mark simpson, bbc news.orning", so just as well that it's the holiday season — because 16—year—old luke littler is still going strong on his debut at the world darts championship. a 4—1win over canada's matt campbell last night has taken him into the last 16, where he could meet five—time world champion raymond van barneveld, who won his last world title three weeks before littler was born. as well as looking ahead to the weekend, he told us about the secret to last night's success. overall, it was a good performance. my scoring was well and my doubles were well, and that's what got me over the line, hitting my doubles. are you kind of surprising yourself with the level of your performance or is this the level that you've always known you can achieve? i know my game is there, my game's been there for the past 12 months. this year has just been a roller—coaster, but i know my game is there and i know what i can achieve and i know what i can perform on a big stage, like i've done the past three games. the 164

they would have been renamed belfast united. 0ur correspondent mark simpson reports.p bring people together as the peace process improved. the idea of turning wimbledon fc into belfast united fc was discussed openly at the time. what the state papers released today show is the extent of the political discussions behind the scenes. there certainly were differences of opinion on that. mo mowlam, as secretary of state, was not keen on the idea — in fact, she used the phraseology that she didn't think it was a particularly safe proposal. by contrast, the prime minister, tony blair, was extremely enthusiastic, and he wrote in the middle ofjuly 1998 that he thought it would be excellent if wimbledon moved to belfast, and that the government should try to do everything to make that happen. in the end, of course, it didn't happen. the building of sports stadiums is still a topic of debate these days, as is lough neagh — and it, too, cropped up in the old government files. in 1958, it was discussed as the site for a nuclear power plant. lough neagh, sports stadiums, and disagr

our correspondent mark simpson reports.to help bring people together as the peace process improved. the idea of turning wimbledon fc into belfast united fc was discussed openly at the time. what the state papers released today show is the extent of the political discussions behind the scenes.— the scenes. there certainly were differences _ the scenes. there certainly were differences of - the scenes. there certainly were differences of opinion the scenes. there certainly i were differences of opinion on that — the secretary of state was not keen on the idea. in fact, she used the phraseology that she didn't think it was a particularly safe proposal. by contrast, the prime minister, tony blair, was extremely enthusiastic. and he wrote in the middle ofjuly 1998 enthusiastic. and he wrote in the middle ofjuly1998 that he thought it would be excellent if wimbledon moved to belfast and that the government should try to do everything to make that happen. in try to do everything to make that happen-— that happen. in the end, of co

that was mark simpson reporting.s the uk. many wondering if it is going to continue today because the gusts yesterday, particularly if you were in the mid to north england up you were in the mid to north england up into scotland particularly, were horrendous. pretty wild day indeed. storm gerritt brought some wild conditions. today nowhere near as bad but let me show you some of the gusts we have seen in the last 24 hours. well over 80 mph in a number of spots. lerwick having its windiest spell in seven years and on anglesey last night we saw a wind is getting close to 90 mph for a time. slightly separate from the main core of storm gerritt. a batch of showers and thunderstorms worked across during the evening and there brought potential tornadoes, straight—line winds and winds over 70 per hour to greater manchester and parts of lancashire. that has cleared away and what remains of storm gerritt is and what remains of storm gerritt is an area of more rain across the likes of 0rkney, which will fizzle out at times for

the homer simpson stereotype. yep. so then the question is where did these negative stereotypes come from? it turns you have to go far further back than most people realize. you have to go all the way back to the industrial revolution before most men worked with wives and children all day on the family farm. the family industry, the family business. the cultural expectation for men focused on their caretaking role. in fact, here's a surprising fact most of the literature of the day on child rearing or parenting was addressed to fathers. if you go to a bookstore today, they mostly mothers, but fathers were just as engaged with children as mothers were. and of course, their sons teaching them the skills they needed for adult life. masculine virtue was described duty to god and man. so how did we lose. this concept of masculinity? the industrial revolution took work out of the. and of course men had to follow work out of the home and into factories and offices. and for the first time, men were no longer working with peopl

you can get liz jackson simpson back up here. [applause] >> all right, thank you so much, can everybody give brother malik and brother clint a big round of applause. [applause] we're not going to forget what mark cuss garvey said, that's right. at this time i would like to bkt village project baby to the stage with ms. adrienne williams. they're going to lead us in the singing of the negro national anthem, lift every voice. everybody give these babies a big round of applause. [singing lift every voice "lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring. ring with the harmonies of liberty. let our revoicing rise. [applause] thank you, village project children. yes, in deed. now we have another performance from ms. teah carol. [applause] we have another performance from ms. teah cara, everybody give her a big round of applause. thank you, welcome to the kwanzaa celebration today. we're going to do a little bit of blues for you, is that okay? all right. the party is jumping, everybody is having a good time♪ you know it's going thr

let's talk to scott simpson, the head of retail at the kings foundation and currently running a royal busy scott. it has been a very busy year so hello from the garrison chapel, in london, the hybrid christmas shop, we opened last week and we're open till wednesday, so it has been a very busy year and we are all looking forward to christmas. i and we are all looking forward to christmas.— to christmas. i must admit i ventured — to christmas. i must admit i ventured into _ to christmas. i must admit i ventured into london - to christmas. i must admit i ventured into london with i to christmas. i must admit i l ventured into london with my husband and children on saturday afternoon and first of all we try to get into fordham and mason which has a royal warrant, by the royalfamily famously go and do their christmas shopping before christmas. we could not get in the doorstop endemic use around the doorstop endemic use around the block. london was jampacked, and it has been a bumper year has it not? the coronation has a lot to do with that? ~ , ,., , that? absolutely. the coronation _ that