these newspapers is because i was so keen to have my privacy. i feel a sense of duty to expose them, as they ve exposed us. prince harry and sir eltonjohn have launched legal action against the publishers of the daily mail action is being taken- against the sun newspaper. legal action against the mirror group over allegations of phone hacking. who did you hack? it would be quicker to say- who i didn t hack, wouldn t it? it d be easier. celebrities, politicians. i was living in this sort of super highway of illicit information. it was exciting. you felt like a spy. as the years have gone by, - the story has grown and grown. it s 100 times worse - than the press admitted to. these are frankly eyewatering claims. bugging cars, listening to and recording live phone calls, paying police officials for sensitive information. i don t know to this day how many people have heard my deepest secrets, my desires. .that phone hacking was not. practised by the mail on sunday or the daily
england into wales will see sunshine, a bit of cloud towards wales, very cold, sub zero values across the northern half of the country so ice will be a risk. snow across northern scotland could cause issues for the evening coming through the central belt, glasgow across to edinburgh, it is also at southwards into england and wales. plenty of snow showers pile into northern scotland and northern ireland through the night, a significant risk of ice and very cold wherever you are. wednesday, we have been watching this area of low pressure which looks like it will stay across france and the south of the channel. there could be the odd snow flurry for south west england but a very cold start with plenty of sunshine, a snow and ice risk across northern scotland into northern ireland, some of the snow showers getting to the irish sea, affecting north and west wales and north west england, particularly close to the coast. cold despite the sunshine in the south. thursday, snow showers
by russan forces, more than 19,000 children have been taken from occupied areas, according to ukrainian government officials. the bbc has not been able to verify that figure. russia says its motives are purely humanitarian, to protect children from danger. 0ur eastern europe correspondent rainsford has met some of the families, who have been fighting to get their children back. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they ve been separated from for six months. ukrainian children sent to summer camps run by russia and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. daniil went to the camp when his city was occupied. when it was liberated, the russians wouldn t send the children back. translation: i should never have i
office has an amber extreme heat warning in floors and temperatures could reach 37 in some of the south. in force. in sport, the beginning of the end for serena williams as the 23 time grand slam champion says the us open this month could be her last tournamnet. a force of nature strong and kind olivia newton john remembered. we ll speak to close friend and singer delta goodrem. it s wednesday, the 10th of august. our main story. households owe more money to their energy supplier than ever before, with bills set to rise even further in october. a survey by the comparison site uswitch has found the overall debt is already three times higher than it was a year ago. nina s here to talk us through the details. the timing is interesting when normally people would save up cash in the warmer summer months. ideally, and a lot happening in terms of budgeting and taking into account household bills. comparison site uswitch say that households owe £1.3 billion to their energy su
Lessons as the director of the National Theatre, what is it about alan bennett plays that seem to make them absolutely bullet proof when it comes to success . Dont say that well, the way alan talks through his characters is the way large audiences wanted to be talked to. They trusted what he had to say, they trusted the way he said it. Theres a kind of bond that alan creates in the way he writes, which i can always depend upon. Put the van in your drive . That never occurred to me. Such as the lady in the van, a play which they subsequently turned into a film about an eccentric old lady who inveigles her way into Alan Bennetts life. Youre not doing me a favour, you know. I have got other fish to fry. Is it true that you write about the outsider, principally . Well, i suppose it is true. But not consciously. I dont go casting about for people who arent in the charmed circle, as it were. Have you ever had a situation, alan, where youve taken a play to nick, he was unenthusiastic, and the