i'm jane hill. and taking us through all the summer's releases is anna smith, who is back with me.g? all sorts. this week we've got the feast, which is a stylish welsh language horror from doctor who director lee haven jones. then, girls can't surf. this is a documentary about women and waves. and then finally, we're looking at a french romantic comedy called anais in love. and you bring me a horror film to start. lovely to see you, anna. no, no, excellent. tell us what it's about. i keep doing this to you every week, don't i? but it is a horror film worth talking about. and it's an intelligent horrorfilm, you know? i love that. so the feast, it's intriguing. it's darkly funny. it's character driven, starts off much like a thriller, but becomes quite a full—on 18 cert horror, to warn you. it's set in rural wales over the course of one eventful day and night. very modern design home. the local mp and his family live there, and his wife is preparing for an important dinner party and she hires a young girl called cadi to help her out around the house. and when cadi arrives, she's beha

i'm jane hill. and taking us through all the summer's releases is anna smith, who is back with me.anguage horror from doctor who director lee haven jones. then, girls can't surf. this is a documentary about women and waves. and then finally, we're looking at a french romantic comedy called anais in love. and you bring me a horror film to start. lovely to see you, anna. no, no, excellent. tell us what it's about. i keep doing this to you every week, don't i? but it is a horror film worth talking about. and it's an intelligent horrorfilm, you know? i love that. so, the feast, it's intriguing. it's darkly funny. it's character driven, starts off much like a thriller, but becomes quite a full—on 18 cert horror, to warn you. it's set in rural wales over the course of one eventful day and night. very modern design home. the local mp and his family live there, and his wife is preparing for an important dinner party and she hires a young girl called cadi to help her out around the house. and when cadi arrives, she's behaving rather strangely. and, in fact, she's mostly silent. her silence

i'm jane hill. and taking us through all the summer's releases is anna smith, who is back with me.na, and what have you been watching? all sorts. this week we've got the feast, which is a stylish welsh language horror from doctor who director lee haven jones. then, girls can't surf. this is a documentary about women and waves. and then finally, we're looking at a french romantic comedy called anais in love. and you bring me a horror film to start. lovely to see you, anna. no, no, excellent. tell us what it's about. i keep doing this to you every week, don't i? but it is a horror film worth talking about. and it's an intelligent horrorfilm, you know? i love that. so the feast, it's intriguing. it's darkly funny. it's character driven, starts off much like a thriller, but becomes quite a full—on 18 cert horror, to warn you. it's set in rural wales over the course of one eventful day and night. very modern design home. the local mp and his family live there, and his wife is preparing for an important dinner party and she hires a young girl called cadi to help her out around the house.

i'm jane hill. and taking us through all the summer's releases is anna smith, who is back with me.umentary about women and waves. and then finally, we're looking at a french romantic comedy called anais in love. and you bring me a horror film to start. lovely to see you, anna. no, no, excellent. tell us what it's about. i keep doing this to you every week, don't i? but it is a horror film worth talking about. and it's an intelligent horrorfilm, you know? i love that. so the feast, it's intriguing. it's darkly funny. it's character driven, starts off much like a thriller, but becomes quite a full—on 18 cert horror, to warn you. it's set in rural wales over the course of one eventful day and night. very modern design home. the local mp and his family live there, and his wife is preparing for an important dinner party and she hires a young girl called cadi to help her out around the house. and when cadi arrives, she's behaving rather strangely. and, in fact, she's mostly silent. her silence kind of gives every member of the family a chance to almost overshare. let's have a look at a c

jane hill will be with you from tpm. but now let's get your weather.h some sunshine coming through we will see highs of 26 celsius. fresher further north and west with a few scattered showers lingering in the final left of scotland. overnight tonight, that weather front will sink its way south so a band of cloud and light rain will be across east england. that will act like a blanket preventing the temperatures from falling too far. a fresher, more comfortable night further north and west. as we go into friday we will see a return to more in the way of sunshine and a few isolated well scattered showers to come. this is bbc news. the headlines... results stay as top a—level grades fall in the first exam is covered. it feels amazing. because not only did i prove to, like, my future uni that i can do this, i've also proven to myself that i can do this. so i'm happy about that. rail workers are on strike again in their dispute about pain. there is lots of disruption on the network across england and wales. 44—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of

hello, this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines...of up to 1,000 pounds. there's been a big increase in the proportion of doctors and nursesjoining the nhs in england from overseas. the bank of england rejects accusations from the government that it was too slow to raise interest rates, as inflation heads to 13%. israel has launched multiple air strikes in the gaza strip, killing a senior officer of islamichhad. the health ministries as a people have been killed, including a five—year—old child. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee have lost their legal attempt to transfer him to a hospice. doctors say moving him is risky because his condition is unstable. 75—year—old george miller becomes the oldest commonwealth games gold medallist in history, as scotland defeated wales in the final of the b2/b3 mixed pairs bowls. sport now — and for a full round—up, from the commonwealth games in birmingham, here's jane dougal. from the commonwealth games it's from the commonwealth games usually very noisy of it's usually very noisy by this

hello, this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines.ment. another heatwave is forecast for parts of england and wales this week. thames water plants finance a hosepipe them in the coming weeks. donald trump says the fbi raid into his home and broke into his face. —— his home and broke into his face. —— his essays. says that he threw her out of a hotel room at all she was naked. he denies attacking and cocoa severely controlling her. —— coercive. serena williams have been hinting that she may retire from tennis after the forthcoming us open. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, ben proctor. more let's get more then on that cryptic announcement by serena williams, appearing to suggest she'll retire from tennis after the us open. writing in vogue magazine and on social media, the 23—time grand slam single champion said she'd relish the next few weeks but didn't like the word retirement, instead preferring to use the word evolution, evolving away from tennis. williams is one of the greatest female players of all time, bu

i'm jane hill.after it failed to reach a verdict on any of the three charges made after it failed to reach a verdict on any of the three charges the former footballer was facing. tributes are paid to mikhail gorbachev, the soviet leader who ended the cold war, who has died at the age of 91. liz truss and rishi sunak head to wembley this evening for the final hustings in the conservative leadership race. in a break with tradition, the queen won't appoint the new prime minister in london next week — instead, it will take place at balmoral. a bbc investigation has found that shamima begum — who left london aged 15 to join the islamic state group — was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. more to come on many of those stories, but right now, we are going to catch up with all the latest sport news. kassa has the latest. hello, kassa. hello, jane. good afternoon. the jury in the trial of former manchester united player ryan giggs has been discharged after failing to reach verdi

i'm jane hill. these are the latest headlines.iban of sheltering the al-qaeda leader ayman al—zawahiri — who's been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. the parents of archie battersbee lose their supreme court bid to delay the removal of his life support. us house speaker nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan, despite a chinese threat that america will "pay the price" for her visit. more to come on lots of those stories, but right now it is time to head through birmingham. the latest on the commonwealth games. 0ver head through birmingham. the latest on the commonwealth games. over to chetan. hi, chetan. hi,jane. hi, jane. good evening to you. good evening from birmingham, where it is day five of the commonwealth games. 37 gold medals up for grabs, and it's been another incredible day for england in the gymastics. jake jarman has won his fourth gold medal of the games. he completed a sensational pair of vaults — the 20—year—old making it look effortless. and it was an english one—two as giarnni regini—morgan took silver. it's his birth

i'm jane hill. and taking us through all the summer's releases is anna smith, who is back with me.octor who director lee haven jones. then, girls can't surf. this is a documentary about women and waves. and then finally, we're looking at a french romantic comedy called anais in love. and you bring me a horror film to start. lovely to see you, anna. no, no, no, excellent. tell us what it's about. i keep doing this to you every week, don't i? but it is a horror film worth talking about. and it's an intelligent horrorfilm, you know? i love that. so the feast is intriguing. it's darkly funny. it's character—driven, starts off much like a thriller, but becomes quite a full—on 18 certificate horror, to warn you. it's set in rural wales over the course of one eventful day and night. very modern design home. the local mp and his family live there, and his wife is preparing for an important dinner party and she hires a young girl called cadi to help her out around the house. and when cadi arrives, she's behaving rather strangely. and in fact she's mostly silent. her silence kind of gives ev

hello, this is bbc news, with jane hill. the headlines...and drink prices are rising the fastest.— rising the fastest. i'm actually workin: rising the fastest. i'm actually working extra _ rising the fastest. i'm actually working extra hours, - rising the fastest. i'm actually i working extra hours, obviously, rising the fastest. i'm actually - working extra hours, obviously, to live. ., . ., , working extra hours, obviously, to live. ., , live. horrific and shocking, police described the _ live. horrific and shocking, police described the murder _ live. horrific and shocking, police described the murder of - live. horrific and shocking, police . described the murder of 87-year-old described the murder of 87—year—old thomas 0'halloran who was stabbed while writing his mobility scooter in west london yesterday. officers have described it as an unprovoked attack. more than 4000 people given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 80s will receive interim compensation of £100,000 each — but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored.

coming up shortly is jane hill with the news that one. next, it is time for the weather. more rain. clearly, scotland, parts of northern ireland, lake district, lancashire, northern hills and yet for the midlands and the east and south—east, hardly any rainfall at all. the forecast for today, end of the afternoon, temperatures in the high 20s, lots of fresh air in belfast and glasgow, closer to 18. of fresh air in belfast and glasgow, closerto18. parts of fresh air in belfast and glasgow, closer to 18. parts of northern ireland, western scotland, i showed you the weather map where the rainfall would occur, these areas will be hit with the north—westerly winds or the south—westerly winds pushing the showers to these areas here, whereas nothing in the south—east apart from the odd local shower that may fall during the afternoon. as far as there concern, we had north—westerly wind is bringing showers to scotland, some to northern ireland, but many areas once again remaining dry and temperatures on thursday around 25 in london, 17 in belfast and for glasgow. here is a look at

i'm jane hill. denies it's taking retaliation for western sanctions over ukraine. in a break with tradition, the queen won't appoint the new prime minister in london next week. it'll take place at balmoral. royal mail apologises to customers, as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. a bbc investigation has found that shamima begum — who left london at the age of 15 to join the islamic state group — was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century — and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. many russians, including vladimir putin, blame mikhail gorbachev for what they believe was russia's loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. but in the west, he's lauded for ending the repression of communist rule — with us president biden calling him a "man of r

i'm jane hill.in lviv for talks with president zelensky and turkey's recep tayyip erdogan. and, wonky vegetables could soon be on the menu — as farmers warn the drought and hot weather have affected how their crops grow. i like a wonky carrot — don't we all? also, i like fruit and veg that makes you smile. and often apples that are slightly misshapen, you know, if the plant has been under stress, sometimes they taste a bit better. good afternoon. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a—level, t—level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in—person, there's been a 19% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a—level grades has fallen since the record—high of last year, but is higher

jane hill will have the bbc news at one for you in a few minutes.st co—produced some spots of rain through the night and also some drizzle. clearer skies as we move further north but then the first signs of a weather front coming in across parts of scotland and northern ireland, introducing some rain. through tomorrow, these weather fronts producing the rain. through tomorrow, these weatherfronts producing the rain will slowly push south and east, probably not getting into the far south—east, which will remain dry just the chance of an isolated shower. eastern area starting dry, the low cloud breaking and then the weather front coming in and producing this rain, which at times will be heavy in north—west wales and england. for northern ireland and england. for northern ireland and scotland, behind that weather front, a return to bright skies, sunshine and showers. temperatures in the north, 15 to 21 and, further north, 22 to 25. early on friday, we say goodbye to that weather front and rain from the south—east and then a lot of dry weather, a fair b

and no rain either- — now it's time for the film review, with anna smith and jane hill.ything i've seen him in, to be honest. he's great in bullet train — as i said, it's based on a novel, ajapanese novel, and it's directed by david leitch, who actually used to be brad pitt's stunt double. which is quite an interesting turnaround. oh, interesting! and since then, he's directed atomic blonde, deadpool 2. i think fans of the tones of those kind of films might want to check this film out. it's set in tokyo on a bullet train with an international cast. brad pitt plays ladybug, who is a hit man who's hired to do what's meant to be a simplejob — go onto the train, get a briefcase, come off the train, deliver it to the right people. simple, i'm sure. not that simple, this being an action thriller. and it turns out there are a lot of other hit men on the train — coincidence or not, two of them are supposedly british hit men. and we'll see from the clip that they're having a little conversation about their names. one is called lemon, and one is called tangerine. let's have a look

i'm jane hill. the headlines at 3:00.pay what i can pay but i can't pay anything more than that. there is nothing left to cut back on. this is not something that can wait. we need to get firm decisions coming from the key parties. all children in london aged between one and nine will be offered a polio booster vaccine after more traces of the virus are found in the capital's waste water. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. it comes as environmental groups say some rivers are starting to dry up — seriously impacting wildlife. the bbc uncovers evidence suggesting the nhs is struggling to return cancer care to pre—pandemic levels in england, as more than 10,000 people wait more than three months to start treatment. # we're walking in the air # we're walking in the moonlit sky.# # we're floating in the moonlit sky.# the author and illustrator raymond briggs, known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. hello, good afternoon. many families are falling behind on their gas and electricit

i'm jane hill. and taking us through all the summer's releases is anna smith, who is back with me.feast, it's intriguing. it's darkly funny. it's character driven, starts off much like a thriller, but becomes quite a full—on 18 cert horror, to warn you. it's set in rural wales over the course of one eventful day and night. very modern design home. the local mp and his family live there, and his wife is preparing for an important dinner party and she hires a young girl called cadi to help her out around the house. and when cadi arrives, she's behaving rather strangely. and, in fact, she's mostly silent. her silence kind of gives every member of the family a chance to almost overshare. let's have a look at a clip. 0k. i'm not scared yet, but i'm thinking i'm going to be. yes, absolutely. it's a stylish, slow burner, as you can see, and intriguing, sets up the characters beautifully. and there's some dark comedy there, as i say, in the way that this woman is kind of paying tribute to her past and feeling a little bit guilty about what they've done with the family farmhouse. they've de

jane: she was particularly influenced by her grandfather's library at chapel hill, where she read widely. her first years were spent in mobile, alabama, where her father was an executive for the mobile and ohio railroad. she apparently had tutors and it was quite am unsystematic education. she was largely self educated. she discovered herself. she educated herself. she had tutors and governess's. the higher education that women were beginning to receive. this was the time of the founding of the seven sisters colleges, and when many southern women's colleges were founded in the antebellum period. >> thanks. i am her husband. but i have read this manuscript many times. what do you think were the readers of her works? what was her audience? who was she talking to, do you think? jane: i think disparate -- different parts of her writing spoke to different audiences. there is a real fad in chivalric stories, stories about knights and ladies in the postwar period. "a brother to dragons" and some of her earlier stories written in elizabethan dialect -- that is who they might appeal to. "the quic