andy howard, bbc news. and increasingly it's about more than just the music. as our arts correspondenteen finding out. good evening, europe! and good morning, australia! hello to the rest of the world! and if there are any submarines passing by. all: hellooo! eurovision. it certainly knows how to do spectacle these days. # ‘cause i'm way up and i ain't coming down. # keep taking me higher. and what gets you about this is how big it has become. it has grown like topsy over the years. on such a stage. # i'm not your toy. # not your toy. # you stupid boy. # stupid boy. this is netta from israel, and she's one of the frontrunners. the song, a rallying cry of female empowerment. butjust getting here has been life—changing for her. i didn't expect to win. i expected to get recognition, to get some gigs to afford my rent. as a child. i was fat. i am fat. sorry, i'm still the same girl. and i was thinking "how can i be this skinny star? i have to be skinny if i want to be a star. it needs to happen. and i will perform everywhere. i'm the same girl. i look exactly the same. and this is big. thi

andy howard, bbc news.as become one of our most pressing social issues. knife crime — in particular — has commanded attention, in recent weeks. one man who lived the gangster‘s life, is now trying to stop children following his path. as our sports correspondent joe wilson found out, he is using cricket. when you say think reality... a classroom in birmingham but no ordinary teacher. he describes himself as an urban youth specialist. i didn't do my gcses. i did the equivalent in prison. you are going to do your gcses, aren't you? cool. i fired the gun in the air. his lessons ardron from his experience, guns, drugs, gangs, prisons. it all came before you decided to change. guns, drugs, gangs, prisons. it all came before you decided to changelj came before you decided to change.” wa nted came before you decided to change.” wanted to be a bad man. you can talk to young people in a classroom all day long. the key is to engage them in something positive, something constructive or energetic. something may be like

andy howard, bbc news.own of dumfries, in south—west scotland, the community appears to have hit upon a novel way to regenerate its high street, as our correspondent lorna gordon has been finding out. it's a familiar image — a high—street lacking shops and homes and getting emptier by the year. look at it. we've got more shops that are empty in dumfries than we have got that are occupied at the moment. this high street, though, is fighting back and evie copland is part of a group of locals leading the charge. it's a real sad state of affairs but we have got a dream to change the face of our high street and bring a bit of love back to dumfries town centre. and you are from dumfries, aren't you 7 so this must be something you really care about. absolutely, lifelong doonhamer. i'm so proud to come from here. all i want to do is make it somewhere for everyone to be proud of. the challenges here are not unique but the people driving this project think they've hit upon a really novel way of regenerating the centr

andy howard, bbc news.nder way in lisbon. the annual event is increasingly becoming about more than just music. the performances these days can be rather spectacular, and for many artists, it can be a life—changing experience — as david sillito has been finding out. good evening, europe! and good morning, australia! hello to the rest of the world! and if there are any submarines passing by. all: hellooo! eurovision. it's a world all of its own, and whatever you think of the songs, it certainly knows how to do spectacle these days. # cos i'm way up and i ain't coming down. # keep taking me higher #. and this is where it's all going to be happening tonight and what gets you about this is how big it has become. it has grown like topsy over the years. but at the heart of all of this are very personal stories of many artists who never, ever thought they'd get a chance to be on such a stage. # i'm not your toy. # not your toy. # you stupid boy. # stupid boy #. this is netta from israel, and she's one of the front

andy howard, bbc news.ical re—enactors bored with simply playing out scenes from the past. it's the first time the sport's come to the uk. the bbc‘s mike bushell was drafted in to help team scotland. from across the known world, they came hither. ye old, and not quite so old. ye brave, and not quite as brave. the bold, and not quite as bold! a force like never before. the chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of a time gone by. but this is no re—enactment, it's a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello! we are from china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are doing it as a sport. this is full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there are certain zones you shouldn't hit. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons, you shouldn't hit the back of the knees and you shouldn't twist limbs in an unnatural action, we don't want bone breaks. we get a few injuries but it's not that bad. 0ther full contact sports, like hockey, rugby, that's sa

contractual obligations, yes, but you don't have to do any more than that. >> but howard wanted to keep going. after "andyd the university of southern california to study film and dropped out when he was cast in george lucas' "american graffiti." the movie inspired the hit television series "happy days," where howard famously started as richie cunningham. during that "happy days" run, howard married his high school sweetheart sheryl. they have four children, and next month they'll celebrate their 43rd anniversary. when howard wasn't on the set of "happy days," he was pursuing a future as a director, shooting his own short films. >> you were a successful actor. i'm sure there were people in your life who said, keep going on this train. >> absolutely. especially at that time. the idea of having been a child actor and sort of believing you could be a movie director, not even a tv director, a movie director, it was at best adorable. and you know, really well-meaning people would say, well, you get into your 30s or 40s, and i think somebody will give you a chance. >> howard's chance came much sooner. he was 22

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howard x? just before king joel gayle die, i thought this person looked like me andi i thought this person lookedctures, put it on facebook, within two weeks i had a job to go to israel and make my first commercial and it hasn't stopped since. you have said you make a lot of money impersonating kimjong—un, do you get a bad reaction talking about nuclear weapons? no, because i a lwa ys about nuclear weapons? no, because i always satirise the person, i don't find the north korean regime, actually if i am discussing it, i find what their leader does disgusting and i have no respect for the person i am impersonating. i am a lwa ys the person i am impersonating. i am always making fun of him and i would never glorify the leader. you have been doing the impersonation of kim jong—un for six years, has this been your mainjob or do you jong—un for six years, has this been your main job or do you still have a dayjob? your main job or do you still have a day job? actually, i still have anotherjob day job? actually, i still have another job and that day job? actually, i still have anotherjob and that is a mu

king and howard kurtz weighed in on whether abc's reaction was the right call. also andy mccarthy tells us why he now has no doubt that the obama administration spied on the term campaign and it explains why. plus, starbucks has every one of its workers spend the afternoon pondering whether they are unconsciously biased or racist. we have an exclusive look at the workbook they reflected over today. this is it, my notebook. lots of interesting notes in here. we are going to dig into this. i don't think most people have seen this. pretty wild. we are going to tell you why legalized pot laws have totally backfired and turned out to be a bonanza for, believe it or not, the drug cartels. but first, separating parents from children and fact from fiction. that's the focus of tonight's "angle" ." the media have been hammering president trump, making scurrilous charges that his draconian immigration policies are separating families and losing track of illegal immigrant children. >> the trump administration is threatening to separate more parents and kids at the border screaming an