nile rogers there.from westminster as mps grapple with our post— brexit future. but for now, from me alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello again. although skies across the uk on thursday were almost uniformly grey and drab, skies like these overhead in llangollen were pretty commonplace across the country. there were, however, big temperature contrasts from place to place. in the west, we had some milder atlantic air moving in, whereas across central and eastern england, along with the whole of scotland, we had much colder continental air. in the west, temperatures reached double figures — it was actually quite mild, 10 or 11 celsius — but across central and eastern england and scotland, temperatures were more typically around 5 or 6 celsius. we only managed to get 4 in dalwhinnie in the highlands of scotland, so there were some big contrasts. those contrasts were driven, really, by this weather front that's been bringing rain eastwards over recent hours. and it's, as well, been one of those nights where the

the committee also heard from us singer songwriter and record producer, nile rogers.re they should be as we go in audit, and every single time, and i am not making this up for dramatic purposes or committee purposes, but every single time i have audited a label, i have found it's staggering the amount of money sometimes. that's because of the way of the system was designed from the beginning. let's go into a room, have an organisation that represents songwriters at artist at the table and say look, we love you guys, we're in business together for the rest of our lives, let's make it right. let's make it fair now because your stockholders and shareholders are going to be thrilled because you're about to experience explosive growth in the next few years. let's pay these people what they should've been making all along and we will be one big happy family. bingo and done. ministers have come under pressure to do more to safeguard the pensions of workers who lose theirjobs with the collapse of arcadia. the company, which includes topshop among its brands, fell into adminis

and music—maker nile rogers joins calls for artists to be paid more fairly for songs streamed online.e what they should have been making all along, and we're going to be one big, happy family — bingo and done. but first: the parliamentary week stuttered to a close with no—one knowing if the eu or the uk were going to reach a post—brexit trade deal. boris johnson jetted to brussels for a meeting with the european commission president, ursula von der leyen. the pair had agreed to talk over dinner after negotiations between officials ended in deadlock, and with time fast running out to reach a deal before 31 december, when the uk stops following eu trading rules. before setting off, borisjohnson took his weekly round of prime minister's questions and explained the sticking points. 0urfriends in the eu are currently insisting that, if they pass a new law in the future with which we in this country do not comply or don't follow suit, then they want the automatic right, mr speaker, to punish us and retaliate. and secondly, they're saying that the uk should be the only country in the world n

next tuesday, chic‘s nile rodgers is hosting a virtual carol service, with appearances from the likes of sir cliff richard, florence welch and the who's rogerm was diagnosed with alzheimer's, and we had gone through a very powerful experience with her sister with alzheimer's. she laid in a coma for five years, but when we went to visit her, we would sing beatles songs, and she would jump right in, she come out of the coma. even though i know it was really just to make us feel better, i do believe deep down inside, she was enjoying it too. and nordoff robbins works on the basis of music touches people in a way that not nothing else can. yes, true, because science tells us that the parts of the brain that remembers music and is more robust, it works better than anything else. it remembers music more than it remembers language. looking ahead to this concert, it's virtual, i will talk to about how that works in a moment, but it's quite a line—up. yeah! it's an incredible line—up! which is probably due to the fact that it's virtual, because we can now call on all these artists and they could perform for us where they are, you know, in the comfor

next tuesday, chic‘s nile rodgers is hosting a virtual carol service, with with appearances from the likes of sir cliff richard, florence welch and the who's rogermething very close to your heart yes, very close. when i was first introduced to them, i went to one of their centres and i was so touched and it just one of their centres and i was so touched and itjust so happened that that was the year that is my mom was diagnosed with alzheimer's, and we went through a very powerful experience with her sister with old—timers. she late in a coma for five years —— with her sister with alzheimer's. when went to see her, we sang the beatles songs, and she jumped up. i do believe deep down inside, she was enjoying it too. the charity works on the basis that music touches people in a way that nothing else can? true, because science tells us that the part of the brain that remembers music is more robust, it works better than anything else, it remembers music more than it remembers language. and looking ahead to this concert, it's virtual, i will talk about how that works in a moment, but it's quite a line—up. works in a moment, but it's quite a line-up. y