to most people fleeing war and persecution, and urged the british government to pursue what it called more humane solutions. archaeologists say they ve discovered a roman shrine buried beneath a former graveyard next to leicester cathedral. a team has spent the last year digging at the site ahead of building a new visitors centre, to support the influx of tourists since the remains of richard iii were found a decade ago. the recent dig took place less than 50 metres from where the king s remains were discovered. phil mackie has been given special access to the site. deep beneath leicester city centre, they ve been uncovering 2,000 years of history. so we ve been excavating here for about nine months now. matthew morris is excited. and he s the man who unearthed the remains of richard iii, in a car park barely 50 metres away 10 years ago. in this corner, eight metres underground and right next door to leicester cathedral, they ve made an important discovery. these are our sort
ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest. there is an invitation from salva kiir, south sudan s president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhaps to t
legal challenges. a 21 year old member of the us air national guard has appeared in court in boston, over a huge leak of secret government documents, including details about western now on bbc news: the travel show. this week on the show, we re looking back at some of our favourite travel adventures so far this year, from taking the sting out of a dive with jellyfish in the philippines. gosh, these stingless jellyfish, they look like little mushrooms. we got it! ..to an uphill odyssey on france s mont saint michel. these are the last steps, ade. are you sure? yes. ..and jumping aboard a balloon with a view in switzerland. there s something quite magical about being up here. hello and welcome to the programme. and i am thrilled to report that spring has arrived in london at last after what seemed a very long, cold and wet winter. so it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures from recent months here
the restoration of notre dame cathedral in paris, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago, is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. this week on the show, we re looking back at some of our favourite travel adventures so far this year, from taking the sting out of a dive with jellyfish in the philippines. gosh, these stingless jellyfish, they look like little mushrooms. we got it! ..to an uphill odyssey on france s mont saint michel. these are the last steps, ade. are you sure? yes. ..and jumping aboard a balloon with a view in switzerland. there s something quite magical about being up here. hello and welcome to the programme. and i am thrilled to report that spring has arrived in london at last after what seemed a very long, cold and wet winter. so it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures from recent months here on the show.
of three years has been cheating on me with some little skank. audience: ooh! and, do you want to know the best part about it all, though? yes, i would like to. his own mother was the one who walked in on them. jeremy paxman interviewed jerry springer back on newnight back in 2014. here s a bit of it. jerry springer, the godfather of the confessional chat show, is here. are you ashamed of it? uh, the show s stupid, i ve always thought the show s stupid. ashamed? no. shouldn t you be? no, not any more than a journalist should be doing the news. because, for example, you would make a living. let s say you re a journalist, let s say you do the news every night. every night, you tell stories about very bad things and it s very profitable for the station. you re not necessarily helping the people you talk about. newspapers are in that business all the time. you could decide only to put well scrubbed, wealthy people who speak the queens english on television and just do that. but t