earlier, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to the director mike leigh, who gave liz smith her breakthroughfilm 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 out, 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 enhanced the fact that she was just a very natural character. that's not really the case. she was a character actress. she never played h

thank you, mike leigh, for coming in.rst flight recorder from the area of the black sea where one of its military planes crashed on sunday has been found. a massive search operation has been continuing overnight for the bodies of the 92 victims, eleven of which have been found. sophia tran—thomson reports. day and night, search and rescue teams have not stopped on their mission to find the russian military plane which disappeared from air traffic radars on christmas morning. planes, helicopters, submersibles, around a0 ships and more than 3000 people, including 200 divers, are involved in the search. the plane disappeared from radar two minutes after taking off from sochi‘s adler airport, on sunday. the search area is a approximately 10.5 square kilometres, just off the coast, in the black sea. several bodies have been recovered, but officials believe most are probably trapped inside the remains of the aircraft. translation: the team is currently carrying out a search using sonar that allows us to see the ocean floor as w

only when she was nearly 50 that she got her breakthrough after being offered a theatre role by mike leighg 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 at the age of 95. only about half of the families in britain own their homes, according to new analysis by the resolution foundation. although official housing figures suggest a much higher number, the think—tank believes the people living in private rented accommodation has been underestimated. andy moore reports. owning a home is something many people aspire to. official figures showed 64% of us are owner occupiers. that is down from a

only when she was nearly 50 that she got her breakthrough after being offered a theatre role by mike leighealisation 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 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. russian investigators have found one of the flight recorders from the military plane that crashed into the black sea on sunday killing all 92 people on board. the plane involved was a tupolev15a — they have now been grounded until a cause is determined, although officials say terrorist involvement is unlikely. angus crawford has this report. recovered from the sea bed, twisted and broken, part of the plane's fuselage. thousands of people are still involved in the search, scouring the area where the search you rolled tupolev15a scouring the area where the search you rolled tupolev 154 came down. you rolled tupolev154 came down. sinai traces show part of the aircraft in shallow

it wasn't until mike leigh get the break it took off if you like.lived up to her reputation. she was just wonderful. i went to see her not long ago when she was done in worthing in our home. and i took her out in the wheelchair. we went down the front. because it was barbara and nana, people were so delighted to see her. and she loved it. and people were just so generous. they we re people were just so generous. they were coming to talk to her. it was my loving memory of that day we shared in margate. the actress sue johnston remembering liz smith with great affection. liz smith, who died on christmas eve at the age of 95. good afternoon. it has been a decent day. the weather 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 sk

she owed that first acting role to the director mike leigh.tricity 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 human encroachment onto their habitat. they say it's "crunch time" for the cats, with only an estimated 7,000 left in africa and just 50 in iran. now the weather. we are in for a very frosty night indeed. the fog will become a big issue particularly across england and wales. by morning some disruption i think is possible. check out bbc radio local radio stations for updates. no fog at the moment. the frost wil

only when she was nearly 50 that she got her breakthrough after being offered a theatre role by mike leigh 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 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 at the age of 95. in other news today: only about half of the families 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

she owed the first acting role to director mike leigh.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 the prom and people were ecstatic, because nanna and barbara were walking along the prom. she screamed with delight that everybody was recognising her and coming up and being loving towards her. the actress liz smith who died at the age of 95. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 11pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: they will be coming up shortly on bbc news. first, some breaking news. hollywood star carrie fisher, best known for her portrayal of princess leia in the star

she owed that first acting role to the director mike leigh.ept 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. liz smith, who has died at the age of 95. details have emerged of george michael's charity work, as tributes continue to pour 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 lo

republican senator mike leigh. senator, during the campaign, donald trump was saying it was concentration of too much here and in the case of cnn may be tilted toward blended coverage of that. where do you stand on this? >> i think there's absolutely no question as to which way cnn was tilting. not just during the campaign, but also since the campaign and whether this merger will be carried out and approved by antitrust officials at the department of justice is a different question. we held a hearing yesterday on the antitrust subcommittee which i chair here in the senate and we heard a lot of testimony on that. this is a complex deal. some of the concerns we expressed and that were expressed by others in the committee involve the concentration of market power and whether or not people will have access to this market, whether it will leave any room, for example. news upstarts are competitor to cnn. whether they have any opportunity to get onto the network. if this is something that will be worked out in time. i thi

she owed that first acting role to the director mike leigh. 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. remembering liz smith. let's find out how the weather is looking. it's looking pretty cold. temperatures are 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 sou

david: we spoke with senator mike leigh from utah, the chair of the subcommittee today. he made the point that a decision is going to have to be made and i wonder how much the definition of competitiveness -- how much these demonstrations -- these definitions change from one administration to the next. antitrust lawyers feel like the next the ministration is going to be like the administration before obama, b w administration -- the w administration. this is not a horizontal deal. at&t is trying to buy t-mobile. they tried and they got blocked. if you are frightened by the concentration of the media power that is a different thing but this isn't like cigna anthem somewhere all the health insurance companies are merging. is a company in one industry buying a media company so it seems highly unlikely the regulators are really going to have any fears. they will probably for some restrictions but it seems unlikely they will block it. david: we are going to talk with somebody in public knowledge in the next hour who also testified about the deal. of thes not the fear deal its