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this is bbc news. the headlines... christine mcvie, the singer and keyboardist behind some of fleetwood mac's biggest hits, has died at the age of 79. prince william's godmother apologises and resigns as a royal aide over comments made to a black british guest at a reception hosted by the queen consort. christine mcvie, the singer and keyboardist behind some of fleetwood mac's biggest hits, has died at the age of 79.
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and in the world cup, argentina make last 16 after beating poland 2—0 in their group c game in qatar this evening. one of prince william's godmothers, lady susan hussey, has resigned from the royal household, and apologised, after she repeatedly asked a black british charity boss where she was "really" from. the comments were made towards ngozi fulani during a reception at buckingham palace yesterday. i've been speaking with the community reporter at the daily mirror, melissa sigodo, who spoke today with ngozi fulani earlier today. when i reached out to ngozi at the time she said she was trained and she said she wanted to take
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a day or two just to process what had happened but obviously, the news has just been across the world, shock waves of what happened at buckingham palace. she says that she was stunned, she was taken aback and she felt blindsided when it all happened because she said that she was at a garden party at the palace and when she attended that event in the summer, she said that she didn't experience anything like this, so she was completely shocked when it happened at the event that she attended. maybe not at that particular venue, but you do hear people saying that this kind of conversation happens far too often in 2022. i mean, i think it is quite sad and it is exhausting. i know that many black people will relate to that experience of sort of being asked what your origins are because you are black, because the point is nobody would ask that question of a white person if they said they were british and that is exactly what has happened here to ngozi.
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and she did say that she was british but it seems that she claims the person kept on pressing and saying, where exactly in africa are you from? and it is just confusing why the first response was not an acceptable one for her. lady susan hussey has resigned, she has apologised, what more does the royal household need to do, beyond acknowledging and apologising? i think ngozi said she did not want the woman to step down and that it was a wider issue, that i needed to be some training around, you know, how to speak to black people, or people from different cultures, how to treat them with respect and to understand racism and how it comes up in society, so perhaps her stepping down, i don't know, maybe it seems like more running away than actually sort of dealing with the issue and understanding. i think it would be great if lady hussey would meet with ngozi and just apologise directly to her and acknowledge
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that she did her and defend her in a very deep way. how does this change for you the reports that we have heard from the duchess of sussex, that she faced racism when she was part of the royal household in london? i mean, personally, for me, it is not really change anything. i think a lot of black people will feel the same. it does not change anything because when those reports came out, i think a lot of people believed meghan, so this happening again would not come as a surprise to many people from the black community. if it happens to you, how do you respond? do you have to sit with that discomfort? i think every black person, myself included, has had to sit with that discomfort because you are in a situation where you don't want to react, you don't want to react,
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on impulse, you want to sort of understand exactly what is happening. it does take you by surprise, but i think that we should not have to sit with the discomfort that these issues need to be addressed, that when black people are in spaces where everybody should be acting, you know, should uphold a standard of good behaviour, that we should not have to feel like at any moment, somebody might say something appalling towards you, we should be able to go into those spaces and not feel that we have to sit with any sort of discomfort. what is the wider societal conversation you would christine mcvie, member of the band fleetwood mac has died aged 79. the british singer songwriter was behind some of the bands most famous songs, including little lies, everywhere and don't stop. her death was confirmed in a statement earlier this evening. i've been speaking with the music writer and biographer zoe howe about the life and legacy of christine mcvie.
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christine mcvie is one of our great p0p christine mcvie is one of our great pop music writers but a trailblazer as a musician and a female musician as a musician and a female musician as well because as you say, she was before fleetwood mac. shejoined in 1970 and was already a seasoned musician. she had been singing with spencer davis and joined chicken shack in 1967. female musicians, we are still —— were still not commonly seenin are still —— were still not commonly seen in rock and blues, may be a singer or a backing vocalist, but to see a woman playing the piano and holding her own, in a way that was just very cool, is still so powerful and i think that is a hugely important thing about christine mcvie. shejust blazed important thing about christine mcvie. she just blazed the trail really i think for female musicians but in a sort of very quietly coal way. but in a sort of very quietly coal wa . ~ . , ., , but in a sort of very quietly coal wa. .,, way. what set her apart in terms of her talent question _ way. what set her apart in terms of her talent question and _ way. what set her apart in terms of her talent question and there - way. what set her apart in terms of her talent question and there is - way. what set her apart in terms of her talent question and there is no | her talent question and there is no doubt she became one of the greats. she did and we have to mention her voice, which is this silvery kind
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of... she was very no—frills really and it is interesting because rock and it is interesting because rock and roll and showbiz, it is always the squeaky wheel gets the grease but there was something very cool and understated about christine mcvie. i think sometimes that can belie the strength and pedigree of what she achieved. when you think about it, she wrote some of fleetwood mac's biggest songs. don't stop is one of the most uplifting songs and pop in my opinion. she just... and songbird as well, such a beautiful song. and her talent was... it spanned the decades, as fleetwood mac did. they span the styles and the decade and she kind of road the waves. because she had this understated quality, quiet any background, it'll be interesting to see the tribute is coming out now because she really was a one—off and a very important musician. i think
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you know it is just something very refreshingly coal about her. it was a really interesting contrast with stevie next, was much more of fiery. and i contrast with well. they really compliment each other in the band. ~ . ~ really compliment each other in the band. ~ w ., ., really compliment each other in the band. ~ w .,, really compliment each other in the band. . band. mick fleetwood was concerned about having — band. mick fleetwood was concerned about having two _ band. mick fleetwood was concerned about having two women _ band. mick fleetwood was concerned about having two women in - band. mick fleetwood was concerned about having two women in the - band. mick fleetwood was concerned about having two women in the van. | about having two women in the van. he needn't have been because they had a good relationship. yes he needn't have been because they had a good relationship.— had a good relationship. yes and that is so annoying. _ had a good relationship. yes and that is so annoying. why - had a good relationship. yes and that is so annoying. why should | had a good relationship. yes and| that is so annoying. why should it be like that? and they bonded very quickly, i gather and they had a wonderful relationship and i think possibly because they were quite different characters, but also they supported each other. they were women in a rock band together on tour, they knew it was important to have a strong friendship and support each other and when you look at all the relationships in fleetwood mac and there are many relationships and romantic entanglements and connections, i think the strongest relationship to come out of fleetwood mac was that of stevie
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nicks and christine mcvie. a local council has admitted a series of failed investments that's led to a budget black hole of nearly half a billion pounds — one of the largest ever reported by a uk local authority. thurrock council is urgently calling on the government for help after suffering losses of £275 million on investments it made. just a warning that simon dedman�*s report on what it means for people living there has flashing images. these are some of the people in thurrock who say they will lose out when the council cuts spending because of eye—watering debt. rebecca noakes lives in a high—rise flat in grays. she's been plagued by mould for months. she worries the council won't have the money to fix and maintain housing. i'm hearing it's nearly half a billion pound. that's crazy amounts of money. are you worried about how it's going to affect you and your family? of course i am. this is what i'm saying. if they haven't got the money to do the things like they've got to fix now, how are they going to do all these other things and build up for the community? they're not going to be able to.
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for liz gordon, she worries that her children could end up paying off the council's debt. i'm angry. my council tax is going to go through the roof, and there's nothing in the borough that's going to bring any more money in. i'm seriously worried. i can't afford to pay more council tax at all. everything's going to have cuts, and it's us that's going to be affected. the conservative leader of thurrock council says he will have to go to the government to plug the £470 million black hole. it's three times the annual budget that this authority has. _ it's a very large figure, and i understand that, and i live in the borough of thurrock. i believe that we should keep the services, and i'm here to make the tough decisions. how on earth are you going to be able to turn this around? we do need some help over a period of time. but i think it's possible.
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how much of that do you know that actuallyjust can't be recovered? that is effectively going to be something that the government or the taxpayers here in thurrock are going to have to pay off? that is not known at this time. we are engaged with the commissioners, our legal teams and the council here full—time to make sure that we can recover as much as we can. labour says they warned the council about the large amount of borrowing. services such as emptying the bins, that is likely now. to go to fortnightly. you're likely to see dirtier streets. - the level of borrowing i which is going to go up, the government will help, - but they will help by allowing them to count the losses as borrowing. we're going to be paying this off for 30 or 40 years. - this is my children, my grandchildren. i
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match, which ended 0—0. from the 1870s onwards. because this was the first big public event that had taken place in scotland. and you can just see the exponential growth in scottish football after this match. clubs were formed, all around the west of scotland, but then it spread to the east and to the north. pretty much all of scottish football can trace its roots back to this one match and it did inspire so many people to get involved. fullback for scotland. we are so proud. it isjust incredible that we get the opportunity to walking our
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i wish our dad could be. it is amazing. it is the first time i have managed to get along and seen it is still goalless, which is true to real life, so it has been good to come along. it did not end that way, 150 years on, england took the honours, 1—0. a little bit later than normal we will bring you the papers, with a look at tomorrow's front pages. but first huw edwards has the news at ten, which is slightly delayed because of the bbc�*s coverage of the world cup.
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tonight at ten: buckingham palace issues a formal apology as a senior member of the royal household is accused of making racist remarks. lady susan hussey, who was lady—in—waiting to the queen, made the remarks at a palace reception yesterday. ngozi fulani, a british—born charity founder, was questioned repeatedly about her background, and asked where she and "her people" were "really" from. the conversation also involved another guest. it made us feel like perhaps we are not welcome, perhaps we don't belong here. and you could be pretty sure that a white woman wouldn't have been on the receiving end of a line of questioning like that.
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