the critical acclaim for both films has made a difference to hogg at this point in her career. to get finance for the films i want to make, but i hesitate to say that because you never know. while most independent film—makers would echo hogg's caution, the recent emphasis on funding female directors in britain helped produce ali and ava by clio barnard, also showing in the cannes' directors' fortnight. leading actor adeel akhtar travelled to cannes, although barnard was unable to. a veteran of tv and film, he has noticed a change in films getting commissioned. i actually do feel excited about the types of stories that are out there and the variety of stories that are being told and i sort of feel cautiously optimistic. bit of a sea change in the world of british cinema anyway and i feel i have sort of been taken up on that ride a little bit. even that british classic, the period drama, is evolving. josh o'connor, who has played prince charles in netflix hit series the crown, was in cannes with a french director, eva husson, to premier mothering sunday. set in post—world war one

hogg: i think that is ludicrous.e last six months have got to oncology drugs approved. it took us 10 years to develop these drugs. it took us hundreds of millions of dollars to get these drugs to approval and now these drugs are in the market, changing the lives of patients and helping people live longer. so that is a long journey and, you know, one thing i have seen from the chinese government in particular the biotech field over the last few years is the total focus on innovation. an effort to broaden the availability of world-class therapies for patients in china. the chinese government is trying to make the lives of nations in china better and the lives of its citizens better. and you have an industry death the -- that requires such massive effort to create such meaningful therapies that help patients, you know, one of the reasons the industry has done so well in the last few years is because the chinese government has reformed to help innovators bring their drugs to market. of course, there is always going to be

coach warren gatland says he's sure hogg will lead the side by example.gainst the emirates lions. that's all the sport for now. don't forget, you can follow the cricket and tennis on the website and app, and the sixth stage of the tour de france shortly, too. bbc.co.uk/sport — more from me throughout the afternoon. thank you very much indeed. the prime minister borisjohnson said he sees double vaccination as the �*key to freedom' when asked about foreign travel and the easing of covid—19 restrictions. during a visit to a nissan plant in sunderland, he also praised the car firm's plan for a new battery plant in the uk, saying that electric vehicles are the future. there are ongoing discussions about ways we can support people who are going to bring fantastic green technology into this country. they are obviously confidential. but this is something that is a massive benefit to the uk economy, nissan will create about 900 jobs with a further 750, plus thousands potentially in the supply chains. but what it is also doing is helping to lengthen the lead of thi

and scotland captain stuart hogg will lead out a new look british and irish lions side, for their tourmirates lions on saturday. the match is the first of eight in south africa, finishing with three tests against the world champions. what a story at the tour de france today. mark cavendish continues to defy expectations. the manxman was only called up to race the tour five days before it started. on tuesday, he achieved his first win there in five years, and today, he did it again — in chateauroux, the same place where he won his first tour stage back in 2008. drew savage reports. whatever happened today, stage 6 was always going to be all about mark cavendish. 100 miles from the stage start and tour to the end, everyone was expecting a spring finish. thomas 12th overall and still recovering from his crash on monday. for him, and easy day before hitting the hills tomorrow on saturday. —— and saturday. since his win on tuesday, cavendish has worn the green. everybody knew what he was likely to do. it's just at the age of 36, the max missile is more rationally back up to talk speed. nobo

david hogg, moratorium co-chair was on the steering committee of the new mobe.but here's the difference. the moratorium didn't get tear gassed. how many people were at november 15th? so you know about that. that's a lot of people. some who didn't distinguish between new mobe and moratorium him where prisoners of war in hanoi at prison -- commander eugene wilbur was a commanding officer of a navy fighter squadron when he was shot down and captured. he listened to world news and you all about the moratorium days against the war in vietnam. he was referring to both october and november 15. even professor appy referred to the moratoriums, so it was a common expression. justice the two events were called moratorium days, so to the anti nuclear activities of saying which called for the oblation of a mix and for the freeze which called for just that. freeze but not abolished nuclear weapons were both called the freeze. is david here? they was the executive director of weeds so the huge disagreements of fighting, the arguing and won some of the adherence to either group

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coach warren gatland says he's sure hogg will lead the side by example. de france is under way too. mark cavendish is chasing his second win in three days. live text commentary is on the website. chetan, and i will have another update at 3:30pm. thank you for that, ben. the government's furlough scheme begins winding down from today. firms must now pay 10% of their furloughed workers' normal wages. but critics say the scheme shouldn't be changed until all parts of the economy, including travel and hospitality, have opened up fully. let's get more on this with tony wilson who's the director of the institute for employment studies. they research and consult on employment and hr topics. thank you forjoining us. first of all, the furlough scheme is credited with keeping so many businesses going throughout this pandemic. how much of a problem do you think it is going to be now moving forward with it being wound down? i actually think the furlough scheme is starting to wind itself down already. starting to wind itself down alread . :, , , :, already. the latest

coach warren gatland says he�*s sure hogg will lead the side by example.ctly create around 1600 jobs, and thousands more in the supply chain. our business reporter sarah corker is at the nissan plant in sunderland. this is a really significant day for the uk car industry, these are massive expansion plans and sunderland is set to be at the heart of the uk�*s revolution in electric car manufacturing. and they have been making vehicles here in sunderland since 1986. we are on the production line here, we have seen the electric nissan leaf going past, and these are highly skilled, well—paid jobs and there are more on the way. this £1 billion investment package will see a new electric model coming to wearside, and it will also see investment in this massive gigafactory, where they will build bigger batteries for these electric models at a vast scale not seen before. that will create more than 6000 jobs here at nissan, but also across the wider supply chain. and i think what this shows is the direction of travel — the future is electric. the uk government is ba