he has 20 objects on show at blenheim. u nfortu nately objects on show at blenheim.away and the entire a rtworld is fortnight away and the entire artworld is flying to britain to attend. the duke would love to have attend. the duke would love to have a large number of those people make the journey to oxford, and frankly, this left rather like stealing the mona lisa in 1911, is the foundation of underlying vein for maurizio catalan. lovely to speak to you. thank you very much indeed. his views are completely his own. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcmaryam. goodbye. hello. welcome along. so, latest thoughts on how sunday is going to shape up right across the british isles. quite a variety of weather on offer and then we will take a look at the next few days after that. sunday starting off really very windy again after a wild night across the north and north—east of scotland. some storm—force winds there. weather front producing a fair amount of cloud and some rain for northern ireland, the western and southern parts of scotland in the first part of the day. eventu

or go to the blenheim teashop first. exactly. did you feel like a queen? it was a little chilly, i wonder if the queen has someone to warm her toilet for her but this was an opportunity not to turn down. one of the reasons given by the owners at blenheim for not having extra security was that anyone who went to steal it would not know who had gone on before them or what they had to eat. it does not sound like an effective strategy. no and it happened very quickly as well. there was a big party at blenheim last night and i wonder if there was a lot of people and they were keeping less track of who was on the premises, i do not know. obviously the police investigation is a separate matter but a lot of damage was caused in the process of taking the toilet out and it has not been recovered. presumably, the important thing is to get it back for the sake of the artist on the exhibition, presumably it was a highlight? i do not know, it is a pretty out there exhibition, full of major works. another installation is a miniature figure of h

police investigate the theft of a $6 million solid gold artwork from blenheim palace. 30 hours aftermexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give them whatever we've got. a state funeral is being held for princess grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for the abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she has become a saint, it's expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessman regard the anticipated boom as just another blessing of st elizabeth. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the

relocated to one of britain's most famous stately homes, blenheim palace, visitors were to be allowedibit itself was designed to be a reflection on the american dream and the idea of something ordinarily unattainable in fact potentially being there in a way that you could touch. the toilet was designed to make that physical. butjust two days after going on display, the toilet was stolen, causing significant flood damage to the palace. we believe they used at least two vehicles during the offence and they left the scene at around 4:50am. a 66—year—old man has been arrested in connection with this incident and he is currently in police custody. blenheim palace say they are relieved no—one was hurt and are urging anyone with information to contact the police. sarah campbell, bbc news. that is just about it from me. i will be back with the headlines in a few minutes. you can reach me at twitter. you are watching bbc news. goodbye. hello. welcome along. the latest thoughts on how sunday will shape up across the british isles. a variety of weather on offer and we will take a look at the nex

the chief executive of blenheim palace.at new technology can help to make life easier for those living with the disease. virtual reality is one idea under consideration — as dougal shaw found out when he went to visit a care home in oxford. these days, bill tolly is usually to be found in the garden of his care home. but back in the ‘50s, his favourite place to be was the dance hall. now, thanks to virtual reality, he is going to relive that golden age again. if you look behind you, you will see people dancing. yodels this is what's called virtual reality therapy. bill has dementia and the hope is this trip down memory lane will be a positive experience for him. can you remember what you were like at that time? i was raring to go everywhere! raring to go? mm. and in many ways, bill still is. the marston court care home in oxford has been trialling the technology and found it has had positive benefits for many residents. people like betty. that's the church where i was married. does that bring back memories of the day? yes,

why is it gold loo on display at blenheim palace?. we tend to freeze stately homes at a particular point in time. but at blenheim palace we have promoted the best contemporary artists and challenged them to re—interpret the space for themselves. maurizio cattelan is the latest exa m ple themselves. maurizio cattelan is the latest example and we were proud to have america, one of his statement works in situ until early saturday morning. how was it stolen? quickly. i can't disclose much but there were several men, two vehicles and the whole thing was done extremely quickly. right. to break into blenheim palace and somehow walk out with a solid gold loo without anyone noticing seems almost unbelievable. i can't comment directly but it was noticed they were away before the response. how heavy was the loo? in excess of 110lb but something that two strong men could do, i guess. how much is it worth? we believe around $6 million, around £5 million. it's very significant. it is solid gold. people perhaps assumed it was plated but it isn't. 0

a man has been arrested after a solid gold toilet worth millions of pounds is stolen from blenheim palaced we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday poeple. stay with us for that. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. former tory minister sam gyimah has become the latest mp to defect to the liberal democrats. the mp for east surrey was kicked out of the conservative party after voting against the government over no—deal brexit. he had previously resigned as universities minister after opposing theresa may's withdrawal agreement. liberal democrat leaderjo swinson announced the party's newest mp at their annual conference this evening. sam gyimah told our political correspondent jonathan blake why he decided to join the party. well, very simple. the values that attracted me to the conservative party, of which i have been a member for over two decades, are no longer the values of the party. mainly those liberal values that made me excited when i supported same—sex ma

relocated to one britain's most famous stately homes, blenheim palace, visitors were to be allowed to the exhibit itself was designed to be a reflection on the american dream and the idea of something ordinarily unattainable in fact potentially being there in a way that you could touch. the toilet was designed to make that physical. just two days after going on display, the toilet was stolen, causing significant flood damage to the palace. we believe they used at least two vehicles during the offence and they left the scene at around 4:50am. a 66—year—old man has been arrested in connection with this incident and he is currently in police custody. blenheim palace say they are relieved no one was hurt and are urging anyone with information to contact the police. sarah campbell, bbc news. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. we'll bring you a full paper review at 11:30 — i'll bejoined by nigel nelson, political editor at the sunday people and sunday mirror and political commentator jo phillips to look

relocated one of britain's most famous stately homes, blenheim palace, visitors were to be allowed tone with the toilet, doing whatever came naturally. the exhibit itself was designed to be a reflection on the american dream, and the idea of something ordinarily unobtainable potentially being there in a way you could touch, and the toilet was designed to make that physical. but just two days after going on display, the toilet was stolen, causing significant flood damage to the palace. we believe they used at least two vehicles during the offence, and left at around 4:50am. 66—year—old man has been arrested connection with this incident, and he is currently in police custody. blenheim palace say they are relieved no—one was hurt and are urging anyone with information to contact the police. what an astonishing story. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. "cameron's fury at the liars of leave," is the headline on the front of the sunday times, which publishes an extract from david cameron's memoir, for the record. i

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stolen from a stately home in england it was part of an arctic the vision that had just opened at blenheim palace the birthplace of britain's wartime leader winston churchill police say a man in his sixty's has been arrested in connection with the burglary. visitors hoping to spend a penny on the world's most expensive toilet will have to hold it for night the 18 carat party of google to it's gone missing just days after being on the field at a palace in england. i'm really shocked economy to the 1000000 pound toilet that's been stolen all gold i want to go and that is quite shocking i have to admit i go back over the head while we were there in the crime scene so much told me and it was this amazing story i think. the toilets had been part of an exhibition of the work of italian artist move it seal castle he called this piece america intending it as a comment on extravagant wales cattle and described it as one percent art for the 99 percent when it was on display in new york hundreds of thousands of people queued up for some light relief or i'm sure police are still trying to locate the t

bbc.com: it's an update on the case of the golden toilet, worth six millon dollars, stolen from blenheimalace in central england on saturday. police say they're following a number of lines of inquiry. a 66—year—old man is in custody but no further arrests have been made. that's all. stay with bbc world news. for more on all our stories — go to the bbc news website. the address is bbc.co.uk/news. or download the bbc news app. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. oil prices soar after saudi attacks. brent crude jumps by the most on record as half is affected. cryptocurrency ‘s, cruising or crunched? let's begin with the global energy markets because the price of rent crude has jumped by markets because the price of rent crude hasjumped by the most on record after drones attacked key facilities in saudi arabia over the weekend. the double digitjump that weekend. the double digitjump that we have not seen before. the attacks on the areas have taken out more than half of the world's supply. us president donald trump moved to ease thejump in president donald trump moved

america by the italian conceptual artist and on and it had had had been installed 2 days earlier at blenheim palace previously it was shown at the guggenheim museum in new york and the removal cost significant flooding. the state funeral for boys former president robert mugabe has been held today by his actual borough will take place in a month's time following a dispute between mugabe's family and the zimbabwean government several african heads of state travel to the capital harare to honor the controversial strongman and our correspondent krishna reports. give us time to grieve our euro sing the supporters of robert mugabe and the national stage to move our way to celebrating the life of zimbabwe's former president is near by helicopter lands carrying his caskets. use the reason i can assume i would use the only boys didn't you know to go on is to stand against tony blair who is the new president is what he probably did. leadership is the real present with influence in the whole of the world and gaba fought for the independence of his country and against western imperialism but during muga

much more that 638 live from blenheim palace later on. thank you both very much.. the party is holding its annual conference in bournemouth. yesterday, delegates voted to revoke brexit, if they win a majority at the next general election. ms swinson, sat down with our chief political correspondent, vicki young, to explain the policy. (tx sot) for three and a half years, we have been arguing that when the final details were available for brexit it should be put to the public for the final say in should be put to the public for the finalsay ina should be put to the public for the final say in a people's vote, and we still think that is the best way to resolve this brexit issue. and we will continue to argue for that in parliament. but if we don't manage to secure that, and we find ourselves in a general election, that might be the opportunity that the public have to make their voice heard on brexit. and as a party that wholeheartedly believes that our best future is within the european union, we need to give the british public the chance to vote for it by saying, if

the toilet, a piece by italian artis maurizio cattelan — was stolen from an exhibition at blenheim palaces to the exhibition could book a time to use the toilet for three minutes. officers believe a gang stole the piece using two vehicles. they said a 66—year—old man has been arrested but they are yet to recover the valuable lavatory. the chief art critic of the i paper, hettiejudah, who's been to the exhibition, says the toilet even has a connection with the us president. maurizio cattelan is not the most su btle maurizio cattelan is not the most subtle of artists, he is highly intelligent but this is a gold toilet called america that was originally installed at the guggenheim museum in new york during the election campaign in which donald trump was running for president. i think, donald trump was running for president. ithink, i believe at donald trump was running for president. i think, i believe at one point that chomp white house was offered the toilet as a loan. i imagine that they hoped to get it back, but it was probably well insured, and unlike the mona lisa you can recast a toil

an 18—carat solid gold toilet, worth £1 million, has been stolen from blenheim palace in oxfordshire.he italian conceptual artist maurizio cattelan at winston churchill's birthplace. it was reported missing just before five o'clock this morning. the toilet has not been found but a 66—year—old man has been arrested. police said the burglary caused "significant damage and flooding" because the toilet was plumbed into the building, and visitors had been invited to use it. now, what are the chances of this? in america, baby christina brown was born on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this week — at 9:11 in the evening — weighing 9 pounds 11 ounces. her parents say she's a "little miracle during such a sad time". now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. a try and fine day across much of england and wales, claudia for northern ireland and scotland. also rain in the forecast going to gradually slip its way south as we go through tonight, staying fairly windy across the northern half of the uk, risk of gales or severe gales over the northern half of scotland, particularly

bbc.com: it's an update on the case of the golden toilet, worth six millon dollars, stolen from blenheim a 66—year—old man is in custody but no further arrests have been made. that's all.

bbc.com: it's an update on the case of the golden toilet, worth six millon dollars, stolen from blenheim palace in central england on saturday. police say they're following a number of lines of inquiry — a 66—year—old man is in custody, but as yet, they have nothing else to go on. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the number of migrants making the sea crossing from north africa to southern europe has fallen dramatically in the last two years. tragically, the number of deaths hasn't declined as fast. why? well, humanitarian activists blamed the anti— migration policies of eu member states, led by italy. my guest defied the italian authorities to land the rescue ships she watch see with 50 migrants on board. to some, she has become a humanitarian hero but will her actions merely encourage more people smuggling and more smuggling? carola rackete, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting me. you have emerged from an extraordinary experience earlier this summer, which involved you capt

it is a story in all the papers, a golden lavatory stone from blenheim palace, worth £4.8 million wasand ijust the weekend we do not know by whom and i just have the weekend we do not know by whom and ijust have to say, the police have nothing to go on. follow that. that's it for the papers for now. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week at bbc dot co uk forward slash papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you. we are moving into a very settled speu we are moving into a very settled spell of weather looking at the week ahead, a big area of high pressure extending in from the atlantic, forming a lot of dry weather, light winds and autumn sunshine but beware, a few showers these doubts and the forecast as well. this is the area of high pressure, but currently a weatherford sitting across the uk cutting us into. still also a low pressure centre to the north pulling away towards scandinavia and through the afternoon the winds will ease back consid

an 18—carat solid gold toilet, worth a million pounds, has been stolen from blenheim palace in oxfordshireby the italian conceptual artist maurizio cattelan at winston churchill's birthplace. it was reported missing just before five o'clock this morning. the toilet has not been found but a 66—year—old man has been arrested. police said the burglary caused "significant damage and flooding" because the toilet was plumbed into the building, and visitors had been invited to use it. an expensive way to spend a penny. now for the weather. dry and fine across much of england and wales, cloudier skies for scotland and northern ireland. we also have rain any forecast that will gradually slip southwards as we go through tonight, staying fairly windy for the northern half of the uk, risk of gales of severe gales for far north of scotla nd gales of severe gales for far north of scotland and the northern isles in particular. 0vernight temperatures between eight and 13 celsius. cloud and output of rain courtesy of a cold front with us moving into tomorrow. behind it a fresh feel to things, head of that

when you come back in an hour we will talk about the golden lavatories stolen from blenheim alice.andrew marr programme will be on bbc one at 9 o'clock this morning. who do you have joining you today? a really interesting line up this morning. i have priti patel, the new home secretary in her first broadcast interview. a lot of talk about with her. i've got sadiq khan, the london mayor. lots to talk about with him, including light —— knife crime. and jo swinson, leader of the liberal democrats on her big conference the weekend. the woman who thinks she can be our next prime minister. a bigger part. into play is out only have the wonderful emily sunday. thank you very much. that is at nine o'clock. stay with us for the moment. we have the headlines hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the former conservative minister sam gyimah hasjoined the liberal democrats. he's one of six mps who have defected to the party in recent weeks. mr gyimah was among the 21 tories who had the conservative whip

bbc.com: it's an update on the case of the golden toilet, worth six millon dollars, stolen from blenheim else to go on. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

it was stolen from blenheim palace over the weekend.ars broke in overnight and ripped the art installation out of the wall, causing significant flooding the 18 karat commode is valid at more than $5 million it was previously housed a the guggenheim museum in new york city a man has been arrested in connection with the theft of the toilet has yet to be found i hope that golden throne is not being used >> had their eye on it wow. >>> still ahead, winter comes for the creative eysmm "game of thrones" reigns supreme at the awards ceremony, next on "early today." back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics (bubbles popping) and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. make febreze part of your clean routine for whole home freshness. ♪la la la la la. panera's new warm grain full of flavor, color,. full of- woo! full of good. so you can be too. try our n

66—year—old man in connection with the theft of a solid gold toilet worth almost £5 million from blenheimthe toilet was part of an exhibition by the italian artist, maurizio cattelan, who was known for his satirical sculptures. there have been scuffles between pro—beijing and anti—government protesters at a shopping mall in hong kong on saturday. the confrontation happened at amoy plaza and spilled out on to the streets. police have detained several people. the pro—beijing supporters had earlier been waving chinese flags and singing and chanting to support police. nick beake reports. you can see the police are now running through this shopping centre. they have made arrests and some people are being led away. this isa some people are being led away. this is a pretty tense situation. so far no tear gas fired, probably because we are indoors. but all the time we are aware of people coming through, if you just look... real anger here. it is clear that that man and woman have been arrested. saturday afternoon shopping in this part of hong kong, this was supposed to be a relatively peaceful da

a man has been arrested after a solid gold toilet worth millions of pounds is stolen from blenheim palacecoming up at 8:30pm, a look at how algerians are trying to rewrite the history of revolutions in algeria: revolution of smiles. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in the last half hour, the former tory minister sam gyimah has become the latest mp to defect to the liberal democrats. the mp for east surrey was kicked out of the conservative party after voting against the government over no—deal brexit. he had previously resigned as universities minister after opposing theresa may's withdrawal agreement. liberal democrat leaderjo swinson announced the pa rty‘s newest mp at their annual conference this evening. conference, there's someone that i would like you to meet, a first—time attendee at liberal democrat conference. someone who has... laughter someone who has stood up for liberal principles, for liberal values, for their beliefs with great integrity, who has risked de—selection because they wanted to make sure they voted to support same—sex marriage. applause someone who has been

66—year—old man in connection with the theft of a solid gold toilet worth almost £5 billion from blenheim. the toilet was part of the exhibit by an italian artist known for his satirical sculptures. now on bbc news, brexitcast. adam, did you get a blunt text today asking a rather personal question? what are you wearing? but not in that weird way. what are you wearing because you're going to be on tv tonight? 0h! i didn't get one. you weren't wearing that sort of flannel shirt. wearing a very flannely gingham shirt. it wasn't that bad. i even ironed it. the blue shirt came out and this has passed the tv test, apparently. no, not the clothes show, welcome to brexitcast. brexitcast from the bbc. no—one‘s got a bleep clue what brexit is. brexit is... i hadn't understood the full extent of this. we are particularly reliant on the dover—calais crossing. i met borisjohnson once. the doubters, the doom and gloom, they are going to get it wrong again. remainers and leavers, that's going to end well. the process, which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. blue shirt at westminster, just been told

a man's arrested after a one million pound solid gold toilet is stolen from blenheim palace.

it was stolen from blenheim palace, which where winston churchill was born. the suspect is said to be good at plumbing and loves gold. [ laughter ] that's about right there. we don't need to look any further. [ applause ] i tell you what. a solid gold toilet would be a pretty fine christmas gift for donald trump. the president had his little thumbs going this weekend. trump has been ranting and raving on twitter about a drone attack on a saudi arabian oil facility that is suspected to be the work of iran. so yesterday as he was ruminating on this he tweeted this. "plenty of oil." [ laughter ] which is either about the middle east or his son's hair. we don't know. [ laughter ] he also lashed out at reports that said he'd be willing to meet with the iranians without preconditions and tweeted "the fake news is saying that i am willing to meet with iran no conditions. that is an incorrect statement as usual." and that one is a head scratcher. where would the fake news get an idea like that? >> now, the president has made clear. he is happy to take a meet with no

a solid gold toilet with an estimated value of more than a million pounds which was stolen from blenheimy. police say the burglary caused significant damage and flooding to the stately home. the whereabouts of the working toilet which visitors had been invited to use is unknown. a 66—year—old man has been arrested and remains in police custody. imagine being a visitor and being invited to use a solid gold toilet. i think it would be quite cold. i expect so, maybe it has a heated seat. back to our top story now. the former universities minister sam gyimah has become the latest mp to defect to the liberal democrats. in recent weeks six mps have joined the party including former labour mps luciana berger and chuka umunna. sam gyimah joins us now from their party conference in bournemouth. good morning, it wasjust good morning, it was just four months ago you were campaigning to be leader of the conservative party and now you have completely flipped. a lot of people will see this as a cynical move to save your own political career. not at all. i stood for the conservative leadership knowing

a second man has been arrested in connection with a burglary at blenheim palace on saturday in whichunder investigation, thames valley police said. anyone with information as to the whereabouts of the stolen toilet is urged to contact police. i will be back in a couple of minutes with the headlines and a catch up with the sport. louise has the weather. cool in the shade but many of us have seen lovely smells of autumn sunshine over the last there is more to come. today we got more in away of cloud spilling into the north and this weather front is arriving and elsewhere it was beautiful for many of us. temperatures responding eventually into the south with highs of 21 degrees and always cooler along the east coast. as we go through the night with clear skies those temperatures are likely to fall away and the green turns —— descends across the country meaning low single figures in sheltered, rural spots of england and wales so a chilly start to wednesday morning with patchy mist and fog but high pressure is staying with us and that weather front purging across the high, introducing sho

i million quid. blue that got stolen from blenheim palace. 1 million quid.they said it could have been melted down within 48 hours to be made into liquid gold. can ijust say something? go on. is this true? do you think it is actually not true. it is not april. what is the point ofa it is not april. what is the point of a toilet you never use? it is not april. what is the point of a toilet you never use ?|j it is not april. what is the point of a toilet you never use? i don't know. the one in liverpool. the tiled toilets. the philharmonic. the king of spain has a personal toilet... at the bone about. is this not like a thing like the banksy thing where it got shredded. the police have been involved in everything. a 66—year—old man arrested. he is in custody. it wasn't a joke then. she has a story. what have you got for usjonny wilkinson has been talking ahead of the rugby world cup. your member when he retired he said he found solace in buddhism and how he struggled with his mental health was making was really open about it. now he says he has discovered, hav

a second man has been arrested in connection with a burglary at blenheim palace on saturday in whiche with weather watcher pictures. clouds clouding over a little bit. more cloud developing here to the afternoon across the northwest of the uk. quite a chilly breeze for some of these north sea coast as well. come further inland and west, temperatures two and the afternoon around 18 or 19 degrees. to this evening internet, it is going to turn chilean de —— through this evening and tonight. outbreaks of rain into 25,000 west. could be starting tomorrow morning around two or three degrees. this high—pressure with us pretty much until the end of the week, a weak frontal system moving across scotland. outbreaks of rain, the rain really confined come further south, the best of the sunshine found in the southern half of wales. those temperatures about the same as we have had today. quick look at thursday, likely to certify some patchy... most of us see some sunshine. those temperatures just beginning to creep up and that is a process that will continue as we head through friday and into the