emcee: sir lenny henry! the night began with tributes to the comedy legend. terly — am i right here when i say — he's irreplaceable. cheering and applause. # i can't get enough of your love i can't get enough of your love # the public also had their say as they voted this their favourite lenny moment. # i�*m just len. # chatting on the phone with james corden. # what will take for me to leave these shows? # retire the nose, face destiny? sorry about that and, just to be clear, i had that planned way before gosling did it at the oscars. laughter. well, i�*m backstage at comic relief — you can hear the show behind me. there�*s a lot of excitement but this year, a sense of sadness as well that it is sir lenny henry�*s very last time hosting the show. and through it all, the central message wasn�*t lost — raising funds to support thousands of small charities in the uk and around the world. sir lenny will continue his work behind the camera as life president of comic relief. all chant: lenny! now it�*s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. l

sir lenny henry is bowing out, and there will be a special show dedicated to his 39 years of comic relief moment over the years. what you got in here, fam? it's a chicken. well, bruv...it�*s dead. to see a new generation of people taking it forwards, it'll be fantastic to leave knowing that there's. .. i'm getting emotional now. ..a new group of people taking over and treating it the way we did. i'm just delighted to be called the new generation at 45 years old and with grey in my beard, to be honest with you. the idea that i'm a live—wire young thing trying to take it to the next level isjust so beyond me! the traitors — the movie. other highlights from the fundraising bonanza include an all—star line—up in the traitors — the movie. prepare to die! richard madeley, tell us, what do you think - you could bring to red nose day? oh, well, that's easy. _ i mean, obviously, you've got to be funny... and the cast of the tv series w1a reunite to find sir lenny�*s replacement. yeah, romesh ranganathan's here. right. great — romesh?! — i know, i couldn't stop him. i may as well get out of here, w

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sir lenny henry will present his final comic relief tonight after almost a0 years.uccess of band aid. it's gone on to raise millions of pounds for good causes. let's see what they've got in store for us tonight with our culture reporter noor nanji. what are you doing? you need to be... you're so unprofessional, man. i can't believe it. the big comic relief night of tv is back. time to once again do something funny for money. richard madeley, tell us, what do you think you could bring to red nose day? oh, well, that's easy. i mean, obviously, you've got to be funny. and there will be a lot to laugh about, including when the cast of the tv series w1a reunite to find sir lenny henry's replacement. yeah, hi, yeah. will? _ yeah, so, like, romesh ranganathan's here. i right, great. romesh? yeah, i know, yeah, i but i couldn't stop him. well, you know, i might as well get out of here. i mean, what's the point? i mean, romesh gets everything, doesn't he? everything. jeez! ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a night of comic relief. there will also be a special show dedicated t

the end of an era as sir lenny henry prepares to host his final red nose day.mpire: ladies and gentlemen, we are suffering with these. - and you cannot bee serious! a swarm descends on the quarter final at indian wells, forcing the players off the court. and coming up on bbc news... manchester city could meet arsenal in the semifinals of the champions league. first, city will need to beat real madrid and arsenal, bayern munich. good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt says the conservative party good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt says the conservative party is absolutely transparent about the donations it receives. but so far the party has neither confirmed nor denied reports it's been given another £5 million by the businessman frank hester, on top of the ten million he's already donated. mr hester has been widely accused of racism after allegedly saying the mp diane abbott makes him want to hate all black women. the tech boss apologised for making what he said "rude" comments about her. here's our political correspondent hannah miller. learning to use

sir lenny henry will present his final comic relief tonight after almost a0 years.hich built on the success of band aid. it's gone on to raise millions of pounds for good causes. let's see what they've got in store for us tonight with our culture reporter noor nanjee. we will have more on that later but first i want to bring you some live pictures from the al—aqsa mosque. you can see here it is the first friday prayers since ramadan began, and of course this year ramadan is coming at a time of war in the middle east. we have been showing you some of our reporting from anna foster injerusalem and we will bring you more of that coverage across the next few hours. ramadan has come at a time when world leaders were hoping for a ceasefire in the war, a ceasefire that would allow not only hostages to be released but also allow more aid to come into gaza. ramadan of course is part of the reason that these talks were hoping to come sooner was because of the worry it could cause further tensions in the region. we will bring you more of that coverage as soon as we can. stay w

there's a lot of excitement but this year, a sense of sadness as well that it is sir lenny henry's very lenny! noor nanji, bbc news. now, with spring almost here, millions of tourists will travel to japan to admire cherry blossoms in full bloom. but global warming has brought the date earlier and earlier — with no sign of stopping. sofia bettiza reports. cherry blossoms are a symbol of spring and the most famous spectacle in the world is undoubtedly in japan. normally, undoubtedly injapan. normally, peak seasonis undoubtedly injapan. normally, peak season is at the end of march, beginning of april. but this year, they have started blooming sooner than ever before. as you can see, people are in the streets of tokyo admiring the flowers and taking lots of pictures. this is a really big eventin of pictures. this is a really big event in the country. the cherry blossoms only appear for 11 days and because of that, an estimated 63 million people travel to and within japan every year. it's big business. it adds about $2.7 billion to the japanese economy every year. unfortunately, the reason w

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sir lenny henry has finished his final stint as the host of comic relief after co—founding the charityr 38 million this year. sir lenny gave a heartfelt goodbye and said it had been an honour and a joy. iam i am moved and really finding it difficult to hold it together. so thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. the united nations is warning of life—threatening malnutrition in haiti's capital, port—au—prince as violence and political unrest continue to spread. a transitional council to restore stability is being put in place — but according to the un, the security situation remains tense and volatile. the authorities have been unable to control armed gangs, and haiti has not yet appointed a replacement for the prime minister, ariel henry, who resigned after trying to organise an international peacekeeping force. our south america and caribbean correspondent will grant has made his way into haiti from the neighbouring dominican republic. a few hours ago, he arrived in the northern port city of cap—haitien and he sent us this update. after a complicated few days at the border, we are

sir lenny henry signs off after fronting his last comic relief with heartfelt thanks — and a new version will it take for me to leave these shows? retirement knows... it's super saturday in the six nations. four teams can mathematically win the championship later — but it's ireland who are in the driving seat to land back—to—back titles.

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. >> lenny henry, lenny henry, epic 37 years hosting, red nose day, raising over £15 billion for comice on thursday in liverpool. liverpool, you did us proud. big, loud, angry slap from the good people of liverpool against, fiona. bruce asked the audience about extremism. >> well, look, thanks to my pundits, headliners is next tomorrow. will rishi survive? see you nine. see you at nine. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather from the met office. so it's been a cloudy and wet afternoon for many of us, all due to an area of low pressure that's been moving its way towards the uk through rest of saturday and through the rest of saturday and will push its way north and eastwards overnight tonight and into this into the start of sunday. this will heavy and will bring some heavy rain and has brought some heavy has already brought some heavy rain, particularly parts rain, particularly to parts of southern could even southern scotland. we could even s

that used to be a huge henry's it up. huge lenny henry's giving it up. >> yeah, so don't write your cheque we'll yet. >> chequebook. >> my chequebook. >> my chequebook. >> you're with chequebook. >> you're funny with chequebook. you who could >> you're funny with chequebook. you the who could >> you're funny with chequebook. you the week who could >> you're funny with chequebook. you the week who therei shop the other week when there was that massive cyber attack. >> i always >> i wasn't because i always carry >> i wasn't because i always car|and he off air and >> and then he comes off air and he fax. he sends a fax. >> i know tell >> i know you don't tell everybody carry you'll everybody you carry cash. you'll become >> probably. >> probably. >> matthew >> and because matthew never carries has to carries cash, because he has to go the bar. go to the bar. >> exactly. go to the bar. >> well, ly. go to the bar. >> well, now, course, the >> well, now, of course, at the bar, pay your and it bar, you pay on your card and it asks want to leave asks you if you want to leave a tip, also very tip,

- co—founder and award winning film—maker richard curtis tells us how he feels about host - sir lenny henry are you sure? and you can watch sarah everard: the search forjustice, on bbc one tomorrow evening at 9pm, orfind it on iplayer. the mayor, sadiq khan, says he hopes freezing some fares for a year will help encourage more londoners back on to public transport. the freeze covers most adult pay—as—you—go tube and bus fares, but not daily and weekly caps, travelcards or river bus services, which all went up yesterday by about 5%. the rnli is marking its 200th anniversary today. the charity began with a meeting in the london tavern in bishopsgate in 1821! with a commitment to save lives at sea. but it wasn't until 2002 that the river thames got its own dedicated lifeboats and stations. we now have four stations — teddington, chiswick, tower — which is at waterloo bridge — and also gravesend. and they are all amongst the busiest stations in the uk. the thames runs fast, is extremely cold. swimming in the thames, in certainly the lower reaches, is very, very dangerous indeed. and so we just