never more so as nana, liz smith at her best. the actress liz smith who has died at the age of 95.u're watching the bbc news channel. the time is 12:40 p.m.. 2016 has been rollercoaster year. game—changing events such as the us elections and britain's vote to leave the eu have had a major impact on the global economy. so what might 2017 have in store? the bbc‘s economics editor, kamal ahmed has been looking into his crystal ball. as we look forward to 2017, three big issues will dominate the economic landscape. america and a new man in the white house. europe, the struggle for growth and what will happen when britain leads the european union. and china, the economic powerhouse, will it continue to perform? we have gathered together some of the biggest experts in the world to ask them their opinions in the year ahead. let's start with america and the big unknown, the new president, who does not come out of a box marked conventional or predictable. wattel donald trump's policies be on things like global trade, relations with china and on the huge fiscal stimulus tax cuts on investmen

liz smith at her scatty and brilliant best. liz smith, who has died at the age of 95.our in after his sudden death. he was found dead at home on christmas day. it's been revealed he'd worked undercover at a homeless shelter, and spent years donating money to organisations. 0ur correspondent has been outside his home in north london, where many fa ns his home in north london, where many fans have been attending to pay their last respects and to lay flowers in memory of the staff. steady stream of people have been arriving here in highgate in north london throughout the day. they are coming to george michael's london home to lay flowers, light candles and leave messages of love to the singer they remember as part of their teenage years. these are people who remember singing and dancing to george michael when they we re dancing to george michael when they were very, very young people. you canjust were very, very young people. you can just see there is a small crowd here. pretty much static now. people wa nt to ta ke here. pretty much static now. people want to take photos

success came late for liz smith.as 50. what a nuisance for you. it was like a wonderful realisation that at last i was being given a chance. it had come. it had come at last. last night. what was it? what was what? that cheese. it was cheese. i know it was flaming cheese! she owed that first acting role to the director mike leigh. she loved being batty old ladies, because in a way she was a batty old lady, except that underneath the eccentricity she was a really focussed person, but she loved it. the more eccentric, the better. she adored being a bonkers person. does this thing play cassettes as well? she may have started late, but made up for it. don't do it so curly this time, barbara. last time it was just likejeremy clarkson. never more so than as nana speakman. liz smith at her scatty and brilliant best. a group of conservationists say that the world's fastest land animal, the cheetah, is rapidly heading for extinction. the zoological society of london says cheetah numbers in the world are falling because of hum

the actress sue johnston remembering liz smith with great affection.r has died down. plenty more try whether to come. at times quite chilly. there has been some sunshine around today. you can see a some sunshine around today. you can seeafairamount some sunshine around today. you can see a fair amount of high cloud. that has turned the sunshine hazy. more in the way of cloud in parts of northern ireland and scotland. where we have the clearest skies, towards central and eastern parts of england, we would develop a frost overnight. later in the night we are likely to see patches of fog. 0vernight, close to freezing in towns and cities. —a and minus five degrees in part of the countryside. this patchy fog could make it a little bit tricky if you are heading back to work after the christmas break. some of that fog could linger across parts of the midland —— midlands. mildertowards across parts of the midland —— midlands. milder towards the north—west. perhaps some rain for the western isles. that's it from me. john hammond will be here in half an hour. he

the actor liz smith, who has died at the age of 95.oanna gosling spoke to the director mike leigh, who gave liz smith her breakthrough role in 1971 in his independent film bleak moments. the actors‘ directory, spotlight, everyone has a photo in it, and they would say, who is that dotty—looking woman with a funny face and the hat? i was a bit cautious at first, but when i met her, and she had acted for a while, she was actually demonstrating toys in hamleys and raising her kids. she was charming, a duck to water and a serious trooper. she came and did this great single scene in bleak moments, and she insisted on taking her teeth that, which became the focal point of the scene, and years later i was asked to do my first film for the bbc, hard labour, and i thought if anybody has got the wisdom, this woman is so extraordinary, so unique, so unlike an actress, so special, that she should have a career, and the great thing is that she has, she did. and the fact that she had got to that age and hadn't done lots of acting enhance the fact tha

the actor liz smith, who has died at the age of 95.writer and directormike leigh, who gave liz smith her breakthrough in 1971 when she landed a part as the downtrodden mother in his independent film bleak moments. thank you for coming in. so she was 50 then? she was, i think she was 49, 50 then? she was, i think she was a9, actually. she had acted and done bits, but she hadn't done anything for a long time. the actors‘ directory, spotlight, everyone has a photo in it, and they would say, who is that dodgy looking woman with a funny face and the hat? i was a bit cautious at first, but when i met her, and she had acted for a while, she was actually demonstrating tories in hamleys and raising her kids —— demonstrating toys in hamleys and raising her kids. but she was a serious trooper. she came and did this great single scene in bleak moments, and she insisted on taking her teeth that, which became the focal point of the scene, and yea rs later the focal point of the scene, and years later i was asked to do my first film for the bbc, hard

your memories of working alongside liz smith?ivileged life i've had to work with liz smith. she was hilarious, rather eccentric, and the most wonderful actress. she was the most wonderful actress. she was the most generous friend, i can't stop heaping praises on her unthinking how much i'm going to miss her and how much i'm going to miss her and how much i'm going to miss her and how much we all going to miss her, really. she had that awful lot, i can hear in the background, that cranky laugh, but what i laughed about liz was, we have finished filming the programme and she would ta ke filming the programme and she would take off her grey wig and then wash her hairand she take off her grey wig and then wash her hair and she would be mrs sims dictated, she was like america want bigger, she had the most beautiful haircut —— mrs sophisticated. nanette she wasn't but when she put that we gone and got on the sofa, she became nana. absolutely amazing. she loved everything about being an actor. and she neverforgot my colleague, forgiving

also: tributes to the character actress, liz smith, who's died at the age of 95.inner played nana in the royle family, amongst many roles. choreographer, sir matthew bourne, described her as a "true british legend." i will be looking back on the year which will shape the global economy for decades to come. we will be taking a look at what lies in store after the decision was taken to leave the eu, and the billionaire businessman donald trump wins the race for white house, he has made bold announcements but was it all talk and no action? stay tuned, that's all to come. the children's commissioner for england says the vast majority of young carers receive no support from local authority social services. anne longfield says four out of five are "going under the radar". the local government association said funding cuts meant councils were being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he's ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is her main carer at home. when he'

older ladies. -- liz smith.ad! chocolate? you promise? yeah. all right, i will. very unusual taste. i put in a little something extra as well. she had been through a tough childhood, and an even tougher early career as a single mother of two with a series of part—timejobs. it single mother of two with a series of part—time jobs. it was only when she was nearly 50 that she got her breakthrough after being offered a theatre role by mike leigh. breakthrough after being offered a theatre role by mike leighm breakthrough after being offered a theatre role by mike leigh. it was like a wonderful realisation that at last i was being given a chance. it had come, it had come at last. she may have started late, but she made up may have started late, but she made upfor may have started late, but she made up for lost time with award—winning roles in tv and film, resulting in her being awarded the mbe in 2009. but it will be as nana, the queen of sheba, for which she will be most remembered. the actor liz smith, who has died

liz smith was the eccentric lovable centre. success came late for liz smith, a single mother of two children and in a series of part—time jobs, she did children and in a series of part—timejobs, she did not children and in a series of part—time jobs, she did not start acting properly until she was 50. part—time jobs, she did not start acting properly until she was 50m was a wonderful realisation that, at last, i was given a chance. it had come. it had come at last. what was it? that cheese. it was cheese. i know it was flaming cheese. she owed the first acting role to director mike leigh. she loved being batty old ladies because she was but under the eccentricity she was a focused person. but she loved it, the more eccentric, the better. does this play cassette? do not do it so curly this time, barbara. last time it was just like jeremy clarkson. in this series with her on—screen granddaughter and in real life, they we re granddaughter and in real life, they were close friends. i took her out in the wheelchair and walked along

liz smith at her scatty and brilliant best. remembering liz smith.re already below freezing in a few spots. a frosty night to night for england and wales and fork will become an issue, especially tomorrow morning. for the disruption, check out bbc local weather stations. frost developing, especially in england and wales. some pockets of frost in eastern scotland. but the fog is the main story further south. widely, temperatures close to freezing, even in larger towns and cities, and in raw spots well below. freezing fog, some sunshine in the far south—west, pembrokeshire, not quite so bad for northern ireland. in scotland, some patchy rain in the north—west highlands. that fog will be slow to play in some spots will stick around all day. while some of us get into mid single figures, where the fog hangs around, we will struggle to get above freezing all day. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. the daughter of author richard adams — who wrote watership down — says he has died peacefully at his home. a family statement quotes the book: "it seemed to

the actor liz smith, who has died at the age of 95.amilies in britain own their homes, according to new analysis by the resolution foundation. 0fficial housing statistics point to a much higherfigure, but the foundation believes the number of people living in privately rented accommodation has been underestimated. a number of roads remain closed in scotland after the disruption caused by storm conor. wind speeds in excess of 90 miles an hour were recorded on the island of shetland on boxing day while large parts of the north experienced heavy snowfall. the scottish transport minister has been chairing extra meetings of the government's resilience team to deal with the situation. a group of conservationists say that the world's fastest land animal, the cheetah, is rapidly heading for extinction. the zoological society of london says cheetah numbers in the world are falling because of human encroachment onto their habitat. they say it's "crunch time" for the cats, with only an estimated 7000 left in africa and just 50 in iran. beautiful

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liz smith, colon, democrat.revealing here in that the fan fiction about michelle obama is fine that she's a graceful, wonderful woman, and first ladies are often popular, but it might go to something deeper in the problems of the democratic bench? >> well, the democratic bench is almost nonexistent. but i don't think michelle has any -- the first lady has any interest in running for any office. having said that, they are going to stay in the city, which is sort of unprecedented. >> you mean washington? >> yeah. so i think they're definitely going to have an influential and outside role. we'll see what they do. they're young and i think they'll have an exciting future. >> staying in the city is something insiders don't care about, but it means that barack obama is much closer to trump. i was speaking to a white house official recently who said, yeah, the calls come in. more so than in other handoffs, trump is calling in. >> yeah, and michelle obama spoke about that last night, and i thought it was incredibly grac

the actress liz smith, best known for her roles as mrs cropp lee in the vicar of dibley and is now oncar of dibley and is now on in the sitcom the royal family has died at the age of 95. now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at the exclusive interviews and films which have featured on her programme in 2016. hello and welcome to the programme. we will bring you some of the exclusive interviews and original stories we have brought to you over the last year. first, the conversation that left lily allen in tears. she had never visited a refugee camp before. she met unaccompanied child migrants in calais and it overwhelmed her. her apology to refugees became front—page news. this is some of what she saw. calais's makeshift refugee camp, thejungle, home to around 10,000 people including children. this place has been partially demolished and reappeared. the french government wants it gone again. starting to knock it down within weeks. music plays. a world away from the squalor, lily allen is working on her new album in a studio in north london. what do you think you can achi

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the actor liz smith has died at the age of 95. she was best known for comedy roles, playing often eccentric older ladies, including nana in the royle family. she only began acting professionally at a9, enjoyed a career lasting more than four decades until her retirement in 2009. the number of roads remained closed in scotland after disruption caused by storm,. wind speeds in excess caused by storm,. wind speeds in excess of 90 mph were recorded on the island of shetland on boxing day while large parts of the north experienced heavy snowfall. the scottish transport minister has been chairing extra meetings of the government's resilience team to deal with the situation. hugh is here with the sport. i'm not wearing blue because of chelsea, but i might as well be. what a difference a year makes for chelsea. hello. it's 12 wins in a row now for chelsea, at the top of the premier league. they were missing key players diego costa and ngolo kante for their match against bournemouth, but they came through as 3—0 winners thanks to goals fro

the actor liz smith has died at the age of 95. she was best known for comedy roles playing often eccentric older ladies, including mrs cropley in the vicar of dibley and nana in the royle family. her breakthrough role only came in her late 40s but she enjoyed a career lasting more than four decades until her retirement in 2009. a number of roads remain closed in scotland after the disruption caused by storm conor. wind speeds in excess of 90mph were recorded on the island of shetland on boxing day while large parts of the north experienced heavy snowfall. the scottish transport minister has been chairing extra meetings of the government's resilience team to deal with the situation. hugh is here with the sport. chelsea still going strong. it's 12 wins in a row now for chelsea at the top of the premier league. what a difference a year makes. they we re what a difference a year makes. they were just two points above the relegation zone a year ago. they were missing key players diego costa and ngolo kante for their match against bourn

the actress, liz smith, best known as for her roles as mrs cropley in the vicar of dibley and as nana in the sitcom, the royle family, has died at the age of 95. now on bbc news, business live looks back at the big stories this year, and asks what we can expect in the coming twelve months. in the coming 12 months. this is business live from bbc news. yes, as 2016 draws to a close, we are going to look back on a year which featured two events which will shape the global economy for decades to come. welcome to business live review of 2016. yep, this year saw the uk take that momentous decision to leave the european union. we're going to take a look at what lies in store for the next 12 months. and he did it! the billionaire businessman donald trump wins the race for the white house. he has made some bold announcements, what was it all talk and no action? and, of course, it has been a turbulent year for the global market. oil prices hit that historic low. but there is light at the end of the tunnel. and, of course, following a landmark deal between members of the opec countries. and expl

the actress liz smith has died at the age of 95, a spokeswoman for her family has said.ust cds. why, have you got cassettes? eloped no. “ no. the bafta award winner, who was known for her role as nana in the royle family, died on christmas eve. herformer co—star ralf little has paid tribute to her describing her death as devastating. smith also had parts in the vicar of dibley, lark rise to candleford and 2 point 4 children. she retired from acting in 2009 at the age of 87. it's 25 years since the soviet union collapsed, following the resignation of mikhail gorbachev. admired in the west for ending the cold war without bloodshed, many russians still blame mr gorbachev for the loss ofan empire. a quarter of a century after he stepped down, sarah rainsford has been to the hometown of the former soviet leader. with a gorbachev impression and a song, we're welcomed to privolnoye. this is the southern russian village where the former soviet leader grew up. the child from a family of farmers who went on from here to end the cold war. to this woman, he was just a boy, called mi

tributes to the character actor liz smith who has died at the age of 95.

bush, and liz smith. liz, i want to start with you.se are serious claims john o podesta is making saying possibly the trump campaign colluded with russia. president obama himself when speaking to npr said he didn't believe that was the case. is john podesta taking it too far? >> i think some people in the clinton camp are overreaching a little bit, and it's not helpful to the bigger cause. i'm in the camp of democrats who believe two separate things can be true. one, that russia did try to interfere to impact the election, and two, they didn't actually impact the election. hillary clinton lost because of a number of different factors. and making this all about, you know, sour grapes or saying it was the primary cause for her loss, i don't think helps us going forward, and helps with the integrity of this investigation. i think we should go with the tone that is being set by people like john mccain that we cannot treat this as a partisan issue, and that the russians may have attacked democrats this year, but next year it could be the re

liz smith and kristin.enna: story that offers insight of minds of isis recruiters and unprecedented of information about the workings of this terror group. you don't want to miss it. he's after the break i was working in the yard, my chest started hurting and i thought, well, you need to go to the doctor. i was told that is was cancer, and i called cancer treatment centers of america. dr. nader explained that they can pinpoint the treatment. once we identified that there was this genetic abnormality in her tumor, we were able to place her on very specific therapy. so many followers that can infiltrate western countries and carry out attacks like this. our next guest calling definitive guy in understanding isis in generation of terrorist because of incredible access he got. way of the strangers encounters with the islamic state and he joins us now live and there's so many stories to get you and your work took you all over the world and you were able to come face to face with supporters of isis, first of all,

liz smith, former deputy campaign manager. and bettina from his his panic outreach for the republican national committee. great to have you with us. he's saying ridiculous. that is right in the face of the intelligence community. we don't believe, according to reporting, that what you're saying is actually true. senator mccain is saying those are facts here. what is he doing? >> he's definitely starting off on the wrong foot with the intelligence community. he's going to need their trust in the future, especially if he wants to make real decisions on the international stage and domestically in terms of securing, you know, u.s. citizens. so he needs to really probably patch that relationship up and make it clear that there needs to be trust between the two of them. that would be the first step. otherwise, i mean, how often are we going to be hearing him dising can agencies and some of the people that he's going to have leading the agencies he's going to have to take -- the buck stops there, he needs to take full responsibility

joining me, brad todd and liz smith. brad, why not drop the e.p. title? trump in terms of conflicts of interest. it's not like he needs to money. mgm paying him, mgm, let's remind everyone, who are their creditors? hedge funds. does he want to be tied into a headline, hedge funds who run mgm are paying him to be executive producer of the apprentice. why? >> i don't think it's the e.p. it's the i.p. it's his intellectual property. none of us got worked up when barack obama continued to receive royalty payments from "the new york times" book section. i think this is very similar to the same thing. you know, donald trump, everyone in america knows that "the apprentice" is his creation. i think voters will be fine with it. >> liz, what do you think? >> he kind of ran as the reality show candidate and now he's literally going to be the reality show president. of all of his conflicts of interest, this is not one that's going to keep me up at night. you know, seeing his name scroll at the beginning of "the apprentice." i'm more concerned when he's raising trump

liz smith, democratic strategist, who worked on martin o'mall o'malley's campaign last year, and donny worked on several presidential campaigns. and we should note he ran for that top dnc job back in 2005. so starting on that point, donny, this is something that people don't think about much until you get a chair, and then that becomes a somewhat famous person. the primary was full of discussions of debbie wasserman schultz. walk us through how this works and does it matter who wins this intramural battle? >> there are 440 members, about 440 members of the democratic national committee. so this actually ends up being a lot like running for student body president as opposed to some bigger national office. it does have national implications, though, especially when the democrats don't are the white house. when the democrats have the white house, like the past eight years with president obama, they choose the chair and the chair really answers to the white house at the end of the day. without a white house, the democratic national chair becomes very, very central. they are responsible for

liz smith, former deputy campaign manager for maryland governor and democratic presidential candidatest to you, we'll give you the newt gingrich question, is it brilliant or stupid? >> i think it is brilliant. he is getting around a press which openly has been hostile to him since day one. everything he says they try to misinterpret it, they try to spin it in a way. he found they are not on his side. he goes around them. maybe a little cruder not as nostalgic as old fire side chats but just like fdr, he goes directly to the people. he has a huge following. as long as he doesn't say anything crazy 3:00 in the morning he will be fine. eric: liz, brilliant or stupid? >> one thing to use twitter. i agree with some of what he just said, i think it is brilliant to use twitter to sometimes get around the press as a communications tool as a campaign tool. there is a reason why we have never seen diplomacy via twitter. successful diplomatic relations are driven by protocol. they're consistent. they're nuanced. it is really hard to be consistent and nuanced in 140 characters. whether or not you

i'm liz hernandez and if we didn't already think will smith is the greatst guy in the world -- >> that was my first job. >> just taking a little tour. i thought, i want to be like will smith. it's the way you go about treating human beings. >> he's not like that any more. >> her song was so good. ? >>> plus, fresh off the runway

smith & wesson. shareholders meet today and they're voting on a name change. they want to make it american outdoor brands. lizand this is a company that's been selling guns for 164 years. they recently bought ust brands, which is the camping and survival gear company. they're moving toward a generic sounding outdoor goods kind of a name, changing the name. i have a footnote for you, do you know in gun stores, women buy and men shop? kidding. stuart: you're being funny. liz: i'm being funny. [laughter] >> that's what i say about department stores that men buy and women shop. in gun stores women buy and men shop. liz: kidding. stuart: you're all right, liz. liz: thank you. stuart: i'm going to break away from a historic day on wall street and get back to politics and i bring you this fascinating headline from the wall street journal opinion page. an electoral college coup how the clinton campaign is now suggesting the election was rigged. and a week before they cost their ballots, the clinton campaign chair podesta wants a special intelligence briefing for those electoral college electors. our next guest writes