beatrice harrison's live duets on the bbc were in the 1920s a sensation.on, i was worried. the woods sounded very quiet. actually, as we get closer, you will start to hear the song growing and growing, getting louder and louder. oh, please let it be true! this is. . .without nightingales. if you cup your ears to focus your hearing. bird song. they are so loud, aren't they? i didn't really believe you. we are several metres away. it doesn't feel odd, middle of the night, sitting in a forest? no, not at all. it seems quite natural and quite perfect. # the nightingale. ..# i think it is important to remember that once upon a time this would have been the soundtrack to our spring around every fire, around every homestead. we would have just gone out and listened to the nightingales. so, that little, damp thicket, an oasis of song. david sillito, bbc news, ashford, in kent. a full hour of news coming up now but time for a look at the weather. nick miller. most of us enjoyed a fine evening and we picked up some showers to end the day initially across parts of en

beatrice harrison's live duets on the bbc were in the 1920s a sensation. get closer, you will start to hear the song growing and growing, getting louder and louder. oh, please let it be true! this is. . .without nightingales. .. if you cup your ears to focus your hearing. bird song. they are so loud, aren't they? i didn't really believe you. we are several metres away. it does not feel odd, middle of the night, sitting in a forest? no, not at all. it seems quite natural and quite perfect. # the nightingale. ..# i think it is important to remember that once upon a time this would have been the soundtrack to our spring around every fire, around every homestead. we would have just gone out and listened to the nightingales. so, that little, damp thicket, an oasis of song. david sillito, bbc news, ashford, in kent. time for a look at the weather. not very warm but very dry? no significant prolonged rainfall in the weather forecast for this week. looking at rainfall totals for april, we have not quite got all the fa cts april, we have not quite got all the facts

beatrice harrison's live duets on the bbc were in the 1920s a sensation. if you cup your ears to focus your hearing. bird song they are so loud, aren't they? i didn't really believe you. we are several metres away. it does not feel odd, middle of the night, sitting in a forest? no, not at all. it seems quite natural and quite perfect. # the nightingale. ..# i think it is important to remember that once upon a time this would have been the soundtrack to our spring, around every fire, around every homestead. we would have just gone out and listened to the nightingales. so, that little damp thicket, an oasis of song. david sillito, bbc news, ashford, in kent. auditions have been taking place in liverpool today to find the next star to play the role of cilla black, the singer and entertainer who died suddenly following a fall at her spanish villa two years ago. a west—end musical will celebrate cilla's early life. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has been to meet some of those aspiring to the starring role. a lorra lorra cillas. # what's it all

beatrice harrison's live performances with them on the bbc were a sensation.hey? i didn't really believe you. they are several metres away. singing. doesn't it feel odd to be here in the middle of the night sitting in a forest? no, not at all. it seems quite natural and quite perfect. # the nightingale, they say #... it is important to remember that once upon a time this would have been the soundtrack to our spring. every fire, every homestead, you could just go out and listen to the nightingales. so, that little, damp thicket, an oasis of song. a host of american celebrities have turned out for what's is described as ‘the party of the year‘ —— the met gala. the annual charity ball is held at new york‘s metropolitan museum of art to raise money for the museum‘s fashion department. tickets cost tens of thousands of dollars. nada tawfik‘s report contains flash photography. it is the hottest invite on new york‘s social calendar, and the biggest night in fashion, that draws out only the stars. stepping onto the met gala red carpet is to enter a runway, but one wit