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he ended up moving to the uk, appearing in holby city...o what i used to do. ..jerry springer: the opera... thank you and welcome to the show. ..and little britain. along the way there was a drink problem and he was arrested after hitting the third of his five wives. but for a certain generation, david soul would always be the blonde singing superstar of his �*70s heyday. # here i am, a million miles from home...# david soul, who's died at the age of 80. but, yes, the spice girls are back, and here's the story from a to z. 30 years after they formed, they're being immortalised in a set of stamps. the ten main stamps feature geri horner�*s unionjack dress fashioned from a tea towel, as well as various headlining shows and their reunion for the closing ceremony of the london 2012 olympics. it's the first time the uk postal service has dedicated an entire stamp collection to a female pop group. early i spoke to kate hutchinson of the bbc podcast where it's at a short history of probands. merchandising empire in the 19th 2000 and i think it's w

appearing in holby city.till do what i used to. jerry springer the opera. and little britain. along the way, five marriages and a drink problem and even a short spell injail, but for a certain generation david soul would always be the blonde singing superstar of his 70s heyday. david soul who has died at the age of 80. hello. it has been a very wet start to 2024. some places have seen all of their expected january rainfall in the first few days of the month. still lots of flood warnings in force and the weather is going to continue to cause some disruption. what is actually falling out of the sky is much, much drier over the next few days. there will be a lag between the rain falling and the flood water receding. high pressure is building and that will squeeze away most of the showers. low pressure clearing towards the east. still low pressure close to the north of scotland. one or two showers for the rest of the day, quite heavy around the north—east of scotland. cloudy skies in central and eastern england.

lot of them, they think that a lot of them, the primers should have legal remarks as racist and the holby quickly. you're live with bbc news. in a sign that the security situation in haiti is continuing to deteriorate, the united nations says it is evacuating non—essential staff. only those who carry out what the un says are "life—saving" activities will remain. but the united nations has also announced that it is setting up an air—bridge from the dominican republic, to deliver aid to haiti. talks are continuing to try to form a new leadership councilfor haiti, after the prime minister, ariel henry, resigned — with violent gangs now seemingly in control of much of the country. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says he hopes an international peacekeeping operation — which would be led by kenya — could be in place soon. we should be in a place where the mission can go forward, it can, we believe help re—establish security, take back control of the country from the games and meanwhile political transitions moving with this interim council and prime minister, with tracking towards el

he ended up moving to the uk, appearing in holby city...do. ..jerry springer: the opera... thank you and welcome to the show. ..and little britain. along the way there was a drink problem and he was arrested after hitting the third of his five wives. but for a certain generation, david soul would always be the blonde singing superstar of his �*70s heyday. # here i am, a million miles from home...# david soul, who's died at the age of 80. now, how hard is it currently to get on the housing ladder in the uk? well, not "that difficult" according to the chairman of natwest, sir howard davies. he was speaking on the today programme on bbc radio 4. well, i don't think it's that difficult at the moment, but... to buy a house, in this country? are we living in the same country, or are you reporting from overseas? well, you have to save, and that's the way it always used to be. joining me now is the bbc�*s cost of living correspondent kevin peachey. pople have taken a dim view of this? very much so. the campaign group generation rent says that these

older than eastenders, it's outlived the likes of holby city and doctors.orld that we live in. this is behind the scenes in studio six. rhys first appeared on set 28 years ago. his character cai has been in and out of the storyline since, but he thinks the programme's connection is a constant. the appeal of pobol y cwm is more than just a soap. i think it's part and parcel of wales, the welsh culture, the welsh language. it's there, you know — it always has been there, it's played an integral part in everybody�*s life in wales. i think it's touched everybody, you know, and it's helped the welsh language definitely develop and keep going. she speaks welsh. it's also helped nurture a few welsh actors. ioan gruffudd started young before heading to hollywood. he speaks welsh. iwan rheon graduated from here to game of thrones. there have also been a few cameos — though they've scraped the barrel for this week's 50th anniversary episode. they speak welsh. a celebration of half a century on the screen. hywel griffith, bbc news, in the fictional village of cwmderi.

he ended up moving to the uk, appearing in holby city...era... thank you and welcome to the show. ..and little britain. along the way there was a drink problem and he was arrested after hitting the third of his five wives. but for a certain generation, david soul would always be the blond singing superstar of his '70s heyday. # here i am, a million miles from home...# david soul, who's died at the age of 80. one of the all—time greats of brazilian footballer, mario zagallo, has died at the age of 92. he won two world cups as a player, but is best loved in his homeland for his coaching of the great national team that won the cup in 1970. zagallo played alongside the greats such as pele and garrincha stay with us here on bbc news. i will be back in a couple of minutes with the headlines. plenty more online and do download the bbc news at as well. i'm lewis vaughan jones. bye bye. hello. after such a wet week, i can bring you some better news in the weekend weather forecast because although it will be colder, it is also going to be drier. now,

he ended up moving to the uk, appearing in holby city...e show. ..and little britain. along the way there was a drink problem and he was arrested after hitting the third of his five wives. but for a certain generation, david soul would always be the blond singing superstar of his �*70s heyday. # here i am, a million miles from home...# david soul, who's died at the age of 80. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. after a week of weather that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons, i am remembered for all the wrong reasons, iam hopeful that remembered for all the wrong reasons, i am hopeful that the weekend will be a lot less memorable. the weather is really calming down. it will be drier, thank goodness. cold air with it. you will notice a change in the feel of the weather. not completely dry out there. quite a lot of rain right now across the north of scotland, a bit of snow mixing in ever higher ground. cloud and showery rain over central and eastern england. even further west the shower. clear spells allow temperatures t

older than eastenders, it's outlived the likes of holby city and doctors. they believe it still has a unique appeal. there have also been a few cameos, though they've scraped the barrel for this week's 50th anniversary episode. he speaks welsh a celebration of half a century on the screen. hywel griffith, bbc news, in the fictional village of cwmderi. it's a children's game that has been played since the 1800s. but scandal has engulfed this year's world conker championships in northamptonshire after one of the winners was accused of cheating. king conker — otherwise known as 82—year—old david jakins — is being investigated afterfinally winning the title on his 46th attempt. it turns out there was something unusual in his pocket. graham satchell reports. the world of conkers has gone bonkers with allegations of cheating at the highest level. the controversy is focussed on this man king conker, also known as 82—year—old david jakins. he's accused of using a conker made of steel and obliterating his opponents' nuts with one hit. allegations he denies. load of

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. >> i'm excited future >> yeah, i'm excited and future holby is footballer. >> so he life >> yeah.otball. >> definitely. yeah, definitely. he's he'll he's um. god knows what he'll do, but he's got a few good do, but he's he's got a few good few years in him left, so i'm sure he'll figure it out along the i'm literally just the way. but i'm literally just about to launch my very own podcast the party bible. podcast called the party bible. and that about? and what's that about? it's literally what just literally about what we just spoke young people spoke about, giving young people advice are advice on, on things that are going the aesthetics going on in the aesthetics industry, because obviously people from people can get work done from 18. so i think it's really important to make that they important to make sure that they are and like knowledge are aware and like knowledge is out and pieces. out there of bits and pieces. >> so you see these people going to turkey all the time, they get on they've got no on the plane, they've got no hair, teeth. um, and hair, no teeth. um, and they

i mean, you have what you have been in holby city, you've been in miss marple, minder, now minder , sooved minder, yes, i love it, i loved it and i was lucky enough to do the movie of minder and also in episode and it chennai six that this saturday, the 8th of june, is that saturday or sunday? that's the 8th of june at the cinema museum in kennington . we're museum in kennington. we're having a minder exhibition. a reunion reunited and minder minder exhibition. obviously we can't have dennis and george because they are in the minder in heaven, but we've got gary webster who sort of took over from dennis and yeah , then next from dennis and yeah, then next weekend, so come and see me signing autographs and talking about our time in minder. >> what is your unfortunately, your mike's going a bit funny, sadly, so we'll have to cut this brief , but hopefully we can sadly, so we'll have to cut this brief, but hopefully we can come back to you in a moment. so stay right there. that, of course, is actor debbie arnold. she's amazing, isn't she ? let's amazing, isn't she? let's quickly head over

a long career in tv and on the big screen, starring in shows like one foot in the grave, doctors, holbysome of the biggest brands in the world, including doing the voiceover for that famous ferrero rocher tv ad. ultimately, he became the voice of paddington bear in the iconic tv series the adventures of paddington bear, and i'm delighted to say that jonathan kidd, aka paddington bearjoins me now. hi jonathan, a delight, mark to be on the show with you. it's lovely to have you. now i'm going to plug the book in a second, but let's just talk about biggest of your about the biggest gig of your career, paddington bear. career, playing paddington bear. well, a very long well, it was a very long time ago wasn't big film well, it was a very long time agfact, wasn't big film well, it was a very long time agfact, i wasn't big film well, it was a very long time agfact, i was sn't big film well, it was a very long time agfact, i was apparently| film in fact, i was apparently considered it. considered for it. >> you were paddington in >> but you were paddington in the adventures of paddington bean

dr ranj has been behind—the—scenes of casualty, for an exclusive chat with holby city hospital's newestial works, the city of london corporation has revealed. the figure has been described as an early estimate from a consultant, which includes works for repairing and replacing infrastructure as well as meeting accessibility and net—zero requirements. the royal parks are inviting visitors across their eight parks to photograph any bumblebees they come across and register their discoveries. it's come about as experts say that queen bumblebees are emerging earlierfrom hibernation due to increasing temperatures. the premature awakening can put their lives at risk as many flowers are not in bloom. if a queen bumblebee comes out of hibernation too early, then she'll fly around looking for food, and that wastes a lot of her energy if there's no food available. a queen bumblebee will lay up to 400 eggs between spring and summer, so potentially if you lose one bumblebee, one queen bumblebee, then you're losing a whole colony of 400 bees. a copy of karl marx's das kapital that the author personal