speaks to this programme about the racism scandal that has engulfed cricket. it follows racism allegations by former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. i played for yorkshire county cricket club for 18 years, and if in any way, shape or form cricket club for 18 years, and if in any way, shape orform i am responsible for any of his hurt, i apologise for that. broadway legend stephen sondheim, who was behind some of theatre s best known musicals including west side story, has died at the age of 91. it is saturday 27 november. our top story: the united states and australia have become the latest in a growing list of countries to impose travel restrictions on people arriving from across southern africa. it comes amid mounting concern about a new variant of coronavirus which has been named omicron by the world health organization. scientists fear it could pose an increased risk of re infection and current vaccines may be less effective. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more.
hello this is bbc news. i m luxmy gopal. the headlines: a growing number of countries restrict travel from southern africa in an effort to control a new covid variant, as europe records its first confirmed case. two people are killed as storm arwen batters the uk with strong winds, rain and snow. the former england cricket captain michael vaughan says he s sorry for all the hurt azeem rafiq went through during the yorkshire racism scandal. one of the 27 people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24 year old maryam nuri mohammed amin from iraq. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it is nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this
it s as if somebody s saying, wait a minute, you did that in that show. into the woods was based on fairy stories like jack and the beanstalk. sondheim s music was rhythmically complicated and harmonically sophisticated. # we ve no time to sit and dither. # while her withers wither with her. # and no one keeps a cow for a friend. that s one of my favourite things about a sondheim musical, is the material that you learn is some of the most complex series of notes put together that you can learn, and so you feel such a sense of accomplishment when you finally get to when you ve arrived at a place where you realise i ve got it. i ve figured out how to sing this sondheim lyric and sing this beautiful phrase that he wrote. # i thought that you d want what i want, sorry, my dear. for his admirers, stephen sondheim produced some of the most sophisticated and thoughtful musicals ever written. # quick, send in the clowns. # don t bother, they re here. hello. a cold, frosty icy nig
scotland and maybe northern ireland. temperatures across northern ireland staying above freezing, elsewhere another cold and frosty night. this is how we start monday, with this system moving into northern ireland and scotland. it is a warm front and behind it the air is going to be slightly less cold but it will bring a lot of clout, initially some snow on monday, through the grampians, the southern uplands, more like rain come the afternoon. furthersouth, mainly dry, often cloudy, the best of any brightness, i think across southern and south east england, where temperatures again, just four or 5 c. further west, they are starting to rise a little and we could see nine or ten across parts of north west england, north west scotland and northern ireland. as we move into tuesday, we see another frontal system pushing in from of the atlantic and this one is going to provide some heavy outbreaks of rain, initially in the scotland and northern ireland and gradually sliding its way
a husband and father is suddenly under suspicion. he s trying, or crying. three daughters stand by their and one prosecutor stands firm. he s holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. my job is to get justice for cristi was it murder? âa hello and hello, and welcome to dateline, a young woman peers into her neighbor s yard and sees something for a few mysterious seconds. a man, a woman, and a moment it s unsettling. what s she saw, and what she did would set in motion a chain of events that would divide a family and injury. here is keith morrison. we know the truth and we know everything that happened. how do we know what we? no emotionally unsatisfying not to have that answer. so it is, even if we ve seen something or we think we have. and that s the question at the heart of a whole puzzle. is this woman right? i know what i saw, and i know the conclusion of my story. of course she does. of course she does. so why does this other women