My name is Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer and i was Born Injamaica in1940. Big set. Carmen esme e s m e steele. I am mrs munroe. Lacita alexander reid. 20th may 1931, in manchester, jamaica. Yeah. Piano refrain plays. History is thankfully and finally beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the windrush generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. And those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities
in her portrait. what do you think? leave it. i thought you wouldn t fit. |as an artist, it s opportunitiesl like this that offer me a chance to tell people stories that i m sure consider themselves unseen. - it s nice. it s important to understand history. a project like this where i guess we re dealing with a lot of histories that oftentimes feel swept under the rug, it s good to get, you know, from the source, and then maybe it can make a start in a direction of rectifying some of those gaps in some of those stories, some of those bits that are missing. well, this is clifton powell. he s going to be i doing your portrait. it s a pleasure to meet you. pleasure meeting you. this is new to me as well. you know that. i have to call my niece on my landline to ask her what s going on on here.
and spreading in the community across the uk. it s very important that we approach it with caution and i think the paraphrase there s not been any point in the government covid 19 response when we step back and say i wish we acted more slowly. we have to be very alert to the fact that this new variant is out there and spreading fast and we don t know how much damage it s going to do at the moment. this how much damage it s going to do at the moment- the moment. as one of the consequences the moment. as one of the consequences of the moment. as one of the | consequences of vaccination the moment. as one of the - consequences of vaccination booster vaccines having a much less stressful time in and not underplaying how stressful it is but less stressful time for hospitals in general because there are fewer people with severe symptoms of covid 19 and i see you departments? is one of the consequence of all of that perhaps an element of complacency creeping in? there s been many compl
perhaps different than the old taliban? perhaps what different than the old taliban? perhaps what this different than the old taliban? perhaps what this new - different than the old taliban? perhaps what this new taliban| perhaps what this new taliban will have to perhaps what this new taliban will have to adjust perhaps what this new taliban will have to adjust to perhaps what this new taliban will have to adjust to is perhaps what this new taliban will have to adjust to is to perhaps what this new taliban will have to adjust to is to a perhaps what this new taliban will have to adjust to is to a new- have to adjust to is to a new afghanistan, have to adjust to is to a new afghanistan, because - have to adjust to is to a new afghanistan, because we . have to adjust to is to a new. afghanistan, because we have a whole generation afghanistan, because we have a whole generation of afghanistan, because we have a whole generation of afghans afghanistan, because we h
it for the planet. after two days of warm words. it for the planet. after two days of warm words, photo it for the planet. after two days of warm words, photo opportunitiesl it for the planet. after two days of l warm words, photo opportunities on the beach, and reception with the royals, this could be a more challenging day for borisjohnson. challenging day for boris johnson. on challenging day for borisjohnson. on the agenda of talks with challenging day for boris johnson. on the agenda of talks with france s emmanuel macron, germany s angela merkel and the leaders of the european union. the practical realities of brexit, especially the impact on trade in northern ireland, are certain to come up. vicki young, bbc news. as well as unveiling honours, the queen will also celebrate her 95th birthday with the trooping the colour later today. for a second year running, the military parade will be pared back because of covid restrictions, with a smaller event being held in the grounds o