Now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. Hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest this week is a daughter of what we still euphemistically call the troubles the 30 years or more of violence which scarred Northern Ireland and the british mainland divided communities and claimed the lives of more than 3000 people. Emma little pengelly is the new deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. She grew up on the border with the south, the place with the highest death toll outside belfast. Her father was arrested and imprisoned in france for involvement in Arms Trafficking for hardline loyalists back in the 1980s, something he still denies to this day, though, he did once say publicly he would oppose compromise to the bitter end, to the death. Compromise that is with people like the First Minister of Northern Ireland, michelle 0neill of sinn f
Now on bbc news, political thinking with Nick Robinson hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest this week is a daughter of what we still euphemistically called the troubles the 30 years or more of violence which scarred Northern Ireland and the british mainland divided communities and claimed the lives of more than 3000 people. Emma little pengelly is the new deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. She grew up on the border with the south, the place with the highest death toll outside belfast. Her father was arrested and imprisoned in france for involvement in Arms Trafficking for hardline loyalists back in the 1980s, something he still denies to this day, though, he did once say publicly he would oppose compromise to the bitter end, to the death. Compromise that is with people like the First Minister of Northern Ireland, michelle 0neill of sinn
weather front at the moment and that s how it s going to stay, broadly speaking, across most of the uk. for many of us it s going to be chilly actually, that s not entirely true because in one or two spots across the country it has turned very mild, even warm, despite most of the uk being shrouded with cloud. what s happening is high pressure is located just to the west of ireland. it is influencing our weather. the winds are coming in from the north but the clouds have been breaking up across parts of eastern and south eastern scotland, so this is where we ve had the highest temperatures. in fact, around perth at the moment, it s around 17.8 celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far for scotland. elsewhere you can see much thicker cloud, colder, temperaturesjust cloud, colder, temperatures just about cloud, colder, temperaturesjust about into double figures this afternoon and this evening the cloud will thicken and produce some rain, just like in the last 2a hour
I hope. i remember my father s smiling face, he was a musician and the windrush pioneer. he came here from barbados and worked very hard and he was a family man. we remember him with very, very fond memories and he is very much missed. yes, those are the memories i would like to keep of my father. those are the memories i would like to keep of my father. thank you very much indeed to keep of my father. thank you very much indeed for to keep of my father. thank you very much indeed for your to keep of my father. thank you very much indeed for your time to keep of my father. thank you very much indeed for your time today. - much indeed for your time today. thank you, thank you for having me. the covid booster programme in england has been expanded again. anyone in theirforties can now book their third jab, three months after their second dose. the announcement comes exactly a year after margaret keenan, a 90 year old grandmother, became the first person in the world to be given
Settings, working from home possibly covid passports being used as well. one tory mp accusing the prime 0ne tory mp accusing the prime minister openly today of a diversionary tactic.- minister openly today of a diversionary tactic. the covid booster programme in england has been expanded again. anyone in theirforties can now book their third jab, three months after their second dose. the announcement comes exactly a year after margaret keenan, a 90 year old grandmother, became the first person in the world to be given a coronavirus vaccine outside of a clinical trial. our health correspondent, catherine burns, reports from coventry a warning that this report has some flashing images. this is how the biggest vaccine roll out in history started, exactly a year ago. maggie keenan getting herfirst, and a world firstjab from matron may parsons. and now, back together where it all began. although the two of them have built up a genuine friendship over the year. we are now a tandem, we are