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a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession, there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in rwanda to ponder. but, for borisjohnson, domestic politics is never far away. this week s by election defeats in wakefield and tiverton and honiton have spooked some tory mps and oliver dowden s resignation as party c ....
but milder underneath that cloud. showery outbreaks of rain starting to approach western scotland and western wales. by the time we get to the end of the night and our weather front starts to move further eastwards as we head throughout sunday. so some rain arriving for central southern scotland, also towards cornwall as we head towards the end of the day, it s very windy tomorrow. gusts of wind towards irish sea coast of around a0 to 50 miles an hour. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. borisjohnson says policy is more important than personality as he faces renewed calls to quit from conservative backbenchers after the party lost two by elections. police in norway say they re treating a shooting at a gay nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. abortion clinics start to close in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women s constitutional right to abortion. more calls from the taliban for international support to deal with the aftermath of ....
more than a thousand people. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to be running. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession, there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in rwanda to ponder. but, for borisjohnson, domestic politics is never far away. this week s by election defeats in wakefield and tiverton and honiton have spooked some ....
Earlier, i spoke to bbc 6 music dj tom robinson, who will be doing a two hour tribute show on tom verlaine this evening. he explained why it was so important to him to pay tribute. he was a key part of the new york underground, with the band television he formed, and the cbgbs club, where bands like the talking heads and blondie all came through, so everybody who has been influenced by his band and his sound and his approach. so without him, without his band, we might not have heard of some of the others? i would definitely think so. patti smith was his girlfriend for a long time, she wrote his first ever review, but they collaborated ....
He founded the legendary art rock band, television, famous for their seminal debut album marquee moon. mike scott of the waterboys said he was the best rock and roll guitarist of all time. joining us now is musician and bbc 6 music dj tom robinson, who will be doing a two hour tribute show on tom verlaine on his show from 6pm this evening. you have had to change tack quickly. why is it so important for you to pay tribute to him? it’s why is it so important for you to pay tribute to him? why is it so important for you to pay tribute to him? it s not so much of his own personal pay tribute to him? it s not so much of his own personal fame, pay tribute to him? it s not so much of his own personal fame, but - of his own personalfame, but his influence. he was a key part of the new york underground with the band television and the cbgb club where bands like the talking heads and blondie came through, so everybody who has been influenced by his band and his sound and approach. 50 and ....