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to capture a record breaking 23rd grand slam title in the australian open. and in half an hour, the click team blast off into space and explore the latest gadgets. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. one of britain s most respected actors, sirjohn hurt, has died at the age of 77. john hurt appeared in more than 120 films, as well as numerous stage and television productions, and was best known for his roles in the naked civil servant, alien and the elephant man. he was nominated for two academy awards and won four bafta awards, including a prize for his outstanding contribution to british cinema. our correspondent nick higham reports. everything seemed to come to a head today. john hurt, as the political diarist alan clark. both my back wisdom teeth have disintegrated into blackened stumps, or stalagmites. not a nice man, but an expectedly sympathetic one, the sort of complex characterjohn hurt played with such ease and subtlety. his talent was spotted early in a suc ....
yet never typecast. here, he played the notorious and flamboyant quentin crisp. it was a brave part to take on. many people said don t do that, you ll never work again , and so on. and i said but it s not about homosexuality, it s about the tenderness of the individual, as opposed to the cruelty of the crowd, really . his breakthrough had come in a man for all seasons in 1966, a small part in an oscar winning film. what will you do with it? sell it. and buy what? a decent gown. he earned an oscar nomination himself for midnight express, in which he played a heroin addict in a turkish prison. i m very pleased to meet you, mr merrick. and another for his performance as the hideously disfigured john merrick in the elephant man. like quentin crisp, merrick was an outsider ostracised by society. perhaps. this. late in his career, he reached new audiences in harry potter. you re my future selves? yes! and in a guest appearance in doctor who. why are you pointing your screwd ....
against protesters in what it s thought are the biggest anti government demonstrations since the fall of communism in 1989. they re angry at an emergency decree that decriminalises some corruption offences they see it as an attempt to free dozens of corrupt politicians. across the country, a quarter of a million people have taken to the streets in severe winter weather 150,000 of them outside government offices in bucharest. sarah corker reports. in bucharest victory square violence erupted and escalated through the night. in the shadow of the parliament building, was a stand off between demonstrators and riot police. there is wide spread public anger across romania over an emergency law which decriminalises a string of corruption offences. translation: we came to protect our country against criminals who tried to dismiss the rule of law in romania and protect our rights and interests, not their obscure interests. in 55 towns and cities across the country, tens of t ....
been overshadowed in the last couple of hours. the inquiry s had to apologise for a data breach. we ll have more on that later in this half hour. the government faces calls from its own mps to scrap plans to limit access to a key disability benefit. i m maxine mawhinney, also in the next hour, driving up the cost of insurance. industry experts say that the average price of premiums could increase by up to £75 as a result of a government ruling. calls for the chancellor to prioritise schools in the budget and all mixed up; claims household recycling levels are too low because council schemes are too confusing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it was all down to a mix up over a couple of envelopes. price waterhouse coopers has apologised saying the wrong envelope was give tonne the stars announcing the award. what should have been the climax of the glitziest night in tinseltown turned into a hollywood farce. warren beatty was about to announce the academy award ....
la la land. the team behind la la land had already started the victory speeches when the mix up was uncovered. this is not a joke. moonlight has won best picture. moonlight, best picture. it s a moment i m never going to forget. i don t think it s ever happened in the history of the oscars. it was quite extraordinary and i have to say a little awkward. plans to limit access to a key disability benefit should be be reversed according to mp5, including some conservatives. a change to personal injury compensation will increase car insurance for millions of drivers. and vintage nokia back with a vengeance why the finnish mobile giant is relaunching an old model. it s five o clock. our main story is the first public hearing being held today by the independent inquiry into historical cases of child sexual abuse. over 2.5 years after it was set up by the government, the inquiry‘s chairwoman, professor alexis jay, said it was an ‘important day‘ for survivors of abuse, w ....