it was only last monday that those running the tournament learned how many spectators will be allowed. we will start off at around 50% of the grounds capacity — that's around 22,000 — and as we work our way through the championships, that will increase, and we've been enabled to get 100% of our capacity for the men's and ladies�* finals weekend. 0n wimbledon fortnight last year, this place was completely deserted because, for the first time since the second world war, the championships didn't even take place. well, this year, the show is back on and come finals weekend, there will be a capacity crowd of 15,000 spectators here on centre court. ground staff have been ensuring the courts look as immaculate as ever while working in covid—19 bubbles. ithink, ifanything, it's, kind of, made the team more, sort of, empowered to deliver better than normal, purely because we missed out for a year and everyone realised how much they missed it so now, you know, we're kind of chomping at the bit to get the championships under way. the ladies�* final won't feature simona halep — the defending champion has withdrawn with a calf injury. rafa nadal is out. roger federer has fitness concerns.

novak djokovic — favourite to retain his 2019 title. andy murray will play singles for the first time since 2017. despite living close by, like all players, he'll have to stay in the tournament hotel in central london. it'll have a reduced capacity, but henman hill is open and when people are sat there or sat around any of the tennis courts, they won't have to wear one of these. we're asking people to wear masks but when they are seated — so that could be on the hill, it could be in centre court, it could be on court 12 — people will be able to remove their masks so that they can enjoy the environment and, because all these people have been through the covid certification, they can look each other in the eye and know that not only have they passed the test and the entry requirements, so have the people sitting next to them. the familiar sight of the queue won't be seen — tickets have been sold online. those who take to these seats over the next fortnight feeling luckier than ever to be here. chris slegg, bbc news, wimbledon.

very, very happy about having a day of tomorrow! i got a date on the sofa to watch all of that. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. much of the week ahead is looking dry here with a ridge of high pressure, not good if you want more rain on the garden but if you want pleasant summer whether it is on its way. heavy downpours across southern areas of the uk for a few days and particularly this evening and tonight, south—west england and south wales could see flooding, could impact travel as well. across southern england, parts of east anglia, the midlands sing some of that heavy rain putting northwards and still outbreaks of rain to start the day tomorrow. plenty of cloud across england and wales, sunny spells in scotland and northern ireland, milderstarted spells in scotland and northern ireland, milder started the day. some sunshine in southern england are developing for a time but it is here on through the afternoon and into the evening they will be scattered but possibly heavy and thundery downpours here that could bring flooding and impacting travel. noticeable breeze with some of

these, but for the most part the winds are light and the sunniest spots in scotland approaching the mid 20s. that is by the time we get to tuesday. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines: sajid javid says he recognises the "huge responsibility" facing him as he takes over as health secretary, following matt hancock's resignation. more bodies have been recovered in miami as the search for survivors under the collapsed miami building continues.

nine people and are confirmed as having died. an urgent investigation as classified ministry of defence documents — containing details about the british military — are found behind a bus stop in kent. and as ibiza prepares to welcome back british tourists, one of the party capitals of the world experiments with reopening its famous clubs. much more coming up on all those stories at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, talking movies reports from new york on the 20th anniversary of screen legend robert de niro's tribeca festival.

i'm tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today's programme, we look back at highlights of this month's tribeca festival, which took place here in the city. numerous screenings were held outdoors and films are made available virtually too. it marked a milestone, the festival, the first in—person film festival in north america since the start of the pandemic. it's certainly fair to say that this year's tribeca festival could be judged a success. the tribeca festival's bold presence gave the city a big psychological boost, especially in the washington heights neighbourhood, where the world premiere of the festival's opening night film in the heights was held. this lavish musical set in the dominican community in washington heights is based on lin manuel miranda's award—winning broadway stage musical. it is centred on a bodega or grocery store owner

who dreams of a better life. this story is told through the scope of a neighbourhood, a neighbourhood like any other neighbourhood that is so often overlooked, but is filled with people that have contributed so much to this country, and you get to see those people dream as big as anyone you have ever seen dream on a screen. woefully underrepresented in american mainstream cinema, many latinos hope that in the heights, if successful, would bring forth greater opportunities. you know, the hope for me is that in five years, people go, why was in the heights such a big deal? we have ten latino movies every year now. that would be a dream come true. to be quaint would be a dream come true. in the heights got good reviews, but sadly it didn't perform well at the box office. the reason i think that happened,

it's not really branded like a big global musical, like les miserables or mamma mia. it's not a brand name in that sense. it was a broadway hit. i would hate to think in the heights�* lack of box office mojo would affect the ability of hollywood people to go for diversity or latino casting. in the heights launched what was of course the latest edition of the 20—year—old tribeca festival, co—founded by movie legend robert de niro and film producerjane rosenthal. they are proud of what they brought to new yorkers. we are the first in—person film festival in north america, the first major event in all five boroughs in the city and hopefully we are part of the emotional, joyous, coming out party that celebrates artists and all of our humanity and being

a place to gather again. tribeca�*s line—up was socially aware. juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday during the festival, celebrating the emancipation of those enslaved in the united states, was marked by films highlighting black stories and storytellers. several films had an arab focus, movies made by people of colour, women, colour and lgbtq film—makers were well represented. director steven soderbergh had crime drama, no sudden move and there was a special documentary on the late chef anthony bourdain. documentaries were among the stronger offerings at the 12—day event. tribeca co—founder robert de niro sees his festival with its broad slate bringing his city together after the upheavals of the pandemic and social tumult of the last year. film is a way of creating that, promoting that, the idea that we are all the same, we are different but the same. and we�*re all in it together.

the tribeca festival came into being 20 years ago, partly as a civic restoration project, co—led by robert de niro to rebuild new york�*s tribeca neighbourhood in the wake of the september the 11th attacks on the nearby world trade center towers. in the heights�* cinematographer alice brookes saw the festival playing a similar role in new york city today, hit hard by the pandemic. being able to start to come out of this pandemic and have one of the first big premieres in new york at tribeca is another healing thing. strangely, although tribeca takes place in one of the world�*s great capitals and cosmopolitan culture, it doesn�*t usually screen brilliant art films and well—known auteurs. it can be a bit parochial. but film wasn�*t the only focus this year. tribeca redefined itself, adding video games and podcasts to its line—up.

it rechristened itself. it�*s no longer the tribeca film festival, just the tribeca festival. i think we are facing reality. what is reality? it�*s everything. it�*s podcasts, it�*s filmed entertainment across all sorts of platforms. it�*s vr, it�*s not, it�*s television and series and episodics, it�*s not film, it�*s not the two—hour film any more and by the way, the two—hour narrative film, in the heights aside, probably the least interesting part of this festival. in august 1969, i was a slightly awkward hippyish16—year—old schoolboy in london, and one place i really wanted to be was woodstock in new york, about 110 miles north of where i�*m standing right now, for what was an amazing music festival. but what i learned from the tribeca festival this year, through a documentary, is that there was another lesser—known music festival taking place at the same time,

that included some spellbinding performances from black artists people like stevie wonder, gladys knight and the pips and nina simone. tristan daley reports. nobody ever heard of the harlem culture festival. summer of soul, or when the revolution could not be televised, is a documentary all about the harlem cultural festival. an event in which some musical legends performed to hundreds of thousands of attendees over the course of six weekends in the summer of 1969. the festival took place in new york�*s harlem neighbourhood in upper manhattan, and it was slated to celebrate black culture and history in america. those in attendance felt like it was a momentous occasion, but back then, it was overshadowed by woodstock. footage of the event sat in a basement for decades, forgotten until now. are you ready, black people? crowd cheers. are you really ready? crowd cheers.

the film was the directorial debut for ahmir questlove thompson, known by many as questlove, a founding member of the hip—hop group, the roots. in the film, he drives home the sense of injustice felt that a cultural and historical music event celebrating blackness had been so seriously overlooked by the media for so long. we are a new people! i didn�*t even believe such a thing happened, and then when i seen the footage i was like i had a responsibility, but this is more than just... i don�*t consider this my directorial debut more than i consider it my chance to correct history. the film featured a strong line—up of performances from iconic black musical acts, including gladys knight and the pips and stevie wonder. gladys knight took to the stage the night of the tribeca premiere, returning to perform at the very same park in harlem at which she performed back in 1969.

while the documentary plays like a concert film, commemorating the performances from musical legends, it also acknowledges the sociopolitical climate that surrounded the event in 1969. when black communities all across america were experiencing turbulence. �*69 was a paradigm shift and you kind of had a younger generation that had demands, the first wave of civil rights was more like quieter peaceful protests and this new generation... you know, demanded respect. questlove hopes that audiences will embrace the blackjoy that is also present in the film. that�*s an element that also needs to be told in black stories. we have told the trauma, we told the pain, we told the sorrow, we told some progress too, butjoy is also an element and this is what this has.

the tribeca festival hosted a world premiere for a documentary on the british—born author jackie collins who died in 2015. dismissed by some as a queen of sleaze, this well—made film tries to explore collins as a feminist icon. emma jones went to meet the director of this tribeca documentary on her home turf in london. one of the most successful authors in publishing history... _ jackie collins sold half a billion copies of her novels and epitomised the excess of hollywood in the 1980s through her biggest selling book, hollywood wives. she's putting female sexuality at the centre of the world. lady boss, a documentary by british director laura fairrie, re—examines collins�* feminist legacy. she had access to the author�*s diaries for the movie and the recollections of her three daughters. its neon pink branding is as reminiscent of the �*80s as the bouffant hair and shoulder pads collins herself would sport.

how long did it take to make the film? over a period of, like, 2.5 years. we meet in west london, the part of the world where jackie collins was born in 1937 and often returned to, despite her career in los angeles. what�*s interesting is that throughout her life, she was never really given the recognition that she deserved. she was called the queen of sleaze or you know, the author of the "bonkbuster" and kind of looked down upon a lot by critics. it's evil, really. what? the books that you | write, quite frankly. laughter. but that�*s to forget the fact that, you know, she sold over 500 million copies of her books and they were read by women all over the world and she made her brand of feminism accessible to millions of women. and she gave them the opportunity to imagine a different life for themselves. lady boss reveals that jackie, whose sister is actressjoan collins, was searching for fantasy herself and found it in writing after a traumatic first marriage.

he was a gambler, an alcoholic. he did become extremely controlling. she also accompanied joan to hollywood as a young woman, trying to make it as an actress herself and had a brief relationship with marlon brando when she was 15 years old. forjackie, hollywood was this dream and she grew up watching her sister become this incredible success at an early age, and so she was chasing that for herself. yes, she had wild adventures there, but she also had experiences as a young woman that perhaps were not entirely comfortable. you know, she was definitely trying to make it in hollywood herself, she was going to auditions, she was the starlet on the casting couch. when you read her books, you will see that she puts those stories into her books. disguises the names, disguises, you know, the places. but the tough times are in the books, as well as the outrageous, bonkers hollywood stories. karen, yourfatherandl want to talk to you... i hollywood wives was made

into a 1983 miniseries which is very much of its time. although it does star double oscar winner, sir anthony hopkins. jackie collins was also the screenwriter behind adaptations of some of her novels, including 1979�*s the stud, which revitalised her sisterjoan�*s career. vanessa was disappointed in your performance too. or rather the lack of it. so, is it true that jackie collins, if she�*d had the breaks, would have liked to become a director? she talked about it in the �*80s. she was writing the scripts for the hollywood miniseries of her books and you would often see her in photographs in her chair, you know, she would be on set with her name on the back of the chair, but secretly, i think, you know, she would have liked to have directed and it�*s interesting that she didn�*t actually seem to get that opportunity. her work fell out of fashion in the 1990s, but six years after her death from cancer in 2015, collins�*s stories are finding a place again in the post—me too media industry.

i think that she would have loved this time because it�*s almost feels like her brand of feminism and her books really have a place in the world today. where people can define what feminism is for themselves and that�*s what she did, you know. her feminism was about sexual desire, freedom to live your life in the way that you wanted, freedom to choose the careers you want, the men you want. hollywood agrees on reexamining her relevancy. not only does lady boss have a cinema release injuly, but a biopic ofjoan and jackie collins is in development, as well as films on the writer�*s favourite character, lucky sa ntangelo. that�*s significant, as lady boss speculates that jackie collins liked to project herself as one of her all—powerful heroines, even when her reality was very different. she had everything she'd always wanted. she was jackie collins. and she was the boss.

tribeca is, in many respects quite a local festival, bringing new yorkers stories that lie in their midst. new york has long been a city of immigrants and we found an immigrant story called queen of glory set in the new york borough of the bronx. sarah is a scientist working in new york when her mother dies suddenly. as the only child, she is expected to handle the traditional elaborate ashanti funeral in her mum�*s honour. this looks like a family affair. nope, that one�*s just black. these moments of comic relief define nana mensah�*s debut film. as a child of ghanaian immigrants, she grew up seeing plenty of trauma in african immigrant films, but that didn�*t reflect her experience. so she wanted to create something different with queen of glory. we laughed a lot growing up. my parents told crazy stories from back home, or, like, the crazy things that happened to them when they first came to this country,

so i wanted to tell the story. where's the body? she was cremated. of course it centres around a woman losing her mother so it�*s not all laughs, it�*s not a screwball comedy but at the same time, there are moments forjoy. i'm not getting on the scale... mensah shows what it�*s like straddling two worlds as a first—generation american. including the challenge of upholding traditions while also showing the powerful connection culture creates between old world and new. the christian bookstore sarah inherits from her mother provides sarah with another avenue of self—discovery. queen of glory is filled with colourful new york characters, like the former convict turned christian bookstore employee and the eager street vendor trying very hard to sell his african movie dvds. new york city itself is also a character and its unique rhythms are a hallmark of the film. mensah believes this is the perfect

time to premiere her new york—centric work. it feels very momentous to be part of this particular season at tribeca, 20 years after 9/11, and when new york exactly finds itself re—emerging from the pandemic, the throes of the pandemic, so we are really happy to be premiering here, not only that, it�*s a new york story, having our hometown premiere, it feels really good. get on it. i don't weigh myself. why not? as much as queen of glory is an immigrant story, it is distinctly ghanaian american too. coming off the heels of 2019�*s year of return, where black people throughout the african diaspora were encouraged to return to ghana, mensah hopes the attention on the country will open the door to more opportunities for ghanaian film—makers and bolster ghana�*s growing film industry, called ghollywood.

i have worked in ghana as an actor and that has been very, we did shoot a little bit of b—roll in ghana and that was really... it�*s been a great experience, you know, for me. i think my hope is that this moment, high tide rises all boats. and that everyone in ghana will benefit from this new attention. i have to say that the tribeca film festival, at least with its choice of opening—night movie, which was of course in the heights, reignited my love for movies and for new york, especially at a time when here, at least in this part of the world, we appear to be moving out of the shadow of covid—19. but for real movie lovers in new york city, the one tribeca film that had real resonance was called the last film show.

it was a magical tale set in india. the movie is set in gujarat in 2010 and follows a young boy from a remote area whose life is transformed when he goes to the cinema. partly autobiographical, it has been lovingly put together by director pan nalin, it�*s a family drama, but really it�*s the story of a boy intoxicated by cinema. it becomes an obsession, he tries to make his own kind of cinema and ultimately, try to sort of fulfil his dream to project cinema. it shows him a world which he has never seen. he sees people and music and the action, and that was a little bit my own experience growing up in the village and i wanted that to... and i remember very vividly that i was just blown away by these movies.

the boy strikes up a friendship with the projectionist at the local galaxy cinema. he gives him food his mother prepared for him. in exchange, the projectionist lets him watch films all day long. and with his friends, he uses spare parts to create a projector, together they create their own 35mm movie. in some respects, the last film show bears a resemblance to the celebrated 1988 italian film cinema paradiso, which also featured a young boy with a deep love for movies who strikes up a relationship with a projectionist. i didn�*t see cinema paradiso until like, a long, long time, i got a dvd and i saw the film, it reminded me so much of my childhood. even if there is a cinema paradiso, i had to tell the story of simple innocence of the kids, living in the middle of nowhere and how their life turns upside down when they discover the magic of cinema. the last film show is not just a big valentine to the wondrous nature of cinema,

it�*s also a love letter to the indian single—screen cinema hall, often times impressive structures which were once ubiquitous, but have now dwindled in number. they are becoming relics now from a bygone age. i would say there are absolutely very, very few. and sadly, they are all being turned into either supermarkets or shops, the single—screen culture is more or less gone. the last film show, which is beautifully photographed, hit all the right notes at tribeca. it was just the kind of movie the audience wanted to see at this moment in time — coming out of their homes after being isolated because of covid—19, to express their affection for cinema by watching a film all about one boy�*s passion for the movies. the film has become an invitation to return to cinema, because now quite a few festivals around the world are calling us. "we heard about this movie, can we have it in china, "south korea, can we do the opening?"

so that feels really good. if we can raise that hope in this dark time, we feel positive, but the pure reaction i have got is that we feel good and we really needed this. that brings this edition of talking movies, where we have been looking back at highlights from this year�*s tribeca festival, to a close. we hope you enjoyed the show. please remember you can always reach us online at... and you can find us on facebook and twitter. from me, tom brooke and the rest of the talking movies team, here in new york and london, it�*s goodbye, as we leave you with a clip from tribeca�*s opening—night film, in the heights. #apic #a pic of # a pic of the business school and pay the entrance fee

# may be if you are lucky you will stay friends with me... hello. it is a north—south split in our weather today and for several days to come in the week ahead. the driest, the sunniest weather, the warmer weather in that sunshine will be in scotland and northern ireland with high pressure close by. low pressure close by much of england and wales will bring cloud, some rain at times, the heaviest rain the further south you are, and we are shaping up for quite a wet end to the day, as these weather fronts push in with heavy bursts of rain. quite a variation in rain totals this week. the wettest weather will be in england and wales and there could be some impact from the rain in terms of flooding and

travel, particularly towards south—west england and south wales as we go on through the night and into the morning. but the rain will push more widely across southern england, east anglia and into the midlands as we go on through the evening and night. a mild night tonight to come, certainly milder than it was last night in northern scotland and further spells of hazy sunshine on the way in scotland and northern ireland tomorrow. for england and wales, cloud and outbreaks of rain to begin with, a lot of that fizzling out, but in southern england, along with the sunny spells we are watching here into the afternoon, some heavy and thundery downpours to break out. not everybody is going to see them, but if you do catch one, you could see a lot of rain in a short space of time. could be torrential, could be some flooding out of these in a few spots and again impacting travel. of course, wimbledon tennis getting under way, it may not be as bad as it looks for the next few days, but there will be some rain around. we are expecting some interruptions before things turn a bit quieter later in the week. as we look at things into monday evening, again it is southern england with these heavy and thundery downpours.

a lot of cloud elsewhere in england and wales. a fine end to the day in scotland and northern ireland and a warmer day to come here on tuesday. there will be some cloud around in northern parts of scotland, maybe the north of northern ireland, could be a few fog patches to start the day, but warming up really quite nicely as we go through the day of scotland heading towards the mid 20s in the sunshine. the wettest weather looks to be across parts of central, eastern and south—eastern parts of england on tuesday and again, some of that rain could be quite heavy. that area of low pressure moves away, high pressure more widely across the uk, bar a few showers it is looking dry and then we are watching another area of low pressure coming in at the end of the week, probably holding off until next weekend, but as that moves in we will see the unsettled weather developing more widely across the uk next weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines at six. sajid javid says he recognises the "huge responsibility" facing him as he takes over as health secretary, following matt hancock�*s resignation. i will do everything i can to make sure that i deliver for the people of this great country. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible. labour leader sir keir starmer says that there are still �*huge questions to answer�* in the aftermath of matt hancock�*s resignation. if anybody thinks that the resignation of matt hancock is the end of the issue i think they�*re wrong, and i think

the incoming health