prepare to watch the show s final episode. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through commonwealth countries. athletes will compete in 19 sports and 280 medal events, which will include for the first time women s t20 cricket, 3 on 3 basketball and 3 on 3 wheelchair basketball. also for the first time, there are more medals for women than for men, and para events are all part of the main games. 0ur sports reporterjoe lynsky explains what s in store. they have waited four yea
died at the age of 93. legal history will be made later today as broadcasters will air judges sentencing remarks from crown courts in england and wales for the first time time following a change in the law. # everybody needs good neighbours.# and farewell to neighbours after four decades teary eyed fans in australia prepare to watch the show s final episode. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through com
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that s it for the papers this hour. goodbye for now. hello and a very warm welcome to this week s film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week s cinema releases we have, as ever, mark kermode. mark, what delights have you been sampling this week? a very mixed bag this week. we have good luck to you, leo grande, starring emma thompson. we have the new francois ozon film, everything went fine. and lightyear, the ultimate origin story, apparently. good luck to you, leo grande, this had a lot of advance publicity because emma thompson has been talking about body image in the media a lot. yes. there has been a lot of press about it. she stars as a widowed former religious studies teacher who s only intimate encounter in her whole life has been her husband and apparently very mundane and vanilla. she s now single, widowed. and she s decided she wants to find out what all the fuss is about. she makes a list of stuff that she wants to do and being practical to the point
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