was a very well paid member of the bbc team as it were, he took a pay cut so that he was not taking more harm than another woman on the radio, on the airways. he was not taking more home. it radio, on the airways. he was not taking more home. taking more home. it was a lovely man. if taking more home. it was a lovely man- if you taking more home. it was a lovely man. if you ever taking more home. it was a lovely man. if you ever met taking more home. it was a lovely man. if you ever met him, he - taking more home. it was a lovely man. if you ever met him, he was just a pleasure to be with. i have so many fond memories of fun times. and i was out or radio for 20 odd years, and when i last was on the radio he was there and when i came back to radio 2, he was there, and he was as welcoming as ever. in the antheon he was as welcoming as ever. in the pantheon of he was as welcoming as ever. in the pantheon of wonderful he was as welcoming as ever. in the pantheon of
cooler. it s wednesday the 14th of february. tributes are being paid to the legendary radio presenter steve wright, who died suddenly at the age of 69. millions of listeners tuned into the radio host who worked on bbc radio i and radio 2 for more than four decades. media and arts correspondent david sillito has taken a look back at his career. steve wright! # steve wright in the afternoon #. all right now, just after two o clock. now, today, have we got a lot of stuff for you! steve wright in the afternoon, a programme that spanned more than a0 years of radio history. stand by, studios, action! it was only over a year ago that it came to an end, but, this afternoon, radio 2 was the bearer of some sad news. it s really hard to know - what to say about the news of steve wright s passing, except we are all - absolutely devastated. it is a shock. it was only days ago listeners heard this sign off from his sunday love songs. and i m back for more love songs next sunday. is he real
divided on the bill and previously voted it down. the bill now heads to the republican controlled house of representatives, where its fate remains unknown. presidentjoe biden urged the speaker of the house, mikejohnson to allow the foreign aid package to be put to a vote. early this morning, the united states senate voted overwhelmingly by a margin of 70 to 29 to move forward with the bipartisan national security bill. now, now it moves to the house. i urge speakerjohnson to bring it to the floor immediately. immediately. there is no question, if the senate bill was put on the floor in the house of representatives, it would pass. it will pass. the speaker knows that. so i call on the speaker to let the full house speak its mind and not allow a minority of extreme voices in the house block this bill even from being voted on. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal explains just how significant this moment is, with the bill passing the democratic controlled senate by 70 to
with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. she was shot in her home in liverpool in august. king charles and the queen consort camilla visited dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and coming up we meet mr doodle the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has covered his whole house in drawings. hello, if you havejustjoined us welcome to bbc news. just to remind you we will have live coverage of the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s speech to the conservative party conference later. he has been forced into a dramatic u turn to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. the decision to ditch the policy a decision which mr kwarteng confirmed this morning came less than 2a hours after the prime minister liz truss had publicly defended it. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the 45p tax plan had become a huge distraction and that the government had listened to people s concerns. yesterday on the bbc,