most households had a piano, an upright piano, and.and we were no exception, and so he would just sit down and play scottish traditional music. and of course, he left school at the age of 1a, and immediately started working on farms and he was the youngest of 13, so, you know, you can imagine the sort of scenario, and so he was always working. my mother, on the other hand, she could read music, but she didn t have a very good ear, so, in a way, it was the opposite. and i remember when she told the story whereby she was asked to play in the village, or if she would help out for the village church and play the organ there, because she was really, kind of, the only one who could maybe play a few hymns. and she said, oh, no, i really don t want to be doing this i m far too busy , and so on. and. but they pleaded with her and she said, well, i lljust do one sunday , and 36 years later she was still there. i went to a primary school that had 36 pupils in the entire school and
and he goes on to say that. our correspondent, james waterhouse who is in the poltava region in central ukraine explained what this means. it is significant in the sense that ukraine can still navigate russian air defences and strike in the heart of a peninsula that russia has held so tightly onto since 2014. now, the novocherkassk was in port, in feodosiya, suggesting that it was probably being loaded with men, equipment, or both. now, this is a major vessel, it s enormous, and it will no doubt hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north in ukrainian territory it occupies. what is less clear is for how long operations will be disrupted. we ve seen ukraine launch long range missiles over the past year to great effect for kyiv. it has undermined russia s presence there and it has also frustrated supply lines. there is no doubt that russia s navy, the dominance it enjoys in the black sea and off the coast of crimea, that has been weakened slightly with these long
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 to forge a better future for themselves and their families. when they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a profound and permanent contribution to british life. obviously wearing gloves to protect my.my fancy nails from the paint. i had a degree of ambition that drove me. i felt also that i could achieve more here. i m linda beatrice haye. and i was born in.on 26th ofjanuary, 1933, which meant that the 26th of january this year, i m 90 years of age. i ll start off by sectioning off the different parts of the canvas. i m using acrylics, acrylic paints, spray bottle. i use these large brushes. i believe they re, like, painting b
in a statement, us defence secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq. he added, we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and ourfacilities. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusalem she s been giving us the latest from there. we know that this is the latest in what has been an escalation in strikes and targeting of us facilities, both in iraq and in syria. this time, it was the erbil airbase which resulted in three injuries of us military personnel, one of them seriously. the statement that you mentioned from lloyd austin, the defence secretary, saying that the us will respond and protect its facilities. it is very interesting, i think, the language that the defence secretary is using, the fact that he is making it very clear that the us will have to respond to any strikes against it from what they describe as
violates iraqi sovereignty. in a statement, us defense secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq. he added, we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and ourfacilities. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusalem she s been giving us the latest from there. we know that this is the latest in what has been an escalation in strikes and targeting of us facilities, both in iraq and in syria. this time, it was the erbil airbase that resulted in three injuries of us military personnel, one of them seriously. the statement that you mentioned from lloyd austin, the defense secretary, saying that the us will respond and protect its facilities. it is very interesting, i think, the language that the defense secretary is using, the fact that he s making it very clear that the us will have to respond to any strikes against it from w