region of cataloni