leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to desmond tutu, one of the heroes of the anti apartheid movement, who s died at the age of 90. president biden praised the courage and moral clarity of the former archbishop of cape town. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called him an inspiration to generations. 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free! desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world s great moral voices. it was during south africa s long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. he leaves behind a legacy, one of the last of the generation of people who told us that apartheid was wrong and stood up for human rights everywhere. and he never stopped doing that. in 1994, tutu was awarded the nobel peace prize and he used his global pl
now on bbc news. janice long was the first woman to have her own show on radio one and she has passed away. her career spanned five decades and she was the first woman to present mac top of the pops. we look back at her life. it s with a band who have been together for a year. they come from leighton buzzard. it s their first appearance on top of the pops. it s kajagoogoo with too shy. janice long making history. the first regular female host on top of the pops. it s u2 in at number 23 and new year s day. she ended nearly 20 years of men dominating the presenting line up. i was absolutely thrilled to bits with the fact that i was introducing u2. and that doesn t get, you know, your first top of the pops! # all is quiet. show business ran in the family. herfirst tv appearance was alongside her younger brother, keith chegwin, on the children s show multi coloured swap shop. hello, and welcome to the show. a year later shejoined radio 1, the first woman to have a daily show on t
a few of us got to see a white christmas. this cloud brought rain and health snow in the north during boxing day with more cloud and rain waiting in the wings down to the south west. the big story for this week will be this surge of very, very mild air wafting up from the south and affecting all parts of the uk as we move towards the end. hello and thank you forjoining us. sorry for the interruption there from the weather in our headlines but let s get straight on to our top story. and that is leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to desmond tutu one of the heroes of the anti apartheid movement who s died at the age of 90. president biden praised the courage and moral clarity of the former archbishop of cape town. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called him an inspiration to generations. our africa correspondent andrew harding looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free! desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken
in cape town and soweto to lay wreaths and light candles. our correspondent nomsa maseko reports from soweto. paying their last respects, people from all walks of life dropped off flowers here at desmond tutu s soweto home, demonstrating what the 90 year old stood for. he was the voice of reason, the face of reconciliation and south africa s moral compass. this is a dark day to us south africans because he is the light and the icon of this country. he used to be a father to us, his wife used to be a mother to us. it was desmond tutu, known affectionately as the arch , who coined the phrase rainbow nation to describe south africa s ethnic diversity. more than any other, you know sometimes when you have some problems you just go to him and he willjust give you a prayer and you go to the chapel and hear him pray for us every day when we have problems. several memorial services are expected to be held in honour of desmond tutu over the next few days. for people here in soweto