At three and a half years old, here, i caught polio. There was an epidemic at that time. They said, stephen wont live through this. But during those years in and out of hospital, he developed a passion for music, and after a spell as a journalist, he began trying out his songs at folk clubs before finally hitting the big time. But when his chart success began to slide, his attention shifted to another musical avenue. Sing once again with me. He was given the chance to record the single for andrew lloyd webber s phantom of the opera, but he was devastated when he wasnt chosen to play the role for the west end. Youve done it all, broken every code. Nevertheless, he continued to perform. The effects of his childhood polio were lifelong, but onstage in the spotlight he said it was the one place he could forget it all and simply be steve harley, the rock star. Ooh ooh, la la la. That is David Sillito looking back at the life of steve harley, the front man of Cockney Rebel who has died at th
through the english channel, otherwise the winds fairly light and those temperatures in scotland will continue to rise. this is bbc news, the headlines: prince harry said it was his claim for phone hacking and the breach of privacy with mirror group newspapers. settled his claim. israel s prime minister orders his military to devise a rafah evacuation plan hours after new strikes on the southern gaza city. they chant: pay restoration, doctor retention! junior doctors in england will again walk off the job part of their ongoing pay dispute with the government. and 80 years in antarctica a milestone for the uk s first base on the coldest and most remote continent on earth. we have a special report. and a french model maker who was denied recognition by guinness world records for his creation of the tallest matchstick eiffel tower receives some good news. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. christian horner s internal hearing into
says initial evidence from overnight us and british air strikes in yemen suggests all intended targets were destroyed looking under way in new hampshire where nikki haley is looking to close the gap on donald trump. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and greta gerwig both miss out. to the united states now and the people of new hampshire are voting in a primary election, with just two candidates left for the republican party s presidential nomination. officials are predicting a record setting turnout for the primary which is taking place in the north east of the country. nikki haley is hoping the traditionally moderate new england state will give her a result that allows her to continue in the race but opinion polls indicate donald trump has built up a clear lead. our north america correspondent emma vardy is monitoring events for us in new hampshire and gave us the latest. well, for nikki haley s supporters, those anti trump
45, just concluded. nicola bulley was a5, she vanished back injanuary. of course, you remember that massive search in lancashire and at the north of england. we are expecting to hear from the family. let me dish out the live pictures from the coroner s court. we are expecting to hear from the family in the next little while. as soon as that starts we will carry that life here on bbc news. whilst we wait for that, let s turn to the situation in russia and the aftermath of the mutiny by wagner paramilitaries. president putin has said the authorities will now miss you how money paid to the missionaries was spent. early he thanked his security forces, silently stopped a civil war. vladimir putin told troops gathered in the kremlin that they stood up to turmoil which would have let to chaos. he led a minute s silence for pilots killed during that mutiny. the fsb has confirmed that a criminal case against the wagner group has now been dropped. the defence ministry says that the gro
in the second, which the russian won. medvedev has not had the best history at the french open, he lost in the opening round on all of his first four visits to roland garros. earlier the women s seventh seed ons jabeur reached the second round. she reached two grand slam finals last year and showed few signs of her reent calf injuries against the italian lucia bronzetti. she won in straight sets 6 4, 6 1. last year s runner up coco gauff recovered from losing the first set against spain s rebeka masarova. the american sixth seed battled back to take it 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. italian football authorities say they have reached a settlement withjuventus in a case over alleged irregularities in the club s payment of players salaries. based on the agreement, juventus will pay a fine of 718,000 euro and stop any appeals in ongoing sport cases. the deal comes after the club were docked ten points earlier this year over a separate case on player transfer accounting and it doesn t include