thousands of people have been celebrating armed forces day in liverpool. prince edward and the prime minister were among those paying tribute to veterans and serving members of the forces, as andy gill reports. fire! a two gun salute marks the official start of national armed forces day in liverpool. fire! across the city, the parade of serving land, sea and air military personnel began its journey past thousands of supporters. i thought it was absolutely marvellous, the turnout to support the troops is what they need. absolutely excellent. so proud of our serving forces. the veterans were amazing and the cadets. they are out of our sight but they should never be out of mind and it is very important that we continue to thank them. some of the loudest cheers came when the veterans of world war two and other conflicts joined the parade. the earl of wessex and the prime minister among those taking the salute. the veterans appreciated the public support. it was an honour to walk
after a vehicle collides with pedestrians in newcastle. police say the incident is not terror related. the brexit secretary, david davis, says he s not sure the uk will get a withdrawal deal with the eu and that we have to be prepared to walk away . you can be sure there ll be a deal but the deal i want, the free trade deal, a customs deal. i m pretty confident but i m not certain. more than 140 people are feared to have been killed when a lorry transporting oil burst into flames in pakistan s punjab province. now on bbc news, the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, ade adepitan, coming to you this week from ghana. and it s the perfect place to kick back, relax and look at some of our favourite stories from the programme over the last couple of months. and if you tune in regularly, then you might remember that it was here in ghana, back in april, when i headed off to the twin villages of boabeng and fiema to meet some very special animals. we ll chec
7 .,.. 2 h?» £52239, 3-2 nn ; x;mx»n 7 m ,,, some brutal spot going into evening, some brutal spot going into single figures, and a bright start for many tomorrow. quite fresh in rural spots. some good spells of sunshine, and a lot of dry weather as well. 2a celsius in london, but only 1a in aberdeen. then through the evening this rain in northern ireland makes progress into scotland and the of england and parts of wales as well. the rest of this coming weeks looks rather unsettled, some quite heavy rain at times and euee , bequite g be quite windy at it will also be quite windy at times. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8:30 cladding on every single high rise block tested since the grenfell tower disaster has failed fire safety inspections. so far, 60 high rise buildings in 25 local national fire chiefs council guidance that all the measures are in place and they are now safe in their homes. he says if. the uk must be. prepared to walk § § from he says if.
‘thanks a billion‘ is the headline on the front page of the i referring to the conservative dup deal with northern ireland getting an extra one billion pounds. the telegraph says the agreement may come at an even greater cost with dup possibly coming back for more. the mirror splashes with the deal and shows a picture of theresa may and arlene foster shaking hands outside downing street. the metro says the three million eu citizens living in the uk will be required to apply for id documents to stay after brexit. one of the stories in the guardian is the us supreme court s decision to partially allow donald trump s travel ban on people from six mainly muslim countries. the daily express reports an operation, using a plastic liner in the gut, could cure type 2 diabetes. and the times shows a picture of hms queen elizabeth, britain s new £3 billion aircraft carrier, which passed through the river forth before starting trials in the north sea. now on bbc news, it s time fo
a result they have come to question the integrity of many written accounts from antiquity. the apostle peter is martyrdom on the vatican hill is one of them. it marks the dramatic climax of a religious legend but as one of the most powerful stories in church tradition. some one and a half centuries later a magnificent basilica was erected on the vatican you know of the sign believed to be the very spot where peter was buried. peter s basilica is a monument to the apostle and one of the holiest catholic shrines. in the catacombs deep below the church is an ancient roman graves a veritable city of the dead in which according to legend jesus is first apostle simon peter was buried. peanuts
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