For the rest of his career. But at Least Myjudgment was right. Very down to earth, very straightforward, very grounded, a wonderful marriage, lovely family. Part of him couldnt believe what what had happened to him. And the other half enjoyed it. And but he never lost sight of his roots, which were pretty well delineated by him on many programmes. Live now to Gloria Hunniford, presenter of Rip Off Britain on bbc one, as well as a myriad of other programmes through the years. Gloria, you knew Michael Parkinson for many of those years. What are your thoughts right now . My thoughts toda are your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because in your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because in a l today are just sadness, because in a weird, naive way, i thought mich
If you have a disability . A Human Rights Watch dog has accused the uk and irish governments of failing to tackle problems like welfare benefits. Good evening. He made it look easy, the Late Night Television interview, and he made it an art. But now sir michael parkinson, a giant of british culture, has died at the age of 88. A big part of his success was the fact that his chat show was never an opportunity for him to show off, but for his guests to always take centre stage, allowing space to reveal a deeper truth about themselves. Its a humility borne of his humble roots, as the son of a yorkshire miner. Michael parkinsons work spanning almost seven decades is a catalogue of memorable moments, including no less than four interviews with muhammad ali. One of the first with George Michael after his arrest in los angeles for lewd behaviour. And his chat with madonna, whom he finally convinced to appear on his show after a 20 year wait. Our media and arts correspondent, david sillito, has
danieljennings. daniel is profoundly deaf and began campaigning for the gcse when he was 12 years old. now, it is too late for daniel to take advantage of the gcse, but he says that it is a powerful step towards equality. he hopes that it will make deaf students feel less isolated in schools. in wales, work was already under way to introduce a gcse in bsl, and students will be able to start studying the subject from september 2026. start studying the subject from september2026. but start studying the subject from september 2026. but the big question for schools is how they recruit and retain teachers qualified in bsl in order to deliver this course to students. rachel mcadams reporting there. danieljillings who was included in that report, along with his mother annjoin me now. and will be signing for daniel during this interview. thank you both forjoining us. let s speak to you, and back, first. how are you feeling about today s announcement as a parent? i feeling about today
the home secretary says the uk should train its own lorry drivers and fruit pickers to bring down immigration. a british man goes on trial in cyprus accused of murdering his ill wife. he tells the court she begged him to help end her life. and the bbc investigation into how adults are being diagnosed with coming up on bbc news. they won the premier league seven years ago, now leicester are fighting to stay in the top tier of english football. but victory against liverpool could give them a lifeline. good evening. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has met rishi sunak at his country residence chequers on the final stage of a whistle stop diplomatic tour. the president personally thanked the uk and said he was grateful for the aid because it could save the lives of his people in their fight against russia. on saturday he was in rome shaking hands with the pope whom he invited to kyiv. sunday was berlin. germany s leader, olaf scholz, announced a defence weapons packa