judicial reform plans. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the news that the celebrated british tv presenter and comedian paul o grady has died at the age of 67. in a statement, his partner andre portasio said he passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on tuesday evening and thanked fans for all the love they have shown him over the years . paul o grady first came to fame as a drag artist before becoming a talk show presenter. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. he first came to fame as the charismatic drag queen lily savage. the act, honed in a succession of pubs, had to be toned down for tv but it was as acerbic and acid tongued as ever. so i m stood having a drink and i looked over and here s ulrika walked in the door, wearing the same frock as me. i didn t even know she had a littlewoods catalogue, i was flaming. lily fast became an audience favourite, hosting some of tv s best known shows. it s thursday, it s 7pm, it
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coming up this weekend, don trump s on the campaign trail as the 2024 republican front runner, but i wonder, he will be on trial. expected to take a stand in the civil fraud case in new york. first it seemed like the least of trump s legal worries, but this case has proven to be quite explosive. we have another hour of velshi right now. and good morning, it is sided eight of him to the fourth. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics with democracy hanging in the balance. donald trump on the campaign trail and on trial. on one side we have a disgraced twice impeached multiple indicted former president raging at the system at the walls close in on him. on the other, a seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a pretty good preview of what his return of power is going to look like. and the eyes of the maga base, trump