russ abbot called her a huge comic talent, les dennis said she was a lovely fa m ily talent, les dennisely family friend. a number of herfriends and lovely family friend. a number of her friends and fellow celebrities have paid their respects and twitter. the author michael moran said she was one—of—a—kind, gone but not forgotten, posting a picture of her alongside russ abbot in her standout role. actor and songwriter bobby crush tweeted, such as sad news, my wonderfulfriend bella emberg is passed away, we have been chums since we acted together in the summer show in 1981, jenna milly nice woman and despite her fears onstage characterisations, a gentle soul. john challis, known for his role in 0nly soul. john challis, known for his role in only fools and horses tweeted a picture commenting on the side news. and bobby davro treats that it side news. and bobby davro treats thatitis side news. and bobby davro treats that it is sad to hear of the passing of bella emberg, a true comedy talent and a friend. 0ur ip, he says. bella emberg gave an interview to the daily mirror last yearin interv

les dennis said she was a "funny, lovely friend".oe root england batsmenjoe root is fit england batsmen joe root is fit to play and tomorrow's first one—day international against australia in melbourne after recovering from a viral illness. and the dateline london panel focus on the iranian nuclear deal, president trump, and brexit. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has warned the government not to agree to bailout of the construction company carillion with taxpayers' money. there are fears the firm, which has debts of £1.5 billion, could collapse after creditors failed to agree a possible rescue plan. carillion employs about 20,000 people in the uk and is one of the government's main contractors. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. this is liverpool's newest hospital under construction. it will be the biggest single—bed hospital in the uk and it's being built by carillion. now there's concern that projects like this could

les dennis said she was a "funny, lovely friend".n who can smell parkinson's. that may sound impossible, but it's true. she was telling us that this individual had parkinson's before he knew, before anybody knew, so then i really started to believe her, that she could really detect parkinson's. but this is also a story about one woman's promise to her dying husband.

actor who became a household name on the russ abbot show is described as "a huge comedy talent", les dennisd she was a "funny, lovely friend". and click is in las vegas to report on the world's biggest tech show. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has warned the government not to agree to bailout the construction company carillion with tax payers money. there are fears the firm, which has debts of £1.5 billion, could collapse after creditors rejected a possible rescue plan. carillion employs about 20,000 people in the uk and is one of the government's main contractors. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. this is liverpool's newest hospital under construction, it will be the biggest single—bed hospital in the uk and it's being built by carillion. now there's concern that projects like this could be affected if the company collapses. from prisons to hospitals, to schools and rail, carillion is responsible for some of the uk's largest infrastructure projects. should the government bai

les dennis said she was a funny, lovely friend. the dateline london panel focused on president trump and brexit. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. the african union has demanded an apology from president trump after he reportedly used a vulgar and disparaging term to describe nations on the continent. it was apparently made during an oval office meeting on immigration with members of congress. the union, which represents 55 african countries, expressed its shock, dismay and outrage and said the trump administration misunderstood africans. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. it has been an extraordinary week, even by donald trump's standards. it ended with a medical, a routine checkup that all presidents undergo and word from mr trump's doctor is that the commander in chief is in excellent health. the past two days have seen the president mired in controversy. as donald trump arrives in florida to spend the weekend at his golf resort, the international community is still feeding over his alleged use of crude la

les dennis, talking about bella emberg whose death has been announced just now. now the weather with sarah. there is an east west split today. that theme stays through the weekend. it's mostly cloudy. we have got the rain towards the west today and it's slow—moving for the south—west of england, central and western wales, northern ireland and western wales, northern ireland and western scotland. this stays wet and windy throughout the day, although the winds will ease. further east you are more likely to stay dry. a few intervals breaking through the cloud. temperatures up to seven or eight. into the evening hours, this front slowly dies away. the rain will fizzle out. the winds fall later overnight too. with lighter winds and clear spells, that bit colder tonight than last night. mist and fog to start the day on sunday. a lot of cloud around still. rain into the far north—west. many of us having a largely dry day with a few brighter intervals and top temperatures of four to nine. bye for now. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the african union demands an a

show and played alongside les dennis. les joins us now.f, she didn‘t believe in her own talent. once we got to know her more, we used to get cross with her because i first met her on tour. we were doing a tour in tore torquay with russ abbott and i was quizzing her about who she‘d worked with and she used to say, i‘m just a stooge and we‘d say no, believe in your talent. i think as she got older, she started to realise her work was good and that people loved her. she was just a wonderful woman and a wonderful talent. she sub generated many images of women didn‘t she? she wasn‘t afraid to be physically funny and embrace that, she didn‘t look like the glamorous girls that perhaps you would see in pop videos? when she first got the costume for blunderwoman, i remember her saying, "i am not wearing that" and we were like, go on, try it on because it was beautifully made, it was very much like the one that linda carter wore in the tv series but with the blunder instead of wonder. 0nce wore in the tv series but with the blunder instead of wonder

les dennis said she was a "funny, lovely friend". now on bbc news, a bbc scotland's elizabeth quigley talks to a woman who discovered she can smell parkinson's disease, this is the woman who can smell parkinson's. that may sound impossible, but it's true. she was telling us that this individual had parkinson's before he knew, before anybody knew, so then i really started to believe her, that she could really detect parkinson's. but this is also a story about one woman's promise to her dying husband. he said to me, "you won't let this go, will you? "you promise you will do it?" i'm doing it. how doesjoy do this? could her ability really change the lives of people with parkinson's bbc scotland has been following the scientists who will answer those questions. i'm really excited. i'm also incredibly humbled because in the end these come from patients and the story comes from joy who lived with les for a very long time and now he isn't here any more. it's an amazing story, offering hope to millions of people around the globe. it was a re

actor, who became a household name on the russ abbot show, is described as "a huge comedy talent" les dennisd she was a "funny, lovely friend". now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week alone angry man tries to open e—mail. hologram takes on human form. and the x factor reaches a new low. i've had enough. enough of old tech. it's all going obsolete, or so it seems. even the days of desktop computers are numbered. right. let's see what they've got for us this year. the consumer electronics show in las vegas is the place to find out. it's where the new products and concepts are launched for 2018 and some of them might just change the world. one of the highlights of ces for me is always finding out how bendy lg is. previously, they have been slightly bendy and then quite bendy. this year, i think they have nailed it. it's a 65—inch rollup 4k display and the image quality is really very good. and it does roll completely up into an admittedly fairly chunky box. it's an 0led display, the only display tech that can be fully flexible. the circuitry is built on a segmented back so it is a bit l

les dennis said she was a "funny, lovely friend". now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, with jane hill. hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london. this week we discuss the future of the iranian nuclear deal, as president trump says he'll tolerate it for just a few more months. what impact will that have inside the country? and as two key british cabinet ministers made brexit pleas in germany, was anyone in the eu listening? my guests this week: the french journalist agnes poirier, from the magazine marrianne, the american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, the iranian writer, broadcaster, and journalist amir taheri, and the british political commentator and writer adam raphael. welcome to you all. the iran nuclear deal survives, at least for a few more months. president trump has declared he will extend sanctions relief for iranjust once more, giving european countries what he called "a last chance" to fix "terrible flaws" in the 2015 deal. for example, the white house wants signatories to agree permanent restri

himself has described her as "a woman of immense warmth and generosity", and herformer co—star les dennisweathered three today. this wider front is not moving in any hurry. the knights, it stays across parts of western scotland, the fringes of england and wales. itjust starts to those allowed. the rain turning lighter and drizzle by the morning. brea ks lighter and drizzle by the morning. breaks will be limited but maybe a touch of frost entered the morning. for most of sunday, patchy drain —— patchy drizzle. either side of that, we could see more cloud breaks through the day but generally another cloudy story. windy across scotla nd another cloudy story. windy across scotland and northern ireland later. idnof scotland and northern ireland later. i dn of the and northern ireland are not just windy but also wetter. i dn of the and northern ireland are notjust windy but also wetter. a speu notjust windy but also wetter. a spell of heavy rain and gale force winds will spread very quickly southwards and these words, to be in the south east corner and east anglia by monday. what it will do wil

russ abbot called her a huge comedy talent, while les dennis said she was a funny, lovely friend. the russ abbot show. she was the most delightful and gentle and funny soul. a joy to work with. peter vincent and i were the script editors and we wrote for the russ abbot show and we saw that she had become typecast. bella was cast as a large and unattractive woman in a situation and we thought, no, we don't like that, so we started just casting her as a character ina sketch that any actress would play. i think she realised that we were not casting her as a stereotype and so that was good, that was our little thing for bella. she was delightful to work with. she said in an interview she did with the mirror just a few months ago now that she still has the costume of blunder woman and every few days she just looks at it and thanks her lucky stars. some people might ask if that was a stereotype of the fat woman in a glamorous costume, but she took it a lot more seriously. she had the balance in her mind and she thought, ok, i am built like i am, and if i am remembered for something like

abbot called her "a huge comedy talent", while les dennis said she was a "funny, lovely friend".e broken the world record and become the fastest ever to cross the atlantic ocean in a rowing boat. the crew, dubbed the four 0arsmen, made history overnight when they reached the island of antigua in 29 days, beating the previous record by six days. dan johnson has more. here they go! the end of an epicjourney, rowed in record time. the four 0arsmen hadn't even been on a rowing boat 18 months ago. now not just now notjust challenge winners but the first across the atlantic in so many days. it feels overwhelming. the challenge as we said before was relentless, never ending, pain. just rowing, the whole thing and coming first was something beyond our wildest dreams. they left the canary islands 3000 miles away. a real test of endurance, surviving on rations, taking it in turns to eat, sleep and grow. it's amazing to complete it. we set out as a kind of charitable initiative in the first instance, for two charities, for mind and spinal research. for me the mind and spinal research. for m

abbot called her "a huge comedy talent", while les dennis said she was a "funny, lovely friend". broken the world record and become the fastest ever to cross the atlantic ocean in a rowing boat. the crew, dubbed the four 0arsmen, made history overnight when they reached the island of antigua in 29 days, beating the previous record by six days. dan johnson has more. that's it, lads, you've done it! the end of the net the journey done in record time. the four 0arsmen hadn't even been on a rolling boat 18 months ago. here they go! now they've not only won this year is athletic challenge, they are world record holders. the first to make the crossing in under 30 days. they left the canary islands one month ago, facing 3000 miles of blood and blisters, sweat and tears. producing their own freshwater on—board, surviving on rations and taking it in turns to eat, sleep and a row, their motivation was personal. it's amazing to compete and we set out as amazing to compete and we set out as a kind of charitable initiative in the first instance for two charities, for mind, the mental health c

russ abbot called her "a huge comedy talent", while les dennis said she was a "funny, lovely friend".main storage. it is eight minutes past eight. —— the main stories. perhaps this morning you are knocked over by flu, will be feel better soon, over by flu, will be feel better soon, you are over by flu, will be feel better soon, you are not alone, there's been a surge in the number of cases in the uk and the number of people seeking treatment has doubled. john maguire has been out and about with agpto maguire has been out and about with a gp to get tips on staying safe. after a slow start flu season is here but how best shouldn't protect ourselves and how should we try to prevent the virus spreading? peter isa gp, prevent the virus spreading? peter is a gp, should we even shake hands? and is fine, we are both well, we wa nt and is fine, we are both well, we want the social niceties so no problem. but if you're not feeling well, if you have a high temperature of the sniffles, then back off, try not to pass things on, and make sure you look after each other. whatsapp of distance and we'r

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