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hello from new york. i am tom brook and welcome to talking movies. today, our entire programme is devoted to what must rank as one of the big movie events of 2021, the release of steven spielberg s long awaited adaptation of the much loved broadway musical west side story. i have never seen you before. you are not puerto rican. is that 0k? do you want to start world war three? west side story is a love story inspired by shakespeare s romeo and juliet, set amid warring teenage gangs the sharks and thejets in new york in the 1950s. it is an adaptation of the 1957 musical from four greats director and choreographer jerome robbins, composer leonard bernstein, arthur laurents who did the book, and lyricist stephen sondheim. at the world premiere of his adaptation of west side story, stephen spielberg made it clear he was indebted to all the musicals creative forefathers. the first feeling is gratitude and such an honour to be able to have been entrusted by the trustee ....
people who ve tested positive for covid in scotland are being asked to isolate for 10 days, regardless of their vaccination status or even if they ve had a negative pcr result. our home affairs correspondent david cowan reports. nicola sturgeon: we may be starting to experience - a potential tsunami of infections. tommy kane and his family are starting ten days of self isolation, a tough challenge and one many more will share as omicron spreads around scotland. what did you make of what the first minister said today? it was pretty grim. i thought it was pretty dire, and it was pretty brutal news that i think is going to have an impact on us all. but public health is of paramount importance, and if people need to take the necessary precautions to protect each other then that s what we need to do. last week he went to a football match and a concert in edinburgh, and somewhere along the line picked up the new variant. i have been double jabbed. i ve not had my booster. i k ....
will limit visitors to three for each resident as omicron cases surge. the governor of kentucky says least 50 people have died after a powerful storm battered that state and four others. britain warns russia it will face severe consequences if it invades ukraine a g7 meeting of foreign ministers is discussing rising tensions. and england s cricketers slump to a nine wicket defeat in the first ashes test in brisbane. you may have heard of robotic surgery, where procedures are carried out remotely. surgery, where procedures well, the technology is improving all the time. now guy s and st thomas s hospital in london has a new robotic device for operations which aims to speed up recovery times and help patients spend less time in hospital. frankie mccamley explains. i got most of my family s picture here, and i start from my dad taute this man was diagnosed with prostate cancer this this man was diagnosed with prostate cance , ., , , ., this man was diagnosed with prostat ....
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are now blue cards. trials will start to bring them into football to send players to the sin bin. snow will be mainly confined to the hills and far north of england. i will have the details here on breakfast. it s friday 9th february. president biden has reacted angrily to suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. he was responding to a long awaited report, which concluded he shouldn t face any criminal charges for mishandling classified documents during his time as vice president, but questioned his ability to remember several important events. will vernon reports from washington. tonight no criminal charges for president biden. the initial headlines seemed to be good news for the president. the special counsel recommended no charges be brought into his handling of official documents. a legal win for mr biden. but, politically, it was a devastating blow. the report made several claims over mr biden s mental competency. it described him as a well meaning ....