wordsmiths but many of us shy away from the art and the best harness the power of words, poetry. but not my guest today. john cooper clarke once called the punk poet, all his life is used words, rhythm and rhyme to bind human and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet one of his crimes has become a worldwide viral sensation. where does his word magic come from. poems. john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. great to have you here. ijust read your memoir in one of the first sentences as this one, all my life all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet. i ve heard of kids who wanted to be train drivers, professional footballers but redefine a kid who always knew he wanted to be a poet. how come? a poet. how come? when i say alwa s, a poet. how come? when i say always. i a poet. how come? when i say always. i guess a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from the - a poet. how come? when i
hello. good afternoon to you. it is so mild out there. many of us have not had to use the thick coats for quite some time now. this is not going to change over the next few days. exceedingly mild weather conditions, with this air stream coming in all the way from the southern climes, actually a pattern that we sometimes see during the summer months. at low pressure is also close by. so, not necessarily sunny all the time. far from it, also close by. so, not necessarily sunny all the time. farfrom it, we had heavy rain earlier on across many parts of northern ireland and scotland. most of that rain has now cleared to the north and we are left with brisk, quite strong south westerly wind around western areas. but plenty of sunny spells in land, and, of course, the relatively high temperatures possibly reaching 20 degrees in the south east and east anglia. but even around yorkshire, around 18, mid teens in eastern and central parts of scotland. through the course of tonight, the
sunak and keir starmer are being quizzed by beth rigby, this evening s live show that started at 7pm. so let s speak to our political correspondent hannah miller who is inside the spin room for us, where journalists and politicians will be dissecting the leader s performances. hannah, isn t quite a debate, it s a different format so what can we expect? what can we expect? quite an interesting what can we expect? quite an interesting format, what can we expect? quite an interesting format, actually, i what can we expect? quite an - interesting format, actually, here this evening. both leaders will face a 20 minute interview with political editor beth rigby, that will be alive. after that they will have a 25 minute grilling by a studio audience, that has been made out to be politically representative of the whole country, it s got people from grimsley on the local area as well as some people who live around the country. from grimsby. whether they get into more policy, w
match at the euros, we look at the meteoric rise of adam wharton. i want iwanta these teenagers go five days without one. and coming up on bbc news. two and a half weeks after fa cup glory with manchester united, eric ten hag gets the nod from the club s board to remain on as manager. good evening. we start tonight with a close look at one of the big issues of this election campaign crime. for some communities it s a constant worry, and we ve heard through the bbc s your voice your vote that you want politicians to come up with solutions. in cleveland, the police force recorded the highest overall crime rate in england and wales last year they say they are working with people and that crime is now falling. but what does it feel like for communities living underfrequent threat? our uk editor ed thomas has been to middlesbrough to find out. it s brutal round here. it is, it s brutal. crime. you have to be prepared, don t you. if someone s going to stab you, you have to stab