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
we ll get the latest from our correspondent in the united states. the afghan taliban says that at least 21 people were killed in a blast at a kabul mosque. the un calls on the group to bring an end to terrorism. japan launches a nationwide competition to encourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold: we hear from one of the british divers who helped locate a us world war i shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. officials there say there s been no damage, and that a ukrainian drone has been shot down. it happened north of the city of sevastopol at the belbek airbase. you ll remember another russian airbase in crimea was hit and, separately, in russia itself two villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an
that . oh my god . i was screaming reading that . well, pretty much sums it up, doesn t it? now there are a lot of shiny objects being dangled in front of us lately by the democrats and a few of those demented have never trump . and i m here tonight to tell you that none of them will have any measurable effect on the midterms or really change the public s realization that under democrat leadership america is just going down the tubes. now the first attempt, a distraction or shiny object. a former aide to mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson was slotted into what was billed as a special super duper special session of the january six committee today. and i spoke with some former white house staffers, three or four of them in the afternoon and they knew her well and not one person had anything good to say about her performance today because they watched especially the second hand claim supposedly from tony arenado, another trump aide that was supposedly one of their big blockbusters