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1962, he released the song that became his trademark. # i'm going home to my city by the bay... it was another song on the other side of the recording called once upon a time. #i once upon a time. # i left my heart... i really believe that was going to be the big hit song and i was really plugging away at it. the public liked san francisco. away at it. the public liked san francisca— away at it. the public liked san francisco. �* ., , . �* ., francisco. anthony dominic benedetto had come a long _ francisco. anthony dominic benedetto had come a long way _ francisco. anthony dominic benedetto had come a long way from _ francisco. anthony dominic benedetto had come a long way from his - francisco. anthony dominic benedetto had come a long way from his far- had come a long way from his far from glamorous childhood. he was one of five children from an italian family in new york. he dropped out of school to help support them. # without a song but singing made his fortune. _ # without a song but singing made his fortune. he _ # without a song but singing made his fortune. he was - # without a song but singing made his fortune. he was also . # without a song but singing made his fortune. he was also a | made his fortune. he was also a talented painter and politically he was a liberal, supporting the civil rights movement.—
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was a liberal, supporting the civil rights movement. don't deplore my fondness--- — rights movement. don't deplore my fondness... wright _ rights movement. don't deplore my fondness... wright but _ rights movement. don't deplore my fondness... wright but as _ rights movement. don't deplore my fondness... wright but as fashions. fondness... wright but as fashions chan . ed, fondness... wright but as fashions changed. the _ fondness... wright but as fashions changed, the work _ fondness... wright but as fashions changed, the work began - fondness... wright but as fashions changed, the work began to - fondness... wright but as fashions changed, the work began to dry i fondness... wright but as fashionsl changed, the work began to dry up. by changed, the work began to dry up. by the end of the 70s, he was divorced, taking drugs, and without a recording contract. # with my top hat... he a recording contract. # with my top hat... a recording contract. # with m to hat... # with my top hat... he turned it around not _ # with my top hat... he turned it around not by _ # with my top hat... he turned it around not by changing _ # with my top hat... he turned it around not by changing style - # with my top hat... he turned it around not by changing style but. # with my top hat... he turned it i around not by changing style but by taking his music to a new generation. # make it 1 for my baby, one more for the road. he # make it 1 for my baby, one more for the road-— # make it 1 for my baby, one more for the road. he even performed at the glastonbury — for the road. he even performed at the glastonbury festival. _ for the road. he even performed at the glastonbury festival. the - for the road. he even performed at| the glastonbury festival. the music and the image the same, but suddenly he was cool again. # the world has gone mad today... she said i would love to do an album with you someday. i said definitely lets do it. �* , ., ., , lets do it. and this, for me was... is the most— lets do it. and this, for me was... is the most important _ lets do it. and this, for me was... is the most important album - lets do it. and this, for me was... is the most important album of. lets do it. and this, for me was... | is the most important album of my careen _ is the most important album of my career. because i'm making music with a _ career. because i'm making music with a legend. # _ with a legend. # when i come home to you...
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# when i come home to you... # san francisco... his # when i come home to you... # san francisco. . ._ # when i come home to you... # san francisco... his days as a teen idol — # san francisco... his days as a teen idol may — # san francisco... his days as a teen idol may have _ # san francisco... his days as a teen idol may have been - # san francisco... his days as a teen idol may have been over. # san francisco... his days as a| teen idol may have been over but # san francisco... his days as a - teen idol may have been over but his music was timeless. # the sun will shine for me... # applause the singer tony bennett who has died at the age of 96. let's just remind ourselves of all three of those by—election results. the conservatives suffered two by—election defeats — losing safe seats to labour and the liberal democrats. once o nce safe once safe seats. but the tories held on to borisjohnson's former constituency of uxbridge and south ruislip in west london. despite a 6.7% swing to labour, the tories managed to win the seat by just a95 votes.
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london mayor sadiq khan's policy of expanding london's ultra low emission zone, or ulez, has been blamed by the conservatives for labour's defeat in uxbridge. he's spoken to the bbc about this. let's take a listen. mp steve tuckwell said last night this has been a referendum on ulez. are you re—considering anything to do with ulez, are you going forward with these plans? look, the decision to expand the ultra low emission zone was a tough one but it was the right one. why? every year, across our city, roughly speaking 4,000 people die prematurely. there are children with stunted lungs for ever. adults with a whole load of health issues, like cancer, dementia, to heart disease. we want to clean up the air in london and that is a human right, not a privilege. nobody puts up with dirty water, why dirty air? but we will carry on listening and carry on monitoring the policy and monitoring take up. one of the reasons why i have announced a massive £100 million a year scrappage scheme is to support londoners to make the transition and have widened the eligibility to have even more londoners... of course, i am disappointed
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that this seat, that has never been labour in my lifetime, didn't go labour last night. obviously, i welcome the 7% swing to labour in this outer london seat. we are determined to clean up the air in london. is ulez going to cost labour in the mayoral and general election and are you at odds with your own party on this? the mayoral elections are next may. i am hoping the ulez will be expanded by the end of august. we saw in 2021, this was a big issue for the conservative candidate. londoners returned me with a record number of votes in 2021. but we will listen to londoners. londoners are struggling through this cost—of—living crisis but they are also suffering the consequences of air pollution. i am quite clear that it is the poorest londoners who are least likely to own a car and suffer the consequences. that can't be right. black londoners are least likely to own a car and they suffer the consequences. that can't be right. this is an issue of social and racialjustice. but i recognise there
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are some londoners that are worried about ulez and that is why we have widened the eligibility and provided record support for londoners. it is a shame the government has not given us a penny of support towards the scrappage scheme. parts of the us and europe are bracing themselves for more extreme heat. in greece, forecasters are expecting temperatures of up to 45 degrees celsius in some areas. firefighters have been battling wildfires throughout the week. yesterday, there were fires in a number of areas including mandra west of athens and on the island of rhodes. the high risk of more fires is continuing. here is our correspondent, azadeh moshiri, there in mandra.
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whilst some areas have these large wildfires, yesterday in when many people think of amsterdam, they might imagine scenes like this, but all too often, it actually looks a bit more like this. and the city council is trying to crack down on mass tourism in a number of
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also, for the tourists and all the visitors, we were in front of the acropolis earlier today and we saw queues upon queues of tourists who were trying to get in before those closing hours. despite the heat, this is tourist season. therefore, authorities are appealing to everyone to take precautions, stay as hydrated as they can because these temperatures are dangerous, as you say. in these temperatures are dangerous, as ou sa . , ., , ., , ., you say. in terms of the people that live there. — you say. in terms of the people that live there, are _ you say. in terms of the people that live there, are they _ you say. in terms of the people that live there, are they heeding - you say. in terms of the people that live there, are they heeding the - live there, are they heeding the warnings? do you get a sense people are staying at home, the ones who are staying at home, the ones who are not the tourists? the
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are staying at home, the ones who are not the tourists?— are staying at home, the ones who are not the tourists? the ones who are not the tourists? the ones who are not the tourists? the ones who are not the — are not the tourists? the ones who are not the tourists _ are not the tourists? the ones who are not the tourists in _ are not the tourists? the ones who are not the tourists in general, - are not the tourists? the ones who are not the tourists in general, no, they are staying out there. it's funny you mention that. as we were travelling through these hills, before we got to these areas, these rural areas where there is so much charred land, in fact, i can even see one area to my right which is smoking right now because these are cinders, the heat is reigniting fires, the problem is that when you are in the city, it is an urban area. people have businesses in athens, people have lives. on the highways, they are completely full, people are still driving around. that is because greece is no stranger to wildfires but they are just becoming a lot more severe and more frequent. that just becoming a lot more severe and more frequent-— just becoming a lot more severe and more frequent. that was my colleague lu treat more frequent. that was my colleague lucy great sneaking — more frequent. that was my colleague lucy great speaking to _ more frequent. that was my colleague lucy great speaking to our _ lucy great speaking to our correspondent in greece. amsterdam has banned cruise ships from the city centre. it's part of the dutch capital's latest attempts to limit visitor numbers and curb pollution. the city council said the ships weren't in line with its sustainable ambitions. courtney bembridge has more details.
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when many people think of amsterdam, they might imagine scenes like this, but all too often, it actually looks a bit more like this. and the city council is trying to crack down on mass tourism in a number of ways, cruise ships being the latest of those measures. so the city now deciding to ban cruise ships in the city centre. and to give you an idea of the scale, it used to receive around 100 cruise ships each year. that averages out to about two a week. and this is where they used to dock, right in the centre of amsterdam. and the council says no longer does it want this to happen, that they don't align with the city's values. now, amsterdam has become a bit of a victim of its own success. each year, there are around 20 million visitors. so, this is a problem for such a small place and they are trying to clean up the city, banning the smoking of cannabis in the red light district. and also in march this year, there was an ad campaign released targeted towards young british men. let's have a look at that warning...
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you can see, warning people, anyone coming to amsterdam for a messy night, to stay away. so, there are a number of measures aimed at cleaning up the city's reputation and also making sure that the right type of tourism is attracted. and there's been one dutch politician who described tourists as a plague of locusts descending on the city. now, not everyone is using such strong language, but there is a concern that these types of tourists, either coming to the city for a messy night or cruise ship tourists, come in for a short period of time, don't actually spend much time doing the cultural activities in the city. they have no time to do a museum. they eat at chain restaurants and then they leave again. so, that's one side of things. the other part of this is the environmental factors, and amsterdam city council is also talking about the impact that cruise ships have in terms of air pollution. so, they've used a study from 2021 talking about one cruise ship having the same levels of nitrous oxide as 30,000 trucks. so, two factors here.
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one is the enjoyment of the city and the other is the environmental impact of this kind of tourism. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, if you have outdoor plans this weekend, the weather may have a part to play. not the most summery of weekends. it will be cool, windy with some outbreaks of rain. how much rain? this chart shows how much over the next couple of days. there will be some parts of northern england and wales that see well over 50 millimetres of rain. a real soaking for some as this weather system approaches from the west. already bringing some rain into northern ireland through the course of the afternoon. elsewhere, we will see, yes, some spells of sunshine but generally quite large areas of cloud and some showers and some of those will be on the heavy side. temperatures are struggling.
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15—21, a bit below par for this point injuly. through this evening and tonight, outbreaks of rain push across northern ireland into southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales and the midlands. staying mostly dry towards the south. a mild night for most but in northern scotland, just like last night, it could turn really quite chilly, holding on to clear skies. northern scotland seeing some of the driest and brightest of the weather on saturday. further south, frontal systems push in with some outbreaks of rain. in fact, some heavy and persistent rain across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england looking very wet indeed. rain moving through the midlands, parts of east anglia, wales and the south—west. here it will turn quite windy. around some coasts, gusts of 40—50 but quite windy even further inland. temperatures very disappointing. if you are stuck underneath the rain for a length of time, mainly only up to around 1a degrees. bad news for the cricket and the golf. there is a lot of rain in the outlook.
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it looks like a wash—out day. sunday may be not much better. this stripe of cloud and rain affecting northern england and sinking south into the midlands and parts of wales. elsewhere, sunny spells with some showers and feeling a bit warmer in the sunniest spots, 16—22. next week? no big changes. some drier interludes but further rain at times. still quite cool for this time of year.
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live from london. this is bbc news. in uk by—elections, there's success for labour and the liberal democrats. the conservatives lose two seats — but hold on to one. women in the indian state of manipur attack the home of the main suspect in a high—profile sexual assault case. ukraine's ambassador to the uk is sacked by the country's president — volodymyr zelensky. american singing legend tony bennett has died aged 96.

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