and shutdown people's access to seeing those artefacts, you could compare it to a spear in the british museum. it's part of that history. interesting to have your thoughts. thank you. thank you. he is the youngest member of the cabinet and in charge of all things digital. matt hancock — the new culture secretary — has today become the first mp to launch his own smart—phone app. hi, i'm matt hancock and welcome to my app. it's a chance to find out what's going on both in my role as mp for west suffolk and as culture secretary. and most importantly it is a chance for you to tell me what you think and to engage with others on issues that matter to you. so, come on, let's get started. the app includes photos and updates from the west suffolk mp, and a message—board where users can communicate. it's designed as a way of keeping in touch with his constituents but since launching has been somewhat hijacked by political journalists and pranksters. political journalist marie le conte has been using the app and joins me now. what dell might give us a sense of what you get when you download this app? as

the british museum, down 8% in 2017. not untypical of the sector.

and shutdown people's access to seeing those artefacts, you could compare it to a spear in the british museumst member of the cabinet and in charge of all things digital. matt hancock — the new culture secretary — has today become the first mp to launch his own smart—phone app. hi, i'm matt hancock and welcome to my app. it's a chance to find out what's going on both in my role as mp for west suffolk and as culture secretary. and most importantly it is a chance for you to tell me what you think

ten years ago some of them were shown in the british museum in london.display in liverpool. and untilyou see them so close, i have learnt so much this morning. it is absolutely fantastic. thank you. you are going to go. definitely. let's get some news, travel and weather, wherever you are watching. we will be back with the headlines at eight a.m.. good morning from bbc london news, i'm katharine carpenter. a man has died in a fire at a flat in holland park last night. 12 fire engines and 80 firefighters were sent to tackle the first—floor blaze on holland park gardens. eight nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution, but the cause of the fire isn't known. the met should be investigating more of cases of female genital mutilation in london, according to an assembly member. during a long period when the nhs recorded more than 2,500 victims, the police logged just 200 cases, and no charges were brought. but the met denies letting women down, and says the procedure is often carried out before they come to the uk. women struggling to conceive in southend wi

museum near colchester. a second film is about british rail. but first, there is something nasty on our roads that can cause serious problems. vehicles are being damaged and in some cases people are being seriously hurt. the cause of all this misery? the humble pothole. potholes are the bugbear of every road user. it seems there are more now than ever. they are the cause of a big spike in breaks pounds this time of year. it seems everyone who uses them has a story to tell. but how bad is it? i've come to northampton, i will meet someone who has made it his mission to allow roads of potholes. you can't make it out now, but at this very spot five years ago there was a massive pothole in the road. tell me what happened here. it was a dangerous pothole on that bend. it was over four inches deep. if you hit it in a car you would hear the card. people were trying to avoid it, because obviously they did not want to damage their vehicles, but we have very good vehicles coming along here. i reported it to the council and nothing happened. i reported it

politics i've been looking at some of the other ways in which british society is commemorating this very special. an epic victory celebrated in the museum of one hundred years since the first british women got the vote all thanks to the suffragettes who took on the establishment and won. it wasn't easy they chained themselves to fences outside parliament many were arrested beaten went on hunger strike one even threw herself at the king's horse in the famous dopy race. she died but the cause did not. the suffragette struggles but they ultimately won but what would they make the british society today one hundred years on with they believe that women have achieved true equality. it wasn't until nine hundred twenty eight that younger and poorer women were also given the vote and says this very in character actor the suffragettes always hoped to inspire future generations when we went off i guess now going to be the end of all the fights you know we're going to have to keep fighting i'm sure and i just hope that we can set the precedent for that and they keep fighting just as hard as we. she no doubt would agree emily pankhurst leader of the

anything to catch your daughter's killer three billboards outside at the museum one in five categories including outstanding british film and best actress for star frances mcdormand thank when i was a young actor in drama school i was told that i was not naturally gifted and i would have to work at it and so i did i gary oldman won best actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in the war film darkest hour. so grateful for his incredible honor. and the shape of water which led the pack with twelve nominations one and three categories including best director for guillermo del toro. but politics was also center stage at these awards as the film industry reels from an avalanche of sexual harassment allegations which began last year those attending the doctors were all black to show solidarity for the times up movement in addition to that on sunday more than two hundred british actors there's an entertainer has signed a letter calling for the end of sexual harassment and abuse against women in the workplace not just in hollywood in media but across all industries we need to policy that's enough. says i think that th

was not cheering was an epic victory celebrated in the museum of london one hundred years since the first british women got the vote all thanks to the suffragettes who took on the establishment and won. it wasn't easy they chained themselves to fences outside parliament many were arrested beaten went on hunger strike one even threw herself at the king's horse in the famous dobby race. she died but the cause did not the suffragette struggles but they ultimately won for what they make british society today one hundred years on what they believe that women have achieved true equality. it wasn't until nine hundred twenty eight that younger and poorer women were also given the vote and says this very in character actor the suffragettes always hoped to inspire future generations when we went off i that's not going to be the end of all the fights you know we're going to have to keep fighting i'm sure and i just hope that we can set the precedent for that and they keep fighting just as hard as we. she no doubt would agree emily pankhurst leader of the suffragettes and great grandmother of helen who wonde

the day i die that was not cheering was an epic victory celebrated in the museum of london one hundred years since the first british women got the vote all thanks to the suffragettes who took on the establishment and won. it wasn't easy they chained themselves to fences outside parliament many were arrested beaten went on hunger strike one even threw herself at the king's horse in the famous dopy race. she died but the cause did not the suffragette struggles but they ultimately won for what they make british society today one hundred years on with they believe that women have achieved true equality. it wasn't until nine hundred twenty eight that younger and poorer women were also given the vote and says this very in character actor the suffragettes always hoped to inspire future generations when we went off i that's not going to be the end of all the fights you know we have to keep fighting i'm sure and i just hope that we can set the precedent for that and they know keep fighting just as hard as we are. she no doubt would agree and believe pankhurst leader of the suffragettes and great grandmother of helen who won

they have some fantastic old trains here, the east anglia and railway museum. 2018 is the 17th anniversary of the creation of britishth. 0ur railways were originally private companies. then 70 years ago there were nationalised and became british railways. in 1994, john major's government privatised them again. i am looking back at the history of rail to see what lessons we can learn for the east coast line today. this station closed to passengers in 1968, now the mid norfolk railway is a tourist attraction and proof that railways are still very popular. i am going to discover how our railways have been affected by nationalisation and in turn privatisation. once there were 120 private lines, by the 1940s these have become four big companies which were nationalised. why were the railways nationalised in the first place? after the second world war, railways are hugely worn out. we don't have any money. there are big railway companies, great western, southern, lms and lner, two of them are particularly struggling, lms mostly, they will go bankrupt. one reason for nationalisation is to stop that happening. in 1994 it was

to catch your daughter's killer i don't rebuild boards outside of being museum one in five categories including outstanding british film and best actress for star frances mcdormand. when i was a young actor in drama school i was told that i was not naturally gifted and i would have to work at it and so i did i gary oldman won best actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in the war film darkest hour. so grateful for his incredible. and the shape of washer which led the pack with twelve nominations one and three categories including best director for guillermo del toro. but politics was also center stage at these awards as the film industry reels from an avalanche of sexual harassment allegations which began last year those attending the bafta as were all black to show solidarity for the times up movement in addition to that on sunday more than two hundred british actors there's an entertainer just signed a letter calling for the end of sexual harassment and abuse against women in the workplace not just in hollywood in the media but across all industries we need to close and that's enough. says i think that the

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museum near colchester. it's kind of the perfect place for the programme really, because our second film is about british railg damaged, and in some cases people are being seriously hurt. the cause of all this misery? the humble pothole.

british. moving on to james monroe, what we have for james monroe on loan from the james monroe museum is a snuff box. and james monroe was known to partake of snuff. he liked to snuff his finely powdered tobacco leaves which are inhaled, snuffed up in through the nose and it was a very common social practice at this time. you would pass a little snuff box around and people would take a pinch and snort it up their nose. james monroe is known for -- is known to have enjoyed a variety of different types of tobacco products. interesting side note is dolly madison was known to like to snuff tobacco, as well. john quincy adams, son of john adams, and what we have on loan from the adams national historic park is a set of cuff links which what makes them unique to john quincy adams but they're also tied to john adams is that inside of each of the cuff links, there is hair from both his mother, abigail adams and john adams and the other cuff link set has hair of john adams which he didn't have a lot of and his wife. so the hair -- it seems kind of weird, some people think it's creepy that we have family

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the national history museum's iconic dinosaur starts his journey on the jurassic coast. this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. two british two of the four british is members widely known as "the beatles". but now they're caught — the question is what happens to them next. sould they face trial? and if so — where.. in britain, where there's some confusion as to exactly how ‘british' they now are. or in amerca where there may be some in the trump administration who would like to send them to guantanamo bay. richard galpin reports. 34—year—old alexanda kotey was captured in eastern syria last month, along with 29—year—old el shafee elsheikh. the news only confirmed now by us officials. they were caught by syrian kurdish fighters like these, who are backed by the americans. us forces have been interrogating the two men. the other members of the notorious british gang of is fighters were aine davis, who's injail in turkey, and the ringleader, mohammed emwazi, known asjihadijohn, killed in a drone strike in 2015. kotey and elsheikh were the last to be found. today, the police went to the family home of el shafee elsheikh in we

museum might take issue with that. ditto the patriots who fought the british at bunker hill.n here at samuel hall. >> you mean the shopping center? >> we call it a marketplace, but yeah, lots of terrific shopping. wonderful restaurants too. more importantly, this is the cradle of liberty. birthing a nation this is where you have the shower. >> interesting, mo, but freedom rang with the liberty bell. >> i suppose there's plenty of shared history in both cities, michele. cobble stone street, check. historical goys dressed in period costume. >> you better believe it. >> a century's old tavern where revolutionary war stories abound. the green dragon is just the ticket. >> and paul revere was partial to this place. >> what he said. >> paul revere came here to the city tavern back in may of 1774 to warn the people of philadelphia that the british shut down the port at boston. and this place, was also a frequent watering hole of ben franklin. >> you know our most innovative founding father, wouldn't you say so, derrick, of the franklin institute. >> of course. the lightning rod and

british is fighters — the last of the so—called beatles — have been captured in syria. we'll be talking to a french journalist held captive there for ten months. it's been on display at the natural history museum first stop in the three—year journey is dorset. it will then be shown at museums and cathedrals around britain. have a look at this. let's get the latest weather update with simon king. hello, you may have seen the new graphics that we launched this week and this is one that you might have seen, the aurora. last night we were very lucky because towards the north, if we go and run this through, you can see in the shetland islands, we have had a glimmer of the aurora moving through last night and one of our weather watchers was lucky enough to capture that moment, there it is in the shetland islands, lovely green haze on the horizon. for many last night it was clouded because of this weather front moving south and east would overnight and this morning, a little front behind that indicating we have some showers but behind that, more speckled cloud but behind that, more speckled cloud but the speckled cloud is snow showers, so those will continue to move in across western scotland, rain w