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our media and arts correspondent, david sillito, told me more.programme. it is flagship entertainment for the bbc. also, there are versions of it around the world. 60 versions of it. it is a franchise and the director—general addressing a variety of concerns about the behaviour of the professional dancers, incidents that have been taking place, allegedly, in rehearsals and, also, will bayley today speaking about a paralympian who appeared in 2019. he said he suffered permanent injury as a consequence of something that went wrong in rehearsals. he said he doesn't blame his professional dancer but he's said he raised concerns and he says he has only now been listened to because others have come forward with all of this. so this was a wide—ranging collection of concerns about strictly. he said strictly will go ahead in the uk in autumn. he said they were going to be these new safeguards. essentially, welfare chaperones will be in the rehearsal so that if contestants or professional dancers have concerns will be a third party witness to what's actual

david sillito, bbc news.al correspondent lucy manning has more on what happened inside westminster magistrates' court today. mr edwards arrived within a strong of reporters and cameras and he was jostled to get the courtroom, he did not say anything outside of court but 3 extremely significant words when he was inside court, he stood on the dock. he looked, he did not have much expression, he looked, i thought, relatively calm and the 3 charges that were put to him, category a, category b and category c images, after each1 he replied quietly but calmly, guilty, and the court heard further details of the accusations that he has now pleaded guilty to, that he was in a whatsapp chat with another man and they, the man was sending him as images, some were illegal, pornographic images but 41 of them were indecent images and the agents involved in those images, there were 2 videos as well, raged largely between 12 to 15 years of age 50 that's 2 of them included 7 to 9 years of age. in a couple of occasions, hugh edw

david sillito, bbc news.ture and media editor katie razzall is outside the bbc in london now. how significant is this latest development? i how significant is this latest development?— how significant is this latest develoment? ~ , ., , development? i think it is really difficult to underestimate - development? i think it is really difficult to underestimate the i difficult to underestimate the significance of this. as david sillito was saying, this was a man who threw a a0 year career held our hands through some of the most important, most momentous, most landmark times in our nation. not just as the presenter of the news of ten but also the person who narrated the coronation, who took us through, announced the death of the queen, and of course the man who was picked to lead those election programmes after david dimbleby retired. because of that responsibility, the trust that the bbc placed in him, he was also according to the bbc�*s annual report that came out only last year, the third highest paid person i

david sillito, thank ou.the democratic party's candidate for president in november's race for the white house. surveys show she has the backing of more than 2,000 party delegates, easily enough to clinch the nomination. kamala harris says she's proud to have such broad support. here's our north america correspondent david willis. 2a hours into her new role and kamala harris was already on the verge of becoming the first black and asian woman to win the presidential nomination of a major party. her first event as presidential candidate, a visit to campaign headquarters. and, from the former california prosecutor, a taste of how she intends to set about attacking donald trump. predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. so hear me when i say, i know donald trump's type. we have doors to knock on, we have people to talk to, we have phone calls to make and we have an election to win. cheering. she was joined remotely by the man whose departure

david sillito went to meet one of its stars. jo, lovely to meet you. nice to meet you. working here for a forthcoming tv series. so did you honestlyjust say you triaged a pigeon? yes, i've triaged many things. can we go and see a hedgehog, please? yes, of course, follow me. but her time with the hedgehogs is almost over because important filming is about to begin. the final return to her most famous role — stacey in gavin and stacey. can you believe we're actually going to meet tomorrow? yeah. oh, my goodness, how old are you here? - i reckon i'm about 17. it's going to be so funny getting us all together again and just seeing what we're all like. more than 18 million watched the last christmas special that left us all on a bit of a cliff—hanger. will you marry me? surely she could give us a clue as to what's happening next... marry me. five years, isn't it? i know, well, i'm the same as everybody else back home. i can't wait to find out what's happened because i remember all those years ago reading the script for the last special, and i was doing it on my phone. i got

david sillito, bbc news, croydon.arm weather today, particularly across the south and the east of the uk. it's been a bit more complicated further north and west with more cloud, a little bit of rain, but tomorrow it will be warmer generally and hot for some of us. we could see the highest temperatures of the year so far, 3i celsius possibly. quite a humid feel as well. thejet stream is running to the north of the uk at the moment, allowing us to bring in this feed of warm and humid airfrom the south. but with that increasing humidity, as we head through tonight, we will see quite a lot of mist, and murk, and low cloud rolling into coasts and hills in the west. today's rain, i think, tending to peter out. the best of the clear skies further south and east. certainly not a cold night — in fact, quite a warm one, temperatures holding up in most places between 13—17 celsius. so, into tomorrow morning, quite a warm start, and where we see that sunshine, the best of it across england and wales, while the temperatures reall

david sillito, bbc news. charlotte gallagher is still here with me with that breaking news.nutes, important new information that you have learned.— that you have learned. we've had a development _ that you have learned. we've had a development from _ that you have learned. we've had a development from the _ that you have learned. we've had a| development from the metropolitan police and that they have told us the man that huw edwards had been communicating with on whatsapp and that had been setting huw edwards indecent images of children was a convicted paedophile. 25—year—old alex williams. he arty pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing indecent images children and sentenced to a suspended jail sentence in march this year. we�*ve heard from the bbc themselves who say they are shocked by what they are calling abhorrent behaviour by huw edwards. they say they were made aware in november last year when he was arrested that he had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences. he resigned in april. he was charged injune. the bbc basically said, if he had been charged at

david sillito is with me.ment from the police this afternoon said huw edwards was arrested in november 2023 and charged on the 26th ofjune of this year on three counts of making indecent images of children. it is claimed a series of 31 photographs were found on a whatsapp chat on a mobile phone. six relating to the most serious category a offence. a conviction a crown court of possession of a category a image could lead to a prison sentence of three years. the offences are alleged to have taken place —— between december 2020 and april 2022 and huw edwards did resign from the bbc in april this year. but the bbc�*s pays profile and highest paid presenter had not been on air since july of last year —— highest paid and highest profile. hearing will take place on wednesday westminster magistrates. take place on wednesday westminster mauistrates. . ~ take place on wednesday westminster mauistrates. ., ,, , ., , . magistrates. thank you very much. -- at westminster _ magistrates. thank you very much. -- at westminste

david sillito, bbc news, croydon. time for a look at the weather. here's chris. we haven't seen much of that this month, it's been a cloudier than average month, a lot wetter and cooler. maybe some of thatis wetter and cooler. maybe some of that is forgotten if not forgiven today. we could get up to 32 tomorrow for the high, likely to be the hottest

david sillito, bbc news, croydon. time for a look at the weather. here's chris. at bbc whether we get sent all kinds of pictures about rare weather phenomenon by viewers. this shows the sun in the sky, we haven't seen much of that this month, it's been a cloudier than average month, a lot wetter and cooler. maybe some of thatis wetter and cooler. maybe some of that is forgotten if not forgiven today. we could get up to 32 tomorrow for the high, likely to be the hottest day of the year to date. outside there will be cloudy northern and western areas, mist and fog patches, occasional spots of drizzle. otherwise quite a night with temperatures between 1a and 17. the reason the weather is hot at the moment is down to a ridge in the jet stream allowing the wind to come up from the south, and that is boosting temperatures particularly across england and wales. the details for friday, these north—western areas will start the day with low cloud, mist and fog and occasional patches of drizzle. later in the day we will see more general heavy rain arriving in the most areas

sillito has been speaking tojoanna page about what�*s in store for stacey — and a new project too.ly is putting in the hours with what is a sort of a&e for foxes, hedgehogs and even pigeons. so did you honestlyjust say you triaged a pigeon? yes, i�*ve triaged many things now. can we go and see a hedgehog, please? yes, of course, follow me! i love a hedgehog. ok, so this is the little hutch here. these are all the little hutches. mel, can i have the gauntlets? there we are. oh! when i first started, i was told that it�*s, obviously it�*s wildlife and lots of animals come in and it�*s not always happy endings, because it�*s nature and nature is hard and nature is cruel. so you are encouraged not to bond with them. you know, you come here... but you have, haven�*t you? well, obviously i have! he�*s doing ok, isn�*t he? oh, he�*s doing incredibly well. i�*ve never asked this question before. yeah? could i hold your hedgehog? yeah! right, ok, we�*ve got some movement here. there we are. and so began a crash course in hedgehog handling. jo�*s quite the expert with our prickly friends. th

david sillito, bbc news, leatherhead. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas.ve had a lot of good evening and welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and insight. let me introduce your political panel tonight: former tory mp and levelling up minister, dehenna davison and former labour mp luciana berger, who is working on the party's mental health strategy. the new government has been busy — house—building targets have been reintroduced, and it would appear that prison reform is going to be one of the priorities of the new government, because prisons in england and wales are reported to be 99.7% full, which is why the last conservative government introduced a scheme under which prisoners could be released up to 70 days early to relieve pressure onjails. we'll speak to the former conservative justice secretary sir robert buckland, who lost his seat last thursday night, and domestic abuse commissioner nicole jacobs. first, nick's here. what is happening? tonight a spokesperson _ what is happening? tonight a spokesperson for _ what is happening? tonight

and our entertainment correspondent, david sillito, caught up withjoanna page, who plays stacey, aboutn the hours with what is a sort of a&e for foxes, hedgehogs and even pigeons. so did you honestlyjust say you triaged a pigeon? yes, i've triaged many things now. can we go and see a hedgehog, please? yes, of course, follow me! i love a hedgehog. ok, so this is the little hutch here. these are all the little hutches. mel, can i have the gauntlets? there we are. 0h! when i first started, i was told that it's, obviously it's wildlife and lots of animals come in and it's not always happy endings, because it's nature and nature is hard and nature is cruel, so you are encouraged not to bond with them. you know, you come here... but you have, haven't you? well, obviously i have! he's doing ok, isn't he? oh, he's doing incredibly well. i've never asked this question before. yeah? could i hold your hedgehog? yeah! right, ok, we've got some movement here. there we are. and so began a crash course in hedgehog handling. jo's quite the expert with our prickly friends. there we go, that's it, you g