it's helen's anniversary on sunday.ensitivity and compassion? helen mccourt‘s murder made history. simms was one of the very first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence without the discovery of a body. part of helen's bloodstained earring was found in his pub, another in the boot of his car, fibres and blood found on clothing and towels dumped miles away. yet simms refused to admit his guilt, or reveal where her body was hidden. for years, marie mccourt petitioned for helen's law — no body, no parole — and last year, the government finally agreed. laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families. but the legislation has stalled, so, for marie, that commitment has come too late. i can go through all of that. the part that upsets me, as you can see, is that i can't give helen this last goodbye. no. the only thing i want is to have my child back. whatever tiny bits and pieces there are, it's my daughter's and i want them back, and i can't have them now. all mar

helen helen mirren gets a. lifetime achievement why. why you really ask that question how we talk with helen mirren dame helen mirren i mean the absolute complete package of . i mean this is a woman who could play queen elizabeth the 2nd and then. playing in state them's gangster mom in fast and furious movies i mean it's inconceivable that anyone could not see her as one of the greatest actresses of this or any generation i've completely over the moon we just saw behind her she was at the press conference and we were both swooning over the fact that helmand is so close to us she has incredible charisma i mean she came out for her photograph at that press conference she has such poise she also has i mean sounds as well as you say she's incredible but she has gone objective lee incredible feat being oh yeah i mean she started out as the youngest member of the royal shakespeare company she holds this clutch of awards known as the trinity in acting so we're talking about and any for her work in t.v. as well as a tony for her work on broadw

stereotypes of always being an abomination to helen mirren. in the gangster movie the long good friday she made sure her role as the sexy but was rewritten she saw the original as been either. a lot of stupid. i told you did what i told him everything every day i go on the set and i do. written the scene you know written my character said right away that's how the whole of the scene where she takes him out didn't and she's the one who's driving it and i was just an absolute pain in the ass for the poor director. she started her career on the stage in the 1960 s. as the den youngest member of the royal shakespeare company. i wanted to be a great stage actress we didn't get to this and i'm also i wasn't really aware of the incredible art form that is film. she found fame as a tough detective chief inspector in london who battles preconceived ideas in a man's world as well as her own weaknesses what always makes a character interesting and. brings the audience in is not strength it's vulnerability and weakness you know it's a great roles are to d

it's helen's anniversary on sunday.t of sensitivity and compassion? helen mccourt‘s murder made history. simms was one of the very first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence, without the discovery of a body. part of helen's bloodstained earring was found in his pub, another in the boot of his car, fibres and blood found on clothing and towels dumped miles away, yet simms refused to admit his guilt, or reveal where her body was hidden. for years, marie mccourt petitioned for helen's law — no body, no parole — and last year, the government finally agreed. laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families caused by offenders refusing to disclose information relating to their crimes. but the legislation has stalled so, for marie, that commitment has come too late. if it hadn't have been for a general election and brexit... and brexit, yes. any number of other things... it would have gone through, yes. it would have gone through. mmm. you came so close. so close.

helene: let's jump to ida b. wells in fact, because she was an extraordinary woman, and i discovered so much about her. i don't think the lot of people know much about her. tell me your story. cornel: i wish ida b. wells' name was as well-known as melissa king junior and omx. and many -- malcolm x. she is probably the most courageous person to the degree to which she was willing to aite it southern whore, and red tear, doing what, telling the truth about american terrorism. we have a lot of talk about terrorism since 9/11. all americans feel unsafe, hated for who they are, to be black in america for 400 years is to be hated for who you are. we have an 9/11fied condition. it happens every week. happens every month, happens every year, it is not something that happens one time and everybody gets afraid. what did ida b. wells do? booker t. washington and the boys were arguing about education and civil rights, she was confronting american terrorism, lynching, the raw face of the american nation state with courage, an

helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women often standing up to men. to sound shows your truly we. thank. you. thank you. but she's a lot more relaxed in real life so what's the secret behind her stellar career so i was very lucky. and that was the truth for me but. my genetic could face honestly is beyond time and. to anyone at any time that what they are. one of the early roles was in the london gangster flick the long good friday but she was no ordinary gangsters mall. this was the early 19 eighties when strong female roles was still a rarity for many fans a career high was her majestic performance in the queen she won an oscar for her portrayal of elizabeth the 2nd dealing with public anger at the royal family's response to the death of princess diana. despite the quintessential englishness of many of her roles in view says so if it's a european it's heart a love to europe and i it was the best thing to me absolutely the best thing that we were a part of europe as opposed to what we had to sort of appendage to america you know which never felt comf

helen mirren, she is receiving an honorary bear for lifetime achievement.alk about what makes her so special. helena humphrey -- scott: i think it is this mix of class and maybe sass. this is a woman who has played monarchs and gangsters. she was in "the queen," but she was also an a "fast and furious" and we saw it in the piece we just saw. she is a woman who can play an incredibly powerful, majestic characters. she takes her craft seriously, but she does not take herself very seriously, and that gives her special charm. helena: i like to sum her up as royal but also racy. that wonderful portrayal of queen elizabeth in which she won the oscar in the 2006 production. reportedly, elizabeth ii also watch that movie despite the fact that it was not the most flattering depiction of the british monarch, she said that she did not do too bad a job, which is high praise indeed. she has incredible range and chief started out in the early days at the trinity of awards with emmy and tony, oscar as well. scott: the only next steps he could take it, the monarchy is havi

helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women. often determined and often standing up to men. thank you. they're in this admired for so many things one quality that stands out is her ability to repeatedly select the right roles to play. when i read a script i read the last page 1st to see if my characters on the last page i don't bother reading it from the beginning i literally go straight to the last page is my character on the last page if it is it's a good sign. and then i go back and read the script from the beginning. for many years the career high was her majestic performance in the queen in 2007 she won an oscar for her portrayal of elizabeth the 2nd and even received praise from the real queen. this present queen never got fat never got thin never drank too much never ate too much you know she's been believe a plea consistent. in great you know under great stress very stressful circumstances very often so i grew to respect her enormously i have to say in researching her. and now the bella nala has crowned its own cream wit

it's helen's anniversary on sunday.just a little bit of sensitivity and compassion? helen mccourt‘s murder made history. simms was one of the very first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence without the discovery of her body. part of helen's bloodstained earring was found in his pub, another in the boot of his car, fibres and blood found on clothing and towels dumped miles away. yet simms refused to admit his guilt or reveal where her body was hidden. for years, marie mccourt petitioned for helen's law — no body, no parole. and last year the government finally agreed. laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families caused by offenders refusing to disclose information relating to their crimes. but the legislation has stalled. so for marie, that commitment has come too late. if it hadn't have been for a general election and brexit... and brexit, yes. ..and a number of other things... it would have gone through. ..it would have gone through. you came so close.

helen mccourt‘s murder made history.dna evidence. an airing was found in his pub, another in his car, fibres are found on tails dumped miles away. yet sims refused to reveal where the body was hidden. for yea rs, where the body was hidden. for years, marrie petitioned for helen's law, no body, no parole. those will be introduced to recognise the pain of victims and their families caused by offenders refusing to disclose information relating to their crimes stopped but the legislation has stalled. so for marrie, that commitment has come to late.“ stalled. so for marrie, that commitment has come to late. if it hadn't been for a general election and brexit and a number of other things, it would have gone through. it came so close. it must feel brutal to you. it came so close. it must feel brutalto you. i can it came so close. it must feel brutal to you. i can go through all of that, the part that upsets me is that i can't give her one last goodbye. i can't. that i can't give her one last goodbye. ican't. i that i can't give

it's dame helen mirren we did all of the act is triple an author an emmy attendee now she can add a gold that at least that's coming out on the day. or 2 our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with new cases of the coronavirus that have doctors puzzled in california and here in germany the 1st cases have been reported the people who became infected but not by any known means of trans mission now that is an unsettling new mystery as the world prepares for more corona virus outbreaks germany and california are now reporting as we said the 1st cases of the coronavirus that have no obvious means of transmission today the world health organization said that efforts to stop the virus have never been as important as they are now and this is what we know tonight new infections outside china now outnumber those inside this map it shows the severity of the epidemic around the world the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases china which is you know ground 0 of the 1st outbreak is still well out in front with more than 7

the queen of british cinema helen mirren she picks up an honorary golden back. that's coming up later in the show. i'm off to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome governments around the world tonight a row. being up efforts to contain the corona virus as the world health organization mourns them to prepare for a pandemic here in germany health officials have just reported 19 new cases of the virus germany and california are now reporting the 1st cases that have no obvious means of viral transmission this new mystery comes with new infections outside china now numbering those inside china this map shows the severity of the epidemic around the world the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases china the epicenter of this 1st outbreak is still well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the situation is serious in south korea iran and italy all together 50 countries or territories now have confirmed cases bringing the overall total cases globally 282000 the w.h.o. has issued a n

it's helen's anniversary on sunday.s murder made history. simms was one of the very first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence without the discovery of a body. part of helen's bloodstained earring was found in his pub, another in the boot of his car, fibres and blood found on clothing and towels dumped miles away. yet simms refused to admit his guilt, or reveal where her body was hidden. for years, marie mccourt petitioned for helen's law. no body, no parole, and last year, the government finally agreed. laws will be introduced to ensure that the parole system recognises the pain to victims and their families. but the legislation has stalled so, for marie, that commitment has come too late. i can go through all of that. the part that upsets me, as you can see, is that i can't give helen this last goodbye. no. the only thing i want is to have my child back. whatever tiny bits and pieces there are, it's my daughter's and i want them back, and i can't have them now. all marie has is a memorial bench in the family's c

helens were the winners.ide us, former england world cup finalist and a former warrington player, as well. have warranted got something to prove tonight? i think so. i think they will be excited to play for third dashed with 13 men. i think they did fantastic last week, but they'll be licking their lips tonight, having an awful good crack at saracens who... they look fantastic last week. they did, and they were fantastic. i got to see they were fantastic. i got to see the clubs, which was a tough night. but for me, they look like they got all the stuff thatjustin put into them. but christian put it all in them. but christian put it all in them. they were playing harder than i've ever seen them. so it was ominous for the rest of the super league. and we are looking forward to this night, lots of local rivalry involved. it should be an intense night in front of a big crowd. in other news, knife crime in london hit a ten year high at the start of the year, and several other regions in the country have seen simil

today the queen of british cinema helen mirren she picks up an honorary golden that like that's coming up. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. governments around the world around picking up efforts to contain the corona virus as the world health organization wants them to prepare for a pandemic you infections outside china now outnumber those inside is a map showing the severity of the outbreak around the world the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases so here's china they be center of the outbreak and still well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the situation is most serious in south korea iran and italy or together some 50 countries or territories now have confirmed cases bringing the overall number of cases to more than 82000 and w.h.o. has issued new warnings to governments everywhere to get ready for a pandemic our message continues to be that this virus has been demick botticelli and doubly cerys providing the tools to help every country to prepare accordingly this is not a time for fear this is a time for taking action now to pr

it's been said that her oscar winning performance in the 2007 film the queen proved that helen mirren is acting royalty now she has been consented to work or berlin international film festival honorary golden bear award for lifetime achievement marian of course is no one film wonder with half a century of powerful portrayals on screen and on states. are barely dalla correspondents scott rockstar and helena humphrey were down on the red carpet with their incessant of helen mirren korea. i think it's this mix of of of class and and maybe sass i mean this is a woman who has played monarchs and gangsters i mean she was in the queen but she was also in the furious movie i mean she is a woman who can complain incredibly powerful majestic characters she takes her craft very seriously but you obviously doesn't take herself very sleepy seriously not give her i think a special charm you know i would like to some her office royal but also racy and i think we saw that typified you know that wonderful portrayal of queen elizabeth which she won the oscar in the 2006 production of the queen now repo

helens were run pointless and ultimately clueless.are some more stories making the headlines today. the football association is going to set out new coaching guidelines to restrict the amount of heading that under—18's can do in training. the new rules won't ban heading entirely. there's also a proposal for concussion substitutes to be trialled in english football nest season. premier league clubs have voted to move the closing date of the summer transfer window to bring it back in line with the rest of europe. for the past two seasons, it closed the day before the season began. this year, the date will be on the 1st of september at 5pm. it looks like world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua is heading home for the next defence of his titles. his next fight is likely to be at the tottenham hotspur stadium — that's according to his promoter eddie hearn. joshua is expected to take on bulgarian kubrat pulev injune. england won't havejofra archer back until the summer after a scan revealed he has a stress fracture in his elbow. he's alrea

the gala ceremony at the 70th the international berlin film festival is out of a for this year and helen humphrey and scott roxboro watch the bears being handed out guys the gold and big guys too there is no evil wasn't a popular choice. it was a popular choice it was a bold one it certainly was a political one as you saw that in that create the iranian a direct hit mohamed the rest enough was unable to pick up the gold a bat to have it in his hands because he remains it has been tested on he hasn't been able to leave iran since 27000 because his work is just considered so problematic by the regime yes yes and we should also note that not only is he not allowed to leave iran he's not allowed to work legally in iran because of his last film which was considered too offensive by by the government and so they gave me a lifetime ban but he continued to work he made this film entirely in secret and what's i find so compelling about this story this this film is about moral courage in the face of dictators in the face of oppression and this director he's not only made a movie about this he's li

disease and italy plus it's the 4th day of the berlin international film festival and our reporter helen free brings us the latest from the red carpet the 1st german film of the competition or dina these moments on the silver screen don't have a close and a half the retelling all the european me would have to say. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us as the corona virus spreads far beyond china several countries are now taking unprecedented steps to contain it in italy the deaths of 3 people from the disease have prompted authorities to put several towns on lockdown and cancel the final days of venice's famed carnival celebrations other countries are now on high alert as well including iran which has the highest death toll of any country outside of china and south korea the country with the 2nd most infections which is also seen. the sharp jump in cases over the last few days. scenes like these from china's cities and lockdown are now becoming familiar across the globe following new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus. asia remains the continent hardest hit by the outbreak on sunday

it is in love of marie mccourt, for her daughter, helen.their close family friend, fiona who has done so much on the campaign here, to see this come to fruition today. the home secretary, priti patel, apologised to yvette cooper after a conservative activist was jailed for sending threatening messages to the senior labour mp, who shared details of them in the commons. "i'm already organising her to be hurt. amazing what crackheads will do for £100. i'm going to get her beat up." the chair of the local association has today written to me, expressing regrets and apologies for what he describes as the grave and unacceptable actions of their member, who has since been expelled. and i welcome that letter and that support. but it is a concern to me that there has been, thus far, no similar condemnation or sense of regret expressed by the national party. let me say this right now before the house, that is categorically unacceptable and wrong. there is no place for intimidation, at all, in public life. in terms of the national party public response

helen gittos is a professor of medieval history at oxford university.second pregnancy — having nearly lost her first child due to complications in labour — but she says east kent hospitals weren't interested in her concerns. there was little desire to talk with me about what would make me feel safe. i was just told, "this is how we do it, these are our policies." helen asked to give birth at this hospital in margate in a unit staffed solely by midwives but was refused. she therefore opted for a home birth but when her labour failed to progress, she was transferred to hospital where, she says, her problems began. i was eventually seen by the senior doctor and at that stage, it felt to me as if... i knew she was dying. harriet was born in a poor condition and struggled for life, but died in august 2014, aged eight days. she looked about as unwell as a baby could look, as ill as she was. amid all the heartache, helen was left to feel as though she was to blame for harriet‘s death. that was the single most shocking moment for me of all of it, because it rec

lifetime achievement award to someone in the film business this year it goes to the british actress helen mirren who's made 60 films from playing against a small opposite bob hoskins in the long good friday to that memorable oscar winning performance in the queen and she is in my mind one of the greatest living actresses around us i wonder what experts on this subject thinks film critics rocks for a downtown at the festival snow are a little biased but i do you write as a measure and as an actress. yeah i mean how do i write her as an actress by lord she's obviously the queen you know won the oscar for the queen but i put her above that i put her as that as an empress of british that about world cinema i mean this is a woman who's who's who's range is incredible she's won the triple crown of acting you know the the emmy the oscar the tony and it's played everything from those but the 2nd 2 you know jason state thems gangster mother in a fast and furious movie i mean the woman has incredible range and i think it's because she though she seems to take or acting her craft incredibly seriousl

helen is a professor of medieval history at oxford university.y she became nervous of a second pregnancy having nearly lost her first second pregnancy having nearly lost herfirst child due second pregnancy having nearly lost her first child due to complications in labour but she says that east kent hospitals nhs trust were not interested in her concerns. there was little desire to talk with me about what would make me feel safe. i was just told, this is about what would make me feel safe. i wasjust told, this is how about what would make me feel safe. i was just told, this is how we do it, these are our policies. she asked to give birth in the midwife led unit in margate and was refused so opted for up home birth within minutes of the hospital. when labour failed to progress she was transferred to the maternity unit.|j was eventually seen by the senior doctor. at that stage it felt to me as if...i doctor. at that stage it felt to me as if... i knew she was dying. harriet was born in a poor condition and needed immediate life support. but she died

among them, helen steel, on his honeymoon. he is doing well in hospital —— alan steel.— alan steel. those on boa rd a re mostly hospital —— alan steel. those on board are mostly confined to their cabins. all passengers are allowed on deck, 50 at a time, deck by deck, so on deck, 50 at a time, deck by deck, so it is about once every three days we get about an hour or 90 minutes to stretch our legs on deck. in wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, a second new hospital has opened, built injust outbreak, a second new hospital has opened, built in just two weeks. this is wuhan airport, where more than 200 passengers, mainly british, boarded the final uk repatriation flight. it boarded the final uk repatriation flight. it is due to arrive at raf brize norton in oxfordshire early tomorrow, and then the britons will be taken to a conference centre in milton keynes to be quarantined for 14 milton keynes to be quarantined for ia days. there have been 81 new reported deaths in china's hubei province today, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. that takes the death toll in hub

we'll take your advice helen humphrey and scott ross perot thanks so much. to the bundesliga now and by i mean that hoffenheim was twice interrupted after the visiting fans showed an offensive banner and at hoffenheim on a rather deep my hope on won the game 6 no but what happens in the step what happened rather in the stands will be the talking points from that one elsewhere dortmund edged freiburg gladbach sore for a spirited and months bait hoffenheim on friday to soften help to shed 6 goals this one looked all over at half time as does little raced into a 3 nil lead tomming the pick of the goals that hetta would rally back after the break new signing for stuff one and then scored a penalty his 1st goal for the club securing a point to take back to berlin much needed one to 7 days late game sees cologne host shell on sunday their matches in berlin and leipzig frankfurt's trip to bremen has been postponed due to the visit is the commitments. and a reminder before we go of the top stories we're following for you both already is a crawl across the globe impl

i did helen humphrey on the red carpet for us keeping us up to date thank you very much. voters in homburg have been electing a new state government it's germany's only regional election this year and it's a rare chance for a victory for the center left social democrats arrest p.d. junior partners at the federal level in coalition with the chancellor under the medicals c.d.u. the social democrats have performed poorly in a series of recent elections the earn out in hamburg was high dissed by stormy weather in the northern port city let's take a look now at the numbers we're getting those and as we speak these are the latest projected results based on a partial count of the vote now these are the results at this stage for homburg and . the social democrats are on top with 37.5 percent the greens taking 25.5 percent that's a big rise for that group ugly americans party be christian democrats or the 11 and a half left party right around 9 percent and the far right alternative for germany or d. coming in there as well now if you could just move the prompter down a bit i could