the bbc radio iextra presenter, david whitely, known as sideman, has resigned.ollows the failure of the bbc‘s senior management to apologise for allowing the use of the n—word in a news report about a racially—aggravated assault. the bbc sanctioning the use of the word is something i can't write with. i can't smile through the process and act like everything is 0k. when the slur was broadcast, more than 18,500 people complained. the bbc defended its decision, saying the victim's family wanted the word to be used to highlight the severity of the attack, although it did accept people were upset by its use. now, with news of an exciting end to the first test between england and pakistan, and the rest of the day's sport, here's jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. hello, jane. good evening. we start with the champions league, where the quarter final chris woakes hit an unbeaten 84 as england won the first test against pakistan, despite all the odds. they chased down the second highest run total in a fouth innings at old trafford to win by 3 wickets. when test crick

you can follow it on the bbc sport website and on the radio as well.farrell helped saracens to a win in the premiership london derby this afternoon in what was his first game since the beginning of march. he scored 16 points but none of the four tries in their 36—24 victory over harlequins, as craig templeton reports. blue skies in what has been the stormiest of saracen seasons. despite relegation, a london derby against harlequin still carries weight. there wasn't much of a wait for the opening try. sean maitland with a pillow what, five points on the board. they added another through maro itoje, before aled got a can davies got a score. tensions can in - fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a in fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit in fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of l in - fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a | in - fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a grapple ’ixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a grapple and re but davies got a score. tensions can a b

tonight, a bbc radio one extra spokesperson has commented on sideman‘s resignation saying, "sideman isn incredibly talented dj. obviously we are disappointed that he has taken this decision. we absolutely wish him well for the future. the door is always open for future projects." now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. element not quite as hot as it was yesterday. we do have a lot of low cloud in the north sea pushing its way england on the breeze, into northern england, into the midlands, eventually wells. the risk of the odd have your one in the far southeastern corner where temperatures could be no lower than 19-20 c. quite temperatures could be no lower than 19—20 c. quite a contrast as you head north with it is cooler without 4-5 c head north with it is cooler without 4-5c in head north with it is cooler without 4—5 c in the highlands of scotland. warm sunshine is developing, these light showers fading away, and the cloud retreating back to some of those north sea coast to lincolnshire where, with the onshore breeze, it will be cool. high temperatures through the

i was listening to a former british ambassador talking on the bbc radio 4 earlier today, and he was thinkingunlikely to be something that the kremlin would orchestrate. because he knows that should this opposition later be poisoned, all of the fingers will be pointing at vladimir putin able to make the economic situation potentially for russia even more dangerous as countries impose sanctions appointed. so putin having been guilty almost certainly for the poison attacks in the past, is going to be blamed for this probably even if perhaps he is innocent on this occasion. and i am afraid his past is catching up with them.“ occasion. and i am afraid his past is catching up with them. if also you to talk about brexit, jason. —— if also you. we have a few minutes left. you have to condense it fairly if that is any way an achievable task. tory mps urging brussels to wake up in brussels saying you need to wake up. a bit ofa brussels saying you need to wake up. a bit of a deadlock here. the latest round of talks between michel barnier and the government david frost concluded today with michel barnie

you can listen to that on bbc radio 5 live this evening.y against paris saint—germain. these games taking place in the north of spain. it's currently 1—1 in san sebastian as we approach half—time. marie—antoinette katoto scored with this volley from a corner to give psg the lead. just before half—time though arsenal pulled level through beth mead. so all to play for. the winner of this game will play the winner of the other last eight tie tonight, bayern munich against defending champions lyon which is goalless. that's all from sportsday. thank you for your company, good night. and now on bbc news an interview with svetla na ti kha novs kaya. after claiming a remarkable election victory over belarus' long serving dictactor alexander lukashenko, svetla na tikhanovskaya was forced to flee to lithuania to save her family. are you afraid? yes, iam. they can do anything, they can take my children to an orphanage or something like this. we first met svetla na tikhanovskaya as she was preparing to run for president of belarus. taking on the countr

john murray is commentating for bbc radio 5live tonight and he joined me a short while ago.nts for something of a classic, really, when you consider that psg have scored 136 goals this season and bayern have scored 158 in all competitions. however, when it comes to a final, it does not necessarily work out how you might expect. but i'd be surprised if it was 0—0. you might expect. but i'd be surprised if it was 0-0. yes, famous last words, 0—0 and extra time to follow. there should be a lot of goals, we hope. psg, it is a huge night for them because this is the one trophy that they really want, that they covet more than any other. what do they need to do to get the job done against bayern munich? this isa big, job done against bayern munich? this is a big, big ambition of the whole project that they've got. they've got the two most expensive players in the world in neymar and killian mbappe, and plenty other talents as well or whether you look at angel di maria... and now they need them to deliver on the night. this is the first time under the qataris paris st—germain have g

will be joined by the editor of which travel, rory boland, and the personal finance reporter from bbc radioey, felicity hannah. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the hash tag bbcyourquestions. that's coming up at 9:30am this morning. uk government debt has risen above £2 trillion for the first time, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. the office for national statistics said the government borrowed £26.7 billion in july. the 0ns also released new figures this morning showing retail sales rose above pre—pandemic levels injuly, as a rebound in demand continued. retail sales volumes rose by 3.6% between june and july. 0ur economics correspondent, andrew walker, is in north london. looking first at the government debt, is to trillian a scary figure? it certainly sounds it and in relation to the national income or the size of the economy it takes that figure over 100%. —— is £2 trillion a scary figure. it is the first time it has been that large relative to the economy since the early 1960s. i suppose one compensating factor is that interest rates are l

the bbc radio presenter david whitely, known as sideman, has resigned.nagement to apologise for allowing the use of the n—word, in a news report about a racially aggravated assault. the bbc sanctioning the n—word set by a white person is something i can't rock with. i can't just something i can't rock with. i can'tjust smile something i can't rock with. i can't just smile for the process and act like everything is ok. when the slur was broadcast, more than 18,500 people complained. the bbc defended its decision, saying the victim's family wanted the word to be used to highlight the severity of the attack, although it did accept, people were upset, by its use. one of india's leading film stars, amitabh bachchan, says he's been discharged from hospital after testing negative for the coronavirus. posting on twitter, he said "i told you guys i'd beat this," before thanking staff at mumbai's nanavati hospital where he and members of his family have been treated for the virus in recent weeks. his father, amitabh bachchan, one of bollywood's most revered stars,

attacks against german invading forces, they skipped to london, and there in the broadcast over bbc radio that became known as the appeal of june 18th, de gaulle issued a challenge to freshman everywhere. to continue the resistance against the nazi invaders who had now become occupiers. to continue their resistance against frenchman in france, who had surrendered their independence and dignity to cooperate with the german forces. he called on frenchman to rally to him, as he assumed the mantle of fruit france. now the truth is he hadn't been elected by anyone, he was essentially self appointed as the leader of france at the time. but for four years since 1941 the germans invaded now till the summer of 44, move has come to recognize him as a leader of free france. one significant exception was the american president, franklin roosevelt, who didn't like him. roosevelt wasn't alone in. that roosevelt continued to remind people that he wasn't elected, and the united states couldn't recognize him as a present without a democratic process. we can identify with that degree. despite roosevelts re

speaking to bbc radio 4, professor graham medley — a member of the british government's scientific advisory order to open schools in england in september. i think that is quite possible. i think we are in a situation whereby i think most people think that opening schools is a priority for the health and well—being of children. and that in order when we do that we are going to reconnect a lot of households and so, actually, closing some of the other networks, some of the other activities, may well be required to enable us to open schools. and it might come down toa open schools. and it might come down to a question about which trade—off you trade off against each other. that is a matter of prioritising. do we think pubs are more important than schools? what impact has this had on businesses who had been preparing to reopen today? let's get more on this and speak to simon thomas, chief executive of the hippodrome casino in london's leicester square. simon, we will look ahead to the autumn ina simon, we will look ahead to the autumn in a moment, but first, you have a significant problem of hav

within a week, there were 18,500 complaints and dj sideman, a dj on bbc radio 1xtra resigned in protest issued a statement on the matter, acknowledging the word was highly offensive and it had upset people but it added, "the family we re people but it added, "the family were determined the bbc should report the racist language in full." now there has been another meeting and the bbc director—general tony hall says they now accept they got it wrong. a statement this afternoon says the bbc now accepts they should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and they are very sorry for that. it adds it was a mistake, a moment listen and learn. david sillitee, to listen and learn. david sillitoe, bbc news. the labour mp dawn butler has accused police of racially profiling her, after she was stopped by officers while in a car. the former shadow equalities minister says she was pulled over by the metropolitan police in east london, and she recorded a video of what happened. our correspondent dan johnson is here. what more do we know about this? this happened earlier this afternoon

german-invading forces in the spring of 1940, de gaulle escaped to london and there in a broadcast over bbc radio that became known as the appeal of june 18th, de gaulle issued a challenge to frenchmen everywhere to continue their resistance against the nazi invaders who had now become occupiers, to continue their resistance against frenchmen in france who had surrendered their independence and dignity to cooperate with the german forces. he called on frenchmen to rally to him as he assumed the mantle of free france. now, truth is, de gaulle had not been elected by anyone. he was essentially self-appointed as the leader of france at the time. but in the four years from june of 1940 when the germans invaded now to the summer of 1944, most had come to recognize de gaulle as the leader of free france. one significant exception was the american president, franklin roosevelt, who did not like de gaulle. roosevelt wasn't alone in that. but roosevelt continued to remind people that de gaulle was not elected and the united states could not recognize de gaulle as president without a democratic process. an

and bbc radio 1's greg james will interview whispering bob his 50 years in broadcasting. . when did you hear about this? yesterday evening. it was quite unexpected. you had this fundraising page and you are raising money to pay figure studies and then right click?|j you are raising money to pay figure studies and then right click? i was asking for support, whatever people could do, and out of the blue my friend messaged me seeing taylor swift donated but i didn't think it was the full amount. then when she screenshot the page and send it to mel screenshot the page and send it to me i was like, wow, i have to sign in to check, and the money was there. you had not gone directly to taylor swift to ask her. no. are you afan? taylor swift to ask her. no. are you a fan? yes, and i think! taylor swift to ask her. no. are you a fan? yes, and i think i will for the rest of my life. what was it out when taylor swift intervened? the rest of my life. what was it out when taylor swift intervened ?|j the rest of my life. what was it out when taylor swift intervened? i call ita when tayl

at which point, i said that is nuclear, that means closing bbc two, bbc three, bbc four, local radio,nderstand that is the scale of you are... did you threaten to resign over that? i thought about resigning but at that moment i thought you've got to get in there and try to stop this, or ameliorate what they are proposing to do. it was very clear very, very quickly that there was no possibility of stopping this. did you make clear to them that this is a welfare payment and that is what governments do, and not broadcasters? yes, all those arguments were kind of laid out, every single one of those arguments was very, very highly fought. it was one of the most difficult and tense set of negotiations or discussions i have ever had. i don't want to repeat it. we ended up after some more meetings with george osborne and the then chairman of the bbc trust, rona fairhead, running through the amelioration which we had won from them for the over—755. one was that we would have a licence fee that would go up with inflation for the first time in over a decade. secondly, some imposts that were on t

at which point i said that is nuclear, that means closing bbc two, bbc three, bbc four, local radio,nd probably some other things as well. understand that is the scale of you are... did you threaten to resign over that? i felt, i thought about resigning but at that moment i thought you've got to get in there and try to stop this, or ameliorate what they are proposing to do. it was very clear very, very quickly that there was no possibility of stopping this. did you make clear to them that this is a welfare payment and that is what governments do, and not broadcasters? yes, we made all those arguments were kind of laid out, every single one of those arguments was very, very highly fought. it was one of the most difficult and tense set of negotiations or discussions i have ever had. i don't want to repeat it, we ended up after some more meetings with george osborne and the then chairman of the bbc trust, rona fairhead, running through the amelioration which we had won from them for the over—755. one was that we would have a license fee that would go up with inflation for the first time

with a special inlo to our viewers online boston and across the country on c-span, and our radio audience on the bbcews radio 1030. -- wbt newsradio 1030. ed markey has represented the state since 2013 in the senate, and served in the house for 37 years. joe kennedy has served in the u.s. house since 2013. before we get started, a brief word about the format. now before we get started a brief word before our format. there will be no opening or closing statements. the candidates will each get one minute to respond to the same question. after that there will be open ended periods of rebuttal and discussion. otherwise known as the fate. during which they are free to question one another and expand their focused others topics. there are just three hard and fast rules. no filibustering. no talking over each other, and always obey your moderator. thank you gentlemen, we appreciate you being here. let's begin our debates. and she'll go in alphabetical order so mr. kennedy you'll take the first question first. and senator markey will take the second one. >>> throughout this campaign keeping the same questio

that means closing bbc two, bbc three, bbc four, local radio, some radio networks and probably otheru proposing. did you threaten to resign? i thought about resigning about at that moment i thought, you have to get in there and stop this or ameliorate what they are proposing. it was very clear very quickly that there was no possibility of stopping this. did you make clear to them this is a welfare payment and that is what governments do? yes, we made all those arguments, everything on one was very highly thought. it was one of the most difficult and tense negotiations or discussions i have ever had. i do not want to repeated. we ended up after some more meetings with george osborne at the event chairman of the bbc trust running through the amelioration of which we had one from them for the over 75s. one was we would have a licence fee that would go up with inflation for the first time in over a decade, secondly some importa nts the first time in over a decade, secondly some importants for broadband and other things would be removed, thirdly what was causing digital loophole that thos

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all of ourfilms, along with more than 1,000 radiosearch online for "bbc witness history". next, we go to cuba. gita watts, who had to begin a new life in britain. remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all of ourfilms, along with more than 1,000 radio programmes, in our online archive. just search online for "bbc witness history". next, we go to cuba. in july 1989, four top cuban army officers were sentenced to death and executed after being convicted of drug trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was, in fact, a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change in fidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom ileana de la guardia, the daughter of one of the executed men. it was the show trial that shook havana. general arnaldo 0choa, a comrade in arms of fidel castro and hero of the revolution, was sentenced last friday to be shot by firing squad, along with three other army officers. translation: when they read out that my father, antonio de la

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all ourfilms, along with more than 1,000 radiour online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. now to central america, and the civil war in el salvador. throughout the 1980s, left—wing rebels were fighting the us—backed government. in 1989, government soldiers dragged six jesuit priests from their beds and murdered them. it changed the course of the war. the salvadoran government tried to blame the killings on the rebels. but one brave woman stood up to the authorities, providing important testimony that contradicted the official version. lucia cerna told her story to witness history. the priests' funeral took place at the university where they were murdered. that's how they were.

and commentaries on bbc radio 5 live.l be on site at half past nine later on. i wasjust thinking, normally at this point on fa cup final day, you have got the buses, you have got fans heading from whichever team has made it to the final and they are piling onto the buses and have the t—shirts and hats, and it is a huge adventure, and the whole day as part of the story, culminating in kick—off. and the whole day as part of the story, culminating in kick—offlj think, mike, you should find a vivid sailor —— vuvuzela. and a really big, ridiculous hat. maybe a fancy dress costume. you have set me some challenges over the years, naga, but this takes a.s. —— takes the biscuit. i can find a hat, i am sure, but it vuvuzela? are you in 2010? i am trying to help you help us, because you 2010? i am trying to help you help us, because you are 2010? i am trying to help you help us, because you are trying to create atmosphere. yes, and at 6:40am you will be the most popular person around with those flats everywhere. a few people are sta

rajan‘s interview with the outgoing bbc director general on the media show tomorrow in the bbc sounds app or on radiot 4.30 storm francis has hit parts of the uk leaving some homes flooded in south wales, and causing widespread travel disruption. this is porthleven on cornwall 5 south coast. a met office amber warning for very strong winds is in place across wales and the midlands, with yellow weather warnings covering much of the rest of the uk. time for a look at the weather, here's phil avery. i always knew you were a frustrated forecaster, simon. good afternoon. you have seen what it looks like on the ground, this is what it looks like from space. this banner of cloud is sweeping its way ever further northwards and bringing with it quite a bit of rain. a couple of inches of rain falling at the worst. following on behind the skies are not that clear either. we are not quite done with that frontal system further south because it will return across the irish sea into the north of wales and northern england over the next couple of hours. over the same time period this afternoon and into this evening

at which point i said that is nuclear, that means closing bbc two, bbc three, bbc four, local radio,e proposing to do. it was very what they are proposing to do. it was very clear very quickly that there was no possibility of stopping this. did you make clear to them that this is a welfare payment and that this is a welfare payment and thatis that this is a welfare payment and that is what governments do, not broadcasters? all those arguments we re broadcasters? all those arguments were laid out, every single one of those arguments was very highly fought. it was one of the most difficult and tense negotiations or discussions i have ever had. i don't wa nt to discussions i have ever had. i don't want to repeat it, we ended up after some more meetings with george osborne and the then chairman of the bbc trust, running through the amelioration which we had run from them for the over 75 's. one was that we would have a license fee that we would have a license fee that would go up with inflation for the first time in over a decade, secondly, some impost that were on the bbc four broadband

there's cheaper ways to do radio than the bbc! that's me told.he preaches. hey! come on! first, diversifying. the cows are a recent addition to the farm after years ofjust focusing on sheep. it was sort of regarded by everybody as progress, that you were stripping down to something, specialising in one thing. and now we know that wasn't particularly good for nature, and it hasn't been particularly good for our bank accounts in many ways, so we're going back to a mix of animals. a couple of free—range pigs have alsojoined the farm. on our farm, we're just trying to get back to the old model, where there's a few pigs, there's a few cattle, there's the sheep and then, yeah, have a good diversified business model. they're a hit with his son isaac, but he knows where they are heading. can i ask you a difficult question, isaac? do you like bacon? yes! and you know that these pigs will end up as bacon. yes. this isn'tjust sort of nostalgia or a bit of a lifestyle choice, fun. this is actually about putting back a farm to what it really can be, to drive

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all our films, along with more than 1,000 radione archive. just search for "bbc witness history." our next story takes us to germany, where in 1995 a public art project was seen by millions. it became a symbol for berlin's renewal after the fall of the wall and the collapse of communism. it's the story of the couple who wrapped the reichstag. newsreel: it's an eccentric dream, but one that a husband and wife team have cherished for nearly a quarter of a century, and this weekend the bulgarian—born artist christo and his wife jeanne—claude began rubbing the german parliament building in silver fabric. it is very difficult to explain if you don't see it. no drawings, no sketch, no scale model can match the complexity of the project. the fabric isactually, it's not completely touching the stone, the surface of the structure. the project started in 1972. the cold war is still in full speed, you know, the berlin wall was built. permission to wrap the reichstag was refused three times. if the wall were not fell down, probably we'd never

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films, along with more than 1,000 radioarchive. just search online for bbc witness history. now to a story of triumph over injustice. for over 200 years, soldiers from the small south asian country of nepal fought and died for the british armed forces. the soldiers are known as gurkhas and more than 200,000 fought in the two world wars. it is only in 2009 they were actually given the right to settle in the uk. one major remembers the long campaign for equal treatment for gurkhas. outside parliament, the home secretary finally ran up the white flag, government surrender on the gurkhas terms. all former gurkhas who have served more than four years will now be eligible to apply for settlement in the uk. when the announcement was made in 2009, everyone was really happy, exuberant with the news. i would call it a half baked victory. i served in the brigade of gurkhas for that he one years. ——i served in the brigade of gurkhas for 31 years. nepal allows recruitment into the british army. nowhere will you see this arrangement into

from the yard of a detention centre in minsk cannot be independently verified by the bbc, but they were sent to radiobeatings by security forces of street protesters. instances like this add to existing reports of multiple cases of ill treatment of police detainees on the streets and in temporary detention facilities. president lukashenko has been reported as saying that images of beatings and bruises shown by families were largely staged. it's an accusation that is firmly denied. it is his usual way of behaviour, and i know that many of the people are afraid of reporting to police about the torture. they are documenting their bruises and the damage that has been done to their bodies. there's widespread anger in minsk over what many people see as president lukashenko rigging the vote to stay in power. these have turned to outrage and despair at the injuries in gatherings held by relatives and friends of the detained protesters. a week ago, minsk saw the biggest protest in modern belarusian history, with hundreds of thousands of people filling the streets. but the man who led belarus for the last 26 y

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all our films, along with more than 1,000 radioe. just search online for bbc witness history. now to central america, and the civil war in el salvador. throughout the 1980s, left—wing rebels were fighting the us—backed government. in 1989, government soldiers dragged six jesuit priests from their beds and murdered them. it changed the course of the war. the salvadoran government tried to blame the killings on the rebels. but one brave woman stood up to the authorities, providing important testimony that contradicted the official version. lucia cerna told her story to witness history. the priests' funeral took place at the university where they were murdered. they were el salvador‘s leading left—wing intellectuals. thousands came to mourn, not just for the dead men, but because they'd symbolise for the hope that el salvador might on day become a country where power came from the ballot box and not from the barrel of a gun. translation: the priests were always on the side of the poor. that's how they were. it still hurts to remember

i did a programme on radio four on the bbc on what it takes to be competent as a leader, britain, brazilnited states have, and abject positions. the one area and government and the broader health community seem to be quite quick in dealing with was the issue of capacity, there were nightingale so—called hospitals in east london, birmingham, that huge new bed provision and it was nobody's thought that they were not taken up. the nhs was able, not the question of equipment but the question about was able to accommodate people. but whereas we have just been talking about, the collateral damage on that was in other ailments. and it wasn't the case that all doctors and all medical staff were thrown into covid and redeployed. bizarrely, there we re and redeployed. bizarrely, there were instances of specialists, not their fault, but specialists who are underemployed during covid because people were simply not going to get themselves tested and operations we re themselves tested and operations were simply not taking place. and some doctors and specialists i have been speaking to over the last fe

there's cheaper ways to do radio than the bbc! that's me told.n! first, diversifying. the cows are a recent addition to the farm after years ofjust focusing on sheep. it was sort of regarded by everybody as progress, that you were stripping down to something, specialising in one thing. and now we know that wasn't particularly good for nature, and it hasn't been particularly good for our bank accounts in many ways, so we're going back to a mix of animals. a couple of free range pigs have alsojoined the farm. on our farm, we're just trying to get back to the old model, where there's a few pigs, there's a few cattle, there's the sheep and then, yeah, have a good diversified business model. they are hit with his son isaac but he knows where they are headed. can i ask you a difficult question? do you like bacon? yes! and you know that these pigs will end up as bacon. yes. this is the soldier or a bit of a lifestyle choice for us, this is actually about putting a farm where the community can be to drive as much of nature, as much biodiversity as we can

radio programmes on our online archive. just search online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. his village in togo to live in the arctic. he spoke to witness history about his odyssey.” started a journey of discovery only to find that i was being discovered. i was one of them. i became kind of the african eskimo. i was born in 19a1 in togo, west africa. i grew up in just an ordinary african way, an ordinary african boy. one day i was on top of a tree, and suddenly there was a snake. i fell. and i was badly injured. after my convalescence, i went to the missionary bookshop, and i saw to the missionary bookshop, and isawa to the missionary bookshop, and i saw a book — eskimo is from greenland to alaska. i learnt it was so cold in greenland that there are no snakes. where is that paradise? i was obsessed with eskimos. people said, yeah, you are completely mad. i run away from togo. i was 16 one half. it took me eight years to get to greenland. i was the first black man they had ever seen. as soon as they saw me, all talking stopped. and the children were so afraid some started wee

radio programmes in our online archive. just search online archive. just search online for bbc witness history. next, go to cuba.cuba. injuly1980 nine, four top next, go to cuba. injuly1980 nine, fourtop cuban next, go to cuba. injuly1980 nine, four top cuban officers we re nine, four top cuban officers were sentenced to death and executed after being convicted of drug trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was in fact a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change infidel castro's communist cuba. we hear from infidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom iliana de laguardia, the daughter of one of the executed men. it was the show trial that shook ivana, general ochoa, a comrade in arms of cost and humour of the revolution, sentenced last friday to be shot by firing squad, along with three other army officers. translation: when they went out that my father and, as well as ochoa and the others were sentenced to death, it came as a massive shock. my father looked over to where i was sitting and i did not want to start crying. some of the other relatives broke down and cried. but

they are broadcast every year on the bbc and they take place at the royal albert hall in london and they celebrate farcical music. they are normally broadcast on radioout to the younger audience. a couple of years ago stormzy performed at the proms. they do try and reach out to a wider audience. what happened last night is they took the unusual step of actually announcing the full programme of the last night of the proms because there was always speculation as to what was going to be dropped. it turns out nothing. it will include land of hope and glory and rule britannia, they will be performed, there will be a new orchestral arrangement of land and hope and glory who has just won an oscar. she did the soundtrack to the full monty. it will be performed as part ofa monty. it will be performed as part of a medley which was first performed at the proms in 1905. some people are very upset there will not bea people are very upset there will not be a traditional singalong stop they are saying the reason is because of social distancing and they will be no audience at the proms, so how can you have a singalong when there is no audience and next year they ar

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bbc news. if you or someone you know feels in need of more advice on results, choosing a uni, getting a job or an apprenticeship, then radioement any safety recommendations arising from the derailment. but he denied that network rail had failed to act on a report which warned about the impact of extreme weather. meanwhile the names of two of the three people who died in the derailment have been released. driver brett mccullough and conductor donald dinnie died, along with a passenger. let's get more from our reporter ben philip who is near the scene of that derailment. what more can you tell us about what is happening that today? that has been an extensive overnight operation, recovery operation, to make the site ready for the investigators to move into. we understand the investigation team are now on the site, the carriages have been stabilised, we are in a very re m ote have been stabilised, we are in a very remote area have been stabilised, we are in a very remote area here in aberdeenshire but we are told investigations are under way at. just in the last half an hour, we received a statement on the family of brett mccu

right-wing convservative talk radio hosts to debate about the state of joe biden's mental health when stelter's own network cnn talked about it, so has "politico,", nbc, bbcon post." joe biden has admitted he has not taken a cognitive test. biden is criticized cutting back on unscripted public events. watch cnn's brian stelter here. >> let's go on a trip together to a totally alternative universe. you never hear what is happening there unless you tune into right-wing talk radio. you need to know what they are saying. the most popular, powerful talkers in the country have trained their sights on joe biden. what you are about to hear them say is mind-boggling. look, whether you like biden or not, this stuff is offensive and other worldly. want to be clear. there is a lot of negative partisanship happens on the left as well. disdain and nastiness directed at the right. this is happening in all directions but it is especially extreme, especially vitriolic, on the right, directed at joe biden. elizabeth: okay. let's welcome fox news contributor deneen borelli. deneen, joe biden deserves compassion and respect for cognitive issues. it is on video. there is seri