At three and a half years old, here, i caught polio. There was an epidemic at that time. They said, stephen wont live through this. But during those years in and out of hospital, he developed a passion for music, and after a spell as a journalist, he began trying out his songs at folk clubs before finally hitting the big time. But when his chart success began to slide, his attention shifted to another musical avenue. Sing once again with me. He was given the chance to record the single for andrew lloyd webber s phantom of the opera, but he was devastated when he wasnt chosen to play the role for the west end. Youve done it all, broken every code. Nevertheless, he continued to perform. The effects of his childhood polio were lifelong, but onstage in the spotlight he said it was the one place he could forget it all and simply be steve harley, the rock star. Ooh ooh, la la la. That is David Sillito looking back at the life of steve harley, the front man of Cockney Rebel who has died at th
yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far and we will see more hot sunny weather across united kingdom and again the risk of heavy and thundery downpours and we will have all the details throughout the programme. it s sunday the 11th ofjune. our main story: manchester city s long awaited mission to win the champions league ended in victory last night after they beat inter milan 1-0. it means the team are bringing home the historic treble, lifting all three major trophies in one season. john is in istanbul for us this morning. john, what a night! good morning. what a night indeed! yes, this is the first european cup for manchester city in their 143 year history and long time coming but at long last they can call themselves the kings of europe. the players are still celebrating inside the team hotel in istanbul this morning. what a long night it was, notjust for the morning. what a long night it was, not just for the supporters morning. what a long night it was, notjust
this week, we re taking a deep dive into artificial intelligence, and how it s transforming the world around us. yeah, that includes in healthcare, where we meet the ai helping radiologists to diagnose cancer. you can see these little white dots. the ai is highly suspicious. and in the fast moving game of ai artwork, who owns what? and can artists protect their work? for some time, artificial intelligence has been all around us. you might not have noticed it, but your video streaming services, social media feeds, the maps on your smart phones, they ve all been steadily improving their performance because the computers behind them have been learning. and then last year, something important happened. yeah. ai got human or at least it felt like it did. companies like google and open ai started showing off stunning photorealistic images like these, all created by ai from short text descriptions. and then ai started having conversations with us. they were starting to generate st
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