ben rich, bbc news. ben rich looking back at some of our recent weather.ome parts of the country. this was the christmas card scene we had in northern ireland first thing this morning, the snow is boring but it's cloudy and dry in northern ireland and its cold across the uk, we have this pool of cold air over is and that can

ben rich, bbc news. ben rich looking back at some of our recent weather. let's look ahead at what's coming next, the forecast from darren bett. the first day of march has brought some snow to some parts of the country. this was the christmas card scene we had in northern ireland first thing this morning, the snow is boring but it's cloudy and dry in northern ireland and its cold across the uk, we have this pool of cold air over is and that can generate more showers which could turn heavy and thundery. not just the shower clouds but we've got a band of thick cloud that's been bringing some rain and some hill snow and all of it is wrapped around the area of low pressure that's going to stick with us right the way through the weekend and it was quite a tricky drive into the peak district earlier this morning with a covering of snow in places. we've got that mixture of rain and hill snow across the higher parts of the pennines and into the cumbrian fells, followed by a lot of showers for england and wales. it's drier in scotland and england pushes into scotlan

ben rich, bbc news.ter the leaking of a series of messages, allegedly written by him. horner was cleared on wednesday by an internal investigation into his behaviour towards a female colleague. red bull are preparing to defend their two world titles in the opening race of the season tomorrow in bahrain. our sports news correspondent, laura scott, reports. greeting one of motorsport�*s top officials earlier today, it might have looked like business as usual for christian horner but, on a balmy day in bahrain, he remains at the centre of a storm which doesn't show signs of passing. the sport is still reeling after 149 people, including f1 bosses and team principals, received an anonymous email yesterday containing a link to a drive of messages purporting to involve horner. in a statement, he said, "i won't comment on anonymous "speculation but, to reiterate, i have always denied "the allegations." but this doesn't just affect homer and his team. it's understood the bosses of formula one and the sport's gov

here's ben rich. hello there.it of spring sunshine, just 1—2 showers. but through the next few days, the weather is looking quite changeable, decidedly unsettled, spells of rain, often windy, and it will be cold enough for snow over high ground in scotland. now let's take a look at the rainfall we're expecting to accumulate over the next five days. wet for hills in the west, very wet for eastern scotland. but, while i say rainfall, actually some of this will fall as snow across scotland, because certainly over the next couple of days, we”ll hold on to some rather cold air across this northern half of scotland. in the short term, well, through this evening and tonight, we see cloud and rain spreading from the west across northern ireland, western england, wales, pushing its way a little bit further northwards and eastwards. ahead of that, a slice of clear sky, 1—2 mist patches, and temperatures dropping away — but out towards the west, as the night wears on, those temperatures will climb a little bit. so, nine cels

time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich. no bees in the studio.ugh a big bumblebee did fly past my window yesterday, a sign of spring, perhaps. but spring weather can bring its ups and downs, as it will this weekend. it will get to a frosty start, below freezing for some. by the end of the weekend, much milder. along the way, some rain and some sunshine. there is a bit of rain out there today, outbreaks of rain continuing to work across scotland. a bit of snow over the highest round here. some pretty hefty showers working across parts of england and wales, perhaps the odd flash of lightning and the odd rumble of thunder that has all this wet weather swelling away. temperatures will fall away through the afternoon. but northern ireland are having a decent day. through this evening, the skies were clear out and the winds will fall light. you can see a few mist or fog patches. a bit of cloud and rain in the west corner later. elsewhere, around or below freezing. there is your frosty start to the weekend underneath this ridge of high pressure. but we

rich.e really heavy showers out there driven by some big storm clouds, including this one captured by one of our weather watchers in surrey, with this shape here indicative of what we call mammatus clouds that form when the air is very turbulent, very unstable, and you can see that unstable air, all driven by an area of low pressure, allowing these big storm clouds to bubble up. a brisk north—westerly wind blowing those showers and storms through. the centre of our area of low pressure moving out into the north sea overnight. but still quite windy for eastern scotland and eastern england and still some showers in northeast scotland which will be wintry over high ground and clear spells elsewhere and because of the strength of the wind, it will not be a particularly cold night but still getting down to around three or 6 degrees so that area of low pressure sliding away eastwards and very briefly a ridge of high pressure, which you can barely see on the chart, and there is then another weathe

rich. —— we will keep an eye.pours. some really heavy showers out there driven by some big storm clouds, including this one captured by one of our weather watchers in surrey, the lumpy shape here indicative of what we call mammatus clouds that form when the air is very turbulent, very unstable, and you can see that unstable air, all driven by an area of low pressure, allowing these big storm clouds to bubble up. a brisk north—westerly wind blowing those showers and storms through. the centre of our area of low pressure moving out into the north sea overnight. but still quite windy for eastern scotland and eastern england and still some showers in northeast scotland which will be wintry over high ground and clear spells elsewhere and because of the strength of the wind, it will not be a particularly cold night but still getting down to around three or six degrees so that area of low pressure sliding away eastwards and very briefly a ridge of high pressure, which you can barely see on the chart, and there is then an

ben rich, bbc news.ichael d higgins, he would be in hospital at st. james is hospital over the weekend it has not been confirmed. he was taken to hospital on thursday after feeling unwell stop it's understood the decision was made for him to remain in hospital as a precautionary measure to stop he has thanked the public for the outpouring of well wishes he has received since his admission to hospital first yesterday. i line to bring, a statement from lord cameron, the foreign secretary, speaking about the deaths of people in gaza yesterday waiting for an aid convoy. reports that more than 100 people died as they were crowding around and aid truck in northern gaza yesterday. the foreign secretary said that deaths of people waiting for an aid convoy was horrific and there must be an urgent investigation and accountability and this was not happen again. we cannot separate what happen yesterday from the insignificant aid supplies that have come in, only half the trucks that are necessary arrived in january a

ben rich, bbc news. eurovision fans: the countdown is on.ten. # won't you make me dizzy for your kisses...# the uk's eurovision hopes rest on this song. dizzy by 0lly alexander. he'll be heading to malmo in sweden in may to fly the flag. the song is about being dizzy! it's like an overwhelming dizziness from, like, how much you just love someone. of course, we did get a few hints about the song when 0lly made his bbc weather debut with breakfast�*s very own carol kirkwood. 0lly alexander, take it away, olly. it appears there is a rare phenomena of dizzy spells running towards our dear island, and it looks like they're coming all the way from sweden. so, what do eurovision fans think of dizzy? i would kind of describe it as like a chart hit, like a radio hit. just a very kind of modern, fresh, current kind of sound. # 0oh, aah, just a little bit... last year's eurovision was massive. it brought hundreds of thousands of people to liverpool. but when it came to the uk's entry, mae muller, we weren't able to repeat the success of 2022 and sam ry

here's ben rich. thank you very much. a bit of a change in the weather compared with what we have had for most of this week. a couple of days ago, temperatures got all the way up to 19 in southern england, or at least very close. by tomorrow, we will be looking at highs of more like nine celsius. feeling colder than that given the strength of the winds. that colder air is digging in behind a weatherfront, a cold that colder air is digging in behind a weather front, a cold front. that colder air is digging in behind a weatherfront, a cold front. you can see this line of cloud on the earlier satellite picture. delivering some rain across the south—east of england. behind that, some sunny spells but plenty of close racing and across scotland and northern ireland. a real rash of showers right now, some heavy and thundery ones. some wintry over higher ground. deals in the north of scotland. those temperatures coming down as the afternoon wears on. tonight we will keep lots of showers, still some heavy and thundery ones, some w

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our reporter, alison freeman, met the parents of veteran ben riches, who died in 2019.er report upsetting. he always wanted to be a soldier. his bedroom was just covered in posters of military. at only 16, he went to the army foundation college. he was the life and soul of the party. i think that was... ..reflected at his funeral when the funeral director estimated about 500 people — most of them his former comrades from the army — turned up for his funeral. ben was 30 when he took his own life. it followed a number of failed suicide attempts, and numerous conversations with mental—health professionals. it was on his return from a tour of iraq that his family noticed serious signs of trauma. there was an occasion carolyn was woke up in the middle of the night. ben was in the toilet washing his hands, and he was asleep. and he was saying, "i've got to wash the blood off my hands, i've got to wash the blood off my hands." he was burning his hands under the tap. that's when we suspected there might be problems. as he got worse, his family tried to get help from senior offi

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.so far today. but the forecast for the week ahead looks decidedly un—springlike, with spells of rain. it will often be windy and it'll be cold enough over scottish hills for some significant snow, at least for a time now. this chart shows the rainfall we're expecting to accumulate over the next five days, particularly wet for some western hills and also in eastern scotland. now, i say wet. across scotland, certainly over the next couple of days, that wet weather will be falling in this very cold air. and that is why we have that potential for some snow, as i'll show you in a moment. but in the short term, the rest of the afternoon will bring some spells of sunshine, scattered showers. it's a little bit less chilly than it was yesterday, but cloud and rain gathering out towards the west and that will push its way in across many western parts of the uk as we go through the night. ahead of that, some clear skies, maybe the odd mist patch. it will turn chilly for a time. by the end of the

here's ben rich. thank you.on, we had this slow moving band of rain across the south—west, wales as well, also this lump 06 wet weather moving northwards, bumping into cold air, so that is giving some snow on high ground, although the heaviest rain will be sliding out into the north sea so the snow fall should ease. wet weatherfor a few of us, clear spells as well. mild in the south at six or seven but a gold and frosty night for the northern half of scotland, forward tomorrow, low pressure dominates

here is ben rich. good afternoon. it is not the most inspiring weekend of weather overall.in around. it�*s all driven by a big area of low pressure to the south of us. this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. we�*re on the northern flank of the low and that means we�*ve got quite a strong easterly wind blowing across the uk today. where you�*re exposed to that wind, particularly for some of these north sea coasts where it stays cloudy, but it is going to feel decidedly cool. there�*ll be some bits and pieces of rain in the mix, perhaps most especially across the south west of england by the end of the afternoon. limited, bright or sunny spells, generally quite a lot of cloud. and as we head through this evening and tonight, the winds will ease a little bit across the south, but it will stay blustery across the northern half of the uk, will see extensive cloud. we�*ll see some outbreaks of slightly heavier rain pushing northwards across england and wales and generally speaking, temperatures holding between five and nine degrees. now tomorrow, low pressure will still be

that's all after the weather with ben rich. hello.ared with what some of us had a couple of days ago when temperatures in southern england got close to 19 degrees. tomorrow we'll see afternoon highs of more like nine degrees celsius. colder air digging down from the north behind a weather front, which you can see here on our earlier satellite image, this line of cloud, it's been bringing some outbreaks of rain. behind that, speckled shower clouds racing in. it is quite windy up towards the north—west of the uk. gales in the far north. plenty of showers, some heavy with hail and thunder, some wintry over high ground, particularly in scotland. temperatures, if anything, coming down as we head towards the end of the day. through this evening and tonight, we'll lose the last of that weather front and we will see some clear skies, yes, but plenty more showers. still some heavy thundery ones and some wintry ones over high ground in the north of the uk. staying fairly windy overnight, but despite that, temperatures will drop quite close to f

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ben rich, bbc news.ball fans. prince william met one of the hollywood owner is rob mcelhenney to hear about the positive impact the historic club has on the community. fortunes were turned after it was bought by him and fellow actor ryan reynolds in 2021. it is bought by him and fellow actor ryan reynolds in 2021.— reynolds in 2021. it is a great honour. reynolds in 2021. it is a great honour- i _ reynolds in 2021. it is a great honour. i flew— reynolds in 2021. it is a great honour. iflew in. _ reynolds in 2021. it is a great honour. iflew in. it— reynolds in 2021. it is a great honour. iflew in. it is- reynolds in 2021. it is a great honour. i flew in. it is not i reynolds in 2021. it is a great l honour. i flew in. it is not often you get an invitation, a call from the palace, so my plan was not to be here after shooting on monday but when you get a call from the prince you can't because it is a great honour and a great honour for the club especially with everything he has going on personally. continu

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.e temperatures. it will be a cold and in places frosty start, temperatures for saturday morning down around minus two celsius for some. but by the end of the weekend, sunday afternoon, 16 degrees, a mild end. and along the way, we'll see some rain. yes, but also some spells of sunshine. today, we've got this area of low pressure pushing eastwards, this frontal system moving its way south eastwards across the uk. generally, there is quite a lot of cloud out there, but some bright, sunny spells developing northern ireland, having a decent sort of afternoon, some showers in the mix, some of which will be heavy, particularly down towards the south. temperature wise, by the end of the afternoon, when it will be cooling off actually across the northern half of the uk. and that sets us up for what will be quite a cold night because the cloud will tend to break up. we'll see some lengthy, clear spells, few mist and fog patches around some cloud and rain into the southwest corner parts of wales

all of that coming up after the weather with ben rich.or some it is on the chilly side. through this week, i can't promise we will lose all the cloud, in fact there will still be some rain at times but it is going to start to feel milder. on the earlier satellite picture you can see the extent of the cloud, that cloud producing some rain and drizzle in places. a few brighter glimpses particularly across parts of south—west england and wales, one or two brighter spells elsewhere, conversely some slightly more persistent rain pushing across the western side of scotland. exposed to the breeze in north—east scotland, temperatures only five, six or 7 degrees, the highest values in the south around 12. this evening and tonight we keep a lot of cloud, some mist and murk in lots of places, few clear spells but some outbreaks of rain swinging in from the west across northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england, perhaps getting into south—west scotland and north—west england by the end of the night. if you do see clear skies for any length of

next it is the weather with ben rich. hello. sunshine amounts have varied across the uk today.hine. that was how it looked for one of our weather watchers in shetland. on the earlier satellite picture, you can see this swirl of cloud in the centre of which lies an area of low pressure that is dominating our weather right now. it will continue to do so. and because we are on the northern flank of that low, we have an easterly wind. that wind staying pretty strong across northern areas through tonight, the wind easing further south. we will see outbreaks of rain pushing northwards, particularly across parts of england and wales. overnight lows generally between 3—9 celsius. so tomorrow, here's our area of low pressure still with us. but notice big gaps between the isobars in southern areas, so the winds here relatively light. the isobars squeezed together further north, so it will stay quite blustery. and when you're exposed to that breeze, particularly across the east coast of scotland, it is going to feel decidedly chilly. many areas will see outbreaks of rain at times, but not

riches, who died in 2019.hat was reflected at a funeral when the funeral director estimated about 500 people, most of them his former comrades from the army, turned up for his funeral. ben was 30 when he took his own life. it followed a number of failed suicide attempts and numerous conversations with mental health professionals. it was on his return from a tour of iraq that his family noticed serious signs of trauma. there was an occasion carolyn was woken up in the middle of the night. ben was in the toilet washing his hands, and he was asleep. he was saying, "i've got to wash blood of my hands." "i've got to wash the blood on my hands." he was burning his hands under the tap. that's when we suspected there might be problems. ben was discharged from the army and struggled to engage with a variety of mental health services. he died in 2019. ben's mum and dad are now among more than 20 families who've told their stories to researchers at northumbria university for the "one is too many" study into veteran suici

now time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon.n in. some of the showers have been wintry over high ground in the north. here it is on the satellite picture. these lumpy shower clouds pushing south—eastwards across the uk. just about wherever you are through the rest of the day, you could see a shower. some of the showers heavy, with hail and thunder. still wintry over the highest ground in scotland — say, above 500 or 600 metres elevation. windy out there, particularly gusty for western and northern coasts. and so, that is affecting the feel of the weather. temperatures on the thermometer — nine or ten degrees. factor in the strength of the wind, the feels—like temperatures — which include the wind chill — around five or six degrees. so as we head into the evening, still a few showers around. in fact, some more persistent rain and mountain snow across some parts of eastern and north—eastern scotland. elsewhere, i think most of the showers will fade through the night. it will stay fairly blustery. the winds easing down a little bit

here's ben rich. grey skies looming ominously over northern ireland today. wet weather over northern ireland and eastern parts of northern ireland will see the heaviest rain particularly as this moves its way northwards. rain for many parts of england and wales, but for the eastern side of northern ireland they could see 50 to 70 millimetres of rain. as it reaches scotland over high ground above 200 metres, we could see some snow, maybe a few centimetres in places. a lot going on with the weather overnight. cold enough for a frost in northern scotland. this rain pushes its way northwards through the day. northern ireland only slowly drying up. and then lots of heavy, thundery showers with hail in england and wales on what will be quite a brisk wind. temperature seven to 12 degrees at best. this big area of low pressure is driving things right now. this has been named by the spanish weather service as storm nelson because of the effect it is having in spain. but for us as it moves closer on

here's ben rich. thank you very much.close. by tomorrow, we will be looking at highs of more like nine celsius. feeling colder than that given the strength of the winds. that colder air is digging in behind a weatherfront, a cold that colder air is digging in behind a weather front, a cold front. that colder air is digging in behind a weatherfront, a cold front. you can see this line of cloud on the

here's ben rich. thank you very much.th this feed off mild air from the south. however, do not rest on your laurels because spring can bring us cold weather and look at this by the weekend, a change in wind direction and something significantly colder. but in the short term we have a feed of mild air giving rise to mist and fog in the south—west and you can see outbreaks of rain for many of us through the night although the north west of scotland will hold onto some clear skies but it will be quite a chilly night here but elsewhere very mild as we start tomorrow morning but for many there will be cloud and outbreaks of rain across the central slice of the uk and the rain tending to peter out to some extent as the day wears on but across the south—east corner, if the sun comes out tomorrow, temperatures could peak at 18 celsius. still a little bit murky for some of the western coasts and hills and some outbreaks of rain for parts of wales and northern england but for northern ireland and western scotland we will see sunny

ben rich, bbc news. data is gathered. - say thanks for hanging on. tell me about how data is gathered. we i about how data is gathered. we collect data from several hundred weather stations across the uk and that enables us to compile statistics from the season just gone and we can use it to look at similar records going back through the 20th century and into the 19th. if we look at february, we have just had the warmest february on record in england and wales in a series that goes back to 1884. it has been extremely wet across the south of england. more than twice the average... sorry, more than twice the average rainfall really quite widely. that same warm and wet theme is also true of the winter overall. it has been in the top ten warmest winters and top ten wettest winters in the uk in a series extending back to the 19th century. what is interesting is winter fits with several other recent winters. 2020, 2016 and 2014. often we have had temperatures, daytime, of10 degrees into the low teens when duri

here's ben rich. thank you. someone ordered too much rain, certainly we had grey leaden skies and outbreaks of rain, that is how it looked off the coast of devon, we had this slow moving band of rain across the south—west, wales as well, also this lump 06 wet weather moving northwards, bumping into cold air, so that is giving some snow on high ground, although the heaviest rain will be sliding out into the north sea so the snow fall should ease. wet weatherfor a few of us, clear spells as well. mild in the south at six or seven but a gold and frosty night for the northern half of scotland, forward tomorrow, low pressure dominates and this weather front here is in tomorrow, low pressure dominates and this weatherfront here is in no mood to move, so, it isjust going to continue to bring outbreaks of rain in central, southern england drifting up into the midlands, parts of wales, eventually rain into northern ireland. elsewhere a lot of cloud, a few sunny break, northern scotland should see sunshine, with a scatter

here's ben rich. good evening. quite welcome to newsnight on the road for the last of four special programmes taking pulse of the nations ahead of the general election. welcome to newsnight from the airspace at the imperial war museum, duxford, the european centre for aviation history. applause. we are in the constituency of south cambridgeshire, an area earmarked for international business growth which the government says it wants to make europe's science capital. we're in what is called the blue wall, in a conservative held seat that's a top target for the liberal democrats. we're here with an invited audience and a political panel, getting to grips with what matters most to people ahead of the election — their priorities, what they believe are the big problems, and who they think can deliverfor them. on our panel, conservative mp and former minister of state vicky ford, labour's daniel zeichner, who is a shadow environment minister, daisy cooper, deputy leader of the liberal democrats, and adrian ramsay, co—lead

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ben rich, bbc news.to embrace the seasons when i lived here. you expect the seasons to behave as you remember them from 30 years ago, when you remember snow in the february half term, cold crisp february, but it hasn't been like that this year. yes, the seasons are changing, more extreme is the best way to describe it. i know when we talk about climate change, there is talk that we would get warmer every time. it's not the case. you will still get your cold spells. but the overall theme is, particularly during winter, as temperatures rise things get wetter and that is what we have seenin get wetter and that is what we have seen in england and wales. some places double the february rainfall. and we need frost to. it places double the february rainfall. and we need frost to.— and we need frost to. if you are findin: it and we need frost to. if you are finding it more _ and we need frost to. if you are finding it more difficult - and we need frost to. if you are finding it more difficult to - and we need fr

written this failure of a plan to appease the americans. but its content is aimed at not angering smart rich and ben gavier. above all this is undoutedly netanhu's personal political interest in avoiding responsibility for the failure of handling the october 7th aluxa flood operation and continuing in his role as prime minister. therefore many inzinists israel seen at nahu's plan as nothing new but rather a compilation of his statements throughout the gaza war, continuing the right-wing ideological line based on the idea that reaching a final solution to the conflict with the... palestinians is not beneficial for the israeli occupation, thus his plan continues to pursue a strategy of conflict management by creating facts on the ground to prevent access to a long-term conflict resolution, which netanyahu views as in zionist israel's supreme interest. now to discuss this issue with us mr. patrick henningsen, independent journalist, geopolitical analyst, host of sunday wire radio show, and thank you very very much for your time, patrick for being with us. now as we just watched the... we we jus

and so rich explicitly asked or, um, that's one view just like that was sort of what the myanmar army did to chase ro changed into bangladesh. another thing is i was to say that, you know, genocide has to be only intent that can be a means to an end. it has to be just the final solution. so anybody can get your hands off. and that, of course, you know, this is not what's going on and drops it right now. so a lot is going to come down to really how does the current view this is that enough to see the intent as you know, one of 2 or more or does it have to be the soul intact and, and the foresters clearly something is going to been fairly conservative, if you look back at the probation for sort of the case, it seemed to apply that the intent has to be sold, in which case it's not gonna find you on a side. but if israel continues to piss off the cord, is it's doing now by just loading it's orders. the court may feel comfortable what i think would be more sensible interpretation about language to say you've got multiple attempts. one of them can be genocide. and if that's the standard isr

and so rich, explicitly asked for, um, that's one you just, that was sort of what the myanmar army did to chase ro changed into bangladesh. another thing is i was just saying that, you know, genocide has to be only intent that can be a means to an end. it has to be just the final solution. and so anybody can get your hands off. and that, of course, you know, obviously if not what's going on and drops right now. so that's gonna come down to really how does the court view this? is that enough to see the intent as one of 2 or more? or does it have to be the soul intact? and, and the question is, if you decide this has been fairly conservative, if you look back at the probation for sort of the case, it seemed to apply that. the intent has to be so intense, which means it's not gonna find you on a site. but if israel continues to piss off the cord is it's doing now by just loading it's orders. the court may feel comfortable what i think would be more sensible interpretation of all the which is to say, you get multiple attempts. one of them can be genocide, and if that's the standard israel'

our reporter, alison freeman, met the parents of veteran ben riches, who died in 2019.empts, and numerous conversations with mental—health professionals. it was on his return from a tour of iraq that his family noticed serious signs of trauma. there was an occasion carolyn was woke up in the middle of the night. ben was in the toilet washing his hands, and he was asleep. and he was saying, "i've got to wash the blood off my hands, i've got to wash the blood off my hands." he was burning his hands under the tap. that's when we suspected there might be problems. as he got worse, his family tried to get help from senior officers at catterick garrison for suspected ptsd. and i was told there's nothing they can do unless he goes and asks for help himself. well, back in those days, that's the last thing a soldier would do, because of the stigma of mental health within the armed forces. ben was discharged from the army, and struggled to engage with a variety of mental—health services. he died in 2019. ben's mum and dad are now among more than 20 families who've told their stor

cio working pretty closely with rich who unfortunately passed away. but here he was the storied president which is which many people know is the large umbrella federation of manyrepresenting 12 million wors in. so many industries. but while ben was working with the afl, cio he saw what you chronicled. so in your factory after factory closing as they moved operations, mexico or even further abroad and that ben. and when he came back to portland, maine, his hometown, he spent a■í year really just grappling what he had witnessed in america and determined to prove thatcould unite, could wor and be a force of good and rebuild community that he had seen in the places industry had you create good jobs and create amazing products and so y,so he created this company so. whitney and waxman together built this company american roots tt creas sourced apparel. right? right. it was it's it's just extraordinary this how m like a. right. it's they they invited a union in, right. or they they wanted to be union made everything sauce, every thread every button sourced

cio working pretty closely with rich who unfortunately passed away. but here he was the storied president of the afl, cio, which is which many people know is the large umbrella federation of many unions in the united states representing 12 million workers in. so many industries. but while ben was working with the afl, cio he saw what you chronicled. so in your book just factory after factory closing as they moved operations, either south or down to mexico or even further abroad and that broke. that broke and when he came back to portland, maine, his hometown, he spent a year really just grappling what he had witnessed in america and determined to prove that capitalism and labor uld unite, could work together and be a force of good and rebuild community that he had seen in the places industry had leftcreate amazing products ando so he created this company so. whitney and waxman together built this company american roots that creates all american sourced apparel. right? right. it was it's it's just extraordinary this how much this company isike a unicor

so when ben stokes was bowled back at the stroke of lunch on the game was up, really, it took so richen the game was already gone. so england beaten by an innings and 6a runs, comfortably really their worst performance of the tour. it comfortably really their worst performance of the tour. it seems a lona time performance of the tour. it seems a long time ago _ performance of the tour. it seems a long time ago now, _ performance of the tour. it seems a long time ago now, those _ performance of the tour. it seems a long time ago now, those heady - performance of the tour. it seems a l long time ago now, those heady days of the first test. i mean, we spoke about how difficult it is to go to india. in the cold light of day... it's just never india. in the cold light of day... it'sjust never going to india. in the cold light of day... it's just never going to be able to work, england of his they had their moments, they we saw some good bowling performances as well put up orjust not enough of them.— orjust not enough of them. you're riaht to orjust not enough of them. you're right to highl

when you see people like the finance minister smote rich holding up for over 5 weeks, flower as a port of ashed out. when you have starving people, when you have the police, the national security, the head of the police, ben, cuz we're essentially telling protesters term shalom who are trying to block food from getting in the gaza. that that's okay. and he's telling his police folks not to clear them away to allow for when you see that this is something that president binders to say. this is unacceptable. and we have us was on the books that can be enforced to say that united states will not be supporting a net yahoo government with people like this and it doing those kinds of things. center i ask a very senior middle lease leader recently. how could all of this get a lot worse? and this person said, if we don't get a ceasefire a real ceasefire in place before ramadan, watch out that that ramadan can actually become a trigger of a far greater nightmare of desperate people moving across borders of mobilized military's potentially in jordan, in egypt. and i'm just interested in whether t

you have starving people, when you have the police, the national security, the head of the police, ben, cuz we're essentially telling protesters term shalom who are trying to block food from getting in the gaza. but that's okay. and he's telling his police folks not to clear them away to allow for when you see that this is something that president binders to say. this is unacceptable. and we have us was on the books that can be enforced to say that united states will not be supporting a net yahoo government with people like this and it doing those kinds of things. so whenever i ask a very senior middle east leader recently, how could all of this get a lot worse? and this person said, if we don't get a ceasefire a real ceasefire in place before ramadan, watch out that that ramadan can actually become a trigger of a far greater nightmare of desperate people moving across borders of mobilized military's potentially in jordan, in egypt. and i'm just interested in whether that's on your radar screen and whether it is a sense of that kind of concerned of an escalation of this, you know, huma

when you see people like the finance minister smote rich holding up for over 5 weeks, flower as a port of ashed out. when you have starving people, when you have the police, the national security, the head of the police, ben, cuz we're essentially telling protesters term shalom who are trying to block food from getting in the gaza. that that's okay. and he's telling his police folks not to clear them away to allow for when you see that this is something that president binders to say. this is unacceptable. and we have us was on the books that can be enforced to say that united states will not be supporting a net yahoo government with people like this and it doing those kinds of things. center i asked a very senior middle east leader recently. how could all of this get a lot worse? and this person said, if we don't get a ceasefire a real ceasefire in place before ramadan, watch out that that ramadan can actually become a trigger of a far greater nightmare of desperate people moving across borders of mobilized military's potentially in jordan, in egypt. and i'm just interested in whether

you have starving people, when you have the police, the national security, the head of the police, ben, cuz we're essentially telling protesters term shalom who are trying to block food from getting in the gaza. but that's okay. and he's telling his police folks not to clear them away to allow for when you see that this is something that president binders to say. this is unacceptable. and we have us was on the books that can be enforced to say that united states will not be supporting a net yahoo government with people like this and it doing those kinds of things. center i ask a very senior middle east leader recently. how could all of this get a lot worse? and this person said, if we don't get a ceasefire a real ceasefire in place before ramadan, watch out that that ramadan can actually become a trigger of a far greater nightmare of desperate people moving across borders of mobilized military's potentially in jordan, in egypt. and i'm just interested in whether that's on your radar screen and whether it is a sense of that kind of concerned of an escalation of this, you know, human nig

it's so wonderful and so rich in detail, and what a character the count is.l. it's one of the roles of a lifetime really. hugely exciting that it's about to come out now. >> ben, for you to take this wonderful book and make it into a series in this setting, where you have a man who's in a prison of sorts in this beautiful hotel, how did you bring it to life? >> we created the show with ewan. >> i have to ask you about the mustache. most people would assume it was spirit gum. you grew this mustache? >> yeah. it's not a spoiler to say that at one point one of my curls is snipped off in a moment of anger from somebody else. i grew mine just because i have worn fake mustaches in the past and they're miserable. you have to speak like this all day so it doesn't ping off. it's a long job, six months. i didn't want to be restricted. i wanted to be free in the count. so i grew my own. we tried to alter it as he gets older, because the story takes place over many, many when you're getting out of the house at 4:30 in the morning to go to work, it's nice that your wife's