gail maclellan, bbc news.commemorate those who lost their lives in conflict, as the uk marks remembrance sunday. jack mortimer, who's 96, was part of the allied invasion of nazi—occupied europe on d—day in 19aa. bbc yorkshire arranged for him to meet with sinar, a ten—year—old schoolboy, to talk about the meaning of remembrance day. i had quite a few bad experiences during the war i don't like to talk about. in contrary on the job, maybe sometimes they forgot how scared they were. if i was in the war, i would be scared because i find non—military training... i don't like fighting and killing other people. so i would have definitely been scared. what is terrible, it is terrible. people get killed, that shouldn't happen. stolen no one deserves to die. no one. remembrance day to me means that it is a time to remember those people who fought in the war to protect us. yes. and i am proud of that. my thoughts, going back to some... so when my compatriots in the army, who i still remember, although they have passed o

gail maclellan, bbc news.uple of months ago, there has been a variety of weather around the world and even in this country over the last few days. helen is at the map. quite a significant storm in the bay of bank albert back you in the uk it has been about the rain and u nfortu nately has been about the rain and unfortunately it has affected areas of england which were very wet back in october. for the rest of the afternoon, we breathe a sigh of relief. this temporary dry window of weather, there will be other dry windows of weather in the coming week but there are bouts of rain to come, one is drawing into the western side of northern ireland now. jelly ahead of it despite the sunshine that it has been lovely afternoon, and through the ceiling comes that rain and sleet over the hills. 0urfirst comes that rain and sleet over the hills. our first significant snow over the hills of scotland overnight, perhaps some for the pennines, with all the cloud and wind, temperatures should hold above freezing. into tomorr

gail maclellan, bbc news. featuring the writing of queen elizabeth i has been discovered. a handwriting expert has pieced together clues from the document, after it was found in the library of lambeth palace. david sillito reports. so, giles, whatare we looking at here? it's a translation into english of a section of the work of the roman historian tacitus. it's been sitting here on a shelf at lambeth palace for hundreds of years and no—one was very interested in it, until a researcher one day started looking a bit more closely and realised this wasn't the work of a 16th century academic, but someone rather more famous. the thing that is a really exciting discovery which hadn't been established by anybody before now is that it is written by — and in some cases in the hand of — queen elizabeth i. so how do we know it's queen elizabeth's handwriting? well, the paper is a clue. it's the same as used in many state documents at the tudor court at the time. we also know that queen elizabeth did translations of tacit

gail maclellan, bbc news.ephen cleebury, who directed the choir of kings college cambridge for nearly four decades, has died at the age of 70. # oh, come all ye faithful, # joyful and triumphant his name was familiar to millions around the world through the bbc world service's broadcast of carols every christmas eve. sir stephen was knighted earlier this year. he retired as director of music at king's college just two months ago, after 37 years in the role. that is just about it from us. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey. but for now, do stay tuned. hello. after a very wet day across parts of the uk on saturday, sunday promises to be a drier day, albeit with a lot of cloud and some misty, murky conditions. but, briefly, we have a weak ridge of high pressure extending across the uk. still some rain to talk about at first on sunday, particularly for eastern scotland, still on the heavy side. slowly that heavy rain pushes its way across northern scotland, and eventually becomes confined to the northern i

gail maclellan reports. the necropolis of the ancient city of memphis. egyptologists are excited by this first display of the artefacts found last year. translation: what makes the discovery special is the diversity of the antiquities found, like mummies of animals and sacred birds and sacred cats. it includes 75 wooden and bronze statues of cats, mummified birds, masks, crocodiles and an enormous beetle many times the normal size. the most lovely discovery out of those hundreds? that scarab. it is the biggest and the hugest scarab all over the world. but what makes the find unique is that archaeologists suspect some of the large cats are actually lion cubs. they were found the remains of an adult lion discovered in 200a. the remains of an adult lion discovered in 2004. just a little hole. almost 4400 years old, this ancient civilisation continues to intrigue. gail maclellan, bbc news. a quick reminder of our top story. voting is under way in hong kong and the local elections. they are being seen as the loca

gail maclellan, bbc news. journalist and commentator anne ashworth — and john crowley who is the editorial director of first draft — an organisation that investigates the spread of misleading and false news — that's coming up after the latest headlines and a full sport update. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good morning, it has been a rather grey and gloomy start to our sunday morning but it is predominantly dry and it will be a quieter theme of weather for many. so and it will be a quieter theme of weatherfor many. so if and it will be a quieter theme of weather for many. so if we take a look at why, we have got this frontal system that is moving its way to scotland for much of the night. that still has to clear away but we have this brief ridge of high pressure dominating the story today before the next low rating in the wings to arrive a little later on. the arena sitting across the far north and east of scotland and will gradually drift northwards and ease away. elsewhere, we kee

gail maclellan reports. saqqara.al is the diversity of the antiquities found, like mummies of animals and sacred birds and sacred cats. the cache includes 75 wooden and bronze statues of cats, mummified birds, masks, crocodiles and an enormous beetle many times the normal size. the most lovely discovery out of those hundreds? that scarab. it is the biggest and the hugest scarab all over the world. but what makes the find unique is that archaeologists suspect some of the large cats are actually lion cubs. they were found near the remains of an adult lion discovered in 200a. almost 4,400 years old, this ancient civilisation continues to intrigue. gail maclellan, bbc news. dateline london is coming up. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. i have managed to find a claims of sunshine, sean. but for most of us it isa sunshine, sean. but for most of us it is a pretty cloudy, grey november day unfortunately. not bad at all here. it was a murky start of the morning with dense fog in norfolk just up the ro

gail maclellan reports. saqqara. by this first display of the artefacts found last year. translation: what makes the discovery special is the diversity of the antiquities found, like mummies of animals and sacred birds and sacred cats. the cache includes 75 wooden and bronze statues of cats, mummified birds, masks, crocodiles and an enormous beetle many times the normal size. the most lovely discovery out of those hundreds? that scarab. it is the biggest and the hugest scarab all over the world. but what makes the find unique is that archaeologists suspect some of the large cats are actually lion cubs. they were found near the remains of an adult lion discovered in 200a. almost a,a00 years old, this ancient civilisation continues to intrigue. gail maclellan, bbc news. a really extraordinary exhibition. the bbc teatime news is coming up at ten to five. first, it's time for the travel show. we start this week in copenhagen. by 2025, the danes hope this will become the world's very first carbon—neutral capital city. we

gail maclellan reports.spend 36 years locked away for a crime you didn't commit. it is clear, though, how it must feel to walk free. commit. it is clear, though, how it must feel to walk freelj commit. it is clear, though, how it must feel to walk free. i am looking forward to living the rest of my life being humble and peaceful as i am, praise to god, looking after my family. 0h, am, praise to god, looking after my family. oh, man, iam telling am, praise to god, looking after my family. oh, man, i am telling you, it is out of this world. this is the first time i have been able to hug my son in about 20 something years. it is wonderful. the people around me that you see here will help me get through all this. they never stop fighting for me. and i never stop fighting for me. and i never stop fighting. the men were convicted in 198a of shooting a 1a—year—old at a baltimore school. prosecutors said the police ignored and withheld reports from multiple witnesses identifying another person as the killer. baltimo