his action and that of the blyskawica's crew saved countless lives.red off the coast of isle of wight, not to defend but to honour the blyskawica's memory. more billionaires are based in the uk than ever before, according to the annual sunday times rich list published today. the hinduja brothers, who made their money from banking and manufacturing, top the table and are said to be worth more than £16 billion asjoe lynam reports. sri and and gopi hinduja have been associated with the labour party since the mid—1990s, and acquired british passports in 1997. their investments in oil, it, energy and the media have made them worth £16.2 billion, according to the sunday times rich list, up by a quarter in a single year. not far behind on £16 billion is the ukrainian music mogul len blavatnik. he owns warner music as well as stakes in a number of other companies. at number nine, the duke of westminster, worth £9.5 billion, is the highest—ranking british born person on the list. he owns property in large parts of central london. there are a record 134 billion

his actions and that of the blyskawica's crew saved countless lives. of wight, not to defend but to honour the blyskawica's memory. what a wonderful story. an 85—year—old nepalese man who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb everest has died at everest base camp. the death of min bahadur sherchan was confirmed by nepal's tourism department. the former gurkha was trying to reclaim his record from a japanese climber who reached the peak aged 80 in 2013. the number of people ripped off by holiday booking scams rose by almost a fifth last year, new figures have revealed. actionfraud, the uk's fraud and cyber crime reporting centre, says there were almost 6,000 reported cases in 2016, with each victim losing an average of £1,200. british olympic diver tom daley has married his partner, american film director, dustin lance black. the couple got married in a service at a luxury hotel on dartmoor national park in devon. they announced their engagement in 2015. tom daley revealed in a youtube video in 2013 he had a boyfriend, saying his "whole wo

blyskawica one of two destroyers built in cowes was the pride of pollen.tating air raid. you're serving the cause of mankind. the last surviving crew recalls on how everybody had a critical role to play. transaction mac when it comes to the isle of wight how guns were blazing. i was down in the engine room making sure it was running so the bombers could keep fighting. tom was next to the ship on dry land. the bombers could keep fighting. tom was next to the ship on dry landm was next to the ship on dry landm was dangerous. the guns were so redhot, i could actually see them, they were redhot. they put water on them all the time. that decision to fire was controversial. while in guide dog, the blyskawica should not have had any live ammunition yet the captain, wojciech francki, was convinced an attack was imminent. jill saw the same planes. -- jill's father. he could actually see the swastikas on them they were so low. he said to my mother, we are going to get it soon. the isle of wight was not used to coming under attack. the light reflected was used to att

his action and that of the blyskawica's crew saved countless lives.lyskawica's memory. an extraordinary story of bravery. the 1000 richest people in the uk "kept calm and carried on making billions" following last summer's brexit vote according to the annual sunday times rich list. it's found that their combined wealth went up by 14% over the last year to a record £658 billion. the report was compiled by robert watts, who joins us now. thank you for coming in again. what a massive boom in income in the richest people in britain, what has caused this? it's extraordinary. we thought we'd see a slowdown in the run—up to brexit and the uncertainty afterwards. it is as if these wealth creators carried on doing what they do. they didn't panic, they kept on. three things i flagged up word that the stock market has done very well since, and a lot of these people, their wealth is tied up in shares and public companies. a weaker pound has helped exporters. people like sirjames dyson whose wealth has gone up and passed £7 billion this year. markets around the wo

his action and that of the blyskawica's crew saved countless lives.wight, not to defend, but to honour the blyskawica's memory. we will be back with a summary of the news at 6:30am. now it is time for the film review, with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases as ever is mark kermode. this is a mixed bag this week. we have mindhorn, in which an 80s tv detective plays it for real. we have harmonium, a cannes prizewinner. and jamie foxx in the thriller sleepless. mindhorn, i'm smiling before i start. i show my age but i loved bergerac back in the day. a tv detective onjersey, you see images from mindhorn and all the the memories come back. so mindhorn is a 19805 tv detective but is more like alan partridge or garth marenghi. in the 19805 he played mindhorn with a bionic eye to see the truth. the actorjulian barratt plays him. he's now washed up, balding, doing adverts for orthopaedic socks. he's desperate for a job. then the isle of man police get in touch and say, "w

his action and that of the blyskawica's crew saved countless lives.lyskawica's memory. a really interesting story of heroism from those polish seaman, —— seamen, causing all that confusion and saving lives. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats all make key policy pledges ahead of the general election. french voters go to the polls today in the final round of the country's presidential election. here is louise with a look at this morning's weather. sunny for now, but we may see some rain later in the week. yes, thursday or friday. we are desperate for some rain, for the gardens, and the farmers as well are desperate for it but the potential for some significant rain, thursday into friday. for the here and now, look at what a beautiful sunrise it has been in belfast. northern ireland could see the warmest day of the year so farfor ireland could see the warmest day of the year so far for you guys, not so to the east of the pennines. in north tyneside, a lot of low clo

his action and that of the blyskawica's crew saved countless lives.st of isle of wight, not to defend, but to honour the blyskawica's memory. a fascinating story. i popped upstairs. the weather is looking lovely in london and in paris. i wonder what it will do for the rest of the week? hello, west is best for the sunshine. the recent satellite pictures show northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england and wales and a good part of the south—west saw some sunshine. in one or two places the temperature is lifted up to 20 degrees. but more cloud over northern and eastern areas. that was the scene in north—east scotland early on. where is the cloud has made it feel decidedly chilly through today, as we go through tonight, the extra cloud will help to hold the temperatures up. further west where we hold on to clear spells, that is where it will get decidedly chilly. towns and cities down to five or six degrees. in the countryside temperature is low enough to get a touch of frost. northern and eastern scotla nd touch of frost. northern and eastern