welcome to the special edition of witness from the british library.lo and welcome to a special edition of witness with me tanya beckett, here at the british library in london. we'll be looking at five of the most memorable stories from the witness team from the past 12 months. we'll meet an archaeologist who's worked on the terracotta army site for decades in china. a friend of anti—apartheid icon steve biko. and the mother of one of argentina's disappeared children. but first, after independence in 19117 india was split into two states. one of the majority muslim, the other majority hindu. the repercussions of that split are still being felt. mohammad amir mohammea khan, the raja of mahmudabad, tells witness how partition affected his family and his home. i am mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as sulaiman to family and friends, the raja of mahmudabad. i am from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace in mahmudabad in which we still live. but the indian government is laying claim to my property, sayin

that's all from this special edition of witness here at the british library.aordinary moments of history and the remarkable people who witnessed them. but for now, from me and the rest of the witness team, goodbye. hello there. sunday is set to be another very cold day. we have clear skies which is set to bring us a good deal of sunshine by day, but dawn could well look something like this. a lot of sharp frost around, the potential for temperatures close to —15 degrees across the sheltered glens of scotland. so a very cold start with some icy stretches to watch out for as well. a lot of sunshine on offer, though, as we move through the day on sunday. let's look at the morning. it's across the rural glens of scotland that we will have the coldest temperatures, as i say, potentially close to —15. around about —8 by 9am. a few showers for the northern isles of scotland. down across northern ireland and northern england, lots of sparkling sunshine, frosty — watch out for some icy stretches, particularly where we have had some showers. there could still be a few s

that's all from this special edition of witness here at the british library. more extraordinary moments of history and the remarkable people who witnessed them. but for now, from me and the rest of the witness team, goodbye. hello. it has been a cold and frosty start to our day—to—day, but at least we've seen some beautiful weather watchers' pictures. there is some clouds just to the south of the m4 corridor and also some shower cloud up in the northern isles, but oui’ cloud up in the northern isles, but our weather watchers' pictures have been beautiful. this is north yorkshire. down towards hampshire, u nfortu nately you have yorkshire. down towards hampshire, unfortunately you have got that little bit of cloud that i was talking about. but from time to time you are getting a few glimpses of sunshine. but it is feeling cold. for the rest of the day, we close out on a dry note. heaping those clear skies in northern areas. temperatures will be falling away like a stone. to the south we keep the cloud and that will prevent them pictures from falling too low. in

the british library and english heritage. place as to how this delicate and priceless exhibit can be transported and displayed. bayeux museum is being refurbished. it is hoped to exhibit the bayeux tapestry in a different way, so there is a window of opportunity, the tapestry will be conserved and during that window in about 2022, there is an opportunity for the tapestry to leave france and to come to the united kingdom to be displayed here. there will undoubtedly be fierce competition over whether tapestry will be shown. should it be london, or canterbury, the city where the norman bishop odo first commissioned it? a lot to ee, first commissioned it? a lot to agree, but the significance of this gesture cannot be under estimated. we were hearing plenty about the weather earlier. a forecast now wherever you are in the country. here‘s susan powell. school has been out for many and that has been an excuse for some for fun, a gorgeous snowman built here. for many, the situation is serious and snow and ice continue to be a hazard

the british library and english heritage.lthough the loan may be two years away, discussions have already taken place as to how this delicate and priceless exhibit can be transported and displayed. bayeux museum is being refurbished. it is hoped to exhibit the bayeux tapestry in a different way, so there is a window of opportunity, the tapestry will be conserved and during that window in about 2022, there is an opportunity for the tapestry to leave france and to come to the united kingdom to be displayed here. there will undoubtedly be fierce competition over where the tapestry will be shown. should it be london, or canterbury, the city where the norman bishop odo first commissioned it? it's a lot to agree, but the significance of this gesture cannot be underestimated. time for a look at the weather. that is a picture of scotland?m is, i wanted to emphasise that not everywhere has had the snow. a lot of it has been taken up by the hills, it is to do with where the showers of landed in the direction of the wind. we were discus

about formalising a really important collaboration with institutions like the british museum, the british libraryplace as to how this delicate and priceless exhibit can be transported and displayed. bayeux museum is being refurnished. it's hoped to exhibit the bayeux tapestry in a different way. therefore, there's a window of opportunity. when the tapestry comes off display, it's going to be conserved a little bit, and it's during that window — in about 2022 — that there's an opportunity for the tapestry to leave france and to come to the united kingdom to be displayed here. there will undoubtedly be fierce competition over where the tapestry will be shown. should it be london, or canterbury, the city where the norman bishop 0do first commissioned it? a lot to agree, but the significance of this gesture cannot be underestimated. 0ur correspondent paul adams is in bayeux. some thoughts on the logistics of moving it and on the thinking behind the loan in the first place? the logistics first, it will take quite a bit longer before the tapestry is ready to move. picture rate here is thrilled at the p

to us about her new album i believe in you could help millions of british children learn to read after the closure of hundreds of libraries amidst the whetstone economic crisis plus hours after her government met with venezuelan officials and the leader of the opposition asked me what planet i was on and what we all know what planet he in his shadow chancellor on this planet venezuela tourism a trice a city in the u.k. labor party with a country deemed once by u.s. president jimmy carter to have the best electoral system in the world at this week's prime minister's questions all this and more coming up in today's going underground but first five years ago today nicolas maduro was named vice president of venezuela by one of the most electorally successful politicians in the world who go chavez but during who would succeed chavez as president of the nation with the world's largest known oil reserves elected in a landslide in twenty five team but could threats from nato nations change all that regional elections. in venezuela tomorrow the u.s. response to stay improvements in everything from literacy to health since the dark

to us about her new album i believe in you could help millions of british children learn to read after the closure of hundreds of libraries amidst the western economic crisis plus hours after her government met with venezuelan officials and the leader of the opposition asked me what money he was on and what we all know what money is he and his shadow chancellor on this planet venezuela tourism in a trice a survey of the u.k. labor party with the country deemed once by u.s. president jimmy carter to have the best electoral system in the world at this week's prime minister's questions gold and some more coming up in today's going underground but first five years ago today nicolas maduro was named vice president of venezuela by one of the most electorally successful politicians in the world who go chavez but during the would succeed chavez as president of the nation with the world's largest known oil reserves elected in a landslide in twenty five team but could threats from nato nations change all that regional elections in venezuela tomorrow the u.s. response to stay improvements in everything from literacy to health since

british company you've never heard of. it maintains hundreds of schools, hospitals, prisons and even libraries.sed, there is a concern about who would take over at short notice. and it's notjust public services that would be affected. thousands of private firms in the construction sector also dependent on carillion for subcontracted work. we cover 65% of steelwork contracting in the uk and that's worth £3 billion to the uk economy. it represents 120,000 workers. so if you multiply that across all of these sub trades in the uk, the effect on subcontractors could be significant. and today there was a flurry of activity at the cabinet office, itself having a face—lift. pulling together all the different strands of government dependent on carillion. because carillion carries out so much workforce are many different arms of government, it needs to be co—ordinated here at the cabinet office. what they are working on today is contingency plans, so should the company ‘s collapse, and it's a big should, then they are ready to continue working in prisons, schools and hospitals and there won't be as much

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library. president trump meeting with british prime minister theresa may and tweeting just a few minutes ago "great bilateral meeting with prime minister theresa may of united kingdom, affirming our special relationship and to work together on key security challenges and key opportunities." after their meeting, they spoke with reporters. will show you that and his meeting with prime minister netanyahu. trump: thank you. it is a great honor to be with prime minister theresa may. the prime minister and myself have had a really great although some people don't necessarily believe that. but i can type, it's true. i think

the library of congress was founded in 1800 with a modest mission, a reference resource for congress but that changed after the british burned washington during the war of 1812 and the original collection was t lost. inal response, thomas jefferson offered to sell his own library to the u.s. government. his collection of books was considered one of the finest in the news world, containing thousands of volumes on almost every topic imaginable, not just law, statecraft and history but also the sciences, philosophy and the arts. to those who argued that such a desperate set of works was unnecessary for a library congress, jefferson responded, quote, there is in fact no subject to which a member of congress may i not have occasion to refer. i go on to write, as part of this chapter, you know, growing up up in working class houston, i never heard of the library of congress or the great rotunda of the university of virginia, but my local public branch of the houston public library showed me bookwere not justmp important bt objects of beauty. the stone beauty and high ceilings, big windows, and a red tile roof. the italian-s