our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to two familes working through their grief. and community, few areas left untouched by grief. deaths come. hundreds a day. thousands upon thousands a week. when just one is too much for a family to bear, how does a country cope with, comprehend, these numbers? even though my dad was 76, it still feels like he was taken too soon, and it feels too premature. so, he had lots of plans. he leaves three children, eight grandchildren, and 15 great—grandchildren with a 16th on its way, so he's leaving quite a legacy behind him. the newspaper obituaries list a new cause of death repeated again and again. it seems to be taken away the nation's grandparents. 90% of those who have died over 60. just one story of loss, ken sumner from newcastle, 96 years old, he led a long life, a good, fulfilling life, a second world war veteran, a dam buster. he received the distinguished flying medal from the king. he took quite heavy flak. he suffered an injury to his arm and hand, but my grandad refused to turn around or refuse the pilot's instructions

lucy manning — bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker.ood evening to you. it has been so dry this april that it's time we had a decent spell of rain. make sure well appreciated. pollen levels will come down again, and you probably won't have to water your garden as much. this is the satellite picture. the spell of rain heading our way tomorrow is coming from the south. the rain clouds are moving across the bay of biscay and france, just about entering the channel now, and this evening it will progressively turn cloudy, and then overnight, wetter across southern counties. it is what we would describe as a slow—moving area of rain, so that means once it arrives it will probably be raining on top of you for a considerable amount of time, so for a considerable amount of time, so for some of the towns and cities in the south, it may actually be wet through most of the morning, afternoon and possibly even into the evening. a decent spell of rain, could be around 20, 25 millimetres in some places. notice that by the middle of the afternoon, the

shows a man who has been in hospitalfor a week and a man who is on the road to recovery, for 48 hours, he said things could have gone either way for him. lucylegraph picks up the story of the two nurses that boris johnson mentioned picks up the story of the two nurses that borisjohnson mentioned in his speech, one from new zealand and one from portugal. yes, it was a really powerful speech today, not least because it showed the prime minister not necessarily being prime ministerial but being vulnerable and very human and part of that story is about the other humans, the nurses, the doctors and the whole team around him who have supported him and by identifying them by name, by making them kind of living people for us to be able to sort of relate to, isa for us to be able to sort of relate to, is a very powerful part of his address, i felt. to, is a very powerful part of his address, ifelt. it to, is a very powerful part of his address, i felt. it also was that we see that one nurses by new zealand and the other from portugal and it reinforces this idea of how much the nhs in particular but maybe our nation as a whole has benefited from migr

siege ahead, but in the event the siege did not last long, lucy rutherford told elizabeth to pack her bags and to summon nicholas robbins the man who took this photograph in the white cadillac they set off from the estate before the press could arrive. they would only hear whether or not the president had actually passed away when they stopped to telephone a little white house on their journey home. the flag was already at half-mast. the operator before putting through the call asked if they knew what had become national, in fact, global news. at 3:35 p.m. local time, april the 12th, 1945, the commander in chief these are the last words of the author of this book. the commander in chief was dead. thank you very much. >> nigel, thank you very much for another wonderful presentation and really, really wrapping this wonderful, remarkable individual up. we'd like to open the floor for questions and we'll start in the center about halfway back. please stand when i bring the microphone to you. >> we briefly talked while you were signing my book and i would like you to share with the audience your contrast with hitler's interference w

lucy told elizabeth to pack her easel and bags and some of nicholas robbins, the man who took this photograph in a white cadillac. they set off in the estate before the press could arrive. they stopped to telephone the white house on the journey home. the flag was already at half mast. the operator, before putting through the call, asked if they knew what had become national, in fact, global news. on april 12, 1945, the commander-in-chief -- the last words of the author of this book -- the commander-in-chief was dead. thank you very much. [applause] (applause) >> nigel, thank you very much for another wonderful presentation and for really wrapping up this wonderful and remarkable individual up. we want to open the floor for questions. we'll start in the center, about halfway back. please stand when i bring the microphone to you. . >> we briefly talked while you were signing my book, and it would like you to share with the audience your contrast with hitler's interference with his command, with his army, with what roosevelt did with his own. >> yes. i enjoyed meeting you, and, you raised an in

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man in the baseball cap has reserved the seat. in what. was this was a sensitive moment the link you alluded to this because nobody is the biggest kid knows it is not the lucy this year one certainty did early part a part of me is not going to hear the money that. will finally 9 passengers 2 babies and 2 drivers a crammed into the taxi. a bass takes pride in his car which is 22 years old. i was told it was an apollo never to. be to me if i'm going to get into something cause i think i'm to come at the double . at. the passengers with the vaccines finally leave the capitol. the ice meant to preserve the vaccines has now been melting for 8 hours if the driver doesn't make it to do go in 16 hours the vaccines will be useless and might as well be thrown away. the 680 kilometer road to kiss a dugu is strewn with potholes few drivers respect the rules of the road accidents are frequent. even before leaving the capital the drivers patience is tested. the 2 drivers constantly swap over. the boot is not exactly comfortable. 2 more hours a wasted in traffic. the deadline for the vaccine lou is. the drivers decide to drive through the night. since the start of the jou

man. there is part of a highway in new orleans named after this guy. he is trying to find lucy. he identifies three of her previous owners. this allows us to see the violence of the market. the way in which enslaved people were passed from person to person. they were complicit and involved in creating this separation. during the civil war, at the confederacy needed fortifications. often impress enslaved people from local slaveowners to commandeer that work. would not do it without paying them. they would keep track of the payments they issued to the slaveholder. this is what we called a slave payroll. are thousands of these in the national archives. you have women listed here. one of the things that is really is how many are there. it is difficult to come to a precise want to see. the fact that she is listed toes it sometimes difficult know the complete number of enslaved people. that makes it difficult to come to a concrete number. it is just a hiccup along the way. war, you see civil that slaveowning women are hunting down enslaved people. even though the jig is up. they are s

man. we are going to look at the daily mirror will stop thanks, henry, for that. sick boris faces fight for life. lucyf —— as if you area ask you questions of —— as if you are a newspaper editor, but still, this is a headline which is a really dramatic headline. we don't know how much it's based on knowledge of borisjohnson. when much it's based on knowledge of boris johnson. when newspaper editors are putting together their front pages, what kind of thoughts do they need to think about when they are writing prime minister faces fight for life? well, i think it's right that you never want to sensationalize or dramatize a health issue, and of course balancing those sort of privacy aspects of health data with the public interest, of course, borisjohnson as data with the public interest, of course, boris johnson as a public figure, as the prime minister, the key decision—maker in this pandemic, the crisis that this country finds itself in, it's important that we know about his health, so if he's takena turn know about his health, so if he's taken a turn for the worse, and ended up in intensive care unit

lucy had spent five hours comforting an elderly man after he crashed into her car. d to stay with him. she's had thousands of messages of support and thanks on social media, so we wanted to catch up with her and see how she's doing. lucy's at home in wigan. good morning. iwas good morning. i was watching that interview. it's so moving to hear what you did. tell us a little bit about how you are doing now? so i haven't had any symptoms of the coronavirus, so i feel quite lucky really. i am still self isolating. i am on day number six. that's been quite strange because i'm still not seen any quite strange because i'm still not seen any of my family. like i said, i haven't had a hug from anyone since the incident. i am sure of people will be sending you virtual hugs. what is the response been like? so many people would have seen what you did and seen that interview over the weekend as well. it has been so overwhelming. i have had so many been so overwhelming. i have had so ma ny lovely been so overwhelming. i have had so many lovely messages and comments. i have been tr

three or four weeks after fdr's death, lucy writes back this fabulous letter just saying what that call meant. she, too, was feeling totally out of it. here's this man that she had loved, such a good friend to her and she couldn't even express publicly or openly anything about the relationship. she is off on her own n that letter she says to anna, i want you to know how much your father loved you. and sthe tells anna such a generous letter how many times anna's father fdr talked to lucy about how much he loved his daughter. and for a daughter who had lost her father so much to hear that confirmed i guess was so important that anna's daughter told me that anna kept that letter in her bedside table for the rest of her life. it confirmed how much her father loved her but maybe confirmed her not feeling too guilty about putting lucy together with her father because it shows what and woulderful woman lucy was. >> did you ever find yourself getting emotional about all of this? >> absolutely. not only emotional. you live with the characters for six years. it took me longer to work on this book i'm afraid than the war to be fought. that is what is embarrass

or four weeks after fdr's death, lucy writes back this fabulous letter just saying what that call meant, because she, too, was feeling totally out of it. here's this man that she had loved, had been such a good friend to her, and she couldn't even express publicly or openly anything about their relationship. she's not part of the funeral, she's just off on her own. but in that letter, she says to anna "i want you to know how much your father loved you." and she tells anna -- it's such a generous letter -- how many times anna's father, fdr, had talked to lucy about how much he loved his daughter. and for a daughter who had lost her father so much -- to hear that confirmed, i guess, was so important that anna's daughter told me that anna kept that letter in her bedside table for the rest of her life, because somehow it confirmed not only how much her father loved her, but maybe confirmed her not feeling too guilty about putting lucy together with her father because it shows what a wonderful woman lucy was. brian: do you ever find yourself getting emotional about any of this? ms. goodwin: oh, absolutely. i mean, not only emotional, but you know, you live

or four weeks after fdr's death, lucy writes back this fabulous letter just saying what that call meant, because she, too, was feeling totally out of it. here's this man his daughter. and for a daughter who had lost her father so much--to hear that confirmed, i guess, was so important, that anna's daughter told me that anna kept that letter in her bedside table for the rest of her life, because somehow it confirmed not only how much her father loved her, but maybe confirmed her not feeling too guilty about putting lucy together with her father because it shows what a wonderful woman lucy was. >> did you ever find yourself getting emotional about any of this? >> ms. goodwin: oh, absolutely. i mean, not only emotional, but you know, you live with these characters for six years. it took me longer to work on this book, i'm afraid, than the war to be fought. that was what was pretty embarrassing. i would find myself talking to franklin and eleanor; talking to harry hopkins and lorena hickok; to anna, as if they were still alive. i mean, you really feel their presence, and when bad things happen to them; when one of them hurts one another, you feel it. i me

lucy, maybe let me start with you. is sir keir starmer the man for the job?as means that he really can do the job that he said he was going to do, which is to provide that really strong leadership that i think notjust the party but the country are looking for. but also unite and bring together the labor party, which is something that he made essential to his campaign. and i think again that is something that clearly labour party members are looking for, but i think the public wants to see an end to the division, an end to some of the factionalism, and the labour party now being focused on the challenge at hand which is a really important task in terms of the coronavirus, what is a very difficultjob in the long—term, as we seek to try and win an election to —— again. we seek to try and win an election to -- again. i wanted to ask you about some of the practicalities of ending that division, because we heard jeremy corbyn, he wanted to do that. he wanted to bring the party together. in day—to—day terms, what must sir keir starmer do to and that division within