the comedian sean lock has died of cancer at the age of 58.many performers and writers who've been paying tribute. he said sean lock was one of the most influential comedians of his generation. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. he was one of britain's finest comedians, known for his lightning wit and laid—back style of humour. ijust have one thing, one request. if at any point in the show you are erring on the side of laughter, go with it, yeah? you know if you get to a bit and you go, is that funny? just go wahey! chuck yourself in. his comedy career began in the 19905 and he was soon winning awards and fans across the country. i went for a job recently, a bit of voice—over work. and i actually got offered the part of the speaking clock. but i didn't like the script. and i said, cant we jazz it up a bit? something like, humpty dumpty sat on a wall. humpty dumpty had a great fall. all the kings horses and all the kings men, coming up to about five plus ten! in the house! his observational humour made him a regular on comedy

the comedian, sean lock, who has died at the age of 58.it by covid. the recent easing of restrictions means that many productions are now back on stage, including cinderella, the new musical by andrew lloyd webber. here's the bbc�*s alan yentob. yes, fingers crossed, theatre is back. covid, all being well, is under control. social distancing is over — for now. and andrew lloyd webber�*s much anticipated new musical, cinderella, is back in town. three years in the making, weeks of previews — then they were pinged, and the show did not go on. this radical take on the cinderella story was written by the oscar winner emerald fennell. well, here we are. so, the show�*s on, eh? you never know, but short of us having to be taken screaming from the theatre, it's going to open. i have to say, this is unlike any other cinderella that i've ever seen. i mean, my phrase is, this is a cinderella for our time. # barking mad cinderella flying high in the sky... . it's the most well— known story in the world, and so that... it's good and bad. it means that

the comedian sean lock, who has died at the age of 58.ing of restrictions means that many productions are now back on stage, including cinderella, the new musical by andrew lloyd weber. here's the bbc�*s alan yentob. yes, fingers crossed, theatre is back. covid, all being well, is under control. social distancing is over — for now. and andrew lloyd webber�*s much anticipated new musical, cinderella, is back in town. three years in the making, weeks of previews — then they were pinged, and the show did not go on. this radical take on the cinderella story was written by the oscar winner emerald fennell. well, here we are. so the show�*s on, eh? you never know, but short of us having to be taken screaming from the theatre, it's going to open. i have to say, this is unlike any other cinderella that i've ever seen. i mean, my phrase is, this is a cinderella for our time. # barking mad cinderella flying high in the sky... . it's the most well— known story in the world, and so that is good and bad, it means that the audience anticipates certain

the comedian sean lock has died of cancer at the age of 58.rs and writers who have been paying tribute — he said sean lock was one of the most influential comedians of his generation. 0ur entertainment lizo mzimba takes a look back his career. he was one of britain's finest comedians, known for his lightning wit and laid—back style of humour. ijust have one thing, one request. if at any point in the show you are erring on the side of laughter, go with it, yeah? you know if you get to a bit and you go, is that funny? just go wahey! chuck yourself in. his comedy career began in the 1990s and he was soon winning awards and fans across the country. i went for a job recently, a bit of voice—over work. and i actually got offered the part of the speaking clock. but i didn't like the script. and i said, cant we jazz it up a bit? something like, humpty dumpty sat on a wall. humpty dumpty had a great fall. all the kings horses and all the kings men, coming up to about five plus ten! in the house! his observational humour made him a regular on comedy sho

and the comedian sean locke has died at the age of 58.start next week without any competitors from afghanistan. the country was due to send two athletes — including the first afghan woman to take part — but they've been unable to travel. now zakia khudadadi, who was going to compete in taekwando, has made a video appealing for help so she can go to the games. with all the struggles i have been through, i am currently in prison inside the house. i cannot even go outside around the house with confidence and with security to go out to buyjust confidence and with security to go out to buy just a few things myself, to train, to check on how anyone else is or for anyone to check that i am not left out of the competition. my family is based in a city that has been entirely captured by the taliban. i reside with extended family members in kabul who do not have enough food to feed their own children and i am an additional burden on them. i request from you all that i am an afghan woman and as a representative of afghan women, i ask you to help me.

tributes to the comedian's comedian sean lock, who's died at the age of 58.ntinues. governments around the world have been working to evacuate their citizens and afghan refugees from the country. meanwhile, for those still there, the reality of life under taliban rule is becoming clearer, as sercunder kermani reports. outside the airport, chaos continues. thousands are still desperate to leave the country. here, a girl, terrified. "the taliban are coming for me," she cries. this family has been camped outside here for five days. "the situation here is very bad," she says. "no one wants to live here. everyone wants to live in peace and to be able to study. we want to go anywhere that is safe." despite assurances from the taliban that anyone linked to the government will be given an amnesty, many here are deeply fearful for their future and that is why we are still seeing these chaotic scenes at the airport. no one is clear yet what comes next. but political discussions have begun. this was the arrival of a deputy leader of the taliban in kandahar, their spirit

"a true original" and "a brilliant comic voice" — tributes are paid to the comedian sean lock, who has. and, after two years of cancelled exams, the scottish government confirms they'll go ahead as normal in 2022. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has faced criticism from mp5 of all political parties as parliament was recalled for an emergency session to debate the taliban takeover of afghanistan. in a packed house of commons, borisjohnson said the collapse of afghan government forces had taken everyone by surprise, and he denied there'd been a failure in the uk's emergency planning. the labour leader sir keir starmer accused the government of �*staggering complacency�* in underestimating the taliban threat. today, we also heard further detail of the government's scheme to resettle afghans fleeing the country. under the scheme, the government has committed to resettling up to 20,000 afghans in the uk in the long term. some 5,000 afghans and theirfamily members will be able to resettle in the uk via that scheme this year. the home secretary, priti patel, said sh

the comedian sean lock has died from cancer, aged 58. a unique voice. his agent said it was with extreme sadness we had to say he has died, sean lock was one of the country's finest comedians. the one o'clock news is coming up. very frustrating weather at the moment as our summer keeping us on our dose. this has been the story in newquay and cornell, cloudy skies continue for the afternoon. there are some breaks in the cloud, north—east scotland and england seem best of the sunshine. some sunshine north of london, we will be chasing the cloudless afternoon. they can offer a spot of drizzle at times, always out to the west. wind direction playing its part, not as strong as yesterday. keeping it cool in scotland, driving in that flow from the atlantic on the west. where we get some sunshine continuing we could see 22 degrees. through the night tonight, with all the cloud we will continue to see more drizzle and missed pushing on of the west but it will not be a cold night. temperatures will hold up into double figures and we do it all agai

locked down, got a vaccine. that house been the model. we've been consistent. joe biden is all over the map. >> sean: it's bias by omission. if donald trump had wide open borders, some estimates of 20% of illegals crossing the border with covid. then they put overcrowded cages that biden built. then dispersed into the dark of the night to every state in the country. based on fake news acosta's standard, any american that gets covid and gets hospitalized and maybe dies because we won't control the border any longer, we have the lowest rate of illegals coming in the country. now we're going to break a 30-year record under biden. is joe responsible for any american that dies getting covid from these illegal immigrants? >> he's directly responsible for the variants coming through the southern border absolutely by that logic, no doubt about it. 7,000 illegals released in mcallen texas. right now in new york, you want to go to a restaurant, you have to show a vaccine card. you want to immigrate to the united states, you don't have to get a vaccine. you have more rights immigrating to this country than being a new yorker. sat sta

sean: now, never mind. the same people who were eager to lock the fall down at the hot drop of a hat, it went from vexed toks, to vexed or masked, to vaccine passports. and mom and dad wearing masks at home. illegal immigrants are now pouring across into this country in record numbers. the highest numbers in 25 years and nobody is being tested. no vaccinations are being given out and it than the administration is pretty much dispersing all of these illegal immigrants all across the country. none tested it, most unvaccinated and some without so much as an examination. never mind a covid test. according to joe biden, ron desantis is actually responsible for the spike in covid cases. he's blaming them like he blames trump for the immigration crisis. that's a joke. they areis refusing to enact tougher restrictions in those states. the states have done phenomenally well without zirconium shutdowns and of course biden's poll numbers, they are now tanking. the majority of americans do not even think that joe biden is really in charge and that speaks volumes considering the rest of the media mob. they are never go

locked down. it's one of the risk reduction measures. we need several helpers. think the behaviors ah barbara kelsey my direct my studio. moscow. this is art international. i'm sean thomas is certainly glad to have you with us. now israel, the air force has struck ground targets in southern lebanon. it is the 4th round of strikes, response to what the id f calls that terrorist attacks from its neighbors territory . ari tease policy or reports defend forces has confirmed that it is conducted sykes in southern lebanon. it strikes a targeting area in some way. rockets will fight it as well during the day on wednesday, and that it's also targeting another area from walker's. we're fighting israel previously in a tweet to be is ready to faint forces said that it is targeting what a cause, infrastructure for terrorism. now this is the 4th round of israeli strikes in the past 24 hours. the initial 3 strikes were off to those $31.00 could were fired from lebanon into northern israel, around in the day on wednesday. now, one of those walk, it's landed in lebanon while to landed in the territory. one was indicated by the lady and defense missile defense system. the i and,