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actorjohn hurt has died. he was 77. he d recently been battling pancreatic cancer. john hurt‘s career spanned more than six decades and encompassed many memorable roles in films as diverse as the elephant man, alien, 1984 and harry potter. most recently he played a priest in the oscar nominated film jackie. nick higham looks back at his career. everything seemed to come to a head today. john hurt was a political diarist. .. both my today. john hurt was a political diarist. both my black today. john hurt was a political diarist. .. both my black teeth have disintegrated into blackened stumps all stalactites. a complex character john hurt played with such ease and su btlety. john hurt played with such ease and subtlety. his talent was spotted early ina subtlety. his talent was spotted early in a succession of leading stage and television roles. his first big breakthrough came in 1966. ina man first big breakthrough came in 1966. in a man for all seasons. a small pa rt i ....
and coming up in the sport on bbc news, manchester city s manager prepares to face monaco tonight in the last 16 of the champions‘ league. good evening. a heterosexual couple have lost their court battle to have a civil partnership, rather than be married. civil partnerships give relationships legal recognition, and are currently only available to same sex couples. rebecca steinfeld and charles keiden claimed that was discriminatory. but today, the court of appeal rejected their arguments, as our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. emerging from court, charles keidan and rebecca steinfeld, a heterosexual couple fighting for the right to enter a civil partnership. they lost, but it was close. all three of the judges agreed we re being treated differently because of our sexual orientation and that this impacts our private and family life. all three rejected the argument that we could just get married. all three emphasised that the government cannot mainta ....
around the world, sutton united s reserve goalkeeper resigns for a possible breach of betting rules. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british is fighter who died in a suicide bomb attack on iraqi forces in mosul is a former guantanamo bay detainee. the self styled islamic state group said two days ago that abu zakariya al britani detonated a car bomb at an iraqi army base in tal gaysum, south west of mosul. he is believed to have been originally known as ronald fiddler. the 50 year old from manchester was sent to guantanamo bay in 2002 but was freed from the us detention centre in 200a. the bbc has seen is registration papers signed by fiddler in april 2014 when he crossed into syria from turkey. earlier, our security correspondent frank gardner explained the latest about the british is fighter. he was born ronald fiddler. he was actually 50 when he died, when he blew himself up a few days ago. he was released in 2004 and brought back to britain. 0ne paper said h ....
the trump presidency promises to be a fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by america s founding fathers. the new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. a new executive order on the matter is imminent. my guest today is donald verrilli, us solicitor general under barack obama. does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law? donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, it s good to be here. let s start with a personal perspective. having served five years as obama s solicitor general, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative executive legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended? well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. but as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achieve ....
by a deal to plug the bhs pensions back by coal. £360 million to be paid. it endsa by coal. £360 million to be paid. it ends a long running dispute with regulators. newcastle take a big step into returning to the premier league. they go to the top of the championship. and the not so bonny banks of loch lomond why wild campers are no longer welcome. it looks like they are. cowell has the rest of the weather. happy st david s day. it is a chilly start, the risk of ice. already some rain coming into the south west. behind it in the south, it will become very windy later on. i will have more in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump has promised a new chapter of american greatness in his first speech to congress. he also appealed for unity, saying the time for trivial fights had passed. in an hour long speech he promised extra spending on infrastructure, the military, and pledged to tackle illegal immigration and terrorism. our corres ....