david sillito, bbc news. recent time, do you think that might be a good thing?. the gimmicks and that is working well for them. well for them. fireworks it is feeling i think he said at time. said at time. it has become more so in recent yea rs. it has become more so in recent years. years. absolutely, mine the atmosphere in lisbon is incredible. atmosphere in lisbon is incredible. saturday, there is two or three names in the frame. names in the frame. countries you think are going to do it. it. this year there is eight or nine in with a chance. in with a chance. introducing the semifinal stage has made a difference to the contest? made a difference to the contest? ” think it has. think it has. songs of the ones that were submitted. submitted. been good at weeding out some of the weaker songs taking part. weaker songs taking part. to make the final even more exciting. the final even more exciting. and we have some great songs on show. show. stage, what do you make of surie's entry? entry? best singers who has represented the uk for many years. uk for many years.

david sillito, bbc news, windsor. are you excited? let me know via social media. today. hello. this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: atletico madrid win the europa league for the third time beating marseille 3—0 in the final. kashima antlers and suwon bluewings claim the last two places in the quarter—finals of the asian champions league. and karolina pliskova takes out her frustrations on the umpires chair after being controversially beaten in rome. hello, and welcome to the programme. all that and more to come. we start with the news that atletico madrid have won the europa league for the third time in nine years beating marseille 3—0 in lyon. the result also keeps alive the possibility of a madrid european double with their neighbours real in the champions league final next week. french international in antoine griezmann scored the first two making it 6 goals in 8 matches in this year's competition with a late goal from the skipper gabi rounding it out as diego simeone's side added to their 2010 and 2012 wins

david sillito is there for us live. remember, eurovision has grown like topsy. is now going to be... going to be... now caused some problems with its now global audience. eurovision has arrived in lisbon. and now with a smile, please. laughter. it brings with it its own special atmosphere. france and germany... and even the huge semifinal shows now shown around the world. # i thought we'd be together... but viewers in china did not see this. to have been blurred. of its eurovision rights. notjust of song, but a celebration of diversity and tolerance. # hey brother, do you remember when we were kids with no fear? but it is still a competition. the uk's hopeful this year is surie and she has many supporters. go, surie! however... does britain stand a chance? no. once upon a time, the uk was a eurovision superpower. the last 20 years? not so good. # hold your head up, don't give up, no, no... but in this festival of diversity, there is always hope. have you thought about if you win? come bust into just litter and feathers because that's eurovision. feathers because

david sillito, bbc news, caversham.rd $120,000. the bottle of vin jaune, or "yellow wine" comes from the easternjura region and is considered one of the oldest wines in the world. it doubles the previous record set by a similar bottle seven years ago. two other bottles also went under the hammer, each fetching just under $90,000. cheers. the weather behind me looks dramatic but not everybody is going to encounter this risk of thunderstorms. we have already seen some of them across the southern counties of england. that is because you are a little bit closer to the main area of activity, a big area of low pressure and it could be unstable across iberia, biscay, into france. we have seen the first signs of this wanting to drift north across the british isles as we get into sunday. a muggy start here, fresher further north, sunshine around, that's the shore. after the fresh start, look how that recover. 22, 23, quite widely across parts of england scotland. maybe 21 in northern ireland, 25 in the south and feeling close. y

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon.nce harry's marriage to meghan markle has been released. the formal record is handwritten by one of the crown office's own artists, and signed "elizabeth r" by the queen. it will be presented to the couple after their wedding next weekend. and i could really put the pressure on byrne and ask about the weather next weekend. but how is it looking at the rest of this weekend? i have only got a minute, i couldn't possibly get all the way to next weekend. actually, at this stage, it doesn't look too bad but we will keep a close eye on it between now and then but as far as things go for today, a nice looking day in many places, good spells of sunshine around, a bit different around north—east scotland, some outbreaks of rain here and through the afternoon, the cloud breaking up for eastern england end here, some clouds out west and the small chance ofa clouds out west and the small chance of a heavy shower in northern ireland. tonight, under clear skies, it will turn chilly, some cloud into

david sillito reports from lisbon. eurovision has arrived in lisbon. and now with a smile, please. france and germany... and even the huge semifinal shows are now shown around the world. # i thought we'd be together...#. but viewers in china did not see this. and even a brief glimpse of a rainbow flag appears to have been blurred. the chinese broadcaster, mango, has now been stripped of its eurovision rights. because this goes very much to the heart of what has become the eurovision spirit, a week—long festival, notjust of song, but a celebration of diversity and tolerance. # hey brother, do you remember when we were kids with no fear?# but it is still a competition. the uk's hopeful this year is surie and she has many supporters. go, surie! however... does britain stand a chance? no. once upon a time, the uk was a eurovision superpower. the last 20 years? not so good. # hold your head up, don't give up, no, no...# but in this festival of diversity, there is always hope. have you thought about if you win? i'll probably just spontaneously comebust into just glitter and feathers beca

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon.d out—of—town superstores have changed that tradition. in the town of dumfries in south—west scotland, the community appears to have hit upon a novel way to regenerate its high street, as our correspondent lorna gordon has been finding out. it's a familiar image — a high—street lacking shops and homes, and getting emptier by the year. look at it! we've got more shops that are empty in dumfries than we have got that are occupied at the moment. this high street, though, is fighting back, and evie copland is part of a group of locals leading the charge. it's a real sad state of affairs, but we have got a dream to change the face of our high street and bring a bit of love back to dumfries town centre. and you are from dumfries, aren't you 7 so this must be something you really care about. absolutely, lifelong doonhamer. i'm so proud to come from here. all i want to do is make it somewhere for everyone to be proud of. the challenges here are not unique, but the people driving this project t

david sillito, bbc news. just for the record, david is not this year's british entry.se in her back garden. what she didn't know was that her 13—year—old granddaughter had answered an online advert, appealing for someone to save the animal from being put to sleep. a few hours later the pony was delivered to her house. he's been named mr melvin andrews and has now been rehomed. a motorised garden shed will aim to break a world record on a welsh beach this weekend. this is the shed on wheels that will hope to smash its own 80mph record in carmarthenshire. it's believed to be only road—safe motorised shed in the world and its owner claims it's more powerful than many sports cars. and definitely more distinctive. now for the weather with stav da naos. it's not looking too bad this weekend. certainly not as warm and sunny as last weekend. but some areas will stay dry altogether, both saturday and sunday. there is some rain in the forecast. this will be affecting mainly the eastern side of the country tonight and tomorrow. some rain will push into the south—east through this

david sillito, bbc news. started 20 years ago by historical re—enactors bored with simply playing out scenes from the past. it's the first time the sport's come to the uk. the bbc‘s mike bushell was drafted in to help team scotland. from across the known world, they came hither. ye old, and not quite so old. ye brave, and not quite as brave. the bold, and not quite as bold! a force like never before. the chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of a time gone by. but this is no re—enactment, it's a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello! we are from china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are doing it as a sport. this is full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there are certain zones you shouldn't hit. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons, you shouldn't hit the back of the knees and you shouldn't twist limbs in an unnatural action, we don't want bone breaks. we get a few injuries but it's not that bad. 0ther full contact sports

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 5.30. bye for now.hing the bbc news channel. let's return now to our main story. the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she'd been diagnosed with brain cancer in may 2017. dame tessa was a leading figure in the government of tony blair, serving as minister for culture and sport. she was also a driving force behind london's successful bid to host the olympics in 2012. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been speaking about her legacy. i think ithink in i think in government, pushing for sure start, which made such a difference to so many children posed by clients, the idea that all our children can achieve things together, and you bring the family in haswell, so it is that sense of community, she brought back to it. that is one of the greatest achievements. the other was working with a very wide range of people to help bring the olympics to london and see it all the way through, and i have never forgotten her earnestly at a meeting with the parliamentary labour party ab

david sillito, bbc news. fans' organization. he's in lisbon ahead of tonight's final. he told me that the organisers of this year's contest have stripped down some of the flashier elements of the show. no led screens, that's the thing this year they're making a big thing about. it is a straightforward stage with straightforward lighting and it is letting the music do the talking. i think after the win for salvador sobral for portugal last year with a very simple, traditional song without any gimmicks or flashy things going on stage, i think they are trying to focus back on the songs rather than necessarily on the gimmicks. i think that is working well for them. yeah, music is feeling, i think he said at the time, didn't he? maybe that message has got across. nonetheless, it is a big party, isn't it, as well as music? it is a tremendous event and it has become more so in recent years. absolutely. the atmosphere in lisbon at the moment is incredible. i have been here all week and day by day it has got a little

david sillito, bbc news, caversham. weather now with philip avery.m across the southern counties of england. that is because you are a little bit closer to the main area of activity, a big area of low pressure and it could be unstable across iberia, biscay, into france. we have seen the first signs of this wanting to drift north across the british isles as we get into sunday. a muggy start here, fresher further north, sunshine around, that's the shore. after the fresh start, look how that recover. 22, 23, quite widely across parts of england scotland. maybe 21 in northern ireland, 25 in the south and feeling close. we see the threat of showers. you can see the storms become fewer and further between and are still close night in the south. the two ridges dribble away well down into single figures. many of us, as we start the new week, are still being influenced by the continental air with the moisture being supplied and the low pressure from biscay and from the atla ntic pressure from biscay and from the atlantic as well. fair amount of cloud are arou

david sillito, bbc news, windsor.s around the world. listen closely, what do you hear...? audio plays. is it yanny, or is it laurel? here it is again. audio plays. the audio was posted online — with internet users split as to how it sounds. experts say people whose ears emphasise high frequencies hear yanny — people who hear lower frequencies hear laurel. i'm a yanny as myself. so am i. we only had one person in the office who heard laurel. in a lot of sun today, but a different story elsewhere. it looks as though the cloud is going to take time to clear away. across england and wales, it has brought outbreaks of light and patchy rain at times. further north, we kept the clear skies, but that will lead to a chilly night to come. 0nce skies, but that will lead to a chilly night to come. once that weather front clears through, we are going to have this nagging north—easterly breeze with us. it has been cool and breezy generally across the country. so temperatures through the night will dip down to low single figures in

david sillitoe, bbc news, caversham. tomasz schafernaker has the weather now. storms breaking out across parts of the south—west, the west country, the cotswolds. some affecting south—eastern parts of wales. it really is this southern portion of the uk through today where we will see further storms breaking out. i keep stressing this, it's impossible to say which town and city gets the storm at exactly what time. we can only forecast areas, and these of blue, that's the computer model giving us an indication of where the storms may erupt. that's the best guess. tonight turns quite murky across north and eastern and central areas, so across north and eastern and central areas, so cloudy first thing tomorrow. you can see low—grade cloud fizzling away. sunshine on the way. tomorrow, those thunderstorms p°ppin9 way. tomorrow, those thunderstorms p°pping up way. tomorrow, those thunderstorms popping up like popcorn through the course of the day. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. politicians are calling for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be liberal

david sillito, bbc news, birmingham.spondent, chris morris. it's often been said that brexit will have an impact on every part of the british economy, but you may not have considered what it might mean for what we do right here — broadcasting. when the prime minister gave her big speech on brexit and future economic relations with the eu, at the mansion house in march, she highlighted two sectors of the economy that have never been part of a free trade agreement before — financial services, and broadcasting. 0n broadcasting we recognise that we cannot have exactly the same arrangements with the eu as we do now. currently, because of the country of origin principle, a company based in the uk can be licensed by 0fcom and broadcast in to any eu member state and vice versa. the relevant directive will not apply to the uk as we leave the eu and relying solely on precedents will hurt consumers and businesses on both sides. so let's break that down a bit. under current rules, if your channel is licensed in the uk, you can then

david sillito, bbc news. he is getting into the spirit of things. here is the weather with ben.rain will turn quite heavy tonight as it glides across east anglia, the eastern side of england and into eastern side of england and into eastern scotland. further west, clear spells. it will turn cold across parts of northern ireland to see a touch of frost. temperatures all the way down to a degrees. it does look like a pretty great and disappointing start to sunday across eastern england and eastern scotland. the rain moving northwards. at worst, a better chance of seeing some sunshine. a small chance of a shower. temperature is nothing to write home about. not too bad for the time of the year. 13 to 17. for the week ahead, the prospects are promising. mostly dry, spells of sunshine and it will feel pleasantly warm. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... the tuc has warned workers are experiencing the longest wage squeeze in 200 years. it has called for an end to austerity at a rally in london today. the polls have closed in iraq‘s first general election since the country declare

david sillito, bbc news. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre.ve finally started their first ever match as a test side. they‘ re playing pakistan in malahide, and our cricket commentator charles dagnall is there for us. there was so much disappointment. there was so much disappointment. the amount of work that went into making it a realfestival occasion for ireland's test debut against pakistan. everyone was disappointed the weather didn't come to play yesterday. but much better as you can see buying to me. we might get a shower a little later but the forecast is good. so rather than a five—day test, it is a four day. much better prospects for play today. and what about some for ireland against one of the greats. how competitive can they be? i think they can be very competitive. it is a golden generation from roland. a lot of players with experience in county cricket. but those players are ageing. forfive years cricket. but those players are ageing. for five years down the line who will they be bringing through? people to replace the 0'brian brot

david sillito, bbc news. what is it now, 86 minutes and counting? ben rich has the weather.were in the country. western areas got to enjoy the best of the sunshine. what a beautiful day here in cornwall for our weather watcher! it has not been like that everywhere. the satellite picture reveals this clump of cloud that has been spreading in from the south. it has already brought rain across parts of south—east england. we have already had bits of damp weather in the north east of scotland. generally speaking, the amounts of cloud have been increasing. that is how it looked in worcestershire earlier on. as we head into tonight, the cloud will bring heavy rain in across parts of the south—east and east anglia. that will slide its way up the eastern side of england and eventually into eastern scotland by the end of the night. further west, where we see clear skies, especially across northern ireland, it will turn quite chilly. in fact, here, there could be a touch of frost may be in some spots in the countryside getting all the way down to freezing. so, into tomorrow. chilly st

david sillito is here.ends, all that i am comfortable with. it's u nfortu nate, all that i am comfortable with. it's unfortunate, but for these reasons i will not continue my involvement with the show. there will be a fourth series and he will do that one, but it's very time consuming to do all those films and travelling around the world. it seems amazing to me that it will be his fourth series because it seems only a moment ago that he was there replacing clarkson, richard hammond onjames replacing clarkson, richard hammond on james may after their various dramas that caused a big transformation in top gear. many wondered whether the programme would survive, but it has, still shown in many countries around the world. it gets an audience of around 3 million still in the uk. he has helped keep top gear on the road, but at the end of the next series, it will be end and they will have to look for another main presenter. david, thank you very much. chelsea football clubs russian billionaire owner, roman abramov

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. not long to wait! now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30 tonight. coming up on bbc news we will be ahead of a big weekend of rugby in bilbao, we will be their head of the cup finalfor cardiff bilbao, we will be their head of the cup final for cardiff blues are up against gloucester, looking for a record equalling third title. tomorrow's champions cup final, lei nster tomorrow's champions cup final, leinster digging an racing 92. we will look forward to the championship play—off, and will former england captain wayne rooney leave the premier league for american major league soccer? that is all coming up at 6:30pm. now on bbc news it is time for the film review... hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us to this week's cinema releases, as ever, mark kermode. what we have? yes, breaking in, with a twist. we have revenge, a gruelling thriller. and the cured, and you look at the old zombie formula. new zombies! it is a dark week, mr kermode, it really is. yes, bilbao film fes

david sillitoe, bbc news. a strong night for the bbc, which won around two thirds of the awards. you're going with him. three girls, the true story of the rochdale child sex abuse scandal, won best miniseries and best actress for its 20—year—old lead molly windsor. three girls was born out of the courage of the real three girls and the real holly, amber and ruby that told the story over and over and over, and then they told it to us again, and i just want to say thank you. does he have a name, this stylist? best supporting actress vanessa kirby for her portrayal of princess margaret in the crown. and the bafta goes to... both: peaky blinders! best drama series went to the crime saga set in the midlands in the 1920s. a mother is holding her newborn young. a mother whale grieving for her dead calf, possibly a victim of plastic contamination, on blue planet i! won the tv must—see moment. britain's got talent! britain's got talent won best entertainment show. dec was at the ceremony. co—star ant, recently convicte

david sillitoe, bbc news, caversham.over four days. saturday saw stars including ed sheeran, franz ferdinand and noel gallagher take to the stage. so, what can we expect today? 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba joins us from swansea's singleton park. are you having a good time, lizo?” am. welcome to swansea. where i stood here yesterday, you could not move, thousands and thousands of fa ns move, thousands and thousands of fans enjoying an afternoon of wonderful music. a great party atmosphere, partly because the threat and thunderstorms never materialised, but mostly because of some wonderful performances on the stage behind me, but also on some of the venues stage behind me, but also on some of the venues across stage behind me, but also on some of the venues across the country. it all kicked off here at about 12 o'clock by, how do you describe this man, an absolute music superstar, ed sheeran! # i'm in love with the shape of your.. # i'm in love with the shape of you... # i say, don't you know # i say, don't

david sillito, bbc news. what a nice way to end, with a hug. we should end the programme like that!e tiger, elephant, or rhino. here's why. pangolins are the world's only truly scaly animals. their scales, just like human fingernails, are made from keratin. but this remarkable natural armour is the cause of their destruction. in the last 20 years, the demand for pangolins scales for use in traditional asian medicines has decimated their numbers worldwide. we're joined by harriet lawrence and victoria bromley who worked on the programme to be shown on bbc two this tuesday good morning to you both. you are doing the filming, victoria, explain to us, i think the mum was given a name, maria. maria was a human being, she is a conservationist. she is working in the maybe, an incredible woman. pangolins have been very little studied and there are very few people who have kept them in captivity, maria is one of a handful who has reared them. the reason she has is because... she came from the illegal trade, the baby was brought in with her mother. pangolins are naturally protective of their

david sillito, bbc news, birmingham.ll affect the music industry, both musicians and people behind—the—scenes? i think different sectors will be affected in different ways. as a music producer, if i want to use musicians from europe it is easy to get a work permit. here in liverpool we have a large numberof permit. here in liverpool we have a large number of overseas students at the various universities, and many of them stay here, so there are a great source of musicians they would have to then return. liverpool supports lots of new talent and that tale nt supports lots of new talent and that talent really cut its teeth on touring, andl talent really cut its teeth on touring, and i can imagine a very difficult situation, if i am old enough of remembering the days of having to have car... and with smaller bands the equipment they ta ke smaller bands the equipment they take on tour with them, having to have a car named for every european country, it could be a time wasting exercise and phenomenally expensive. is it more t

david sillitoe, bbc news, caversham.by its close will see more than 100 artists perform in england, scotland, wales and northern ireland over four days. saturday saw stars including ed sheeran, franz ferdinand and noel gallagher take to the stage. so, what can we expect today? our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba joins us from swansea's singleton park. morning. iam morning. i am joined morning. iamjoined by morning. i am joined by a singer—songwriter who is the opening act wonder stages here, it is tom walker. give it a bit of a taster of your performance later. # i could feel the trouble coursing through your veins, now i know # because if you look into the distance # there is a house upon the hill # there is a house upon the hill # guiding like a lighthouse, ifeel our grace because we have all made m ista kes #if m ista kes # if you have lost your way, i will leave the light on # i will leave the light on # i will leave the light on # no, no, no # no, no, no # because if you look into the distance, there's a ho

david sillitoe, bbc news, caversham.n treated to a second day of headline acts as part of the bbc‘s biggest weekend which by its close will see more than 100 artists perform in england, scotland, wales and northern ireland over four days. the event sees big acts such as ed sheeran, taylor swift, shawn mendez and paloma faith taking to the stage. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba has been soaking up the atmosphere — he sent this from singleton park in swansea a short time ago. this four—day festival across foresight and foreign nations is all pa rt foresight and foreign nations is all part of the bbc‘s commitment to live music in all of its forms so in belfast we had a an event and here in swansea at radio 1 event, yesterday the likes of sam smith and ed shearing on stage, today we read ori ed shearing on stage, today we read or i kicked things off at around midday and it's been a glorious day of music since then, partly because the weather has been not what was expected. it was predicted to be thunder and ligh

david sillito, bbc news, windsor. i used to have one of those.s it is between now and then. plenty of fine weather. temperatures climbing as well. that is good news because today was a bit cooler for many of us. today was a bit cooler for many of us. there was sunshine as well. that is output on the weather watch earlier on. that was the scene for the isle of wight. you can see on the isle of wight. you can see on the satellite picture clout associated with a weather front that has been really slowly sinking its way southwards and eastward, but behind that weather fronts and we are getting into some relatively cool air, so temperatures overnight are cool air, so temperatures overnight a re really cool air, so temperatures overnight are really going to get away, predict labour we have clear skies. most of us will see clear skies as connectors on. temperatures for north wales, the north midlands, north wales, the north midlands, north words, which are very close to freezing. looking at overnight lows of two, three, 4 degrees, but in the countryside

david sillito, bbc news. people have really big parties.yearandi stav, live a little! i enjoyed last year and i enjoyed the winning song. but we have to be supportive of surie. we do. there will not be the many outdoor events. eastern side of the country this evening on tonight will be pretty wet, i think staying in front of the tv in doors will be your best bet. this weekend is a mixed one, lots of sunshine, much of southern and central parts of the country. the photograph in essex as you can see shows some country. the photograph in essex as you can see shows some try not too far away across the south coast, starting the season cloud moving in and it will herald some rain. you can see here, showing up on the radar pick two, moving out of front northwards, soon to arrive across the south—east, a few showers developing into the south—west of england as well as the morning wears on. this looks like conditions will be coming downhill through the day. an improvement for the north—east of scotland, the rain clearing in the next two hours. the o

as staff head for new offices, david sillito has been to hear their stories of listening to history inisten to the world. it was indeed. iwould this is where you listen to the world. it was indeed. i would sit over there to do spanish and over there to do french. the eu a spy? not at all. —— where you it. there to do french. the eu a spy? not at all. -- where you it. it is a source of news and inspiration. they we re source of news and inspiration. they were listening to the broadcast of the world and listening to information vital for the government. this confirms the end of the second world war. the cuban missile crisis came to an end after they heard a speech from them. this was in the days before computers. it came down to fast typing, carbon copies, and intelligence. what do you do with the copies? you need a flash for the newsroom. come out through the door into here, and into the newsroom. and then? we have to give a copy to the americans on the top floor. up there? you had a table with a rope pulley. a rope wally to announce major news stories to america? —— pulley. this man wo

but some people are worried that brexit will be bad news for the arts, as david sillito explains.oking at is the work of a british company called jellyfish. as you can see, it makes visual effects. they are one of the, if not the leading centre for doing visual effects, animation, in the world. this has become very big business. there are more people making special effects in the uk these days than work in the coal industry. but what is really striking is how international workforce is. everyone is busily working away. this fellow is from spain, poland, ireland, belgium, sweden. if we can really show you what it is like you, we have to get eve ryo ne what it is like you, we have to get everyone together. here they all are. if you take away the workers from other european union countries, you begin to see how much this like these rely on access to european talent. and it is all about the people, because this firm does not have any computer hardware, it is all in the cloud. this one in particular has no computers. it is rare in our industry. it gives us the ability to pick it up and

david sillito has been to meet the men and women who've listened into history.shchev... welcome to caversham. and this is? the listening room. this is where you listened to the world? it was indeed. and i would sit in a position over there to do spanish. i would sit over here to do french... so, were you a spy? no, not at all. open source broadcasting. archive footage: the listening posts at caversham are a major source of news and information... what they were doing was listening to the world's news broadcasts, gathering information vital for newsrooms and government. this is a transcript that confirmed the end of the second world war. the cuban missile crisis came to an end after monitors here heard a speech from the soviet leader nikita khrushchev. linda ebhurst started working here more than 50 years ago, and in the days before computers telling the world a major news story had broken was down the fast typing, carbon copies and a handcranked pulley. so you've got the three copies. what do you do? well, you need to take the flash for the newsroom first, so yo

our entertainment correspondent david sillito was there. # storms don't last forever. # forever, rememberddenly a protester appeared and grabbed the microphone. nazis of the uk media, we demand freedom! seconds later, the mic back in her hand, it was as if nothing had happened. as she reached the line "don't give up," the crowd leapt to their feet. the protester, who has invaded other british tv programmes in the past, was taken into police custody. the whole crowd gathered round. like, the response of eurovision, it was just amazing. the fact that she was able to handle that with so much dignity and with so much confidence was amazing. she carried on, went through, finished like a true brit. the stadium came alive. everyone was supporting her, and we couldn't be more proud. so 12 points for an extraordinary recovery, but not quite enough to make a splash on the eurovision scoreboard. but, for israel, exhortation at netta's victory. clucking. # look at me, i'm a beautiful creature. netta's clucking, in a song inspired by the metoo movement, ended up being an inspiring winner. israel wins

entry surie had to recover from dealing with a protester who stormed the stage during her song, as david sillito than halfway through her song when suddenly a protester appeared and grabbed the microphone. nazis of the uk media, we demand freedom! seconds later, the mic back in her hand, it was as if nothing had happened. # through the storm. the protester, who has invaded other british tv programmes in the past, was taken into police custody. the whole crowd gathered round. like, the response of eurovision, it was just amazing. she carried on, went through, finished like a true brit. so douze points for an extraordinary recovery, but not quite enough to make a splash on the eurovision scoreboard. but, for israel, exultation at netta's victory. clucking # look at me, i'm a beautiful creature. netta's joyful clucking, in a song inspired by the #metoo movement, ended up being an convincing winner when the public‘s vote came through. israel wins with 529 points! for netta, who said she was overwhelmed to even make it to eurovision, it was more than clear just how much this meant to her. thank you!

david sillito went to see how it's been going.visit to this barn. how many radios? about 3,000. jens loves radio, and he has built up quite a collection. you have got 18 of the same type of ancient radio. yes. have a look across there. they're all radios as well. one question. yes? what does your wife think of all this? um... however, most are now useless. fm has been switched off. they've all gone, haven't they? yes, almost all. it is the end of an era, isn't it? it is. i experienced the start of fm, and also experienced the end of it. do you feel sad? in a way, yes. yes. and there is another station here... and the reason fm has gone is because of dab. this digital alternative has allowed 26 new national stations to be set up, but running both systems was felt to be too expensive. radio listening — has it gone up or down? i mean, i know you've got more stations... yes, so the listening figures have changed. now, we see a big increase in the usage of the new channels. actually... but overall? but overall, daily listening is down

david sillito reports. the 2000 national humanities medal to philip roth.t themes. america and they sometimes shocking honesty about life and sex. i was very curious as a writer as to how far i could go. what happens if you go further? shame isn't for writers. you have to be shameless. nowhere was this more evidence than in port kneecomplaint. it turned this writer from newark, newjersey into a literary star. the novels that followed ranged widely, autobiographical, political, surreal, but at the heart of them a repeated theme. hisjewish identity and america. in the literary landscape we lost one of the faces from mount rushmore. he was a defining person in the american cultural and intellectual life of the last 50 years. he will be missed enormously. we still have his books but it's much more fun having him as well. i work during the day. what marked him out is that while many novelists peak and then tail off, his latest work was some of his strongest. stories that took on vietnam, racism and the plot against america, he can return to his childhood to imag

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. time for a look at the weather. sadly the weather is not much to sing about this weekend, not laughter last weekend's treat. we do have some sunshine and it will not bea have some sunshine and it will not be a wash—out, the weekend. it is an east— west split. we have the cloud in bed in the west. rain for much of the morning across northern ireland, courtesy of this weather front. it has got us a bit of a headache over the weekend as forecasters try to figure out where it is going to sit and how much rain it will bring. it is bringing rain in northern ireland at the moment, creeping into the western side of scotland, england and wales. the east will see some beautiful temperatures. we may get 20 in london. cool and windy further west. as we go through the evening, late sunshine across northern ireland. perhaps cornwall as well. the weather front gets weaker as it moves east. it would stop the temperature fall we had last night across parts of the east. northern ireland could have a touch of ground frost. it means a

david sillito reports from lisbon.e programme. viewers complained they had, through the show, tried to blur out the rainbow flags in the audience. the decision to strip mango of its broadcasting rights is being widely welcomed among the show‘s fans. this is notjust a song competition, it is a festival of diversity and tolerance. regardless of who they are married to, what gender they are, or what language they speak, it is everybody coming together through the shared passion of music. and lisbon is awash with eurovision fans. what of britain's hopes this year? surie is a eurovision veteran, having been a backing singer in 2015. # hey brother, do you remember when we were kids with no fear? it's an incredible feeling, because the electricity that is charged from the crowd, the eurovision crowd in that arena, is like no other audience i have ever experienced. go, surie! and she does have many supporters. however... does britain stand a chance? no. once upon a time the uk was a eurovision superpower. the last 20 years, no

our entertainment correspondent david sillito was there. # stones don't last forever. uk's surie was more than halfway through a song when suddenly a protest appeared and grab the microphone. we demand freedom! seconds later, the mike act in her hand,it seconds later, the mike act in her hand, it was as if nothing had happened, as she reached the line # don't give up, the crowd laps to their feet. the protest, don't give up, the crowd laps to theirfeet. the protest, who has invaded other british tv programmes in the past, was taken into police custody. the whole crowd gathered round, like, the response of eurovision, it was just amazing. round, like, the response of eurovision, it wasjust amazing. the fa ct eurovision, it wasjust amazing. the fact that she was able to handle that with so much dignity and with so that with so much dignity and with so much confidence was amazing. she carried on, went through, finished like a true writ. the stadium came alive. everyone was supporting her, and we couldn't be more proud. so dues for an extraordinary recovery but not quite e

artists, it's still an overwhelming and often life—changing experience, as our arts correspondent david silliton is a world all of its own and whatever you think of the songs, somebody knows how to do spectacle these days. keep taking the higher. this is where it will all be happening tonight. what gets you about this is how big it has become. it has grown at topsy over the yea rs. at it has grown at topsy over the years. at the heart of all of this, very personal stories of many artists who never, ever thought they would get a chance to be on such a stage. i'm not sure poorly. not your tory. you stupid boy. this is netta from israel, one of the front—runners. the song is a rally cry of female empowerment. just getting here can be life changing. cry of female empowerment. just getting here can be life changinglj didn't getting here can be life changing.” didn't expect to win. i expected to get recognition, to get some gigs. to afford my rent. you know, i had a ha rd to afford my rent. you know, i had a hard time being me as a child. i was fat. i am fat. sorry, hard time being me as a child. i w

our entertainment correspondent david sillito was there. # stones don't last forever. # forever, remembered the microphone. nazis of the uk media, we demand freedom! seconds later, the mic back in her hand, it was as if nothing had happened. as she reached the line "don't give up," the crowd leapt to their feet. the cheers went up. the protester, who has invaded other british tv programmes in the past, was taken into police custody. the whole crowd gathered round. like, the response of eurovision, and it was just amazing. the fact that she was able to handle that with so much dignity and with so much confidence was amazing. she carried on, went through, finished like a true brit. the stadium came alive. everyone was supporting her, and we couldn't be more proud of her. so 12 points for an extraordinary recovery, but not quite enough to make a splash on the eurovision scoreboard. but, for israel, exhortation at netta's victory. clucking. # look at me, i'm a beautiful creature. netta's joyful clucking, in a song inspired by the metoo movement, ended up being a convincing winner when the pub

david sillito reports. the 2000 national humanities medal to philip roth. novels and throw it all, two great themes. america and the sometimes shocking honesty about life and sex. i was very curious as a writer as to how far i could go. what happens if you go further? shame isn't for writers. you have to be shameless. nowhere was this more evidence than in port kneecomplaint. it turned this writer from newark, newjersey into a literary star. the novels that followed ranged widely, autobiographical, political, surreal, but at the heart of them were repeated themes. hisjewish identity and america. in the literary landscape we lost one of the faces from mount rushmore. he was a defining person in the american cultural and intellectual life of the last 50 years. he will be missed enormously. we still have his books but it's much more fun having him as well. i work during the day. what marked him out is that while many novelists peak and then tail off, his latest work was some of his strongest. stories that took on vietnam, racism and the plot against america, h

there is particular excitement amongst the american networks, as david sillito reports. is our set/. cbs have even taken up the windows here. tv. this is our set/. cbs have even taken up the windows harem tv. this is our set/. cbs have even taken up the windows here. if you come in here, we have the toilet, which is our second position. we are converting the shower into an audio booth. across the town, it is a sea of technology and white canvas. it is like a siege cap of white tents has grown up around the castle. 76 international broadcasters, 42 us affiliates and a number of accredited media. accredited access on the day has now topped 5000. pause for a second on the high street and you can end up on portuguese tv. you the uk? bbc news. and for america meghan markle is a game changer. it is a beautiful love story. an american in the royal family. that makes it even more interesting for the americans, one person saying we now have skin in the game. if this looks like media madness, remember we are still three days away from the main event. what brings together an asian—

david sillito reports. the 2000 national humanities medal to philip roth.. 31 novels and through it all, two great themes — america and a sometimes shocking honesty about life and sex. i was very curious as a writer as to how far i could go. what happens if you go further? shame isn't for writers. you have to be shameless. nowhere was this more evidence than in portnoy‘s complaint. it turned this writer from newark, newjersey into a literary star. the novels that followed ranged widely, autobiographical, political, surreal, but at the heart of them a repeated theme — hisjewish identity and america. in the literary landscape, we lost one of the faces from mount rushmore. he was a defining person in the american cultural and intellectual life of the last 50 years. he will be missed enormously. we still have his books, but it's much more fun having him as well. i work during the day... what marked him out is that while many novelists peak and then tail off, his latest work was some of his strongest. stories that took on vietnam, racism, and in the plot against

david sillito has been to meet some of those concerned.t makes special effects. this is a star wars. we have done quite a lot of work on star wars the last two years. this is really high—end hollywood stuff? yes. we are one of the leading centres for doing special effects animation in the world. this has become very big business. there are more people doing special effects in the uk these days than working in the coal industry. but what is really striking is how international the workforces. everybody is busily working away. there are people from spain, poland, belgium, sweden, ireland. we have to get everyone together to show you what it is really like. here they all are. if you take away the workers from other european union countries, you begin to see how much business relies on access to european talent. it's all about the people. this firm doesn't have any computer hardware. it is all in the cloud. this office in particular has no computers. it is very rare in our industry. that gives us the ability to pick this up and move it to read

surie will sing for the uk after being chosen in february. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito is out casual and fabulous. g and t is even had a touch dry ice. and the star guest, surie, of course, the uk's eurovision hopeful. do you remember when we were kids with no fear? and this isn't her first eurovision. he/she is back in 2015 as a backing singer. so when you step out on stage, what is the feeling? it's an incredible feeling because the electricity that is charged from the crowd, the eurovision crowd in that arena is like no other audience i have experienced. go, surie! and she has with an army of supporters. have experienced. go, surie! and she has with an army of supporterslj was in germany last night, the first timei was in germany last night, the first time i saw it. i stood there and i was absolutely, i had to take my glasses off, i was streaming with cheap tears. our super vans were full of passion but not much hope. does britain stand a chance? no. i believe a bit of a chance. i believe we are going to come 17th. i am saying 17, yes. once upon a time, britain was a eurovi

david sillito went to see how it has been going.d he has built up quite a collection. you have got 18 of the same type of ancient radio. yes. have a look across there. they are all radios as well. one question. yes? what does your wife all this? um... however, most are now useless. your wife all this? um... however, most are now useless. fm has been switched off. they are all gone, aren't they? it is the end of an era, isn't it? it is. i experienced the start of fm and also experience the start of fm and also experience the end of it. do you feel sad? in a way, yes. yes. and there is another station here... and the reason fm has gone is because of dab. this digital alternative has allowed 26 new national stations to be set up, but running both systems was felt to be too expensive. radio listening. has it gone up or down? i mean, i know you've got more stations... yes, so the listening figures have changed. now we see a big increase in the usage of the new channels. actually... but overall? let me say, one third of the new listing is