you can capture stunning images of the night sky with your smartphone. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former bbc director general lord hall has resigned as chairman of the national gallery amid outcry following an inquiry into panorama s princess diana interview. lord hall was director of news when martin bashir got the 1995 scoop, using faked documents. in a statement, he said continuing in the role would be a distraction . meanwhile, princess diana s brother earl spencer has confirmed to the bbc that he has written to the met police commissioner again, asking her to investigate the corporation over the interview. our correspondent jon donnisonjoins us. lord jon donnisonjoins us. hall left the bbc last summi but lord hall left the bbc last summer. but he has now resigned from his new post? but he has now resigned from his new ost? , ., , ., but he has now resigned from his new ost? , .,, ., ., ,, ., post? yes, he has left two “obs in a ear s post? yes, he has
the final rehearsals are done and the pyrotechnics are ready. the eurovision finalists compete tonight, after a pandemic enforced break. and coming up. social media, anti social media, breaking news, faking news. the programme about a revolution in media, the media show, is coming up with mobeen azhar. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former bbc director general lord hall has resigned as chairman of the national gallery, after facing criticism over panorama s interview with princess diana in 1995. tony hall was the corporation s head of news at the time when martin bashir used lies and fake documents to secure the interview. in a statement, lord hall said continuing in his role at the gallery would be a distraction to the institution. meanwhile, princess diana s brother earl spencer has confirmed to the bbc that he has written to the met police commissioner again, asking her to investigate the corporation over the interview. our correspondent jon donnisonjoins us.
the rain pushes its way eastwards, pushes into western scotland, western england, wales. for a time, there will be some quite hefty downpours and some quite gusty winds as well. temperatures will not be any great shape, 13 or 1a at best because of all the cloud. it turns showery for northern ireland later and is certainly a day of heavy showers on monday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. former bbc director general lord hall resigns as national gallery chairman, saying continuing in the role would be a distraction , following the inquiry into panorama s interview with princess diana. wider surge testing has been rolled out in parts of london and the north east due to a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the indian variant. the first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in gaza, hours after a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants came into effect. whipsnade zoo launches an investigation after two brown bears escape from their enclosure and are shot by
yet again? well, they had the perfect chance to put it beyond hibernian later on, a foul and a penalty given. a good save but he is there! and what about this a double save from the goalkeeper? the saints stood firm at the other end, the oldest trophy in association football back in the hands of the men from perth. very special, for a club like stjohnstone to do the double win. not many teams outside the old firm managed to do it, so a small club like st johnstone doing it. delighted for them. the whole team, the manager, it is an amazing achievement. i saw on twitter it was 10,000 1. you always take that. until 2014, stjohnstone had never won a major honour. now today, it is a cup double for the club who regularly play in front of crowds of around 4000. a phenomenal achievement and once again in scottish football it is the saints who go marching on. it is stjohnstone s cup! it is stjohnstone s season! chris mclaughlin, bbc news at hampden park. what a season it has been for
once the world s largest iceberg but now its broken apart satellite images show the mega berg has virtually gone. time to catch up on the sport. jane dougall is at the bbc sport centre for us. good morning. we are starting with the fa cup. 4,000 fans will be inside wembley to watch the fa cup semi final between leicester and southampton this evening as part of the latest government pilot event. the winner of that match knows that they will face chelsea in the final after they beat manchester city 1 0 yesterday. before kick off, there was a minute s silence for prince philip, the duke of edinburgh asjoe wilson reports. wembley in sunshine and in silence for the duke of edinburgh. two talented teams in good form competing to reach the fa cup final, dark blue of chelsea flowing until the finish. a manager who expected better. the second half again with kevin de bruyne in pain. the star in manchester city s galaxy, his match was over. and soon, chelsea were ahead, timo wern